Ikr HOW TF DID HE DO THAT HE ABUSES POKÉMON AND THEN HIS GOLBAT JUST SAID "WELP...THINK IM GONNA EVOLVE AFTER THE PAIN U CAUSED ME EVEN THO I NEED FRIENDSHIP TO DO SO..." I fucking hate Pokémon logic
+Eren Yaeger it's character development. He becomes kinda to his pokemon as the story progresses and having a Crobat is a sign of this. It's also shown by the way he walks with his starter and the way he acts towards you at the end, and the fact that he tries to return the starter that he stole to Elm
I know the manga its own separate canon, but it has a similar moment where in one of the last fights of Gold and Silver, Silver's Feraligator uses a full power return. Both are cool pieces of character development!
I always found that to be the opposite. Silver's development always got more recognition. Though, that's probably because it was more major and focused on.
Yeah, Chikorita doesn't really fit him. A lot of Pokédex entries mention the sweet and gentle nature of that line. While with the others are literally like "you're gonna die if you agitate them"
I like how at the end of the game, his starter is following him and he has a crobat now. Really shows his development. Silver was always my favorite rival and always will be. He’s also just as cool in the manga.
You can actually tell when he starts to realize his ideologies might be a little off. It seems like he starts to question his own motivations out loud in some dialogue
Now here's the reason Silver is such a good rival and character. Remember his Golbat? That pokemon that wasnt evolved even when you battled him in Kanto. His Pokemon evolved into Crobat in the Rematch. After all these battles he finally realized that his Pokemon are friends and not Tools and that they only reach their full Potential if the bond between trainer and pokemon is strong enough. In the end Silver turned from an asshole into a trainer respecting his team. -and then we have Zyrus who for whatever fucking reason somehow has a crobat.-
His entire team was made out of those sorts of Pokémon: ones that seem worthless at first, but if you can look past the flaws and cracks, you can find the true beauty and power they are capable of
People always compare Gladion to Silver but I think the huge difference between them is that Gladion deeply cares about his Pokèmon, and Silver didn't give a damn until the very end of the game.
They have similar traits such as both having bad parental figures and a disdain for the respective evil teams of said parental figures, and are both angsty emos, along with both having a Sneasel… But that’s about where the similarities come to a halt.
This was the first and only time where ever got an actually villain as a rival. If gamefreak is smart they'll revive this kind of character as a rival again.
Stanley Franks Yeahhh, but that's not what I mean. I don't want a fight where you had just learned him to be evil. I want the guy (or girl, whatever) to be a known villain, which would contribute to his terrifying persona. He's evil, and no one can stop him, because he's the champion.
He doesn't have any friends to trade with lol In the manga, due to a mix-up, he has to trade his Pokemon with Gold and then get them back, and through that, some of his Pokemon evolve.
He'd be kinda op if he had a weavile and magnezone Weavile has speed and atk. it can sweep your team if you dont have a counter. and magnezone has def and sp.atk
Blue: -His Grandfather is the most famous professor -His Grandfather also doesn't remember his name Silver: -His father is Giovanni -Has daddy issues -His father got rekt by a kid May -Her father is a professor -Her father also got rekt by a Poochyena Bary: -His father is a member of the Battle Frontier -Doesn't have daddy issues However -Got dad's bumping issues
Silver: Edgy rival, with evil parent. Uses Pokemon in the Zubat and Sneasel lines. Gladion: Edgy rival, with evil parent. Uses Pokemon in the Zubat and Sneasel lines. Coincidence?
최영준 actually I’m pretty sure it’s/as well as honchcrow it’s a far cry but in the team galactic theme on 3ds he’s depicted with a honcrow but not a crobat or a Weavile and I’d see weavile being his main but the super slim and fast shape of weavile seems to suit someone more like silver
I personally believe that Silver holds up far better than any rival in the franchise. Compared to Blue, the other rival that people tout as the best, Silver actually has quite an interesting character arc over the course of GSC and their remakes, whereas Blue is nothing more than a jackass who doesn’t get his development until this set of games. As the son of Giovanni, revealed through a Celebi event in the remakes as well as in Pokémon Generations, it’s shown that Silver doesn’t exactly hold his father in high regard. I’d assume he was mostly self-taught and raised, and that he knew nothing of love or compassion by the time of GSC, shown by him blaming his Pokémon for his losses throughout most of his rival battles during Johto and being physically abusive with the player regardless of gender. By the time you get to Blackthorn, he begins to have further development after a talking to from Lance, and his battle in Johto’s Victory Road has him actually acknowledge the player’s skill. By the Indigo Plateau rematch, he’s learned how to show compassion for his partners, as evidenced by his Golbat evolving in a Crobat between Victory Road and the postgame, and he even offered to return the stolen starter to Professor Elm, who let him keep it. All of this, combined with an awesome design and battle theme, convince me that Silver is the absolute best rival in all of Pokémon, better than even Blue and Hugh.
Not trying to be that guy, but they actually revealed that he was Giovanni's son way back in Firered and Leafgreen in Team Rocket's abandoned lab on one of the islands. Not a lot of people remember it, but it was pretty cool.
Idk, Blue improves on the very next game he appears in, and that honestly makes more sense than making him develop in the same game. Then he appears again in Sum and Moon with the trainer character Red. Then in Pokémon Masters him and Red are described as best friends. Blue has 10-20 years of development, which makes him better in my eyes
i really dislike how people are totally ignoring this guy just because he is from the second gen. c'mon man, people are praising hop just because he got a little depressed while this guy has an actual sad backstory?
