Whats the difference between a regular trainer and the Pokemon game MCs? Why is it we are given super rare, special starters as our first Pokemon, but there are kids out there who have caught Rattata on their own, or bug pokemon, without any starters of their own? Why is our character not allowed to leave until we get a starter, but there are toddlers running around on their own who have teams of Pokemon? Why can random people just pick Pokemon fights with us, but they aren't considered "trainers"? If they are, again, what makes them different from our trainer? Hell, why does no one else get Pokedex's, you'd think Professors would be handing them out like hot cakes to everyone, or giving them to the E4 or the Champion, or the Gym leaders to fill up.