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Pokémon Battle Revolution

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for Pokémon Battle Revolution.

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Pokémon Battle Revolution was developed alongside Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and during the Wii's development.

2006#

June#

Reveal Trailer#

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Uncharacteristically for Nintendo, the game was revealed with a CGI trailer released around June 7th, 200612 with graphics overly ambitious for the Wii's hardware. The voice heard in the video is Former Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata.3

  • An earlier, brighter Neon Colosseum is seen floating through the air.
  • Lagoon Colosseum's theme is played in the trailer.
  • Red & Leaf from The Gen 1 remakes, Colosseum and XD are present with new models; neither appear in the final game.
  • Poké Ball trails and move effects look different.
  • Futuristic technology is seen around the Colosseum.
  • The game's UI hasn't been finalised.
  • Destructible environments weren't implemented.

October#

October 14th 2006 Footage#

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Specifically: Lighting comparison.

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A trailer was uploaded from an unknown source. It shows Sunset Colosseum with less dynamic lighting. Harsh Sunlight appears to be missing the end-of-turn animation; the video fades out before it could be properly seen.

October 30th 2006 Coverage#

Among Waterfall Colosseum's reveal and Sunset Colosseum getting a namedrop, Battle Passes are showcased as a feature.4 A pink Pokétopia Jet Battle Pass with a crudely drawn r1 is seen. The featured Pokémon have different face icons from what was used in the final game. Ratatta is using its Colosseum/XD model, as its model was remade in time for the game's Japanese release.

Pre-release

Final

Nintendo World 2006#

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Specifically: Hyper Beam from the final game.

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A Trailer showcasing online gameplay was showcased at Nintendo World a month before the Wii's Japanese release date (and subsequently the game's December 12th release).56 Hyper Beam's animation appears to be a bit different.

November#

November 16th Coverage#

Some more coverage of the game was distributed via the game's official Wii game's website7 and other news sites8. Amongst the coverage is a screenshot showcasing a Player's DS Box copied into Battle Revolution, which has some Pokémon box icons that were changed late into development.

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Pre-release

Final

Clefairy, like Rattata, got a new model before the Japanese release, as evidenced by its old face icon. Bibarel, Vespiquen, and Floatzel also had their icons zoomed in a bit more.

Prerelease

Final

May#

US Wi-FI Demo#

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Shared by IGN a month before the game's American release.10 Pidgeot, Rhyhorn, and Dragonair have had their models updated.

References

References#


  1. https://www.ign.com/videos/pokemon-battle-revolution-nintendo-wii-trailer↩︎
  2. https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/06/07/new-pokemon-announced↩︎
  3. https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2006/6/7/ed4b63f16dd7a6e7fc3067c999974d04.html↩︎
  4. https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2006/10/30/e328f77cffad1f6df73f2c97470f94c6.html↩︎
  5. https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20061103/wii.htm↩︎
  6. https://www.ign.com/videos/pokemon-battle-revolution-wii-nintendo-world-trailer-off-screen↩︎
  7. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rpbj/beginning/index.html↩︎
  8. https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2006/11/16/2d191d06fc42f94f189e3c57db53d219.html↩︎
  9. https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20061117/poke.htm↩︎
  10. https://www.ign.com/videos/pokemon-battle-revolution-nintendo-wii-gameplay-wi-fi-demo.↩︎