>>37847963Fantina is easily one of the most memorable Sinnoh leaders since she interacts with the player outside of her gym more than once, has a memorable speech pattern, and then she's part of contests. Personally I struggle remember the gen 3 and 6 leaders most. They're just all kind of boring with a few exceptions. On the gen 6 side only Korrina and Valerie are
really memorable.
>>37849400The XY leaders are mostly forgettable because they're like the first three gens in that for most of the game the gym leaders stay in their gym and don't contribute at all. 4, 5, and 7 having the player interact with it's leaders and important NPCs really is a godsend for what would otherwise be a set of boring characters. The only reason those guys are memorable is because of the anime and nostalgia. Like can anyone seriously say they'd care about Brock if not for the anime and nostalgia? Does anyone think Roxanne is memorable for any reason but nostalgia? Meanwhile gen 4 makes sure to give pretty much all of it's gym leaders a secondary task in the game's story, gen 5 connects them to the evil team plot, and 7 has the player interact with them multiple times and do various tasks for them to unlock their fights. I really hope 8 lets the gym leaders do more than stand in a spot.