I grew up with Ruby, played FireRed a lot as a kid, and spent an TON of time on Diamond, but after hearing the original theme for this rival battle, the HGSS remix of the rival theme is without a doubt the best. They took an OK song from the Gameboy and made it sound so badass.
rival daddy issues wants to battle! edit 2020: I'm an incoming college student now and seeing how this stupid comment i made when i was like 13 blew up is kinda cool. (p.s. Silver was one of my first childhood crushes and he's still my fave Pokémon rival bc of his writing and character growth (He's up there with N))
The last rival that actually put up a damn challenge. In fact he put up more of a challenge than gary/blue(/green) did. That's why he's going down as my favorite.
+Just AViewer blue can get out of here. in the game he actually noted you growing as a person and admitting to his losses. silver is a bad person all around, from stealing a starter, to undressing you when your about to raid team rocket, he's the only rival that is actually evil. blue could never hope to compare
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 well Blue is a snarky and arrogant jerk Silver is an angsty social darwinist jerk Brendan is somewhat happy-go-lucky May is too happy-go-lucky Wally is happy-go-lucky Barry is too happy-go-lucky, but with ADHD added on Cheren is happy-go-lucky Bianca is happy-go-lucky Hugh is badass and angsty at the same time Hau is so happy-go-lucky that it's hard to tell if he's a human being Gladion is edgy and emo Hop is happy-go-lucky Bede is a conceited and arrogant jerk Marnie is just a punk country girl who has a bunch of simps Nemona is happy-go-lucky and has a very strange battle obsession
This guy's probably my favorite rival. I know they've pretty much made better rivals out there(Hugh) but, damn, I was in love with Silver as a character for the longest time. HGSS just made it better by giving him a confirmed reason to hate on Team Rocket(Papa Giovanni literally WALKING OUT ON HIS BOY). If that "Ariana is Silver's mom" theory ever gets confirmed, and I doubt it will, that'd give him _even more_ of a reason to be so hateful of everything, especially Team Rocket(also friggin' love his HGSS redesign).
While I agree with you on Silver (he’s my favorite) I don’t think Hugh is better (imo) because all he does is gripe about the stolen purrloin from 5 years back and is hot headed and kind of a jerk to anyone who isn’t the main protag and he doesn’t even get any development really
Duuuuuude 0:48 to 0:58 is just insane levels of talent. Pulling off off-beats like this is incredible. Video game music is modern day talent at its best. Don’t argue with me
I want to see a hypothetical battle between Silver's final team with Giovanni's strongest team (the one in Yellow, I believe). Silver's starter can be Feraligatr since that's what his manga counterpart uses.
Silver's symbolism Feraligatr: the normally mischievous one, turned full-on delinquent by its corrupt trainer Crobat: the one who evolved only after Silver learned about the value of friendship Gengar: the strategic one, who only reached its full potential when Silver found somebody to trade with Magneton: the hardy tank, testament to Silver's changing battle style as his journey continues Sneasel: sneaky just like Silver, ironically stolen from its original trainer who viewed it as an accessory Alakazam: he needed a sixth, ended up being the convenient second trade Pokemon His team does tell you a little bit about the stages of your journey when you were younger. First, you seek a Pokemon you're able to get along with. Then, you seek something a little different, but agreeable. Then, perhaps something so adept at battle when it comes in that it almost feels like hax. Then, there comes the one who fights differently than all of the others. Then the point of the journey comes where you question yourself, and seek out a Pokemon that reminds you of yourself. At last, you fill in that last space on the team, and hope it's enough to win the day.
his Golbat doesn't evolve a Crobat before late into the game, where he's developed and learnt to show love for his Pokemon. He even starts walking around with his starter like you, the player, does ^^
One of the best character developments in a pokemon game is shown by how his Golbat eventually evolved to Crobat due to him realizing his ways of treating pokemon were wrong.
I think the people don't realize how musically complex this piece is. I ripped this music from a rom, looked at it in a DAW, and oh boy... It has 11 midi instrument channels, and all of them constantly swap between instruments ! One track even has 21 instrument changes ! That's so many. Here is the list of all instruments used in this song: - Overdriven Guitar - Distortion Guitar - Drawbar Organ - Slap Bass - Drumset - String Ensemble - Trumpet - Square Wave - Sawtooth Wave - Flute - Grand Piano - Vibraphone - Tubular Bells - Glockenspiel - Pizzicato Strings See ? Total of 15 Instruments ! When listening to this song, you'll probanly focus on the Sawtooth lead, and occasional String Ensemble section, and you're missing out on some stuff that makes this track so complex. Here are some notable examples, headphones reccomended: 0:24 - String Ensemble and Pizzicato Going Crazy in the background 0:48 - Possibly the best drum solo ever created 0:58 - Nice Overdriven Guitar Solo hiding under the Square Lead Huge respect for Mr. Go Ichinose for making this banger of a song, I'll miss the times when Game Freak put actual effort in their games...
@@lmaolol7702 You are correct with the track count, but majority have less instrument changes, or have no instrument changes at all. And you are also correct that Gen 5 had more midi tracks to use. The record goes to PWT Finals Battle theme from Black 2 and White 2, it has over 15 tracks with a ton of instrument changes, two of tracks having even 88 instrument changes ! It's really impressive how a little thing as Nintendo DS can handle such complicated musical data.
@@lmaolol7702You are forgetting that a midi program change (or sseq in this case) take up a lot of bytes. A little more, and the song wouldn't literally play in the game. I recently tried to remix this song and put it in the HGSS ROM. I edited the Tubular Bells part by adding Some String Ensemble melody as well as Guitar, and just like I said, It wouldn't play.
