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Pouinks May 11th, 2011 3:24 AM

I wanted to name them something a bit silly, like I did with the first Pokémon games when I was a kid.
I gave my first rival the name of a guy I hated in school, and beating him at every fight felt pretty good :)

But I wanted to call the new rivals something like Bonnie & Clyde, Sonny & Cher or something ridiculous like, it would just make me stupidly giggle :D

xx Pouinks

Ces soirees-la May 11th, 2011 3:37 AM

I probably would've named them something inappropriate.

ZeldaStrife May 11th, 2011 8:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Pouinks (Post 6635413)

But I wanted to call the new rivals something like Bonnie & Clyde, Sonny & Cher or something ridiculous like, it would just make me stupidly giggle :D

Bwaha, that's awesome! Laurel and Hardy, Fred and Ethel, Lucy and Ricky.... lol. aw, now i wish we could have named them! XD

~Touko May 11th, 2011 4:36 PM

I really dislike not being able to name them, and N. I wanted to name them the following names:

N = Dash
Cheren = Kevin
Bianca = Tiffany

But now I can't. Thats personally the only bummer I have with this game. It's not that big of a deal though, really. ^.^

Cid May 12th, 2011 1:32 AM

I didn't really care about the names of my rivals since first gen. I guess that's because whatever you name them, they'll still turn out to have the personalities of their official depictions...which tends to make me name them as such.
I wouldn't say the same for the main protagonist (which I always envisioned as the player), but for Cheren and Bianca, their official names are okay enough for Game Freak to not allow their renaming.

Xena May 12th, 2011 1:39 AM

I personally would have liked to name my rivals. Bianca would have been Callisto and Cheren would have been Ares. I named the rival Ares in most of my other games.

bwburke94 May 12th, 2011 10:52 AM

If the RS remakes change Brendan's name (as he is completely forgettable and most people play as him anyway) I WILL SHOOT THE TRANSLATORS' HEADS. jk

Anyway, Cheren and Bianca fit the characters quite well, especially with the theme naming.

Speedx1994 May 12th, 2011 11:00 AM

ben and jerry wouldent be bad either or haag en daaz...

fenyx4 May 17th, 2011 9:02 PM

Hmm...well, it's not that much of an issue to me in retrospect, as I typically use "anime/official" names for the rivals anyway. I refer to the rival Blue/Green of RBY/FRLG as Gary Oak in all media. I keep on trying to think of a name for Silver of GSC/HGSS, but Silver is just ingrained. No good default name was given, though we already have another Silver of Pokemon Chronicles who met Richie... Wally's name irked me simply because it resembled Wallace too much (who is a prominent Gym Leader/Champion) as a dimunitive form.

As for BW, my main concern is with "Bianca", AKA Bel/Belle. Cheren bugged me in retrospect with the similarity to the feminine name Sharon, but I'm getting accustomed to it. I mean, every other localization except the English one uses "Belle", which, alongside white, possesses the additional meaning of light and beautiful :3. Now we have two Biancas in the English localization, yet no Belles. :( I don't see why we couldn't have Bianca of Pokemon Heroes and Belle of Black and White, to help in preserving uniqueness.

I typically support the ability of customization being granted to the player whenever possible, though I'm all for the pseudo-retention of "official" names. The 'intended, official' name(s) of the writers for the rivals could simply be listed on top in a list of suggested names as Generation 1 games did. Alternatively, the 'intended' name could appear as the default placeholder name if the player does not decide to enter a name for the rival. Best of both worlds, IMO - the player can customize the rivals' names if he or she wishes, and the writers can still convey their preferred name for the rivals in a non-intrusive manner. If the Generation 1 games could accomplish such a fitting compromise in rival naming, I don't see why BW weren't able to.

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Originally Posted by bwburke94 (Post 6637423)
If the RS remakes change Brendan's name (as he is completely forgettable and most people play as him anyway) I WILL SHOOT THE TRANSLATORS' HEADS. jk

HIS NAME IS SHOULD BE Sean, yup yup. :P

Numbers May 18th, 2011 1:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Eurydice (Post 6538194)
i wish we had the option i love naming my rivals after my friends

Same here. I picked "Dislike" but to be honest I don't mind too much, (like enough for it to ruin the game) but it would have been a nice addition to name both Rivals.


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