>>36515052he's already your rival in GoD, bro
>Follows you around the entire game>Acts as a gate, forcing you into an unskipabble battle every once in a while>Has a reason for wanting to battle you(Blue wanted to be the best, others were your neighbours, even "Friendly Rivals" had reasons for fighting you), his is you refusing to join him>Is not part of any villain team, and instead, he's just another independent trainerThe major difference is that unlike other games, you can battle him a ridiculous number of times, since outside of story points, you can also snag pokemon from him that you couldn't at first try(Including the final one, once other were caught, in post game). all in all, he's my favorite rival, and I wish GF did something similar to him in their games