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curiousnathan June 26th, 2012 2:44 AM

What did you name your Pokemon, your rival and yourself?2.0!
 
Basically the previous thread grew old, dusty and rotten, so here's a brand new thread to discuss what you called your Pokemon, your rival and yourself in the fourth generation games as a collective bunch! (DPPt and HGSS)

In my diamond savefile I called my rival Lucas, as irl that's the name of one of my best mates, myself Nathan, again, that being my irl name and I didn't nickname my pokemon. Similarly to Diamond, I didn't nickname any of my pokemon in HGSS; My own name remained unchanged but my rival changed from Lucas, to Silver, since the name Lucas just didn't fit with Silver's personality and design so I just went with his general name. c:

Rivvon June 26th, 2012 3:18 AM

In Pearl and Platinum I can't remember if I named the rival Jun or Jyun (either way they're pronounced the same), because I looked at him and thought "yeah he looks like a 'Jun.'" Imagine my surprise when I later checked online and discovered his default Japanese name is the same!
I also named my Pokemon after whatever I thought suited them! Sometimes they are real names ("Danny" for Luxray), sometimes they'd be more descriptive ("Cosmos" for Palkia). This is what I do for most of my games.

In SoulSilver I named my rival Silver, and I named my Pokemon after whatever I had named them in Crystal--regardless of how bad they were (and thus marks the return of Bull the Tauros). I wanted to feel like I was playing Crystal again, so I tried making everything as similar as possible (and suddenly, Draco Meteor Jirachi).

And I always name the player character after myself. I honestly don't see a reason as to why not (for myself, at least).

PlatinumDude June 26th, 2012 3:58 AM

I named myself as my real name (Matthew) and my rival as Barry, Jun and Jaden on different save files.

Zephele June 26th, 2012 11:43 AM

For Pearl and HeartGold, I named the protagonist either my own name or the default name; more often than not, I use my own name. And because I lack creativity, I named my rival Barry and Silver respectively.

As for my Pokemon, I hadn't started nicknaming them yet when I played through Pearl. Though I did have a Garchomp named Chompy. When I got to HeartGold, I used random names that I thought suited the Pokemon.

After my first playthrough, though, I stuck to 'themed' names. So far, I've had: names of characters from the Ace Attorney series, names starting with the first six letters of the alphabet (lame, I know. I ran out of ideas) and names using the zodiac signs.

NavySealGR July 6th, 2012 7:54 AM

I named my char LEO,my rival Haris,and my chimchar was left as it is :P

PaxAmericana July 7th, 2012 2:29 PM

For HG/SS, or any other game for that matter, I usually name myself my real name, Aaron.

For the rival in HG/SS, most of the time I will name him Silver, which I am fairly certain is his official name.

I don't, however, nickname my Pokemon.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ July 8th, 2012 5:38 PM

For Platinum:

I named my character "Lisa" and the rival "Terry".
My Pokemon:
Empoleon - "Richter"
Jolteon - "Victor"
Crobat - "Ashley"
Dusknoir - "Shari"
Flygon - "Kimberly"
Persian - "Lisa" (yeah, same as my trainer, but...)

Ephemeral Euphoria July 8th, 2012 5:47 PM

I named my character Seth, my rival Chazz, my Infernape Hades, and my Palkia GringoKiller (GrngoKllr) on my previous run in Platinum.

T!M July 8th, 2012 6:58 PM

(Seriously, Curious, enough the posts, half of the 4th Gen Forum is filled with stuff from you... -.-)

Anyway, As I always have...

Me: Tim (My real name)
Rival: Always Ben (based on the trouble I had with the NPC "Ben" in the card game Hearts back when I had no internet.)
POKeMON: Never nicked name them.

ZebraikaKnight July 10th, 2012 12:01 PM

In HGSS I named my rival Antonio. The name seemed to fit given he's Giovanni's son.

Haseyo July 10th, 2012 12:24 PM

I usually name my rival after a friend, so every time I win I can say "Hey _____, I just owned you again!"

Since I restart my files often it really doesn't matter. At least in B2/W2 you can still talk / battle your rival daily so the name can be more...useful, rather than "that guy / girl you bump into every so often until E4."

