>>54529479Being genuine, I'd say the male and female protagonist split is pretty even, for the most part.
>Gen 1Obviously Red as Leaf did not exist until remakes, and all future entries specifically bring up Red.
>Gen 2Ethan, as Kris did not originally exist and was replaced with Lyra in the remakes. Remake mom looks like Lyra design-wise but the original GS was always made with only Ethan existing in mind.
>Gen 3Brendan's house and May's parallel's Red and Blue's in Gen 1, with the protag being on the left side. On a milder note, the running shoes manual has a color palette in Emerald that only works in Brendan's house, and ends up looking mismatched in May's. Yuuki (Brendan)'s prerelease name was Yuu, tying into him being (You).
>Gen 4Dawn. Like the male protags of the past, Dawn is consistently portrayed as the hero. Johanna conveniently has a hand-me-down dress to give to her, much less believable in Lucas's case.
>Gen 5Either Hilbert->Rosa or Hilda->Nate. Certain recurring NPCs only show up if the opposite sex is chosen in the sequel game, implying you should pick that instead of sticking to the same one for both games. Unova's lore on two kings ties into Hilbert better than Hilda since him and N are both men, so I lean on Hilbert->Rosa being the more intended choice. Adding to this, Rosa's the one who gets all the focus as a protagonist, while Nate is all but forgotten. Hilbert and Hilda get equal focus, however.
For Scarlet and Violet, it all depends on which version you roll with. Scarlet heavily favors Juliana as the protagonist, as much of her art is shown in the Naranja Academy uniform and with Koraidon, while Florian is the Violet protagonist, in the Uva Academy uniform and with Miraidon. They both get equal focus, but it all depends on what version is being shown off.
