Pokemon draws from cultures & places from around the world. Cofagrigus from Egypt. Hawlucha from Latino. Copperajah from Indian. Comfey from Polynesian. Xatu from Amerindian. Bouffalant from African. Yet most pokemon characters fall within a narrow appearance or phenotype: light skin, straight hair and refined facial features. Even when a Pokemon region is inspired by a real place occupied by people with a range of phenotypes only two or three brown/bold characters are included.



Around 1% of characters have afro/coiled hair, 2% have brown skin and 1% or less have bold/broad facial features (lips, noses).



This doesn't reflect the real world. Pokemon, can you expand the appearance of NPC's to reflect the regions, populations and cultures that inspire Pokemon, the real world population and its user base?