I name myself either Sheed (adding as many E's as possible, since people love to stress that when saying my nickname) or Haseyo.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE July 10th, 2012 1:18 PM

Diamond:

Me: Laura
Rival: Maxi

Pokémon:
Mothim (Mandarin)
Honchkrow (Mobster)
Gastrodon (Slugworth)
Rapidash (Pegasus)
Luxray (Thundercat)
Floatzel (Otterfox)

ShinyUmbreon189 July 10th, 2012 1:25 PM

I can't exactly remember what I named my character but I named my rival Billy, lol idk why and I named my first Pokemon Hydro and it was Piplup.

Skillah July 10th, 2012 1:55 PM

Lets see.

in D/p I named myself Alex and my Rival Wil. (Because my bestfriend at the time was Wil. :P)

In Soulsilver I named myself Carlos (I thought it was funny xD)

And I named my Rival Alfonzo. Because that name still cracks me up.

Brendino July 10th, 2012 10:27 PM

My name in both HG and Platinum was my real name (Brendan).

I named my rival Silver in HG.

Some Pokemon names off the top of my head:
Scizeaux (Scizor - Pt)
Czar (Empoleon - Pt)
Geada (Froslass - HG)
Mila (Ninetales - Pt)
Azure (Azumarill - Pt)
Scarhino (Heracross - HG)
Nordique (Wailord - HG)

TheUltimateG.J July 13th, 2012 5:39 AM

In heart gold i named my character G.J my rival nme is soul and my cyndquil name is quily

ShaymieTheShaymin July 13th, 2012 7:00 AM

In SoulSilver,I named my character Lyra because I was to lazy to think of a name. XD I named my rival Eddie,after my friend who always got everything I wanted before I did. Stupid Eddie. And I named my Chikorita Baron. I wanted to get a girl so that I could name it Bailey.

TrainerCDub July 13th, 2012 8:10 AM

I named my character in both Diamond and Pearl C-Dub (big surprise there) and my rival Seth, because he looked like a boy I used to be friends with named Seth.
I rarely nickname my pokemon, unless I have multiples of them. I bred two pikachus together and I swear they made an egg every five minutes, so I named the babies Chuchu, Spark, etc.

Aerinoctis July 14th, 2012 11:19 AM

I always name myself Dominic. 4th Gen games were no exception! I keep the rival names as they should be: Barry and Silver. I don't nickname Pokémon, ever.

Pinta77 July 22nd, 2012 6:33 PM

On diamond, i named me "Evan", my pokemon "bad egg", and my rival "wally." I thought it was wally from r/s at first :x

Hikamaru July 22nd, 2012 6:49 PM

In Platinum, I named my character Nichole (which is my real name and has been a trend for all my main playthroughs), my rival named Barry (his default name) and my starter was a Chimchar, nicknamed him Ichiru (after a character from Vampire Knight) and it was my first time nicknaming my Pokemon.

Perriechu July 22nd, 2012 7:27 PM

In Platinum I've named my hero Joe, since it's my name, lol. I sometimes use random names but most of the time it's my name. The rival's name is Barry because I was too lazy to think of something and I don't nickname my Pokemon unless I'm doing a challenge.

Sydian July 22nd, 2012 7:32 PM

Diamond 1:
Hikari
Don't remember rival :(

Diamond 2:
Denitra
David (idk why...I only know one David and he's NOTHING like the rival lmfao)

Pearl:
Donovan
idr
Though, this is a used Pearl and I just kept the same file, so I technically didn't pick these names out. Can't remember the rival though ugh!

HeartGold 1:
Jared
DON'T REMEMBER AGAIN UGH

HeartGold 2:
Kaliope
Coach! (I AM A MONSTER...COACH.)

SoulSilver:
Denir
Squid (...idk)

Flute July 23rd, 2012 1:12 AM

Ever since I was a wee little tyke, I named myself "Terry". My rival was always just a random name, most of the time it was "ROCKET". I never name my pokemon, but rather I catch a single one of that pokemon + a ditto. I feel naming the pokemon makes it "my" pokemon, as opposed to an individual pokemon. I guess I'm a bit backwards there, huh? :P

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE July 23rd, 2012 2:50 PM

SoulSilver:

Me: Laura
Rival: Maxi

Pokémon:
Ninetales (Firefox)
Umbreon (Padfoot)
Venomoth (Venom)
Fearow (Frisco)
Nidoqueen (Big Mama)
Raikou (Khan)


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