Gen I through V rivals
A Rival is a Trainer Class in the game that battles you often throughout the main storyline, often being a childhood friend or a bully and hater to the player. When your player picks a Starter Pokémon, the rival will have a type advantage over your starter with the exception of Dawn or Lucas, especially Bianca, who all choose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage. Wally starts out with a Ralts, rather than a conventional Hoenn starter.
Main Rivals[]
| Kanto | Johto | Hoenn | Sinnoh | Unova | Kalos | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blue/GreenJP |
 Silver |
 Brendan (if player is a girl) |
File:May Emerald-1-.png May (if player is a boy) |
 Wally |
 Barry |
File:Cheren B2W2.png Cheren BW |
File:Bianca B2W2.png Bianca BW |
File:B2W2 Rival.png Hugh B2W2 |
 Calem (if player is a girl) |
 Serena (if player is a boy) |
Other Rivals[]
| Johto | Sinnoh | Kalos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ethan (if player is a girl) HGSS |
 Lyra (if player is a boy) HGSS |
 Lucas (if player is a girl) |
 Dawn (if player is a boy) |
 Shauna |
 Tierno |
 Trevor |