Are You a Boy or a Girl? (In-Game)

[Mr.Munchlax]

I know this topic may have been brought up in other areas, but do you ever play as the opposite gender when playing Pokémon and, if so, why?

I’ve always been more of a role player when doing the games, so while the character for my first playthrough is usually a reflection of myself, most of the time I make up characters as if I’m playing something like DnD & think of their backstories, personalities, etc. Personally, there are times when I want to try the female character for a different experience or because I can think of a girl character with a better personality & appeal (Sword & Shield’s a good example because of the Scottish trainer memes). However, whenever I do play as a girl, I don’t really talk about it much because of the stigmas that guys have when they play girl characters.

I was kind of wondering if other people like playing the opposite genders in pokémon. If you do, why do you like doing it (other than s**)?

 

[Monster Guy]

I played as May the first time I played Sapphire. I liked her design better than Brendan. I also played as the girl in Crystal, because that's literally the point of Crystal. xD

Also played as Dawn the first time I played Diamond. I named her Diamond. xD No particular reason for this one.

 

[Ignition]

I’ve always played as a guy but I’ve been jealous on how much more variety the girls have for clothing customization

 

[Redstar45]

I love girl characters especially customizable they are in post xy era

 

[Sham]

I played as Dawn once because the copy I found of Pearl had a bunch of legendaries (probably from Action Replay) but that’s about it

 

[Dicklaycia]

I like playing the girl characters for the most part, because they usually have the better designs! The advent of character customization also give them better outfits, so I gear more towards them naturally. I will play the boy characters usually if I’ve played through the region first and vice-versa (for example, I played the boy in Sun, but chose the girl in Ultra Sun). I do like to give myself that bit of variety, but I would say, as a whole, I prefer the girls.

 

[Satoshi & Touko]

I have, but typically only because of trainer customization being better and more fun for girl characters. I also played as a girl once in a non-customization game for fanfiction-related reasons.

Otherwise, in cases such as ORAS or any game pre-Gen 5, I play as my irl gender.

 

[RedJirachi]

Male, but if I play the other version I will play female usually

 

[Tsukuyomi56]

I tend to prefer playing as the female characters as they usually have better designs compared to the males. Starting from Gen 6 (when trainer customisation was introduced) the girls also have a wider selection of clothing options.

 

[Missingno.Fan]

I play as a girl the first time around but I sometimes play as a boy for the second round.

 

[wobbanut]

I mostly play as a girl, since I am one, but every so often I'll play the boy role.

 

[NovaBrunswick]

In real life I'm a girl, but in the games I play as a boy. In Go, however, I play as a girl.

Also played as Dawn the first time I played Diamond. I named her Diamond. xD

Diamond sounds like a pretty name for a girl. Because diamonds are a pearl's - er, girl's - best friend.

 

[TheWanderingMist]

I don't, usually, but I have once or twice. The first time was in Kalos to see the differences in the amount of clothing options, and there certainly was a big difference.

 

[D*N]

Last few gens i've always played as a girl (I'm a boy) because of the pretty clothes

 

[EmeraldArcanine]

I'm a gal and thus I always play as one. I think when given the choice, I've only played a guy once and that was during my Moon replay. Otherwise I try to replicate a version of how I see myself in the games.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I alternate between versions which gender I play as. Every paired game of mine always has both genders. With third versions, I alternate with each play through.

 

[TwilightBlade]

I usually play as a girl such as in Ruby, Pearl, LeafGreen and X. But sometimes when I like the male playable character's design more than the girl's design, I play as a boy like in SoulSilver and White for instance.

 

[malcolm_n]

Depends on the game and how I'm feeling when I begin. I've played both, and appreciate the options for either when I go through. Who I pick often helps me decide on a core team as well.

 

[Draknir]

I usually go for boy my first playthroughs of a gen, but alternate otherwise. I do often play as a girl, especially in the 3DS games because girls have more customization options. I also prefer playing as a girl in Crystal because it was one of the new features in that game so I did that and it just stuck.

I'm also into role playing and making my own stories of any game (even though 99% are strictly for that playthrough and nothing else), so I'm very flexible when it comes to character gender.

 

[Zoruagible]

I've always played as a guy, even in other videogames.
And I just find Ethan and Hilbert have far superior designs(Well Lyra's good, I'm talking about Crystal) than their counterparts.