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==Renamable Pokémon== | ==Renamable Pokémon== | ||
If the player | If the player shows the Name Rater a Pokémon they are the [[Original Trainer]] of, the Name Rater will offer to give it a nickname or change its existing nickname. | ||
If the | If the player shows the Name Rater an [[outsider Pokémon]], he will normally refuse to change its nickname. In [[Generation VIII]], the Name Rater can give a nickname to an unnicknamed outsider Pokémon, but will still refuse to change the name of an outsider Pokémon if it has a nickname. | ||
The Name Rater in [[Orre]] will also refuse to rename a [[Shadow Pokémon]] until it has been [[purification|purified]]. | |||
The method by which the game validates whether the player is a Pokémon's Original Trainer varies between generations: | The method by which the game validates whether the player is a Pokémon's Original Trainer varies between generations: | ||
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*From [[Generation V]] onward, a Pokémon can only be renamed if its Original Trainer name, Original Trainer [[gender]], Trainer ID number, and secret ID match the player's. | *From [[Generation V]] onward, a Pokémon can only be renamed if its Original Trainer name, Original Trainer [[gender]], Trainer ID number, and secret ID match the player's. | ||
==Renaming== | |||
In [[Generation I]], if the player presses End with no characters in the nickname space, the process will proceed as if the player canceled the nicknaming process, giving the Pokémon its species name. In later games, this is treated as giving the Pokémon the same nickname as before. | In [[Generation I]], if the player presses End with no characters in the nickname space, the process will proceed as if the player canceled the nicknaming process, giving the Pokémon its species name. In later games, this is treated as giving the Pokémon the same nickname as before. | ||