Pokémon Red and Green beta: Difference between revisions

Before the U.S. release of Red and Blue, screenshots were released of a {{ga|Blue|rival}} battle with the text "The BLUE wants to fight!". While this text would work with a typical Trainer, such as "The {{tc|Lass}}" or "The {{tc|Hiker}}", as they were not given personal names until [[Generation II]], it would cause problems with [[Gym Leader]], [[Elite Four]], rival, and game link battles, leaving them to end up as "The [[Misty]]" or "The [[Lance]]", as these Trainers did not at the time have titles, only their names. Because of this, the "The" article was dropped in the final version of the game, leading to the somewhat odd sentence style used until [[Generation III]] of "[Trainer's class/name] wants to..." In the first rival battle, the text says "The ASH wants to fight!" "The ASH sent out (Starter Pokemon)!"