LeonhartFour posted...
Whenever there's a fighting tournament, they compete against each other for the championship.
Just as much of a rivalry there as Red/Blue.
Ohoho.. now we're talking
Right, as soon as a championship is announced, they do stop the buddy buddy punching and might actually go serious. One of them is in it for his eternal quest for fighting, the other.. I'm not sure, for girls and cars? I don't know, I might be wrong here. Anyway, they trade some blows while there might be some one-liners in the process, and that's it, right?
Now Red and Blue on the other hand, they start of in their early childhood, they've known each other, they've played with each other, and as soon as they turn 10, both of them desire to be the greatest trainer ever, friendship is over... forever, they start in the same scenario, just one pokemon each and from there they duke it out ().
As a player, you challenge a lot of trainers in your quest, some boring ones, some stronger, like those Gym Leaders (who by the way your rival had already beaten before you got to them), but you know you're in for some serious fighting whenever time pauses, and you hear a certain theme, and along comes Blue walking in his own boss like pace. You know the feeling if you've lost to him once, I did, the only time I've ever lost in a pokemon game, I still remember that moment bright as day. I wasn't prepared to know what it really meant to be rivals, until it hit me, I turned off the game, feelings revolving, then I swore I'd never lose anymore.
His attitude, his confidence, his skills, everything about him has gained his place in my personal list not only as the greatest rival in videogaming, but as the essence and the definition of a true rival.
In my 27 years of my life, I have not found someone in real life I could call a true rival, not one with Blue's caliber.
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Battle starts here.