It was not too long ago revealed that Pokemon Go developer Niantic has censored the identify “Ho-Oh,” alongside the names of a number of different official Pokemon.
The phenomenon was initially observed by Redditor sliceanddic3, who posted their findings over on Pokemon Go subreddit The Silph Road. You can try the total publish beneath.
“Apparently the name Ho-Oh is inappropriate,” they wrote. It seems as if nicknaming your Ho-Oh locks you out of ever reversing that call – not less than through the precise nickname interface (though Redditor glumada factors out that “Hoe-Oh” isn’t censored, which provides you another means out if you happen to’re prepared to call your Legendary Pokemon after a gardening device).
It appears that this isn’t the primary time Niantic has by accident censored official Pokemon names. Reddit consumer Jonneygee mentions that Lickitung and Lickilicky can’t have their nicknames reversed both because of the truth the phrase “lick” is forbidden within the nickname interface, however there’s actually a Pokemon transfer referred to as Lick, which makes this appear a bit like overkill, if not fully absurd.
Similarly, Redditor Hevgirl feedback that Shroomish presents one other case, as a result of “shroom” isn’t allowed both. If Nintendo didn’t need us naming our Pokemon after magic mushrooms, they most likely shouldn’t have designed a Pokemon who’s, in truth, an precise magic mushroom. Let’s not neglect that its advanced type is a magic mushroom with plant-based boxing gloves, both.
Apparently you possibly can treatment the state of affairs by merely deleting the textual content within the nickname bar, however the truth stays that Niantic’s present language filter actively contains correct Pokemon names in its checklist of censored phrases, which is a bit odd. Redditor PecanAndy neatly dissected the logic of the state of affairs:
If you’d like to vary your Pokemon’s nickname again to its authentic type, you possibly can simply delete the nickname. But beware: chances are you’ll be sacrificing a golden alternative. I’m not at liberty to expose the nicknames some explicit creatives have sneaked previous Niantic’s filters, however you possibly can examine them out over on Reddit. Or, maybe extra apparently, you possibly can examine how Niantic canceled a Pokemon Go community day after using data from World War 2. Yes, you learn that appropriately.
