{"id":495395,"date":"2026-02-28T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/495395\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:00:08","slug":"pokemon-firered-leafgreen-switch-update-censors-naughty-and-offensive-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/495395\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Update Censors Naughty And Offensive Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pok\u00e9mon<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the joys for many trainers during the earlier generations of Pok\u00e9mon was giving the main character and their rival a rude or downright inappropriate name. In the Switch eShop versions of Pok\u00e9mon FireRed & LeafGreen<\/a>, it seems there have been some updates to this.<\/p>\n

As reported by Kotaku, you’ll either have to get really creative now, or there’s a good chance the game will override whatever you’ve input and instead give you a generic name. Here’s a sample of some of the words that won’t fly:<\/p>\n

“Kotaku has verified that some words, such as \u201cd**k,\u201d \u201cp***y,\u201d \u201cs**t,\u201d and even the f-slur are replaced by names like \u201cGary\u201d or \u201cJanne.\u201d This doesn\u2019t seem to extend to some milder words, however, as \u201chell\u201d and \u201cdamn\u201d were not replaced.”<\/p>\n

Rhey censored Fire Red & Leaf Green<\/a>
by
\nu\/RemnentofPudding<\/a> in
\npokemon<\/a><\/p>\n

This update appears to impact Pok\u00e9mon names as well. One theory suggests the update is to prevent users from flooding social media with screenshots and footage containing offensive language. It could also potentially be linked to Pok\u00e9mon Home<\/a>. Either way, some names wouldn’t be the best look, as Pok\u00e9mon is intended to be a friendly experience for all ages.<\/p>\n

As many trainers have highlighted, this confirms these classic Game Boy Advance releases have actually been edited for this special release. There have also been some other updates…<\/a><\/p>\n

What are your thoughts about this? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source kotaku.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also
\n\tGuide: Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield: Pok\u00e9dex Galar Region<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Eevee Evolutions Ranked – How To Get Sylveon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Umbreon, Espeon, Vaporeon, Jolteon And Flareon<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Mega Evolutions List – How Get Mega Energy<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Special Evolutions \u2013 How To Get Pangoro, Sylveon, Glaceon, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Sirfetch\u2019d, Galarian Cofagrigus And More<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO \u2013 The Rarest Pok\u00e9mon Including Wild, Shiny, Mythical And Regional Catches<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the joys for many trainers during the earlier generations of Pok\u00e9mon was giving the main character…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[5177,5260,23229,74],"class_list":["post-495395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-pokemon","tag-switch-eshop","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}