Gender-Changing System?

Suggestions and Contributions
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What is this suggestion that you have stumbled upon?
The Gender-Changing System! I don’t know if it’s possible, but maybe it is. Anyway, the Gender-Changing System is a way for you to change to gender of the pokemon you are right now. BUT WAIT! It’s not as simple as two clicks and ta-dah, your male is a female. It actually COSTS Poke to change the gender. Of course I don’t want to make it TOO outrageous, so maybe around 3-5k. It’s not too high but rather affordable.

Why do I suggest this?
Because I am pretty picky about pokemon genders. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I absolutely must have each and every pokemon be a female, unless they are a specific RP character that happens to be male.

BUT WAIT! This is totally unnecessary!
To which I would say that you’re right. But the house shop system was unnecessary, and that got implemented. So, your point being…?

Is this even possible to code in?
Like said in the first paragraph, maybe. If not, then maybe in the near future.

So…How is this going to work?
GLAD YOU ASKED. I actually thought this through before suggesting it, y’know.
So there probably could be some sort of shop that changes the gender of your pokemon for around 3-5k. So you talk to the person hosting said shop, give them the poke and BAM. Your pokemon is now changed to the oppposite gender of what it was!

But what about the genderless, 100% female and 100% male pokemon?
Very simple. A message will appear that says the gender of this pokemon cannot be changed.
And then there’s the gender-affected evolutionary lines. Let’s take Ralts for example.
Let’s say you had a female Ralts, but wanted a Gallade. Well, as long as your Ralts is either, (I have a few suggestions for this.)
-Not a kirlia yet, completely unevolved
-Definitely not Gardevoir
-Or just can’t change the gender at all and get a new one.
Excluding the third idea, you can change it’s gender to male and get yourself a Gallade~!

WAIT! THIS MAKES THE GAME TOO EASY!
No, excluding gender-affected evolutionary lines, it actually doesn’t. Gender doesn’t really affect gameplay all that much. Gender doesn’t make a pokemon stronger or weaker, unless it’s the Nidoqueen/Nidoking evolutionary line, but besides the point. As stated before, I made this suggestion because there are some people who are picky over gender, etc.

BUT THIS MAKES IT TOO EASY TO GET THE POKEMON YOU WANT!
NOPE. Gender doesn’t affect recruit rates either. Sure it may make it easier to get a desired gender, but like I said, that doesn’t exactly change gameplay.

STAFF DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!
Sure, like they didn’t have time for the completely unnecessary house shop system. But then again, they might not have the time to implement this, but maybe they will in the near future.

So, comment down below and tell me what you think. If I find a valid argument, I’ll make a FAQ section and answer to it there, so check back here often.

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cough Cute Charm increases the recruit rate for pkmn of the opposite gendercough

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Don’t know about this, really. I do like my Pokemon a certain gender, but I’d rather work for it than rather miraculously change their gender with a fee and the click of a button.

Recruiting a Pokemon is a magical experience. A surprise, really. You never know what you’re gonna get, moves, stats, gender. Gender is one of those things that really defines a Pokemon to me. I don’t think my OC would be the same if she were a guy. :u

But, if you want another gender, just recruit another and wish for the best.

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Because I am pretty picky about pokemon genders.

Wait wait, hold the phone! Already can tell this is just something you want to benefit yourself. If you’re so picky, why don’t you just go recruit a female?

DANGIT REN! Y u beat me to it?! :cry:

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So because of the poll error, I can’t go and add a FAQ. So I’ll answer your concerns here.

Well, it’s easier to say than to actually do. There’s others who could benefit from this other than me as well. I don’t even have 3-5k, so I can’t exactly change the gender right away. Prior to the suggestion though, I did not know about Cute Charm, so I might find a pokemon recruit it and use that. I still think my suggestion is a pretty good one, however. Let’s just wait and see how the staff takes it.

Well, for one no one is going to hold you by the neck and FORCE you to change the gender. If you want to work for
said gender, then go ahead, no one’s stopping you.
This is mainly for those who want a certain gender instead of recruiting another. (Especially when the male or female ratio is higher than 50%.)

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To be fairly honest this idea would support the ‘too easy which makes it boring’ thing going on, I don’t think something so minor should be implemented, when you can simply recruit them either gender preferred, that would just be cheap. Imagine getting a very rare Pokemon, like Eevee, and it’s a female and you wanted a boy. No you will not work for it, you go buy a certain thing and boom you got a rare male. I disagree with this suggestion.

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actually the ration for all the eeveelutions is 87.5% male to 12.5% female so it would actually be a rare female. but why is that even being debated? a “rare” gender, you make it sound as if there is some perk that comes along with it. there’s honestly nothing that comes with genders in this game, at least as of the moment. sprites might follow later, but then that is hardly a thing either. this thing overall is just extremely trivial. okay, players have preferences, well then work for it. don’t ask someone to build a whole new thing for it. staff aren’t here to adapt to how picky or lazy a select few are. got a problem with your pokemon’s gender, well we already have the solution; recruit another one. and if you don’t want to do that, well clearly it doesn’t matter enough to you. end.

