Pokemon Battle Revolution

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 184 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 82 out of 184
  2. Mixed: 64 out of 184
  3. Negative: 38 out of 184
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  1. 2ruffles
    Apr 17, 2023
    8
    I will not deny that Pokemon Battle Revolution isn't the best of the Colosseum-esk games. But for what it's worth, my gosh is it fun.

    It's essentially the Battle Frontier for Diamond and Pearl before the Battle Frontier. You go out through PokeTopia and you challenge Colosseums in creative battle formats to become the PokeTopia Master (However, it is recommended that you have a    I will not deny that Pokemon Battle Revolution isn't the best of the Colosseum-esk games. But for what it's worth, my gosh is it fun.

    It's essentially the Battle Frontier for Diamond and Pearl before the Battle Frontier. You go out through PokeTopia and you challenge Colosseums in creative battle formats to become the PokeTopia Master (However, it is recommended that you have a completed Pokemon DS Game to transfer Pokemon).

    But what I will say is, there is definitely a lot of missed potential when it comes to this game. Although, if you love Pokemon Battles in general, Gen 4, and have a Pokemon DS Save, I think you will enjoy this title for what it is worth    … Expand
  2. greninjaX
    Dec 12, 2022
    10
    this game is way under appreciated. it's basically stadium three. great pokemon game for wii
  3. hector_bcn98
    Nov 8, 2022
    6
    Una oportunidad histórica perdida. Solo ofrecía ciertos packs de pokémon o que tú registraras los tuyos de Diamante, Perla o Platino. Es decir, de más de 400 pokémon que estaban disponible, solo jugabas con 20 o 25, o los que tú tuvieras en la Ds. Imperdonable, viniendo de los Stadium que los ofrecía TODOS. No se qué cojones les pasó por la cabeza, y más viendo que técnicamente el juegoUna oportunidad histórica perdida. Solo ofrecía ciertos packs de pokémon o que tú registraras los tuyos de Diamante, Perla o Platino. Es decir, de más de 400 pokémon que estaban disponible, solo jugabas con 20 o 25, o los que tú tuvieras en la Ds. Imperdonable, viniendo de los Stadium que los ofrecía TODOS. No se qué cojones les pasó por la cabeza, y más viendo que técnicamente el juego era muy potente.… Expand
  4. FireBroFilms
    Aug 15, 2022
    3
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  5. GDsReviews
    Jul 9, 2022
    2
    Pokemon Battle Revolution is a spectacularly bad game unless you have beaten your Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, and/or Soul Silver game completely, and honestly need cheat codes in them to make Battle Revolution manageable.

    It is basically a half-baked Stadium style game that requires you to bring own Pokemon in by default in Round 2, and has no minigames. Like Colloseum and XD,    Pokemon Battle Revolution is a spectacularly bad game unless you have beaten your Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, and/or Soul Silver game completely, and honestly need cheat codes in them to make Battle Revolution manageable.

    It is basically a half-baked Stadium style game that requires you to bring own Pokemon in by default in Round 2, and has no minigames. Like Colloseum and XD, the game has Game Boy Cries, and forces you into double battles most of the time despite mainline Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, and Soul Silver being mostly single battles.

    The game was never updated or patched to make the items introduced in Platinum, Heart Gold, and/or Soul Silver usable in the game too. So you are stuck with the barren Diamond and Pearl item options. Soundtrack is decent though.    … Expand
  6. ND-Bringer
    Mar 29, 2022
    5
    It's just not fun any more. I've gotten really good at building Pokemon teams over the years, but this game has gotten worse. Within all that flash, Pokemon Stadium has disappeared. What a shame. I plan to rearview this game after I build a better team in HGSS.
  7. MissingNo000
    Feb 27, 2022
    6
    A battle simulator that does his own. The story inside could obviously be more developed or even could be created as there is next to nothing.
    But for its original purpose as a simulator it was also a good experience
  8. Mutty99
    Jan 4, 2022
    5
    After playing Colosseum and XD, also developed by Genius Sonority, this title feels like a joke.
    This is a clone of Colosseum without Story mode, that does not fix the latter's problems and that's UNPLAYABLE without importing your own team from a Generation 4 DS game.
    At least from Colosseum you could raise a bunch of decent pokemon, legendaries included, straight from Story Mode. The    After playing Colosseum and XD, also developed by Genius Sonority, this title feels like a joke.
    This is a clone of Colosseum without Story mode, that does not fix the latter's problems and that's UNPLAYABLE without importing your own team from a Generation 4 DS game.
    At least from Colosseum you could raise a bunch of decent pokemon, legendaries included, straight from Story Mode.
    The only good thing about this thing is the OST.    … Expand
  9. Fabi19
    Jan 3, 2022
    10
    I LOVE this game. This game is a very good and beautiful Pokemon Battle simulator.
    The animations and music are amazing. I don't understand why everyone hate this game, because it is in my opinion one of the best games.
  10. Warbringer
    Feb 21, 2021
    7
    Better graphics and battle animations than Nintendo Switch Gen 8 games Sword and Shield.
  11. BenjiDuddy
    May 12, 2020
    10
    This game is way ahead of its time, you wouldn't believe it's 13 years old! Great graphics and animations, interesting concept which differs from the DS games and a difficulty level which develops well as you progress through the game. Honestly one of the best Pokémon games ever, highly recommend...
  12. artninjaguy
    Feb 4, 2020
    8
    This game has some of the best graphics and animation in the franchise and has a lot of fun, unique battle modes. Unfortunately, if you don't own the DS game, you are very limited in terms of Pokemon choice and team composition.
  13. Andreas444
    Jan 27, 2020
    7
    Decently fun although after a while it will eventually get repetitive.
    All Pokemons have each their own unique faint animation,which is a nice touch unlike the 3DS Pokemon games which just recycles every faint animation.
  14. makixnishikino
    Jul 23, 2019
    8
    i recomend haveing a ds copy of pkm dimond/pearl/platinum/hg/ss
    thats makes the game way intresting thats is great !!
  15. Mario1981
    Jul 8, 2019
    8
    I love how this game captured the eyes on a Pokemon fan who stopped playing after gen 4. (which wasnt me) You dont need a DS Pokemon game to play because of the Rental Pass. #bestgraphicsofawiigame
  16. newazurill
    Dec 27, 2018
    10
    Pokemon Battle Revolution is by far the best Pokemon game on a home console. It offers countless hours of challenging Pokemon battles and the first proper online system for a Pokemon game.

