He’s a conflicted character, a polarising character. Like most characters in these games, Arven is a character with great depth. But it’s those moments of downtime between those fights, where it’s just you and Arven and a couple Pokémon hanging out, chatting about the past, figuring out the future, that’s where Pokémon Scarlet and Violet shines. Now, sure, there is all the stuff about defeating gigantic Pokémon too, and that’s a bit… y’know, whatever, you hit the big Pokémon and win. If it’s not obvious enough yet, I think Nemona is probably the best rival in the series, and her section of the story might not be the most mind-blowing, but it is the most satisfying when you finally get through it all. She’s written in such a way that you can’t help but want to get stronger. She’s encouraging and hopeful for you, and it genuinely feels like she cares about how well you’re doing. There’s other characters along the way that you’ll meet, and they’re great too, but Nemona is the main draw here. She’s a battling prodigy who swept through the region’s strongest trainers without a second thought, and she thinks you’ll be the same.ĭespite the gym challenge storyline being the more subdued of the three, it’s hard not to like Nemona. She wants you to win, to get stronger, to fight back like nobody else has before. Because she longs for a challenge and right now, nobody’s got the skills to take her down. So why is she following you around? Because she’s bored. She’s a damn good trainer, and she knows it. She’s not trailing in the footsteps of somebody else like Hop and Hau both did with Leon and Hala, respectively.
There’s no “oh no I lost a battle and now I’m sad” storyline for Nemona, as we saw with, ahem, other rivals in the past. Instead of your rival plodding along, covering the same beats you do, Nemona is off doing her own stuff, only popping in every now and then to cheer you on and test your skills a bit. It’s a nice turnabout on what’s become a fairly tired trope for the series at this point, and it pays off handsomely in the league storyline. She’s an accomplished trainer, with a fever for battling, and she’s also already reached champion rank.
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