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Sopheria March 6th, 2014 8:23 AM

"Rival TOOL is challenging you to a battle!"
 
What did you name your rival in HeartGold/SoulSilver? Did you stick with the default Silver, did you give him some other name, or did you name him some sort of disparagement. I did the latter and called him TOOL. It was appropriate at the time, but I felt bad about naming him that after he started to become a nicer person toward the end of the game D:

Puddle March 6th, 2014 8:25 AM

I tend to always name my rivals Justin. That was my friend's actual name who was my Pokemon rival when I was younger, so it seems appropriate.

Anuya March 6th, 2014 10:31 AM

The name of my rival were in HG/SS "Andy".
Why ? I don't know

Hiatus March 6th, 2014 2:58 PM

I've named him Silver, because, well, isn't that his actual name? XD If I were to give him some other name, I'd probably go with something short, such as Chris, Kev, Lan, etc.

disciplish March 6th, 2014 4:41 PM

The first time I played HGSS, since I was just borrowing the game for a few hours of playing, I named him ???. I dunno, seemed appropriate then. Now I just call him Silver because continuity and manga. :3

Kikaito plush March 7th, 2014 4:33 AM

I named my rival in Heartgold "Steven" after an child that was mean to me in school.

Blueredemption March 7th, 2014 6:32 AM

if i remember correctly the first time i played i named him Lucas, who was a good friend of mine at the time.

now i just name him red, which can get confusing once you get to kanto

Radiam March 7th, 2014 7:50 AM

I think I named my rival Red before. It was because of the red colored hair. That's the first word that came to my mind. I kind of regret it though, because there was the real Red on Mt. Silver, so yeah. xD

Charizard17 March 8th, 2014 7:52 PM

I named my rival "Mark", because it was the first name that came to mind.

pyx March 9th, 2014 5:44 AM

Tool is also the name of a really awesome band, so you shouldn´t feel bad for naming him that ;D Well, whenever I get the chance to name my rival, I usually go for something foul...so better not mention it here! XD

Miau March 9th, 2014 7:18 AM

Currently doing the event challenge on SoulSilver over at the challenges subforum, and I named him Gregg -- it's an Easter-themed challenge :P

Though the first time I played this game with my boyfriend, we went with IDIOT. We never finished that game, and never will anyway, so it was just a silly joke.

Brendino March 9th, 2014 2:41 PM

After living through a rival named ??? in Gold (that's what he said his name was!), I just decided to give him his default name in HeartGold, much like I do with the majority of rivals post 2nd gen.

Pendraflare March 10th, 2014 6:01 PM

In my main copy of Heart Gold, I named him Jack. Not very creative.

But in my Soul Silver Nuzlocke I did back in early 2013, I named him Ernest. I don't think of silly names for him, so yeah. =/

She_Delphox March 11th, 2014 12:16 AM

I always name my rivals like their Original names would be in the series/story. Concerning gold/silver/heartgold/soulsilver would the name be Kamon ;)

Aurora March 11th, 2014 3:11 AM

I always just stick with the bog-standard 'Silver'; I'm not creative enough to come up with a decent name for him.

Soldier Randy April 3rd, 2014 12:59 PM

I wasn't sure how to name in my current (and first) playtrough of SoulSilver, so I named him Paul, as Ash's rival from the DP series. Then I remembered I use to call him Jordy in Crystal after a friend of mine but, my friend is actually a nice person so that was kind of unfair :P

Tek April 3rd, 2014 6:04 PM

I have taken to naming my rivals Kite. My chosen name is usually TK, flip the letters around and add vowels, and you get the rival's name. Adds a weird psychological dynamic. Specifically in the Johto games, I like to imagine the PC is also the rival, and he's just a schizophrenic.

Uh, is that weird? Whoops.

mangamusicfan April 3rd, 2014 11:00 PM

I named him Jeroen, becouse I know A jeroen at that time that Whasn't nice to me, Yust like your Rival. ;)

Khoshi April 4th, 2014 5:14 AM

I decided to go with a throwback to the 2nd Generation games.