    Some people might criticize this game for lacking an adventure mode. But that might actually be its main strength. By relying mainly on making multiple unique coliseums, PBR offers unique battle    Pokemon Battle Revolution is by far the best Pokemon game on a home console. It offers countless hours of challenging Pokemon battles and the first proper online system for a Pokemon game.

    Some people might criticize this game for lacking an adventure mode. But that might actually be its main strength. By relying mainly on making multiple unique coliseums, PBR offers unique battle experiences that you can't find in any other Pokemon game. That in itself is something modern Pokemon games need desperately more than a predictable story like the ones from the main series games or a boring repetitive adventure mode like in Pokemon Coliseum and XD. Sure it relies on owning a DS version to get the most out of this game, but its main demographic already plays Pokemon so its not a big requirement.

    The graphics and animations are beautiful and the music is by far the best in the series. You could find yourself immersed in battling for countless hours and the game never gets stale as you can always change battle styles and go for new records.

    The fact that this game got such bad reception is probably the reason why most recent Pokemon games were heavily geared towards casuals. Battle Frontiers have been removed, the adventure modes have been made really easy and full of cutscenes and dumb minigames to interrupt battles, and even battles keep getting riddled with unnecessary gimmicks like Z-moves and random petting benefits. Gen6/7 are both geared more towards casuals than core players and with Let's Go, core players go from an afterthought to completely being ignored.

    What actual fans want is to battle with Pokemon not waste time on some dumb minigames or on unnecessarily long but extremely easy adventure modes. There has been talks of an upcoming core Pokemon game, but if it's anything like Gen 7 games then I'm afraid that nothing has changed. PBR is the last in the Stadium series and if Gamefreak doesn't come back to it then I'm afraid Pokemon will be a terrible environment for its actual fans.    … Expand
  17. RobertTheGreat
    Apr 26, 2018
    8
    Basically, I Enjoy This Game, It Even Copies Pokemon From Pokemon Games That Came Years After It Such As Pokemon Platinum And Heart Gold! And Trainer Customization Is Basically What I Like To Do In This Game. I Have 6 Custom Passes In This Game With Level 100 Fully Evolved Pokemon That I Have In Pokemon Platinum! It Was A Great Game, Though I Am Surprised It Was Filled With Unpopularity.
  18. MzMazzaire
    Dec 11, 2017
    0
    One of the most pointless and shameful cash grabs ever to disgrace an otherwise great franchise. I've played a little bit of it, and found it to be a halfhearted upgrade of Pokemon Stadium and Colosseum.