Silver was the G He is my favorite and most Intimidating rival his theme plays out beautifully for him I mean come on this man had Gengar,Crobat,Magenite,Alakazam,(I think),Sneasel,and a starter Like Jesus he is so COOOOL and when he kicks your ass for not minding your own buisness I knew he would be my favorite And for those of you who hate him for being mean.. You didn't complain when Gary did it so don't cry now Gary was just mean for fun Silver had a motiave for what he did he wanted the best Pokemon and you really get to see how much his character develops when you see him in the Dragon Den Ugh.. Silver was just amazing he will and always will be my favorite rival Also his costume is beautiful :p
Why does everybody talk about how gladion has a crobat, showing that he's a nice guy (not even about his silvally in the same boat), but nobody talks about how SILVER has a crobat?
This rival showed the most character development, from being a brat that stole a Totodile, to being a caring trainer that realized his wrongs. I hate how his father abandoned him, but its only made him a better character.
I don’t hate Hau, I find him to be a pleasant character to have but I really miss the douchebag rivals. Like Blue and Silver. I’m happy that they include our edge boy gladion.
Nyta Sam I love Silver because he wants to be strong and develops into an actually nice guy by the end. Blue just kinda exists. Hau is OK and Gladion while a bit edgy, is a cool guy.
Satan The Arbiter In term of character development, Silver is the best example. Especially when we see his golbat evolve into crobat and his Pokémon follow him around.
i actually got really excited when he said "see ya, vizzy!" in mt. moon. like.. a lot more than i should've. pretty sure i started tearing up a little cause he was finally nice to me. i love silver so much it's unreal.
I remember playing the original Gold and being absolutely terrified of this guy, even to the point I wasnt able to play it anymore(I was 7 :P), fast-forward to a few years later, I get HeartGold, and as I played through the game with experience, I got past the fight I was stuck on, and kept playing, and even realized a new-found respect for this guy. Silver is one of my favorite rivals, alongside Wally, Hugh, and Hau(USUM Version)
After the fight in the dragon's den if you go to Professor Elm's lab, the assistant will tell you that Silver has come to apologize and he wants to return the stolen Pokémon because he has finally understood what it means Pokemons and Pokemon battles, the professor tells him that his pokémon seems happy next to him so he better keep it, the assistant says silver left the lab smiling.
I named him Dick. As a 7 year old I thought it was funny, ok it was the newest curse word I learned and plenty of old guys named Richard were called that.
I named him ??? way back in Pokemon Crystal, because I was apparently an idiot as a kid and thought that when the police asked for his name I needed to accurately repeat what the game said his name was.
You can see how Silver changed a lot from the beggining to the end of the game when he uses a Crobat in his final battle. A pokémon that evolves through friendship,
I love how there's bits of the theme that goes more slow-paced compared to the rest of the song. It shows a more in-depth look to Silver's character as a whole.
The fact that this guy continues to talk shit to you despite him losing every battle with you is all the motivation I needed to raise my typhlosion to level 90 and completely annihilate the elite 4 and lance
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i like how he used crobat in last match. the one which have to build the friendship to evolve.
You literally just blew my mind
Ikr HOW TF DID HE DO THAT HE ABUSES POKÉMON AND THEN HIS GOLBAT JUST SAID "WELP...THINK IM GONNA EVOLVE AFTER THE PAIN U CAUSED ME EVEN THO I NEED FRIENDSHIP TO DO SO..." I fucking hate Pokémon logic
+Eren Yaeger it's character development. He becomes kinda to his pokemon as the story progresses and having a Crobat is a sign of this. It's also shown by the way he walks with his starter and the way he acts towards you at the end, and the fact that he tries to return the starter that he stole to Elm
+Eren Yaeger kinder*
Paragade K kept thinking it was meganium cause I chose Totodile so I thought he would always choose chikorita but I was wrong
this guy eventually getting a crobat is a fantastic bit of character development
Ik its so cool
@@blueheaven1048 Crobat is a good boi
I know the manga its own separate canon, but it has a similar moment where in one of the last fights of Gold and Silver, Silver's Feraligator uses a full power return. Both are cool pieces of character development!
And then you realize Cyrus has a Crobat. *This means nothing*
@@jamesdinius7769 May be that Crobat wished for the end of the world too.
Silver and Gladion team up.
Rival Daddy Issues and Rival Mommy Issues want to battle.
The Atomic Cherry “get out”
Their duo name would be called Parent Problems
Ooooooooooooooooooo
LEAVE PL EAS E
This comment section makes me want to facepalm.
Blue gets character development: Everyone notices.
Silver gets character development: No one notices.
I always found that to be the opposite. Silver's development always got more recognition.
Though, that's probably because it was more major and focused on.
yeah, all people ever seem to talk about is how they hate him because he's mean. like he never changed at the end of the game 🤔
We live in a society
Big Boss Paul SSR big chungus
I just love your profile pic!
...So this is famous Elm Pokemon Lab.... .... What are you staring at?
The quote of the day
Is this why windows are white in many paintings
lol
*Kicks right to the balls*
*Sent flying two meters away*
Your butt
This is oddly epic for battling a lv. 5 chikorita
Yeah, Chikorita doesn't really fit him. A lot of Pokédex entries mention the sweet and gentle nature of that line.
While with the others are literally like "you're gonna die if you agitate them"
I always choice chikorita, My chikorita is love
I choose Cyndaquil its my fav so Totodile fits him
@@ernicojay08 yeah it really do
@@floretestreams1906 c y n d a q u i l i s b o s s
First time I played Gold version, I named the rival ???... because that's what the game told me his name was!
