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Does BW not allow you to use profane words as nicknames?

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I'm doing a nuzlocke of bw and I got a trash encounter so to vent my frustration, I was gonna name it something profane, the p word, no not the f. Every time I click the 'okay' button nothing ever happens. I had to put a space at the end for it to work. Is this a thing in the game or is this just an emulator bug? If this is a thing in the game, which games does this dumb restriction occur?

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A bit but not entirely. It doesnt say which games has this restriction
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https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nickname
Under “In the Games”, there are a couple paragraphs that say from Gen V onward.
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From Generation V onward, the game will recognize when a nickname contains inappropriate text, and will not allow the player to use this as a nickname. The Generation V games contain an internal list of censored words which only censors case-insensitive matches.

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Since BW and Generation V, there has been a consistently updating list of profane or inappropriate words that you are not allowed to name a Pokemon or a player. However, there are many ways to get around this restriction, such as using spaces, periods, or asterisks.

Hope I could help!

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Since gen v has an internal list, do you know where that list can be found? The one in the comment to the question was only for xy
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It does and it seems the one I wanted to give my trash mon really is on the list. Thanks
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