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ChrisTom July 19th, 2010 5:29 PM

2/10 NPCs have come up with better nicknames. Sorry!

Pokemon: Treecko
Nickname: Malakai
Reason: I heard it on Futurama, liked the way it rolled off the toungue, and thought it was fitting for Treecko.

shininglatios217 July 21st, 2010 2:41 PM

Weird, but I liked it 8/10.

Pokémon: Zigzagoon
Nickname: Brownie
Reason: I think I was thinking about chocolate when I caught it. Also, Zigzagoon is brown.

IceFireLighnting July 24th, 2010 3:52 AM

Good reason, name and food. 8.5/10

How 'bout:
Espeon
Nickname: Mauve
Well... Yeah.

Absol
Nickname: YiYa
Its face is... like the Yin/Yang symbol.

Short, sweet and to the point.

s_a_l_poke July 24th, 2010 8:16 AM

Mauve: 7/10 because naming a Pokémon after its color isn't exactly original, but I like how you called it something more original than "Pink" or "Purple".

YiYa: 8/10 because it's a nice way of looking at it (I never thought of Absol as a yin-yang), but it's hard to pronounce, and I dislike names with capitals in the middle.

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Pokémon: Gyarados (shiny)
Nickname: Hydraque [hi-DRAW-kay]
Reason: "Hydr-" from Hydro, "Hydra-" from the multi-headed serpent monster, "-draque" from the Latin word for dragon, and "-aque" from aqua. It all fits together like a puzzle!

Pokémon: Cyndaquil (evolved later into Quilava and Typhlosion)
Nickname: Helios [HEE-lee-os]
Reason: I wanted to call it something related to fire, but "Blaze", "Flame", and "Burn" seemed way too unoriginal.

Pokémon: Pidgey (evolved later into Pidgeotto and Pidgeot)
Nickname: Caelos [SEE-lus]
Reason: From caelum, Latin for sky.

And how could I forget...?
Pokémon: Mudkip (evolved later into Marshtomp and Swampert)
Nickname: (brace yourself) Whicker [WIK-er]
Reason: *sigh* Whicker was originally to be named Whacker. This was because at the time, when I knew little about Pokémon, I thought a cool attack for Mudkip would be extending its whiskers/gills and... well, whacking the opponet with them. (¬_¬) I then decided to combine that with "whisker" to form Whicker.

shininglatios217 July 24th, 2010 9:58 AM

Well...

Hydraque: One of the most original names I have seen. 8/10
Helios: Same as above. 9/10
Whicker: I laughed a little bit after reading that story. 7/10

Pokémon: Rayquaza
Nickname: Leviathan
Reason: This happens when you watch too much Yu-Gi-Oh! and play too much Final Fantasy.

biancafanboy July 24th, 2010 10:05 AM

I'm cool with nicknames and all but I really hope there's a better name rater in black and white who changes the name if "you" dont like it, instead of what he likes.

shininglatios217 July 24th, 2010 12:25 PM

True. Sadly I don't have a name to rate.

Kaminari July 24th, 2010 12:40 PM

@ s_a_lpoke~ I called my Cyndaquil Helios too~ =D

Well, my second Cyndaquil anyway. My first pokemon in SS, Cyndaquil, I named Calcifer after the fire demon in Howl's Moving Castle.

I called my Lapras Undine after the water nymphs.

xD And I called my flying Pikachu Flychu. Had to be able to distinguish it.

dragon0fangz July 28th, 2010 8:45 AM

cyndaquil: 8/10 Nice name, very fitting
Lapras: 5/10 Undine is an ugly name
Pikachu 7/10 Nice idea.

Pokemon: Numel
Nickname: Quite
Reason: I was thinking of its 4th gen ability, simple. and i thought of "Its quite simple"

Pokemon: Geodude
Nickname: GeGeGe
Reason: I was thinking of the first two letters, and the manga GeGeGe no Kitaro

Pokemon: Monferno
Nickname: Yggfryyd
Reasone: none much, its a cool name.

shininglatios217 July 28th, 2010 2:09 PM

Numel: Lame pun 5/10

Geodude: 5/10

Monferno: A very weird name 6/10

Pokémon: Female Dratini.
Nickname: Valentine.
Reason: Every time I tried to catch a Dratini, it ran away. When I finally caught one, I was thinking about the word "valiente" (brave) because she didn't run away so I named her Valentine.

