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Alfieri September 21st, 2014 6:29 AM

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The concept of having the game release worldwide and letting you choose your language is such an awesome idea. However the problem with this, I believe, is that some nickname ideas get cut. There could be a totally harmless nickname you came up with in English but 4 letters of that nickname are a derogatory Spanish word. Do you guys have any opinion on this? Is it minor to you or was it a nuisance?

Howmander September 21st, 2014 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfieri (Post 8444586)
The concept of having the game release worldwide and letting you choose your language is such an awesome idea. However the problem with this, I believe, is that some nickname ideas get cut. There could be a totally harmless nickname you came up with in English but 4 letters of that nickname are a derogatory Spanish word. Do you guys have any opinion on this? Is it minor to you or was it a nuisance?

not even regarding your own nicknames, it won't let you use words like Cofagrigus or Kakuna if you're looking for them in the GTS! What is up with that?!

BakingBluePotatoe September 21st, 2014 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8444943)
not even regarding your own nicknames, it won't let you use words like Cofagrigus or Kakuna if you're looking for them in the GTS! What is up with that?!

Lol Because u can't swear, those names have swear words in them. 8D

^Really, that's why. I got hit by this nonsence once when I tried to nickname one of my Pokemon after an anime character... part of the name was apparently a swear word in... spainish I think?

Howmander September 21st, 2014 2:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BakingBluePotatoe (Post 8444950)
Lol Because u can't swear, those names have swear words in them. 8D

^Really, that's why. I got hit by this nonsence once when I tried to nickname one of my Pokemon after an anime character... part of the name was apparently a swear word in... spainish I think?

The first one I get, but what swear word is in Kakuna?

Bounsweet September 21st, 2014 2:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8445096)
The first one I get, but what swear word is in Kakuna?

My guess would be the word that is a homophone with a certain string of three letters in the middle of Kakuna's name. It's a racial slur.

I think they need to fix what makes other Pokémon banned from the GTS because of their names, including the aforementioned some other Pokémon who don't go through are Froslass, Weedle, etc.

I can see where they're coming from with preventing offensive language on an E-rated game, but they need to step it up with how they filter words.

Howmander September 21st, 2014 4:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mochi (Post 8445132)
My guess would be the word that is a homophone with a certain string of three letters in the middle of Kakuna's name. It's a racial slur.

I think they need to fix what makes other Pokémon banned from the GTS because of their names, including the aforementioned some other Pokémon who don't go through are Froslass, Weedle, etc.

I can see where they're coming from with preventing offensive language on an E-rated game, but they need to step it up with how they filter words.

wow! I never, in a MILLION years, could have gotten the Kakuna thing! But yes, I totally agree, they definitely need to fix their filter. Words that are bad in other languages, okay, that's understandable, but when it's their OWN words (as in pokemon names) they definitely need to lighten up!

Hikamaru September 21st, 2014 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8445096)
The first one I get, but what swear word is in Kakuna?

"Kak" means s*** in Dutch (I won't post the rest but I'm sure you know which word it is), which is explainable enough since it's already a swear word. But I do admit the censoring is heavily annoying at times because it means we get less nickname choices and sometimes even certain players have to name their trainer something entirely different just because their real name contained something "bad".

Hiatus September 22nd, 2014 6:08 PM

To others, I could definitely see this being troublesome, due to all reasons that have been stated so far; it restricts their creativity. I'm not much of a nicknaming person, though, personally, so for me, it's honestly not such a big deal.


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