Can I get some help with Nickname?

Jan. 3, 2014

So I have a Tyranitar that I would like to nickname, but the name rater won’t let me change it.He just says “Hmmm. Tyranitar! That is a truly impeccable nickname! Take good care of Tyranitar!” When I caught him I didn’t type in Tyranitar because I got him as a Pupitar. If someone could help me I’d be very grateful.

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Did you transfer that Tyranitar? Transferred Pokemon count as traded Pokemon, and they can’t be renamed in the new game.

“Hmmm. < name >! That is a truly impeccable nickname! Take good care of < name >!”

Hope I helped :)

Just to add about the two answers, if your ID and your secret ID matches the ID and Super ID of the original owner, then youcan rename it.As it is almost impossible, we refer to

~ quoted from DanH1995’s answer.

I deducted this from Bulbapedia:

As the chances of matching both the Trainer ID and Secret ID are near impossible, these nicknames cannot be changed.

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