Today’s hot take.
@pokemon-legends-and-legacies and I throw around a lot of different ideas and sometimes we strike gold. Another point in favor of this is Rood is Dutch for “red.” BW is usually considered to replicate Gen 1 in ways, almost like a reboot. Trying to capture the feeling of first playing those games. Hilbert even allegedly having a more similar design to Red because of this. So for his secret absent father to essentially be named Red…
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