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Is it just me, or are you suggesting an idea for Pokemon plastic surgery?

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Maybe… >->

Anyway, regarding those who say to work for it, like I’ve probably said before, no one is going to force you to use this supposed system. Gender doesn’t matter that much to most people except some of the more picky ones. (There’s others besides just me.) So I don’t see any problem. :I

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All, I have to say is no one eles sees the gender besides you.
So what’s the difference? I’m as picky as the next person, but no one eles sees it you could just say its that gender no one would ever know unless attract in arena.
I have a female mantyke and while I would perfer a male, it is not that big of a deal and I don’t see this to be needed.

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Maybe… >->

Anyway, regarding those who say to work for it, like I’ve probably said before, no one is going to force you to use this supposed system. Gender doesn’t matter that much to most people except some of the more picky ones. (There’s others besides just me.) So I don’t see any problem. :I[/quote]
You see no problem, but most of us see no point.

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…No. Just no.
There could be a gender and level specification when the pokémon asks to join, to make easier for the “picky” ones to get what they want, but THAT? Where is the logic? How would pokémon change gender that easily? OK, I wanted my Gardevoir and Salamence to be female, but if I got male ones, I’d keep trying until my objective was met. I suggest you to do the same.

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Logic doesn’t need to apply to Pokemon. Heck, Scyther has wings but can’t fly. Where’s THAT logic?
But I do agree on the gender/level specification. At least I’d be able to tell what gender said pokemon is before recruiting it. :/

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Ok, so logic doesn’t apply to some parts of Pokemon, so that means something this outrageous is fine?

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Maybe… >->

Anyway, regarding those who say to work for it, like I’ve probably said before, no one is going to force you to use this supposed system. Gender doesn’t matter that much to most people except some of the more picky ones. (There’s others besides just me.) So I don’t see any problem. :I[/quote]

it’s not that there’s a problem, it’s that there is no real use for it. this is possibly one of the most trivial suggestions I have seen to date. its not bettered by the fact the “problem” if you could even call it that, already has a solution. a.k.a - try try again. Though to drakos; how is this outrageous? Pointless maybe, outrageous not so much. (infact, we did this before when pmu first introduced the gender system - yeah, we didn’t always have genders)

p.s. - you can’t really compare plastic surgery to changing genders, since surgery changes the physical and gender isn’t a physical thing.

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Maybe… >->

Anyway, regarding those who say to work for it, like I’ve probably said before, no one is going to force you to use this supposed system. Gender doesn’t matter that much to most people except some of the more picky ones. (There’s others besides just me.) So I don’t see any problem. :I[/quote]

it’s not that there’s a problem, it’s that there is no real use for it. this is possibly one of the most trivial suggestions I have seen to date. its not bettered by the fact the “problem” if you could even call it that, already has a solution. a.k.a - try try again. Though to drakos; how is this outrageous? Pointless maybe, outrageous not so much. (infact, we did this before when pmu first introduced the gender system - yeah, we didn’t always have genders)

p.s. - you can’t really compare plastic surgery to changing genders, since surgery changes the physical and gender isn’t a physical thing.[/quote]
It’s outrageous because it would be impossible to completely change someone from male to female or vice versa. Yes, Pokemon isn’t possible either, but it’s more of a fantasy impossible rather than… this.
p.s. - Just no comment. I’d rather not say it.

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Scyther can fly, but not carrying a trainer or doing the attack that comes from the sky…
Anyway, that is official stuff, so we have to deal with it. We don’t have gender changing system in the original games, so…

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…changing from male to female is possible broseph. just an fyi.

on the logic note though, most games can only follow so much supposed “logic” while trying to maintain fair gameplay. its just how it is. An fps wouldn’t be any fun if we followed to real world logic of bullet wounds, now would it? And also, official stuff? The original games don’t have an online multi-player world either, or an egg move system, or housing system and so on. Just because its not in the official games does not mean it can’t happen here. to think i"m supposed to be arguing against this

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…changing from male to female is possible broseph. just an fyi.

on the logic note though, most games can only follow so much supposed “logic” while trying to maintain fair gameplay. its just how it is. An fps wouldn’t be any fun if we followed to real world logic of bullet wounds, now would it? And also, official stuff? The original games don’t have an online multi-player world either, or an egg move system, or housing system and so on. Just because its not in the official games does not mean it can’t happen here. to think i"m supposed to be arguing against this[/quote]
It’s possible to change the outlook of someone’s gender, but they don’t change completely. Also, the original games do have the egg move system, but whatever. Anyway, how can you compare it being multiplayer and there being a housing system to something that changes a Pokemon’s gender? They’re completely different things.

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I seriously don’t want this to turn into a huge argument. I think that it’s pretty obvious that my suggestion was bad, but on the other hand, Dark Phoenix’s isn’t. In PMD: Explorers of Sky or Time/Darkness, on the battle log it’d actually tell you what gender the pokemon is. It’d actually be the next best thing to implement that. I’m pretty sure if the PMD coders could make that happen, PMU can too. :I