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Have you guys noticed that Brendan and May are making the same facial expressions and poses as their original artwork? I view it as a nice touch.


Anyway, onto their designs in general. Brendan's hair color is changed from black to brown, which is a shame since it's what him and Ethan stand out from the other male protagonists. His new wetsuit keeps reminding me of Nate. I'm really digging May's new outfit; it's even better than her original outfit. I am however curious as to why there isn't a hint of her wearing swimming gear underneath, much like Rosa, seeing as Branden is obviously wearing a wetsuit.
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May to me looks rural while Brandon looks like he comes from a coastal town in terms of their clothes.

I don't think May looks too physically different from her RS and E designs compared to Brendan. Yet May looks more different in terms of clothes compared to Brendan.
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May looks younger in those clothes while Brendan looks older lmao xD

But I actually like their new designs coz they are now Hoenn-styled finally! Kinda weird at first but atleast its finally fitting :)
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Does Anyone else notice the brand new ''Mega Ring'' on their hand ???

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Does Anyone else notice the brand new ''Mega Ring'' on their hand ???

Yeah, these are confirmed to be "Mega Bangles" in Japanese.

It's interesting how we could see the PokéNav on at least Brendan's RS art, but there's no such device to be seen on Brendan or May now. I hope it's just that it's in their pocket! The characters usually show more gear on their person in the art.
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Hm, no signs of Pokénav so far. Hopefully this is something that is not worn by the players, but is rather incorporated into the touchscreen similar to the Pokégear.
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Old June 8th, 2014 (7:29 AM). Edited June 8th, 2014 by OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire.
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Hm, no signs of Pokénav so far. Hopefully this is something that is not worn by the players, but is rather incorporated into the touchscreen similar to the Pokégear.
It's a phone like the Pokegear, but in the originals they had strapped to them in the art. Maybe they plan to show off the Pokenav later. Speaking of the Pokegear I don't think that the Unova players had the C-Gear on their art either.
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It's a phone like the Pokegear, but in the originals they had strapped to them in the art. Maybe they plan to show off the Pokenav later. Speaking of the Pokegear I don't think that the Unova players had it on their art either.
The C-Gear? I think that was part of the Xtransceiver (which was the watch that Hilbert, Hilda, Nate and Rosa wore on their wrist) but in-game the C-Gear commands took up the bottom screen of the DS. It was also kinda funny that the four Unova protagonists all had a different colored Xtransceiver as well to boot: Hilbert's one was blue, Hilda's was pink, Nate's was red and Rosa's was yellow.

But you know maybe I'm speculating that Brendan and May keep their PokeNav inside their bag this time around. I also like how they made the bag designs look close to the originals, May's belt bag was what made her different from most female protagonists who used a purse or tote bag.
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The C-Gear? I think that was part of the Xtransceiver (which was the watch that Hilbert, Hilda, Nate and Rosa wore on their wrist) but in-game the C-Gear commands took up the bottom screen of the DS. It was also kinda funny that the four Unova protagonists all had a different colored Xtransceiver as well to boot: Hilbert's one was blue, Hilda's was pink, Nate's was red and Rosa's was yellow.

But you know maybe I'm speculating that Brendan and May keep their PokeNav inside their bag this time around. I also like how they made the bag designs look close to the originals, May's belt bag was what made her different from most female protagonists who used a purse or tote bag.
Yeah, also it seems more practical as carrying a large bag around would be trying...
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I'm liking the tropical flair for the new designs of Brendan and May. I actually really like both designs. Do I like them more than the original? Eh, maybe. I know I vastly prefer Brendan's Emerald design slightly more. Also, the ribbon on May looks cute, a tad better than the bandana for me, haha. Also, I do like how they added a little green to their outfits as to reference both their original R/S designs with the red/yellow but also their Emerald designs.
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Has anyone noticed that they used Upper case Omega but Lowercase Alpha in the abbreviations for the games on the magazine. Wonder why not Uppercase Alpha...