This guy is going places
I did the same damn thing, i wanted to be honest to the police officer in the game xD
I named him "rival" because it said "rival's name" when you were given the option to name your rival.
good times...
You are not alone sir.
I named him "passerby" because that's what it said he was😂😂😂 I wasn't the smartest at the time😅
I like how at the end of the game, his starter is following him and he has a crobat now. Really shows his development.
Silver was always my favorite rival and always will be.
He’s also just as cool in the manga.
He is badass in the manga!
Wish his last Rematch going foward had Weavile and Magnezone tho, NGL.
Manga Silver. Don't even get me started
You can actually tell when he starts to realize his ideologies might be a little off. It seems like he starts to question his own motivations out loud in some dialogue
The only rival who actually shoves you. Not even Gladion was edgy enough to do that.
What about Barry
@@geneticmutation382 barry runs into you on accident. with silver he intentionally shoves you
@@noahh9043 It almost seems like barry does it on purpose at some point because he never fucking stopppsssss
Gladion, as it turns out, was a precious cinnamon roll all along.
He wouldn't shove you.
I mean, Hugh straight up assaulted a Team Plasma grunt
Now here's the reason Silver is such a good rival and character. Remember his Golbat? That pokemon that wasnt evolved even when you battled him in Kanto. His Pokemon evolved into Crobat in the Rematch. After all these battles he finally realized that his Pokemon are friends and not Tools and that they only reach their full Potential if the bond between trainer and pokemon is strong enough. In the end Silver turned from an asshole into a trainer respecting his team. -and then we have Zyrus who for whatever fucking reason somehow has a crobat.-
That's a pretty good point, I never realised that.
He was also the antithesis of what a good Trainer should be.
Cyrus just faked being friends with his crobat to get it to evolve.
~~all for the mass universally genocide suicide~~ we should make a lord fawfull song of this line
His entire team was made out of those sorts of Pokémon: ones that seem worthless at first, but if you can look past the flaws and cracks, you can find the true beauty and power they are capable of
"That dragon fucker told me I was an asshole! Maybe he was right..."
pokemon golder reference?
James Romarate might be
+00thisisnotreal00 Yes it definitely is
+00thisisnotreal00 i hate losing! it's almost like winning hates me!
"You don't get to be Pokémon League Champion without learning how to spam *Full Restores!*"
Since I was a kid I've wanted that jacket
Looks like the zipper broke and he just gave up trying.
Hello Kazemaru
last year i saw someone with a jacket that looked like that one and i started fan-girling
Wtf, i readed "Since i was a jacket I've wanted that kid" at first ._.
I have a jacket like that
People always compare Gladion to Silver but I think the huge difference between them is that Gladion deeply cares about his Pokèmon, and Silver didn't give a damn until the very end of the game.
At least he learns, theres a reason he ends up with a crowbat later
Character development
That's not true
They have similar traits such as both having bad parental figures and a disdain for the respective evil teams of said parental figures, and are both angsty emos, along with both having a Sneasel… But that’s about where the similarities come to a halt.
honestly one of my favorite remastered themes. gamefreak really put their heart and soul into this theme.
yeah this song is gold
Ha, Heartgold and Soulsilver
The bit where the bells come in is absolutely fantastic, and the constant switching of the drum track go so hard
Fr, also nice pun lmao
Ahaha “heart and soul” nice :)
This game will forever stay in my heart
And soul (SoulSilver)
@@User-v3b1kreal
This was the first and only time where ever got an actually villain as a rival. If gamefreak is smart they'll revive this kind of character as a rival again.
Wouldn't it be cool? Also, we seriously need an evil champion. That would be SICK.
Ethan Berry N/Ghetsis sorta were evil champions
Stanley Franks Yeahhh, but that's not what I mean. I don't want a fight where you had just learned him to be evil. I want the guy (or girl, whatever) to be a known villain, which would contribute to his terrifying persona. He's evil, and no one can stop him, because he's the champion.
Ethan Berry a bit like giovanni being the last gym leader in the original
Thy tryed with N
What's really a shame is he never uses any of the Gen 4 Evos for his team such as Weavile and Magnezone. those would've been great!
I'm pretty sure your last battle with him he does evolve his sneasel and magneton.
he doesn't
He doesn't have any friends to trade with lol
In the manga, due to a mix-up, he has to trade his Pokemon with Gold and then get them back, and through that, some of his Pokemon evolve.
+iRazenrak Then how do you explain him evolving his Kadabra and Haunter in his final battle?
He'd be kinda op if he had a weavile and magnezone
Weavile has speed and atk. it can sweep your team if you dont have a counter. and magnezone has def and sp.atk
The original Gladion
Edit: The replies in here are just flaming Paul from the anime.
Jennifer Shope I say difference in his Pokemon Adventure incarnation. He is Caesar while Gold is Joseph and Kris is Lisa Lisa.
Don't tell me........
*THAT'S A MUDAFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE!?*
YES! it's true.
*SHIIIIIIIIIZAAAAAAA*
Yes
I never appreciated this theme enough when I was younger
Same :/
it's alright
Same here oh my god. This Is one of my favorite soundtracks
The beginning tho
I definitely did appreciate it but my love for HG and SS themes have only grown since then after so many cookie cutter nice guy rivals
This theme was stuck in my head through the whole period of school
You're lucky.İ wanna memorize this badass song too.
Same
Gen 2: Silver wants to battle!
