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==In the core series== | ==In the core series== | ||
In the [[core series]] games, the player characters are [[Pokémon Trainer]]s beginning their [[Pokémon journey]]. They | In the [[core series]] games, the player characters are [[Pokémon Trainer]]s beginning their [[Pokémon journey]]. They start their journey in their [[hometown]] by getting a [[starter Pokémon]], a Pokémon that appears very early in their native [[region]]'s [[Regional Pokédex|Pokédex]], and is usually of the {{t|Grass}}-, {{t|Fire}}-, or {{type|Water}}. The region's resident [[Pokémon Professor]] will always give them this, as well as a Pokédex. Starting in {{game|Crystal}}, players can also choose their character's gender. Usually, they have [[rival]]s who begin their journey at about the same time. Players take part in several events, and meet a great number of Pokémon and people during their adventure. A common target is to conquer a [[Pokémon League]]'s eight [[Gym Leader]]s and [[Elite Four]], and become the {{pkmn|Champion}}. Several additional side-quests occur during and after each game's main plot. | ||
To date, only one player character has reappeared from an older generation in a role other than that of the player. In [[Generation II]] and the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|Generation IV remakes]], when {{ga|Ethan}} or {{ga|Kris}}/{{ga|Lyra}} travels to [[Mt. Silver]] and reaches the deepest point of the cave, {{ga|Red}} is found, utterly silent as he was under the player's control. At the time of these games' respective releases, {{OBP|Red's Pikachu|game}} was the highest-leveled Pokémon owned by an in-game Trainer ({{ga|Barry}}'s fully evolved starter Pokémon temporarily surpassed the standard set in Gold and Silver until the release of their remakes, HeartGold and SoulSilver). Red reappeared in {{game|Black and White|s|Black 2 and White 2|2}}, in the [[Champions Tournament]] of the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and again in the [[Alola]]-based [[Generation VII]] games, as the leader of the [[Battle Tree]] with {{ga|Blue}}. | To date, only one player character has reappeared from an older generation in a role other than that of the player. In [[Generation II]] and the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|Generation IV remakes]], when {{ga|Ethan}} or {{ga|Kris}}/{{ga|Lyra}} travels to [[Mt. Silver]] and reaches the deepest point of the cave, {{ga|Red}} is found, utterly silent as he was under the player's control. At the time of these games' respective releases, {{OBP|Red's Pikachu|game}} was the highest-leveled Pokémon owned by an in-game Trainer ({{ga|Barry}}'s fully evolved starter Pokémon temporarily surpassed the standard set in Gold and Silver until the release of their remakes, HeartGold and SoulSilver). Red reappeared in {{game|Black and White|s|Black 2 and White 2|2}}, in the [[Champions Tournament]] of the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and again in the [[Alola]]-based [[Generation VII]] games, as the leader of the [[Battle Tree]] with {{ga|Blue}}. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* According to Ken Sugimori, the player characters of {{g|Black and White}}, {{ga|Hilbert}} and {{ga|Hilda}}, were deliberately made to be older than the | * According to the May 2010 volume of [[CoroCoro]] Comics and Ken Sugimori in the January 2011 volume of Nintendo Dream, the player characters of {{g|Black and White}}, {{ga|Hilbert}} and {{ga|Hilda}}, were deliberately made to be older than the player characters of previous games.<ref name="Lava">Nintendo Dream volume 201 ([http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-4/ translation])</ref> | ||
** According to game scenario author [[Toshinobu Matsumiya]], Hilda and Hilbert were initially visualized to be at the age of 16.<ref>[http://archive.is/THahx Twitter | マツミや @matsumiyan]</ref> | |||
* Most of the male characters that {{Ash}}, the main character from the [[Pokémon anime]], has encountered have been from side games, like {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}}. The only counterpart of a male player character from the [[core series]] games who has met Ash is [[Ethan (game)#In the anime|Ethan]], in [[M13|the thirteenth movie]]. | * Most of the male characters that {{Ash}}, the main character from the [[Pokémon anime]], has encountered have been from side games, like {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}}. The only counterpart of a male player character from the [[core series]] games who has met Ash is [[Ethan (game)#In the anime|Ethan]], in [[M13|the thirteenth movie]]. | ||
* {{ga|Red}}'s dialogue during his appearance as an [[Non-player character|NPC]] reflects the games' player characters' status as silent protagonists. | * {{ga|Red}}'s dialogue during his appearance as an [[Non-player character|NPC]] reflects the games' player characters' status as silent protagonists. | ||
