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Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle Competitors‎

The Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle was a competition for the launch of Pokémon Emerald, the final portion of which was held in Seattle, Washington at the top of the Space Needle.

Entry

Contestants were divided depending on their frontier region; for example, southeastern states like Georgia and Florida were part of the "Brave Region". Two competitors from each region were admitted to the final round. For making it to the final round, each contestant received a copy of Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon Emerald (before it was released in stores), a limited edition Pikachu Game Boy Advance SP, and an expenses-paid trip to Seattle for the competition. The winner was Chris Darling.

Rounds

First Round

The first round is an online quiz to identify the name and type of 30 Pokémon randomly selected of the Hoenn Pokémon. The eight entrants from each region who identify the most Pokémon in the fastest time will move on to the next round.

Second Round

The second round is where the participants are presented with the image of a Pokémon. They must select a Pokémon type to counter that Pokémon. The four entrants from each region who provide the most correct responses in the fastest time will move on to the next round.

Third Round

This online round was in the same format as the second round. The top two winners from each region who provided the most correct responses in the least amount of time won a trip to Seattle to compete in the final round.

Final Round

The 14 finalists competed at Seattle's Space Needle. The champion won a trip for two to PokéPark in Nagoya, Japan. The rules for this portion of the tournament were relatively simple. Anyone deemed to have use a cheating device was instantly disqualified. All matches were held on Pokémon Colosseum, and only Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys were banned from play. The battles were Single Battle Format with each trainer entering with 6 Pokémon and then choosing 3 at the start of each battle.

There was no level cap and the Sleep, Freeze, Destiny Bond/Perish Song, and species clauses were in effect. Additionally, each round had a 30 minute time limit, with a 20 second move selection time limit. Additionally, no held items were allowed. This disrupted many contestant teams, with many resorting to replace Pokémon now underpowered by the lack of items. Chris Darling, the winner of the tournament, used a team consisting of Mewtwo, Groudon and Rayquaza.

Trivia

• An interview with one of the top-placing contestants, Christa Salvatore, appeared in Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector in the September 2007 issue.
• Notable Trainers who made their first Nationals appearance in Battle In Seattle Finals include Stephen Parrish, Travis Standiford, Mike Papagianis, Chalkey Horenstein, Stephen Marioka, and Matthew Gibson, all of whom except Travis Standiford and Matthew Gibson (who was eliminated Round 3, VGC 2010 in Atlanta) have made at least one Nationals appearance since then. Stephen Parrish qualified for Nationals in VGC 2010, Chalkey Horenstein qualified for Nationals in JAA 2006 (Cincinatti) and VGC 2010 (Newark), Mike Papagianis qualified for Nationals in JAA 2006 (Chicago) and VGC 2010 (Indianapolis), and Stephen Marioka qualified for Nationals in VGC 2010 (Atlanta).
• Only one Shiny Pokémon was used in the tournament, under the possession of Matthew Gibson; it was a Shiny female Wobbuffet nicknamed Wobbette. Wobbette has become somewhat of a signature Pokémon of Matthew's, as he also used it at the Atlanta VGC, 2010 (his Round 2 battle video was uploaded shortly after the event: 36-03894-02110).
  • Gibson was also the only Trainer to have a legendary Pokémon on his team other than Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza or Mewtwo; he used Ho-Oh instead.

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