So what's the lore reason for any of them not participating in the tournament?
>>58395045they are gym leaders, why would they do that?
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>>58395045It's because they're all jobbers, have you played XY?Random no-name trainers in this game have more team members and megas on average than them
>>58395045The tournament is Lumiose City-only, they live in different towns/cities besides Clemont.
>>58395068Gym leaders canonically hold back by adjusting their team comp based on your badge level. Not every game implements rematches to showcase their real team but that is the case outside if maybe Sword/Shield. Even in SV, Larry has a stronger team for his elite 4 fights.
>ViolaRetired to be a breeding sow>GrantFell off his rocks and cracked his skull>KorrinaGenuine question since her family are the Mega Keepers>RamosDied of old age>ValerieShe's at least mentioned in the game so that's better than everyone else. Became an alt girl, guess she gave up on becoming a Pokemon>ClemontAlso genuine question since his fucking tower goes schizo mode. Can't believe Game Freak just fucking ignored him for this story>OlympiaAscended to another dimension>WulfricDied of old ageActually going back on this list of jobbers, really the only questionable absences are Korrina and Clemont. There's more important characters missing from the game like Sycamore, Dexio, Sina, Diantha and Malva, most of these are actual Lumiose Natives
>>58395045The rest of Kalos project has started!
>>58395045The Kalos gym leaders were really unmemorable and people don't care about them
>>58395106It's hilarious how they could have prevented this by simply setting the game 100 years in the future. Yeah sure Lysandre wouldn't be around anymore but who cares he does nothing in this game anyway.
>>58395104I was expecting this cope, but now how do you explain that in the Battle Chateau, they still run shitmons and no megas?Korrina and Diantha use their Megas there. Why would the rest of these losers still be holding back?
>>58395045Same reason why Nemona, Penny and Arven are nowhere to be found in the second DLC of SV, there are new characters now
>>58395045Because they have their own gym in their own town and not Lumiose City?The only egregious exclusion is Clemont. They should've just thrown in a line about how Quasartico gave Clemont an office in the tower because he's a genius inventor and now he's off to study abroad or something.
>>58395177So why does every gym leader in previous games with a tournament have the chance to join?
>>58395158Nigga your epilogue?
>>58395045yeah it is quite stupid. the game being set only 5 years after x and y makes it even more stupid than if it was set in modern day. Did every gym leader and character from X and Y really go MIA in that period? They don't even mention the legendary heroes from X and Y that saved the world.
>>58395272Because they were coded in with the idea in mind? This question is stupid, they simply didn't bother this time. Unless you want hope with a C that this is gonna be DLC, which in return is gonna be another thing locked behind a pay wall.
>>58395045>>58395106At the very least, Korrina needs to be in DLC.
Adding them in means that they need to give all of them dialogue and explained how tf things changed so much within 5 years and they don't want to do that
They could have at least had a line saying the Lumiose gym moved out of town while the renovations were happening. I don't feel anyone else needs an explanation though, not that I wouldn't want to see Viola and Korrina again
>>58395506Shut up. Bargaining through DLC is what allows this shit to happen.
>>58395142Because Gamefreak is incompetent and screws shit up sometimes. Not every little thing is lore adherent. BW2 has Cheran explicitly say he's holding back because he's a gym leader and would rather use his real time alongside Origins having Brock explain that was the system. BW2 also has the PWT where old gym leaders use their real team.
They did throw in a line about Clemont, that he’s still a gym leader and inventing things Also Korrina is in the game
>>58395045They all got Smash/MK7 Waluigi'd, that's hilarious
>>58395045They actually have jobs
>>58395567>Also Korrina is in the gameproofs or BTFO
