3rd Gen May or Brendan?

Started by Hiatus March 3rd, 2014 3:01 PM
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Hiatus

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When playing Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, which character did you choose—May or Brendan? How did you choose him or her? What did you name them after? As for me, I chose May in Ruby, to go accordingly with my own gender. I named her my real name, which would be Ashley. xD" In Emerald, I chose Brendan. Don't remember what I named him, but I think it was Landon.
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Posted September 9th, 2019
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9.4 Years
in video games where i have a choice (particularly mmorpgs) i usually go with females but in those games the characters have a fully created model with something to look at but in pokemon no so much so i tend to always play as males. i used brendan in ruby and emerald but i cant remember what name i used. i vaguely remember possible names birch gave if you chose him as a rival and i ended up using one of those when i chose him to play as so i think i used landon too
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Posted November 21st, 2016
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10.8 Years
it was brendan and may meaning i picked both. i loved their character designs and how brendan was wearing a hat the whole time. and mays bandana thing. i loved them both so i switched between them on every playthrough.

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Back when i first bought sapphire i chose Brendan, and i think that i named him "coop" which is an abbreviation of my name. nowadays i just use blue for everything :P

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The Shadows
Seen August 4th, 2015
Posted August 9th, 2014
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9.5 Years
Brendan for when I wanted to play as serious as possible, also put my irl name in it too.
As for May, I did it for 2nd playthrough or just for "Lols". Named her various feminine names, but sometimes but random slurs for good measures xD

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Posted May 18th, 2014
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I picked Brendan, not just because I'm a boy, it's just because of the character's attire, especially his emerald design, it was probably my favorite design out of all the player characters in the whole Main Series
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Most of my playthroughs have had me picking May. In fact, all my Emerald playthroughs have had me as May. xP I've always found her design interesting enough.
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Seen February 26th, 2015
Posted February 8th, 2015
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It was the first time I played a Pokémon game, so I just went in sync with the intro and chose Brendan in Ruby. Ever since, it became a habit to choose the male player, but yes, I liked Brendan's design and the fact that his hat actually became green in Emerald. It's the first time a clothing change occurred, though that was between two versions.
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In my most recent playing of Pokemon Emerald, I played as May. I have to say, I really don't like the Brendan character when he's your rival, he's pretty rude, especially considering that this is a girl he's talking to.
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I chose Brendan and used my first name. However, Emerald May looks pretty good, so I have used May in playthroughs ever since.



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I chose Brendan so that I could name Brendan Brendan (just like I have all the other male protagonists before and after). Though, the only time that I decided to use the female character on a playthrough was Sapphire, and that was just for the novelty of having a rival with the same name as me.

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Posted March 11th, 2017
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I always pick Brendan for a few reasons. I'm a boy, he looks cooler and May's overworld sprites look pretty bad. I usually name him Brendan, Danny, or Daniel (my name). I've beaten the game with May but I still prefer Brendan. Plus, Emerald was my first game and I played as Brendan.

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I picked May because it's always a tradition for me to choose the female trainer as I am female myself.
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I identify as female, so I always choose the character that corresponds with my gender identity: in this case, May. Nothing much more to it.

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On my very first playthrough i picked the male protag, and named him Ales after myself (Alejandro). I realized later on that i like the female design better, so whenever i replay the game now i pick May and name her Lara or Laura

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9.8 Years
I always pick Brendan because I'm a guy. Most video games don't let you pick your own character and name so when I get the chance I try to be myself as much as possible. So of course I name Brendan my name which is Colton. In Pokemon games where you have the choice of naming your rival I always name him after my brother. If it's a female I will name it after a friend of mine or girlfriend (if I have one...).
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May! Named her May because.. that was her name haha. I named my characters after their official names around that age but later started calling them by my real name.

Used Brendan in a new file on an emulator but usually I go with May because I pick the same character as my gender. But yeah.. May's overworld sprite does look pretty bad, ugh.

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9.2 Years
Every time I have played Pokemon Sapphire, I have used Brendan. Course I have always named him Mando. Course I prefer May's design more than Brendan's design.
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