>>26443066Bianca is ditzy, but at least seems to have something between her ears. She seems earnest. She's not a good rival, but I liked her.
Shauna... doesn't. She's an overly cheerful little kid that doesn't think about anything other than when she tries to woo the MC.
>>26443421I'm convinced it's deliberately done to spell things out for younger players.
but it introduces alien speaking patterns that don't help anyone old enough to actually fucking read
>>26443421I loved how Blue was such a fuckface as a kid, and seeing him beat all the gyms before you was such a nice touch. He was definitely good rival material.
Silver seemed like a tryhard, but I appreciated that as soon as I bought Ruby. His whole "I hate the weak" thing seemed so fucking hardcore, and I wanted to beat him so he could hate himself back then. Him stealing a Pokemon was pretty baller though.
Wally's this sick kid that doesn't feel like your rival, and May was too nice (although, the fight on the way to Mauville really did make her feel like a rival, I lost a couple times there my first time playing).
Barry was loud an annoying and cheerful too, he was kind of rival-ish.
Cheren's a fuckface, and not even a satisfying one, but his arc isn't too bad, meaning of strength and all, and Bianca's a ditz who's bad at Pokemon.
Hugh is literally a random shonen anime hero who doesn't realize that he isn't the protagonist, and is pretty much an idiot. Fuck Hugh.
>>26443456I have no idea why he didn't do the gym challenge.
actually, why the fuck is he on Victory Road or at the League if he doesn't have the badges