Remakes: Silver wants you D E A D
Yesterday I personally ruined Silver's reputation in Heart Gold in the phase after Bugsy, using only Spearow lvl 17 and Pidgey lvl 16
Best rival ever.
Nah Barry is second because well Barry's theme and design
+Joshua Adams This is Wally you ignorants
Roi_Sora Hau is best rival.
Agreed. The only rival to go as far as to steal his own pokemon.
Zjura Unyielding
Gladion and Type: Null? I know you commented awhile ago, but your argument is invalid.
The Dragon Tamer told me I should treat my Pokemon with love??? SCREW HIM!!!
He actually did
In Kanto. His Kadabra, Haunter, and Golbat are evolved, which either evolve by friendship or by trading with friends.
He got friends?
That dragon fucker Lance told me I was an asshole! Maybe he was right...
I m quite surprised that he has friends
Honestly don't see why people hate him. He's had it so rough, ofc he'd be a bit prickly. I see myself in him a lot. Silver deserves a lot of love
Idk if that's a good thing
Rival Silver has the best fashion sense out of all of them, imho
*_C H A N G E M Y M I N D_*
A B S O L U T E L Y
Actually I’d argue marine and bede in sword and shield have way better style.
His dad got that bread lol
He looks like the male version of kasane teto, kasane ted
0:30 - 0:58
Still my favorite part in this theme, especially the bells
Same
huge agreed
0:24-0:38
The Bells. Ahhh
Blue:
-His Grandfather is the most famous professor
-His Grandfather also doesn't remember his name
Silver:
-His father is Giovanni
-Has daddy issues
-His father got rekt by a kid
May
-Her father is a professor
-Her father also got rekt by a Poochyena
Bary:
-His father is a member of the Battle Frontier
-Doesn't have daddy issues
However
-Got dad's bumping issues
Thudding issues
Thx
@@Ethan-rs2fb same
Gladion
-edgefuck
-mommy issues
-for some reason in a team of gangsters with ya bOI
If it wasn't for Palmer's thudding issues, we wouldn't have Barry now would we : )
Silver: Edgy rival, with evil parent. Uses Pokemon in the Zubat and Sneasel lines.
Gladion: Edgy rival, with evil parent. Uses Pokemon in the Zubat and Sneasel lines.
Coincidence?
Tsuki i think not
Gladion is btec silver
I accept
Crobat-Weavile lines were actually one of Cyrus' mains
최영준 actually I’m pretty sure it’s/as well as honchcrow it’s a far cry but in the team galactic theme on 3ds he’s depicted with a honcrow but not a crobat or a Weavile and I’d see weavile being his main but the super slim and fast shape of weavile seems to suit someone more like silver
Edgy rivals in pokemon are my whole world honestly I adore them
I personally believe that Silver holds up far better than any rival in the franchise.
Compared to Blue, the other rival that people tout as the best, Silver actually has quite an interesting character arc over the course of GSC and their remakes, whereas Blue is nothing more than a jackass who doesn’t get his development until this set of games.
As the son of Giovanni, revealed through a Celebi event in the remakes as well as in Pokémon Generations, it’s shown that Silver doesn’t exactly hold his father in high regard.
I’d assume he was mostly self-taught and raised, and that he knew nothing of love or compassion by the time of GSC, shown by him blaming his Pokémon for his losses throughout most of his rival battles during Johto and being physically abusive with the player regardless of gender.
By the time you get to Blackthorn, he begins to have further development after a talking to from Lance, and his battle in Johto’s Victory Road has him actually acknowledge the player’s skill.
By the Indigo Plateau rematch, he’s learned how to show compassion for his partners, as evidenced by his Golbat evolving in a Crobat between Victory Road and the postgame, and he even offered to return the stolen starter to Professor Elm, who let him keep it.
All of this, combined with an awesome design and battle theme, convince me that Silver is the absolute best rival in all of Pokémon, better than even Blue and Hugh.
Not trying to be that guy, but they actually revealed that he was Giovanni's son way back in Firered and Leafgreen in Team Rocket's abandoned lab on one of the islands. Not a lot of people remember it, but it was pretty cool.
Blue becomes better in the sequel games it seems.also what about the other rivals?
Idk, Blue improves on the very next game he appears in, and that honestly makes more sense than making him develop in the same game. Then he appears again in Sum and Moon with the trainer character Red. Then in Pokémon Masters him and Red are described as best friends. Blue has 10-20 years of development, which makes him better in my eyes
What about N?
@@astick1715 he isn't really a "rival"really
It smells like *character development* in here
i really dislike how people are totally ignoring this guy just because he is from the second gen. c'mon man, people are praising hop just because he got a little depressed while this guy has an actual sad backstory?
@Ano Sora Gen 2 has a lot of flaws actually
Silver: UUUUHH...
@anosora2032 Gen 2 is kinda like Gen 1 but slightly better.
But Gen 4's Johto is lowkey peak, as the DS Era of Pokemon was
@@tear959at least gen 2 is not overrated like gen 1
I grew up with Ruby, played FireRed a lot as a kid, and spent an TON of time on Diamond, but after hearing the original theme for this rival battle, the HGSS remix of the rival theme is without a doubt the best. They took an OK song from the Gameboy and made it sound so badass.
Hugh and wallys theme tho :^)
Gold: Quit bothering me Asshead!
Rival: My name, is Buttsex!
*H E H* .....
Well, a culture man
IT'S NO USE!
TAKE THIS!!!
XD Wrong silver but they do share similarities.
It's not that dangerous to go alone
NO
ARIN WINS! SILVER WINS! SONIC WINS!
Omachao: look out! He's gonna use his psychic knife!
