When you get into the real world to play Pokémon GO, catching new monsters that happily jump out of your homepage, you're given the option to choose a nickname for your new virtual pet – such as the main series games. As you might expect, developer Niantic has some restrictions on what you can call & # 39; your chosen month, & # 39;
Reuse user sliceanddic3 you have seen that Ho-Oh, the name of a real, genuine Pokémon, contains "inappropriate text". Of course, it has this name when you catch it the first time, but if you edit that name and try to recreate it, the following message appears:
Interestingly, variants of the name & # 39; Hoe-Oh & # 39; it is just right (you must love gardening tools).
Further digging (thanks, VG247), points out that other Pokémon names are banned in the same way. Both Lickitung and Lickilicky are not allowed to name the & # 39; lick & # 39; prohibited – despite the fact that there's an attack on this game called Lick – and Shroomish won't be used for anything, possibly preventing players from announcing their love of hallucinogenic fungi through the battles of the physical creature.
If you accidentally change the name of one of these Pokémon, you can restore its name by deleting all the text and clicking & # 39; OK & # 39; Also, surely the game should be able to detect when using the Pokémon Company's original name?
What did poor Ho-Oh ever do to deserve this?
