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Though that is just my opinion. :P Yeah, I agree and I like how they took a risk to change him so drastically compared to previous designs. Before he looked more of a Champion and not really a person who's passion is beauty and coordinating (I don't remember what that competition thing was called and I'm too lazy to check up on it atm). BTW as off-topic but didn't Wallace had some kind of relationship with Winona in manga? Just been pissed off how people comment her looking gay and ****** in the new design while I'm sure it was stated somewhere he had a romantic relationship with one of the Gym Leaders. Or then it was Steven. |
I'm not such a huge follower of manga, so I wouldn't precisely, but it would certainly be interesting if they'd decided to made their relationship to be displayed in-game, as we've never had Gym Leaders showing love for each other in Pokémon games. Though, chances of it actually happening is sort of unlikely, considering that they're attempting to keep Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire as close to RSE as possible.
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Manga =/= games. Lance, for example, is evil in the manga, yet he's a hero in the games.
Game canon is game canon. Winona never had any feelings for anyone in RSE. |
To Be Honest, I like Wallace's New Design!
WHY NO JUAN?!?!?!? ;--; |
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Also, Steven is Champion so that's why Wallace is 8th Gym, because it was that way in Ruby & Sapphire and not Emerald. |
Juan wasn't anything special, really. His main was Kingdra, which copies Clair. He also has a friggin Luvdisc.
He could still be in the games (haven't looked at the trainer leaks), but IMO it's unlikely. Personally I think this was one of the "mistakes" of Emerald compared to RS. What was wrong with keeping Wallace as gym leader and Steven as Champion? The way it ended up being, you had an uninteresting replacement as Sootopolis gym leader (with an annoying Pokémon to boot: Kingdra with Double Team), another Water-type specialist as Champion (making things repetitive), and Steven in a Red-style postgame battle, whom you could only battle once, unlike Red. |
I know I've mentioned this a few times before, but I believe it'd be best if they had included them both in-game.
One idea of mine is perhaps they could make Juan and Wallace version-exclusive, similar to how things were with Iris and Drayden (spelling?) in Black and White; Juan could be available as Sootopolis Gym Leader in Alpha Sapphire, and Wallace could appear with the same position in Omega Ruby (or vice-versa; anything could work, I suppose!). Another plan is to somehow incorporate these two guys in both games, and have us choose which leader we'd like to face-off against, sort of like how it were with Cilan, Cress, and Chili. |
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Juan would have been nice to see in OR/AS but again, they're sticking as close to the original Ruby & Sapphire as possible, and not Emerald. He didn't appear in R/S, only Emerald. |
Roxanne ~ Looks kinda like her original except with a bit more swag, I like the new design!
Brawly ~ Miles better than his original, looks more of a fighting-type Gym Leader now. Wattson ~ No major changes to his appearence, I like how they've maintained the originality. Flanney ~ Hot. Norman ~ Again, not much different to his original which was already pretty decent. Winona ~ Stunning. She looks so elegant! Tate & Liza ~ I actually prefer their newer design as opposed to their originals, idk they just seem like they have more personality now and easier to identify who is who. Wallace ~ ... Er-Okay. |
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I wonder if the reason they had Wallace be the champion is to connect it with the stone, as Emerald is one variant of Beryl, and so is Aquamarine (interestingly Ruby and Sapphire have a lot of metal minerals in them which fits Steven's Steel Type). Or more likely it was a homage to how GSC had a different champion than RGBY did. In a strange way Emerald was like an alternate universe compared to Ruby and Sapphire in that regard (opposed to a Sequel like GSC were to RGB, and B2W2 were to BW) as had different champions yet tell the same events at the same point in the time line (sort of like BB2 versus WW2 as both were canon yet had some different locations and events compared to other paired versions). |
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Given Steven has his lead, Skarmory with the Sturdy ability and two entry hazard moves it means we could likely see him setting up Spikes or Toxic Spikes to hurt you as you switch in, since Sturdy makes the user survive a hit that would have OHKO'd it. It's a quite threatening approach if I have to say so myself.
Winona's Swellow still has the dreaded Endeavor + Quick Attack combo while Wallace's Seaking carries the nasty Horn Drill. Also worth noting in terms of deadly sets are Norman's entire team carrying Retaliate (I know how many playing B/W feared Lenora because of that move) and Steven's Aggron has an impressive set as well, pretty much near-perfect coverage. Given how more stronger their movesets got I can imagine how hard this game will be for Nuzlockers. |
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