She is Cynthia 2.0 in the Mary Sue department. I can't like her to be honest. Her music and theme where great, shame Rayquaza obliterates it even with terrible IVs.
Gotta say that the thing I liked about her was the random wishmur and only coz the model is somewhat cute.
I never said the Champions weren't, I mean with Steven being praised over by every female, while coming from a rich family and being an all famed and Lopunny very champion is Stu as hell, the bad thing is that little miss I know stuff coz I'm a draconian with a shady tragic past and a sanity token that makes me look quirky while I steam roll on every important character on the plot, impose my rules and make them doubt of their own ideology and quirks while I leave them talking about me till the end in which I do a sympathetic pass the touch moment to the player...
She took the cake an ate it.
Steven in the old versions, as well as Cynthia, to me are bland characters, just a presence in the game, with no exact personality. In the remake, we can know him better. At first Steven seems a little too perfect, but later he shows flaws, and makes mistakes in the episode Delta almost destroying another planet. And he is extremely frustrated with this, it is clear in the dialogue between him and Wallece, where he says to Steve "relax" because nobody knows everything.
Also, if Steven knows the that his family company, wich he is heir, uses lifestream, he is not so well-intentioned, which doesnt mean he's a bad guy, but he is quite egotistic and hypocritical, like most rich people. If he didnt, he is also self-centered and hypocritical, cause he uses that energy almost ruining another existences. Although this case is a little more understandable because he was desperate.
And Zinnia to me is far from being a Mary Sue, she is clearly insane, has a biased view of things and fails on her goal.
About Cinthia we dont know much of her. If a remake of DPP are made, she will have a more defined personality and maybe a higher secondary role. But to me she passes a vibe of being inflexible and hard, something like "I see potential in you and will let you help me, but if you do something wrong I'll punch in the face.”
A character who is a Gary stu is N. He is everything, the villain, the rival, the champion, the hero, and the guy who saves the protagonist in the second game. Yet N is fascinating and adorable. He is a cool Stu
oh, sheesh. some of these reactions to Matt's dialogue. is it really so bothersome that there's some lightly-implied (and yes, "lightly". I highly highly highly doubt at any point Matt will come out and say "I'M IN LOVE WITH MY MAN ARCHIE! I WANNA BE HIS BRO AND HIS BF!") same-sex attraction going on? there's been plenty of far less subtle opposite-sex-implied-romance moments in the series (heck, during the demo that female Magma grunt full-on flirts with Steven.). Matt's dialogue thus far is certainly vague enough to be played off as a bromance, and even if he did say things that implied more than that (again, I'm certain they would never do more than imply), I'd welcome it.
if what people are really saying is "I can't handle any implied gay/bi/not str8" characters in the games, I think that's unfortunate.
the whole demo can be interpreted all the wrong way. the way steven talks to you, mentioning every single time "it's the Nth time we meet" it's so strange. The female grunt's and even tabitha's dialogue to steven can be interpreted the other way. I'm not against this, as i said b4, just surprised they didn't 4kids it up like they did with the original cartoon/games. Matt just struck me as too much of a bro. But whatever.
I saw nothing in Thabata dialogue, to me it looks like he is being ironic calling Steven "pretty boy". I've seen countless TV villains speaking it. It is something like "you are ****ed, its your end, pretty boy." It is irony with the cute hero. But if he is gay okay. About the female grunt flirting with Steven, it is not romance because he didnt flirt back, and the same thing with Archie and Matt, I saw nothing more in their relationship, they seem to be something like best friends forever. Lol.
Is it just me, or was Game Freak really pushing the whole BrendanxMay OTP thing via subliminal messages throughout the game?
There is some indication that the rival has a crush on the protagonist, but nothing too emphasized. And during the main game, Steven seems flirting with the girl. Also, if you play, especially, with the boy, it seems that Zinnia lightly flirts with the protagonist. But in the case of Zinnia is more interpretation.