Sariku
Smash Master
I recently got Pokémon Battle Revolution for the Nintendo Wii, as some of you may or may not already have known. For the one or two of you out there who don't know, all Pokémon Battle Revolution is is Pokémon Stadium 3, minus the mini games and Gym Leader tower. This game was the first to use Nintendo's WiFi Connection (For the Nintendo Wii), but unfortunately got a lot of hate by not only games critics like IGN and GameSpot, but hardcore and casual Pokémon alike. Reasons ranged from bad WiFi Servers to a dull single player mode. I want to give you my ideas on this game, and help you possibly reconsider buying this game later on.
Pokémon Battle Revolution North American Box Art
Pokémon Battle Revolution North American Box Art
Quick Summary :
As stated before, this is just a continuation of the Pokémon Stadium series, that originated on the Nintendo 64. If you own Pokémon Diamond/Pearl, you can connect it to your Nintendo Wii wirelessly and use your personal Pokémon anywhere in the game. If you don't own the DS Pokémon titles, this game is practically useless. You can battle in multiple colosseums, or stadiums, and battle using their rules. You can usually use your own Pokémon, but sometimes are forced to use rental ones. As you progress through the single player, you can get "money" to buy clothes and accessories to "pimp out" your own trainer. This game has two WiFi modes, "Battle With Someone" and "Battle With Friend."
Single Player :
There are twelve colosseums to battle in, each with their own rules and quirks. Finishing this colosseum will unlock the stage for use in Local Multiplayer and WiFi Multiplayer. The stage has no affect on the battle. You earn Poké Coupons for winning, which is the games form of currency. You can spend this in the shop to buy clothes and accessories for your Pokémon trainer(s). Some of these colosseums are very fun, such as the Crystal Colosseum (Is set up in a tournament style bracket.), while others are completely stupid (The Neon Colosseum comes to mind. Your Pokémon and your opponents are put on a wheel, and you randomly get four Pokémon. Your opponent will also get some. This can cause you to get bad, computer Pokémon and your opponent has a chance to get your personally raised ones.) Other than the few obnoxious ones though, this is somewhat enjoyable. Of course, it's not as good as Pokémon Stadium's, but not many, if any, console Pokémon games are.
The trainer customization is alright. It's great fun to make a trainer completely originally, even with your own catch phrases for winning, losing, sending out a Pokémon, and so on. Unfortunately, you must buy all the clothes for your trainer, and a lot are sort of expensive. This forces you to trudge through the single player again, if only one coloseum. For now, this is okay; but in the next Pokémon Stadium incarnation, I desire full trainer custom ability, such as you will find in Tony Hawk games and such.
Score - 7/10
Online Play :
I have not played any local multiplayer matches, but it seems to play exactly as it does on WiFi. Like all online Nintendo games, you must exchange a 12-digit friend code with someone to play them specifically. You can set up your own rules from the main menu of the game, and can use those custom rules online with friends. That ranges from level of Pokémon to "clauses" that we use in competitive play today. When the game first launched, the servers weren't that great. But now they seem to play somewhat smoothly; whether it's because of the lack of people playing or just improved by Nintendo, it doesn't matter. It runs fairly smoothly with little disconnections. Playing with a friend has never been funner in the word of Pokémon, and I recommend this game only for that if you have the desire.
You can play with random people, but this isn't nearly as fun as with friends. You can usually find someone to play, and all matches are Lv. 50 Pokemon. You can search for single of double battle, choose your colosseum, and them fight your enemy. I have always been able to find someone so far, but maybe I'm just lucky. Unfortunately though, half the battles you will have is some guy using a team of ubers. Of course, it hurts his pride to kill them with normal Pokémon (I killed a Rayquaza with my Weezing Yesterday :D), it is no fun to lose a match because the other Pokémon are unfair for play. Because of this, I do the offline single player more than play online because I can at least get Poké Coupons to customize my trainer some more. The redeeming quality to this though is amazing, and something Nintendo should do more often: After every match, you have the chance to exchange passes (Friend Codes) with your opponent. If both say yes, he will be added to your friends list. This makes it an easy way to find great people to battle.
The servers aren't nearly as good as games like Mario Kart Wii's, but they seem to work well.
Score - 8/10
Closing Comments :
As you can see, I have given this game a lot more credit than almost anybody, but this will vary on one thing. I do not recommend this game if you buy it for over $30. Even $30 may be pushing. If you can find this game for a good $20 or so, I recommend buying it immediately. It isn't worth the full $50, but it isn't that bad a game if you can get it cheap.
Total Score - 7/10
![Terywj [태리]](/data/avatars/l/71/71007.jpg?1555906021){kind=avatar}
) and the pokemon who appeared at the poke spots (which wernt even in colluseum).
sorry about that. As for name...I don't know 
.