    This game is a pile of dookie that's not worth your time or money.
  19. aditya1101
    Oct 5, 2017
    0
    This game was incredibly disappointing. There was nothing exciting or new added that would in any justify this game existing. i was really excited to see some of the cool features that made previous pokemon console games like pokemon colosseum or pokemon stadium shine, but this was really just a hyped up battle simulator.
  20. FilemonBR
    Aug 22, 2016
    6
    O primeiro jogo do wii que joguei, antigamente eu adorava o jogo, por ser muito fã de pokemon, mas hoje vejo que ele é cheio de problemas, voce noa pode escolher muitos pokemon, e se quiser aproveitar ele é melhor ter um ds com pokemon
  21. GamecubeLover
    Jul 28, 2016
    6
    I can see why this game is hated but in general the game isn't half bad. The game does have repetitive gameplay and ain't fun as other pokemon spinoffs but the best thing about this game are the GRAPHICS.
  22. TheDiabolic
    May 7, 2016
    4
    Doesn't feel right, feels a bit like a game in which you lose all the creativity of Pokemon, have extremely limited options, increased repetitiveness and you cannot even catch pokemon at the cost of better graphics.
  23. emlugo123
    Feb 27, 2015
    4
    The graphics look good for the Wii, but other than that, the game gets extremely repetitive. There are not enough Pokemon in this game to keep me interested.
  24. WheelzFourReelz
    Dec 30, 2014
    4
    While its visuals and music are impressive, the game as a whole is bland with not a lot of substance within the games' content. The game is fun, but only for about thirty minutes.
  25. guitarguy001
    Jun 1, 2014
    7
    This is a rather tricky game to review.

    The game gets a lot of things right: The soundtrack, the visuals (especially for the Wii), replay value, customization and bang for your buck. The soudtrack is catchy and well composed, the visuals are honestly some of the best on the Wii and the customization options are borderline limitless. However, replay value and bang for your buck are    This is a rather tricky game to review.

    The game gets a lot of things right: The soundtrack, the visuals (especially for the Wii), replay value, customization and bang for your buck. The soudtrack is catchy and well composed, the visuals are honestly some of the best on the Wii and the customization options are borderline limitless.

    However, replay value and bang for your buck are subjective. To fully enjoy the game, you have to have any of the Gen IV games (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver). If you don't have any of these titles, the game becomes very dull due to the very boring single player mode. This is something XD and Colosseum do well enough, this game just has competitions and tournaments, not a true single player campaign.

    If you have any of the titles mentioned, you are going to have a ridiculous amount of fun with this game. However if you don't have any of those titles, either buy just one of these titles or skip the game.    … Expand
  26. OliverAtom16
    Feb 26, 2014
    10
    This game is a revolution for its graphics 3d and its controlle i dont understand why have a bad score.
    From my point view it is a great game for all.
  27. Bananaman_2
    Feb 22, 2014
    10
    Personally, I love this game, but I'm in the demographic that gamefreak was targeting with it. You have to be into competitive battling to enjoy it. That's why they have the feature to download your own teams into the game using your DS. If you're a casual player or newcomer, I would recommend a regular pokemon adventure game, However if you're into competitive battling, then there isPersonally, I love this game, but I'm in the demographic that gamefreak was targeting with it. You have to be into competitive battling to enjoy it. That's why they have the feature to download your own teams into the game using your DS. If you're a casual player or newcomer, I would recommend a regular pokemon adventure game, However if you're into competitive battling, then there is nothing that compares to the rush this game gives you. The atmosphere, the graphics, the mechanics, your personal avatar, the challenges it's amazing.… Expand
  28. Glitter
    Aug 30, 2013
    3
    To call this a game would be criminal. Merely a vessel for HD Pokémon battling with third dimentional models. With the downloadable content, consisting of only a couple promotional Pokémon, it was a feature greatly squandered of purpose. Only worth a few hours of fun seeing your favorite Pokémon battle in an essentially castrated version of Pokémon Stadium.
  29. CannonBlaster
    Aug 19, 2013
    5
    It's Pokemon Stadium without the rentals, and that what breaks it. The game has nice visuals and plays like Pokemon Stadium, but without the rentals it just becomes a big mess for people who don't have a DS.
  30. VideoGameCritic
    Aug 10, 2013
    5
    Pokemon stadium was a really great game for the most part, the game has some nice parts to it. This game is ok not great just good. You can either use the games Pokemon or copy over yours. The online is ok and nothing special bout it. The story is non existence and the music is very basic action music. In the end this is nothing great but if you really want to see your Pokemon in 3D thanPokemon stadium was a really great game for the most part, the game has some nice parts to it. This game is ok not great just good. You can either use the games Pokemon or copy over yours. The online is ok and nothing special bout it. The story is non existence and the music is very basic action music. In the end this is nothing great but if you really want to see your Pokemon in 3D than its really cool… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

85
#85 Best Wii Game of 2007
11
#11 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2007
4
#4 Most Shared Wii Game of 2007

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 34
  3. Negative: 10 out of 34
  1. GameBrink
    91
    Graphically, this game is incredible. Physical attacks cause Pokemon to actually make contact, and Special attacks damage the scenery. The Pokemon themselves are rendered incredibly well, as are the trainers. [JPN Import]
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  2. Games Master UK
    40
    It should come packaged with "Diamond/Pearl" for an extra 5 quid. It doesn't. Avoid. [Jan 2007, p.70]
  3. Nintendo Gamer
    59
    An expensive and entirely cosmetic companion to the DS games. [Jan 2008, p.50]
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