>this stupid blank expressionless face for the whole game

Nab a pair of sunglasses at earliest convenience. It makes everything more bearable, trust me.

>>30026251
Why I miss sprites

>everyone is shocked/surprised
>zooms in on everyone's face
>suddenly switches to your dumb smile

>>30026251
Don't know how they fucked this up.

Oh wait, yeah I do. It's GameFreak.

>>30026251
>people unironically thought this only would happen in the demo
Also the walking animation for the mc in the cutscenes is dog shit

>>30026329
>"Wow! Player, did you really just meet an Ultra Beast?!"
> :^)
>"That's incredible!"

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I am sure am glad that I, as the player, am allowed to stand around in the background and pay witness to the main character Lillie as she progresses through the story.

>>30026329
Hau has the same problem. In serious scenes he'll have his stupid default smile then a second later he'll switch to a frown, when they could have kept him frowning the entire time and it would have been fine.

Even If they just included 1 really happy reaction and 1 worried/shocked reaction to the player character it would've given the story so much more emotion.

So disappointing

>>30026251
>even for the climax in Aether Foundation
wtf

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>>30026251
MOST of the game, anon.

>>30026251
I think it's funny that the only time he makes any other face is seeing Nihilego for the first time.

Unique reactions would have been perfect for the flavor dialogue choices.

>>30026643
Cutscenes don't count

>>30026663
That's actually the only cutscene where the player character has any expression besides :^)

>>30026712
Protag also gets a slight frown when he's protecting cosmog in the beginning.

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It's cute if you play as Chicken-chan.

>>30026712
Yeah and that's only because that's the cutscene they used in all the trailers

>>30026712
Even worse

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>>30026635
>tfw Faba looks at Gladion, Hau, and your expressions in succession

>>30026251
Be fair now, his expression does change!
Just once when Squiddy appears and never again of course

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>>30026395

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>>30026251
>God Eater has a player character that can do a lot of expressions even talk
>Pokemon has :^)
I hope they address this in later games. Link was super expressive and it's fucking Link.

>>30026251
He doesn't even nod like most silent protagonists. Just stares off into space from the entirety of the game.

>>30026251
That fucking walk cycle too

>>30026251
It was the same in X and Y. Irritated me just as much.

Honestly I don't care

>>30026745
She looks just as stupid.

=)

>>30026712
No, your characters face changes in the boat ride to aether paradise and when lillies attacked and when she tells you her story

>>30027101
>>God Eater has a player character that can do a lot of expressions even talk
While the MC can do plenty of expressions, most of the time you'll be stuck with default face, and god help if your default face always has a big cheery grin on its face

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>>30027197
>stupid expression
>stupid hat
It's her best feature.

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>>30026712

>>30027275
>>30027242

>>30027275
:^.

>>30026287
This. It make you a smug asshole instead of an autist.

>>30026445
You make it sound like the PC has zero involvement in the action. Also, there are plenty of great stories with main characters in a similar role, like Fury Road for example.

>>30026745
I do, Chicken-chan for best protag 2016. Fite me irl if you disagree fagets.

>>30026445
At least it's a cute girl and not a stinky green haired uggo this time.

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>this stupid blank expressionless face for the whole game

>>30026663
>y tho
>because i say so and because i am the lord of all arbitrary rules that supress any opposition to my narrative
>well thats pretty gay
>lul well i am a fag
>ayy
>lmao

>>30026745
Does anyone else see the mouth as a nose, the chin as a mouth, and the neck as a chin in this picture?

I remember in XY your character got the serious eyes when you're in the Flare Hideout and confronted Lysandre. I thought that was neat

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>>30027275
Even there the eyes are soulless.

>>30026445
Be thankful that the story actually relies on the PC, compared to say, Xenoblade Chronicles X

>>30026395
:Hi, friend!
:^)
>This is the pokemon center.
:^)
>Stop being a retard.
:^)

>>30026251
>long ass forehead
>blank, soulless eyes
>can't layer a hat with a haircut
>lanky as fuck
>jank ass walk cycles
>no toggle run button or skates or bike, have to use both hands for maximum speed
>absolutely no long pants fucking anywhere

fuck this protag

>>30026712

Of course it is.

All protags are Arceus avatars sent to wreck the villain teams. Only a fucking ultra wormhole is enough to make them break character.

>>30026380

When I tested the walking cycle I was howling with laughter

The little brown loli looks like she is tard skipping everywhere I love it.

>>30028297
>absolutely no long pants fucking anywhere

>long pants
>in Hawaii
>in summer

>>30029556
>All protags are Arceus avatars sent to wreck the villain teams. Only a fucking ultra wormhole is enough to make them break character.
Is it wrong I like this headcanon?

