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SnakeFighter64

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Cutie Gwen said:
Ok but again, female gorillas irl have muscular builds too, so it's gender neutral.

Sobble is 007 in the dex alongside the blatant spy theming. Who's the most famous spy in British media?
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Look. I just wanted a feminine starter evolution design. Not gender neutral and not masculine (because imo gender neutrality tends to look more masculine than not). I just wanted a starter I can sympathize with. It’s either the jock, the meathead, or the spy. And none of those super interest me. And there are plenty of Pokémon in the Dex that do. I listed them out a while ago. But the starter is supposed to be your main companion. The one that grows and evolves with you. Your best friend. And none of them fit this function for me. So what’s even the point of having a starter then?
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Look. I just wanted a feminine starter evolution design. Not gender neutral and not masculine (because imo gender neutrality tends to look more masculine than not). I just wanted a starter I can sympathize with. It’s either the jock, the meathead, or the spy. And none of those super interest me. And there are plenty of Pokémon in the Dex that do. I listed them out a while ago. But the starter is supposed to be your main companion. The one that grows and evolves with you. Your best friend. And none of them fit this function for me. So what’s even the point of having a starter then?
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cinderace is a lesbian so idk what you're on about
 
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Cutie Gwen said:
Sobble is 007 in the dex alongside the blatant spy theming. Who's the most famous spy in British media?
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IMO Sobble’s evo is still distanced from Bond a bit by the way its “outfit” is designed, with the lack of sleeves and stuff. Can you imagine Bond wearing that? (If Bond did wear something like that in a movie, please correct me.) I think it also helps to give it a bit more gender ambiguity.
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Look. I just wanted a feminine starter evolution design. Not gender neutral and not masculine (because imo gender neutrality tends to look more masculine than not). I just wanted a starter I can sympathize with. It’s either the jock, the meathead, or the spy. And none of those super interest me. And there are plenty of Pokémon in the Dex that do. I listed them out a while ago. But the starter is supposed to be your main companion. The one that grows and evolves with you. Your best friend. And none of them fit this function for me. So what’s even the point of having a starter then?
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If you really don't click with any of the starters it's not the end of the world - I can't usually bring myself to box one, but I wasn't massive on the Gen 5 starters either, yet I loved a lot of the other mon in that gen so it was okay having just 1/6 of my team I was okayish with
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Look. I just wanted a feminine starter evolution design. Not gender neutral and not masculine (because imo gender neutrality tends to look more masculine than not). I just wanted a starter I can sympathize with. It’s either the jock, the meathead, or the spy. And none of those super interest me. And there are plenty of Pokémon in the Dex that do. I listed them out a while ago. But the starter is supposed to be your main companion. The one that grows and evolves with you. Your best friend. And none of them fit this function for me. So what’s even the point of having a starter then?
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Good to see people basing their best friends on looks.
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Look. I just wanted a feminine starter evolution design. Not gender neutral and not masculine (because imo gender neutrality tends to look more masculine than not). I just wanted a starter I can sympathize with. It’s either the jock, the meathead, or the spy. And none of those super interest me. And there are plenty of Pokémon in the Dex that do. I listed them out a while ago. But the starter is supposed to be your main companion. The one that grows and evolves with you. Your best friend. And none of them fit this function for me. So what’s even the point of having a starter then?
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Just dont play pokemon
 
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MBRedboy31 said:
IMO Sobble’s evo is still distanced from Bond a bit by the way its “outfit” is designed, with the lack of sleeves and stuff. Can you imagine Bond wearing that? (If Bond did wear something like that in a movie, please correct me.) I think it also helps to give it a bit more gender ambiguity.
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The pattern on their bellies is meant to invoke a tie actually
SnakeFighter64 said:
Look. I just wanted a feminine starter evolution design. Not gender neutral and not masculine (because imo gender neutrality tends to look more masculine than not). I just wanted a starter I can sympathize with. It’s either the jock, the meathead, or the spy. And none of those super interest me. And there are plenty of Pokémon in the Dex that do. I listed them out a while ago. But the starter is supposed to be your main companion. The one that grows and evolves with you. Your best friend. And none of them fit this function for me. So what’s even the point of having a starter then?
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See, there's a huge difference between "I don't like it" and "These are too masculine even if they're just gender neutral like most Pokemon". If it's the first one, people may not agree, but understand. The latter is flatout wrong and an excuse to say you don't like them while trying to sound more sophisticated

