Thread: VG Weekly Poll #28 Do you nickname your Pokémon?

Hello Everynyan! Welcome to the twenty-eigth instalment in the Video Games Forum's new weekly series of polls!

Centered around the Pokemon series of video games, these polls will be based on the various different aspects of the popular video game franchise. Every Monday, a Video Games staff member will post a new poll that'll remained stickied up on top of the forum. Suggestions for polls and questions can be sent to Joshawott, and they could possibly used for new polls (credit will be given, of course).

With that out of the way, here is the poll: Do you nickname your Pokémon?

Past Polls of the Week

01) Was Black and White a step in the right direction?
02) Did you agree with N's ideals?
03) Favourite Generation?
04) Do you EV train?
05) Favourite Grass-type starter?
06) Was the Battle Tower/Subway too hard?
07) Favourite Spin-Off Series?
08) Favourite Fire/Fighting type starter?
09) Who was the hardest Gym Leader?
10) Primary, Secondary of Tertiary Version?
11) Do you use the Pokémon Global Link?
12) Do you like the Pokémon Dream World?
13) Creepiest Pokémon Resting Place?
14) Favourite Regional Professor?
15) Favourite Legendary Trio?
16) Favourite Early Bird?
17) Favourite Unova Gym Design?
18) Favourite Ice-type Trainer
19) Favourite Dragon-type Version Mascot
20) Initial Reaction to Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition?
21) Favourite Male Playable Character?
22) Favourite Villainous team?
23) Favourite Early Rodent?
24) Favourite Fossil Pokémon?
25) Most Anticipated 3DS Feature?
26) Favourite Female Playable Character?
27) Thoughts on the Doctor and Nurse trainer classes?

Thank you for voting!

-The Video Games Forum Staff

Only on certain Pokemon who remind me of something.

I didn't use to, when I was younger. But since B/W came out, it's something I can't stop doing. See my signature for proof lol

Only from MANECTRIC to Manectric.

No. I'm too lazy. Plus, I think their species names (Pikachu, Gardevoir, etc.) are good enough.

Usually not (except, like PkmnGreen said, from POKEMON to Pokemon). But in White, I nicknamed my Braviary "Washington." Because, well, it's kind of joked about as being the American eagle. And who's more American than George Washington?

I sometimes do if I have an idea for a name, but often times I dont name them at all.

Not at all. I actually hate it when all the in-game traded Pokemon are nicknamed.. Like the Rotom you trade for in BW.. Eek.. really? stupidest name ever. I like the species names. I don't like giving them nicknames. Plus I can't think of good enough nicknames to name them so I never bother.

Anymore, I don't. When I first started playing, I didn't name them either, but when I very first got back into the games (FR), I named everything that wasn't a legendary. Pretty stupid names at that. I eventually broke that habit, and I went back to not naming anything.

I used to never do it at all. When I started Black I decided to nickname every Pokémon I caught (I stopped a little after I beat the Elite Four) and since then I've been nicknaming a lot more of my Pokémon than I used to.

I nickname the ones I used as part of my in-game team, as well as HM slaves, Pokemon I use a lot for catching other Pokemon (ones with False Swipe, Thunder Wave, yadda yadda) or when breeding (a Pokemon with the ability Flame Body/Magma Armor for example). I never name Legendaries or Pokemon that just go in the box because I only wanted their Pokedex info.

In the older generations I may have nicknamed a Pokemon, or two, but now I would never nickname them, so NO is my vote. I find that keeping their original names makes them....well more original XD

Oh just to add I do nickname their names from Gen iV to the B/W lowercase format if I am going to poketransfer them like PkmnGreen mentioned, but I see that more as converting the same original name to the lowercase format.

I never nicknamed my pokes in Gen 1 and 2, but I started giving them names ever since Gen 3. It's whatever strikes me fancy.

In Emerald, I named my pokemons after their features or names. Blaziken as Rooster, Gardevoir as Lady Night, Swellow as Mr. Boss, and Breloom as Mushroom.

In FireRed, I named them after Sinnoh gym leaders, E4s, and stat trainers XDD I reloaded the games a lot of times to get a female Bulbasaur just so I could name her Gardenia.

In Pearl, I named them after their features/names again. Lopunny as Bunny, Luxray as Shine, Staraptor as Stargirl, and Empoleon as Prince.

In Platinum, I named them all after the Transformers Decepticons XDD I even went as far as to catching every single pokemon MALE so I didn't feel any trouble naming them XDD. (I boxed the females after using them for breeding). Rampardos was Shockwave and Staraptor was Starscream XDDDDDDDD Ah, the nostalgia XDD

In BW, I just named them after fruits/veggies. Plum the Pidove, Lettuce the Snivy, Ginger the Galvantula, Cinnamon the Gothrita

Only certain Pokémon.

I don't nickname my Pokemon when beginning a new generation, because that might make it difficult to memorize their actual names. Once I know their names by heart, I nickname my most important Pokemon after characters in other series, or anything amusing I can think of. ("Magikarp" the Arceus)

Only some of my competitive teams, otherwise, I never really name them.