- Each player must enter 4-6 Pokémon on his or her Team Information Sheet. See the Ineligible and Restricted Pokémon lists below for more information on which Pokémon are eligible for the tournament.
- 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.
Each match is played using the Pokémon Battle Revolution game on Nintendo Wii using the Nintendo DS wireless connectivity.
- Each player uses four Pokémon during the battle, and sends out two Pokémon at a time.
- The Flat Battle rules have an auto-level feature, which sets all Pokémon that are above level 50 down to level 50 for the duration of the battle with the following parameters:
- 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
- Pokémon below level 50 will also be auto-levelled up to level 50 for the battle
- 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 Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver Versions, including Berries 1-64. The Soul Dew item may not be used.
- Players may not enter two 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").
- If all remaining Pokémon from both players are fainted by the moves Selfdestruct or Explosion, the player that used the move loses the battle.
- If a player's final Pokémon uses Perish Song or Destiny Bond, that move will fail.
- Battles will be limited to 10 minutes each.
- The Final will be unrestricted unless absolutely necessary depending on the time.
- When the time limit runs out, the player with the most Pokémon remaining is decided the winner by the game.
- There will also be a 1 minute limit for selecting a move to use. If the player does not select a move within the limited time, the game will automatically select one randomly.
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).
A Japanese copy of Pokémon Black or White version, a £20 HMV Voucher, and a 1st Place Trophy.
A Japanese copy of Pokémon Black or White version, a £10 HMV Voucher, and a 2nd Place Trophy.
Pokémon goodies, a £20 HMV Voucher, and a 3rd Place Medal.
Players found to have Pokémon that have been tampered with, flagged up by the in-game checking function in PBR, will be disqualified from the event, regardless of whether the player tampered with his or her game or received a Pokémon or item that was tampered with by someone other than the player. It is the player's responsibility to have legal Pokémon. Event officials have the final determination regarding the legality of a Pokémon. Players and spectators are expected to demonstrate proper sportsmanship over the course of the event. A player may be disqualified from the event based on actions taken by friends or relatives who disrupt the operation of the tournament.
