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Elite Overlord LeSabre™ February 28th, 2011 7:54 AM

Your trainer character
 
As you know, in every Pokemon game except Battle Revolution, you cannot choose your own trainer character's designs; you must choose from preset ones. With this in mind:

Are you satisfied with the designs of the trainers in the games? Any ones you particularly like or dislike?

If you could design the trainers to be featured in a Pokemon game, what would they look like?

My thoughts? The designs of the playable trainers have varied greatly, from the adorable (female FR/LG) to the somewhat odd (B/W female with her strange shorts with the white things hanging down ("pockets," I guess?)). I haven't liked any of the male trainer designs.

If I were to be in charge of trainer designs:

Male: Black tuxedo with top hat and monocle.
Female: Floral print dress with pantyhose and dress shoes:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/DarkPersian479/Sprites/lisa-1.png http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/DarkPersian479/lisasprite4.png
Sprite credit: Haruka of Hoenn (left) & Sweet Smoochum (right)

I've always been a proponent of more formal trainer designs, as impractical as they may be IRL.

What about your thoughts? (if you have sprites/images of your custom trainers, feel free to post as long as they aren't too large)

Rathalos February 28th, 2011 9:31 AM

You don't like Red or Gold :O
I do agree with the tux and monocle though, very classy.

shinx12345 February 28th, 2011 9:45 AM

Well It certainly would be a change of pace, and maybe the story could revolve around being a rich trainer! I might be getting carried away here...
Yeah, I think my favorite design had to be the R/S/E male trainer, Is that his hat or his hair...

Roughsponge February 28th, 2011 10:11 AM

I like the idea of formal wear, but maybe not for a whole game, maybe just as a party guest (at like the SS Anne?).

But I loved the male designs for Red, Gold/Ethan, the Emerald guy (Brendan?) and the B/W guy :)

The best girl design is probably May (in Emerald).

Sydian February 28th, 2011 10:30 AM

I think the rivals get better designs than the protagonists tbh. :P Excluding Bell. I just don't like her, lol. :( But Gary, Silver, Wally, Jun, Cheren, and N are all fantastic looking imo. Never cared much for the protagonists. Gold, Leaf, Black, and White are all okay though.

CptSwaggerPants February 28th, 2011 10:39 AM

White is by far my favorite girl character, plus I can pull off her costume very nice!

And I look Black and Red's desgin.

Lucas on Dimond was the worst character I have ever seen though...the hat was too weird!

Tox February 28th, 2011 10:44 AM

I liked the simplicity of Red and Leaf. They didn't give them anything too weird so they were liked by the majority of people (well, in my opinion).
I also loved Ethan and Kris. Ethan was made to look like a ten year old. I think his clothes, especially the hat make him look his age which is awesome. I always loved Kris' design but that's just me.
Lyra, Brendan and Lucas' hats bugged me for a while but they grew on me as I got used to them.
I've always found May's hair strange but again, that's just me.
I think I preferred Dawn to May but the scarves in those games always annoyed me when I was running.
I love Touya's character design. His clothes are something I could see myself wearing.
Besides Touko's hair and shorts, I think she's one of the better female characters.

If I could choose how I looked, this would be it:
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss133/Arishoz/AndewSmall.pnghttp://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss133/Arishoz/AndrewVSSprite.png
Credit to Artmage (different forum). She created the sprites for me based on my own artwork.

CptSwaggerPants February 28th, 2011 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intoxicated (Post 6484677)
Besides Touko's hair and shorts, I think she's one of the better female characters.

If I may ask, what is wrong with her shorts?

And I forgot completely about May and Brendan...nothing really stood out to me, plus May's character asking a billion questions a second irked me in the anime.

Tox February 28th, 2011 11:58 AM

Sure. :) It's nothing major; I just don't particularly like those spiky things on her shorts. I'm not entirely sure what they are but they seem a little out of place in my opinion. She could have looked much worse though. I'm pretty happy with her overall.

CptSwaggerPants February 28th, 2011 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intoxicated (Post 6484775)
Sure. :) It's nothing major; I just don't particularly like those spiky things on her shorts. I'm not entirely sure what they are but they seem a little out of place in my opinion. She could have looked much worse though. I'm pretty happy with her overall.


Oh! Okay, when I made my cosplay shorts I figured out what they were. You know those Daisy Duke short shorts? Well the shorts are so tiny that the pocket protrudes underneath and that's what the white spikes are, I'm sure they just made it spikey because it looks cooler to them.