Anyways I like how their bags resemble their Emerald bags.
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Has anyone noticed that they used Upper case Omega but Lowercase Alpha in the abbreviations for the games on the magazine. Wonder why not Uppercase Alpha...
I guess it's because an uppercase Alpha looks the same as regular A.
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Brendon looks like he's 2 years older, and the clothes look like water-hang out style clothes, if that makes any sense. I love May's ribbon with -signature- bow(but miss her bandana), like Brendon's hat. His hair showing is a nice and helpful touch :P Only thing I'm not very fond of, is her shirt. It seems more girly then I though of her as, she appeared like a sporty, prepared type. Her outfit before seemed to center around the biking aspect of the game(as Hoenn was very much about the travel/journey for me), so it sort of lost that cycling-clothes look she used to have. Her top does seem a little plain so that might mean, outfit changing like in XY? I'm So, SO glad they kept Brendon and May though <3
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Brendon looks like he's 2 years older, and the clothes look like water-hang out style clothes, if that makes any sense. I love May's ribbon with -signature- bow(but miss her bandana), like Brendon's hat. His hair showing is a nice and helpful touch :P Only thing I'm not very fond of, is her shirt. It seems more girly then I though of her as, she appeared like a sporty, prepared type. Her outfit before seemed to center around the biking aspect of the game(as Hoenn was very much about the travel/journey for me), so it sort of lost that cycling-clothes look she used to have. Her top does seem a little plain so that might mean, outfit changing like in XY? I'm So, SO glad they kept Brendon and May though <3
Exactly my thoughts. May to me came off as an athletic tomboy, not a cutsey ditz as the ribbons suggests now, kind of tired of that being the female archtype in anime. Maybe if that ribbon was at least not so in your face but off to the side like Dawn's scarf maybe I'd see the summer appeal but... not how it currently is. My problem with the ribbon is that it looks childish, like something a 4-year old would wear, when clearly May is a lot older than that, I need to see some maturity in someone supposidly saving the world and beating the elite 4. I cant take her seriously if she cant fit the part shes supposed to live up to. For Brendan, the wetsuit works because it makes him look smarter, and age appropriate. He holds the athletic look I wanted may to have. Why cant girls be athletic Gamefreak? Why do they always have to look like moe? C'mon.
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I'm relieved that they gave Brendan shorts for ORAS. Living in such a tropical region, he must have been sweating furiously the whole time in RSE with those gray pants! To keep referring back to the tropical climate, his skin tone is noticeably darker, which makes sense considering he's outside all day adventuring in such a sunny, warm region. Very sensible alterations to the protagonists, I think :]
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Why cant girls be athletic Gamefreak? Why do they always have to look like moe? C'mon.
You're asking this of a bunch of Japanese people.

Random but somewhat related thought that occurred to me: If customization is in ORAS, we aren't restricted to just hats (for May at least); we can buy ribbons.

....I think that's an interesting little tidbit [but probably only because I'm crazy
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You're asking this of a bunch of Japanese people.

Random but somewhat related thought that occurred to me: If customization is in ORAS, we aren't restricted to just hats (for May at least); we can buy ribbons.
Which is why Customization is a necessity now, so i can take it off, hopefully for a bandana if anything.
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I really like how Brendan looks this time around, only thing I'd maybe change is to give him black hair instead of brown so it contrasts more with his hat/outfit BUT that's just me being nit-picky lol :)


Again with May I prefer her original darker hair colour and I was also hoping to see the return of the bandana but I really approve of her outfit which makes up for it, especially her top :)
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If they're keeping the outfits/hairstytles from X/Y, then some of these complaints can easily be changed by the player anyway, so I personally don't see the problem. Other than Brendan looks a little derpish.

The characters both appear to be older to me than their RSE selves.
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I don't get is how the Mega Bangles look more modernistic than the Mega Rings in XY where XY is far into the future than ORAS. But then again if that is the case, then Mega's shouldn't even return, right?

Now I'm really interested what the PokeNav looks like.
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The trailer's gave us a nice, long look at Brendan's skin color, and it's certainly much lighter than in the CoroCoro scan (can be seen here). Might've just been a lighting issue, a misprint, or a number of other mistakes. Not entirely sure why they made his skin darker in the artwork if it was something they intended to do, and why they didn't carry it over to the actual games. :c
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The trailer's gave us a nice, long look at Brendan's skin color, and it's certainly much lighter than in the CoroCoro scan (can be seen here). Might've just been a lighting issue, a misprint, or a number of other mistakes. Not entirely sure why they made his skin darker in the artwork if it was something they intended to do, and why they didn't carry it over to the actual games. :c
If trainer customization is indeed going to make it here, maybe you could be able to slightly alter his skin color by giving him some tan of sorts? Either that, or like you said, it could simply be a lighting issue.
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As I remember , There are 3 choice for male & female character in XY series.
So I will look forward to see the Tanned verson of May !
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If trainer customization is indeed going to make it here, maybe you could be able to slightly alter his skin color by giving him some tan of sorts? Either that, or like you said, it could simply be a lighting issue.
Actually, that would make a lot of sense. Involves expanding the customization feature, which I assume is something that's been asked for from Nintendo's fans many times since X and Y's release. Besides accommodating a desire, I really like the idea of being able to change the player's skin color - makes it feel more like they're the person in the game, dressed up as Brendan or May. xD
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Why does Brendan's artwork make him look crosseyed? I get that they were trying to evoke similar poses to the original artwork, but the original artwork wasn't cross-eyed.
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