Yeah, I remember minimum 4 characters as well >_> but here it's freaking 25 0_o
yeah, liquid crystal is pretty awesome, although it has got some bugs so you'd need to have the beta 1.0 in first then when you get the egg, the you re-patch the beta 1.1 to it (btw leave the pokécenter after getting the egg if you decide to play it or you'll be trapped there with a PP up)