{"id":64970,"date":"2026-04-09T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64970"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:03:33","slug":"pokemon-champions-developers-to-address-incorrect-gender-markers-of-certain-pokemon-in-the-games-tutorial-alongside-other-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-champions-developers-to-address-incorrect-gender-markers-of-certain-pokemon-in-the-games-tutorial-alongside-other-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Champions developers to address \u201cincorrect gender markers\u201d of certain Pok\u00e9mon in the game\u2019s tutorial alongside other bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company&nbsp;released&nbsp;<strong>Pok\u00e9mon Champions<\/strong>, a new&nbsp;free-to-play&nbsp;title focused exclusively on Pok\u00e9mon battles, on April 8 for the&nbsp;Nintendo Switch. Only a day later, the developers have announced that they are currently working on fixing a series of bugs and errors that have been identified on launch, including faulty move descriptions and \u201cincorrect genders\u201d of Pok\u00e9mon featured in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right upon the game\u2019s release, a Gallade from the Pok\u00e9mon Champions tutorials made headlines both overseas and in Japan for appearing as female, even though, canonically, all Gallade are male. For those who are not familiar with the franchise, Gallade is a Pok\u00e9mon that can only evolve from a male Kirlia exposed to a Dawn Stone. With a 100% male gender ratio, this means having a female Gallade on your is pretty much impossible. While some fans took this as an opportunity to theorize about a possible \u201cfirst ever female Gallade,\u201d the gender mix-up drew much criticism on social media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u4e0d\u5177\u5408\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3011<br>\u73fe\u5728\u307e\u3067\u306b\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u4e0d\u5177\u5408\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3092\u516c\u958b\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u78ba\u8a8d\u6e08\u307f\u306e\u4e0d\u5177\u5408\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u306f\u3001\u4eca\u5f8c\u306e\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u66f4\u65b0\u3082\u3057\u304f\u306f\u30e1\u30f3\u30c6\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u306b\u3066\u4fee\u6b63\u3092\u4e88\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3092\u3054\u78ba\u8a8d\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UihpLAPzzP\">https:\/\/t.co\/UihpLAPzzP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AeJScxKRaZ\">pic.twitter.com\/AeJScxKRaZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3\u30ba\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@Poke_Champ_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Poke_Champ_jp\/status\/2042120329229639761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On their official website, the developers noted that \u201cthe gender markers of some Pok\u00e9mon in the tutorial are incorrect,\u201d and despite not specifying the Pok\u00e9mon in question, it\u2019s safe to assume that this is meant to address the mishap with Gallade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other bugs mentioned include the incorrect description of the Leech Seed status, and a bug that prevents you from selecting moves. 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According to the developers, this can be temporarily fixed in-game by opening and closing the surrender window using the \u201c-\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u30e1\u30f3\u30c6\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u4e88\u544a\u3011<br>\u300ePok\u00e9mon Champions\u300f\u306f4\u670810\u65e5\uff08\u91d1\uff098:00\u304b\u308910:00\u307e\u3067\u30e1\u30f3\u30c6\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u3092\u4e88\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u30e1\u30f3\u30c6\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u4e2d\u306f\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u3054\u5229\u7528\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u307e\u305b\u3093\u306e\u3067\u3054\u6ce8\u610f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<br>\u7d42\u4e86\u6642\u523b\u306f\u524d\u5f8c\u3059\u308b\u5834\u5408\u304c\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 <br>\u3054\u5354\u529b\u306e\u307b\u3069\u4f55\u3068\u305e\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3\u30ba<\/a>\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3\u30ba\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@Poke_Champ_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Poke_Champ_jp\/status\/2042120578480423241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This, and some other minor bugs are scheduled to be fixed in future updates, with the first server maintenance set to take place on April 10 from 8AM to 10AM JST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-champions-new-rules-eliminate-timer-stall-wins-but-possible-exploits-raise-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pokemon\u00a0Champions\u2019 new rules\u00a0eliminate\u00a0timer stall wins,\u00a0but\u00a0possible\u00a0exploits\u00a0raise concerns\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pokemon Champions devs address numerous bugs that struck the game on launch, including &#8220;incorrect gender markers&#8221; of some Pokemon in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":64977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-64970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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