Thanks for answering :)

Beechlgz February 28th, 2011 12:23 PM

I haven't liked any of the female characters at all, so despite being female I almost feel compelled to choose the male characters sometimes. Depends on how much I can tolerate the female design of the particular game. I think diamond and pearl was the only exception where I found the female character lookes less silly than the male but it was still a tough choice. I'm quite frankly sick of seeing female player characters in skirts or shorts above the knees (and usually far up the thighs). It would be nice to have one once in a while that wore a longer bottom garment.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE February 28th, 2011 12:24 PM

I like most of them - Gold and Brendan are my favourite males and Leaf and May are my favourite females :)

bwburke94 February 28th, 2011 3:18 PM

Wow, someone actually spelled Brendan right.

Anyway, I'll say I like the Colosseum (Wes) and XD (Michael) designs. Red is also good, though that might be what little personality we see.

Yukimi February 28th, 2011 3:50 PM

A tuxedo isn't a bad idea, but it certainly isn't comfortable or efficient travel wear. :P

I don't mind the character designs. If I could change it, I would probably use the Backpacker or AceTrainer sprites.

PlatinumDude February 28th, 2011 4:02 PM

Are you satisfied with the designs of the trainers in the games? Any ones you particularly like or dislike?: Kind of, yes. I like the Ace/Cool Trainers in particular.

If you could design the trainers to be featured in a Pokemon game, what would they look like?: I think we need scuba diver trainer classes, just to see what underwater battles would be like.

champagnepapi February 28th, 2011 4:53 PM

Are you satisfied with the designs of the trainers in the games? Any ones you particularly like or dislike?

I really think GF has done a solid job with the player characters, up until B/W. Gold and Lucas would have to be my favorites, their designs really seem to embody what going on a journey is all about.
So I'm quite content with most of the playable character's designs.

If you could design the trainers to be featured in a Pokemon game, what would they look like?
I'd like a Brunette character with a hat sort of like Holt from Fossil Fighters has. I'm pretty content with the playable characters, so it's not as if
I'm absolutely dying to have a character like the one described above implemented in the game.

Rai February 28th, 2011 9:23 PM

I usually go along with the character designs they provide and then I build my own personality for that character. I like it this way :3 Though it would be cool if you could design your own character.

jcsimpson March 1st, 2011 12:39 AM

I'd like my character to have jeans, work boots, a short sleeve shirt and a back pack since you're climbing mountains and exploring caves. A tux is not good attire for spelunking.

Tonko March 1st, 2011 7:09 AM

I don't like that there are only two designs per game. I'd like a few varieties of outfits to choose from, maybe like three options each for the boy and girl. Mainly because I'd like to play as a female character that doesn't have the really impractical (and too much pink) clothing that most of the designs have.

Beechlgz March 1st, 2011 7:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonko (Post 6486415)
I don't like that there are only two designs per game. I'd like a few varieties of outfits to choose from, maybe like three options each for the boy and girl. Mainly because I'd like to play as a female character that doesn't have the really impractical (and too much pink) clothing that most of the designs have.

Ditto this, give us choice. Not ever girl likes to have a near-naked bottom half.

Purple Materia March 1st, 2011 8:06 AM

My character has straightened black hair, a dark purple hat. A white V-neck with a grey stripe. A studded belt with black skinny jeans, a rip at the knee. Black and white checkerboard slip on Vans.

My favourite default male design would be Touya. I just love his clothes. And Leaf as my favourite female.

ShinyMeowth March 1st, 2011 10:11 AM

I want to be able to play as a ghost and scare people.

Saryka March 1st, 2011 10:21 AM

The male protagonist characters are alright, I guess. I never use them so I don't worry too much about them. The female ones are pretty good, though. The only one I wasn't too crazy about was the female one from FRLG (I think her name is Leaf?). She seemed kinda plain to me in comparison to the others. :/ My favourites are probably Ethan and Kris/Lyra.

Although I have to agree with Sydian as well, the rivals always got pretty cool sprites haha. Gary & Silver were especially really well done.

Hikamaru March 19th, 2011 6:19 PM

If I could design a Trainer.

The boy - I'd make him look like a skater dude or a nerd.

The girl - I'd make her wear bright colours and lots of trendy clothes.

Pokemon Trainer Touko March 20th, 2011 4:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShinyMeowth (Post 6486637)
I want to be able to play as a ghost and scare people.

OMG, that's what I wanna do too~ ^________^


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