GamePress

Legacy Naming Convention - "Jiggly"

Ok so this is just something I stumbled upon. I typically name higher IV mon by their name plus their IV. For example, "Ivysaur 87." However there is a 12 character limit for names, so if the name, then a space, plus the IV number is too long, I simply abbreviate the name and add the IV.

So for all my Jigglypuff I tyipically abbreviated "Jiggly", then space, and then the IV. I caught a higher IV one the other day and went to rename it with this same convention however I got the error message: "This name contains inappropriate text." I have 5 Jigglypuff still named "Jiggly" plus the IV, however I cannot rename my other Jigglypuffs, or any other Pokemon for that matter, "Jiggly."

So that's my useless finding, try it for yourself. Try to name a Pokemon "Jiggly". Somehow I have some legacy-named Jigglypuff for whatever that is worth. If I change their name, they will never be "Jiggly" again.

Asked by MeatSloth6 years 2 months ago
Report

Answers

Between when you used “Jiggly” and now Niantic has implemented or expanded a naughty word list. These words you now can’t use and it’s caught a bunch of innocuous ones. I have a 97%IV Houndoom female. Houndoom’s color pattern is close to my jack russell cross’. Her name is Button and so I tried to rename the Houndoom to Button. According to Niantic, the word “Button” is inappropriate text.

Up
0
Down

Most abbreviations of Shroomish are apparently naughty as well, which seems pretty hypocritical.

Up
0
Down

by daltry 6 years 2 months ago

I could not indicate which of my Gengar had the “Lick” special ability. Too naughty.

Up
+2
Down

It's catching the "Jigg," as it's a potential shortening of a racial slur. Any text after "Jigg" is caught up in their filter as well. ("Jiga" is OK though, for some reason.)

Up
0
Down

It gets worse. You can't even name a pokemon "Jigglypuff" unless it is an actual Jigglypuff. If you want to name your Wigglytuff "Jigglypuff," it won't let you. Same goes for Lickitung, Shroomish, and maybe others I'm missing. So Niantic has managed to create a censor so harsh that official game terms are considered inappropriate.

Up
0
Down

Solved it for you. Copy and paste this:
Јiggly

Up
+1
Down