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Ho-Oh October 3rd, 2010 6:56 PM

Going with the female, however, I dislike the OWs for both. Plus, I have no reason to choose the male (unlike in R/S,where the character was more appealing), so yeah, female. Plus if I was male I'd probably choose the female too... because she just looks better.

However I do like the actual art of the female.

The Red Chain October 3rd, 2010 6:56 PM

At first I preferred the male protagonist, but the female is beginning to grow more and more on me. <3
I love her poofy insanely awesome hair, and her oddly cute fashion sense, so nyeh. >P

/tosses in vote


Master Terrador October 3rd, 2010 7:31 PM

I choose the male since I hated the design for Diamond and gold's new artwork was a "meh" feeling for me. This male protagonist actually looks cool and his sprite is one of the best in my opinion (His trainer sprite not OW). So I'll toss mine in now.

King Gumball October 3rd, 2010 7:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mew~ (Post 6200083)
Urm, lol isn't a bit simple, if your male you will probably be picking the male protoganist and if your female you'll pick the female protoganist... thats the reason they added the female protoganist in Crystal, so females could be females!

Although you can completelly ignore my post if your just picking which gender you want to be by design, or the change to have boobs

Btw, I chose the male, cuz im male xD


No, I actually know a lot of people who dont go on their own gender but on their designs.

otakulily October 3rd, 2010 8:05 PM

I actually think the male design is better than the female's. :x I would certainly say that B/W has the best male protagonist by far. All of the previous ones were awful, in my opinion, with the possible exception of Ethan. Anyway, if this is a question of which protagonist I will play as, I will still choose the female, for one reason: ToukoxNforeverrrrr nvm. I still don't like her as much as Dawn, though.

King Gumball October 3rd, 2010 8:33 PM

I prefer the male over the female too, although the female looks really cool too. If I get both games I will have one trainer for each game.

Esper October 3rd, 2010 10:32 PM

I like everything about the female protagonist's design more than the male protagonist's (with the exception of the VS sprite - it's just awkward looking) so I've chosen to play as her. I don't particularly think of the character as "me" in the games so gender isn't an issue and if I ever restart the game I'll choose the male character simply because I hadn't already and it would be something different.

fenyx4 October 3rd, 2010 10:49 PM

I'm playing as Black/Touya (name reminds me of Digimon's Takuya) to match my own gender. I love both of their designs, but White's/Touko's seems more original (plus she looks very hot). I disliked how Black's outfit looks very similar to Lucas' Platinum outfit (in terms of color scheme, sans shoes). But a plus is that Black's outfit looks more rugged and less "formal." The slight resemblance to Red is also cool. At first, I disliked how White's hair color matched his eye color, but I'm gradually becoming accustomed to it...

Both of their VS sprites look slightly awkward to me... And I really dislike how White's sprite has more "dark pink" on it. The original artwork had those areas (sans the boots) with coloration of what I saw to be red/scarlet; why couldn't her sprite receive the same coloration? (like the red parts of Black's sprite)

I love how their Japanese names imply "transparency and purity", though (finally revealed after all this time! :)). Hope the English names are just as awesome! (though I could definitely run with Black retaining the name Black, and White retaining the name White. But I'm planning to name myself Nero, so I won't notice much...).

I'm glad that the player's counterpart makes an appearance in the Battle Subway; I was getting a bit worried that White would be nowhere to be seen in my playthrough! :(

On a side-note, this weekly poll implementation looks like a nice idea that will hopefully tide us over until the English releases of BW!

Andrut October 4th, 2010 6:23 AM

I chose the guy. What were you excepting?
I hate the girl's shorts, and the hair look very weird.
I think he's designed the second best from all the generation,after GSC Ethan.

mineowyn October 4th, 2010 7:15 AM

Eh this is unfair because there are more males playing pPokemon than females. :/ Anyway what's the point of this poll? It's not like this is Harvest Moon.

Ho-Oh October 4th, 2010 7:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mineowyn (Post 6201746)
Eh this is unfair because there are more males playing pPokemon than females. :/ Anyway what's the point of this poll? It's not like this is Harvest Moon.

Some males choose to play as females, though.

However, the point is just a fun poll, asking users what they're going to do in the lead up to the games. It isn't serious or anything.

austy14 October 4th, 2010 2:59 PM

Welll, I like the female and chose her. I always do on my main version of the generation. And she looks really cool, love the shorts XD. Plus the boy looks a lot like red. :o

mal'akh October 4th, 2010 4:19 PM

Imma be using the guy. He's adorable. Idc what any you guys say, I want to play as him. Plus, imo, he's the best looking guy you get to play as yet.

solarowl October 4th, 2010 4:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PlatinumDude (Post 6201022)
Because I'm a guy, I'm going with the male protagonist. There's more to why I picked him: he reminded me of Jaded Yuki from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX when he was first revealed.

