Hey everyone,

I recently restarted Sapphire as I prepared for a long and arduous car journey - 6 bleeding hours. I decided, however, to take a new approach and to give it a slightly different feel by nicknaming my Pokemon.

If you read the Pokemon Manga, the Pokemon have nicknames. They're slightly different, as usually a suffix is added onto the end of the Pokemon's name.

For example:
The Trainer Crystal has 'pon' on the end of her Pokemon's names.
Meganium - Megapon
Smoochum - Smoochon
Hitmonchan - Chanon.

I took this approach and added a random suffix 'ost' to the end of my Pokemon's names.

I chose Treecko and nicknamed him Sceptost (as Sceptile is his final form)
I caught Taillow, naming it Swellost
Poochyena was called Mightyost
Aron was called Aggrost
Magneton was called Magnost

I don't know why, but I enjoyed playing it somewhat more. Maybe it's just me.

Try it sometime, maybe add 'Boro' to the end of your Pokemon's name, and have Blazboro (Blaziken), Grouboro (Groudon) like that. It's pretty fun.