I didn't know my acknowledgement was so important to you. Where am I in your sig??
But the gender concept was cute and minor and didn't take away from anything in particular. So some minor cosmetic differences here and there wouldn't hurt some Pokemon. Gamefreak probably has the space on the 3DS cartridge to do something on a bigger scale now.
God knows they're not filling it up with post game content!
Your rival turning good at the end, Ho-Oh saving the eeveelutions, the final Rocket grunt settling down, the post-game going back to Kanto and improving it etc.