>>30029611
You may be surprised to learn that people here do, in fact, where long pants at all times of the year in addition to shorts.

>in summer
It's fucking Hawaii. The temperature doesn't change radically.

Even Link emotes

They didn't take enough inspiration from Zelda.

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:^)

>>30030053
You have a cute chicken-chan c:

>>30029611
>Not wearing pants year-round regardless of weather or location
Shorts are not comfy
Shorts are not easy to wear
Pants are life.

>>30030113
Speak for yourself I'm comfy as fuck right now.

>>30029685
Nope.

Personally I like to pretend that I'm a time agent sent from the future. It means my save-scumming is me being in-character instead of me being a faggot. :^)

>>30027471
It took a moment for me but it was oh so worth it

>>30029967
Yeah, locals who have had time to acclimatize.

You don't see some fucking kid who moved from temperate fucking Kanto rocking goddamn long pants when he's just moved to tropical fucking ALOLA.

That'd be like a goddamn man from Dubai walking around on his first day in Svalbard in nothing but jeans and a jumper.

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>>30026251
That was the face I was making too though. No matter how serious the situation was.
I think it represented the average player perfectly. Always smiling because we know nothing can beat us.

>>30026251
I'm playing as chicken-chan and I just imagine her as a secretly genocidal psychopath. With that stupid grin on her face she just flatly says shit like "I will destroy you all and bathe in your blood, your skulls shall adorn my throne of ruin".
Everybody else: "Oh yay, everything is great. We're such great friends."

That part where Olivia or whatever mentions your Pokemon cooking with gas and then it just switches to showing your stupid face smiling just cracked me up.

"Yes, we will be using plenty of gas"

>>30030194
Kek. I think I'm the most autistic one of all. I like to imagine I'm a kid on a journey, catching pokemon and making friends.

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:^)

>We're here to mess up your trial!

:^)

>>30026251
It's grown on me, it's like you've seized to give a shit about anything.

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>>30026643

>>30026251
It's honestly starting to get to me. Why did I not just pick Chicken-chan

>>30026251
Who wears those type of pants and shoes?

>>30031559
11 year olds.

>>30030523
Kinda gay

>>30026643
They look like fucking squirrels

>>30026345
>Literally pandering to their autistic 4chan base

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>>30026395
a new meme is born

>>30027471
Haha holy shit

>>30026395

>"All things that do not fit my vision of beauty will be discarded!"
> :^)
>"S-Stop that."
> :^)
>"I SAID STOP THAT"
> : ^ )

>>30027471

It makes her look dopey in a stupidcute way, I kinda like it

>>30026643
:0

>>30027471
Tried as hard as I could, can't see it.

>battle vs a space alien monster
:^)
>Beat it falls unconscious, reverts back and still has posion on her body to the point if is not treated soon, she could DIE
:^)

>>30026251
WHY HE IS ALWAYS SMILE
geez

The one with Lurantis behind him, lol

Fucking Rotom has more personality than MC

Can you remove their hats?

>>30034495
Yes.

>>30034545
oh thank god

>>30026251
I could handle it if he had better hair and clothing options, but fucking hell he got shafted even worse than the male trainer in XY.

At least he got decent choices. I might just start a new game and play as the female and i don't want to do that.

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>>30026395
My sides have been stimulated.

>>30026395
Top kek anon, here's your (you).

>>30029611
I'm assuming you've never been to Hawaii if you think they never wear long pants, even in the summer.

>>30030433
This. He was my favorite protag design wise. They nailed him.

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>>30027275
Why does this hat look like it came straight outta Glove World?

>>30026395
Imagine the conversations Red and the MC must have.
>"..."
> :^)
>"......"
> :^)
>".....?"
> :^)
>".........."
> :^)

>>30026395
Alola

>>30036545
Less if more after all I guess

>>30036545
>Blue just stands there, creeped the fuck out

>>30036680
: o

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>>30026251
holy shit you guys

Chicken-chan cute happy face >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>turd > Male MC autistic face

Another proof to play with chicken-chan instead the male MC

>>30027471
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>30034913
>remakes will ruin it
>never got showcased in animated works
>spending years in a living hell in manga
How did they waste it?

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>>30036812
>Playing a fucking woman
Indisputable proof to play with the male MC instead of a retarded chicken

>>30032696
fuck off reddit

>>30026251
>where Sunglass
>look like the Smugest mother fucker in cutscenes
fixed

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>>30037611
>He doesn't want to be the little girl

tapu kek

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>>30037653
>where
wear*

>>30027387
>Literally Lillie's errand boy