Comments on: Dae Asks: Nicknames

By: W1N570N

W1N570N — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:52:55 +0000

I always use nicknames, and I have some that are good enough to steal! (But please don’t!)

Shiny Gyarados – Dracious (Draco+Outrageous)
Galvantula – HaiRaising
Excadrill – Torqure (Torque + Torture)
Gengar – Cheshire

Some are based on their names:
Swampert – Swampstomp
Tyranitar – Tyrannator
Ferrothorn – Frassy (Sassy natured)

I have more, but I don’t want to give away ALL my secrets!

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:08:56 +0000

I just got in the habit of nicknaming my pokemon!

Chandelure- Hidama
Durant- Arikun
Jellicent (Male)- Pringles
Volcarona- Vesuvi

Thats all I can think of right now that I own… xP

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:11:33 +0000

If I nickname my pokemon, its usually a swear phrase or words that would be considered rude to use in public. I’m gonna try and get creative for the next game because my 5 year old nephew is starting to get interested in my games xD

By: lysander

lysander — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:29:58 +0000

I will nickname the ones that I plan on using as my team, both for in game and in the WiFi battles. I look through sites like babynames.com to find interesting names that seem to fit my pokemon.

By: Reece

Reece — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:28:06 +0000

The old age question: To nickname or not to nickname…?

I remember that i always copied my brother and gave my Pokemon nicknames whatever he gave them. My oldest memory is playing yellow and haveing:
Pikachu = Sparky
Charmander = Blaze
Squirtle = Bubbles
Bulbasaur = Ivy

My ‘obssession’ with nicknames ended when I got to Vermillion and I traded a Spearow for a Farfetch’d and it’s frickin name is Ch’ding!!!!! WTH!!! (there are young children present)
I then cleverly named my spearow ‘Stupid’ (I was like 5 and I thought was a swear word) so every time I talk to him, he would be like:
‘ How’s Ch’ding? My stupid is doing great!
^
(Pure genius right there =P )

By: Reuniclus

Reuniclus — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:12:48 +0000

Yes, I nickname Pokemon. Most of the time, it relates to the Pokemon, like my Shiny Female Gigalith is named Jade, but sometimes, I think a little more creatively. I have a female Drifloon I nicknamed “Libitina” which means “Protectress of the Dead”. Yeah, I actually search up things for some nicknames. Another one of my better nicknames (which also sounds weird) is my Female Reuniclus Jilly, which I intended to be a mix of Jelly and the name Jill.

My names aren’t that good though. I just enjoy giving them crazy names.

By: gerudoprince

gerudoprince — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:08:33 +0000

I try not to nickname, but I did once!

Thought I was being clever in Ruby, nicknaming my Mudkip ‘Marshtomp!”. Then he evolved into a Swampert…..called Marshtomp. Pretty much turned me off nicknaming from then on XD

Also lol at the example of naming a Pokemon after your sister….so strange…does anyone actually do that?

By: TheFreak

TheFreak — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:06:08 +0000

I tried doing a hard mode run on enerald once, and it really impressed me how much more attached i get to pokemanz with names.
I had my starter (treecko) called Grassass (my friend called his mudkip mudbutt so i had to)
I had a tentacool called Acid Trip, a Magicarp called magicrap, etc etc

Obviously i wasn’t taking myself too seriously 😛

By: Crys

Crys — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:12:45 +0000

Before Platinum, I would only nickname my party Pokemon. Starting Platinum, I nicknamed EVERY single pokemon I caught. As for my party pokemon, some of the names have deeper meaning and others look like a five year old chose them heh

-My Platinum team is Tiraniga (Giratina), Galiad (Dialga), Icebreaker (M Empoleon), Kirario (M Lucario), Trinity (F Togekiss) and Skyglider (M Staraptor).

-My Green Leaf Team: Aquashell (M Blastoise), Stripes (M Persian), Pidg (M Pidgeot), IceCream (Articuno), Flashlight (Zapdos) and Mewtwo (no nickname XD).

-Emerald: Void (M Sceptile), Devi (F Gardevoir), Gemi (F Sableye), Lyra (F Azumarill), Bluedragon (M Salamence) and HM Slave (F Tentacool).

-Soul Silver: Seth (M Meganium), Luau (F Gyarados), Quazar (M Arbok), Calculette (F Rapidash), Skyscraper (Lugia), Skyliner (M Fearow), Moonlight (F Umbreon) and Howldog (M Houndoom)

-White/Black: Tamy (F Serperior), Zanzibar (M Panpour), Cobali (White – Cobalion), Mina (White – F Swoobat), Runi (Black – M Darmanitan), Xandra ( White – F Krookodile), Cuda (Black – M Electric Squirrel whose name I forget), Lisygy (Black – F Sigilyph), Chrome ( White – Zekrom) and Shiri (Black – Reshiram)

Oh God, talk about TL;DR XD

By: tlm

tlm — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:37:55 +0000

From FR/LG on I have not nicknamed my Pokemon.
I mean, I’m sure Gyarados would have loved to have been called “Splashy” along with my previous water types. And perhaps I could have traded over “Legend” the Groudon or “Disaster” the Absol.
If I’d kept going with nicknames, my team would have probably ended up as Flamey, Sparky, Diggy, Flappy…
…Grumpy, Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy…