>>56637774>mitsuru (wally)>later becomes the (psychic) gym leader of Tokusane City (Mossdeep City) so they initially planned something ala gen1 where your rival turns into the last big boss, kinda cool (i mean in this case a mini boss or whatever but the point still stands).
also him being a psychic gym leader is interesting considering his main pokémon turned out to be raltz instead of ponyta in the final release .
so i guess his starter pokémon being psychic is a nod that scrapped idea.
also it's interesting to note Tate and Liza's absence here.
my guessing is that double battles weren't planned at this point in development.
>>56637969>iris (flannery)>"the gym is hot and my skin is worried it'll dry out">"i think Huyen's hot springs are great because they have beauty benefits"interesting quotes since i always imagined her to be the tomboyish type who doesn't care about her appearance, or at least doesn't openly admit to it.
>>56638049>Maxie was planned to work for devon corp>was the real bad guy while Archie was the good guyinteresting stuff, Maxie initially working in the pharmaceutical field gives his nerdy ORAS redesign way more depth.
these are a goldmine. i hope to see more
