Thoughts on the designs of Sword & Shield's Protagonists?

[Prof. SALTY]

Surprised no one here is talking about the Scottish memes around the female protagonist except for @Prof. SALTY here. The funniest meme I saw was when the female protagonist found out the Pokemon Champion is the Queen of Englad and saw her Lv. 100 Corgi's. The funniest part was how she said final challenge in a particularly serious tone. Speaking of Scotland, apparently the fem protag's hat isn't a simple pom hat but instead a fashioned Tam o' shanter hat or a Tam cap. Seems like I learn something new everyday.

Yeah her outfit is the reason for the Scottish memes XD

I also liked the Queen one. Good pic.

 

[Orphalesion]

I actually quite like the male design, aside from the "100 Megaton Backpack" or whatever that's supposed to be. I really hated how the male PCs looked in Gens 1-4 (especially Brendan with his stupid hat) so I appreciate that they look more "normal" since gen 5.

Female mainly because the hat isn’t ugly like the male’s. I know it sounds petty but I personally never liked hats all that much to begin with but the male hat is not that pleasing to the eyes in my opinion and the color makes it looking super boring.

I hope they let us remove the hat, like in Sun/Moon. That being said I don't think it looks half as bad as Brendan's .....Gen 4 guy's....or Red's.

 

[PokeMon2.0]

I think the female design is better, I think the male character’s hat is not a good one. Hope you can change it.

 

[KyogreThunder]

I quite like the female protagonist's looks (better than Kris, Rosa and Lyra, but worse than May, Platinum Dawn and Serena), but I really don't like the backpack.

 

[ReneEnjolras]

Female protagonist has the better look, but I like both.

 

[Ultra Beast Lover]

I like the female protagonist's design more though the male protagonist looks more ready for a journey while the female protagonist looks ready to go to school

 

[Aetius]

The female avatar looks objectively better than the male one. XD
Having said this, I think that their design is a bit lacking, but with the possibility of customization, I don't think that's a problem.

 

[LilligantLewis]

I think both are cute, but the male trainer's bag is a little too much.

I'm hoping its size is a sign that the mobile box from LGPE will return. There's no need to need to go to a PC each time for box.

 

[Prof. SALTY]

I really like the big boy bag. It fits my aesthetic irl.

 

[Dragalge]

I really like the big boy bag. It fits my aesthetic irl.

I actually don’t mind the bag too but sometimes it gives me the impression that he might break his back as I keep envisioning it to be super heavy. .__.

 

[janejane6178]

I dont like the big bag.. it's way too much.
The female's bag looks fine

 

[U.N. Owen]

I'm not feeling the male design. The female one looks adorable, but the male just looks plain generic.

Still, I'm hoping the male doesn't get customization shafted again.

 

[Auraninja]

I like the female design a tad more, but I'll likely pick the male design simply because of online interaction.

(If anybody does differently, I won't judge them or anything like that.)

 

[Prof. SALTY]

I like the female design a tad more, but I'll likely pick the male design simply because of online interaction.

(If anybody does differently, I won't judge them or anything like that.)

What do you mean?

 

[Auraninja]

What do you mean?

So if you see some random person on an online trading hub (like PSS or Fesitval Plaza), if they are a male in the game, they tend to be male irl, and the same for female characters.

That's not always true, but that is the perception.

I'm not overly sensitive on my own gender, but it is conventional for me to play as a male character because of identifying by gender.

I will sometimes play as female characters sometimes, like that female Octoling I never unlocked in the Octo Expansion in Splatoon 2, but you get the idea.

 

[TheWanderingMist]

You know, the more I look at that backpack, the smaller it seems. But yeah, the female PC is still a better design.

 

[Rapiido]

In the Pokemon Adventures manga, I'm sure a lot of you are also aware that fans are excited that both the male and female protagonist will carry on the torch as the next main characters of the future Sword & Shield story arc, the male protagonist getting Sobble and the female protagonist getting Scorbunny as part of Adventures unbroken tradition.

Wait, is this sarcasm...? Ruby and Sapphire are the only pair that that actually applies to...

Male design, as someone who likes the more simplified look, miles above Elio, Calem and Hilbert. Thanks for not being almost completely doused in blue. For customization though, definitely need some button ups, and thank Arceus we get to wear something other than shorts again.

 

[shoz999]

Wait, is this sarcasm...? Ruby and Sapphire are the only pair that that actually applies to...

Male design, as someone who likes the more simplified look, miles above Elio, Calem and Hilbert. Thanks for not being almost completely doused in blue. For customization though, definitely need some button ups, and thank Arceus we get to wear something other than shorts again.

Your going to have to be specific. What sarcasm?

 

[Espeon4232]

I quite like both of them for the most part. Don't like the males pants but torn just isn't my thing. Also optimistic that they won't just be blank faced from what little was shown in the trailer.

 

[Sceptrigon]

I typically don’t care about the look of the protagonists, so I wouldn’t think about which one would be the “better” design. So eh, I’ll just say I like both equally. Maybe the official art will make the male design look better to some.

I like the female design a tad more, but I'll likely pick the male design simply because of online interaction.

(If anybody does differently, I won't judge them or anything like that.)

Even when I pick the female character or classify myself as female, there are people who still refer to me as male so