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18 Apr 2024
Amy Curtis


NextImg:Pokémon NO: Users FURIOUS Over Avatar Changes to Popular Game

Remember several years ago when Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game that let you 'capture', train, and battle Pokémon in real-world locations was all the craze? We do. The game is still a thing, and recently made some updates to the customizable avatars 'trainers' can use.

And people are not happy about it.

At all.

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The issue seems to be they've, well, made the avatars less feminine and 'uglier', according to Twitter/X users.

And they're getting absolutely dragged for it.

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Yikes.

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Would not surprise us.

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Some of them are really, really bad.

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'Your avatar can look more like you' is backfiring. Big time.

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It's not.

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We laughed out loud.

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It appears they've made women less big-chested and more narrow-hipped.

It's not a good look.

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Hahahahahaha.

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It does look weird.

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This does sound like some woke nonsense about 'male gaze' and making women look like teenage boys lest some feminist be offended.

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We will never understand why companies do this -- make changes to appease the Left, offend your fanbase, and harm your business.

Every single time.

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We caught that too.

'Your weirdly proportioned, androgynous avatar looks more like you!' isn't exactly a winning marketing strategy.

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Goofed big time.

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It's hilarious and sad.

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Beards are 'toxic masculinity' or something.

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Probably a little from column A and a little from column B.

We'll see what Pokémon Go does in response to this outcry.