6th Gen Are you a boy or are you a girl?

[Lunalie]

Knowing customization was here and I didn't completely despise the look of one of the characters (Or absolutely love), I flipped a coin.
Ended up as a dude.

 

[Bounsweet]

I've only played as girls since Crystal came out and it became an option. So, obviously I picked a girl! I was expecting more hairstyles available when the game announced the feature to customize trainers, and was a little disappointed but I'm still appreciative. Maybe we'll get more in Z Version...? ;)

 

[VisualJae]

I own both X and Y versions, so I went with female in X and male in Y.

Two reasons. First is X has a more whimsical tune playing on the 3DS home screen and Y has a bolder, deeper tune.

Second is because of XX (female) and XY (male) chromosomes. Yes, I put thought into this.

 

[Noda]

I chose to play as female since, well, I'm female.

 

[Dr. Sap]

I tend to play as the male character in Pokémon games even though I nowadays often play as a female in many other games. I guess it could be either for consistency or that I really want to relate to the protagonist in Pokémon games xD.

 

[Alfieri]

I always play as the male on my main file. On opposite versions, I'll sometimes play as the female. The dialogue changes up a little so it's refreshing and I like some of their designs. In XY's case, the female has more customization.

 

[palden lama]

I usually play as a boy cause i am a boy

 

[Sopheria]

I played as female in Y, as I always do. I might play as a guy if I end up getting X, just to change things up, but in general I tend to prefer playing as my real-life gender for my main playthroughs--especially in X/Y, since with the character customizations I can actually make the main character somewhat resemble me :)

 

[Admison]

I played as Calem in Pokémon X because I'm a male. :P However, like many others, I chose to play as Serena in Y. It's been a habit of mine to always pick the male character as my main file because it just seems right, haha.

 

[G0!d]

I played as the male protagonist in Pokemon X because it's easier for me to identify myself with a male character. But in my OWN OPINION, Serena-users get more respect and attention than Calem-users. {:3}

 

[SickLollipop]

I was a girl, because I AM a girl! Having that option has always been a refreshing break from most video games, because the game becomes much more personal when you can truly identify as your avatar. The various options and outfits made it possible for me to really feel as if I were part of the world of Kalos; especially the pigtails. I never go anywhere without pigtails, a skirt, and OTK socks, so I was psyched that my little trainer could do the same.

 

[DragonThale]

I loved the fact that you get to choose character and even change the appearence during the game.

I chose girl ofcourse! n_n​

 

[Witchcraft]

When I was a young child, I would be pretty annoyed at having to play boys in my video games. Spyro, Crash & Pokemon. I still remember how happy I was when my oldest brother bought me Crystal for Christmas (I didn't have Gold or Silver,) and how my eyes lit up when the game asked: "Are you a boy, or are you a girl?"
Then I restarted my game as a boy because I thought that the avatar of Kris holding the Pokeball when you engage in battle looked really, really creepy. Hahah. I believe I eventually got over it and played as a girl on my second run.
But in all other Pokemon games, I've been the girl on my first playthrough, because I like to project that it is me.
I feel sorry for anyone who played a boy on X/Y and was excited for customization though. they got only 4 hairstyles.

 

[Lava_Plume]

I always pick the female character, I really liked having the customisation options and mixing and matching outfits, although I wish there hard been a darker red hair colour, cause I've always really wanted to project how I look onto the character, and while when X and Y came out my hair was purple, I usually keep it at a dark red.

 

[Aisu]

X and Y, I'm a girl, only because Serena has more customization options than Callum.

 

[PokeGirl24]

I played as a girl because... well.... I am a girl. I felt more comfortable playing as a girl rather than a boy.

 

[Sword Master]

I play as a boy, because I'm am a boy.

 

[LadyVenus]

I chose the girl because I think her design is amazing, plus the customization options are really cute!

 

[FioriKikuchi]

Like every game that I have I picked the girl.

 

[Kaiyu]

I chose to play as the boy. I actually thought about choosing to play the girl but dropped the idea lol.