Anyone remember ??? I either named him that or the normal Silver. All outta creativity.

curiousnathan April 4th, 2014 10:53 PM

I named in ??? in Pokemon Gold because I literally thought his name was '???', haha. In HeartGold though, I called my rival Silver. :p

Pillodox April 6th, 2014 2:35 AM

I called him Dud because he always acts hard.

PastelVulpix April 6th, 2014 4:45 AM

I called him "Ginger" - I was having a bad day :3

Apollo April 7th, 2014 12:39 AM

Just Silver. I made it to match the player character name -- Gold. Although I did name him Kamon in an earlier playthrough.

Sonata April 7th, 2014 2:09 AM

My first time playing original gold I had my cousin who was in her teens at the time name him for me, "Wexwert" and I just continued to use that name for all of my rivals unless I'm doing something special.

Feraligatr13 April 7th, 2014 2:39 PM

I used to just name him ???, because that's what he said his name was xD

One time in '12, I named him Kendall and I still have no idea why...

More recently, I just like to either call him ??? or, adversely, some inappropriate names that would be better not said o.O

Zorogami April 8th, 2014 12:11 AM

I usually name him the first thing that comes to mind, but on my very first playthrough i went with silver. Some other names i remember giving him are Bobby or Pedro

Livewire April 8th, 2014 2:08 PM

Most of the time I name him after a friend of mine, or after one of my siblings, to really heat up our sibling rivalry. I know for a fact that my younger brother named his rival Nick in GSC before. XD

Phazon Elemental April 8th, 2014 9:48 PM

I don't remember what I named him. I probably did name him something rather foul at least once, because, much as I like Silver, he really is probably the most blatantly asinine of the rivals.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feraligatr13 (Post 8187460)
I used to just name him ???, because that's what he said his name was xD

I know for a fact that I've done this at least once.

TheUltimateG.J April 9th, 2014 8:57 AM

I always named him K.J as of legend of India

Alexander Nicholi April 9th, 2014 5:51 PM

I named him Andrew in Gold simply because I thought he looked like one. My sister named her rival Lee after a crush she had in school. :P

Sheep April 11th, 2014 8:31 AM

Silver because that was his official name and felt right! I used to go with silly names even going as far as naming my rival "Stupid" one time but grew out of that phase and prefer the originals now.. Silver was just too fitting.

Empoleon6667 April 12th, 2014 5:02 AM

I named my rival josh because that's what I name all my rivals. ^^

PSNGhost April 18th, 2014 10:55 AM

Originally I named him Chad, because it seems like a lot of the time people named Chad are rather mean. (No offense to anyone named Chad, that's not always the case. Well, except if you ARE mean, then totally offense.)

LetsPlayALoveGame April 30th, 2014 8:39 AM

I always name my rival after one of my actual friends who I consider to be somewhat of a rival. Named him after my friend Marco in HG.

LavenderTownGhost May 6th, 2014 4:14 PM

I usually named him Silver, just because I thought it would be cool to have Silver officially in the game. He is one of my favorite Dex Holders, after all.

Sometimes though, I strayed and named him "Arse" or something much worse.

Melty~ May 6th, 2014 4:50 PM

I once named him Poopy when I was a kid. I also named him Butt one time, at about the same age.

I was an immature little stinker.

Now, I name him after the enemy of the character I named my trainer after... (ex. trainer Marth, rival Gharnef)

Dragon_Trainer_ May 12th, 2014 4:43 AM

I always, ALWAYS name my Rival 'A Bi**h' so that when I fight him, it says "A B***h would like to battle" and that always cracks me up!

Pepperton May 17th, 2014 7:55 PM

I named him after my brother, like I usually do. He names his rival after me, so it's not like I'm just making him the villain myself, haha. I was tempted to name him Silver, but felt it was a little unoriginal.

Universe May 24th, 2014 6:28 AM

I named him ??? after the original versions where he tells you his name is ???.
Because I'm a mature adult. :'D

I bet you money I wasn't alone in this either.

Nostalgia, man!

aspie3000 May 25th, 2014 6:37 PM

I was a jerk and named him "Dr. Strangelove".


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