Why couldn't I name my Pokèmon Sobek?

Question

(For in-game Y and MD:GtI)

From what I know, Sobek is an Egyptain God of the Nile River. He looks like a crocodile and is fierce with protecting the river from harm.

I tried naming a Sandile Sobek but it wouldn't accept. Can you tell me why?

Comments

Contains "sob". That's probably the only reason.

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Why sob?
Is that something im too young to get?

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Its used as an abbreviation for a phrase with a swear

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Probibally the k. It is in more than one swear word so Nintendo can't even bear having it in their pokemon games as nicknames.

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You could've called him Sebek. From what I know, the god's name is Sebek.

Answer 1

Sonuva (Gun), these nick-naming rules sure are pretty specific. It makes me sob to see this.

Male offspring of a female canine abbreviation, most probably.

Definitely not racism or xenophobia toward the Egyptians.

Comments

lol the pun

Answer 2

So I did the exact same thing as you(I name a lot of my Pokemon after gods and goddesses) and so I made a sneaky discovery just use a 5 instead of a S like below...

Sobek
5obek

It works but looks a little bit weird..