Some people just like their avatar to look like them, be that masculine or feminine.
Judging by social media, a lot of women in particular are feeling really unhappy and marginalized by the fact their avatars now look androgynous.
What about people who genuinely vibe with being masculine or feminine though?
Leaving them out isn't inclusive. Inclusion is supposed to be for all.
Maybe i see where we are missing to allign:
there are 2 things happening here,
a) removing the switch for gender options
b) making everything that is there more androgyn
Point A does NOT exclude anybody, you still can do all the options that you wanted, and even more now. You can still make your character as feminine or masculine apearing as you want.
Point B is where the problem lies, but that one has NOTHING to do with removing the genderes. Them making all options generally more androgynous is not "removing gender". That is a design decision, maybe for inclusivity, maybe not, without a statement we don't know, and it is one that can and has been criticised.
If its the second one you have a problem with, then we are more or less on the same page (well, im not invested since i don't really play the game anymore and don't care for avatars generally. If its the first one, when i still need an explanation, how removing the filter for what is shown for masculing and feminine would be reducing options or being less inclusive?
Back in Pokemon XY i chose the female trainer since i liked the model and the clothing options more.
In Sun/Moon i liked the male model more...but the female had the way bettere clothing options.
In an ideal solution it should not mater if i chose a male or female looking character at the start for what clothes are there.
I get, when its complex modeled stuff, but in X/Y the models really weren't that much different and it was mostly different textures for the clothes. The split was arbitrary and reduced the options for all.
Again: the "make all models more androgynous" is a different topic then "removing genders" and one where arguably expression is stifled when the extremes are pulled back and the dynamics of representable body shapes is flattened.