@xOmniCloudx @Too-DementeD Still feel pretty bad for them.
Edit: Re-reading your comment, I'm not sure if you know how bad it is in Brazil, so just in case you don't, the PS4 is reportedly $1800. That's after conversion.
Since this is based on RPGs (the most common place for character creation), let me just say personally, I don't really think about it all that much when making my decisions. I don't create characters that resemble myself; I see them as their own unique identity and personality. When there are decisions to make in the game, the majority of the time I don't think "What would I do?" I think "What would MY CHARACTER do?".
Oddly enough, in games where you have a pre-selected character, let's say any Telltale game for example, I DO end up making decisions that are based on myself moreso than what I think the character would do. There may be some psychological reason for this. Maybe when creating my characters I feel like I've given them a personality, whereas one that has been given to me, I end up projecting my thoughts onto theirs because I can't tell what they'd actually do. Who knows?
All that being said, I would say a good 95% of the time when creating characters in RPGs, I mostly choose a guy only because... I'm a guy too. Without generalizing too much, I think that's just how our human nature is. Males usually associate themselves with other males, and females associate themselves with other females. The times in games when I HAVE indeed created a female character, it's mostly due to the fact there's only two options: Male, or female? My thoughts are usually along the lines of "Well I'm usually males in games, so why not be a female this time?". Whether I'm not seeing the reason behind it, I cannot say, but to me it seems a lot more simple.
Going back to games that have pre-selected characters for a second, let me also add, when there's a choice between male or female, the odds of me picking female are a lot higher than when I create a character. Probably around 35% instead of 5%. Come to think of it, maybe I just believe I'm bad at creating a good female character myself.
I don't want to get into it and answer these some of these questions but they sound like they're asked by someone who doesn't know the Pokémon universe well-enough. Half have been answered before while the other half are just saying their reasoning is off. Not so much a mystery.
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