>>48562947>name differenceKris (“Crystal”) is the default player name for Pokémon Crystal regardless of gender. Fucking Ethan is “Kris”. It wasn’t until RSE that player characters actually started getting actual names (excluding Red in GSC).
>their designs are so drastically differentBecause Lyra is a redesign. They have the same hairstyle, shirt + collar. Only difference is Lyra was made to look cuter and is no longer an early 2000s design.
>Doesn't help that they're two different characters in Masters. You do realize Masters is 1. A gacha game, therefore having more characters (specifically girls) would equate to better sales and 2. Not by Game Freak, therefore whatever they do does not matter and has no bearing on reality.
The reason she’s included goes back to point 1, and how “Kris” and Lyra have enough marketability to both be included.
>which are basically just small outfit changesBrendan had as much differences going from RSE to ORAS as Lyra did going from GSC to HGSS. Different hair + eye color, hair length, outfit, hell even skin tone.
>who many assume to be a prototype female protag.Which just blatantly isn’t true. There was no “prototype female protag” and that nameless, faceless, Sugimori character was drawn alongside Red and Blue simply to form a trio for a single art piece to go along with the starters.