Silver: ho ho, I'm gonna stab ya
rival daddy issues wants to battle!
edit 2020: I'm an incoming college student now and seeing how this stupid comment i made when i was like 13 blew up is kinda cool. (p.s. Silver was one of my first childhood crushes and he's still my fave Pokémon rival bc of his writing and character growth (He's up there with N))
XD
Neddy I called him Dingus lol
To be fair, his father is Giovanni. The leader of Team Rocket.
Neddy Wrong his name is Butt.... sex....
Alysa Shut the hell up, Golder references are old and outdated.
We need more rivals like him. Not friendly ones
Yup correct.
*FRIENDLY RIVAL*
-Pokemon , 2018
Those aren't rivals, those are friends.
@@Ayesha-uv9sn I'll fine you on Barry's behalf.
And if you look closely enough, you will see a wild Gladion doing an overly edgy pose
THE DRAGON FUCKER TOLD ME I'M AN ASSHOLE.
Maybe he is right.
o i never hear him say that when i was playing the game
It's a Pokémon Golder reference, man.
My name is BUTTSEX!
+A Nigga Pokemon Golder refrence
pokemon battle are worthless
i bought silvers jacket, totally worth it
Shadow Hedgehog YOU CAN BUY SILVERS JACKET
LINK *NOW* PLS
well i dont have the link but ebay and etsy are two i saw it on (i got mine on esty)
Shadow Hedgehog Oh ok
Nice.
For how much? A Kanto bicycle?
Silver is best tsundere.
A marine biologists would disagree
@@borkerman yare yare
@@borkerman YaRe YaRe
what the fuck he actually acts like one what the fu-
Marnie is
Silver = best rival
@@max-bv7sf strong idiotic rival+Kanto=Blue
Nah it would be blue since that shocking twist in redblueyellow version as a champ b4 u he was just over the top rival of the century
No Barry is dum-dum
The last rival that actually put up a damn challenge. In fact he put up more of a challenge than gary/blue(/green) did. That's why he's going down as my favorite.
His team is level 60s though...
shad0w8 but what about Hau in his title defense battle?
Silver flexing with his Gucci belt
*Daddy Issues Enabled*
Silver is now my favorite rival
He was all ready my favorite
silver was always my fav rival
The best rival ever
I disagree. ORAS WALLY FTW
+ales hvalc Yep him and Blue..
+Just AViewer blue can get out of here. in the game he actually noted you growing as a person and admitting to his losses. silver is a bad person all around, from stealing a starter, to undressing you when your about to raid team rocket, he's the only rival that is actually evil. blue could never hope to compare
Well at least none of them are your friends that you hang out and go for coffee and stuff like in every other generation
I at least like cheren for being analytical and smart
The bass line is absolutely amazing 0:42 to 0:56 , specially the lick at 0:50, as a bass player this is gorgeous !
Silver : Weavile ? Magnezone ? I don't know those Pokémon !
He's red haired, his father is black haired. Much consistence, very Kappa, wow.
Silver: Weavile? Magnezone? Pfft anybody got time for that XD
Silver: Weavile? Magnezone? ain't nobody got time for sinnoh
***** The location could've been Route 10.
***** COULD
Lucky1998 I evolved it in HGSS. Suck on that.
That wacky high synth in the left speaker makes this version so incredible.
We need more rivals like Silver. The others just seem too... Happy go lucky to me.
Blue, Hugh, Barry, Cheren, Gladion, Bede, Hop after Bede defeats him, and Marnie: Am I a joke to you?
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 well
Blue is a snarky and arrogant jerk
Silver is an angsty social darwinist jerk
Brendan is somewhat happy-go-lucky
May is too happy-go-lucky
Wally is happy-go-lucky
Barry is too happy-go-lucky, but with ADHD added on
Cheren is happy-go-lucky
Bianca is happy-go-lucky
Hugh is badass and angsty at the same time
Hau is so happy-go-lucky that it's hard to tell if he's a human being
Gladion is edgy and emo
Hop is happy-go-lucky
Bede is a conceited and arrogant jerk
Marnie is just a punk country girl who has a bunch of simps
Nemona is happy-go-lucky and has a very strange battle obsession
This guy's probably my favorite rival. I know they've pretty much made better rivals out there(Hugh) but, damn, I was in love with Silver as a character for the longest time. HGSS just made it better by giving him a confirmed reason to hate on Team Rocket(Papa Giovanni literally WALKING OUT ON HIS BOY).
If that "Ariana is Silver's mom" theory ever gets confirmed, and I doubt it will, that'd give him _even more_ of a reason to be so hateful of everything, especially Team Rocket(also friggin' love his HGSS redesign).
While I agree with you on Silver (he’s my favorite) I don’t think Hugh is better (imo) because all he does is gripe about the stolen purrloin from 5 years back and is hot headed and kind of a jerk to anyone who isn’t the main protag and he doesn’t even get any development really
First time hearing this version - awesome! Love the old versions for the creepiness that 8-bit audio brings.
Every high school bully ever:
....What are you staring at? *kicks you and sends you flying five meters*
Duuuuuude 0:48 to 0:58 is just insane levels of talent. Pulling off off-beats like this is incredible. Video game music is modern day talent at its best. Don’t argue with me
I love Silver as a rival because he has a really diverse team and provides a challenge every battle
I always swept with Ampharos or Crobat.
I want to see a hypothetical battle between Silver's final team with Giovanni's strongest team (the one in Yellow, I believe). Silver's starter can be Feraligatr since that's what his manga counterpart uses.
Dobbs and Vinny theme battle, maybe...?
