>>57086852Iris would have been perfect as part of the rivals, letting Ash travel alone or rotating his travel companion giving a different perspective of Unova from each one, Luke as the geek, Stheven as the Jock, Bianca as the rich girl, Georgia the delinquent, N the Hippie,...this sounds like the breakfast club.
I feel like the opportunity to do a good, classic road trip through America was lost, considering that at that time "America" was condensed in Unova.
