After three successful Pokémon Tournaments, Gamerbase are once again teaming up with PokémonWorld and PokéCharms to bring you another exciting Pokémon Tournament! Compete against other trainers in battles showcased on our large screen HD televisions and 15ft projected screen in order to win some fabulous prizes.
Pokéfans came from across the UK and beyond to attend our previous Manchester and London Tournaments, where Havak, Akiratron and Minijinx earned themselves the title of Pokemon Champion. All three previous winners have confirmed their attendance for the forthcoming Manchester Tournament, but who will emerge victorious and walk away with the fantastic top prize of a DSi XL and a copy of Pokémon Black or White?
The tournament will be held on Saturday 6th November in our dedicated gaming arena. Spectators are more than welcome to come along on the day and enjoy the atmosphere, while taking part in some casual trading and battling.
- Players who sign up online through the Gamerbase website will be given priority over players who don't (a space will be reserved for them).
- If more than 64 players sign up for the Tournament online, it'll be first-come-first-served on the day from whoever turns up (from the players who signed up online).
- Reserved places will be be lost if you haven't signed up for the tournament on the day before 11:00am - at which point any attendee who didn't sign up online may be able to take one of said places.
- Registration for the Tournament will begin at 09:00am and end at roughly 11:30am.
- The tournament is expected to start at roughly 11:30am and finish before 18:00pm.
- A cap of 64 players is likely to be the limit.
- A £5 entry fee will be required for all competitors to cover venue and prize costs.
- Players are required to bring their own Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, or Nintendo DSi XL console for use in the Tournament. (Make sure to fully charge it the night before!)
- Players are required to bring their own copies of Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, Pokémon Platinum, Pokémon HeartGold, or Pokémon SoulSilver for use in the Tournament. (With a Pokémon team that meets the rules!)
- R4 and M3 Cartridges (or anything of the like) are banned from use.
- Each player must enter 4-6 different Pokémon on his or her Team Information Sheet. See the Ineligible Pokémon list below for more information on which Pokémon are eligible for the tournament.
- Each player must enter 0-6 different held items on his or her Team Information Sheet.
- Players may only use Pokémon and held items listed on their Team Information Sheet during the tournament.
- The Pokémon and held items listed on a player's Team Information Sheet may not be changed once the player has registered for the event.
- Players may change which held item a Pokémon is using between matches, so long as both the Pokémon and the held item are listed on the player's Team Information Sheet.
Ineligible Pokémon
Your team may not contain any of the Pokémon in this list:
#150 - Mewtwo
#151 - Mew
#249 - Lugia
#250 - Ho-Oh
#251 - Celebi
#382 - Kyogre
#383 - Groudon
#384 - Rayquaza
#385 - Jirachi
#386 - Deoxys [All Formes]
#483 - Dialga
#484 - Palkia
#487 - Giratina [All Formes]
#489 – Phione
#490 – Manaphy
#491 – Darkrai
#492 – Shaymin [All Formes]
#493 – Arceus [All Types]
* Please note that the additional Rotom Formes introduced in Pokémon Platinum, Pokémon HeartGold, and Pokémon SoulSilver versions are not compatible with Pokémon Battle Revolution, thus are not usable in the Tournament.
- Battles will be contested under Double Battle Rules, meaning each player will send out two (2) Pokémon to battle at a time.
- Both players will select four (4) Pokémon to use in each battle.
- All Pokémon will be automatically set to level 50 for the battle.
- Each Pokémon retains all of the moves that it knew before being auto-levelled.
- Pokémon that evolve after level 50 do not devolve when auto-levelled and Pokémon that evolve before level 50 that haven't had their level raised enough will not evolve when auto-levelled.
- The Pokémon’s stats are adjusted to what its level 50 stats would be.
- A player’s team may not contain two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number.
- Each Pokémon on a player’s team may use held items, though no two Pokémon may hold the same item during battle. Allowed items include held items from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver versions as well as held items from earlier video games, including Berries 1–64. The Soul Dew item may not be used.
- If a player uses the moves Explosion or SelfDestruct to force a tie, the user of that move is declared as the loser.
- If a player's final Pokémon uses the moves Perish Song or Destiny Bond, the move will fail.
- Players may not enter two or more Pokémon with the same nickname.
- Players may not enter a Pokémon nicknamed with the name of another Pokémon character (for example, a Lucario nicknamed "Spiritomb").
Time Limit
- Players are given a time limit of 10 minutes per match, though this will be edited for the latter stages.
- If the time limit expires, the game will decide the winner of the battle depending on number of remaining Pokémon (or remaining HP if there is a tie).
- Players are given 60 seconds to decide their moves, though this will be edited for the latter stages.
- If you fail to select your moves before the 60 second time limt, the game will pick one of your moves at random and target a random opponent.
- If the overall match time limit expires while players are selecting their moves, the last turn of the game will still occur.
Move Restrictions
Pokémon may only use moves (including those learned in an earlier video game) that have been learned through one of the following methods:
- By levelling up.
- By TM or HM.
- As an Egg move, through breeding.
- From a Move Tutor.
- Already learned by a Pokémon that was received at an official Pokémon event or promotion.
- Already learned by a Pokémon that was received from another Pokémon game (such as the Pikachu that knows Surf from Pokémon Battle Revolution).
- By Smeargle's "Sketch" move (limited to the above moves learned by Pokémon from 001 to 493).
By entering, you agree to refrain from using any external devices to alter your Pokémon's statistics to gain an unfair advantage. Any Pokémon found to be obtained through illegal means, or detected by Pokémon Battle Revolution's means of checking for illegal Pokémon may be disqualified and not given a refund. R4 Cartridges are forbidden from use. They will NOT connect to Pokémon Battle Revolution. Any entrant found guilty of improper conduct, bad sportsmanship, or violence towards other people at the event will be removed from the venue and not given a refund.
There are no age divisions or restrictions for the event. We apologise in advance to any parents that bring children along whom get paired with someone much older in the tournament. There will be a somewhat strict timeline we need to stick to and the number of competitors may not be suited to a tournament with age brackets.
1st Place
A Nintendo DSi XL Console
A copy of Pokémon Black or White version (Japanese copy)
2nd Place
A copy of Pokémon Black or White version (Japanese copy)
£20 HMV Voucher
3rd Place
£20 HMV Voucher
4th Place
£10 HMV Voucher
