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Pokémon GO's Nickname Entry Is Censoring Real Pokémon Names

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Ho-Oh's a big no-no.

When you head out into the real world to play
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, catching new monsters who are happily chilling outside your local post office, you're given the option to choose a nickname for your new virtual pet - just like the main series games. As you'd expect, developer Niantic has some restrictions on what you can call your chosen 'mon, but some exclusions seem pretty silly.

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has spotted that Ho-Oh, the name of an actual, real Pokémon, contains "inappropriate text". Of course, it has that name when you first catch it, but if you edit that name and try to re-save it, the following message appears:

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