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DowntownDumpling August 19th, 2011 3:48 AM

Is it just me, or did everyone used to name their character "ASH"?
 
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 August 19th, 2011 5:28 AM

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

Oryx August 19th, 2011 10:54 AM

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 August 20th, 2011 10:54 AM

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 August 20th, 2011 12:03 PM

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

champagnepapi August 20th, 2011 12:33 PM

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 August 20th, 2011 5:09 PM

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

k-9 unit August 20th, 2011 5:35 PM

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

Andyb4325 August 20th, 2011 8:01 PM

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 August 26th, 2011 6:17 PM

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

psyanic August 26th, 2011 6:30 PM

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 August 26th, 2011 8:46 PM

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 August 26th, 2011 10:34 PM

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

desbrina August 27th, 2011 7:08 AM

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

Mentalii August 27th, 2011 9:08 AM

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 August 27th, 2011 9:24 AM

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

mondays suck August 27th, 2011 9:55 AM

I only did that maybe once or twice - never really liked the name a lothttp://www.civforum.de/images/smilies/ziel.gif.

*Latias August 27th, 2011 12:24 PM

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 August 27th, 2011 5:16 PM

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 August 27th, 2011 6:14 PM

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

7Mufasa7 August 27th, 2011 7:43 PM

ehhhh i remember calling myself ash like 3 times out of the hundreds of pokemon re runs i played.
my cousin still names his character Ash lol.

he played from 3rd gen-b/w

bobandbill August 28th, 2011 4:03 AM

I never called myself Ash in any of the game; but with Pokemon received from trades from RBY I sure got a lot of Pokemon with OT names of Ash. XD Not surprising I suppose given the popularity of the anime then, and the fact many of said trades were from Yellow.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ August 28th, 2011 4:51 AM

My brother did one time. I never did, even back then I knew I didn't want myself associated with that n00b, and it didn't take long for my brother to realize that, too.

Closest I've come is naming my female character in White, "Ashley."

Meganium August 28th, 2011 10:45 PM

I'm a lady, so I never named my character Ash. xD I don't find myself naming myself Ash in the future when I get around to playing the games again. lol It would be Ani since I used that name so much back then.

gvgisdi August 28th, 2011 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meganium90 (Post 6824960)
I'm a lady, so I never named my character Ash. xD

You could name your character Ashley. :P


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