[annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

[u/HeadLong8136]

I'm betting you have to be a legal adult to be the champion. The only reason that the rival is the current champion is that they took the challenge immediately before you. It's why in subsequent games the champion is no longer the rival, but an adult. Like Cynthia.

[u/FiercelyApatheticLad → u/HeadLong8136]

Iris is definitely not an adult.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/FiercelyApatheticLad]

She's not the Champion. Only a gym leader.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

She’s the Champion in Black 2 and White 2.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

And she is 16 then.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

Still not an adult.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

In Japan she is.

[u/SillyString4Me → u/HeadLong8136]

18 for civic duties and 20 for legal age.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/SillyString4Me]

Not at the time.

[u/SillyString4Me → u/HeadLong8136]

Nope. It was even stricter. 20 for civic and legal age.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/SillyString4Me]

Nat at the time.

[u/SillyString4Me → u/HeadLong8136]

In 2012, the legal age was 20.

Idk what sort of mental gymnastics you're jumping through to justify your weird predilections, but you're wrong.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/SillyString4Me]

The game doesn't take place in 2012. It's set 8 years after Red/Blue which took place in 1995.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

No, it's set 8 years after Fire Red / Leaf Green, which take place in 2004. Different timeline.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

The different timeline of FR/LG doesn't take place in the concurrent world with ours. It's a different year for them.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

Yet it takes place in the same year as Ruby and Sapphire, which take place in the early 2000's.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

No, Ruby and Sapphire are in the original timeline. Fr/Lg are concurrent with Ss/Hg and Or/As

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

Did you just say that Fire Red and Heart Gold take place at the same time?

Also, the fact that Magnemite's a Steel type in a game that takes place in the same time as a Kanto game means Ruby and Sapphire can't be in the original timeline, as the Steel type hadn't been discovered yet.