Crystal

Crystal (クリス Kris) is a female and counterpart to Ryan as the main character of the  virtual console re-releases.

In the core series
Crystal is one of Ryan's friends from in the  region. Like him, she began her Pokémon journey at the age of 10 and received as her first Pokémon.

On the second day of her adventure, Crystal hatched a Togepi from the given to her by. With Togepi and Totodile, she easily obtained her first Gym Badge during the. Late that same day, she ran off of  after arriving in.

On the third day of her adventure, Crystal similarly obtained her next two badges, soundly defeating and, but not before obtaining her Heracross: the third member of her team. Later that evening, she competed in the in the.

The fourth day of Crystal's adventure saw the Fog Badge added to her collection. However, her Croconaw was defeated by 's, adding to a long list of insults it had suffered since its initial loss against her Heracross. Crystal took Croconaw to train with the, where it evolved into her Feraligatr.

In spin-off games
Crystal later goes to with Ryan where the two become traveling companions in the.

Pokémon
Like, from the , Crystal enjoys capturing every new Pokémon that she encounters. She also is not above trading Pokémon to add new data to her Pokédex. Her goal is to capture every single Pokémon in the world. She also enjoys crafting teams for battle, inspired by a hero from New Bark Town, Ryan. Though she captures a large number of Pokémon, Crystal seems fond of using strong and rare Pokémon on her teams. For instance, her Johto team is composed of three Pokémon not found in the wild, one for which only a single member of its species can be found in the wild, and one who (though found in the wild) is exceeding difficult to find.

Crystal currently has ownership of 44 different species of Pokémon and 47 individuals total. She has also obtained 1 Shiny Pokémon.

Trivia

 * So far, the only known Pokémon to escape capture for Crystal are, , and.