ZFS posted...
Well, I've only played RBY, and that was like twelve years ago, so I'm not going to get into the details of it. You just brought up the point that the 'main doesn't even care' for the other games, and I just don't remember Red ever actually doing any 'caring' in RBY either. The rivalry may be more apparent, I don't know, but Red doesn't contribute much on his end.
Well, the Main doesn't contribute much of anything by character other than what's said about him.
In RBY, it's flat out said that you've been rivals for a long time, and you can tell by how deeply invested in it Blue is. It implies Red is just as much.
In GSC, you don't even know who the "rival" is and he doesn't even share your goal.
in RSE you meet the people along your travels and become friends without overlapping goals/etc.
And then in DPP/BW, it flat out says you're childhood friends, with only Barry seeming outright competitive at all.
The protagonists all being mute obviously makes it so they can't contribute anything, but it's all in the implication of what's said about your character from the beginning. In RBY, it says "you've been rivals," implying a mutual rivalry.
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