Kind of. There are some added scenes you can watch unfold between various Gym Leaders which gives you a better idea of their characters.
Ahhhhh Norman. The dad everyone thinks is so mean but in reality is so tragic. He watches his child grow up, from not being able to leave town because the tall grass is scary, to defeating him at his own profession. It was great how you had a dad who wanted what was best for you, but at the same time wanted to succeed, himself. They could really play up that "fatherly love" kind of thing...perhaps a scene between him and your mother about how he doesn't want you to beat him not because he wants you to fail, but rather because he doesn't want you to grow up, leave, and never rely on him and your mother any more? You know, that typical "parent stuff" that makes you cry because of how much they care but still have to "let you go" to live your own life.
Norman is usually thought poorly of because of his lack of a role, especially as a father, but now that they have the opportunity to expand upon that, he could really become the father character players have been asking about in Pokémon games since its conception.
As for the female protagonist and male protagonist having different fathers, that would be a pretty neat idea, I admit. My only worry is that I wouldn't want one father to be given more depth than the other. But if executed correctly, that could be a really cool dynamic; one could set high hopes on his son, and the other could worry about the safety of his daughter? Game Freak does a really good job at challenging gender roles in their games, but I'm honestly not sure how far they'd be willing to take it in an instance like this--but honestly that's the only reason I can see for even having different fathers in this scenario. Otherwise it's just a visual difference that means that one gender misses out on the dynamic of competing with your own parent (which, as I've said, is a very interesting and complex one that I wish they would play up more for ORAS, because I'm certain they didn't want Norman to come off as unsupportive, but he did for most people because of how little he's involved in the game).
