Genders can be hacked

[TheImmortal]

It's possible to change any Pokemon's gender to male, female, or even genderless. The client (read: teambuilder) would also need to be updated to support this.

Definitely not important, but we might want to implement it eventually for the sake of following in-game limitations.

Proof: https://gyazo.com/5a6ae1f30ad090a52cdf1af2af8a1014

[Slayer95]

Should we default Pokémon to genderless?

[Zarel]

This isn't too hard to support, I think. Just stop validating gender in custom games.

[TheImmortal]

I think the current defaulting to random legal ability is fine, even in hackmons.

[hvk3]

Can I try and rectify this?

[Zarel]

Yes...

[TheImmortal]

This needs to be tested in previous gens. @Marty-D?

[Marty-D]

I assume it's possible to do in Gen 5, and maybe Gen 3 and 4 too, but if it is I don't know how to do it. What I do know is gender is tied to PID, and messing with it may have other effects on a Pokemon in past gens where the PID is used for more than just gender (such as Ability or shininess).

[Zarel]

This is now implemented for all gens.

Can you clarify re: gen 3-4? Presumably it's possible to generate random PIDs until you get one with the gender, ability, and shininess you want?

[Slayer95]

Closing. If specific information arises regarding past gens and PIDs, we shall deal with it then.