May (game)
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| May ハルカ Haruka | |
 Art from Emerald | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Hometown | Littleroot Town |
| Region | Hoenn |
| Relatives | Mom, Norman (as player) Professor Birch, unnamed mother and brother* (as rival) |
| Class | Pokémon trainer, Player character |
| Generation | III |
| Games | Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald |
| Anime counterpart | May |
May (Japanese: ハルカ Haruka) serves as the rival in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, should the player choose to play as the male character. She is also the female choice in the games, but May is never among the default names for the character.
The Generation III games broke from the tradition of naming characters as their respective game colors, such as Red in the Generation I and Generation II games. As such, May's counterparts include May from the anime, Sapphire in the Pokémon Special manga and Haruka from Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪.
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Pokémon
This listing is for May's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.
Unlike in previous games, May's starter Pokémon does not evolve into its final form.
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
First Battle (on Route 103)
Second Battle (on Route 110)
- Level 20 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
- Level 18 Wailmer (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
- Level 18 Numel (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
- Level 18 Shroomish (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
Third Battle (on Route 119)
- Level 31 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
- Level 29 Wailmer (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
- Level 29 Numel (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
- Level 29 Shroomish (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
Fourth Battle (in Lilycove City)
- Level 34 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
- Level 32 Wailmer (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
- Level 32 Numel (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
- Level 32 Shroomish (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
- Level 31 Swellow
Pokémon Emerald
First Battle (on Route 103)
Second Battle (in Rustboro City)
Third Battle (on Route 110)
- Level 20 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
- Level 18 Lombre (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
- Level 18 Slugma (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
- Level 18 Wingull (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
Fourth Battle (on Route 119)
- Level 31 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
- Level 29 Lombre (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
- Level 29 Slugma (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
- Level 29 Pelipper (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
Fifth Battle (in Lilycove City)
- Level 34 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
- Level 32 Ludicolo (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
- Level 32 Slugma (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
- Level 32 Pelipper (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
- Level 31 Tropius
Other names for May
The default names for May as the female playable character in the games are as follows:
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Trivia
- May is the only female rival in the games.
- In Ruby, one of May's default names, Terra, is probably a reference to Groudon being a Ground-type. The same can be said of Marina, in Sapphire, possibly referencing Kyogre as a Water-type.
| Player characters |
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| Red | Leaf | Gold | Kris | Brendan | May | Lucas | Dawn Todd Snap | Wes | Rui | Michael | Solana | Lunick | Hajime | Hitomi | Mark | Mint | Lucy Fleetfoot |
| Rival characters |
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| Blue | Silver | Wally | Pearl Brendan | May |
| This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |
