Gen 5 rumor mill thread

Here's what Spidey was talking about. All of your rivals change sprites (aside from Wally, and Silver in HG/SS); but in R/B/Y/G, his look changes drastically to show how much more he matures through the game. I didn't notice it before, because as a kid, I used my imagination to fill him in as the Gary Oak from the anime because the graphics weren't exactly so great so I didn't pick this up very well and the poses were what really struck me before just on the grounds of seeming more "epic" at the very end when he became the champion, but I've decided to rethink this. In my opinion, the idea worked there- and there alone; but I still think it should have happened in FR/LG. This guy was a truly good rival in comparison to wimps like Wally and that Barry scrub who almost stole that title from Red. What I like is that he's been there since the very, very beginning of the game and from what the instruction booklet says; even before the beginning of the game- and that he's always there on your journey, and the fact his sprite shows him maturing really helps that- it seem like I was journeying with my Pokemon for a long time, and that I've been against going against that rival for so long. When I saw my rival who I'd known for so long through that neat visual effect as the champion I'd have to go against to beat the game, it felt like it really boiled down to that moment, and it was just amazing. I thought Silver was a pretty cool rival too; I liked how he was always there to seem strong and always be there to go against you, but no matter how hard he tried, his ways would never triumph- but I don't think the aging idea would have worked quite as well there. The trainer you didn't choose in and Wally S/R/E didn't quite have any feeling at all for me; and with Barry, I was thinking that he was just there to be annoying; aging wouldn't really do so much there at all.

I hope the rival in this game is a good one, but I'm pretty doubtful after the past games that weren't remakes.

Ah, and I was lurking /v/ last night and saw someone bring up the idea of romancing certain trainers and gym leaders in Pokemon Black and White; but I'm sure it was just a "what if" or just plain a hoax. What do you guys think about that?