Nicknames

[Demigod]

I wish you could nickname pokes that you got in a trade.

 

[GFA]

I've stopped. Up until Diamond I always did, but I didn't name a thing in my Platinum run.

 

[Kinoko_Otoko]

Creativity, even with something as simple as a nickname for a Pokemon, is like anything else: it takes effort and becomes easier with practice. Let me tell you about a challenge I had... The game Phantasy Star Online is a dungeon crawl hack-n-slash which is basically all about leveling up and getting loot. But it had a weird system whereby your character's name determined the loot tables for dungeons forever. So half the names I thought of would yield loot tables I didn't like for that character. I spent at least two or three hours on names for characters in that game... It gave me some of my most treasured names; names I use for my characters in most games now. Names I can google and get 0 results because they're unique.

I figured out a method of building names piece by piece, just taking syllables that I liked and stringing them together until I had something interesting and pleasing to the ear. It was rewarding, but brain-wracking.

Another way to get interesting names is to use random name generators. Seventh Sanctum is a website with tons of name generators; it's worth checking out. I would post a link to it but I can't because I'm new to the forums... Easy enough to google though.

 

[Inpu]

I always name everything I catch. Heck, I've already come up with the names that I'm going to give to any of the Gen V's that I catch :D

I enjoy giving my PKMN names; I guess it makes the adventure more fun if my team is my team rather than my army, and giving them personality is very important in doing that.

I don't really have a particular formula on naming; I just try to name them something that fits them, be it cool or goofy.

 

[Mickeycricky]

I think giving Pokemon nicknames makes it more personal and gives you more attachment to them. I only nickname the ones that I keep on my team though ^_^;

 

[Benjina]

I hate nicknames. I never ever nickname, and I don't typically accept trades if they have a nickname.

There is only one nickname that I approve on my game, and as a matter of fact, for the entire time I've played Pokemon. It's my LVL 100 shiny Magikarp, nicknamed Goldy.

 

[Kinoko_Otoko]

It's great that you hate nicknames, Benjina, but are you going to tell us why? Get some psychoanalysis going. I'm always curious to know why someone's mind works differently than mine.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I only name my main party Pokemon, and I typically choose generic boy/girl names for them and I'm not quite sure why I don't get more creative with nicknames.

It's just something I do to try to get myself more attached to my Pokemon in the game.

 

[dragoniteuser]

Well I rarely give my pokes nicknames, but when I do, I put A LOT of thought in it!
I never name it just by it's colour, or just make it's specie name short!

 

[ManhattanTheStarr]

I ALWAYS nickname my Pokemon. So far, there is no Pokemon I've owned that hasn't had a nickname. I usually nickname my Pokemon based off of their type, or species... Liiike... my Pidgeot was Pilot, Squirtle was Shelby (y'know... SHELby, because Squirtle wears a SHELL? :B). And sometimes I just give them random nicknames, or just make up a name that doesn't exist. x3 Like when I named my Altaria "Tasani". :P

 

[Project.]

Every single Pokemon I catch, It is nicknamed. But they all have random, odd names. It depends on my mood. Here's some examples

Giratina: Xae
Dialga: Shereudia
Crobat: Tashadele
Heatran: Caedymius
Rotom: Ha'luu
Cresselia: Ena
Froslass: Verina
Drifblim: Anoxor
Pelipper: Calkirso
Machampt: Alaephe
Dugtrio: Casienon
Haunter: Calan
Skarmory: Kudisu
Luxray: Vessai
Chatot: Decadieur (one of my faves)
Clamperl: Eden
Deoxys: Seleria
Camerupts: Calvucio, Hited
Blaziken: Vohelsa
Seadra: Daedone
Riolu: Kaleseba
Heracross: Ssorcareha
Swellow: Lerebiase
Umbreon: Lantilane
Marill: Loeshi
Kecleons: Acba, Ceba,
Feebai: Kaizaisa, Kaiphona, Kaisuki
Sneasel: Anaizia
Spiritomb: Desphaeris
Happiny: Avonence
Absol: Kaishira
Pidgey: Verali
Arbok: Leitaneri
Jynx: Calae
Bronzong: Sau Le
Victreebel: Menalia

