I don't get this at all. Because little sprite characters don't look gendered enough, the answer is to force players to pick hairstyles that are blatantly one gender?
***If someone was disappointed that their sprite didn't look gendered enough before, then they could just pick a hairstyle or outfit or something that would give the impression they want.***
Why is cutting out over half of the options the answer to this? I'm sure that I'm not the only one that appreciated Pokemmo before for actually have a decent selection of customization options. I feel like a lame NPC now with the (strikingly unvaried) new options.
Sorry, rant over. I just can't grasp why limiting customization is supposed to be an "update." It is literally regression.
(Actually, cont'd: What exactly is wrong with somewhat gender ambiguous sprites? If all it takes is long hair to make a sprite look feminine, then that was an option before; but, in addition, having the ability to choose the look within the gender left options open for people that wanted to, for example, play a feminine looking character with a female rival in Hoenn, or vice versa. I don't know if many people have noticed, but the male rival in Emerald is far more condescending than the female one.)