Do you remember the nickname of your first Pokémon starter?

[MasterEn]

Lol, thanks! I appreciate that

you're welcome. :)

 

[IyoTheHelpfulWolf]

My Torterra's name is Giggles and I LOVE MY BABIES!

 

[AncientBehemoth]

Torchik I named DiscoDance was my first.

 

[MMPToy]

My first own Pokémon game was a used copy of LeafGreen I bought in 2011 (CiB for 10 bucks. Those were the days...), but that time I didn't name my Pokémon anything, so I just had a female Venusaur named VENUSAUR, who I loved alot despite not getting a name.

Then I got HeartGold which became my all-time favorite Pokémon game and the one I played the very most, and I'm PRETTY sure I named my first starter (a Chikorita) after one of my little brothers, which was a tradition I kept for a good long while.

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How about you?
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My first starter Pokémon was a Charmander,I named it Char after Char Aznable ?

 

[JustLooking123]

My first pokemon was a Torchic, i named it Jojo! because in my native language, it means lil' chick! ??

 

[Deleted member 884]

Never used nicknames, I don't like them.

 

[RageBurner]

I never got in the habit of nicknaming them. I know it sounds aloof, but despite having some favorites I never developed any kind of emotional attachment to my Pokémon (I think Monster Rancher does a better job at developing said attachment, too).

 

[for.we.are.many]

I don't think I've ever given a nickname to any Pokémon

 

[MegaHiro91]

I never nicknamed my mons in Pokémon Red. For one, whereas in later gens the Pokémon in your party are represented by small miniatures of themselves, in Red they were just generic sprites. Like, water Pokémon had the same sprite, grass Pokémon had the same sprite etc. So if I named them and didn't remember who I named what, it would be impossible to switch the correct Pokémon out in the heat of battle since, again unlike future gens, you couldn't check the summary of your other mons before you switched them out. Therefore I exclusively went with their birthnames so they were easy to identity.

But even in future gens I never (or at least extremely seldom) name them, because in my world Pokémon aren't supposed to have another name than "their own". Maybe the anime brainwashed me, because no one in Indigo League (season 1) named their Pokémon, so I guess I just grew accustomed to that you "weren't supposed to name them". That their species WAS their name.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Also technically I've played PMD's first gen on theDS before any mainline game

I love how his eyes are constantly closed.

 

[Hugez]

My first own Pokémon game was a used copy of LeafGreen I bought in 2011 (CiB for 10 bucks. Those were the days...), but that time I didn't name my Pokémon anything, so I just had a female Venusaur named VENUSAUR, who I loved alot despite not getting a name.

Then I got HeartGold which became my all-time favorite Pokémon game and the one I played the very most, and I'm PRETTY sure I named my first starter (a Chikorita) after one of my little brothers, which was a tradition I kept for a good long while.

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How about you?
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I Named mine charchar lol (my first game was firered on switch)

 

[Nidoking's iconNidoking]

Thasher, my Typhlosion. I meant to name him Thrasher but typo'd it and didn't know about the Name Rater.

 

[Trainer Red]

 

[bigthecat_]

I used to hate nicknames so I never named any until B/W. I named my Tepig under an (gay) artist's name that loves Pignite.

 

[Toppis]

I have always used pokemons own names

 

[lordofthekevins]

LEACHY the venusaur

 

[Lazerith]

Dinner

 

[SolemnlyDoc]

The first time I named a Pokemon was in Sword, I got a Scorbunny and named it Apollo.

 

[RageBurner]

The first time I named a Pokemon was in Sword, I got a Scorbunny and named it Apollo.

That's a really nice name.

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

She was my Venusaur in Blue and her name was Princess

 

[Duke_11037]

A torchic named 'Bbq chicken' when I was like 10 and thought it was funny lol

 

[dilsworth]

Chimchar, nicknamed him Diddy (after Diddy Kong) back on Diamond.

 

[DarkTownStrutters]

The nicknames i would give my Pokemans back in the day would see me shunned in polite society.

And i know i wasn't the only one.

 

[bjork]

I only remember giving pokemon the same names they already had, just all lowercase so it was easier to look at. Don't recall if that was an option going all the way back to red/blue

 

[MasterEn]

I only remember giving pokemon the same names they already had, just all lowercase so it was easier to look at. Don't recall if that was an option going all the way back to red/blue

it was. the option is located at the bottom of the naming screen.