>>44433346I could honestly never see it as female due to the stache, and Snivy serving that role for the Unova starters. It makes a nice contrast, as Snivy's line was designed to invoke a female French Knight, and Oshawott's a masculine Japanese Samurai.
And yes, this was indeed the designer's intention:
http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-3/Doesn't mean Samurott can't be female, obviously it could. I just wish there was a gender difference with less of a stache or maybe female warrior hairstyle like in the pic. The starters having more of a gender difference would also make having a rare female more worthwhile outside of breeding more species. (<-geez that sounded bad)
