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So we all know that the playable character always gets their start as a trainer by going to the local professor and receiving their first partner Pokémon and a Pokédex.
But what about the hundreds of thousands of other trainers in the world who don’t have one of the three starters? Did they still need to go to a professor to become a trainer? Do they have a Pokédex? Did they save up money for a Pokéball and try their luck at legitimately capturing their own partner Pokémon?
I wish the franchise would explore that side of being a trainer in some manner.