Something that vexes me

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Magikrazy

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In Pokemon, the Global Trade Station in the game doesn't let you trade your pokemon if they contain swear words. It's fine if the nickname of your pokemon has a swear word in it, but what happens if the species of the pokemon has a name with an expletive in it, and you didn't nickname it? Yes, Cofagrigus has been fixed, but what about Pineco, Ho-Oh, Weedle, Marshtomp, Skuntank, Nosepass and Probopass? This only makes the kids playing the games confused and forces them to learn these words. Any thoughts on this?
 
Besides Nosepass and Probopass, I don't see anything wrong with the other Pokemon's names.
It's not really a problem for me since I never use the Global Trade Station. Very few people there know a good trade. Tepig for a Level 100 Lugia? Heck no. What also pisses me off at the GTS are those people who put up a Pokemon to show it off or store it by giving an impossible trade. :mad:
 
I once made a rant about the GTS.

Let me go dig for it.

EDIT: http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=14446.msg585705#msg585705
 
Pyro said:
I once made a rant about the GTS.

Let me go dig for it.

EDIT: http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=14446.msg585705#msg585705
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Are you suggesting I'm slow?
Pandapowah said:
Besides Nosepass and Probopass, I don't see anything wrong with the other Pokemon's names.
It's not really a problem for me since I never use the Global Trade Station. Very few people there know a good trade. Tepig for a Level 100 Lugia? Heck no. What also pisses me off at the GTS are those people who put up a Pokemon to show it off or store it by giving an impossible trade. :mad:
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All the Pokemon's names contain swear words (by Nintendo and Game Freak's standards). For example, *bleep*[/b]rigus.

EDIT: See? Even this board won't let me talk about this Pokemon, which I will now refer to as the evolution of Yamask.
 
I had to look for the word in the first one. I found it, I can't believe it took me so long to find the word. Also, swear censor option is in profile settings and stuff.
 
Evil Magikrazy said:
In Pokemon, the Global Trade Station in the game doesn't let you trade your pokemon if they contain swear words. It's fine if the nickname of your pokemon has a swear word in it, but what happens if the species of the pokemon has a name with an expletive in it, and you didn't nickname it? Yes, Cofagrigus has been fixed, but what about Pineco, Ho-Oh, Weedle, Marshtomp, Skuntank, Nosepass and Probopass? This only makes the kids playing the games confused and forces them to learn these words. Any thoughts on this?
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Did I get those right.
 
Devil Jin said:
Evil Magikrazy said:
In Pokemon, the Global Trade Station in the game doesn't let you trade your pokemon if they contain swear words. It's fine if the nickname of your pokemon has a swear word in it, but what happens if the species of the pokemon has a name with an expletive in it, and you didn't nickname it? Yes, *bleep*[/b]rigus has been fixed, but what about Pineco, Ho-Oh, Weedle, Marshtomp, Skuntank, Nosepass and Probopass? This only makes the kids playing the games confused and forces them to learn these words. Any thoughts on this?
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Did I get those right.
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Oh... Now I see. But there not that noticable.
 
You left out the d in Weedle and the e in Pineco, but you got the rest right. Nosepass, Probopass and Froslass should be easy to find.
 
I'm having trouble with those 3, I can't seem to find them. I had trouble with those other ones too, I can hardly notice them.
 
Unless you're joking, here's a hint. Check the end. More specifically, the last 3 letters of Nosepass, Probopass and Froslass.
 
I don't get that either. It's probably an obscure euphemism for something dirty, though.
 
Evil Magikrazy said:
I don't get that either. It's probably an obscure euphemism for something dirty, though.
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Maybe GameFreak just finds something dirty in everything. Why can't they just put in software that detects whether you've nicknamed them for the next game? That's what I would do.
 
You have issues if you're looking for profanity in the names of Pokemon. It's not like anyone cares, even if Game Freak did it intentionally, which I am almost certain is not the case.
 
I think it's a bit odd that you used the word "vex" which is to "confusingly annoy".

I'm not confused by this, just annoyed.
 
I remember this issue. Indeed it was a bit of ridiculous decision as some Pokemon do have these censored words in their names. The one I remember was cofa-grigus (the name is even censored on the forums). This change was unneeded; yet, GF still did it...
 
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