Rival Names?

[LiteTheIronMan]

Are you going to name Silver notSilveratall? Or are you unoriginal and going to leave him at default?

...I'm unoriginal. In both HeartGold and SoulSilver, I'll leave him at default.

[SK]

I'll name him Joe, and my main character will be Bob, as usual.

[Magmaster12]

Since Silver isn't a name even though it's his default one I'll call him Steve.

[GreenLiquid]

I'll name him Silver in one, and something more clever in the other. I can't be too unoriginal.

[Flare Soru]

I always name my rival Duoche
switch the o and u

It's epic.

[Cat333Pokémon]

"???" all the way!

[Pikaluv1]

I'll just name it ? xD

[Velociraptor78]

As of March 13, 2010, 3:50 PM EST:
HeartGold; LiteIron or Lite if it's too long.
SoulSilver; Either Silver or Galileo.

[mattRlive]

i will name him evil don't ask why

[SK]

Originally Posted by Flare

I always name my rival Duoche
switch the o and u

It's epic.

My friend's friend once named his rival (ssA) on Crystal.

Reverse what's in parentheses.

[Nightshade]

I'm gonna probably call him Ryu or something like that.

[Luxray13579]

Well I'm going to leave it at default.

[SK]

What is the default, Gold or Silver depending on which game you have?

[Fubab_107]

Probably Default or some Generic name like Bob or Steve

[piexing]

In the first generation games I always named Blue after someone I hated, but I think I'll use "Mittens" here. I nevar had Gold, Silver, or Crystal.

[Shadow]

I'll name my rival in SS 'Zack'.

[masterzhangcaosun]

My SS Rival: Light
My HG Rival: Kira

Yes I know extremely unoriginal but he is the ultimate bad guy/hero

[Bread]

I named my rival "Toast" Platinum, and I'm thinking of doing the same thing for Heart Gold. I can't remember what my rival's name is in Pearl...or Diamond for that matter, so I'll have to go check.

[Serenade]

Actually, I think that I'll name my rival after whatever my friend names their character, just for the hell of it. Or just something ridiculous...

Palmer: So, your Satan's friend from twinleaf town, I remember....

[Mooshykris]

Silver, of course.

~Chris

[celsosalo]

I called my rival Toshi, from a character from Gin Tama

[Buizel456]

I named him Red, because of his Hair Color.

[Ningamer]

All hail Emo Rival GEOFF!

[Luxray13579]

I have actually named him Soul. In Diamond its Paul and Platinum its Barry.

[Ningamer]

Originally Posted by Luxray13579

I have actually named him Soul. In Diamond its Paul and Platinum its Barry.

Wow, original.
Soul's the default name. As is Barry.

[Ayunnuya]

I usually name my rival after one of my real friends, like JOE or something.

[TheRagingTyranitar]

I always name him "shtfce"

[Quadcentruo]

I named my rival "Nick"
Because me and my friend are pretty much on the same level when it comes to pokemon

[blueumbreon]

I named my rival slick

[Loechai]

I named my rival Juliano. It sounds good with Giovanni in my opinion.

[The Spirit of Time]

I called him "Blade".

[Kyll]

I was lazy.... so i went with default

[Magmaster12]

This time I just pressed start and his name as Soul.

What was Giovanni thinking?

[bunnygirl]

i name my character krist or tiana~ and then my rival after someone in my life who I dislike... LOL. ^_~

[Luxray13579]

Originally Posted by bunnygirl

then my rival after someone in my life who I dislike... LOL. ^_~

I did that once. It was funny and amusing.

[RavenTheClaw]

Shock my characters name was (insert smart, black,bird here). My rival was Crow...


Shock i know...

[Yoshizard]

I HG, I named him Silver, and in SS, I named him Gold. Original, right?

[RavenTheClaw]

His name in the Manga is just really random...

[RageOfInnocence]

he reminds me so much of Paul, that's what I named him. strangely, I did not remember him at all from playing the orginal Silver (and I think I would remember an arrogant trainer like that?)...

[Quadcentruo]

Originally Posted by RageOfInnocence

(and I think I would remember an arrogant trainer like that?)...

One would think.

[Ningamer]

In past games I've named him either my brother or a friend of the same skill as me. HeartGold though? Geoff.

[RavenTheClaw]

In the anime it is Paul

[Meowth Thats right]

I called mine GARY.

[RageOfInnocence]

Originally Posted by RavenTheClaw

In the anime it is Paul

that's what I mean - when Paul first appeared in the anime, I'm surprised I didn't think "He reminds me of the rival back in Silver..." ....instead, it was the rival form playing HeartGold now who reminds me of Paul...

[isbragg]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

"???" all the way!

Ditto.^^

[masterzhangcaosun]

My HG Rival: Kira (Player name:Chris)
My SS Rival: Edge (Player name:Ivy)

[Quadcentruo]

Just got Hg today (Have had Ss since it came out),
And I think I will name my rival... Bidoof!

No.
Ryan. He looks like a Ryan.

[Dorei_Uchiha36]

I always name my rival Sasuke. I don't know why. I think its funny.

[Turtwig]

lol remembering from Pokemon Silver, I named my rival "???"

[OMGITSJAD]

What Cat said. x3
His name in G/S/C was ??? so it shall always be ???.

