Proto:Pokémon Gold and Silver/Spaceworld 1997 Demo/Trainers

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The demo features a decent handful of trainers (some of which are named after Game Freak staff members, funnily enough), which you can fight as you traverse the first two routes and their accompanying forest dungeon. They were meant to give players a sneak peek of the new Pokémon that you could expect to see in the upcoming games. These trainers are moderately difficult due to the fact that you have limited Poké Balls to capture Pokémon, and that there is no way to heal your party due to the Pokémon Center not being functional.

General Notes

Losing to any trainer, Rival included, will make you black out and then kick you back to the title screen.
None of the trainers can spot you from afar. This feature was likely disabled so that you could choose not to fight any trainer, letting you progress onto the end of the demo. In order to battle a trainer, you will have to talk to them first.
Each version has different trainers. Indeed, while they share their map position and overworld sprite, they are almost entirely of a different Trainer class, complete with different names and dialogue before and after you fight them.
Interestingly enough, trainers that are only featured in a given version also exist in the data of the other, unused, and with slightly different team attributes.
Since the game was built from Red and Green, data for many of the original Red and Green parties exist unaltered as well. There are also additional parties that are Gold- and Silver-exclusive that use the original format, which the game no longer properly recognizes.

Gold Version

Used Trainers

Trainer Class	Name	Pokémon			Reward	Notes
Bug Catcher	じゅんいち Junichi	Paras	Lv. 7	* Stun Spore * Leech Life	1071	Named after Junichi Masuda, programmer/music composer and eventual game director.
Bug Catcher	そうすけ Sousuke	Ledyba	Lv. 9	* Scratch * Quick Attack	1377	Named after programmer Sousuke Tamada. Ledyba can't learn Scratch or Quick Attack in the final games.
Beauty	めぐみ Megumi	Meowth	Lv. 10	* Pay Day * Growl	1530	Named after Megumi Hayashibara, Jessie's voice actress. The final games have a similar reference, with a Picnicker on Route 35 being named after Ikue Ohtani, Pikachu's voice actress.
Schoolboy	てつや Tetsuya	Slowking	Lv. 9	* Disable * Confusion	333	Named after Tetsuya Watanabe, programmer, graphic designer, and sound effect designer.
Firebreather	あきと Akito	Magby	Lv. 10	* Scratch * Smog	1530	Named after Akito Mori, who was part of the Special Thanks in the credits of the US version.
Kimono Girl	こうめ Koume	Clefairy	Lv. 10	* Charm * Sweet Kiss * Pound	1530	This name was re-used in the final games for one of the five Ecruteak City Kimono Girls.

Unused Trainers

Trainer Class	Name	Pokémon			Notes
Lass	あつこ Atsuko	Oddish	Lv. 8	Default Moves	Identical to the Lass from Silver.
Fisher	ひさし Hisashi	Qwilfish	Lv. 10	Default Moves	Identical to the Fisher from Silver.
Sportsman	しげき Shigeki	Donphan	Lv. 8	Default Moves	The Donphan is one level weaker when compared to the Sportsman from Silver.
Kimono Girl	たまお Tamao	Jigglypuff	Lv. 12	* Charm * Encore * Pound	The Jigglypuff is two levels stronger when compared to the Kimono Girl from Silver.

Silver Version

Used Trainers

Trainer Class	Name	Pokémon			Reward	Notes
Bug Catcher	けんじ Kenji	Ledyba	Lv. 9	* Scratch * Quick Attack	1071	Named after Kenji Matsushima, game designer and game director scenario. Ledyba cannot learn Scratch or Quick Attack in the final games.
Bug Catcher	けん Ken	Venonat	Lv. 7	* Stun Spore * Leech Life	1071	Named after graphic director Ken Sugimori.
Lass	あつこ Atsuko	Oddish	Lv. 8	Default Moves	530	Named after monster designer Atsuko Nishida.
Fisher	ひさし Hisashi	Qwilfish	Lv. 10	Default Moves	1530	Unknown if named after a particular person.
Kimono Girl	たまお Tamao	Jigglypuff	Lv. 10	* Charm * Pound * Encore	1530	This name was re-used in the final games for one of the five Ecruteak City Kimono Girls. Jigglypuff cannot learn Encore in the final games.
Sportsman	しげき Shigeki	Donphan	Lv. 9	* Tackle * Defense Curl	1008	Named after Shigeki Morimoto, programmer, monster designer, and game designer.

