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azura
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:30 pm Posts: 51
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In the older days of Pokemon the rivals were mean people who were always dissing you on something and just plain jerks. Now they have turned nice or just annoying (diamond and pearl) what is up with that? I personally liked it better when the rival was mean because it gave you that much more satisfaction on beating them. and in my experience it seemed like the mean ones were harder to beat. So do you prefer nice or mean rivals?
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:39 pm |
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magikoopa
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lol the red haired rival in G S C is to funny and easy to beat and then all he says is IM GONNA GET BEATER AND BEAT J00 im like thats nice remind me to give you a sucky name next time i restart the game
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:40 pm |
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DNA
Trivia Champion
Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:37 pm Posts: 3170 Location: clegavel
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magikoopa wrote: lol the red haired rival in G S C is to funny and easy to beat and then all he says is IM GONNA GET BEATER AND BEAT J00 im like thats nice remind me to give you a sucky name next time i restart the game
Indeed. That is what a lot of people (me included) enjoy doing.
I mean, the nice guy saying "I'm going to beat you next time" doesn't exactly have the same weight as the mean guy saying the same thing. The mean guy says it with more power and feeling than those nice saps. Blondie in DP was bearable, but May/Brendan? They're like Brady Bunch-nice. That, my friend, is scary.
And I love Giovanni's son the redhead. I get so much satisfaction beating him up.
- DNA
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:57 pm |
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Krisp
Lite Four
Joined: Sun May 29, 2005 6:21 pm Posts: 3471
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It was probably just to make the games "kid friendly". I don't like it either, but the only games where the rival is "nice" to you is R/S/E, and they were bad games in general anyway.
Not really sure if you could classify the D/P rival as mean or nice...
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:19 pm |
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Groudon King
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:24 pm Posts: 521 Location: Cave of Origins, in the Depths of the Abyss
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Well I do enjoy the DP rival, I just like a guy with a lot of energy and take him down. I would argee with the G/S/C rival being the best, beating him felt right in some way. In R/S/E there is May/Brendan, who you don't fight as much as the other rivals, so can't really say much.
I don't think the "kid friendly" is right because, well the first nice rivals were R/S and later they revived the First Gen games with the same jerk rival.
Really with the whole nice and mean thing should just be one. Have mulitple rivals where some are nice and some are jerks because that is how the world is.
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:40 pm |
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Lightning
Pokemon Trainer
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:51 am Posts: 46 Location: Canada
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well I like the nice ones, but I wouldn't call them rivals really. the jerk rival is totally the way to go. I love being able to hate the guy i'm battling cause it makes it soooooo much better when I beat him. It also makes the trash talking easier. I can't even tell you how guilty I felt beating up on Wally's pokemon. Hey! that's it! There WAS a jerk rival in RSE afterall! It was me....
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:10 pm |
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Ace
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:10 pm Posts: 684 Location: AU
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I just hate the rival; they pop up everywhere, and they keep thinking their Pokémon are very tough. Then they find out that they lose, and they say they are going to beat them another time. They look like sore, pathetic losers when they do that. Then they run off and annoy you again at the next big event. They keep losing, and they still say that they will beat you sometime. The rival is just a ... wannabe.
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Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:37 am |
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Frost
THE POWER IS ON!
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:29 am Posts: 1581 Location: Purple Ranger
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Krisp wrote: Not really sure if you could classify the D/P rival as mean or nice...
I personally classify him as a spazztard.
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Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:14 am |
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DNA
Trivia Champion
Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:37 pm Posts: 3170 Location: clegavel
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Frost wrote: Krisp wrote: Not really sure if you could classify the D/P rival as mean or nice...
I personally classify him as a spazztard.
^Agreed. DP rival to me is only enjoying to fight because of his lvl 70s, I can leech exp off of them. But besides that...not much of anything. Like "I'm trying to catch Team Galactic to Lake Valor, out of my way you idiot". And so on. This guy has a knack for showing up at annoying times. And he's money-hungry too...why else would he charge you millions of dollars?...Okay, I don't like him, just like beating him up.
GSC rival ftw
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Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:20 am |
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Drakontas
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:23 pm Posts: 94 Location: Florida
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I personally like the G/S/C rival better. He has a better reaction at the time of losing.
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Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:02 pm |
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akizzk538
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:56 pm Posts: 222 Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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I couldn't care less whether they are mean or nice. Though the DP guy is annoying.
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Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:14 pm |
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superblah
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:01 pm Posts: 192 Location: Please do not email me since I never check my email! Pm me instead please! You have been warned....
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Mean rival for all the reasons that have been pointed out already.
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Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:18 pm |
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soulmaster
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:15 pm Posts: 287 Location: New Zealand
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I preferred the mean Rivals, like the one in LG/FR, since he's much harder(not hard, harder) than the stupid R/S/E one. Cmon, they just suck...
The D/P one's ok, he's more like a friend, and i like it when he teams up with you, but he's such a pushover!
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