Three Rivals, Three Ways

	Three Rivals, Three Ways; 三者三様のライバルたち Three Rivals, Three Ways
	; Event notification image
Type	Solo event
First run	December 10 to 18, 2024
Featured sync pairs	Marnie & Cinderace; Hop & Rillaboom; Bede & Inteleon
Sync pairs with reward bonus
1.6×	Marnie & Cinderace; Hop & Rillaboom; Bede & Inteleon
Theme skills with 1.2× reward bonus	Galar

Three Rivals, Three Ways (Japanese: 三者三様のライバルたち Three Rivals, Three Ways) was a solo event in Pokémon Masters EX. It was focused on the sync pairs Marnie & Cinderace, Hop & Rillaboom, and Bede & Inteleon.

The "Triple Feature Variety Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Marnie & Cinderace, Hop & Rillaboom, and Bede & Inteleon from the beginning of the event to December 24, 2024.

During this event, players could earn Event Vouchers I from battles that could be redeemed in the shop. Obtaining 2,000 vouchers would unlock the story area Who We Truly Want to Beat.... All battles could be challenged an unlimited number of times except Daily Extreme Battle 1, which could only be challenged once per day. Extra vouchers were automatically exchanged with coins once the event was finished.

The player could battle using Marnie & Cinderace, Hop & Rillaboom, or Bede & Inteleon to obtain +0.6× bonus vouchers; and any unlisted sync pairs with the Galar theme skill to obtain +0.2× bonus vouchers.

Plot

To help Professor Bellis research Pokémon Eggs from the Galar region, Hop, Marnie, and Bede are asked to raise a Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble that hatched from Eggs. Bede allows Hop and Marnie to choose first, but Grookey approaches Hop before anyone can make a choice. So, Hop decides to raise Grookey. Then, Marnie decides to raise Scorbunny, and Bede decides to raise Sobble. Hop suggests that they start battling each other after they've trained up the Pokémon they chose, and the other two agree.

So, after Hop, Marnie, and Bede have evolved their Pokémon into Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon, respectively, they meet back up to battle each other. Each of them gets one win and one loss, so they all acknowledge each other's strength and vow not to lose next time. However, the people they truly want to beat are Victor and Gloria. At that moment, Victor and Gloria arrive and are shocked to see that Hop, Marnie, and Bede have Inteleon, Cinderace, and Rillaboom. Hop, Marnie, and Bede exchange glances as they all get the same idea, and they decide to take on Victor and Gloria in battle.

Area info

Area name	Unlock condition	Completion rewards
Which Pokémon Will You Choose?	Available from start	Gems ×10 Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1
Who We Truly Want to Beat...	Complete Mission 7	Gems ×10

Battles

Name	Difficulty	Trainers			Pokémon			Stamina	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
Name	Difficulty	Trainers			Left	Middle	Right	Stamina	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1	Normal	Bede	Hop	Marnie	Inteleon Weakness:	Rillaboom Weakness:	Cinderace Weakness:	10	Gems ×30 Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2	200 coins Event Voucher I ×7	Event Voucher I ×2-8
Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2	Hard							15	Gems ×30 Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3	600 coins Event Voucher I ×14	Event Voucher I ×2-10
Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3	Very Hard							15	Gems ×30 Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4	600 coins Event Voucher I ×16	Event Voucher I ×3-18
Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4	Super Hard							20	Gems ×30 Daily Extreme Battle 1	1,500 coins Event Voucher I ×26	Event Voucher I ×3-21
Daily Extreme Battle 1	Ultra Hard							30	Gems ×30	2,000 coins Event Voucher I ×100	None

Event missions

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete any of the following areas ×3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 2	Complete any of the following areas ×10 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 3	Complete any of the following areas ×20 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 4	Complete any of the following areas ×30 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 5	Complete any of the following areas ×40 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 6	Complete any of the following areas ×50 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 1 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 2 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 3 • Challenge Rivals From Galar: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 7	Obtain: Event Voucher I ×2,000	Who We Truly Want to Beat...
Reward for completing all missions		Gems ×200

Shop

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Event Voucher I ×400	→	Field Move Candy Coin ×1	1
Event Voucher I ×400	→	Special Skill Feather 61 ×1^{[note 1]}	1
Event Voucher I ×400	→	Special Skill Feather 62 ×1^{[note 2]}	1
Event Voucher I ×400	→	Special Skill Feather 63 ×1^{[note 3]}	1
Event Voucher I ×100	→	5★ Galar Scout Ticket ×1	8
Event Voucher I ×250	→	4★ Power-Up ×1	2
Event Voucher I ×150	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	2
Event Voucher I ×100	→	Skill Sphere ×10	5
Event Voucher I ×50	→	Co-op Sync Orb ×200	3
Event Voucher I ×100	→	Fire Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher I ×50	→	Fire Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher I ×100	→	Grass Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher I ×50	→	Grass Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher I ×100	→	Water Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher I ×50	→	Water Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher I ×30	→	Elite Four Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher I ×20	→	Gym Leader Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher I ×150	→	5-Pack Great Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher I ×100	→	5-Pack Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher I ×80	→	5-Pack Ultra Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher I ×60	→	5-Pack Great Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher I ×50	→	4★ Level-Up Manual ×10	3
Event Voucher I ×30	→	Skip Ticket ×10	10
Event Voucher I ×750	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher I ×10	→	3★ Level-Up Manual ×3	Unlimited
Event Voucher I ×10	→	5-Pack Drink + Set ×30	Unlimited
Event Voucher I ×10	→	5-Pack Ultra Drink Set ×40	Unlimited
Event Voucher I ×10	→	5-Pack Great Drink Set ×50	Unlimited

