Juno

OK I PULL UP

Age 28
Female
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted 1 Week Ago
4,561 posts
9.5 Years
In all Pokemon games, I usually go with the female character and name her Karen, after myself, at least for the first playthrough. I really liked the customization aspect of XY - if I restart I may go with the male character just to see all the clothing options.

Sonata

Don't let me disappear

Age 27
Male
Indiana
Seen 9 Hours Ago
Posted March 25th, 2023
13,619 posts
10.2 Years
I choose the female characters instead of the male characters because they usually have better designs, and in X and Y there's cute clothes and so much more you can do.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I always play as the female, so this game was no exception. She also ended up with the better customization options so yeah nice to see it was more generous to female players in that regard. If I were to restart, I'll probably go female again or pick the boy in the opposite version.
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Seen November 24th, 2014
Posted May 31st, 2014
175 posts
9.2 Years
I usually pick the fan favorite of the artists, which means that I am usually going with the female except for Red and Gold, although I did make an exception for Kyouhei.

My sister usually pick the opposite character but took Serena in her second playthrough after she realized how poor the clothing selection was for a male.
Male
In a Rabbit
Seen July 13th, 2022
Posted June 9th, 2022
824 posts
9.9 Years
Because of the player customizability and increased online interactivity, this was the first time where I didn't had to think before choosing the character gender that matched my actual gender (male). I really wanted to make an avatar that represented me. :P Shame I couldn't get curly hair or short height...

I was kinda disappointed to find out how limited the male was in customizability compared to the female. I might choose female in Z-version (or whatever it will be called) if the male doesn't get nearly the same amount of options. >.<
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Age 31
Female
Seen January 5th, 2023
Posted October 18th, 2017
1,130 posts
9.3 Years
I chose female and like the poster above me, wanted my character to represent me. Also a shame there was no curly hair or short height for me. :P But I found a nice red outfit that I quite like and would probably re-use in a different playthrough. Only thing I'd do differently is perhaps choose a bit of a lighter skin since I think I made my character a bit more tan than I am. Still, I quite like her as she looks really sort of unique and I don't see others using the darker skin colors very much, so perhaps I'll just stick with that anyway.

Also, named her Arylett, of course. :3

Pikapia

The One Who Will Destroy Everything

Female
Gotham City
Seen June 16th, 2020
Posted July 4th, 2014
126 posts
10.6 Years
I went with a female character, and named her Zara (as I always do :P). I gave her the lightest skin tone, and ever since then I've been changing her outfit loads. So far, my favourite outfit is a really, really, really expensive outfit I bought from that expensive shop in Lumiose City. It's red and black, and kinda like a posher version of a school girl uniform - the kind that you'd wear to a boarding school, or private school, or something. :/ I've also given her long black pigtails and 'bangs', and green eyes. I'm so glad I could customize my character, it made me so happy! ^_^ In the next Pokémon game where you can change your character (probably Omega Ruby... hopefully), I'll probably have a very similar character to my Pokémon Y girl, but I'm hoping I can give her purple hair or something. :chu:

As for a second playthrough, I'm not planning to restart. My character will be the same, and I'm currently catching them all! *laughs maniacally* So I'll never restart. I've only ever restarted my game in SoulSilver - I keep getting side-tracked with White 2 and Y, so I forget what I'm doing in SoulSilver. So I pretty much have to restart every. Single. Time. Oh well!
Age 30
Female
Northern Ireland
Seen September 4th, 2015
Posted September 4th, 2015
1,544 posts
13.9 Years
I went with the female and named her after myself as has been my tradition ever since you could pick the girl character :) If I was restarting I'd pick her again as I've yet to see a male protagonist that I like as much as Gold/Brendan. Plus, the apparent lack of male customization is definitely a deciding factor in that haha :)
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LavenderTownGhost

Returning to Hoenn

Female
Florida
Seen November 9th, 2014
Posted July 15th, 2014
387 posts
9.1 Years
I ordered my copy of X yesterday, and intend to choose the female. I absolutely love her design and customization options!
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Female
database database
Seen December 29th, 2022
Posted October 5th, 2018
5,170 posts
11 Years
Female, because I'm a girl and I liked her outfit and such. :) I'm glad I did - the outfit choosing for girls was really fun, however, it set me up for disappointment when I played as a boy and had less outfit choices D:

ORAS/XYBW
Seen July 22nd, 2016
Posted July 22nd, 2016
900 posts
12.8 Years
I always play as the male and use "Jay" for my trainer name, which is actually the abbreviated version of my real name. This despite the fact the clothing options weren't as varied.
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Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I'm glad I did - the outfit choosing for girls was really fun, however, it set me up for disappointment when I played as a boy and had less outfit choices D:
I think giving female trainers more options was a good trick done by Game Freak to encourage more people to play as the female trainer, since in past game I barely saw many choosing the female over the male, and even if they liked the female's design better it still wasn't as prevalent as the male.
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PSNGhost

God-Emperor

Male
Where You Least Expect
Seen July 8th, 2016
Posted June 19th, 2014
138 posts
9.1 Years
I've never once played as a female character. Not trying to be sexist (actually I'm pretty big on women's rights, but that's a way different topic. ) it's just when I was a kid the whole rp thing was foreign to me, I had no clue why you'd name your character something else if it was supposed to be you. I might try it sometime, but me and my gf like to do almost a co-op thing together when new games come out, and I think that might disrupt that. Besides, all my competitive mons/shinies are on X and I'm currently (as you can see from my sig) Nuzlocking Y, so.... Derp.
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Sheep

She/Her
Australia
Seen 2 Hours Ago
Posted 12 Hours Ago
39,267 posts
16.6 Years
I went down the female path as it's my gender irl. The customization feature was another reason to push me to pick the girl character since I've always adored the dressing up aspects given how many cute options were available. Go pink. ;P

Wickedjr89

Age 34
Female
South Jersey, USA
Seen May 9th, 2014
Posted May 9th, 2014
23 posts
9.2 Years
I go with the girl as I am a girl. When I get Y though (I just have X right now) I might play as a boy, not sure. Just to see all the clothes and I think boys get the better clothes from what i've seen.
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Male
California
Seen May 1st, 2016
Posted May 1st, 2016
215 posts
13 Years
I actually have both versions of the game. My Y game, which is my "main", is the old traditional "I'm a dude so I'm playing a dude" type deal. Normally, I don't see much a point in changing genders, but since X/Y has trainer customizing I thought it would be cool to try it. The X version is mostly so I could get the megastones my Y doesn't have, so I actually rarely play it.
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Non-binary
Seen June 1st, 2014
Posted May 13th, 2014
20 posts
9 Years
which character did you wind up selecting--female or male? Female.
Why did you choose them, and what name did you give to them? I have multiple reasons for choosing the female protagonist! First and foremost, the females have more customization options. I didn't want to deprive myself from dress-up options. Second, females are underrepresented in most video games and female trainers in Pokemon are no exception. Third, I find myself able to project onto a female character more easily which creates more immersion.

I nicknamed her Vulture, the name came to me recently as I was designing a Mandibuzz to use on a future team. Strangely, I never noticed the appeal of Mandibuzz previously, but now I find it very interesting in appearance and usage on a team.
If you were to restart, would you select this character, or would you go with the opposite?I would once more select the female.
Female
Somewhere in Europe
Seen August 21st, 2020
Posted January 6th, 2016
2,316 posts
19.6 Years
I picked the girl. I don't see a reason to pick the gender I'm not, after all the trainer in the game is supposed to be me :O My in game name is a nickname of my real name (though people IRL never call me that). I have no intentions to restart my game but I'd pick the girl again.