The fact that there's four is worrisome given the significance Japan appends to the number.

Bongani said:
The fact that there's four is worrisome given the significance Japan appends to the number.

Four Leaders, Four Trials, Four Guardians... How many Champions end up at the construction of the Alolan Elite Four? Is that also Four, or is it more?
Especially "Deadly" is the number 4444, after all.

Still, four being unlucky is a cultural trope that doesn't always apply to bad things necessarily. It can just be a number. After all, 13 is held to be a 'spooky' number sometimes in the West, but then you'll also see some things sold on batches of 13 and otherwise it just being treated like any other total.

SwiperTheFox said:
Still, four being unlucky is a cultural trope that doesn't always apply to bad things necessarily. It can just be a number. After all, 13 is held to be a 'spooky' number sometimes in the West, but then you'll also see some things sold on batches of 13 and otherwise it just being treated like any other total.

Sure, but it's a game; if there's a fourth thing that comes in four (Or, hell, just literally the "Elite Four" could count), it gives a perfect excuse to have a Dark type legendary pop up for the after-game chapter.