Well I see that point, but I really dig how Gen V has like three rivals goin' on, and N gets kinda serious-business later on and always has that lulzy mysterious air about him, which is pretty much the most we can ask for with Pokemon game plots anyway and it works.
But yeah, individually, Blue and especially Silver (good call on putting Gen II above Gen I, IMO) are better rival rivals and I really miss that.
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