Thread 58591521

How do you decide nicknames for your pokemon?
Personally, I don't nickname a mon until it's "earned" one

I name them after Gym Leaders of their type

>>58591521 (OP)
I use different nickname themes on different playtroughs.

>>58591521 (OP)
I don't this too
I also will not name my future children until they're atleast 5

>>58591594
This was actually pretty common for a lot of cultures through history funnily enough

>>58591521 (OP)
I like puns that are lazy renames of the pokemon. Something like Gold Dean for Goldeen or Geraldos for Gyarados or Gayrados, of course

I've been finding multi-pokemon nicknames amusing lately
I was using a banette and crobat to steal comet shards in white 2, so I named them delinquent and duo respectively

>>58591521 (OP)
I usually try to think of something quirky or a pun. If all else fails I’ll name them after historical figures or places.

>>58591521 (OP)
I make random sounds until one fits

>>58591521 (OP)
I either name them after a song or transformer

They tend to be memes, references, or just stuff made up on the spot.

i don't often nickname my mons, but every now and then i catch a mon for my team and smth feels special about it, so i give it a name, i can't really explain why i feel that way or what causes it but it's just a "i think i'll name this one". it usually ends up becoming my ace, or i at least see it as such
as for the name itself, it's usually a reference to something fitting with the mon's design, sometimes something popular, sometimes something more niche. the most recent two i've done this for are my doublade in X (joan), and my mantine in HG (mocha)
i'm surprised there aren't more nicknamed NPC mons throughout the series

Oh you know, whatever comes to mind.

I always name my female Gardevoirs Lucy. For the others it's random whether i give them a nickname or not

I personally never really nickname mons, I just don't like it. I'll do it for the occasional nuzlocke I guess, but I never end up bothering to remember the names even when I enjoy the mon in the locke. Heck, my first time nicknaming was back when I got my first shiny, a Whismur, in either Ruby or Emerald. I felt compelled to nickname it but couldn't think of anything I actually liked so I just named it "Shine". Boring and lame, and sadly not creative like I might be now, but I just never cared about it... I don't like giving mons nicknames. It feels lame.

>>58592113
Sit down, shut up and listen. A shiny Gyarados is using Hyper Voice.

reminds me of https://arch.b4k.dev/vp/thread/58413268/#q58413281

>>58591521 (OP)
I name them like race horses and other contest animals.

>>58592200
The wife doesn't know
The wife knows everything

>>58592168
Same, plus in-universe almost nobody uses nicknames, so it feels weird.

>>58591908
kys

>>58591908
DE-NNIS

What are you, Japanese?

>>58591959
Had a pair in a recent ultra moon run I thought was cute.

>>58591521 (OP)
i literally just write the first thing that comes to mind

>>58591594
>my future children
You will be alone forever

>>58592928
Usually this, just whatever pops into my head when I catch them. I was in Peru when I started this romhack so a couple of them are in Spanish, then my gf lost her dongle on the flight home, etc

I look up some scientific name related to that Pokemon's corresponding animal, if it has one, and derive a name from that. Otherwise I'll do things like take the concept of what the Pokemon is based off and look up a notable authority figure in that field of study and name it after them.

So in my HeartGold I have
>Ceruleus the Feraligatr (Cerulean + Julius)
>Liesegang the Steelix (Mega Steelix has Liesegang rings)
>Sinensis the Leafeon (Camellia sinensis is the scientific name of the tea plant)
>Epeus the Hitmonchan (Greek soldier who built the Trojan Horse)
>William the Slowking (After King William IV)
>Victoria the Togekiss (After Queen Victoria, who had Gold and Diamonhd Jubilees, Togekiss is the Jubilee Pokemon)
>Trance the Gengar (Puts Pokemon into trances (Hypnosis))
>Delta the Snorlax (He's in delta sleep)
>Verdan the Dragonite (Green)
>Coulomb the Raikou (After Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, whose name is used for electrical charge)
>Arrhenius the Entei (After Svante Arrhenius, who estimated increasing atmospheric temperature using carbon dioxide)
>Leopold the Suicune (After Luna Leopold, late US geomorphologist and hydrologist)

And so on.

>>58591521 (OP)
i name them whatever i feel like
but usually recurring themes for nicknames i give include
>weapons
>mythical creatures
>4chan/vp injokes
>whatever the hell toadline breeders name their dogs
>references to games i've played recently
>occasionally i'll name some after friends i've made in multiplayer games
>geology-related stuff for ground/rock/steel types

>>58592922
Thank god crobat has always looked good in each game, I’d be depressed

>>58591521 (OP)
Whatever I feel like. I don't usually put much thought into it. Maybe it's just what came to mind, maybe it was a song I was listening to. My failed failed plat nuzlocke compilation for example (died at Cynthia)
My Z-A team's names were themed after plants however.

I named my Z-A squad after

>>58593345
Dragonites aren't green you massive gigafaggot

>>58593598
The shiny is, calm down sped

>>58592930
I'll likely end naming your little half brother cool anon

>>58593598
You were saying?

>>58591521 (OP)
If I can come up with something clever or mildly funny I'll nickname it that. Otherwise, no nickname.

Unironically just fish out references from my head. Be it for fictional or real life stuff

I nickname every single one the first random bullshit that pops into my head after I catch it

>>58591521 (OP)
Just kinda name them with whatever pops up in my head

>>58591521 (OP)
Usually anime characters.
>Personally, I don't nickname a mon until it's "earned" one
Your parents should have left you unnamed.

>>58591521 (OP)
I don’t nickname my mons
>dog named dog
Yes

>>58594541
If a mon doesn't have enough of an identity to have a nickname, why would I force one on it?
Effectively all I do is wait until I have an idea I really really like

>>58594874
For me it's the opposite, I can't start training a mon until I give it a unique identity.

>>58594963
I've just noticed that the more I try to nickname mons, the more often I end up with nicknames I feel nothing about. My only real rule is I only nickname a mon if I come up with one where I'm like "oh my god I have to name it this right fucking now"
I just try not to force it

>>58595060
I come with nicknames easily so it works out for me. Had a blast with more out there throwaway nicknames when I still played Go.

>>58595549
It took me ten seconds to realize you meant pokemon go, I was thinking you meant Go the board game

>>58595584
I'd play that too if I had the brains...