Will we see the new Battle Tower tycoon in D/P?

[Cybersai]

All of the Battle Frontier brains were featured last season, but in the D/P games there is a new head to the Battle Tower, Palmer. Will we see him in the anime? The writers even seem to be showcasing the full Elite 4 this time, so will he be left out?

It may seem strange because his son, the yellow-haired rival, is probably going to be ignored in the D/P series like Wally and Brendan were ignored in AG.

So if his son doesn't appear, do you think we'll see Palmer in the anime?

 

[FabuVinny]

With the handling of the Battle Frontier as a saga, it could go either way. Since he probably won't appear for a few years what will happen may depend on the third game.

 

[peno]

Wait, that DP rival is prof. Rowan's grandson. So, isn't Palmer Rowan's son? If so, then we can expect Rowan's cameo with his son. But of course, Palmer still can't be Rowan's son, just because his son is Rowan's grandson.

 

[Zeta]

Erm, the Diamond and Pearl rival isn't Professor Rowan's grandson.

 

[peno]

He is. He called Rowan Grandpa at least once in the game.

 

[The Realist™]

Okay so wait, The male rival in D/P is the son of Palmer, right?

 

[Zeta]

He is. He called Rowan Grandpa at least once in the game.

"Gramps". As in making fun of Rowan's age, not a literal recognition of relation. He's a total stranger to Rowan when they first meet.

 

[Cybersai]

Okay so wait, The male rival in D/P is the son of Palmer, right?

The yellow-haired rival is the son of Palmer, that's why he looks just like him.

 

[peno]

"Gramps". As in making fun of Rowan's age, not a literal recognition of relation. He's a total stranger to Rowan when they first meet.

Oops. All right then. I seen I still am not as good in english as I think I am, when I missed it's joke :banghead:

 

[Habunake]

If Game 3 of DP turns the Battle Tower Island into a new Battle Tower, and Palmer is the Tower Tycoon...then, maybe.

Or if they have a mini-arc on said island, maybe where the E4 is?

 

[The Realist™]

The yellow-haired rival is the son of Palmer, that's why he looks just like him.

Figures, because when you talk to his mother, she goes, "That boy is always in such a hurry, I wonder who he takes after?". Exposed.

 

[Nando]

There's something else even stranger. When you defeat Palmer the first time, he tells you to "keep getting better and growing in stature...just like your father did." But he never names the main character's father.

On a wild guess I'd say it's Cyrus...he does seem to know who you are the first time you run into him, even though it could be because you beat down Mars before that...

 

[Luis92]

i say he prbly would be shown in a season after Sinnoh League Championships

idk really since you meet him afer beating elite 4 and completing Pokedex

jus a stupid idea of mines

maybe he's also hired by Scott

 

[Zeta]

On a wild guess I'd say it's Cyrus...he does seem to know who you are the first time you run into him, even though it could be because you beat down Mars before that...

I do not like the way everyone immediately leaps to the Darth Vader situation to explain the absentee fathers.

 

[Arseus Ex Machina]

On a wild guess I'd say it's Cyrus...he does seem to know who you are the first time you run into him, even though it could be because you beat down Mars before that...

It's DiamondShipping all over again!

 

[FabuVinny]

Palmer could be the Harrison/Tyson of the Sinnoh League.

 

[Nando]

I do not like the way everyone immediately leaps to the Darth Vader situation to explain the absentee fathers.

Would you care to give a better guess, then?

 

[Habunake]

Arceus.

He is all our father.

 

[paperfairy]

I DID find it eerie that Cyrus already knew my name, and don't see why he COULDN'T be Lucas/Dawn's father.

Yes, I think Palmer will make an appearence in the animé.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I saw a Japanese fanart suggesting that Cyrus was Paul's father. I should have saved that one.