Liepard is assumed to be female. It could just as easily be male, but since they do have genders and it isn't specified, one is chosen to make her seem more caring for her pokemon rather than calling it an "it".
\xfffe is assumed to reference the rival's/her brother's name. That is how it seems to be used in the Japanese, and I have nothing else to go on.
Liepard is assumed to be female. It could just as easily be male, but since they do have genders and it isn't specified, one is chosen to make her seem more caring for her pokemon rather than calling it an "it".
\xfffe is assumed to reference the rival's/her brother's name. That is how it seems to be used in the Japanese, and I have nothing else to go on.