And I'm not even getting started ;)

 

[ManhattanTheStarr]

Every single Pokemon I catch, It is nicknamed. But they all have random, odd names. It depends on my mood. Here's some examples

Giratina: Xae
Dialga: Shereudia
Crobat: Tashadele
Heatran: Caedymius
Rotom: Ha'luu
Cresselia: Ena
Froslass: Verina
Drifblim: Anoxor
Pelipper: Calkirso
Machampt: Alaephe
Dugtrio: Casienon
Haunter: Calan
Skarmory: Kudisu
Luxray: Vessai
Chatot: Decadieur (one of my faves)
Clamperl: Eden
Deoxys: Seleria
Camerupts: Calvucio, Hited
Blaziken: Vohelsa
Seadra: Daedone
Riolu: Kaleseba
Heracross: Ssorcareha
Swellow: Lerebiase
Umbreon: Lantilane
Marill: Loeshi
Kecleons: Acba, Ceba,
Feebai: Kaizaisa, Kaiphona, Kaisuki
Sneasel: Anaizia
Spiritomb: Desphaeris
Happiny: Avonence
Absol: Kaishira
Pidgey: Verali
Arbok: Leitaneri
Jynx: Calae
Bronzong: Sau Le
Victreebel: Menalia

And I'm not even getting started ;)

Wow, those really are some random names... xD
But that's what I like about nicknaming Pokemon. You add your own personal touch to each one, and that makes them different. Instead of you having a Pikachu simply named Pikachu like everyone else. :/

 

[Project.]

And something I can hardly stand is not being able to nickname pokes I get in trades. That's stupid. i don't want DARKRAI in caps or JOLTEON

 

[ManhattanTheStarr]

And something I can hardly stand is not being able to nickname pokes I get in trades. That's stupid. i don't want DARKRAI in caps or JOLTEON

Wow, I thought I was the only one who hated that. @_@
I hated how I would get Pokemon from trades in the older games like... FR/LG. Like the Farfetch'd named CH'DING. Tbh, I like the name, but when it's in all caps like that, it looks... ugly. =/

In White, I might have to breed the Monmen I get from trading so that it can have the nickname I want. :B

 

[Blew]

I don't nickname my Pokémon because I don't see the need and even if I did choose to give nicknames, the names I'd pick would most likely be lame/dumb anyway.

 

[Shnappy]

I love nicknaming things. I think it adds a sense of ownership and personality.

I usually try to name things that are funny looking (in my opinion) funny things, serious pokemon serious names. But I usually use funny names. :b

On my Japanese Black, I plan to name my Pokemon after all of my best friends. (They all fit into the character limit, luckily.)

 

[Kinoko_Otoko]

I always leave my Pokemon nicknames in all caps. Wild Pokemon and in-game trainer's Pokemon are always named in caps, so if mine aren't it creates an aesthetic dissonance that irritates me. I just recently stopped using all caps for my character names when I realized that none of the NPCs have their names in all caps in the newer games...

 

[yaminokaitou]

I have nicknamed a few, but for the most part I let them keep their original names. I do put the names in lowercase, so instead of having "LEAFEON used RAZOR LEAF" you get "Leafeon used RAZOR LEAF". I can't stand all caps because it sounds like they're yelling at me. Not to mention, it makes the pokemon's name seem even more generic.

 

[Crackin355]

I like nicknaming my Pokemon :P It gives my pokemon a different feel to the rest and I think they sound cool ^_^ For example; Blaze, Dusk, Rage, Flame, Inferno, Whirlwind, etc.

 

[Ho-Oh]

I go through phases with my nicknames.

Some I name people's names (from Internet lol), some get random names like Baboqua (umm, or something along those lines I named a Fearow in Yellow o_O;), some get competely... not relative names (like naming a Walrein "Firefly") and the rest, I dunno tbh. Now I don't think I nickname Pokemon as often, though.