Dezuray said:B) A coincidence. Sort of like Torterra and Venusaur.
I like this theory. xD
Delta said:If anything, I think Roark is a take off SILVER, I mean Look at the hair.
I think HG/SS is just a snazzier version
Considering Silver came first by a long way, this is a lot more probable.
Personally I didn't pay much attention to the Sinnoh leaders (mostly because I don't like them, but I'm pretty sure I ranted about that somewhere already...). So for me it's like taking a celebrity, and then spotting someone in the crowd who looks like them and then formulating conspiracy theories of secret relationships. Personally, I don't care if Roark, the side character/person in the background goes to the same hairdresser as Silver, a main character. As far as I'm concerned it's coincidence.
If it's NOT coincidence, and they do in fact go on to create some relation between the two I will probably have lost whatever faith I still hold in Nintendo...