Post by The REAL Joey on Apr 9, 2010 13:35:56 GMT 11
After looking at the Champion topic I couldn't believe we didn't have one for the rivals.
So for all the games so far, who was the best rival in your opinion?
Out of all of them I would have to nominate Gary. He, to me, is what a rival should be. Antagonistic, arrogant, cocky and seemingly ahead of you to amp up the feelings of competition. Plus his general attitude with the whole SMELL YA LATER thing was damned awesome. He was well and truly a git. An absolute git. A loveable one though.
Silver came to be a close contender for me as it was good having yet another rival who was not only hostile towards you but mistreated his Pokemon. I know he eventually ironed that out to a degree but every time you came across him you wanted to pound him hard. Plus he was the only rival to EVER make the main character white out if he beats you during the battle with him in the underground tunnel bit. Screw using Pokemon, he'll give YOU a black eye himself.
Wally wasn't all that memorable in my opinion. I suppose it was sort of cool having him start out as someone you help to catch a Pokemon but he just seemed constantly "BLAH IM ILL AND FRAIL x(" Perhaps I just need to replay those games to get a better feel for him.
...As for Barry... The less said the better. That ADHD monkey kid.
I also left out Brendan/May/Lucas/Dawn/Ethan/Lyra as they're hardly rivals. Absolutely pathetic in terms of battling prowess and egging you along during the game.
So for all the games so far, who was the best rival in your opinion?
Out of all of them I would have to nominate Gary. He, to me, is what a rival should be. Antagonistic, arrogant, cocky and seemingly ahead of you to amp up the feelings of competition. Plus his general attitude with the whole SMELL YA LATER thing was damned awesome. He was well and truly a git. An absolute git. A loveable one though.
Silver came to be a close contender for me as it was good having yet another rival who was not only hostile towards you but mistreated his Pokemon. I know he eventually ironed that out to a degree but every time you came across him you wanted to pound him hard. Plus he was the only rival to EVER make the main character white out if he beats you during the battle with him in the underground tunnel bit. Screw using Pokemon, he'll give YOU a black eye himself.
Wally wasn't all that memorable in my opinion. I suppose it was sort of cool having him start out as someone you help to catch a Pokemon but he just seemed constantly "BLAH IM ILL AND FRAIL x(" Perhaps I just need to replay those games to get a better feel for him.
...As for Barry... The less said the better. That ADHD monkey kid.
I also left out Brendan/May/Lucas/Dawn/Ethan/Lyra as they're hardly rivals. Absolutely pathetic in terms of battling prowess and egging you along during the game.