1st Gen Is it just me, or did everyone used to name their character "ASH"?

[DowntownDumpling]

I don't see it happening as often anymore, but particularly in the older games, Yellow most of all, it seems like at least one out of every three kids I talked to named their character "ASH". Has anyone ever noticed this?

 

[TheFred]

Not for me, I've always named me Fred or the color of the cartrige.

 

[Oryx]

I named Touko Ash

This is pretty much common sense. I mean, main character of the show, was actually the inspiration for Yellow, etc, etc. I would be surprised if people didn't name themselves Ash.

 

[MotherPunker970]

LOL i did actually name him ash in rbgyfrlg games,untill i found about manga...i never played gbc so i never knew about RED,i only played the remakes,but untill then i already knew all about red and read the manga completely...

 

[Maple Leaf]

Yes, I named my character "Ash" in Pokemon Red, but not anymore! :D

 

[champagnepapi]

I named my character in Crystal, Ash, because a kid that I met at a department store had done so and I followed suit.

 

[cbd98]

I only named him ASH in Yellow. Every other time it's either Will or cbd98.

 

[k-9 unit]

on platnium i also tried to make a trainer that is JUST like him

 

[Andyb4325]

When the games first came out i would name him ash but when ruby and sapphire came out both genders had names already. Then they continued to give them names. Then went through phases of what i named my people.

 

[CoolTrainer]

I've always just used my name. Its not really like Zelda where I felt like I should name him Link.

 

[psyanic]

I named myself Ash in Yellow... but that was just for my first play-through in the game, when I was all hyped up for gaming and the anime.

 

[cazzler]

When I played Yellow I named him Ash, as for Red/FireRed I named the character Red, In Gold version however I named him Gold.

 

[Xperious]

Only in Yellow for me. Every other version I used my name (Travis).

 

[desbrina]

I used to name myself Misty in yellow, but that was a long time ago. Its Des now

 

[Mentalii]

In my Yellow version I indeed gave the heroe name to my character, when I was younger totally crazy about the anime. But I've restarted it and called the protagonist "Théo" (don't really know why, I hadn't any ideas of how to call him so I chose the first name that crossed my mind), then I've restarted it again and called him "Red". And I think that I gonna restart my game again soon, I wonder what will be the name I'll give him...

 

[johnny18]

I name character Ash due to the fact that back to the old time, I do not understand English ^^

 

[mondays suck]

I only did that maybe once or twice - never really liked the name a lot

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[*Latias]

No one among people I know did. It was common to name the character Red.

The funny thing was when females named the character (who was a boy) with female names. xD

 

[MMundy777]

I never used ASH...and it personally always bothered me (glad it's fixed now) that everyone's names WAS IN CAPS. I always used my real name with proper casing lol

 

[Seki]

When I first started playing Red, I called him AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. After I accidentally deleted the save, I named him to my name (whichyouhavetofindoutyourself).