Unused Trainers

Trainer Class	Name	Pokémon			Notes
Kimono Girl	こうめ Koume	Donphan	Lv. 9	* Tackle * Defense Curl	Uses a Donphan, whereas the Kimono Girl from Gold uses a Clefairy.
Schoolboy	てつや Tetsuya	Slowking	Lv. 8	Default Moves	The Slowking is one level weaker when compared to the Schoolboy from Gold.
Firebreather	あきと Akito	Magby	Lv. 8	Default Moves	The Magby is two levels weaker when compared to the Firebreather from Gold.

Old Format

When Gold and Silver started development, the code base borrowed a lot from the original Generation I games. Namely, the data for trainer parties, for instance, still consists of the mostly unaltered data from Red and Green. The Generation I format used to represent trainer parties is different in comparison to the one used in the demo and beyond.

The old format only lists the level of the Pokémon and the Pokémon's internal ID, since trainer names, items, and specific moves weren't a feature in those games. During the time of the demo, a new format was created to represent trainer parties consisting of the trainer's name, AI, and individual properties for each Pokémon (level, held items, or moves for example). The data present in the demo suggests that there was a time that the game was implementing new trainers using the original Red and Green format, with the newer format being implemented very late - shortly before the completion of the demo. This is evident in the rival battle in story mode, which still uses the old format. This is also the reason why the battle is broken when running in-game, since the game engine itself expects the data to be in the newer format, suggesting that story mode was made quite early on in development, when the old battle format was still being used.

The table below consists of the unused trainer party data that was added for Gold and Silver, with the majority of the unused trainers consisting of Generation II Pokémon. It's possible that some of the trainer parties are simply test parties made up by the programmers for various reasons, as some of them don't seem to match the trainers carrying them. Moreover, in most cases these random Pokémon are relatively close to one another in the Pokédex.

Trainer Class	Party LV	Team						Notes
Rival	Lv. 5	Kurusu	-	-	-	-	-	Technically used in story mode, but won't load properly due to the format.
Rival	Lv. 5	Chikorita	-	-	-	-	-	Technically used in story mode, but won't load properly due to the format.
Rival	Lv. 5	Honguma	-	-	-	-	-	Technically used in story mode, but won't load properly due to the format.
Blue	Lv. 50	Remoraid	Smoochum	Bellossom	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle	Replaces Green's Lv. 5 Squirtle party data from Red and Green. Technically in the Fledgling trainer group. Team lacks proper theming.
Rocket♂	Lv. 13	Kotora	Tyrogue	Bellossom	-	-	-	An addition to the Cooltrainer♂ group from Red and Green. Technically in the Rocket♂ group in the demo. Team lacks theming.
Swimmer♂	Lv. 10	Baririna	Girafarig	Puchicorn	-	-	-	Replaces Blaine's party data from Red and Green. Team lacks theming.
Rocker	Lv. 40	Berurun	Politoed	Slowking	-	-	-	An addition to the Elite Four Green party data. Team is composed of three Pokémon which are literally side by side in the dex.
Juggler	Lv. 6	Marill	Gyopin	-	-	-	-	Meant for the Juggler group. Party is similar to the Blackbelt party. May have been a bit of humor from the developers, with this evil character using a team made up of cutesy Pokémon.
Blackbelt	Lv. 6	Cleffa	Gyopin	-	-	-	-	Meant for the Blackbelt group. Party is similar to the Juggler party. May have been a bit of humor from the developers, with this burly character using a team made up of cutesy Pokémon.
Geruge Member♀	Lv. 12	Shibirefugu	Madame	-	-	-	-	Meant for the Geruge Member♀ group. Team is composed of Pokémon which are basically on each opposite end of the dex.
Twins	Lv. 13	Madame	Elekid	Quagsire	-	-	-	Meant for the Twins group. Team lacks theming.