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Oliveon January 1st, 2011 9:59 AM

What do you name your rival?
 
I was wondering what people name their rivals in the games?

Rayce January 1st, 2011 10:33 AM

Swearing isn't allowed on PC...

The 100 Mega Shock January 1st, 2011 10:34 AM

Words that cannot be expressed unless I'd like a few more infractions. It's always the way to go in games with namable NPCs or other dialouge elements.

champagnepapi January 1st, 2011 10:38 AM

>__> I have the feeling, that I know what you all named Blue/Gary.

I usually give my rival a generic, but not common name that "fits their personality."
I named Gary, "Blake" on my first playthrough of LeafGreen, and I named Barry, "Rhett" on Diamond.
You can probably get a sense of how I name from the information given.

superanthony182 January 1st, 2011 10:40 AM

i name my rival bob just an easy name to type and its a pretty basic name

Uecil January 1st, 2011 10:42 AM

Unfortunately, I didn't name my Rivals after Cuss words or Swears.

Rival in Red/Green/Blue/Yellow= Gary

Rival in Soul Silver/Heart Gold/Gold/Crystal/Silver= Silver

Rival in Emerald= Brendan

Rival in D/P/Platinum= Barry

Yup, I chose to be a girl in most of my Pokemon games..

Rainbow-Sasuke January 1st, 2011 11:38 AM

I usually name my Rival on G/S/C/HG/SS Silver, because that's his name in the manga.

BlissyMKW January 1st, 2011 11:46 AM

I normally name my rival some random name that I think of.

MysticFlames January 1st, 2011 11:52 AM

Well for R/B/Y, I always named him Gary because of the anime, but for everything afterward, it would always be a random name I like or one of the names in the list you get if one sounds good. For HG/SS, though, I named the rival after my best friend because we both went through a play through at the same time and we named the rivals after each other just because.

SquirtleGirl January 1st, 2011 1:46 PM

At the moment I'm playing Heart Gold and I named the red-haired guy Wayne :D That's actually the first time I haven't name him something rude or after somebody I knew :L
"Passerby boy" kind of looked like a Wayne to me? xD No offence to anybody called Wayne on here :P

Kitrigar January 1st, 2011 1:50 PM

Usually on the first new game, I choose the manga/anime name..
after restarting, I usually just either babble their name with random texts or.. swears.

FrostPheonix January 1st, 2011 1:54 PM

Sometimes my brother to annoy him, but mostly the actual name on the manga/anime.

123wert50 January 1st, 2011 3:06 PM

YOUR MOM, because it's funny when it says "YOUR MOM wants to battle!"

GlitchCity January 1st, 2011 3:13 PM

My very first rival (pokemon gold) I named him GAG for so many years. I never understood why xD

But after awhile I started naming the rivals their rightful manga name.

Yellow: Green
Gold/Crystal: Silver
FR/LG: Green
DPt: Pearl
HG/SS: Silver

Unfortunately you cannot name your rival in the Hoenn and Unova regions.

Sydian January 1st, 2011 3:14 PM

Red - ONIONS
Blue - Shigeru
Yellow - Furkle
Gold - Octopus
Silver - ASS
Crystal - ???
Diamond - idr
Pearl - idr
Platinum - Im Gay

Le Creep! January 1st, 2011 4:05 PM

I named him Cyrus this time in SS.

Last time, it was Silv.

The other last time, it was Rabbit :3

Ghostie January 1st, 2011 4:25 PM

I usually give them whatever I feel like at the moment. Last time on Plat. I named Barry "Regis"

PatJamma January 1st, 2011 6:03 PM

I always name my rival Chris after one of my cousins

Haberdasher January 1st, 2011 7:56 PM

My rival names are all over the place, based on my mood and what comes to mind. Sometimes it's swear words, other times semi-obscure references, others just random names... One time, I even gave a rival my own name. That was strange of me.

curiousnathan January 1st, 2011 8:26 PM

Red - Gary
Blue - Gary
Yellow - Gary
Gold - ???
Silver - ???
Crystal - Nothing.
Diamond - Lucas
Pearl - Nothing.
Platinum - Nothing.
Heart Gold - Silver
Soul Silver - Nothing.

Fli January 1st, 2011 8:57 PM

Let's see...
In my first game (Firered) I went on a "he has to have a name of a sharp object" kick and he was named Thorn, then Tooth, then Spike, then I ran out of sharp objects and just called him rival. I don't remember the name for Yellow (though I know it wasn't any of the traditional/given names). Emerald names the rival for you and he was Silver in SoulSilver. Oh yeah, he was weirdo in Diamond because he looked weird to me.

Legobricks January 1st, 2011 9:04 PM

I just picked the most appealing of the default names. I don't recall them since I never cared much.
I did name the rival in GSC '???' though, given the way he makes it sound like it actually is his name (poorly translated dialogue?), and I thought the police officer would actually catch him. Wasn't expecting him to be a rival and never really did think of him as such.

deneric January 1st, 2011 9:45 PM

Well, in Gold/HG I named the rival Sit (I was little when I first played Gold and I thought it'd be funny, but I tried to do a different name in HG, but it just didn't feel right, you know?), but lately, I've named all of my rivals Jack after my gf's dad (He's a dink and I wanted to beat up his pokemon when I replayed Blue ... and now it just feels appropriate)

PlatinumDude January 2nd, 2011 5:56 AM

FireRed: Gary
LeafGreen: Ash
Diamond: Jun
Platinum: Jaden
HeartGold: Yusei
SoulSilver: Silver

FroggyKisses January 2nd, 2011 7:18 AM

I name my rivals with the same name with the person I hate. XDDD


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