Pokémon GO players are not happy with Niantic and its newly rolled out avatar changes. Many of them are pointing out how “ugly” their avatars are and are demanding that Niantic reverse the changes.
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Niantic announced the avatar changes on Wednesday April 17th writing on social media, “Trainers, your avatar can now look even more like YOU! We’re excited to announce that new avatar customization options are now live in Pokémon GO!”
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In a blog post the company detailed, “Both your avatar options and the Style Shop have also received updates, allowing you to express yourself with more customization options than ever before.”
The company added, “Express yourself like never before with a range of new avatar customization options in Pokémon GO! Personalize your avatar with adjustable body weights, eye colors, and skin tones, plus new facial expressions and hairstyles.Hairstyles can be filtered by short, medium, and long options, so you can find the perfect ’do for you. A new section allows you to customize your avatar’s body with choices for weight, muscle, shoulders, chest, and hips. Advanced color options are now available for your skin tone, hair, and eyes. To access these updates, visit the Appearance section of the Style Shop. Keep an eye out for additional updates!”
Key art for Pokémon GO (2024), Niantic
Numerous players were not happy. Sumrtimelovin responded, “Please change it back. This update is just as bad as the remote raid nerfs. Y’all please change it back.”
Please change it back. This update is just as bad as the remote raid nerfs.
Y’all please change it back 😭
— Gaby・ツ (@sumrtimelovin) April 17, 2024
Camprockgracie noted she would stop playing if the update was not reversed, “If they don’t change it back within one month I won’t be playing.”
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NorsbyF responded to Niantic, “I can’t stop laughing looking at everyone’s hideous avatars 11/10 joke.”
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Aninymouse wrote, “No one asked for this. Revert it.”
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Xeroforehire stated, “I’m not trying to be toxic but what is this weird potato shaped body going on here?”
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TheBlackLink questioned, “Why ya’ll make everybody ugly?”
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“We are not androgynous,” wrote Tom DiMaggio.
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RiaMcQuaid posted, “Please tell me how you think the new avatar looks better in any way.”
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The user then put her avatar in a Snorlax costume and wrote, “Current solution until the update is reverted.”
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GhastlyXashley sarcastically criticized the update writing, “So natural looking. I love it when my flesh clips through my clothing!”
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Kokopellikisses wrote, “REVERT! GO BACK! DELETE! Go fest ticket may be wasted because I’m not going if my avatar remains weird af.”
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She added in a follow-up, “Editing her was impossible, so I had to cover her up in as many clothes as I possibly could to hide her skin but then I noticed her hand. f meeeeee.”
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AstroGiovannia wrote, “You’ve made our avatars into some creepy androgynous thing.”
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X user Mangalawyer originally shared, “Pokemon Go company is ESG approved: -2024 changes: -Change the viscerocranium of the female -Remove chest -Modify Hip -Expand chin -Broaden their shoulders – Delete make-up.”
He added, “The industry has been pushing Androgyny specially oriented to male features for years. They hate woman.”
Pokemon Go company is ESG approved:
-2024 changes:
-Change the viscerocranium of the female
-Remove chest
-Modify Hip
-Expand chin
-Broaden their shoulders
– Delete make-upThe industry has been pushing Androgyny specially oriented to male features for years. They hate woman pic.twitter.com/5igMlcraER
— LearningTheLaw (@Mangalawyer) March 25, 2024
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