That's what I was thinking. Wasn't it also said that Rowan had went off that four years to the Kanto region I believe?
yea but then surely if he'd just been, he wouldn't need to go back?
unless you mean that HG/SS are set before DPPt
i can't remember the "timeline" of them all, i just know kanto before johto, and kanto before sinnoh.
i'd like to see professor birch, sure he was chubby & rough looking, but i preferred him to that miserable old coot called rowan. but yea, an appearance from any of them would be cool
as you see oak at Mr pokemon's house, Elm gives you the starter.
birch could come along and give out a hoenn starter, as with the dsi coming in its gonna be increasingly hard to get them, though the same can be said for Gen I starters.
either way i wanna avoid rowan, he's my least fave.
Elm - 'cos he gives you the best starters (imo)
Oak - close 2nd, just 'cos hes so cool
birch - he's just better than rowan
rowan - grumpy and rude (imo)
Now, cameos are definitely a great addition, but some just aren't really needed. I mean Norman, a great Gym Leader in Hoenn, but what would be his main purpose in traveling to a region so far away? To see the next Normal Type Gym Leader? That won't be really necessary and I wouldn't expect it too much. Professor Rowan seems likely as he was in Kanto for sometime, plus he knows Professor Oak as old friends. He also seems like a possible candidate to give us a needed item later on, such as the PokéRadar again, like I've stated before. Riley, even if he could show up to give us another Riolu, I don't see him coming back. Him going off for more training to me sounds like in other places in Sinnoh rather than all over the world at that point. Fantina, she likes contest and she's a Gym Leader there near the Contest Hall, I only see a possible chance of hers showing up if they introduce contests to the Johto. Wallace and Juan, er, they have a chance, but I don't think it might happen because of how many other people they can choose. They apparently like to be pretty random as how we saw Jasmine in Sunyshore which was pretty inexpected. Though, anyones got a chance, just some more than others, and basically for some twisting reason as well.
mm, i like the idea of norman, he could've been goldenrod's previous gym leader and left whitney her miltank, or helped her catch it (like he helped wally catch a ralts).
jasmine wasn't THAT random if you think about it logically,
electric gym leader (jasmine had a magneton...), both sunnyshore and olivine were built at the ocean's edge and both had a lighthouse.
i'd like to see Joanna appear (if contests are involved in HG/SS).
Didn't maylene mention something about training with Chuck in cianwood city, she could appear there? (not sure if thats actually correct, i might've dreamt that or something lmao, or brawly was mentioned, but i swear she or someone else said she trained with someone from a different region).