AuraGaurdian August 1st, 2010 2:12 AM

10/10

I for one think this name is perfect and I love how you incorporated valiente into a girls name by calling her valentine so yh i really like it Im tempted to go and catch one and call it just that.

annnnnyyyywaaaay:

pokemon:Lucario(originally egg hatched riolu)
name:Riley
reason:A long time ago when I got diamond and I went to Iron island and helped the trainer there he gave me an egg with my trusted partner inside and I just happened to name him after the trainer who I got him from in iron island.........:Riley and riley has now been through diamond,platinum and HG and is a very sentimental partner for me now.

shininglatios217 August 1st, 2010 1:24 PM

If it means so much for you then 8/10.

Thanks for the comment.

Pokémon: Female Grimer
Name: Lorna
Reason: I only named her like that because I hate reggaeton and she is (was?) a reggaeton singer.

Aether★ August 1st, 2010 1:33 PM

Hmmm... I'll give you 5+. Does not match that much.

Pokemon: Absol
Gender: Male
Name: Jared
Reason: I think this name matches Absol. Reminds me of Jared Leto, who I like very much. As a vocalyst of 30 Secs To Mars and as an actor.

Master Strife August 2nd, 2010 7:38 PM

Bleh, I don't know why but I don't usually like seeing actual names on pokemon. And Jared doesn't exactly scream pokemon of natural disasters. 6/10

Pokemon: Umbreon
name: Blackmagic
reason: because on Colosseum I had a Espeon named Mindbender and I thought Blackmagic was a cool name, and it went with Mindbendder

Hymnortal August 15th, 2010 2:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Strife (Post 6030422)
Bleh, I don't know why but I don't usually like seeing actual names on pokemon. And Jared doesn't exactly scream pokemon of natural disasters. 6/10

Pokemon: Umbreon
name: Blackmagic
reason: because on Colosseum I had a Espeon named Mindbender and I thought Blackmagic was a cool name, and it went with Mindbendder

6/10. I dig Mindbender a lot though!

Pokemon: Zigzagoon
Name: HM B****

'cause... what the hell else do you use it for

Rapidash August 15th, 2010 3:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hymnortal (Post 6072651)
6/10. I dig Mindbender a lot though!

Pokemon: Zigzagoon
Name: HM B****

'cause... what the hell else do you use it for

5/10 - funny name but poor zigzagoon!

I have a female Dragonair named Therru. She's named after the girl in The Tales Of Earthsea anime who is a dragon. I thought it to be fitting

Aquacorde August 15th, 2010 11:43 AM

That's a beautiful name~ :3 9/10

My Dratini (male) is named St. Julian. He's named after a character in Clive CUssler's novels who is a marine history expert. :3

My Eevee is named Twist because it reminds me of a twist ice cream cone.

Venusaur's awsome August 15th, 2010 1:47 PM

6 out of 10
snorlax
Kabigon
Reason:japanese name for snorlax in english letters

Planetes. August 15th, 2010 4:54 PM

not a fan of other language names unless its in Spanish then its pretty cool
5/10

I have a Gallade Eon-Cody because it sounds cool and/or
I was huffing Musharna dream smoke

I also have an Umbreon named Void

DarkDragonn August 15th, 2010 7:15 PM

7/10 cause void sounds cool in umbreon

Pokemon: Skarmory
Nickname: Metalix

Aquacorde August 16th, 2010 5:55 AM

Sounds like a robot! 7/10

Espeon: Tristan
Flareon: Penny

Helvetica August 16th, 2010 11:03 AM

I'd give 7 to Tristain and 7.5 to Penny.

Seedala-Venusaur

Rapidash August 16th, 2010 12:44 PM

7/10 for Seedala. Pretty name for an ugly pokemon :)

Willow - Rapidash. There was some weird connection in my head to charcoal... willow turns to charcoal

Also, Willow from Buffy is my favourite character from anything ever. Ever.

Helvetica August 16th, 2010 1:13 PM

8 to willow. Not something common- a good thing.

Also, as for-
Augusta-Pidgeot- You can see why in the name
Kinekico-Kadabra- I thought of it when I caught it. It sounded good,so there it is.
Chery Bite-Cherubi- For what it is.

GreenStorm August 16th, 2010 5:27 PM

Augusta: 6.5/10. It's unique, but I feel as if the other names are better.
Kinekico:7.5/10. I like this one a lot!
Chery Bite: 7/10. It sounds pretty good. :)

Pokemon: Parasect.
Nickname: Homeskilly.
Reason: I always thought of Homeskilly when I saw Parasect. Although it's in the sprite where it looks like it's smiling (I think the FR/LG sprite). The name grew on me ever since, and made Parasect one of my favourite Pokemon.


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