Sheep

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How much do you care about your Pokémon's gender? Will you keep encountering or breeding a Pokémon until its gender is what you desire, or do you not care for it? I know people who always used male Pokémon because they didn't like the way the female symbol looked in the games, and know many who go for a gender they think fits the Pokémon in question. At the same time, there are also many who don't care at all. Where do you fall?

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Posted December 29th, 2022
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18.1 Years
Female Pokemon Only.

Brendino

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13.5 Years
Most of the time it doesn't matter to me, though there are some Pokemon out there with gender differences, and I prefer the look of one over the other (like male Pyroar and Unfezant, or female Hippowdon and Meowstic). I also try and balance my team by gender a little bit, so if I've got 5 female Pokemon, I'm more likely to add a male next rather than another female.

Fritz

girl power ftw

Age 23
Any
Cyrodiil
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Posted March 10th, 2023
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6.7 Years
I only care about a Pokémon's gender when it comes to breeding for Egg Moves. I don't try to catch Pokémon with a specific gender before I've completed the game on the file I'm playing on.

Homeskulled Kid

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Clancer
Seen April 15th, 2019
Posted April 15th, 2019
1,399 posts
4.6 Years
How much do you care about your Pokémon's gender?

Yesteryear, I was a total nutcase who would whittle away thumb and mind alike in the search of a female Eevee. Nowadays, pfft. Nonchalance incarnate. Male Sylveon and Brionne's are cool, and it's fun to let Pokémon have an incongruous gender!

Will you keep encountering or breeding a Pokémon until its gender is what you desire, or do you not care for it?

Sometimes. Otherwise, nah. I'm a hippy who relies on vibes to choose the right Pokémon, and vibes trounce gender 9 times outta 10. Why throw out a female Geodude just because it's... female? I'm too sentimental. I'd cry and search the cave for it all day.
Age 33
Male
KY (USA)
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Gender only really matters to me when it affects evolution (Snorunt, Burmy, etc.), aesthetics (I don't like female Sneasel's shorter "feather"), or when one gender seems more fitting than the other (like male for Nuzleaf and female for Primarina).

I generally like to balance males and females on my teams but, if I were to choose a dominant gender, I think I'd prefer having more males than females (possibly because most in-game trainers use Pokémon that match their gender). (Prior to Sun & Moon, I was set on having all of my Pokémon in regular Poké Balls since in-game trainers didn't use other kinds.)


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Age 21
Female
Seen February 17th, 2023
Posted January 19th, 2020
197 posts
5.4 Years
i only really care when it affects how the pokémon looks/what it evolves into. i do like it if i get a female starter but i don't tend to keep restarting until i do
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BH

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Age 38
Non-binary
Poland
Seen August 31st, 2020
Posted August 31st, 2020
1,041 posts
18.1 Years
Yes, female eevee(lutions) for me, i KO most of male eevee(lutions)
Oh and a female Snivy too
I don't care about Growlithe gender
For Charmader, female only too, since it's name in german ends with an "a" and in poland names that end with a an "a" are mostly times feminine
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Noblejanobii

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Age 25
Female
South Carolina
Seen July 17th, 2021
Posted February 22nd, 2021
1,301 posts
4.3 Years
Generally no but that's just because I do nuzlockes a lot so I can't be picky. The only time I'm picky is if I'm trying to get a shiny of like a female only evolution or something but otherwise nah.

Sorvete

Novice

Male
Brazil
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Posted March 25th, 2023
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5.1 Years
I don't care as long as they're not Salandit or something

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Janp

Age 26
They/Them
Czech Republic
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10.1 Years
I sometimes care, because I associated few Pokémon with specific gender. Like I can't imagine having female Mr. Mime or male Meganium on my team.
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mikey

Age 30
Male
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14.1 Years
I never really care. The differences in sprites and such are so minimal.

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alisaie

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Seen March 14th, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2022
13,598 posts
14.8 Years
I don't really care unless I'm specifically naming the Pokemon after a character in which I have them match that character's gender. Otherwise it's whatever.

Cherrim

Age 34
she / her
Toronto
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20.5 Years
I don't usually care because I love all my Pokemon, but I do have two preferences and they... both probably go against the grain. I prefer my Cherubi/Cherrim as male and my Nosepass/Probopass as female.

Otherwise I usually nickname on a total whim and I'll just decide on the spot based on the Pokemon and its gender. Or I'll name it whatever and not care about gender/sex of the Pokemon because it's... kind of like a pet and who says gendered names have to match the sex anyway.


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Age 20
Male
Ohio, USA
Seen March 10th, 2021
Posted March 8th, 2021
330 posts
4.9 Years
I only really care about genders if I have a specific nickname that I want to use that only makes sense for one gender. For example, in my Platinum Random Team, I wanted to name my Turtwig "Katie" so I soft reset for a female one. Otherwise, I usually don’t even pay attention to genders when I’m not breeding or dealing with attract (Whitney.....)

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Age 31
Male
Taishō-era Japan
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13.7 Years
It depends on how it looks I supposed.
I did not choose a Popplio because of the long cutscene in Sun and Moon and they need to be females etc.
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saniachan

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Age 27
she/her
Indonesia
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4.3 Years
As for myself, kinda. I don't really care about the Pokemon's genders most of the time, but if I do, it gotta be when it comes to evolutions (Gallade, Salazzle, etc.) and/or challenge runs (especially Wedlocke and Idolocke).

popplio25

Female
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6.5 Years
if it's red, blue & yellow, i see my pokemon as males... & if it's magnemite, the same

but for the other games, i always pick females.... .... but with latios & latias, i know they're male & female, so it's fine......


i love my pokemon nonetheless though

hotsushi-kun

Male
Nis, Serbia
Seen September 27th, 2019
Posted July 4th, 2019
338 posts
4.3 Years
I love mostly girls Pokemon that have female looking appearance, with Sylveon being the most common one. I also like Female Meowsitc one, and Male Oshawott. Female have the cutest looking personality while the boys have the darkest side and pure one.

Espeon x Umbreon could be define as Female Espeon and Male Umbreon, since they are quite a lots of fanart featuring Fem Espeson and MalUmbreon out there. :)

Other thing is that Leafeon x Glaceon would be like this: Male Leafeon x Female Glaceon, why. Leafeon is an male looking green one while Glaceon has an girl looking appearances.

Sylveon is mainly associated with girl one, since Fairy-type is very popular with the girls and the girls love it.

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bobandbill

one more time

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15.2 Years
Not particularly - only time I do care is when I am breeding them given the need for a good parent of either gender in some cases (more so the older titles).

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she/her
gracidea fields
Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 29th, 2022
8,974 posts
18.1 Years
Female Pokemon Only.
of course I say this but in my recent Black 2 playthrough my starter is a male, so.....

... not like I have a problem with it so I dealt with it. :<