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Charlie Brown February 27th, 2019 6:40 AM

The Player Characters
 


What are your thoughts on the player characters? We haven't seen much yet, but which do you think you would pick? How do their designs stack up to previous player characters?

Do you reckon we'll get character customisation again?!

hotsushi-kun February 27th, 2019 6:44 AM

They look like to have an Canadian clothes to me, mostly likely the region is set in Canada though. That's my prediction though.

Starry Windy February 27th, 2019 6:46 AM

Personally, I'm a big fan of the female character's design, and the male design is not bad as well. And I'm sure character customization will come to play, hopefully, because I saw some trainer wears special clothing when entering what I presumed to be Pokémon League.

HaloSonic February 27th, 2019 6:49 AM

they both look great, though they don't stand out as much as other protagonsts. Also i like the Scottish/UK region design of the world.

LuluRina February 27th, 2019 6:53 AM

Honestly, when I first saw the girl character, I was like "Thats me"
Because I have short hair, hazel eyes, and I don't really like to stand out xD

Iceshadow3317 February 27th, 2019 7:09 AM

The female once again seems to have a superior design, but I do like the male as well with the clothing. The Female strongly reminds of Uraraka from My Hero Academia.

thedestinedblade February 27th, 2019 7:31 AM

Don't particularly care for either tbh, but that's what customization is for! Let's see if the official art changes my initial impressions though.

Neon Pink February 27th, 2019 7:31 AM

We better get customization for these guys, but I love the female clothes and I am a female so ... win/win.

mysticalflute February 27th, 2019 8:03 AM

Love them! They look so much better than the SuMo ones!

CodeHelmet February 27th, 2019 8:06 AM

Character customization is likely a given but just at first glance, the Female one comes out on top for me.

Iceshadow3317 February 27th, 2019 8:06 AM

Since it is related to the player character, what do you guys think their names would be? Sword and Shield would be harder to come up with a name although, lately it seems like they have been giving them basic names with no real reason.


As for customization, I think that is a must at this point, I just hope it is XY like and not LGPE.

Janp February 27th, 2019 8:08 AM

The female looks great once again, but the guy... I could go out and get 10 guys just like him in a minute. Really generic looks. But it actually isn't a bad now that I think about it, because it will be customizable. Also that weird squared bag looks weird. I really hope for bags from Kalos to return.

Ducolamia February 27th, 2019 8:13 AM

I really like these trainers!

The girl looks really pretty. I think I might just change the hair and that's it. Can't wait to customize them!

As for the guy he doesn't look half-bad either. Reminds me of a lot of the guys I see around my college campus. Looks normal enough that I can buy it. Anyways they are a major upgrade from the last gen.

I think the reason why some of the trainers look so generic in current year is because we can customize them. You don't need to spend a lot of time making a character people like when you can just change it. This is why the S/M/USUM protags look so bland. I guarantee the only reason they were designed that way was so the player could have something to start off with.

mysticalflute February 27th, 2019 8:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janp (Post 9985210)
The female looks great once again, but the guy... I could go out and get 10 guys just like him in a minute. Really generic looks. But it actually isn't a bad now that I think about it, because it will be customizable. Also that weird squared bag looks weird. I really hope for bags from Kalos to return.

I actually think the bags are finally an appropriate size for us literally going out on a world-wide escapade.

Janp February 27th, 2019 8:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mysticalflute (Post 9985229)
I actually think the bags are finally an appropriate size for us literally going out on a world-wide escapade.

That's a good argument that makes me like the bags a little more. But now I hope there will be a tent or something like that as an item for us players to use.

professor plum February 27th, 2019 8:56 AM

I think they both look fantastic. I'm hopeful we'll get trainer customization back - it'd be kinda silly to not have it after including it for two generations. I def like the female more than the male protrag tho.

Flowerchild February 27th, 2019 9:18 AM

They're pretty good but let me customize!

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotsushi-kun (Post 9985114)
They look like to have an Canadian clothes to me, mostly likely the region is set in Canada though. That's my prediction though.

It's set in the UK.

Melinda February 27th, 2019 9:20 AM

I'm loving the designs. Especially because the female character has a backpack instead of a purse. 😂

Palamon February 27th, 2019 10:55 AM

I like the girl--she looks like Tsugumi from Bang Dream! lmfao. The male looks okay, but I hope we can wear different clothes other than these. Not liking the male's shirt much atm.

Pig February 27th, 2019 11:32 AM

I'm also voting for customization, but as for the preview, I think everyone's in favor of the girl's design

Pepperton February 27th, 2019 12:17 PM

They're alright, nothing special. Hopeful for customization like most everyone else.

janejane6178 February 27th, 2019 12:19 PM

I'd rather not have customization, instead of this bland girl's design.

colours February 27th, 2019 12:23 PM

I stan the female protag's design a hundred times over.

Pig February 27th, 2019 12:28 PM

I don't think they have an excuse not to have customization. Even LGPE had....abysmal customization. I picked my character at the beginning under the assumption I'd be able to change but. I accepted it in the end.

I hope if you get bang options again they look better. Straightcut bangs are meant to go down below your eyebrows GameFreak, not halfway up your forehead, ty.

Gen 6 clothing was gucci af though and I want [i]that[/] level of customization back. Gen 7 had bleak style choices.
"Here's the same shirt/shoes in 7 different ugly colors."

RileyXY1 February 27th, 2019 1:04 PM

Kenji and Arianna (my predictions for the PC's names) look good. They have better designs than SM's protags.


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