Oh they are, Ingo is like one of three people who know you can battle with- guess what- six pokemon. A whole team. Like, he even has a fanboy back at the Pearl Clan Settlement.

[Slight overexaggeration. The man just said Ingo's Pokémon knowledge was 'on a whole nother level.]

Ingo would be like 'Hey Akari, I got a new challenge for you. Bring a Sneasel.' So I go get a Sneasel, absolute big girl, and then this asshole-

[Gestures at Ingo.]

Brings out a Gligar.

[Bad match up for her.]

Turns out he wanted me to go find a black Sneasel for this challenge.

[Which she did, happily, running into a few Space-Time Distortions to get it. But she bet he knew which one she was going to grab first. She bet he enjoyed making her feel like a fool!]