Pokémon GO: 15 Crucial Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

6. You Can Name Pokémon

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A tiny one, but something that any self-serving Pokémon Master needs to know - giving your tiny team of warriors a load of custom names.

To do so, jump into the Pokémon menu, pick a monster and look to the TINY 'pencil' icon next to their name. Tap it, and you can enter anything you like (ANYTHING, you like), customising your team as you see fit.

The jury's out on whether expletives and curse words are censored for other players, but I've had a Magikarp called "P*sslips" - for testing purposes only - and nothing's got in my way.

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