Gallery

Event banner

Music

Situation	Song key	Song name	Arrangement
In menu	No. 00004	Adventure Awaits!	Unknown
During battle	No. 08010	Battle! (Hop) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
Which Pokémon Will You Choose? From start	No. 00007	Fun with Friends	Unknown
Which Pokémon Will You Choose? In the field Who We Truly Want to Beat... From start	No. 00008	Out for a Stroll	Unknown
Which Pokémon Will You Choose? When Hop and Rillaboom appear Who We Truly Want to Beat... When Marnie asks what they're thinking	No. 08014	Battle! (Galar Neo Champion) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Unknown
Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox.

Script

Which Pokémon Will You Choose?

Name	Text
(Square; Hop, Marnie, and Bede are gathered with Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble behind them)
Marnie	You want us to help Professor Bellis?
Hop	That's right! We'll be helping her research Pokémon Eggs from the Galar region! She said she wants us to raise these three Pokémon that hatched from Eggs!
Bede	Hmm... They bring back memories of Gloria and Victor.
Marnie	So we're each supposed to take one to raise?
Hop	That's right! I wonder which I should choose.
Bede	You two can decide first. Being the elitest of all of the elite, I must show my confidence rather than seem too eager.
Hop	I think saying it aloud defeats the purpose...
(Grookey runs up to Hop)
Hop	Oh? You wanna come with me?
(Grookey cries out)
Hop	All right! Let's be friends, Grookey!
Marnie	Then I guess I'll choose this one. Nice to meet ya, Scorbunny!
(Scorbunny runs up to Marnie and cries out)
Bede	I'll take care of Sobble, then.
(Sobble runs up to Bede and cries out)
Bede	You're very lucky. After all, as my Pokémon, you've a dazzling future ahead of you.
(Sobble is confused)
Hop	Right, then. I'll be reporting our progress to Professor Bellis. In the meantime... Once we've trained up these Pokémon, the three of us can have some battles!
(Grookey cries out)
Marnie	OK! I won't lose!
(Scorbunny cries out)
Bede	Oh, please. The outcome is obvious. But fine, I suppose I'll entertain this.
(Sobble cries out; transition to a field)
Sometime later...
(Rillaboom beats its drum, and Hop poses in front of it)
Hop	All right!
(Cinderace kicks a pebble with its foot, and Marnie poses behind it)
Marnie	Heh!
(Inteleon shoots water from its finger, and Bede poses beside it)
Bede	Hmph.
Hop	Well then, here we go!
(Hop, Marnie, and Bede prepare to battle)

Who We Truly Want to Beat...

Name	Text
(Field)
Hop	As for the battles...
Marnie	Looks like we're all evenly matched, with one win and one loss.
Bede	You're more capable than I thought. I let my guard down.
Hop	But next time, we won't lose! Right, Rillaboom?
(Rillaboom cries out)
Marnie	We're gonna score ourselves a victory, too!
(Cinderace cries out)
Bede	Stop with this pointless struggle. In the end, Inteleon and I will have the last laugh.
(Inteleon cries out)
Hop	But really, who we truly want to beat is...
???	Hey!
(Gloria and Victor run up)
Gloria	Wow, an Inteleon! And Cinderace, too!
Victor	Even a Rillaboom!
(Hop, Bede, and Marnie all exchange glances)
Marnie	...You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?
Bede	Hmph. It seems for once we're on the same page.
Marnie	Wanna try takin' them on?
Hop	Yeah! It can count toward our research, too!
Victor	Huh? What's all this about?
Bede	It seems there's little choice. I suppose I can join you just a bit longer.
(Hop, Marnie, and Bede smile)

Trivia

At eight days long, this was the shortest solo event that introduced new sync pairs.
- It is tied with the first run of Pasio Gold Rush as the second shortest solo event overall, behind Mushroom Mania.

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		三者三様のライバルたち
Mandarin Chinese		各有特色的勁敵們
French		Trois rivaux, trois styles
German		Drei Rivalen, drei Ansätze
Italian		Tre rivali, tre personalità
Korean		삼인삼색의 라이벌들
Spanish		Tres rivales entrelazados

Notes

↑ Unlocks 70 HP, 60 Attack, 20 Defense, 60 Sp. Atk, 20 Sp. Def, and 20 Speed for the corresponding skill gear. Activated for Fire, Galar, and Rival sync pairs. Additional effects are Fire Moves ↑ 2%, Solar Flare 3%, and Attack Move DR 2%.
↑ Unlocks 70 HP, 60 Attack, 20 Defense, 60 Sp. Atk, 20 Sp. Def, and 20 Speed for the corresponding skill gear. Activated for Grass, Galar, and Rival sync pairs. Additional effects are Grass Moves ↑ 2%, Grassy Terrain: S-Moves ↑ 3%, and Physical Move DR 3%.
↑ Unlocks 70 HP, 60 Attack, 20 Defense, 60 Sp. Atk, 20 Sp. Def, and 20 Speed for the corresponding skill gear. Activated for Water, Galar, and Rival sync pairs. Additional effects are Water Moves ↑ 2%, Shower Power 3%, and Special Move DR 3%.