>>15678109But Gen IV was the first gen to give gym leaders any in game personality other than "This is my gym. Try to beat me."
Roark works in mines, and has a father you battle later.
Gardenia is afraid of ghosts.
Fantina is a
filthy, worthless foreigner. She also does contests.
Maylene is a little girl who wants to be seen as an adult, and she's friends with Cadence.
CRASHER WAKE FUCK YEAH FUCK YOU BITCH
Byron admittedly doesn't have anything going for him except for Roark's dad.
Candace is friends with Maylene, and something something about not being cold and distant like ice type trainers?
And Volkner, as much of an annoying bitch as he was, was characterized as that, as an annoying bitch.
Aaron is bland.
Bertha is bland.
Flint is friends with Volkner, and the personality clash, and all that.
Lucian got a bit of characterization as bookworm with the Canalave scene.
And Cynthia is christ fuck you nigger.
I'm not saying Gen V and VI didn't do gym leader/E4 characterization better (though it really isn't that big of a difference), but contrast that to Hoenn, where the most interesting gym was Tate and Liza because twins.
