>male raichu’s tail is shaped like a lightning bolt>female raichu has its tip chopped offHow did they come up with something this retarded?
That's what sexual dimorphism is like in a lot of animals
>>58514152Originally they were going to make the ears different on male female Pikachu and Raichu too (well, female Raichu's tail would have been the same), but in the final version, it's just the tail.
>>58514227forgot pic
it's okay no one cares about raichu
i really dont like 99% of retroactive gender differences. the only good one is wobbuffet
>>58514254I like them fixing the discrepancy between Doduo and Dodrio's neck colors by giving the males black necks and the females brown necks
>>58514276good point, honestly completely forgot that was a thing
>>58514152>It is vitally important we give this bug a slightly bigger abdomen to show it's female>Machamp? No changes.
>>58514254my issue is that they didn't continue to do the more subtle onesdp gave us a bunch of really neat ways to tell em apart at a glance and then every gen since then has had like 2 gender differences max, and they're always something drastic
>>58514254Gender differences are good when there is a reason for it >Male torchic have the black dot because male chicks have them irlgood>Male Garchomp have a cut on their fin because males fight each other for territory and matesgoodStupid gender differences are like Raichu in OPs pic or beta differences like female pikachu having the bend ears. That's just retarded, where is the basis for it. I also don't really like ones where they just give the female a heart shape even if it is cute like with eevee
>>58514238nooo I want that Psyduck
If they just rounded the lightning bolt instead of lopping the tip off, I wouldn't mind the gender difference at all.
>>58514152Why did they introduce sexual dimorphism in gen 4, retcon a huge number of mons, then abandon it almost entirely after gen 4?
>>58514538I imagine animated sprites and 3D models are harder to edit than static sprites. So from Gen 5 onwards, they just started having a couple Pokemon with major gender differences instead of a lot with minor differences
>>58514152idk, I always thought it looked retarded too, they should just rounded it off instead of having be blunt>>58514238the ear differences are here for pikachu/raichu are actually cute, I would've preferred that over the tails we have now
>>58514152I personally hate it for Pikachu/Raichu, they did not need a retcon to differentiate the sexes and make the females stuck with the warped tails
you've never seen a circumcised raichu before?
>>58514305They did actually, but every time the devs got spriting and testing they'd end up Jerking off furiously because it was too sexy, so they had to remove it and all traces of it so the game could actually release.I heard Masuda actually jerked it so hard to machamp he came blood, and it still didn't stop him from doing it 12 more times after.
>>58514538>abandoned What do you mean? They still do it.
gender differences were a mistake
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>>58514936They're not a mistake, gamefreak's design team is a mistake. The only really good one is Hippowdon.
>>58514751It at least gave us Ash's Pikachu "cross-dressing" by taping a piece of paper to his tail
>>58514305I would prefer to keep the anatomy of males and females the same, the only change would be that the female Machamp's spots simulate a leotard or if you want something more "realistic", the male's crests would turn red or bright colors.
>>58514238Some of these look like that one fan made gender differences you can see on that youtube channel lol
>>58514305I like how good Machamp looks with gloves, that could be a nice gender difference, subtle, without modifying the Pokemon too much.
>>58514538game freak does what it wants, feels like introducing something new, does it and feels satisfied so they don't feel the need to keep doing it/brining it back, unless there's massive fan receptionyou see this with clothing, and regional forms, they were just intended to be one off, but everyone loved them so much that they kept them going, but gender differences didn't get much fanfare and reactions were pretty mixed so they didn't do them as much going forward, and the ones they did had major differences, even gameplay differences in the more recent generations making them closer to alternate forms
>>58514152these gender differences were the most retarded thing to come out of the franchise and unnecessary additional work tookeep it like the actual gender differences (unfezant, pyroar, meowstic, etc) or just remove them all
>>58514305Simple solution, make the females bigger and more muscular like the tetramand from the original Ben 10
>>58515008you have no idea how erect this makes me
>>58515125Sexo
>>58514238>Robbed.pngImagine them have to make twice as many 3d models for each mon for gender differences
>>58514152Alolan Raichu looks like a better version of what they were going for with female Raichu. Making the ears and tail rounded instead of pointy is better than just cutting the tip off.
