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cadgod120 June 1st, 2010 9:01 AM

What's Your Rival's name?
 
I saw a thread on naming the hero/heroine, but what about your rival?

Ever since I saw a rather comedic Let's Play of Gold, I have decided to name my rival...Carl.

PiPVoda June 1st, 2010 9:09 AM

I don't know...I might name my rival after an old friend (for old times sake).

Sora's Nobody June 1st, 2010 9:10 AM

We dont even know 1) If there will be any rival 2) if the "Rival" is a boy or girl!

mondays suck June 1st, 2010 10:33 AM

Some kind of insult, because I'm so incredibly mature. It feels just wrong otherwise.

cadgod120 June 1st, 2010 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mondays suck (Post 5846910)
Some kind of insult, because I'm so incredibly mature. It feels just wrong otherwise.

I did that for my rival in SS. I named him A**hole. I couldn't think of anything else :D

Lickeh Lickeh June 1st, 2010 10:44 AM

Something witty, normally I do Green; this time I feel like doing something witty.

Kikaito plush June 1st, 2010 11:30 AM

Don't know yet, will probaby decide when we have the game

Ayselipera June 1st, 2010 11:31 AM

I might just use the first default name depending on whether it resembles him or not. I actually carefully choose my rival's name. I like to name them by how they look. So, for example in HG/SS I think I may have named Silver Danny once because he looks like a Danny to me. :3

TwilightBlade June 1st, 2010 12:13 PM

Hahaha, I don't even know my trainer name yet... Maybe Light, honestly. From username, not for Black/White theme. :x!

So, the rival can be lame ol' Shadow. Or Zack. Names of my past pets. xD

Having a mean female rival would be cool. o__O

Mew~ June 1st, 2010 12:22 PM

We don't even know what they look like yet LOL
I guess I would name it an offical name like Silver in SS...

Eeohnex June 1st, 2010 12:55 PM

I'm probably going to name it after the version of the game: White if I get the White version and Black if I get the Black version, sounds pretty weird but that's what I did on my Soul Silver and Heart Gold.

Flare Riqueza June 1st, 2010 1:03 PM

I'll wait until the manga. Whatever they're called in the manga, I'll name them.

That's why I'm "Gold" and rival is "Silver", not Ethan and Heart, in SoulSilver.

I just like the manga names.

However, I may just name them after the partner game.

Colorado Avalanche June 1st, 2010 1:12 PM

Anyways. If it is a boy I always name it after one of my best friends or one of my brothers.

I think it's fun. Maybe it will be a girl this time and not boys many times.

cadgod120 June 1st, 2010 1:19 PM

I'm kinda hoping for a girl rival myself. Dawn and Kris don't do much at all. May sucked too.

If that happens, then I can't name her Carl ( although that would be rather funny :D )

Zeta Sukuna June 1st, 2010 1:22 PM

Well, since I started HG, I'm going to name them both this:

Hero: Ichigo/Sakura
Rival: Nikolai/Arina

Yeah, for any game, these are the names. Male/Female, yay!

myrrh25 June 1st, 2010 1:28 PM

I vary it a little bit
My name is always named after my real-life name, always.
For mystery dungeon games I pick the friend that I think best suits me as a be-there-for-you-always partner.
For main Pokemon games I pick the friend that I think is the most competitive battler for my rival.

Frozzd June 1st, 2010 2:30 PM

DOUCHE. Never "Douche," "douche," or "DoUcHe".

Always DOUCHE.

Rich Boy Rob June 1st, 2010 2:39 PM

Well for my last few playthroughs I've named the rival (Pearl) Jacob after my friend who still actually likes Pokémon.

Hybrid Theory June 1st, 2010 2:44 PM

I'm naming my rival Brad because it's an awesome name. xP

Shiny Shaymin June 1st, 2010 3:08 PM

I guess I’ll do Murdle… cuz it sounds quite cool. xD

███ June 1st, 2010 3:22 PM

me rival(if any): trask :)

Kid Coma June 1st, 2010 3:29 PM

???

That's his real name, dammit!

Otherwise it's usually just insults.

GrifSpark June 7th, 2010 7:28 AM

My rival, huh? At first (Yellow to Ruby) I called him Gary after the Ash's rival in the Anime. But in Pearl and Platinum, I changed it to Thomas. But in SS I called him Spencer, which is what I'll probably call him in B/W. But I might change it like I have done. I'll just have to wait and see.

Elise June 7th, 2010 8:38 AM

I always feel like the naming process should be spontaneous! :)

Numbers June 7th, 2010 8:51 AM

I'll either just keep the default name, or name him/her after... well I guess if it's a girl I can't name it after my brother haha. If it's a guy I'll name him after my brother, if it's a girl I'll name her Emma.


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