Garren
Onduru ruragittan disukaa
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On Tubeline Bridge, there's a gang of bikers who pop up every Friday and challenge you to a battle. The interesting thing is that, depending on the first Pokemon in your party when you defeat them, they will change their name in honor of your strength.
And what is the original name of the group? The Black Empoleon. This is quite odd because, being that they appear before the Elite Four, no one uses an Empoleon, so it's a weird choice. Considering how they'll change their name when you defeat them, it goes to reason that in the past someone with an Empoleon defeated them hence their group, when you first meet them, being named after a Pokemon foreign to the region.
Tubeline Bridge is rather close to the Elite Four, so it can be assumed that a strong trainer who passed through there and defeated the Blacks was likely headed towards the Elite Four.
Now, there is a certain character in Gen IV who utilizes an Empoleon in every battle, and his design can be said to even echo Empoleon to an extent, and that character is Darach, who Gamefreak in a recent Nintendo Dream Interview mentioned was closer to Caitlin then it would seem.
Thus, basically, I think that Darach has recently passed through Tubeline Bridge on his way to see Caitlin and defeated the Black Biker Gang (who probably had a different name prior) with his Empoleon, causing them to change to the "Black Empoleon" prior to the player coming across them.
So...thoughts?
And what is the original name of the group? The Black Empoleon. This is quite odd because, being that they appear before the Elite Four, no one uses an Empoleon, so it's a weird choice. Considering how they'll change their name when you defeat them, it goes to reason that in the past someone with an Empoleon defeated them hence their group, when you first meet them, being named after a Pokemon foreign to the region.
Tubeline Bridge is rather close to the Elite Four, so it can be assumed that a strong trainer who passed through there and defeated the Blacks was likely headed towards the Elite Four.
Now, there is a certain character in Gen IV who utilizes an Empoleon in every battle, and his design can be said to even echo Empoleon to an extent, and that character is Darach, who Gamefreak in a recent Nintendo Dream Interview mentioned was closer to Caitlin then it would seem.
Thus, basically, I think that Darach has recently passed through Tubeline Bridge on his way to see Caitlin and defeated the Black Biker Gang (who probably had a different name prior) with his Empoleon, causing them to change to the "Black Empoleon" prior to the player coming across them.
So...thoughts?
