>>55733283the main issue with Alder is he's never been given any chance to shine - in the main games, N beats him, Iris replaced him as champion and Ghetsis makes the implication he may have never got the title of Champion by his own merits
in the anime he's an older version of Brock that doesn't seem to care that much about battling, and later on Iris in the Champion of Unova which means he either lost or most likely retired from battling
we were just noticing an older guy on the way out