Torn.

[Charry]

This is a personal thread, which may or may not be good. Sorry. :3

I'm having a hard time choosing which gender to play as. I have th ename down and such and such, but I'm torn between protagonists. I'm a guy, so I should be choosing the male gender protagonist, but I'm very fond of the recent female protagonists. I mean, I choose being a female player everywhere else, like Gaia, Soul Calibur, Ranger, even Final Fantasy 11.

Which should I choose?

Male or Female?

And to make this an acceptable discussion, I'll throw in a mini discussion in here. Which gender do you prefer? Which one are you choosing? Do you choose the opposite gender of yourself?
[ex. Male choosing female protagonist, vice versa ]

I'll toss in a poll too.

 

[Gribman92]

I prefer male because I am a male

 

[Lupo Aro]

I'm a guy, but I'll be the female main character. The male lead looks hideous to me. =/

 

[Charry]

That's understandable. But to me, the female protagonist looks so much better, not to mention the sprite is adorable. I would just not prefer to be confused for a girl on Wi-Fi.

 

[Cipher 2008]

I think the game suggests that you play as your own gender so as to avoid confusion when on local wireless or Wi-Fi Connection.

 

[sandslash_1]

I'm a guy= guy but once i played as a girl back in pokemon crystal.

 

[Charry]

I'm a guy= guy but once i played as a girl back in pokemon crystal.

I've played as a girl in every game past Crystal with the exception of Emerald.

 

[Kingudora]

the girl looks better

i just dont like the guy

 

[Darkrai7]

I want to be a male and either way it doesn't have any impact on the game... nice topic. The guys hat is kind of ...... you know

 

[Charry]

DarkRai7, your Countdown is a day off.

 

[halloweenghost]

go with your same gender,..now if you have both versions play as one of each lol

 

[the_w0lf]

I don't think it matters which gender you choose on wi-fi, especially if you know the person your battling, you almost have to with the fcs and all.

In LG I chose the female, simply because she looked way cooler than the standard male trainer. In Emerald I chose the guy since he looked way cooler than the girl.

In D/P I'm still undecided. I like the guy, he's cool with the hat (I dont get why people dont like it:/)and all. The girl is kinda cool to but I'm leaning towards the guy since he is the coolest.

 

[007 Dude]

That's understandable. But to me, the female protagonist looks so much better, not to mention the sprite is adorable. I would just not prefer to be confused for a girl on Wi-Fi.

same here. The guy looks gay or mentally retarded(no offense to someone choosing him). I'm not sure either.
Boy w/ gay guy vs. Boy w/ better looking girl.

 

[starterlover1]

The girl's sprite looks better. I'm going with it and I'm a guy.

 

[salamence_trainer]

i'm a guy but the girl just looks so much better than the boy, his barret just disgusts me. but i still don't know because I always choose the guy.( in emerald i chose the girl 1/3 of the time)

 

[Charry]

same here. The guy looks gay or mentally retarded(no offense to someone choosing him). I'm not sure either.
Boy w/ gay guy vs. Boy w/ better looking girl.

Sorry to break it to you, but yeah, um I AM a "gay guy", so that's not exactly appropriate, ESPECIALLY for a pokemon site, where little kids roam free.

Not exactly idealistic, or polite of you.

Not to mention it's offensive when someone stereotypes another who may not look proper, as a gay guy, intentionally in offensive terms.

 

[Charry]

same here. The guy looks gay or mentally retarded(no offense to someone choosing him). I'm not sure either.
Boy w/ gay guy vs. Boy w/ better looking girl.

Sorry to break it to you, but yeah, um I AM a "gay guy", so that's not exactly appropriate, ESPECIALLY for a pokemon site, where little kids roam free.

Not exactly idealistic, or polite of you.

Not to mention it's offensive when someone stereotypes another who may not look proper, as a gay guy, intentionally in offensive terms.

 

[once in a blue Mew]

same here. The guy looks gay or mentally retarded(no offense to someone choosing him). I'm not sure either.
Boy w/ gay guy vs. Boy w/ better looking girl.

You forgot to add, "And no offence to Gay People." There are gay people on these forums (I am not one of them, but I don't really mind them here either) and you can't change that, so yeah, includ that when you're saying and opinion that includes "gay" and yeah, the guy's hat kinda looked weird to me... but then I started again with Dawn, and she was... odd, to say the least... I chose the guy, his hat now looks cooler (To me anyways...), and I chose him cuz... i'm a guy *dundundun!!* again, it doesn't drasticaly change the gameplay, just who you battle with against Team Galactic in the game. (Yeah, you battle with them, not against them.) And, I chose guy on the poll!

 

[~Yankovic_Owns~]

Here's my way of determing this outrageous problem that even I seem to have sometimes. XD :

For Example:
Pokemon LeafGreen: female trainer (she's a girl obviously, and half of the PokePopulation classifies LeafGreen as the girlier version compared to FireRed.)

Still, you might wanna go with the same gender as you are for D/P (to avoid people being confused on Wifi as to if you are a male or female)

 

[Pokefed]

I'm gonna be a guy.. I've been a guy in every game except for Crystal, because I wanted to use what they gave me.