There were plans for Argent City to have a Raticate Racetrack facility which the player could bet on different Raticate which would possess different names and odds of winning. As for why Raticate was chosen; this is Rei’s main Pokemon and it provides alliteration with the word “race”. It would have been similar to God Hand’s Chihuahua Races.
Of course, the Raticate Racetrack already had its own music prepared.
An additional facility I wish to revisit at some point will be an underground battle arena in Argent City which the player can either participate in or place bets on competitors while watching their fights. This necessitated changes to the script which would allow for AI vs. AI battles and is already implemented in the engine.
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