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it's insane to me how much of an improvement SV's friend group is compared to the ones that came before it
>Gen 1-4 obviously didn't have a friend group
>BW sorta has a friend group, but it's basically generic rival + your blonde bimbo friend. They're alright but barely quantify as a "group".
>BW2 goes back to single rival but you sorta hang out with some gym leaders.
>XY has the group of retards who jerk you off the whole game, with the player only having one on one moments with 2/4 of them.
>SM has Hau the retard, Lillie the whore and later Gladion the cuck. All of them kinda suck shit except for Hau who's at least kinda funny.
>SWSH once again doesnt have a friend group but Hop is so shit he counts for like 5 shit characters in one. Also I guess you hang out with Sonia sometimes?
>PLA has your "rival" who exists just to jerk you off and Adaman/Irida who you kinda sorta befriend, and later Volo and his wacky autism quest. Once again not a group, but they're pretty okay.
Then we get to SV, which did the smartest way to get a player to care about the characters. You introduce each one separately, and eventually they meet and interact. Even if you hate them or whatever these guys are at least way more memorable than most rival groups, and it's because of the way the story introduces you to them, and then wraps it up in Area Zero. It's satisfying having your friends getting to know each other, bicker, learn about each other's lives, and grow while you descend into the crater.
>Gen 1-4 obviously didn't have a friend group
>BW sorta has a friend group, but it's basically generic rival + your blonde bimbo friend. They're alright but barely quantify as a "group".
>BW2 goes back to single rival but you sorta hang out with some gym leaders.
>XY has the group of retards who jerk you off the whole game, with the player only having one on one moments with 2/4 of them.
>SM has Hau the retard, Lillie the whore and later Gladion the cuck. All of them kinda suck shit except for Hau who's at least kinda funny.
>SWSH once again doesnt have a friend group but Hop is so shit he counts for like 5 shit characters in one. Also I guess you hang out with Sonia sometimes?
>PLA has your "rival" who exists just to jerk you off and Adaman/Irida who you kinda sorta befriend, and later Volo and his wacky autism quest. Once again not a group, but they're pretty okay.
Then we get to SV, which did the smartest way to get a player to care about the characters. You introduce each one separately, and eventually they meet and interact. Even if you hate them or whatever these guys are at least way more memorable than most rival groups, and it's because of the way the story introduces you to them, and then wraps it up in Area Zero. It's satisfying having your friends getting to know each other, bicker, learn about each other's lives, and grow while you descend into the crater.
