Has anyone noticed the shops in festival plaza (good to know you can TRADE your 'mon here) has randomized shops? Seems picking a female MC gives better shops (haunted house:, bouncy house: thump bump, goody shop: soft drink parlor, food stall: battle table; unlocked haunted house at six FC) to the male MC: goody shop, general store, dye house, team yellow, fortune teller, pokémon house, goody shop, ball shop, lottery shop, treasure hunt, dye house, team blue, fortune teller, kanto tent/ lottery shop, trasure hunt, dye house, team blue, fortune teller, team blue, goody shop, general store, dye house, team yellow, fortune teller, pokémon house, goody shop, ball house......seems to me the females are getting better stuff. Anyone else to confirm?
Also, you don't need to be online to do most of this stuff.