Prove you're the best Pokémon trainer in the UK by competing in a Double Battle Pokémon Tournament using Widescreen HD Televisions and Pokémon Battle Revolution at Manchester's Gamerbase, inside HMV. Win fabulous prizes such as a copy of the latest Pokémon games, Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver, as well as many other prizes. This is your chance to meet more Pokéfans from the UK and trade or battle in real life. A lot of people feel that official Pokémon events are few and far between in Europe, so make the trip and help us do something about it. This isn't an event to be missed.
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Registering for the Event
- Registration for the Event will begin at 09:30am and end at roughly 11:15am.
- The tournament is expected to start at roughly 11:30am.
- A £5 entry fee will be required for all competitors to cover venue and prize costs.
- The event will last until we have a winner, but will likely be finished before 16:00pm.
- Competitor slots may be limited to 48 or 64, on a first-come-first-served basis depending on interest levels.
- Players are required to bring their own Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, or Nintendo DSi XL console for use in the event. (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 event. (With a Pokémon team that meets the rules!)
- Each player must enter 4–6 Pokémon on his or her Team Information Sheet (which will be given to each player upon registration.)
- Each player must enter 0–6 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.
Battle Rules
- Battles will be contested under Double Battle Rules.
- Each player will enter 4 Pokémon into each battle.
- Each 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.
- 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 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 are given a time limit of 10 minutes per match, though this will be edited for the latter stages.
- Players are given 60 seconds to decide their moves, though this will be edited for the latter stages.
Ineligible Pokémon
The following Pokémon are NOT eligible for use in the tournament:
150 - Mewtwo
151 – Mew
249 - Lugia
250 - Ho-Oh
251 – Celebi
382 – Kyogre
383 – Groudon
384 – Rayquaza
385 – Jirachi
386 – Deoxys
479 - Rotom
483 – Dialga
484 – Palkia
487 - Giratina
489 – Phione
490 – Manaphy
491 – Darkrai
492 – Shaymin
493 – Arceus
Prizes
Prizes for the overall winner will not be purchased until the event is over. The winner will be able to choose from Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver, or in the event that the winner has both versions already and wishes not to choose either, then Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum may be allowed as an alternative if the HMV store has any copies for sale at the time.
Other prizes may include small Pokémon Figures, Pokémon TCG Booster Packs, and Pokémon related Nintendo DS accessories for the players who make it to the latter stages. Specially bred in-game Pokémon or rare Event Pokémon will likely be traded to everyone who enters.
Terms & Conditions
This is a non-profit event. The £5 entry fee will go towards hiring the venue and purchasing prizes for the winners. By entering, you agree to pay the £5 entry cost and no refunds will be granted without good reason.
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.
Pokémon is © Copyright Nintendo. The organisers are in no way affiliated with Nintendo or Game Freak, this is an event organised by the fans, for the fans. This event is in no way connected to the Pokémon Video Game Championships taking place this year, hosted by The Pokémon Company Inc.
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