>>58515713>Make a Raichu inspired by the surfing Pikachu form the original anime.>Didn't do an episode where that same Pikachu returns as this Raichu.
>>58514538They realized what a pain in the ass it was to give hundreds of Pokemon gender differences.I imagine they regretted the decision as early as Platinum when they redid all of the sprites and realized how many they have to do twice from now on.
>>58514936I'm okay with the ones introduced after gen 4, because GF was a lot more deliberate with them.Unfezant, Jellicent, Pyroar, Meowstic, Indeedee, Basculegion, and Oinkologne. Those are all fine.Most of the ones in gen 4 or retconned from before gen 4 feel forced. Like GF was doing it just to do it.Pikachu has to be the worst example, because not only is the female design dumb, but it's also the fucking mascot and they ruined it 50% of the time.
The anime still sometimes makes up its own gender differences, like this male Mareanie being a darker shade of blue than James's female one, or this female Krookodile having pink eyelash-like markings around its eyes
>>58514152Not all dimorphisms are executed well but I love any that exists purely for the fact that it throws people who want to make "they/them"s in a spin.
>>58515783They should've made female Butterfrees pink or at least make its shiny pink
>>58515713>>58515731I hadn't noticed that A. Raichu has Puka's eyes.
>>58515783>Giant female>the husband face>5 babies of different ages, plus two more eggs
>>58514238It may have something to do with the editing of the pre-existing models at the time; hence why they had to dial it back to make said task easier.
>>58514254Some are nice but a lot of them are very superficial which just ends up being neat until it isn’t. Like Rhydon and Rhyperior having shorter horns as females. That one doesn’t make much sense at all, both are going to be fighting a lot anyway. Nowadays the only gender differences new mons get are pretty drastic ones.
>>58514936No. Gender Differences are a good idea. The series just needs to actually use the idea better.
>>58515774>Most of the ones in gen 4 or retconned from before gen 4 feel forced. Like GF was doing it just to do it.Yes, I feel like GF was very cowardly in only making subtle changes. If they wanted to do that retcon, they should have taken the opportunity for something more daring and memorable.For example, a tiny, lightless male Lantun with a big nose to locate the massive females.Larger and stronger female Ariados with smaller, faster malesPrimeape males with facial markings or prominent red rear endsBlaziken male with a large fire crestGiving the Xatu male a Native American-style headdressDifferent colors for the female Shiftry to make her look like a kunoichiMale Medicham large and muscular to make him look like a eunuch or fat and bearded to make him look like a cartoon sultanPiloswine with a white back to resemble a mountain, similar for Male MamoswineChanging the color of many bird Pokémon, for example, a male Fearrow with black and white plumage and a bright red crest; a female Pidgeot with gray hair and very short head feathers; and a male Dodrio with black hair and each head a different color (red, blue, yellow) like a cassowary.The old designs would still exist, these changes would only affect one gender.
>>58514238>Lop ear Pikachu ROBBED
>>58516587A larger, more aggressive design for the female Mightyena
>>58514308I miss them too. I hate how Kleavor doesn't have differing abdomen sizes like Scyther and Scizor.
>>58516152Nah, pink Butterfree was already explained by Pinkan Island.
>>58514238female raichu looks goo. the rest are kind of lame.
>>58514238>derpkip
>>58515022>>58515125Nahhhhhhhhhhhh
>>58516587I feel like the problem with making big changes the old designs is that when people would transfer up from gen 3 their mons would look too different, there would be people excitedly moving their bromon up to the new game and hating how it looks now
>>58514253I care
>>58514210>sexual dimorphismNo such thing.
