by TheDebil » Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:22 am
Hi there, I think I found a problem with Sword and Shield's nickname censor. If you're a child please immediately close this window and go to bed.
When I got the "You can't enter that name" message for something as tame as Fart it made me wonder what the line was for the game's name censor. I started with stuff that seemed similarly crass, but as words that (at least to me) were at least as objectionable as Fart got through the censor my experiments went deeper and weirder. I promise I wouldn't normally nickname my Pokemon most of these things, this was just for research:
Poo Gas
Butt
Poop Turd
HELLDER
Damn Hell
Dick Whore
Prostitute
Gay Titty
Gangbang XXX
Marijuana
Retard Boobs
Allah Sperm
Cum Genocide
Semen Bitch
Vape Bastard
Osama Penis
Vagina 9/11
Jesus Dildo
Jizzagoon
Holocaust 69
Anal Boner
Cocaine Rape
Joe Biden
Queer Queef
Mr. Diarrhea
Horny Stalin
Bitch Daddy
Jizz Lesbian
Dong Wang
Clit Vulva
Jew Testicle
Scrotum Weed
33.... Fart Boy.
It turns out that many of the games banned words become acceptable as long as they're not the entirety of the nickname. Try to name a Pokemon "Dick" or "Cock" and you'll get rejected, but "Dick Cock" is totally allowed.
This isn't the case for every banned word, though. I tried naming a Pokemon "Sex Hitler" and found that neither of the words could be part of a name even with other letters. Several other words I tried had the same outcome. They're definitely capable of totally banning a word, so did someone make a choice to not outright ban these other words? Why? I get that something like "rape" might get through because they want players to be able to use "grape" or whatever, but there's no word with "Holocaust" in the middle.
Also "Prostitute" is just straight up not banned. That's totally less appropriate than "Fart"! I just wanted to go on an adventure with Fart the Koffing and I ended up with Vagina 9/11 the Seaking instead. It's a weird mess and they should probably fix it by unbanning "fart" and doing nothing else.
Bonus 34: You can name a Pokemon "Boob". You can't name a Pokemon "Boobs". You can name a Pokemon "Boobs Boobs".