Wes

Wes レオ Leo
Art from Pokémon Colosseum
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Orre
Relatives	None
Class	Pokémon Trainer, Player character
Generation	III
Games	Pokémon Colosseum
Team	Team Snagem
Rank	Former member

Wes (Japanese: レオ Leo) is a young man who lives in the Orre region of the world. He is the protagonist of Pokémon Colosseum.

Wes rides around Orre on a very high-tech hovering motorcycle.

Little is known of Wes' past. He has apparently been with his Pokémon, Umbreon and Espeon, for years, possibly since childhood. Wes joins Team Snagem for unclear reasons and presumably leaves once he becomes disgusted with their actions.

Before he does, he plants a bomb to totally destroy Team Snagem's headquarters and steals the portable version of the Snag Machine - a device that can turn Poké Balls into Snag Balls - which can be used to catch Pokémon already owned by other Trainers.

Equipped with this device, Wes wanders around until he rescues Rui from some kidnappers in Phenac City.

Wes and Rui set off to uncover the conspiracy behind Cipher, Team Snagem, and Shadow Pokémon.

Wes' actions eventually attract the attention of both Ho-Oh and Celebi, indicating that he must care deeply for all Pokémon.

However, shortly after defeating Cipher and snagging/saving most of the Shadow Pokémon, there are reports that "Wes" started attacking people with a Shadow Togetic. Wes, with the help of News reports and Kidz Grid, managed to track down the imposter to Outskirt Stand, where he was in the middle of attacking one of the people nearby. He then battled and defeated the imposter and then snagged his doppelganger's Shadow Togetic. The imposter is later revealed to be an ex-cipher Peon who had wanted to exact revenge on Wes for shutting down Cipher, and declares his success in ruining Wes's reputation. However, Orre forgives Wes after realizing their mistake.

Wes' past is never fully explained, although some conjectures can be drawn from dialogue within the story. Wes fits in well at Pyrite Town (one character even remarked that he would), suggesting that he doesn't have that much of a problem with petty crimes like thievery. He seems to have once had some sort of father/son dynamic with the head of Team Snagem, Gonzap.

With this in mind, it's possible that when Wes initially joined Team Snagem, they were a petty organization that was limited to thievery and minor crimes. However, when Team Snagem started to kidnap Pokémon, Wes rebelled and abandoned the organization.

Wes is the oldest hero ever featured in a Pokémon game. While most other protagonists are intended to appear around 11, Wes was designed to be 17 years of age.

His whereabouts after the events of Pokémon Colosseum are unknown. Because neither he nor Rui appear in Pokémon XD, he may have followed Rui to her home town, a currently unknown location. The duo's heroic acts in bringing the first Shadow Incident to an end, are remembered by people in Orre, though their names are not mentioned to Michael, presumably due to the fact that the names are chosen by the player.

In the manga

Wes in Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo

Wes also appears in the manga adaption of Pokémon Colosseum.

Optional names for Wes

English

• Seth
• Thomas

Japanese

• ユータ Yūta
• タツキ Tatsuki

Trivia

Wes is the only player character in the main series to have two starter Pokémon.

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