Blue has the advantage of being an actual character in the game, instead of just "the final battle". he's a good rival, because he's an asshole and you hate him, but he's not an outright evil person, so you can imagine eventually resolving your rivalry and coming to see him even as a friend.
He got a slight redesign for Yellow, to be more accurate to the anime. He looked smug before, but now he looks downright cocky.
But if you thought that was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet. I mean, look at this little prick. Look at that sneer, that vanity, that expression of utter contempt at the idea of you challenging his attitude. Dude could out-smug Draco Malfoy, and that's saying a lot.
Blue makes a fitting champion, not because of his stature, but because of his history with you. And he's dressed relatively casually, like you are - because you could easily be standing in his place. Gone are the old guard, the old bags and hermit monks and dragon mages, now it's time to fight that asshole from next door who's always been standing over you.
Then, in a fitting twist, Blue takes up the Viridian City gym after Giovanni departs to parts unknown. It's nice to see that he's mellowed out a bit, and taken up real responsibility. Because he IS skilled, after all. And when he's not being a dick about it, he turns out to make a fine gym leader. Though Viridian is still lacking any actual earth tones, because he just rolls with his all-round team anyway.
And I understand that he isn't wearing the same shirt as before, but I would've liked to see him still wear something purple. Like I said, he's hardly repping dat Ground-Type, so no need to throw out the old colors.
Overall: 9/10
Gary blue is gary blue.
ReplyDeleteAll I can add here is that this guy has the most sprites there are.
So many different sprites.
And so balanced, even without his starter
He is good by beeing an ass