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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:37:26 No.49968205 View View Reply Original Report

What's /vp/'s thoughts on nicknames? Do you think it's necessary to name all your Pokemon?

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:41:32 No.49968229 Report

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>>49968205
absolutely necessary. all the time. bonus points if they end with -y.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:41:43 No.49968230 Report

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>>49968205
I don't thnk anything is "necessary", it's a chlidren games ffs. Let people do what they want and stop trying policing everything, you fucker.

But as for myself, I only nickname the pokémons I know I'll use in battle.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:44:06 No.49968251 Report

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I nickname all my mons. Just whatever pops in my head at the moment but I give more care to ones I like or use.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:44:23 No.49968254 Report

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>>49968205
Absolutely
If a Pokemon has any value to you, you must give it a name to make it special

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:50:39 No.49968315 Report

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>>49968205
Depends
If its gonna rot in a box or its a mythical/legendary than no. My own team absolutely although i havent named Basculegion yet because i literally cannot think of a cooler name.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:51:13 No.49968319 Report

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>>49968205
I have never and will never nickname my Pokémon

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:52:21 No.49968326 Report

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>>49968205
I only name pokemon that I use in my playthroughs of the story. Pokemon bred for competitive don't get names.
Although I do appreciate that now I can end up using my storymons in competitive thanks to bottle caps, mints, ability patches, and the new way to breed moves.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:52:40 No.49968330 Report

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Ash didn't so I didn't

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 20:52:57 No.49968334 Report

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>>49968205
Not necessary, but it helps a lot more with immersion if you call your Charmander "George" instead of Charmander.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 21:45:42 No.49968712 Report

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>>49968205
I feel obligated to nickname any pokemon that have a major role in my main playthrough teams now, other than that i'll give nicknames on a case by case basis like cool shinies or ribbon/battle tower pokemon.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 21:50:27 No.49968750 Report

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I reserve Nicknames for Pokemon I use for Playthroughs, Competitive or Shinies. I don't think it's necessary, but it makes them feel more special if I name them, especially with the latter 2 conditions

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 21:52:47 No.49968769 Report

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>>49968205
I never name them, I don't have any good ideas

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 21:58:26 No.49968816 Report

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>>49968205
I nickname every single thing i've ever caught and still don't know why
I almost never use the same one twice, either
even if it's just box fodder
not naming something feels wrong to me now

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:00:14 No.49968826 Report

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>>49968205
I don't name them often, like 90% of the time I play they just have their regular names. Definitely not necessary, but if I think I can name them something that doesn't sound stupid I might.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:00:36 No.49968831 Report

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>>49968205
it's reddit, and i'm tired of pretending it's not

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:00:57 No.49968840 Report

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I don't nickname anything, the only times I've tried to I just stopped caring about that mon entirely and boxed it

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:14:20 No.49968924 Report

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>>49968840
>the only times I've tried to I just stopped caring about that mon entirely and boxed it
really? it's the opposite for me
if i don't nickname a mon it feels dumb and meaningless

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:18:35 No.49968957 Report

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Whenever I nickname a Pokemon I think it sounds like shit after a bit so I either change it or dump it in the PC after I'm done with it and let it rot. I build affection to Pokemon easier without a nickname funnily enough. I don't need a super special name to know that it's my Gliscor. I've used the fucker for dozens of hours. I know that it's my fucking Gliscor

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:22:11 No.49968978 Report

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>>49968205
Yes

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:31:14 No.49969050 Report

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>>49968205
I nickname any that I intend to use, if its just for a dex entry i don't bother.
Usually go with something that rhymes or something odd that pops into my head like Snippy Joe (Krabby) and Jimmy Fresh (Scraggy)

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:50:51 No.49969212 Report

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I nickname starters and shinies, unless I can think of a really clever pun for a regular Pokemon.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 23:03:21 No.49969317 Report

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I used to name them stupid shit when I was a kid like:
>MUSTARD
>BOB
>MEWTWO (a Zubat)
>97

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 23:11:49 No.49969389 Report

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>>49969317
Based desu

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 23:46:12 No.49969628 Report

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>>49969317
First Pokemon I ever caught was a Pidgey I named "ABC".

