do genders matter when catching Pokémon?

Started by Moltres Rider December 3rd, 2011 1:55 PM
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when you are looking for a Pokémon to catch... do you also look for a certain gender of that Pokémon???

for example, I search from mainly female flying types, as soon as a flying type I want is determined, I look for a female of that Pokémon.... also, I look for female Flareons as well...

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In the early days, my main team usually consisted of females.

But in Black, I catch the first gender I see of that Pokemon.

However, I usually aim for female Gardevoirs.
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I'm not fussy over gender, unless there's an obvious gender difference, or if I want to name a Pokemon after someone and I prefer it match their gender. Other than that, I'd prefer a better nature over the gender I want.
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I have a lot of male and female pokemon... especially a shiny female Feraligatr.
In Black, I have a female Feraligatr (albeit not shiny).
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I used to have plenty of female Pokemon in Gen III, so that made me want to catch only male Pokemon (unless a species is all female) later on, but I mellowed out of that when I can't be bothered to find the male Pokemon I need with good IVs. When I want a mono-gender evolved Pokemon (Pokemon with one gender whose pre evolved forms can be both genders) like Gallade, I go for the corresponding gender of their pre evolved forms.

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No, I don't care about the gender save for the cases when it matters for evolution (like say Combee, etc) or for breeding purposes. Otherwise I don't care at all - doesn't affect stats, the appearence changes in the rare cases it has a noticeable effect are minor too and I can't be bothred waiting for another encounter to get a Pokemon of a different gender I won't remember later on anyway.

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Like most people, it would seem, I only care if it's for breeding or evolution. My Gardevoir do somehow always end up being female, though. Odd. Even so, yeah, I don't discriminate based on gender. I can't think of any situations in battle where one is better than the other (except with Attract, which you can't really control anyway).
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I can think of a few instances when gender matters statistically:

-If you want to breed a certain species of Pokemon, you first need a female of the same evolutionary line.
-Whitney's Miltank was such a pain in the ass with Attract that you NEEDED a female on your team to resist its lures, preferably one resistant to Rollout.
-Gender affects available evolutions; a few examples include Ralts, Combee and Snorunt.

Edit: Nice catch on the Rivalry ability, Zeffy! For Pokemon like Haxorus that can't get enough attack power, that's actually a significant addition to their arsenal.
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Unless it affects the evolution (like Combee,Burmy,Kirlia or Snorunt for instance) I don't really mind.
Although, getting novelty female starters are always nice ...


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I usually try to catch a gender that would match their appearance. If ima get a Jigglypuff, it's gonna be a girl. If I had a boy, that would just be embarrassing. XD
i'm exactly the same. i'd never catch a female mr. mime, geodude, or slowbro xDD.

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I always try for male, the little pink female symbol bothers me for some reason. Breeding being the obvious exception.

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