[Ayunnuya]

Originally Posted by Dorei_Uchiha36

I always name my rival Sasuke. I don't know why. I think its funny.

Yes, I'll call my Redheaded Rival, Sasuke!

[Neo Aurora]

I have always (since Red/Blue) named my rival after a friend of mine named Edwin who went to middle school with me and we used to both play pokemon...cept when the rival's a girl

[A'bom]

I named my rival Derek. No real reason why. Imagine how I felt when I ran into Pokefan Derek just north of Olivine City! Their personalities are polar opposites.

[Sableyed]

I named mine Anthony. It sounds like the sort of name the son of giovanni would have.

[watterfall]

My rival is called Flamez. :3

[SergeiDragunov]

Joe. The ****** boyfriend of my best friend who I also happen to be in love with... I just find it satisfying to kick his ass >=D

[PokeRemixStudio]

I'd name my rival ****ing ****er **** *** **** ***** of a *********************, but that's not going to fit. His name shall be Jordan!

[Dfens]

In SS a friend's nickname.
In HG this same friend's real name.
I synchronized the games with font colours, names and starters x'D

[Technomancer]

I always name male rivals the same.

Erics.

The Battle of The Seven Witches and Erics.

It seriously sounds like a Progressive Metal album.

[RulesAreArbitrary]

Gary Oak, in honor of the first game, where he is always ahead of you.

[JC]

in crystal I named him ??? in my hg and ss I still named him ???, It was the most awesome thing for me to tell my friends that I was battling "Question Mark Question Mark Question Mark" I looked like an idiot saying it.

[Idno58]

My brother called his rival Banana. I remember in silver I didn't know what rival meant 'cuz I was five so when it said "Rival's Name?" I called him Rival.

[GoldndSilver7]

Is that even a damn question

BAD ASS RYAN ALL THE WAY

[SuperEspeon25]

Originally Posted by Magmaster12

Since Silver isn't a name even though it's his default one I'll call him Steve.

Thats odd since I got HG I named him Silver but i did get the English version

[Leaftail]

I usually name my rival Ethan but since they made the protagonist's name Ethan, I decided to name my rival Darren, after a guy from a story I'm writing.

[The Tropius of Tropiuses]

I named him SILVER(Unoriginality FTW!). Forgot to put in lilttle letters in, though.

[RotomGuy]

I named him Fredson! But some reason it later got changed to Fredon

[TrdrsPokeTrader]

I always name mine after my little brother Brendan

[Shiny]

I named my Rival "D00d" in SS
In HG I named him "******" :3

[BeyondTheFail]

I named my rival Damian in HG. Partially after one of my little brother's false friends (my little brother thought the kid was a friend, still does, said kid's a jerk), partially because it sounded like a jerkish name.

[_.-Mew]

Mine is Two. MEWTWO!

[AuraKnight]

I named him Silver. Because, with all this rennaming, we had to have at least one main character keep his name. Plus, the Manga is too good to not reference.

[Roxas]

I named my rival "Emmett" after my old rival from BYOND. My friend Ben's rival is named after me, "Gareth"

[SpikyEaredPichu96]

I named him Paul, like the guy from the anime.

[Gatorade]

Named him "gaf" but say it backwards.

[Dead4life]

i named him ******

[Twiggy]

I let the game name it. So I end up with "Soul" in HeartGold.

[Daniella]

I always name him Kamon. I dislike calling him Silver.
When I was younger I used to name myself Sonic and call him Miles. lol. Back in the Crystal Days.
But anymore I call him Kamon, Black, or sometimes MAGAX.

[GalliumGrant]

I named my Rival "Badass". No joke.

[Light Arceus]

Just of the heck of it I named my rival Cyrus and I named myself Neji (unknown reason). Yes, my Ss is only Gen IV game where I chose the male player.

[Elaine]

Phoenix, after my boyfriend.

[SilverX]

I'm Silver, so in order to prevent confusion I named him after my Brother.

[20Hz-Howitzer]

i named him osama

[Squirtle102]

I named mine The Thief. So when they asked me who stole it I said The Thief did.

[Light Arceus]

I went Naruto style on my HeartGold. I called my (female) player Hinata and my rival was Kabuto. lol

[Elaine]

I just restarted on SS, and his name is Tsundere. It is quite amusing playing through the game thinking he's a Tsundere.

[Maztaroth]

I named him Wuul, due to random clicks and ending up with that name xD

[L]

Ryan... I always choose the name Ryan. Why? I have no idea.

[Clydemoose]

RedSkull. Not inspired by the supervillain Red Skull.

[LugiaDialga]

In SoulSilver I named the punky rival, Badazz. Yeah... silly, I know. ^-^;

[Wildfire28382]

Originally Posted by GalliumGrant

I named my Rival "Badass". No joke.

for pokemon heart/soul that's a pretty appropriate name i called him Mary btw :3

[MultiWishMaker]

For some reason or another I always end up calling him Hector....but that's a whole different journey into the mind of a crazy guy. :3

[Reshiram5]

I couldn't think of of name so I left it up to my bro. The next time I saw my rival at the top of Sprout Tower, I was like "????, you named him Joseph" I got used to it actually is a cool name.