Least Favorite in-Game Rival?

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Who is everyone's least favorite in-game rival, or group of rivals?

My least favorite were the X/Y rivals. They were annoying, Terrible trainers, didn't help at all, and stole all the credit for saving the world. (Trevor and Tierno weren't even fighting team flare? why do they get credit?!?)
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The only trainers I remember from XY are Shauna and Serena/Calum :seduce:

Anyways, I think I hated Blue the most, TBH. He was the only rival who seemed to genuinely be a jerk.

HGSS rival had a soft side, DPPt rival was pretty cool, if shallow. RSE rival was more of the same. BWBW2 rivals were all pretty cool, because their characters were actually fleshed out properly.
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Yeah, the group of "rivals" in X/Y just didn't do it for me. I found all of them unlikable and with no depth, man. I know they wanted to have trainers with different goals this time around (Tierno & Trevor), but you gotta try and make them interesting at least. Emma, a freakin' side character got more development than all of them and was way more interesting.

I'm not one of those clamoring for another a-hole rival (which Hau obviously is not). Just want another rival with some depth that "evolves" over the course of the game and poses somewhat of a challenge too. Plz?

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For me it's definitely the X and Y group of rivals, I just felt like they were awful characters and were annoying. They weren't even rivals more like friends and I'm more of a fan of the classic obnoxious rival like Blue or Silver so needless to say they didn't quite do it for me.

Also as much as I love the Hoenn games, I felt like May/Brendan weren't the greatest of rivals either, I mean they didn't even fully evolve their starter and the battles were not particularly compelling. But my least favourite is without a doubt the XY rivals.

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Hmm, the XY rivals, no doubt. They were just so annoying, and most of them didn't take an important role in the plot, plus, they were easy to defeat... The thing is .... They were not interesting... They didn't get any depth :/
I'm also not a fan of the Hoenn's rivals. But, that's because I'm not a fan of May or Brendon as rivals (plus May always looked annoying to me xD)

I'm also not a fan of Hau. I'm afraid he will be like XY's rivals... Because from what they showed us in the trailer, I was not THAT impressed.
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In my opinion, my least favourite rivals are the Hoenn and Sinnoh rivals.
Because I don't really think that they're really much of rivals and have beef with you, I think they're more of the "friendly" side.

Although the Gen 3 and 4 games are my favourites, the rivals didn't really look intimidating and (kinda) hateful such as Silver and Blue.
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Tierno.

He's just extremely annoying and adds nothing to the game. It's bad enough having like 4 rivals, but when he pops up it's just like ugh.. not you again.

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Have to echo a lot of the other replies and say XY rivals as well. I don't mind friendly rivals - Wally was super sweet and I loved his character growth, but these guys are just so annoying and one-dimensional - like they all just have their one "thing" (awkwardness, cheeriness, dancing) and it defines their entire character. I cringe every time they speak. pokemon dance team is not a thing tierno, stop it

Serena/Calum was enough - tacking the three doofuses on didn't enhance my XY experience in any way.

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Oh boy, people already beat me to the punch. Guess I'll have to copy/paste what people have to say about the X/Y and R/S/E rivals. They're not necessarily rivals, they're just friends who battle you. May/Brendan just happen to meet you during your journey and basically say "eyy let's fite". It doesn't feel like there's much...well, rival stuff going on between you two. It's all for fun. Meanwhile, Wally actually wants to get stronger. I like him better.

As for the X/Y rivals, most of them were quite annoying. It always felt like Shauna was trying to get me to date her, Tierno was just ugh, Trevor (was that his name?) was also pretty annoying, and the opposite of the protagonist...um, is it bad that I can't remember them at all? That would definitely make them a bad rival, right? Someone with little impact?
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The XY rivals.

They are annoying. They're too friendly and cutesy. It's not charming. If they thought it was, they're wrong.

Calem/Serena was a blank slate and lacked any and all personality. If anything they seemed too serious most of the time.

Tierno was annoying. I get it, you're obsessed with dancing...
And Shauna is just an annoying little girl.
Trevor was kinda tolerable though?

I'm cool with the rest of the rivals though. XY were the only truly bad ones.

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Yeah, friendly rivals can be ok, I liked Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova, but X/Y was just... no.
I feel like if a rival is tough and jerky, it's satisfying to beat them, but in X/Y it's like, "alright I crushed you now get out of my life."
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Yeah, friendly rivals can be ok, I liked Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova, but X/Y was just... no.
I feel like if a rival is tough and jerky, it's satisfying to beat them, but in X/Y it's like, "alright I crushed you now get out of my life."
I agree. I liked friendly rivals like Brendan, Wally, Cheren and Bianca. They gave off a kind, caring vibe and got some good character development.

