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Discuss about characters from the core games that you feel GameFreak has forgotten or ignored.
I will start with arguably the most popular example of this and ironically will likely be forgotten by newer fans because of GameFreak's decision to remake ORAS based on Ruby & Sapphire over Emerald. The character I am talking about is Juan, the 8th Gym Leader of Sootopolis City.
This is a character I fear that many newer Pokemon fans of the games will forget because GameFreak themselves appear to have forgotten about this character which is kind of ironic actually as GameFreak practically never forgets a piece of their lore. Say all you want about GameFreak, they almost never forget a single detail of the lore they created so it's absolutely strange to see them forget a Gym Leader of all characters. Maybe they didn't forget him, they just didn't think he was that important and ignored his character but it's still so weird to not even see a reference or mentioning of this guy.
For those not familiar with the character, Juan is the 8th Gym Leader of Sootopolis City in the enhanced third version, Pokemon Emerald. He is Wallace's teacher and the original owner of the Sootopolis Gym and how their relationship is handled in the Pokemon Adventures manga is pretty interesting, implying that Wallace is actually the most powerful Pokemon trainer of Hoenn, not Steven Stone because Wallace defeated Champion Steven Stone at the Pokemon League but he didn't took up the mantle as Pokemon Champion yet due to certain circumstances, allowing Steven Stone to keep his title. When Wallace finally decided to take over as the new Pokemon Champion after Steven Stone retired, Juan agreed to take over as the 8th Gym Leader. Actually there is another reason why I'm mentioning Pokemon Adventures into this outside of the interesting portrayal here.
Juan's appearance in Pokemon Adventures ORAS Chapter.
The other reason why I mentioned this is that even after all these years accumulating to a Hoenn remake with no Juan, Pokemon Adventures still shows fans that it still remembers Juan as a very important character from the Hoenn region in the ORAS adaptation. A few fans of this character that I know were very happy to see that Juan, although appears shortly, isn't forgotten by Pokemon Adventures when the ORAS chapter hit.
Although GameFreak probably didn't forget him, it's still odd to see GameFreak seemingly ignoring this character but if he ever did return, I feel like the best way for his return for now that's not reliant on another remake is through a Battle Tree full of Battle Legends representing different generations, Juan in full glorious 3D representing Hoenn.
I will start with arguably the most popular example of this and ironically will likely be forgotten by newer fans because of GameFreak's decision to remake ORAS based on Ruby & Sapphire over Emerald. The character I am talking about is Juan, the 8th Gym Leader of Sootopolis City.
This is a character I fear that many newer Pokemon fans of the games will forget because GameFreak themselves appear to have forgotten about this character which is kind of ironic actually as GameFreak practically never forgets a piece of their lore. Say all you want about GameFreak, they almost never forget a single detail of the lore they created so it's absolutely strange to see them forget a Gym Leader of all characters. Maybe they didn't forget him, they just didn't think he was that important and ignored his character but it's still so weird to not even see a reference or mentioning of this guy.
For those not familiar with the character, Juan is the 8th Gym Leader of Sootopolis City in the enhanced third version, Pokemon Emerald. He is Wallace's teacher and the original owner of the Sootopolis Gym and how their relationship is handled in the Pokemon Adventures manga is pretty interesting, implying that Wallace is actually the most powerful Pokemon trainer of Hoenn, not Steven Stone because Wallace defeated Champion Steven Stone at the Pokemon League but he didn't took up the mantle as Pokemon Champion yet due to certain circumstances, allowing Steven Stone to keep his title. When Wallace finally decided to take over as the new Pokemon Champion after Steven Stone retired, Juan agreed to take over as the 8th Gym Leader. Actually there is another reason why I'm mentioning Pokemon Adventures into this outside of the interesting portrayal here.
Juan's appearance in Pokemon Adventures ORAS Chapter.
The other reason why I mentioned this is that even after all these years accumulating to a Hoenn remake with no Juan, Pokemon Adventures still shows fans that it still remembers Juan as a very important character from the Hoenn region in the ORAS adaptation. A few fans of this character that I know were very happy to see that Juan, although appears shortly, isn't forgotten by Pokemon Adventures when the ORAS chapter hit.
Although GameFreak probably didn't forget him, it's still odd to see GameFreak seemingly ignoring this character but if he ever did return, I feel like the best way for his return for now that's not reliant on another remake is through a Battle Tree full of Battle Legends representing different generations, Juan in full glorious 3D representing Hoenn.