Red's Strategy to Nicknaming Pokemon

[Dylan T.]

Red's Pokémon nicknames are taken from two syllables from their Japanese language-version names.

I don't fully understand Red's strategy to nicknaming Pokemon. Let's use Red's Aerodactyl for an example of what I do understand. I know that Aerodactyl's Japanese language-version name is Ptera, but I don't understand how that translates to "Aero". Does anybody know how Red's strategy to nicknaming Pokemon works?

 

[Nitrous Oxide]

It isn't that. Lax, Poli, Saur and Aero all don't follow that rule, so I don't even know why that's on the page. It must mean the names in the Japanese version, because there wouldn't be any reason to say this for the English one.

 

[Mileyangel]

I think he just uses syllables from the Pokemon's species name.

 

[Charizard_Man]

He just nicknames his pokemon by a part of the specie's name. For example:

VenaSAUR

SnorLAX

PIKAchu

GYARAdos

EeVEE

AEROdactyl

POLIwrath

get it?

 

[Mileyangel]

^Uh-huh. The same applies to the Japanese names.