Are you a boy or a girl?

[Entermaid]

I have always enjoyed using female equal or more than male characters whether it is fighting, rpg, or racing games.

With that being said, I have beaten every game (since crystal) with both the boy and girl protagonist. I will beat this game with both, but for my first run I am intend to select the black female character. The reason being, this is the first time we can play as a black character, which is a long overdue feature (Nintendo and GF have a history of exclusion), and the bright and pastelly beach clothing will look more beautiful on darker skin to provide contrast.

I am also hoping the return of hair-styling comes back...not a fan of the default hair at all for the female protagonist (I do like the male character's hair). Further, I would like to see more innovative hair styles (undercuts, wavy vs straight, ect) and colors (blue, purple, red, green) would be nice to have as well.

 

[Romaov]

The male has the same boring design he's had since 5th gen. So I'm just going to main a girl for the first time with these games. I'm getting both anyway, I just hope customization really is back, I really don't like that weird hat on the girl.

 

[LilBueno]

If the unchosen gender is in the game -like a rival- and they wear their initial hat through the whole game -unlike XY-, I will pick the girl just so I don't have to see that ugly hat when battling my rival.

 

[d]

I only use the male character, regardless of the designs. The male playing character could be a one-eyed hunchback, and I would still play the game as him.

 

[Sheep]

I'm a girl, a very girly girl. So I will most definitely choose the female character. ♥ Can't see myself ever playing as a male, only really ever do that for challenge playthroughs in gen III games when I don't feel like playing as May.

 

[shellysunfish]

I'm female and always play as the female trainer (when the option is available).

 

[Ewery1]

Customization is definitely allowed based on both the japanese trailer and color differences in shirts and pants in the trailer, but since I'm getting both sun and moon I am going to be a girl in one and a guy in the other, because the girl will probably have a lot of better customization options.

 

[Magistrum]

I've always played as a female character since Crystal. If I'm gonna play something and stare at the screen for hours, I might as well have a girl in it.