What are you going to name your character/rival?

[chikoritalover16]

I don't know. My friend was playing my Gold on a new game and got farther than I was in the saved game, so I saved it and now my friend is the main character and I'm the rival. So I might still name the main character after my friend, and name the rival something different (??? ftw!) or a default name.

Or I could just go the usual route and give myself the main's name and think up something uncreative for the rival.
Defy gravity!

[ZenAkrua]

I AM GOING TO CALL HIM NUBCAKE. Because that's what he is. |D

Lol no, probably name him Marshall after my douchebag ex boyfriend. Orsomething.

[Mario with Lasers]

Whoever names their rival anything different than "???" deserves to have their DSes split in half. You heretic people.

For the sake of trading;
Me: EmpoBona
Rival: Ranran Ruu (cookie for who gets the reference)

Ronald McDonald =)

[Truongman4life]

oh geez. i usually name the main character "Johnson" cuz thats my name.

for the rival tho, i'll just do what i did when i was a little kid, from fire red, name the rival "Dumbass"

[Genis94]

Heart Gold- Player=Sora/Roxas Rival=Roxas/Axel
Soul Silver- Player=Gold Rival=???

I never got to name my rival ???, so i might as well XD

[Mawile412]

me-Lilly
Rival- Vlad

as in Vlad Dracula Or whatever

[Louispierce]

I'm gonna name the character Louis and not sure on rival

[SuperSilver]

I have a brilliant idea, I'm going to name my character my actual name, Charles.

[Jolesy]

Dude I always used to call in the old games my rival Gary and in GSC ???. Sometimes even the period. No clue why. I was a literal kid. That is what it was suppose to be. In the show that jerk was Gary. And red haired dude said it was ???.

I used to look in my yearbook and find cool looking names cuz I don't like any part of my name. Now it's Tommy for my rival [I like that name] and Jolesy for me.

I'd like to put it Red Haired Dude. I love that.

[dkman54321]

I will be Gold. My rival shall be silver.

Aren't I creative? XP

[Zenotwapal]

SoulSilver:
Me: Clark or Kal-El
Rival: i named him ??? in the past, but Now: Luthor

HeartGold:
Girl Character (i always play the opposite gender on the other game): Jody
Rival: I have no clue.

[zeno48]

I'm going to name my rival silver because that's what i did in my silver version lol.

[Wulava]

I'm just going with their default names.

[megaman12]

I will do a mix up and call my self silver and my rival gold lol.

[WynautQueen]

As usual, either Ri or Reanna for my character. For my rival, I don't know. I'm often at odds what to use, something cool or something silly.

[PKMN Legend Anthony]

SS Hero - Anthony
HG Hero - Selphie

SS Rival - Bob
HG Rival - Ryan

[Pokemon-Dratini]

well ima gonna get Soul-Silver (i hate Ho-oh for some reason)
I always name my character Saru
and my rival of course always is Suzu

[The Flash]

I'll name my character after me. And my rival something degrading, i feel it gives me an upper hand.

When i play through with my brother's game to mess around it might be something ridiculous...like Howie.

[Kiseki]

If I ever get SoulSilver, I would name my character "Cerina," my would-be Pokemon character name. As for the rival, I would name him after someone I dislike. :P

[EvilPikachu79]

I'm still deciding.
Me: Hikaru
Rival: Duncan/Sai

Or just for the hell of it:
Me: Zatch
Rival: Zeno

[Splitzman]

I'll probably name my character Bret and the rival Steve (childhood names that had an impact in my life).

[Kikas123]

Just spit balling some names here in the form of Character/Rival
Mustaine/Hetfield
John Henry Eden (If it fits)/Lyons
John McCain/ Obama
BILLY MAYS/ Vince
Jesus/ FSM
Anon/ Twitter,Youtube, etc.
Texas/ Mexico
USA/ USSR (With Pokemon named after states)
My Name/ ???

[yesterdays_cloud]

Fred/Red (and Red works really well as a name for Silver)

[SuperSilver]

Fred/Red (and Red works really well as a name for Silver)

But Red is the final battle dude... don't take that from him.

[Mystic Power]

Leigh/Silver = hero/rival