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 23:51:07 No.49969670 Report

Quoted By: >>49970565 >>49973234

>>49968205
I greatly enjoy giving my mons nicknames.
Some of my favorites over the years:
>Shiny Blaziken I named "Kik-N Chik-N"
>Torchic I named "Spicy Nugget"
>Gyarados I named "Ol' Whiskers"
>Togekiss I named "Omelite"
>Magnezone I named "Screwcap"
And when I was a dumb 6 year old, I caught a Suicune in Colosseum and named it "Princess." Even though it's a shit name, I still give it to every Suicune I've caught since in memory of that one.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 00:29:44 No.49969979 Report

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>>49968205
I usually only nickname the pokemon I add to my party in the main story.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 01:30:47 No.49970444 Report

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>>49969628
Were you 2 years old?

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 01:38:08 No.49970486 Report

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>>49968978
based

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 01:39:35 No.49970498 Report

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>>49968205
not if it's a new gen i'm playing for the first few time because then i'll forget the mons actual name.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 01:53:28 No.49970565 Report

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>>49969670
>>Shiny Blaziken I named "Kik-N Chik-N"
Kek

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 03:12:17 No.49971094 Report

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>>49970444
Nope.
I was five and it was my first videogame and experience with Pokemon that took place while being hurried through a McDonald's parking lot to a birthday party.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 07:16:42 No.49972093 Report

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>>49968315
Basculiator or Basculiatrix depending on what gender it is.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 07:20:00 No.49972110 Report

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>>49968205
Only the ones of my adventure team and competitive teams.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 07:26:47 No.49972128 Report

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I used to name my story pokemon after strong heroes from fighting games, toku and manga but in recent years i haven’t used nicknames at all i think last time i did was in let’s go

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 07:28:52 No.49972136 Report

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>>49968205
The nickname my team, I guess.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 07:29:57 No.49972138 Report

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I only nickname shinys

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 11:44:23 No.49972804 Report

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>>49968205
I name every. Single. One.

Including the 700 eevees before giving up on breeding a shiney.

But I don't use boring names. I use really, really dumb ones. Like Rocky Balboa for my geodude. Or Thongerty and Florpinstien for the useless eevees I just wonder traded.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 11:47:54 No.49972819 Report

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Once in a wonder trade, before Nindy made the naming system have banned words, I recieved a gengar named "17NIGGERS" must have been a /vp/tard who did it. I just know it.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 11:56:19 No.49972847 Report

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>>49968205
I usually don't name legendaries since there's only one in the game. Everything else gets some kind of name since otherwise it's like someone just saying "hey, human" to you all the time. There's exceptions, like trade fodder throwaways or meme runs like when I captured Groudon and named it Kyogre.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 11:57:31 No.49972851 Report

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>>49968205
I used to but now I don't like it

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 12:07:48 No.49972878 Report

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>>49968205
When I’m playing a game for the first time, I’ll nickname everything since I don’t know if I’ll use it or not. Even stuff I know I won’t still get nicknames.

If it’s not my first time, I’ll name things I’m going to use and not name everything else. I’ve had a couple times where I end up using something unexpected and give it a nickname later.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 12:36:21 No.49973003 Report

Quoted By: >>49973112 >>49973524

I'll name literally anything if I can think of one. Only difference in in Arceus but I still have a box full of pokemon I use in rotation. All of those are named

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 13:02:46 No.49973112 Report

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>>49973003
>Forreskin
kek

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 13:33:45 No.49973234 Report

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>>49969670
i gave a slowbro the nickname 'slownigger'

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 14:44:32 No.49973524 Report

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>>49973003
>>49973112
No wonder he can't be found in Unova

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 16:20:32 No.49974077 Report

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>>49968205
Back on yellow to leaf green I gave most of my pokemon nicknames. Emerald and onwards, I would only give nicknames to route 1 weaklings and hm slaves.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 16:21:54 No.49974085 Report

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>>49968205
It's a good way to filter undesireables. People who nickname their pokemon are autists, and thus undesireables you don't want anywhere near you.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 16:23:56 No.49974092 Report

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>>49974085
Other way round. People who don’t nickname are emotionless autists with no soul.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 17:48:48 No.49974633 Report

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>>49973524
>No wonder he can't be found in Unova

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