>main rival uses the starter weak to yours Pokemon is dead.

The main rival isn't Hau, it's Gladion.

The Champion uses the stronger starter

>>29803700
/thread

>main rival
>his data internally calls him "friend"

>>29803700
>alola
>champion
>a champ using a starter
>ever

He isn't your rival, he's your friend.

>>29803700
Gladion isnt a rival

He's just evil team member.

There is no other rival this game

>>29803678
The rest of his team is kind of a bitch to fight actually, his Raichu 1 shot my Alolan Diglett with Psychic and he also had a Vaporeon.

>>29803747
>Who is Green?

>>29803747
It is true though

>>29803749
He's still the closest we get for a rival this time. Nobody even uses the stronger starter throughout the story.

>>29803747
>
Have you even been following the leaks?
Kukui is the Champion and he uses the Starter that beats yours, he's also dressed as a luchador.

>>29803756

Name of Gladion's battle music: "VS rival"

If you honestly think there can't be an overlap between the villain teams and rivals, you can fuck back to Bulbapedia.

>>29803756
Gladion's battle theme in the files is "bgm_nj_vs_rival.dspadpcm"

Hau is "bgm_nj_vs_friend.dspadpcm"

As if the rival using the starter strong to yours ever made the games challenging.

>>29803756
Gladion acts as a rival throughout the game. He's not even a Team Skull member, just a hired help. One of his lines after the last main story battle is something like "I know we aren't friends, but we're not enemies either", while Hau is always considered a friend.

His music theme is also called "vs_rival" in the game files, while Hau is "vs_friend"

>>29803815
>>29803821
So? He's still not rival because he's not trying to become island champion.

>>29803801
The Royal isn't Kukui. Stop your headcanons. I bet you're one of those idiots that thinks Sina and Dexio are the Defenders of Kalos

>>29803749
uh, you don't get to bring friends

>>29803786

>Nobody even uses the stronger starter throughout the story.

Gladion sets Silvally to have the type that counters yours.

>>29803837
Guess you dont know what "rival" means

>>29803838
Neither did Hugh.

>>29803839
He's talking about the Pokemon League champion you fucking retard

>>29803858
Hugh did challenge the gyms

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>>29803839
What
Please stop that, it isn't funny anymore

Kukui isn't the champion though, he only contests the title which canonically he never wins.

>>29803870
Only as training to get stronger in his revenge crusade against Plasma.

>>29803868
It's just some guy forcing a bad meme, anon

>>29803879
Yep for some reason people call Kukui champion when he's not

We are named the first ever champion of alola

>>29803838
Silver wasn't trying to be Champion either.

>>29803897
Doesnt matter. Hugh was battling gyms

Gladion can be seen as an opponent at best because he never shares goals with us

>>29803901
Are you dumb? Of course he was

>>29803916
Doesn't matter, Game Freak has labelled Gladion as the Rival.

>>29803901
Pretty sure he says when you first fight him he wants to become the strongest trainer.

>>29803916

Nigga how dense can you be?

The creators of the game themselves literally call him a rival.
I can see why N is disputed, but this is just going too far. Your personal definitions do not have higher precedent.

>>29803747
>what is gen 1
>what is frlg

>>29803916
No Gladion can only be seen as a rival since that is what the game considers him.

>>29803958
"Nigga" then you're deluded aswell because GF calls Hau a rival aswell, check the site, trailers etc

Is Gladion the next Wally? With people debating on if he's the true rival or not?

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>>29803839
Underrated

>>29803980
The game is not called Sun and Moon then but Niji because thats the code used in OST

WE'VE BEEN LIED ALL THIS TIME

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>cucked out of the strongest starter to yours
>cucked out of the rival position
>PT regardless of gender cucked him for Lillie's affection

Hau an hero when

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>>29803756

>>29803678
Not only he isn't the rival, but unlike other rivals that aren't RSE's, he uses an "elemental" Pokemon in the second battle already, and this time 2 of the starters are weak to it.

>>29804016
The PokeSpe manga will probably pair him with Chicken-chan
Unless the madman pairs Chicken-chan with Gladion and Sun with Lillie

>>29804001
He is the rival , Hau is the shauna of gen 7

>>29804016
Lillie, my wife, is so nice.

