Dunno if this has been fixed yet, because I haven't tried the hotfixes ... When I first named my killer panther cub, I kept saying no until I got to "Fluffy." Made me chuckle, so I chose that name.

Later on, when I got Fluffy back, his name was messed up. It was four gray boxes and the katakana character for "ru" in all the menus and in battle. Played through a good chuck of the game like that. Then, when I visited Alcapa with my children and talked to my son, he mentioned that this was where I first saved Fluffy, and it suddenly fixed his name! Thought this was a most peculiar bug, so I'm reporting it :)

Thanks again, I have been enjoying playing this immensely