Battle Arcade

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Battle Arcade バトルルーレット Battle Roulette

"Where Events Sway Outcomes"

Battles per round 7 Participating Pokémon Single 3 Double 3 Battle Points obtained Few Arcade Star Dahlia Silver print Gold print Wins to obtain a commemorative print Silver 21 Gold 49

The Battle Arcade (Japanese: バトルルーレット Battle Roulette) is a facility located in the southeastern corner of the Battle Frontier. The building itself looks like a large tent, with articular domes, much like Saint Basil's Cathedral. Inside the Arcade, it is dark with strange patterns on the walls and floors like a circus tent. In the stadium room, there is a large screen called the Game Board that most of the game is displayed on.

Challenges

The player battles seven Trainers consecutively in a knock-out, much like all other facilities in the Battle Frontier. Before entering, Trainers will choose three Pokémon to battle, having their level reduced to 50. Prior to battles, all items equipped on the Pokémon used are removed. Battles in the Battle Arcade are 3 vs 3. Upon entering, the player's Pokémon will be seen on the Game Board. The foe's Pokémon will also be seen when they enter the field.

See also: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation IV

Before a battle begins, the player must play the game board to determine the condition of the battle. The game board is a massive roulette machine that will scroll quickly through a grid of small boxes, known as Events. The roulette will stop by touching a button that appears on the touch screen, or after scrolling for 30 seconds. Landing on a dark purple box affects the player while landing on a red box affects the foe. Gray boxes, on the other hand, affect both foes. Each event will have a different effect; some may lower the opponent's HP, poison the opponent's Pokémon, or speed up the game board. The choice may affect the player's Pokémon, the opponent's, or even the field. The board may land on status conditions, weather changes, level changes, Berries and more. It may even land on nothing. The initial speed of the game board depends on the current round the player is in, with higher rounds having higher initial speeds.

Every battle is called a game; for example, the first battle is known as Game No. 1. After winning a battle, the player's Pokémon will be healed completely, and the player will have the option to continue, rest, retire, or get their most recent battle recorded on their Vs. Recorder.

Roulette events

The events can be generated only on specific rounds; however, the events that do not affect Pokémon will not be generated on certain battles in a round.^[1]

Event		Target	Effect	Availability	Duration
	Lowers foes' HP	Foe	Lowers Pokémon's HP by 20%	1 battle
	Poisons foes	Foe	Poisons Pokémon	1 battle
	Paralyzes foes	Foe	Paralyzes Pokémon	1 battle
	Burns foes	Foe	Burns Pokémon	1 battle
	Puts foe to sleep	Foe	Puts one Pokémon to sleep	1 battle
	Freezes foe	Foe	Freezes one Pokémon	1 battle
	Foes get Berries	Foe	All Pokémon gain a Berry	1 battle
	Foes get items	Foe	All Pokémon gain a held item	1 battle
	Foes level up	Foe	All Pokémon gain 3 levels	1 battle
	Lowers allies' HP	Ally	Lowers Pokémon's HP by 20%	1 battle
	Poisons allies	Ally	Poisons Pokémon	1 battle
	Paralyzes allies	Ally	Paralyzes Pokémon	1 battle
	Burns allies	Ally	Burns Pokémon	1 battle
	Puts ally to sleep	Ally	Puts one Pokémon to sleep	1 battle
	Freezes ally	Ally	Freezes one Pokémon	1 battle
	Allies get Berries	Ally	All Pokémon gain a Berry	Remainder of the round
	Allies get items	Ally	All Pokémon gain a held item	Remainder of the round
	Allies level up	Ally	All Pokémon gain 3 levels	1 battle
	Sunny	-	Battle in Sunny weather	1 battle
	Rain	-	Battle in Rainy weather	1 battle
	Sandstorm	-	Battle in Sandstorm weather	1 battle
	Hail	-	Battle in Hail weather	1 battle
	Fog	-	Battle in thick fog	1 battle
	Trick Room	-	Battle in Trick Room conditions for the first 5 turns	1 battle
	Pokémon swap	-	Battle after swapping all Pokémon with foe	1 battle
	Speed Up	-	Increase the speed of subsequent roulette flashes by 1	Remainder of the round
	Speed Down	-	Decrease the speed of subsequent roulette flashes by 1	Remainder of the round
	Random	-	Makes subsequent roulette flashes non-sequential	Next roulette game
	Get 1BP	-	Get 1BP and battle with no other event	1 battle
	No battle	-	Move onto the next Trainer without battling	1 battle
	No Event	-	Battle with no event	1 battle
	Get 3BP	-	Get 3BP and battle with no other event	1 battle

The Berries and items gained from events change depending on the set. In early sets, Berries are usually status-restoring Berries such as Aspear Berry. In later sets, they are usually stat-raising Berries, such as Ganlon Berry. Items can have beneficial effects such as White Herb, or negative effects such as Lagging Tail.

Roulette speed

The roulette stays on a given event for a specific amount of frames. The roulette will also stop on its own after 900 frames, or half a minute, as Generation IV games run at 30 frames per second. ^[2]

Nullify events

Events that inflict status conditions do not apply to Pokémon that have certain types or Abilities.

Battle Points

Arcade Star

Dahlia is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Arcade. She can be challenged on the 21st consecutive Single Battle. Once defeated, she will give away the silver commemorative print. Dahlia can be challenged again on the 49th consecutive Single Battle, and will give away the gold commemorative print when defeated.

Silver Print challenge

Arcade Star Dahlia Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0477 Dusknoir - Shadow Punch Fling Will-O-Wisp Trick Room Brave - 252 252 - - - 0308 Medicham - Zen Headbutt Reversal Endure Fake Out Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0272 Ludicolo - Waterfall Razor Leaf Drain Punch Swords Dance Adamant - 252 - - 252 -

Gold Print challenge

Arcade Star Dahlia Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0145 Zapdos - Thunderbolt Air Cutter Heat Wave Signal Beam Modest - - - 252 - 252 0257 Blaziken - Flare Blitz Superpower ThunderPunch Night Slash Adamant - 252 - - - 252 0468 Togekiss - Hyper Beam Air Slash Aura Sphere Psychic Modest - - - 252 - 252

Layout

Outside the Battle Arcade	Inside the Battle Arcade	Hallway leading to the stage	Before battle in the Battle Arcade

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Battle Arcade is seen in Dahlia's mindscape.

Dahlia & Ludicolo

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Platinum arc

The Battle Arcade first appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z as a part of the Battle Frontier. In Clobbering Claydol, Platinum challenged it as her second Battle Frontier facility. With the skills she had honed at the Veilstone Game Corner, she was easily able to land the roulette on the symbols she wanted, making the battle conditions work in her favor.

In Tackling Togekiss, Platinum won her 20th consecutive battle, being ready to face Dahlia. She planned to use the roulette to paralyze her opponent's Pokémon, but just when she was about to stop the roulette, a tremor originating from Stark Mountain disrupted her, causing her to overgo the 30 second time limit to stop the roulette, leaving it to Dahlia to do it instead. She landed on the trade panel, meaning that the Trainers had to trade their Pokémon for this battle. Platinum was reluctant to fight against her own Pokémon, initially giving Dahlia the advantage. However, Platinum refused to give up, and managed to motivate her Pokémon fight to their fullest, giving her the confidence required to make a comeback. In Cooling Off Heatran, she managed to win the battle, earning herself the Arcade Print.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Battle Arcade in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon in Battle Arcade Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Blaziken		Supreme Victors		2/147	Beat of the Frontier		019/100
Dusknoir		Supreme Victors		26/147	Beat of the Frontier		051/100

In other languages

References

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