>>37725859Never, Gamefreak nowadays think that the kids wouldn't be able to handle douche rivals.
They also said that they only made asshole rivals because they were on a limited hardware and being a douchebag made them more memorable while the newer games can show more expressions, but I think that's bullshit. The real reason is because Masuda has deliberately made the decision to make the rivals friendly, notice how asshole rivals died down after GSC and friendly rivals became a thing after Masuda became the director since Gen 3.
