Pokemon: Retired Champion

“I tried gardening,” Leon sighs. “My Roselia judged me.”

We sat down with three former Champions to find out. Red’s “retirement” is the stuff of legend. After conquering Mt. Silver, he didn’t give a press conference. He simply vanished. Pokemon Retired Champion

As Red finally muttered before walking back into a snowstorm: “...See you on the mountain.” Are you a former regional Champion with a story to share? Contact our editorial team. We offer confidentiality—and a free Full Restore. “I tried gardening,” Leon sighs

“I was ‘Steven Stone, Champion’ for eight years. Now I’m just ‘Steven Stone, rock collector.’ The silence after a title defense is deafening.” After conquering Mt

“Champions remember their wins. Great trainers remember their losses. I show students the tape of my first defeat to Sonia. Humility is a stat you can’t IV train.”

Red’s post-champion life is a nomadic pilgrimage. He battles only when a true prodigy finds him. He believes that the title of “Champion” actually weakens a trainer. “You get soft. You have a throne. A throne is just a chair. A mountain peak has no chair.”