HyperPanther Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 So let’s say in a battle, my Dark Scraggy (male) got confused, and accidentally hurt himself, isn’t it suppose to say, ‘Your Dark Scraggy hurt himself’ rather than say he got hurt itself? Because the Scraggy is a male, not an ‘it’. Same goes for females. If a Pokémon had no gender like Metagross, then it would make sense for the game to say ‘Your Metagross hurt itself’ Anyways, this is what I found rude in a way, even though Pokémon are not real but still... Thanks for reading this, have a nice day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auke1993 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Just like how 'they' can be used to refer to a person whose gender you don't know, 'itself' or 'themselves' can work for Pokémon. Even if you know their gender, it can be correct. By using 'itself', it can apply to all Pokémon, as opposed to just genderless Pokémon. I theorize that this message was chosen to save on programming in text lines. Having one line that works for all Pokémon seems logical. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyGmaxPokemon Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 13 hours ago, HyperPanther said: So let’s say in a battle, my Dark Scraggy (male) got confused, and accidentally hurt himself, isn’t it suppose to say, ‘Your Dark Scraggy hurt himself’ rather than say he got hurt itself? Because the Scraggy is a male, not an ‘it’. Same goes for females. If a Pokémon had no gender like Metagross, then it would make sense for the game to say ‘Your Metagross hurt itself’ Anyways, this is what I found rude in a way, even though Pokémon are not real but still... Thanks for reading this, have a nice day. Well, Pokemon are animals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
