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'''May''' (Japanese: '''ハルカ''' ''Haruka'') is the female choice for the [[player character]] in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} and their [[Generation VI]] remakes, [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]. She also serves as the [[rival]] in the same games if the player chooses to play as her male counterpart, {{ga|Brendan}}.
'''May''' (Japanese: '''ハルカ''' ''Haruka'') is the female choice for the [[player character]] in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} and their [[Generation VI]] remakes, [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]. She also serves as the [[rival]] in the same games if the player chooses to play as her male counterpart, {{ga|Brendan}}.
==Terminology==
She is named '''May''' (Japanese: '''ハルカ''' ''Haruka'') when she appears as a [[non-player character]] in the [[Generation III]] games and their [[Generation VI]] remakes. She is also known by {{mas|May|the same name}} in [[Pokémon Masters EX]].
She is known as '''Anna''' (Japanese: '''アルファ''' ''Alpha'') in pre-release media for [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]. She is named  '''エミィ''' (''Emy'') in some screenshots of {{game|Emerald}} on the Japanese Nintendo website.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bpej/frontier2/index.html Pokémon Emerald on Nintendo] (Japanese)</ref>


==In the core series games==
==In the core series games==
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* As the [[player character]] (along with {{ga|Brendan}}), they are the only set of player characters that have both a [[mother]] and a father present in the {{pkmn|games}}.
* As the [[player character]] (along with {{ga|Brendan}}), they are the only set of player characters that have both a [[mother]] and a father present in the {{pkmn|games}}.
* Before Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, May and Brendan were the only rivals whose [[starter Pokémon]] does not reach its final form.
* Before Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, May and Brendan were the only rivals whose [[starter Pokémon]] does not reach its final form.
* Screenshots of {{game|Emerald}} on the Japanese Nintendo website refer to May as "Emy" (Japanese: '''エミィ''').<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bpej/frontier2/index.html Pokémon Emerald on Nintendo] (Japanese)</ref>
* Pre-release media for [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]] referred to May as "Anna" (Japanese: '''アルファ''' ''Alpha'').
* One of {{SSB|Pokémon Trainer}}'s palette swaps in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]] has a color scheme based on May's appearance in {{game|Emerald}}.
* One of {{SSB|Pokémon Trainer}}'s palette swaps in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]] has a color scheme based on May's appearance in {{game|Emerald}}.
* Similarly to Brendan, May's attire in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is mainly based on her appearance in Emerald, though some elements are also taken from her appearance in {{v2|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}.
* Similarly to Brendan, May's attire in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is mainly based on her appearance in Emerald, though some elements are also taken from her appearance in {{v2|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}.