"Second reason is that if you get good enough at it, you can go for the badge challenges. There is a gym in most major cities in this world. If you manage to beat the gym leader, they will actually give you a pretty good reward."

Which is, truly, most of the reason why Riz has been taking on gyms. He's never been work-shy, far from. But making 20,000 or 30,000p for half an hour of battle, if that, is just a very attractive offer.

"If you get all the badges, you can even go on and take on the Elite Four, who are supposed to be the best trainers in this place, and if you win, you get permission to open your own gym. I don't really know why you would, but the option is there."