Pokemon Sun and Moon Starters Revealed

I think Birch was my personal favorite

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/th...ssor_Birch.png

But I still like Kikui a lot! They're following the trend of younger and more attractive professors that Juniper started, which is interesting.

http://65.media.tumblr.com/c9ec6e7a1...hr6o1_1280.png


PS: DO NOT google "tumblr pokemon professors" at work. You'd think Sycamore's the only one, but no. Oh no. Apparently there isn't a single professor that doesn't fit in with someone's fetish. I just found out the hard way.

Overall, yeah the trend is towards younger professors. It started with Elm really - he doesn't look that old, maybe middle age. Rowan really jacks up the average though, but then Juniper, Sycamore and now Kukui has lowered it again.

Honestly, I'm just not a fan of Kukui's decision to wear nothing but an open lab coat. That can't be good scientific practice, even if you're in faux-Hawaii. And that facial hair is abysmal.

P.S: Oh I don't know, I don't think Sycamore's the only attractive one. As I mentioned previously, I actually rather like the look of Prof. Elm. He's sort of attractive in a nerdy adorkable sense. Kukui's rippling abdominals do nothing for me.

Idk, I dig the design.

I know we're pretty much having a back and forth at this point, but while we're on the topic of demographics - where are the black or minority ethnic professors? Not just professors either, I'm struggling to think of an NPC who is from the BAME category as well.

i like prof rowan the best.

whats a BAME?

Kikui is racially ambiguous, probably some mix of Hawaiian native, if you want to stick to the real world parallel. Hau is also pretty black

http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/.../hau_thumb.png

Also, we are slowly entering slippery territory. Let's just focus on the starters or something.

I love how the region is four islands! Will we have to surf everywhere, or will there be more ferries this time around?

http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-cont...p-1280x905.jpg

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Originally Posted by Fynn

Kikui is racially ambiguous, probably some mix of Hawaiian native, if you want to stick to the real world parallel. Hau is also pretty black

http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/.../hau_thumb.png

Also, we are slowly entering slippery territory. Let's just focus on the starters or something.

I love how the region is four islands! Will we have to surf everywhere, or will there be more ferries this time around?

http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-cont...p-1280x905.jpg

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theres quite a few blacks.

Iris
Marlon
the 2nd gym leader in 5th and 6th gen

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Originally Posted by Galuf

i like prof rowan the best.

whats a BAME?

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Black Asian and Minority Ethnic.

I mean, I'm not saying we should have a full on debate about the complexities of race and gender within the Pokemon universe; it's just something that popped into my head.

But sure, let's continue discussing the finer points of Popplio's nose. The region is very pretty looking. Harkens back to Hoenn, doesn't it?

Marlon is just really tan, though :p

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__.../37/Marlon.png

That thing on his stomach are tan lines. If you don't believe me, look at his feet.

i think youll have to surf a bit then later you can ride boats.

also, yeah i guess you are right i never noticed before. about marlon

I decided just to do some casual research and has it appears, black characters appear much more frequently in Gen V and Gen VI than in the previous four generations. Specifically, one group of redditers bandied together this list:

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To sum up what everyone has said and add a couple of my own:


Unova Gym Leader Lenora
Unova E4 Member Mershal
Unova Gym Leader/Champion Iris
Hoenn E4 Member Phoebe (possibly)
Kalos Gym Leader Grant
A bunch of Gen 5 and Gen 6 trainer models (a couple off the top off my head are the XY Schoolgirl and the BW Hoopster)

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So that's good. And with the series moving to faux-Hawaii, we might get greater representation still. The fact that you can change your avatar's skintone was also a great step.

I didn't notice it either until someone on Pokememes pointed it out.

Still, marlon was pretty lame XD

Also, I'd like to note the entirety of the Johto, Kanto, Hoenn and Sinnoh region people are definitely designed as Asian, considering the place is based on Japan. Pokemon are actually pretty good about their representation, because they pretty much always try to work around the place its based on. So you have a melting pot of different races in Unova, mostly white with some black and Middle Eastern in Kalos, and it seems like Alola will be pretty mixed as well, judging from the trailers, which represents Hawaii pretty well, it looks like.

aye marlon is boring, only thing saving him is his towns theme

I didn't mean to critique Pokemon, as compared to other games they are very good at representation. Still, the early generations were very homogeneous. Which I guess makes sense as Japan is as well. :)

He's like the annoying hippie dude who is constantly acting like he knows better than you and preaches about how gray the conflict is when it is entirely not gray in B2W2. Guy found himself in the wrong game.