Why can't a Conkeldurr be traded without a nickname?

Question

"Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Conkeldurr cannot be traded without a nickname in Pokémon Black and White." -Bulbapedia

I don't see anything wrong with Conkeldurr's name.

Also, what other Pokemon can't you trade without a nickname? (Cofagrigus)

Comments

Halcyonnic, what did you edit?

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My guess is nothing, him just wanting to try out his powers.

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(Cofagrius) cant be traded because of the (***) part i know that for sure.

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I still laugh at COfagRIGUS!

Answer 1

Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Conkeldurr cannot be traded without a nickname in Pokémon Black and White. It's for the 'offensive' part of the name. Below is a list of pokemon I've found that also can't be traded without a nickname. I hope this helps!

1. Co***rigus
2. Conkeldurr
3. Bulbasaur
4. Ivysaur
5. Venusaur
6. Sharpedo
7. Croconaw
8. Nosepass
9. Probopass
10. Froslass
11. Marshtomp
12. Skuntank

( I edited the ones that I knew for sure, didn't do all of them. - J98 )
(I finished the ones you didn't do xD- Entei101)

Comments

What is the part of Conkedurr's name that has the offensive name?

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Maybe italicize the parts that are offensive. Like I did in the question.

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(Nosepass)-because of the @$$ part of their name
(Probopass)-because of the @$$ part of their name
(Froslass)-because of the @$$ part of their name

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How is "saur" an offensive word?

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I used underline instead, looks a bit better than italics. And fixed up some of them that were wrong. Not sure about Croconaw... apparently "ROCO" stands for something rude but I don't think it's a common phrase so no idea why they would censor it. Also not sure why they would censor "saur"...

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BTW you could go and test this by naming a pokemon "con" or "saur" and see if you are able to trade it.

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OK I just tried this. The game actually prevents you from naming a Pokemon with just "***", "con" etc. But it doesn't stop you naming them something with that in, e.g. Cofagrigus. On the actual GTS, all of the names I tried were perfectly fine for GTS trade (conker, marshtomp, froslass).

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I named my Purrloin "Fu*ker" + space, and it let me keep it.

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I still don't understand how 'saur' is an offensive word or a swear word...

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Apparently, sau is the german word for pig and it is said as an insult

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Marshtomp?

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"sht" is probably a shortened version of you know what. xD

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what is con

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"Con" isn't allowed because it's French for "idiot"