Lopen posted...
And I've played most of the Pokemon games. The dynamic doesn't change much. The same general idea is there. The closest you've got to change is Diamond vs Pearl where they work together for a few things, but for most of the game it's basically just a very weak version of Red vs Blue.
Yeah, you've seriously never played them.
RBY: A true rivalry. Childhood rivals working toward literally the exact same goal, with the same purpose, same intent, and wanting to one up the other every chance along the way.
GSC: Main literally could not give two s***s about the "rival." The rival is a criminal that simply wants to be strong/wants power, and only becomes obsessed with defeating the Main because he can't see how somebody so "weak" is better than him. While the Main is just like "Uh, whatever, dude."
RSE: You don't even have a rival. The chick cares more about completing her Pokedex than actually battling, and Wally only ever battles you to see how strong he's come along the way with and without your help, only caring about beating you at Victory Road, and even then only using it to see he still needs to become stronger.
DPP: ...I can't remember how DPP worked, to be honest, but it wasn't really a rivalry.
BW: Three childhood friends. One really doesn't care and just doesn't want to be a weakling, and the other only becomes frustrated over not being as strong as he thinks he is.
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