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''Battle Revolution'' is the first ''Pokémon'' home console title to go online. It will feature two online modes; ''Battle with a Friend'', which allows you to battle a friend using its own 12-digit friend code, separate from the Wii's code,<ref name=Playtest>{{cite web|date=2006-12-14|url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750994p1.html|title=IGN: Pokemon Battle Revolution Preview|publisher=IGN.com|language=English|accessdate=2007-02-19}}</ref> and ''Battle with Someone'', which lets you face off against a random opponent based on skill level.<ref name=Preview>{{cite web|date=2007-5-25|url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/791/791848p1.html|title=IGN: Pokemon Battle Revolution Preview|publisher=IGN.com|language=English}}</ref> |
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| Developer(s) | Genius Sonority |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | [1]
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| Genre(s) | Battle |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer, Online |
Pokémon Battle Revolution (ポケモンバトルレボリューション, Pokémon Batoru Reboryūshon) is the first Pokémon game on Nintendo's Wii home console. It is also the first Wii game to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and the first Wii game to wirelessly interact with the Nintendo DS handheld.[2] It was released in Japan two weeks after the Wii launch. The North American release date was announced as June 25 2007 in a Nintendo press conference.
Gameplay
Pokémon Battle Revolution features eleven different colosseums in a new land, a Pokémon-themed theme park called Pokétopia.[3] Other announced features include stadiums that have their own special effects, such as randomizing the order of one's Pokémon. Some other effects are choosing the order of your opponent's pokémon and setting level limitations.
Players can fully customize their trainer to use on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Players can customize their characters with hats, shirts, glasses, other items, and even customize their players skin color. Minigames, which appeared in the N64 Stadium games, are absent from this game. A trainer can choose 6 Pokémon and get a Battle Pass. However, if Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl is connected, a player can upload their trained Pokémon and get an Original Pass or if you don't have it you can get a made up team from the game.
In the game, Pokémon can actually strike at the opponent physically while both Pokémon are rendered on the screen, instead of seeing one Pokémon attacking and then cutting away to the second getting hit by the attack as in previous titles. Along with the connectivity to the Nintendo DS games a player can win Pokémon from this game and transfer them back to their DS games. The purpose of this could be having Pokémon that hard either impossible to truely obtain from the DS games or are rather very hard to obtain. An example would be the Pikachu that the player wins as an award for beating the game. This Pikachu is level 10 but knows moves such as Volt Tackle and Surf which are both not possible to learn unless a Pichu is born when using a light ball is used when equipped to the Pikachu. The light ball is also attached to the Pikachu as well. Two other Pokémon are also given as rewards when Gold and Silver Cards are obtained. These two Pokémon are Magmortar and Electivire. These two will help many without the Leafgreen and Firered GBA games.
Colosseums
The game features eleven different colosseums, each with special changes to normal play or prerequisites and a Colosseum Leader. Six out of the ten Colosseum Leaders wear Pokémon costumes; for example, Marina of the Water Colosseum wears a Kyogre costume. Also, the Crystal Colosseum can hold up to 16 players, the battles are done in a 16 person tournament mode. Only the Gate Colosseum is open to a rental pass holder. As the player progresses, the Pokémon available to rent become more powerful. Also as the player progresses they will earn Poké-Coupons, the money in Pokémon Battle Revolution. The player can then further customize his/her character. Upon completion of the game, the player will receive a Pikachu that knows both Surf and Volt Tackle (an impossibility through independent means), which can then be transferred to their Pokémon Pearl or Diamond games.
Online functionality
Battle Revolution is the first Pokémon home console title to go online. It will feature two online modes; Battle with a Friend, which allows you to battle a friend using its own 12-digit friend code, separate from the Wii's code,[2] and Battle with Someone, which lets you face off against a random opponent based on skill level.[4]
Development
The game was first announced by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at a Nintendo marketing event in Japan on June 7 2006.[5][6] At the event, Iwata described Wii-to-DS connectivity using the game as an example, stating that gamers with either Pokémon Diamond or Pearl can play battles using their Diamond or Pearl Pokémon in Pokémon Battle Revolution using their DS as a controller.[7]
The DS linkup feature was accessible at 2006 Nintendo World Tour for the first time. As well as allowing Pokémon from a Pokémon Diamond or Pearl cartridge to be used in-game, it replaces the on-screen battle menu, normally used in conjunction with the Wii Remote. However the GameCube controller is also compatible with this game similarly to how it was used in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.[citation needed] The battle menu is displayed on the DS touchscreen instead, and it is navigated with the stylus. Up to eight players can play in a 1 on 1 tournament much like the Battle Frontier Battle Dome in Pokémon Emerald.[8]
References
- ^ "Nintendo.com News: Upcoming Pokemon Battle Revolution Named as First Wi-Fi Game for Wii". Nintendo. 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ^ a b "IGN: Pokemon Battle Revolution Preview". IGN.com. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "コロシアム | ポケモンバトルレボリューション | Wii | ゲーム | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). Pokémon Pocket Monsters Official Site. 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
- ^ "IGN: Pokemon Battle Revolution Preview". IGN.com. 2007-5-25.
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- ^ Sullivan, Meghan (2006-06-07). "New Pokémon Announced". IGN. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|accessyear=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Gantayat, Anoop (2006-06-07). "Connectivity Returns". IGN. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|accessyear=(help) - ^ "DSバトルモード | ポケモンバトルレボリューション | Wii | ゲーム | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). Pokémon Pocket Monsters Official Site. 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2007-02-19.