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Before Generation 4, gendered Pokemon tend to look the same, save for a few Pokemon who are considered different species, even though their breeding properties meant that they are technically the same species. What I mean is, the Nidoran (Male) and Nidoran (Female) are different species, but they can produce offspring of either.
In Generation 4, we are introduced to a greater degree of gender differences to old and current Pokemon, mainly to show that technology has improved in such a way that more detail can be shown. The most prominent example is Pikachu's tail: males are the traditional ones, while females have a heart-shaped tip. Newer Pokemon like Hippopotas and Hippowdon also had differences, this time it's their colour.
However, the gender differences are toned down starting from Generation 5, in which there are only 3 Pokemon with them: Unfezant, Frillish and Jellicent. Unlike the previous Pokemon, their differences are very noticeable that you don't need to see them side-by-side to acknowledge them. Moving forward to Generation 6, we have another 2 more Pokemon, one being Pyroar and the other being Meowstic, the latter even having different movepools and abilities that they are considered distinct in more than one way.
Here we are in Generation 7, where the idea of gender differences are noticeably absent.
Would you like to see more Pokemon with gender differences, and if you do, how much of a difference should there be?
Thanks for reading.
In Generation 4, we are introduced to a greater degree of gender differences to old and current Pokemon, mainly to show that technology has improved in such a way that more detail can be shown. The most prominent example is Pikachu's tail: males are the traditional ones, while females have a heart-shaped tip. Newer Pokemon like Hippopotas and Hippowdon also had differences, this time it's their colour.
However, the gender differences are toned down starting from Generation 5, in which there are only 3 Pokemon with them: Unfezant, Frillish and Jellicent. Unlike the previous Pokemon, their differences are very noticeable that you don't need to see them side-by-side to acknowledge them. Moving forward to Generation 6, we have another 2 more Pokemon, one being Pyroar and the other being Meowstic, the latter even having different movepools and abilities that they are considered distinct in more than one way.
Here we are in Generation 7, where the idea of gender differences are noticeably absent.
Would you like to see more Pokemon with gender differences, and if you do, how much of a difference should there be?
Thanks for reading.