Silver (game)

Silver (Japanese: シルバー Silver) is a character from Pokémon Gold and Silver and their remakes. He acts as the rival of the game, occasionally challenging, taunting and arriving just in time to stop whatever the player was doing. He is the son of Giovanni, who was long rumored to be his father. He also has a deep hatred for Team Rocket due to his father leaving him to go do strenuous training after his loss to Red.

Training Techniques
Silver seems to favor strong Pokemon and likes to use the Dragon's Den as his training ground. After many defeats at the hands of the player, he starts to train his Pokemon with kindness.

Pokemon
At first, Silver likes to steal other trainers' Pokemon rather than capture his own, like the starter that has a type advantage to yours and a Sneasel from Cianwood City, but he eventually learns to take care of his Pokemon properly, as seen by the fact that he has a Crobat, Gengar, and Alakazam.

Trivia

 * Some hackers know how to play as Silver. Though it is not recommended as it is hacking and it may cuase damage to the game.
 * Despite Magneton and Sneasel gaining evolutions in Generation IV, Silver's Magneton and Sneasel do not evolve into their final forms when battled at their highest levels. This may be due to Magneton needing Mt. Coronet to evolve and Sneasel needing a Razor Claw.
 * Silver's team in Pokemon Stadium 2 consisted of Mewtwo, Lugia and Ho-oh.