But Tierno, Shauna, and the rest... they felt like they came from a kids TV show.

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I know I'm going to cop flack for this, but I really despise Blue as a character. I'm someone who's been a bad victim of bullying so to me, his personality tends to give me bad memories of those bullies plus I also never properly played a game with Kanto as the main region. I do get why he has his fanbase though, since he was the original and people back then loved both him and Silver for being "antagonistic".

The other notable rival I hate is pretty much what everyone else said - the Kalos crew. Calem/Serena were okay but it was always a little upsetting seeing them know that they can't beat the protagonist ever since he/she went on their journey. Shauna did have some personality, but she did act a bit annoying, while both Trevor and Tierno had no development at all.

I am looking forward to Hau from Sun & Moon though since he looks like a very happy person, but we'll see if he ends up meeting my expectations in the end.
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Really did not like Silver at all lol. His attitude was terrible and he's always like "You're trash and you can't win" when in-reality he's the trashy one since I always beat him with ease (his team isn't exactly threatening). I mean he's alright after he turns a new leaf but, I can't just drop a grudge like that lol.
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The X and Y rivals. They. Are. So. Annoying. Being forced to be with Shauna was a bore, Tierno and Trevor had potential but were not interesting, and Serena was so weak I could flick a Caterpie at her and her team would be defeated. They barely put up a fight, have no personality and I felt they held no point in the story. Serena is a terrible trainer( in game) and barely puts up any challenge. Whenever I beat these guys, I didn't feel satisfied about it, I felt terrible because I'm crushing a bunch of kids hopes and dreams. I hope Hau is a better Rival because after those people, I'm completely against another "friend group" in Pokemon.
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I find May/Brendan fairly vanilla too.
Brendan and May did redeem themselves in OR/AS thanks to additional personality and development they lacked in the original Hoenn games, along with being more involved in the story and having their starter be fully-evolved as of the Lilycove City battle. If OR/AS kept them the same, they would have still ranked bad for me.
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Brendan and May were very bland and forgettable in RSE to me... They were improved on a lot in ORAS though so I'll give them that. No longer as dull as they used to be, but in the original versions I'd say they were as uninteresting as Serena and Calem. =(

So yeah definitely the XY rivals. They didn't have much of a personality and I found Shauna to outshine them in that department, she had so much more charm and felt more alive.

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What does entertain me about this thread is literally everyone mentioning the failure of a group that is Shauna, Trevor, Tierno and Calem/Serena.
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Can't really blame them; it was worth a try for Game Freak to bring in multiple rivals, and while that had potential for the most part, it all fell rather flat. u_u
The bad reception of the Kalos Group goes to show quality is better than quantity, and I guess Game Freak learned from it by reverting back to one rival for Sun & Moon.
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I'm not gonna count the XY group in this because they're meant to be your "friends" and not rivals. But if they were considered as rivals I'd probably name them as my least favorite because I never enjoyed when they showed up. Ever. XY's actual rival, Calem, was disappointing in the character development department but still bearable so no one from XY takes my pick.

In a similar vein, (ORAS) Brendan isn't quite your rival but if he was ohhhhh boy he'd be my #1 pick I absolutely cannot stand him.

I know this is a really unpopular opinion but I guess I'd have to go with your gen 1 rival (Blue). Silver is awesome and has great character development, Wally is great (especially in ORAS), I like Barry because I think he and his personality are pretty cute, and all the rivals in gen 5 are spectacular. Blue is just kinda mean and doesn't have any sort of growth throughout the game--I mean, it works, because that makes you want to defeat him even more once you make it to the Pokémon League, but in the end he feels kinda bland when he has no development and Silver filled the whole "nasty rival" role better and had character development on top of that.


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The XY rivals were pretty disappointing. I found them to be pretty bland, especially Calem/Serena. They seemed soooo generic, and we had so many of them, so it seemed almost worse. They didn't really seem to change at all or have a special personality that wasn't so basic, so all of them are my least favorites equally :(

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Kalos because way too many rivals that participate in battle less exclude Shauna/Caleum also both of them are just isn't good and fun at all, just wasted potential having 2 or 1 is just fine, but more than 2 is just WHUT! Before ORAS, Brendan/May just went too much overboard and not fun, but in ORAS things get twisty and exciting also Wally developed a lot in ORAS than RSE
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Bianca was so digusting!!!
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