>>40410725First of all, since we're talking about the original Japanese concept here, Green's the rival. Red is shown off mostly with the Earth Badge on his hat (called the Green Badge), while Green is mostly shown with the Volcano Badge that he wears as a necklace (called the Red Badge). So Red continues that theme with getting the green starter, while Green got the red starter. Red gets the green stuff, while Green got the red stuff, because the theme of the Red and Green games was that things are supposed to be exchanged between both versions.
Blue's the third wheel that didn't make it into the games, but she gets the blue stuff all in one package as a bonus version.
