Gender Problems

[SamuraiGallade]

Isnt anyone bothered by the fact that the Pokemon game producers still havent fixed the gender problem (Machokes and the like can be girls, etc.)? I dont understand why they dont fix it. I simply ignore what the games says the gender is. To me, Machokes are always guys, Gardevoirs are always girls, etc.

So what do you guys do about it?

 

[Zeffy]

I'm not bothered simply because genders doesn't matter that much at all. I'd actually be more frustrated if they "fix" it (which isn't really fixing it tbqh, just ruining it for me :x).

Just throwing my thoughts in there.

 

[DarkWolf13]

I don't find genders a problem because sure it sounds strange that there are female Machokes and male Gardevoirs but to "fix" it? If they did then the Machop line won't have any egg moves and players are forced to get a female Ralts in order to have a Gardevoir. "fixing" the problem will BRING more problems.

 

[Gothitelle.]

Ever heard of defy stereotypes? That's what they were doing. I'm perfectly fine with the genders. (Plus, female Machamps FTW)

 

[Yoshikko]

Genders really have nothing to do with the Pokémon at all. They are only important and related to breeding, egg moves, abilities, and so on. The Machamp line has a male design, the gender has nothing to do with that, it's for breeding-related things. Legendaries probably aren't genderless either, but they are made genderless so you can't breed them. There are exceptions of course, for example Tauros and Miltank, who are solely male and female respectively but that is concept-related. Tauros is a bull, and Miltank is a cow, so in those cases it's conceptual, same goes for all other single-gender Pokémon.

 

[Kaioken]

Yeah gender is pretty essential in breeding, I'm not a fan of female Machamp either, but I know there's plenty of woman out there who can kick my ass, besides at least we got female Blissey, if it was male I'd flip -o-

 

[wvoody]

Seems to me that sterotyping Pokemon like that would be kind of like saying all walruses should be male, or siamese cats must be female. Just because we as humans percieve something to be more masculine or feminine doesn't change the fact that we live in a world of two genders, and pokemon reflect that.

 

[Lynch]

Well they did make egg system like when you leave two machokes male and female you get lv5 machoke or machop idk so they had to make every pokemon with two genders so the eggs can be created...anyway its just balance,I always catch male pokemons i think
they are stronger.

Entei is only legendary I would be sure hes male
hes coolest too

 

[Pikachu Live On Stage!]

it is pretty bothersome that some pokemon are not strictly m/f when they should appear to be. but then again, if you only had one fixed gender, they wouldn't have that many of that pokemon due to breeding issues...unless mewtwo decides to come back and clone again xD

 

[Kirbychu]

Isnt anyone bothered by the fact that the Pokemon game producers still havent fixed the gender problem (Machokes and the like can be girls, etc.)? I dont understand why they dont fix it. I simply ignore what the games says the gender is. To me, Machokes are always guys, Gardevoirs are always girls, etc.

So what do you guys do about it?

This would only complicate things even more, because it raises the question of how male-only Pokemon species are able to reproduce.

Sure there's Ditto, by are there really enough? Plus doesn't Ditto just turn into a clone of y- My word!

 

[TEAM BLUE]

lol I Try to ignore it but am sometimes disturbed.XD Although later i don't care.:D Oh also is Jynx always a girl??? I have not noticed it a lot since i don't battle it.XD

 

[Lennon]

Nintendo could just have gender differences for those pokémon (so no new lines are needed) like unefazant an jellicant. Because to be honest female Machamps creep me out =s

 

[Oryx]

I kind of find this idea silly.

This is a poodle. It is male as well as female.

This is a flamingo. It is male as well as female.

This is a wolf. It is female as well as male.

This is a hawk. It is female as well as male.

Does the animal kingdom in general creep people out?

 

[Vendour]

Exactly, Toujours. I was thinking about preparing a post similar to yours yesterday lol.

Elephants are huge "masculine" looking animals, and yet there are both male and female elephants.

Swans are very pretty and serene "femenine" looking animals, and likewise there are male and female swans.

It's not quite a Pokemon gender problem, as much as it is a personal quirk of yours that irks you.

 

[Antisocial.]

Well, I always see the Ralts line as females, the Shinx line as males, and so on. But not so much that I want them to do anything about it. It's fine the way it is, let's not fix something that isn't broken.

 

[ShadowX35]

at first when gender was...let's see introduced more in gold and silver i kept wondering why there were male and female goldeens etc. Overtime i looked up various animals and compared them with pokemon and accepted it. Also a machoke/machamp wearing a sports bra?...Nah i like Pokemon the way they are!

 

[Cazzef]

I don't really have a problem with gender, but their appearances could use some changing at least.

 

[-Connor97-]

I dunt really care about the genders in pokemon 8DDDD well tats if i need to breed something i guess ;)

 

[BBA_Beyblader_321]

It bothers me. Who wants a male jigglypuff? and a female machoke is just... awkward... I mean really?? XD But I can't help but think of the older episodes when there was no gender difference in appearance. weeeeeird stuff

 

[Outkin]

Some pokemon are more of a problem then others. Lets go back the machoke example, it's like a humanoid bodybuilder. It looks alot like us, and as you know theres a huge diffrence in looks between our males and females. I've never seen a (normal) girl that looks like a buff man, sorry....