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1st Gen What did you name your character and rival in Pokemon Yellow?

pyx

I will never repeat myself... I will never repeat
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I always call myself Nai in any pokemon game. As for my rival, well, better not mention it here XD (It´s foul anyway)
 
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Same as Talli.
I named my charater Ash and my Rival Gary

Same as Talli.
I named my charater Ash and my Rival Gary
 

Zorogami

WUB WUB
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When i first got my copy of Pokemon Yellow, i was a 5 year old kid. Obviously, i had to name my protah Ash and my Rival Gary, no doubt!
 
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I called them Ash and Gary since it was based more on the anime. Besides, I was already calling them that in Red because I didn't know back then that the games are supposed to be a separate universe from the anime.
 

sweets

You can do it! ☆彡
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Apparently a lot of people have done this too, but I named Red after me and my rival after my brother, even though I'm a girl so it was a Red with a girl's name, hehe
 

Homura Akemi

time is f o r e v e r~
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I named my rival in Gold/Crystal ???. I mean, the game said his name was ???, so I'll go with ???.





cmon, ??? is an awesome name.
 

Melty~

Deku Princess(?)
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I named the trainer Cecil (after Final Fantasy IV's Cecil Harvey) and my rival Zemus (after the true enemy).
 
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I'd always go with my own name, Matt, as the hero's name and then the rival would always be Gary. :P
 
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Gary, it was the typical, and had not much imagination name at that time xD
 
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Oh man, many different names haha. I normally would name it my brother's name when I was younger, so Daniel. Or I would name it my best friend's name, Chance. The last time I played, I named him Rico for some strange reason. xp
 
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Normally, I named him after myself and the rival after my brother. However, one run I went completely canon and named the player Red and the rival Gary. I also tried catching various Pokemon that Ash did in the Kanto anime, and it was a fun little way to play through the old generation. n__n;
 
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Well I just got the game yesterday, and I named myself Ash and my rival Gary, because it loosely follows the anime.

I'd name mine either ass, pinhead, bigbutt, or loser. Sorry. I know those names are funny (if you have my sense of humor). He was my rival so I thought I'd treat him as the enemy outright.
 
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