{"id":220126,"date":"2021-03-20T12:41:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T12:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/pokemon-sword-shield-fan-beats-game-anime-inspired-team\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T12:41:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T12:41:20","slug":"pokemon-sword-and-shield-fan-beats-game-with-anime-inspired-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/20\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-fan-beats-game-with-anime-inspired-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Sword and Shield Fan Beats Game with Anime-Inspired Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Pokemon Sword <\/em><\/strong>and Shield<\/em><\/strong> have been out for almost two years and the discussion on whether or not the protagonist is the rival has been a talking point since launch. For many players, the protagonist’s relationship with Hop, the game’s friendly rival, is the inverse of what the series has been known for leading up to\u00a0Pokemon Sword<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0Shield<\/em><\/a>. Instead of having a rival to be the foil for the protagonist, the protagonist ends up being the foil for Hop.<\/p>\n

Throughout the game, Hop’s dream of catching up to his brother Leon, the undefeated Galar champion, is constantly challenged by one giant roadblock. No matter how much progress Hop makes in his Pokemon journey, how many badges he collects, or how many trainers he defeat, the protagonist continues to defeat Hop each and every time. There are other rivals who end up giving Hop a difficult time, much so to the point that Hop becomes an underdog<\/a>. Being the “rival protagonist” in\u00a0Pokemon Sword<\/em> and\u00a0Shield<\/em> makes this Redditor’s accomplishment in beating the Pokemon League with\u00a0Pokemon<\/em>‘s most famous rival a coincidence.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Pokemon Fan Imagines Every Starter as Mimikyu<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rather than being a simple\u00a0rival to Hop<\/a> in\u00a0Pokemon Sword<\/em> and\u00a0Shield<\/em>, one Redditor decided to embrace Gary Oak in all his glory. Redditor smithdoug21 recently posted an image of him beating the Pokemon League with a team based on Gary Oak’s team in the Pokemon<\/em> anime, several of the Pokemon being shiny variants of their original counterparts. Gary Oak has historically been the rival to anime protagonist Ash Ketchum, always being several steps ahead of Ash. Perhaps the most well-known example of this was Gary leisurely showing off his ten gym badges, which was more than enough to enter the Pokemon league.<\/p>\n