"Let's battle!"
"With limited gameboy graphics!"
The first time I played SoulSilver and it asked me what his name was, I panicked and thought there was actually a right answer
“I hate losing, like winning hates me!”
and what happens if you win?
HMMPH. I _guess_ I'll battle with you. I mean, you're all weak and stuff. N-not that I like you or anything.
B-Baka.........
ENCHANTMEN WELL THEN HMMPH! IF YOU LIKE TO TRY BATTLING ME! THEN I'LL FINISH HERE BY DEFEATING U IN 2 SECONDS! HMPH!
ENCHANTMEN Das the Pokespe's Silver xD
Stop lol
ENCHANTMEN
I ship
Gold x Silver.
Therefore, I also ship Typhlosion x Feraligatr
Let's just talk about how fucking fantastic this theme is? So underrated.
let's be honest
this guy's starter is a totodile
I mean… isn’t that canon because his mangaverse has that starter…?
That means we have to choose cyndaquil
Like I did
@@aaravdiwakaristhebest translating what you said:
that means we have to choose the good one
well every official appearance of gold, canon and not has just agreed on that gold picks cyndaquil and that silver steals totodile
Eu acho que meganium combina mais com ele
Silver: Who tf are you?
Gladion: im you,but blonde
Silver:who tf are you?
Gladion:Im you, but less interesting in every way
@@goora1866, don’t say that about Gladion he’s better tbh
@@catalyst539 *!illegal comment detected!*
Still the best rival in any of the main series games.
Silver's symbolism
Feraligatr: the normally mischievous one, turned full-on delinquent by its corrupt trainer
Crobat: the one who evolved only after Silver learned about the value of friendship
Gengar: the strategic one, who only reached its full potential when Silver found somebody to trade with
Magneton: the hardy tank, testament to Silver's changing battle style as his journey continues
Sneasel: sneaky just like Silver, ironically stolen from its original trainer who viewed it as an accessory
Alakazam: he needed a sixth, ended up being the convenient second trade Pokemon
His team does tell you a little bit about the stages of your journey when you were younger. First, you seek a Pokemon you're able to get along with. Then, you seek something a little different, but agreeable. Then, perhaps something so adept at battle when it comes in that it almost feels like hax. Then, there comes the one who fights differently than all of the others. Then the point of the journey comes where you question yourself, and seek out a Pokemon that reminds you of yourself. At last, you fill in that last space on the team, and hope it's enough to win the day.
Magnezone: the hardier tank
Weavile: the ultimate sneakster who was able to reach her full potential after he showed her the ways of the razor fang
@@43dl3ntil no offense but his sneasel is a dude
@@ohmeohmicah Oops
Shows no positive emotion to his Pokemon.
Has a Crobat.
Although I suppose you could apply that very same logic to Cyrus...
his Golbat doesn't evolve a Crobat before late into the game, where he's developed and learnt to show love for his Pokemon. He even starts walking around with his starter like you, the player, does ^^
Well yeah, I suppose that makes sense.
But Cyrus tho he's a rulebreaker
probably drugged his pokemon to like him xp
xD or got one of his admins to evolve it for him
Cyrus probably gave his golbat a shitload of proteins and irons, etc. since those increase friendship
God this brings back memories. Excuse me while I try to find my old copy of Silver version
One of the best character developments in a pokemon game is shown by how his Golbat eventually evolved to Crobat due to him realizing his ways of treating pokemon were wrong.
I wish rivals were still douches... I would have been more in love with Pokemon from a long time before I did enjoy it mostly
Yeah, now they are just pointless friends...
Rival Buttsex wants to battle!
amirite
Tuga XD yes, i named my rival dickbutt XD
mine too buttpie!
Nah, that would get old. However, they need to be more challenging, or have some more competitive spirit.
Underrated Pokemon theme that still slaps hard
Now that I think about it HG/SS had a really creative way to name the rival. Instead of "oh no I forgot the name of my grandson"
0:42 - 0:58 makes you feel some certain type of way...
Favorite part
Epic theme
This slaps so hard for 2 level 5s slapping each other
I think the people don't realize how musically complex this piece is. I ripped this music from a rom, looked at it in a DAW, and oh boy... It has 11 midi instrument channels, and all of them constantly swap between instruments ! One track even has 21 instrument changes ! That's so many. Here is the list of all instruments used in this song:
- Overdriven Guitar
- Distortion Guitar
- Drawbar Organ
- Slap Bass
- Drumset
- String Ensemble
- Trumpet
- Square Wave
- Sawtooth Wave
- Flute
- Grand Piano
- Vibraphone
- Tubular Bells
- Glockenspiel
- Pizzicato Strings
See ? Total of 15 Instruments !
When listening to this song, you'll probanly focus on the Sawtooth lead, and occasional String Ensemble section, and you're missing out on some stuff that makes this track so complex. Here are some notable examples, headphones reccomended:
0:24 - String Ensemble and Pizzicato Going Crazy in the background
0:48 - Possibly the best drum solo ever created
0:58 - Nice Overdriven Guitar Solo hiding under the Square Lead
Huge respect for Mr. Go Ichinose for making this banger of a song, I'll miss the times when Game Freak put actual effort in their games...
most dppt and hgss tracks are like that. i think gen 5 upped the limit to 15 tracks.
@@lmaolol7702 You are correct with the track count, but majority have less instrument changes, or have no instrument changes at all. And you are also correct that Gen 5 had more midi tracks to use. The record goes to PWT Finals Battle theme from Black 2 and White 2, it has over 15 tracks with a ton of instrument changes, two of tracks having even 88 instrument changes ! It's really impressive how a little thing as Nintendo DS can handle such complicated musical data.
