>>39929298I'm leaning female, but SWSH currently looks like it has the most pokemon-bonding options of any game, so I'd like to self-insert with the male character to pretend like I'm playing with my pokemon.
For me it depends on whether the gender you don't pick appears in the game. If it's like SM where chicken-chan didn't even make an appearance if you play male, then I'll go with the female character. If it's like XY where I'll get to bond with shield-chan I'll go male.