>>29804001
Find out on the next episode of "Not This Thread Again! "

>>29803998
>Your Friend Hau
>Hau is a Pokémon-loving young boy with a big appetite! He's the same age as your character. When you move to the Alola region, he makes friends with you right away. He has a real weakness for malasada, a famous treat in the Alola region, and he is always in search of malasada shops. He is a big-hearted boy who really loves Pokémon.
>no mention of being your rival
>battle theme is VS Friend

>>29804016
>Hau can literally lose Lillie to chickenchan

J U S T

>>29804066
https://twitter.com/realshigerum/status/738363831978762240

kys faggot

>>29804130
>*Parody Account*

>>29804016
Try looking into OBS if you don't like watermarks on your capture.

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>>29804130

>two number 9's, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45's, one with cheese, and a large soda

Anon...

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>Champion fight
>Doesn't even have 6 pokemon

>>29804001
That was N.

>>29804199
well he's not the champion, you are.

>>29804199
>He doesn't know that this is you DEFENDING your champ spot
Like holy shit are you a shitter.

>>29804227
>>29804247
Kukui had 6 pokemon and he was challenging the champion, why can't these other faggot challengers bring a full team.

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>want my chicken-chan to be with Hau from the get-go
>it will be HauxLillie and GladionxChicken instead
I like Gladion but I love Hau more ;_;

>>29804130
"Parody account" I hope this is bait

>>29804016
Has Hau beaten May/Brendan as the most weakshit rival? Even Bianca had character growth and a better team than Cheren pre-E4.

>>29804485
May/Brendan were arguably redeemed by ORAS tbqh, even if one could say Wally still came out on top by the end (conversely though, Wally didn't improve THAT much).

Hope it won't delve into MCs pairing again like BW and BW2 while ignore all other rival/NPC. I will be really disappointed if the author is dumb enough to pair Sun and Chicken-chan and wrote off Lillie.
Manga love edgelord rival though (Green,Silver) so Gladion probably got Chicken-chan if anyone except Sun would. Hau is too similar to Shauna/Bianca so he would be likely to get btfo the most. (I think Shauna's role as love interest was removed and got paired with Tierno instead in the manga)

>>29804505
Yeah, but I dock points from May/Brendan and Calem/Serena just for being your opposite gender counterpart. Takes away the character's feeling of identity.

Also, I don't know how pathetic Hau is just yet, but I honestly felt bad breaking Calem/Serena's spirit over the course of the game. Gamefreak doesn't seem to want NPCs to do anything other than suck your dick. After 20 years, Barry and Blue are still the only rivals who actually feel like they're actively trying to compete with you. Cheren comes close but he concedes too easily with each loss.

>>29803678
>rivals are still a thing
That's the true reason it's dead

>>29803838
Maybe he is rivalling you in some other field, huh?

>>29803678
>Hau
>main rival

He's just a cuck.You even get the affection of the girl he likes.

>>29804631
As someone with the .cia, Hau is an XY/ORAS character in a game where the characters are SLIGHTLY more diverse (by Pokemon standards), thus it feels like he's extremely one-dimensional compared to everyone else to the point that he's being shit on for it. At least Calem/Serena find their own resolve by the time you get to Kiloude.

>>29803678
Wait until next generation
>you choose a move that isn't super effective
>opponent points out you have a better move
>you can choose your move again

>>29803958

N was never called a rival that I recall and he has a hat, only protags can have hats. If he was called a rival it was red herring.

>>29804562
>pair Sun and Chicken-chan and wrote off Lillie
Can't wait for that. But they will probably be friend like DPPt and XY anyway.

ASSEMBLE HAU PROTECTION SQUAD! GO GO GO!

>>29805117
I do enjoy how he's so completely oblivious to how he's the most useless piece of shit on the planet that other characters find ways to appreciate him

>>29805156
Yeah, in-universe everyone just adores this nigga. Even Mother Beast Lusamine with her 'Sweet Hau'.

>>29804860
>start game
>immediately crowned champion, given box legendary as your starter
>pokedex 100% complete immediately because of internet and others filling it for you prior
>you can 3d print masterballs and various other items

>>29803747
Blue, Lance, and the new champ all use starters

>>29805366
When did Lance ever use a starter?
What gen?

>>29805558
charizard in gen 2

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>main rival gets to use the same starter as you do
>captcha is palm trees

>>29805841
>starter line split evo memes become meme magic'd into reality
>rival always chooses the same starter as you
>but evolves into the split evo opposite of the one you choose

>>29803769
A girl from the manga. You mean Blue

>>29803769
Someone who doesn't exist?

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>Takes three islands to actually add something to his team besides his fucking pikachu

I find it cute that Gladion's the Chicken's rival. He's sure to fall in love with her eventually.