diff --git a/PKHeX/PKM/PK6.cs b/PKHeX/PKM/PK6.cs
index 3acb8e06c..c886f988c 100644
--- a/PKHeX/PKM/PK6.cs
+++ b/PKHeX/PKM/PK6.cs
@@ -209,21 +209,12 @@ namespace PKHeX
         #region Block B
         public override string Nickname
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x40, 24))
-                    .Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
-            }
+            get { return PKX.SanitizeString(Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x40, 24))); }
             set
             {
                 if (value.Length > 12)
                     value = value.Substring(0, 12); // Hard cap
-                string TempNick = value // Replace Special Characters and add Terminator
-                    .Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u0027", "\u2019") // farfetch'd
+                string TempNick = PKX.UnSanitizeString(value)
                     .PadRight(value.Length + 1, '\0'); // Null Terminator
                 Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TempNick).CopyTo(Data, 0x40);
             }
@@ -292,21 +283,12 @@ namespace PKHeX
         #region Block C
         public override string HT_Name
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x78, 24))
-                    .Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
-            }
+            get { return PKX.SanitizeString(Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x78, 24))); }
             set
             {
                 if (value.Length > 12)
                     value = value.Substring(0, 12); // Hard cap
-                string TempNick = value // Replace Special Characters and add Terminator
-                    .Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u0027", "\u2019") // farfetch'd
+                string TempNick = PKX.UnSanitizeString(value)
                     .PadRight(value.Length + 1, '\0'); // Null Terminator
                 Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TempNick).CopyTo(Data, 0x78);
             }
@@ -344,21 +326,12 @@ namespace PKHeX
         #region Block D
         public override string OT_Name
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0xB0, 24))
-                    .Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640") // Nidoran ♂
-                    .Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642") // Nidoran ♀
-                    .Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
-            }
+            get { return PKX.SanitizeString(Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0xB0, 24))); }
             set
             {
                 if (value.Length > 12)
                     value = value.Substring(0, 12); // Hard cap
-                string TempNick = value // Replace Special Characters and add Terminator
-                .Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F") // Nidoran ♂
-                .Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E") // Nidoran ♀
-                .Replace("\u0027", "\u2019") // Farfetch'd
+                string TempNick = PKX.UnSanitizeString(value)
                 .PadRight(value.Length + 1, '\0'); // Null Terminator
                 Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TempNick).CopyTo(Data, 0xB0);
             }
diff --git a/PKHeX/PKM/PK7.cs b/PKHeX/PKM/PK7.cs
index edebeebd5..aa3b5ae27 100644
--- a/PKHeX/PKM/PK7.cs
+++ b/PKHeX/PKM/PK7.cs
@@ -217,21 +217,12 @@ namespace PKHeX
         #region Block B
         public override string Nickname
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x40, 24))
-                    .Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
-            }
+            get { return PKX.SanitizeString(Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x40, 24))); }
             set
             {
                 if (value.Length > 12)
                     value = value.Substring(0, 12); // Hard cap
-                string TempNick = value // Replace Special Characters and add Terminator
-                    .Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u0027", "\u2019") // farfetch'd
+                string TempNick = PKX.UnSanitizeString(value)
                     .PadRight(value.Length + 1, '\0'); // Null Terminator
                 Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TempNick).CopyTo(Data, 0x40);
             }
@@ -300,21 +291,12 @@ namespace PKHeX
         #region Block C
         public override string HT_Name
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x78, 24))
-                    .Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
-            }
+            get { return PKX.SanitizeString(Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0x78, 24))); }
             set
             {
                 if (value.Length > 12)
                     value = value.Substring(0, 12); // Hard cap
-                string TempNick = value // Replace Special Characters and add Terminator
-                    .Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E") // nidoran
-                    .Replace("\u0027", "\u2019") // farfetch'd
+                string TempNick = PKX.UnSanitizeString(value)
                     .PadRight(value.Length + 1, '\0'); // Null Terminator
                 Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TempNick).CopyTo(Data, 0x78);
             }
@@ -352,21 +334,12 @@ namespace PKHeX
         #region Block D
         public override string OT_Name
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0xB0, 24))
-                    .Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640") // Nidoran ♂
-                    .Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642") // Nidoran ♀
-                    .Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
-            }
+            get { return PKX.SanitizeString(Util.TrimFromZero(Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Data, 0xB0, 24))); }
             set
             {
                 if (value.Length > 12)
                     value = value.Substring(0, 12); // Hard cap
-                string TempNick = value // Replace Special Characters and add Terminator
-                .Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F") // Nidoran ♂
-                .Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E") // Nidoran ♀
-                .Replace("\u0027", "\u2019") // Farfetch'd
+                string TempNick = PKX.UnSanitizeString(value)
                 .PadRight(value.Length + 1, '\0'); // Null Terminator
                 Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TempNick).CopyTo(Data, 0xB0);
             }
diff --git a/PKHeX/PKM/PKX.cs b/PKHeX/PKM/PKX.cs
index 006ee84ad..26d8e293e 100644
--- a/PKHeX/PKM/PKX.cs
+++ b/PKHeX/PKM/PKX.cs
@@ -1122,6 +1122,46 @@ namespace PKHeX
             { 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 }, // Dragon
             { 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 }, // Dark
         };
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts full width to single width
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="str">Input string to sanitize.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string SanitizeString(string str)
+        {
+            if (str.Length == 0)
+                return str;
+            var s = str.Replace("\u2019", "\u0027"); // farfetch'd
+            s = s.Replace("\uE08F", "\u2640"); // ♀
+            s = s.Replace("\uE08E", "\u2642"); // ♂
+            return s;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts full width to half width when appropriate
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="str">Input string to set.</param>
+        /// <param name="species"></param>
+        /// <param name="nicknamed"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string UnSanitizeString(string str, int species = -1, bool nicknamed = true)
+        {
+            var s = str.Replace("\u0027", "\u2019"); // farfetch'd
+
+            bool foreign = true;
+            if ((species == 029 || species == 032) && !nicknamed)
+                foreign = str[0] != 'N';
+            else if (nicknamed)
+                foreign = str.Select(c => c >> 12).Any(c => c != 0 && c != 0xE);
+
+            if (foreign)
+                return s;
+
+            // Convert back to half width
+            s = s.Replace("\u2640", "\uE08F"); // ♀
+            s = s.Replace("\u2642", "\uE08E"); // ♂
+            return s;
+        }
 
         public static string TrimFromFFFF(string input)
         {