@@fromixtycomplicated, yes. but not that impressive when you remember it's just a bunch of switches.
@@lmaolol7702You are forgetting that a midi program change (or sseq in this case) take up a lot of bytes. A little more, and the song wouldn't literally play in the game. I recently tried to remix this song and put it in the HGSS ROM. I edited the Tubular Bells part by adding Some String Ensemble melody as well as Guitar, and just like I said, It wouldn't play.
Very interesting, how do i do this for myself with other soundtracks?
Silver was the G He is my favorite and most Intimidating rival his theme plays out beautifully for him
I mean come on this man had Gengar,Crobat,Magenite,Alakazam,(I think),Sneasel,and a starter
Like Jesus he is so COOOOL and when he kicks your ass for not minding your own buisness
I knew he would be my favorite
And for those of you who hate him for being mean.. You didn't complain when Gary did it so don't cry now
Gary was just mean for fun Silver had a motiave for what he did he wanted the best Pokemon and you really get to see how much his character develops when you see him in the Dragon Den
Ugh.. Silver was just amazing he will and always will be my favorite rival
Also his costume is beautiful :p
+Mirai Trunks Also the fact that he made Golbat into Crobat is also very cool
He made his Golbat very happy
Everything in this comment I agree with.
Gary had 10 badges though
@@Thunderbolt5827 Blue not only has 8 badges, but he hands out one too! He also happens to be a great genius.
@@SSJUnderDog is the Sonic version of Silver lol
Why does everybody talk about how gladion has a crobat, showing that he's a nice guy (not even about his silvally in the same boat), but nobody talks about how SILVER has a crobat?
he gets one post-game after he learns to love his pokemon
Cyrus also had a crobat, but he was a bit crazy
All that is left... is cherished memories faded away into the deep dark abyss of your mind.
"I used the toughest pokemon!"
- guy using a level 28 magnemite after 7 gyms
This rival showed the most character development, from being a brat that stole a Totodile, to being a caring trainer that realized his wrongs.
I hate how his father abandoned him, but its only made him a better character.
I don’t hate Hau, I find him to be a pleasant character to have but I really miss the douchebag rivals. Like Blue and Silver. I’m happy that they include our edge boy gladion.
Nyta Sam I love Silver because he wants to be strong and develops into an actually nice guy by the end. Blue just kinda exists. Hau is OK and Gladion while a bit edgy, is a cool guy.
Satan The Arbiter In term of character development, Silver is the best example. Especially when we see his golbat evolve into crobat and his Pokémon follow him around.
Most nostalgic theme for me. Tbh, this is one of Pokemon's best remastered songs.
Just realized gladion and silver have really similar teams
Ynow crobat and weavile
i actually got really excited when he said "see ya, vizzy!" in mt. moon. like.. a lot more than i should've. pretty sure i started tearing up a little cause he was finally nice to me. i love silver so much it's unreal.
Game Freak. PLEASE REMIX INTO HEAVY METAL ROCK
One of the best soundtrack of Pokemon SoulSilver/HearthGold
Edgardo 4567 I too love hearthgold.
I remember playing the original Gold and being absolutely terrified of this guy, even to the point I wasnt able to play it anymore(I was 7 :P), fast-forward to a few years later, I get HeartGold, and as I played through the game with experience, I got past the fight I was stuck on, and kept playing, and even realized a new-found respect for this guy. Silver is one of my favorite rivals, alongside Wally, Hugh, and Hau(USUM Version)
1:20 ... Ahhhh thats bringing back memories of fainted Pokémon just as I was leaving Bugsy's town...
This....
Guy.
Theres something about that crescendo going up and up towards that very mysterious sound after the drop that gives me alot of goosebumps...
This is probaly the best rival theme in pokemon
After the fight in the dragon's den if you go to Professor Elm's lab, the assistant will tell you that Silver has come to apologize and he wants to return the stolen Pokémon because he has finally understood what it means Pokemons and Pokemon battles, the professor tells him that his pokémon seems happy next to him so he better keep it, the assistant says silver left the lab smiling.
I named him Dick.
As a 7 year old I thought it was funny, ok it was the newest curse word I learned and plenty of old guys named Richard were called that.
I named him Jorji
Still dont Know Why i did that
I named him ??? way back in Pokemon Crystal, because I was apparently an idiot as a kid and thought that when the police asked for his name I needed to accurately repeat what the game said his name was.
i...named him kevin because 10 year old me thought kevin was a mean guy name
@@the_real_tabby I named him Bob too lmao
"Ah, kids can be cruel." (LEGO batman movie)
You can see how Silver changed a lot from the beggining to the end of the game when he uses a Crobat in his final battle.
A pokémon that evolves through friendship,
I love how there's bits of the theme that goes more slow-paced compared to the rest of the song. It shows a more in-depth look to Silver's character as a whole.
I remember break dancing so hard to this when I was 14
When I was little and couldn't really read, I named him AAAAAA because I didn't know what I should do. xD
Im no judjing you
"AAAAAA" wants to battle!
My name... Is AAAAAAAAAAAAA
this guy reminds me just o paul whenever i see the look on his face when i start battling him
The fact that this guy continues to talk shit to you despite him losing every battle with you is all the motivation I needed to raise my typhlosion to level 90 and completely annihilate the elite 4 and lance
Me: Tired, and forgetting to heal
silver wants to know your location
BEST RIVAL
Listening to this with headphones is a whole new experience. 11/10.
0:24 I don't know what it is, but I really like that part.