>>35459026No they aren't. If you loan me your game with Sparky the Pikachu in your party and I give you it back with 6 identical Pikachu named Sparky, no matter what you do you will never be able to tell them apart and releasing 5 of them would be identical to before it happened in the first place.
If you have a dog called "Spot" and I let in 5 more fucking dogs, you'll be able to tell them apart (Even if not by appearance) and if I then took 5 of them back you (or at least your average fully functioning human) would want you to take the same 5 back.
>>35459032If they're identical bar the name then what are you naming them to differentiate between? Not that anon, I'm just arguing against comparing naming pets/people to Pokémon, not against naming them.