Same here! I am picking a boy because I like the guy's design better and I'm male. He looks pretty cool compared to some other starting guys. Also, he does remind me of Jaden Yuki!

Red1530 October 4th, 2010 6:18 PM

I will be playing as the male protagonist for an obvious reason.

o0PinkSquid0o October 4th, 2010 6:38 PM

Choose the female, mainly because I am a girl but I also think she looks pretty cool...besides those hanging pockets or whatever those things are on her shorts :S

mineowyn October 4th, 2010 8:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Forever (Post 6201752)


Some males choose to play as females, though.

However, the point is just a fun poll, asking users what they're going to do in the lead up to the games. It isn't serious or anything.

huh really? I asked alot of my guy friends if they've played as the female protagonist before and they're like "no, I'm a guy I'm not gay or anything." Like somehow choosing the female character questions their masculinity or something. Before R/S/E, we girls had no choice but to play as a boy. I say they should bring back the "one gender no way to choose MC" except this time you're forced to be a girl... :cheeky:

splosh October 5th, 2010 1:59 AM

I'm going to play as the male, however i like both designs. If i get another version or something i'll play as the girl.

The girl is the best design in the series, because she's not damn pigeon toed, and the boy is much better that everyone since Red (who is the quintessential Pokemon trainer).

tobi-ksla October 5th, 2010 2:08 AM

I'll most likely pick the girl character. I want to use girls for a change; plus, I'm saving the guy for the third version.

Ho-Oh October 5th, 2010 2:08 AM

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Originally Posted by mineowyn (Post 6203228)
huh really? I asked alot of my guy friends if they've played as the female protagonist before and they're like "no, I'm a guy I'm not gay or anything." Like somehow choosing the female character questions their masculinity or something. Before R/S/E, we girls had no choice but to play as a boy. I say they should bring back the "one gender no way to choose MC" except this time you're forced to be a girl... :cheeky:

I...dunno. I think it just depends on your feelings towards characters on a game (if that makes sense). I know that there are some males on PC though, who do play as girls, for favous reasons (that aren't twisted, or aren't implying what their sexuality actually is).

Yeaaaaah everyone should play as girls. :D
Especially since the girl is losing on the poll, saaaad.

インフェルノの津波 October 5th, 2010 7:40 AM

Oooh, a poll! :D

I like'em both, even their shipping. But I chose guy because his colors are awesome.

But you can't deny booty shorts!

SuperiorCat October 5th, 2010 8:53 AM

I chose the girl.
The girl for once actually looks like she's prepared for journeying in the Pokemon world. All the girls prior to her look so frail, but our B/W girl is wearing mountain boots, she's not wearing a flimsy skirt, and for once, our female protagonist isn't pigeon-toed.

The guy's design is just so repetitive. We've seen it a million times, he quite honestly looks just like Lucas, but with a different hat and a scarf. >_>;

And as for the, 'you must pick the character who is your own gender' debate, I don't think that is true at all. I always go for the character with the better design, and whenever I replay the games I like to go for gender that I didn't use previously, just because It's so bland having to look at the same overworld sprite repeatedly.


MrsNorrington October 5th, 2010 1:23 PM

I love the female! I cosplay her now

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs242.snc4/39452_445502074703_589504703_5029633_4543656_n.jpg

Not the greatest picture, but I was rushing...and I didn't have time to take better photos because I got sick that day..lol

Zelda October 5th, 2010 4:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Forever (Post 6203460)


I...dunno. I think it just depends on your feelings towards characters on a game (if that makes sense). I know that there are some males on PC though, who do play as girls, for favous reasons (that aren't twisted, or aren't implying what their sexuality actually is).

Yeaaaaah everyone should play as girls. :D
Especially since the girl is losing on the poll, saaaad.

In addition to this, it all depends on on their thoughts on both, which one they prefer and which one suits them no matter male or female. It really doesn't matter since it's just a game character, so I see no reason for people to think it's too awkward to pick the female protagonist if they are a male. :(

Girls rule, boys drool. :]

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Originally Posted by MrsNorrington (Post 6204125)
I love the female! I cosplay her now



Not the greatest picture, but I was rushing...and I didn't have time to take better photos because I got sick that day..lol

I've seen people starting to dress up as the protagonists and I must say, that's cute. :) It's amazing how creative people get with the cosplay for Black and White.

twistedpuppy October 5th, 2010 6:06 PM

I'm playing the female this time around. I've played both genders on previous games before, but since HG/SS I've been unhappy with the character designs. So for B&W I'm exclusively playing the female protagonist.


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