new rival? what do you think?

[DemonBrandon]

what kinda rival do you think will be in D/P?
in r/b/g/y we had the gary character who was a jerkface who later became champ only to lose to you as soon as he won the title

in g/s/c we had the even more ruthless and misguided theif who stole a pokemon from elm and never made it to champ status

in r/s/e we had 2 rivals the kind hearted kid of the professor next door AND the inseccure who later grew to be good Wally, both of which never made it to champ status

what I'd like to see is have your rival end up joining the evil team and rising high in it's ranks, and have the team pose a real threat in your path, like have the rival go out of his/her way to really make things hard for you by sending team such and such members after you, that'd be awesome^^

 

[sevendash]

I really want another GSC type rival, where there's actually a reason not to like them.

 

[sCiZoR_2006]

lol @ calling Blue a jerkface.

Wish we'd have a G/S/C-type character who DOES make it to champion status (battling you every step of the way, of course).

Your idea is nice too, Demon.

 

[Marquis19]

I also want the GSC type back I like that rival

 

[Brinstar]

I wouldn't mind an RBY type rival actually in strength, but RSE type in personality, one that's your friend but is still strong. To supplement this though, they could have a second rival who is somewhat GSC, in that s/he is cold and must learn from you.

 

[Dragetre]

Yeah. Bring back a GSC type rival for D/P. And every once in a while, you face off with him and level up your pokemon while doing so. That's the rival that I would want.
-Dragetre

 

[Marquis19]

I think who ever you choose in d/p the opposite will be your rival just like in r/s/e

 

[nailgunfd]

mmm I want multiple rivals, like 2 or 3 and one of them ends being the 8th gym leader and other one the champion.
But it's just a dream.

 

[Grumpig]

I think we should get two rivals, both from your hometown. Each one of you gets one starter; there's the friendly rival (RSE) that chooses the starter that is strong against your starter (type-wise) and the evil and arrogant rival (GSC+RBY) that chooses the starter weak to yours in an arrogant "I'm gonna beat you even with a type disadvantage" type of way. In the game, you should encounter both frequently, and each become succesful in their area: the friendly rival will become the champ, and the evil one will become a high-ranking officer in *Insert evil Team here* (instead of just a random thief like the GSC rival). The friendly rival should be the character you didn't choose (i.e. girl if you chose boy and viceversa), and the evil rival will be another, new character.

That'd be cool.

 

[CyberCubed]

I think the rival will just be the opposite gender character you don't pick again. If you pick the guy, the girl will be your rival and vice versa.

We may see another loser-esque trainer like Wally, but meh.

 

[Marquis19]

uh thats what I said earlier

 

[Dark_Force]

Hmm...i think there should be two rivals - one a gsc-type, who you really hate. The other, a blend between rby and rse, whos your friend, probably opposite gender character, but very competetive. Later on, you team up in a true double battle against the gsctype rival.

~DF~

 

[TwilightPrincess]

How about 3 rivals? One that's like LF/RBY, one like in RSE the Professor's kid, and one like Wally in RSE but they took all the starter pokemon and you are forced to get a certain pokemon like in Yellow?

 

[Samayowa]

I would like a rival that is similer to GSC rival, but really strong and isn't mean to his/her pokemon. They would take care of them and raise them to be healty and at their best to make them hard to beat.

 

[danburite]

Looks like we're getting another bland RSE opposite-gender rival. (see the screenshots of the Prof's lab)
Eh, as long as I can pick an amusing name for my rival, I don't really care.

 

[Raito Clouds]

I think we should get two rivals, both from your hometown. Each one of you gets one starter; there's the friendly rival (RSE) that chooses the starter that is strong against your starter (type-wise) and the evil and arrogant rival (GSC+RBY) that chooses the starter weak to yours in an arrogant "I'm gonna beat you even with a type disadvantage" type of way. In the game, you should encounter both frequently, and each become succesful in their area: the friendly rival will become the champ, and the evil one will become a high-ranking officer in *Insert evil Team here* (instead of just a random thief like the GSC rival). The friendly rival should be the character you didn't choose (i.e. girl if you chose boy and viceversa), and the evil rival will be another, new character.

That'd be cool.

Great idea. But, through in Wally2.0, too. >__>

 

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

I definately want a new type rivalry. Maybe where they look up to you and your the more expirienced one unlike R/S/E where you were supposed to be "clueless." That or 2 rivals to where all the starter Pokemon are taken.

 

[Tochukaso]

I agree with most of the people here that your rival will most likely be the opposite gender character, but I would really like to battle him/her more.

I mean, in R/S/E you stopped battling him before you even got the 7th badge.

 

[Alastor DMc]

I was at work today thinking about just this sort of thing. Immagine if your rival randomly contacts you and fights you. For example, you're walking down Route 202 (or whatever) when a bird swoops in and your rival stands before you and challenges you to a fight. It's completly random, not story driven (although I would like it if the rival showed up for some story things. Brendan and May did nothing to help against Aqua and Magma) and they'd appear at odd times, but fairly frequently (like once or twice a week). The team wouldn't change much, but would continue to get stronger and stronger until it reaches a cap (say... starter at 80, rest in the upper 70's)

 

[Meganium Ex]

I like the idea of two rivals, but I think I'd just prefire a rival with the attitude of the GSC one. It would match in with the newly-announced grumpy professor