If you can't feel a bond with your starter due to the evolutions, there are 2 options. Stop them from evolving by pressing the B button when they try to or give them an Everstone so they won't be able to try. Or 2: Replace your starter. You can theoretically ignore your starter for the rest of the game as soon as you get a second Pokemon by putting them in a box
 
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I think the only one of my favourites (Dragonite, Flygon, Kabutops, Banette, Slowking, Xatu) that seems gender coded is Slowking - all the rest are a lot more neutral
 
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Diem said:
staindgrey staindgrey You may or may not have heard of this rumor yet, but in case you haven't...
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I have, and I'm hype, and thank you.

It basically confirms what AestheticGamer leaked back in like April. What's confusing is that he didn't know about or hint at Project Resistance, which is clearly built on the RE2 engine, so it brings up the question of what Project Resistance is.

My guess it that it spawned from development of RE2, and they decided to split it from RE2 because they felt it was an unnecessary component. Then-- and this is tinfoil hat time-- they don't yet have a real title (Capcom has said multiple times Project Resistance isn't the final title) because it's actually going to be a component of the RE3make-- in part because RE3 is a shorter game than RE2, thus offering less overall content despite higher expectations after RE2make's success.

I think we're going to get a surprise when RE3make is officially announced and it's shown that Project Resistance is actually a major part of that game, thus confirming AestheticGamer's cheeky "RE3 isn't what you think it is" comments.
 
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staindgrey said:
I have, and I'm hype, and thank you.

It basically confirms what AestheticGamer leaked back in like April. What's confusing is that he didn't know about or hint at Project Resistance, which is clearly built on the RE2 engine, so it brings up the question of what Project Resistance is.

My guess it that it spawned from development of RE2, and they decided to split it from RE2 because they felt it was an unnecessary component. Then-- and this is tinfoil hat time-- they don't yet have a real title (Capcom has said multiple times Project Resistance isn't the final title) because it's actually going to be a component of the RE3make-- in part because RE3 is a shorter game than RE2, thus offering less overall content despite higher expectations after RE2make's success.

I think we're going to get a surprise when RE3make is officially announced and it's shown that Project Resistance is actually a major part of that game, thus confirming AestheticGamer's cheeky "RE3 isn't what you think it is" comments.
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With a nickname like RE3make, it'd be a crying shame not to reveal it at E3
 
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Cutie Gwen said:
The pattern on their bellies is meant to invoke a tie actually
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I can see that, although I always thought it was just supposed to be where they’re wearing two sleeveless shirts, with the upper dark blue one having a triangular concave cut at the bottom and the white second shirt having a convex triangular cut.

Since we don’t actually know their intention (unless they’ve talked about it in an interview or something,) perhaps this ambiguity in interpretation is intentional, for all we know? After all, we’re trying to apply human clothing concepts to an animal that’s completely separate from them.
 
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Welp, I now know every new gen 8 Pokémon. Playing the game unspoiled and discovering these guys as I went was some of the most fun I’ve ever had with a Pokémon game, and I think that’s the way I’m gonna go into every Pokémon game from here on out.
 
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Just got Sword through Gamefly. Been very critical of Gamefreak for the past few months, hopefully my mind will change after playing this for a bit.
 
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Noipoi said:
Welp, I now know every new gen 8 Pokémon. Playing the game unspoiled and discovering these guys as I went was some of the most fun I’ve ever had with a Pokémon game, and I think that’s the way I’m gonna go into every Pokémon game from here on out.
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That's the way I've gone into literally every Pokemon I've ever played.

Part of the initial challenge is not knowing types and guessing based purely on the design what its multiple types are, its native attributes and what moves it could possibly know. Then being surprised when you're either spot-on or *way* off.
 
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Oh **** I was going to ask my parents if I could use a little bit of my savings for something, and I was taking a picture.
Accidentally send just the picture. Wish me luck!
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Okay, update on the above:

For the first time, it's not a "No" just "We'll discuss this later" so hopefully they say yes. Doubtful thou.
 
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