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

[Phantom1]

Same, only used "ASH" for yellow...

But since my name is "Ashley" I named my character "Ash" once we were able to choose gender. Otherwise, Red was always Red.

 

[80s.haircut.man]

I've only used "BOs HM" for my name since there's no 8 on 1st Gen.

 

[Kano Shuuya]

lolol

I was 'Ash' in Red, Blue, Yellow, and wouldn't put it past me to have done the same in Crystal. XD; Also, I think I might've named my Yellow player 'Satoshi', and my rival was 'Shigeru', because it was rather sugoi desu to use their Japanese names when I was 12.

 

[Saitou]

I only used the name 'Ash' for Yellow, for well, obvious reasons. The player's name was irrelevant to me to be honest, so I just put my name or something when I start a new game in any version.

 

[Spades Slick]

I always name the character the name of the game, i.e.: Red on Red, Emerald on Emerald, if it's too big(i.e.: Platinum) I use something to symbolize it, and in remakes, I use the different part of the name

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

I think the only time I did this was playing Blue version, and that was because the anime was massively in the cultural zeitgeist at the time so it would have felt weird NOT naming the character Ash. By the time Gen II came around, however, I'd lost interest (with the rest of my peers) in the anime, so felt liberated to call the protagonist whatever I wanted to. This has continued forever more!

 

[DowntownDumpling]

I typically just give my characters random names. The most coherent they get is that when I'm doing a monotype challenge, I name my character something that resembles his or her type (e.g. "Wanda" for Water or "Arthur" for Bug).

 

[Nobololol]

In yellow I named my character Ash but in other games something else

 

[FinShaggy]

I started on Blue, and Red.

My characters name is "*****", with his rival being "Wet Back".
And My Squirtles name is "Chief"

 

[Shijo]

actually i always named my character Reyko, then changed to Shijo in gold and silver

 

[TheRedeemed]

I named myself Ash in the Red and Gold, but from then onwards I used my online nicknames. :)

I didn't know about the manga back then either, so I was confused as to why they wanted you to name yourself after a color... :P

 

[HaloSonic]

out of habit, I tend to name Red Ash, but usually it's just him. I did name Ethan Ash once eons ago in Silver, but otherwise, not really.

 

[doredla]

I never did. I always named him Mimi, even though it's a girl name. I was obsessed with Mimi from Digimon as a kid and named everything, even a cat, after her.

 

[Nick]

Uhhh YES!!!

I named my character Ash up until RSE, where the character design was too different to be able to name him Ash and get away with it. In Yellow specifically, I named my character Ash, got all of Ash's Pokémon, and tried to make my gaming experience as close to the anime as I possibly could.

 

[DowntownDumpling]

I started on Blue, and Red.

My characters name is "*****", with his rival being "Wet Back".
And My Squirtles name is "Chief"

I think you may have come dangerously close to a post that could be removed or that could get you punished. I won't complain about it because I'm sure you didn't mean to offend anyone, and I myself do not feel offended (people do tend to overreact) but I would recommend being more careful in the future.

For now, I'll assume that the asterisks really are asterisks, that you gave your rival that nickname because he uses Water-types, and that you gave your Squirtle that name because it is the strongest Pokemon on your team.

 

[Barrels]

Definitely not just you. I named my character ASH for a good five years and two generations, because I was an exceptionally unoriginal kid.

...Did anyone ever name their Black/White character Hilbert, though? I'll 'fess up to never having heard that name before Generation V.

 

[Attribule]

I never knew anyone who named their character Ash.

I grew up with friends and cousins with short names so they usually used that.

 

[Jellicent♀]

Yes. I've done it a lot. Sometimes when I'm restarting Yellow I'll just be too lazy to think of a name, so I'll use Ash. I like Ash, though. <3

 

[TwiDragon]

I named my guy after myself, however with Crystal I called her Krystal (didn't even know that was her name at the time). I actually used Krystal as the name of all female charachters until 4th gen where it turned to another name

 

[vizarod]

My person was named Swimmer.