Battle Tower (Generation III)
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Location: | South of Route 130 | |||
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Region: | Hoenn | |||
Generations: | III | |||
Location of Battle Tower in Hoenn. | ||||
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The Battle Tower (Japanese: バトルタワー Battle Tower) in Generation III is located in the Hoenn region, and is a post-Pokémon League battle arena located in Hoenn's southeastern sea, inaccessible except by boat, as it connects to no routes. Its purpose is to provide a challenge to all comers, with the best and brightest Trainers from all over flocking to it to see who is the strongest.
Carrying over its functions from the Battle Tower in Pokémon Crystal into Ruby and Sapphire, the Battle Tower is expanded on in Pokémon Emerald where it becomes one of the seven facilities in the Hoenn Battle Frontier and allows for Double Battles as well as Multi Battles (with the player being able to partner up with a computer-controlled Trainer or a linked human-controlled one).
Restrictions
Players competing in level 50 mode cannot use Pokémon higher than level 50. Additionally, following Pokémon are banned from competing in the Battle Tower:
Mewtwo | Mew | Lugia | Ho-Oh | Celebi | |||||
Kyogre | Groudon | Rayquaza | Jirachi | Deoxys | |||||
Egg |
Challenges
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
The player must select three allowed Pokémon to participate in seven consecutive Single battles. The player's Pokémon will be restored to full health at the end of each battle. There are two level modes: level 50 and level 100, which dictate the opponent Pokémon's level.
Upon winning the seventh battle, the player will be given a prize, which depends on how many consecutive challenges a player has completed.
- See more:
- Ruby and Sapphire: List of Battle Tower Trainers (Generation III)
Prizes
In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, a prize will be given away after each set of seven matches. A single, random prize will be given away, depending on the length of the player's winning streak. In Pokémon Emerald, like all other facilities in the Battle Frontier, Battle Points are awarded instead of prizes.
Streak of 7-35
Item | Location | Games | |
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Protein | Random prize for a win streak of 7 to 35 | R S | |
Iron | Random prize for a win streak of 7 to 35 | R S | |
Carbos | Random prize for a win streak of 7 to 35 | R S | |
Zinc | Random prize for a win streak of 7 to 35 | R S | |
HP Up | Random prize for a win streak of 7 to 35 | R S | |
Streak of 35 or more
Item | Location | Games | |
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Leftovers | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
White Herb | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
Quick Claw | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
Mental Herb | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
BrightPowder | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
Choice Band | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
King's Rock | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
Focus Band | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
Scope Lens | Random prize for a win streak of 35 or more | R S | |
Awards
After reaching streaks of certain lengths, special prizes will be given out.
Item | Location | Games | |
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Silver Shield | 50 wins | R S | |
Gold Shield | 100 wins | R S | |
Winning Ribbon | Awarded to all participating Pokémon after 56 straight wins in level 50 mode | R S | |
Victory Ribbon | Awarded to all participating Pokémon after 56 straight wins in level 100 mode | R S | |
Pokémon Emerald
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"Keep the win streak as the toughest TRAINER!" | |||||||||||||||||||||
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In Pokémon Emerald, the Battle Tower is now a facility within the Battle Frontier.
The Battle Tower in Pokémon Emerald has expanded to include Double battle and Multi battle modes, and level 100 mode has been replaced with open level mode. Salon Maiden Anabel, however, will only appear in Single battle challenges.
In Double Battles, each Trainer uses four Pokémon and battles with two Pokémon at once.
In Multi battles, rather than having two Trainers using two Pokémon at a time, four Trainers use one Pokémon apiece in a Double Battle. Only two of the player's Pokémon are allowed to compete at once (with the same rules followed as before). This mode can either be used alone (where the player is accompanied by an apprentice or another computer-controlled Trainer) or when linked to another copy of Pokémon Emerald (via the Game Link Cable or Wireless Adapter accessories for Game Boy Advance), where another player contributes his or her Pokémon.
Battle Points
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Battle Points (BP) are awarded instead of items.
Salon Maiden
In Emerald, Salon Maiden Anabel appears as the 35th and 70th opponent, the last battles in the fifth and tenth passes through the tower, respectively. Anabel only appears in Single battle challenges.
Silver Symbol challenge
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Gold Symbol challenge
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Layout
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Inside the Battle Tower | Hallway after exiting the elevator | Before battle in the Battle Tower |
In the anime
Two different Battle Towers appeared in Generation III in the anime:
Destiny Deoxys
A Battle Tower appeared in Destiny Deoxys, in LaRousse City, where Ash and Tory Lund battled Rafe and Sid. Like most locations in the city, this Battle Tower was almost completely high-tech.
Advanced Generation series
In the main series, the Battle Tower was the sixth of the facilities Ash challenged, in Talking a Good Game! and Second Time's the Charm!. After losing the first match, Ash redoubled his efforts and challenged Anabel to a rematch, resulting in a win. This version of the Battle Tower is near Tohjo Falls.
Pokémon used in Battle Tower
Debut | Talking a Good Game! |
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Japanese | Kenta Miyake |
English | Maddie Blaustein |
Anabel first called on Alakazam in Talking a Good Game! to help her and Ash when they were attacked by Team Rocket. Alakazam was able to beat them with its powerful Psychic attacks. Ash then realized that Anabel was a Frontier Brain and that he would have to battle Alakazam. Ash chose Corphish for the match. Anabel had the ability to telepathically communicate with her Pokémon and give commands without saying a word. In the end, Alakazam easily defeated Corphish. Alakazam then went on to defeat Ash's Tauros before finally being defeated by his Pikachu, but not before weakening it.
In Second Time's the Charm!, Ash had a rematch with Anabel. Again, she chose Alakazam as her first Pokémon. It went head to head again with Ash's Corphish once again, but this time with a little bit of luck as well as Ash's quick thinking, Alakazam was defeated by Corphish's Bubble Beam.
Alakazam's known moves are Psychic, Psybeam, Focus Punch, and Recover.
Debut | Talking a Good Game! |
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Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka |
English | Unshō Ishizuka |
Metagross was for the first time seen during Ash's first match against her, where it easily defeated Ash's Pikachu, losing the match for Ash. During Ash's rematch against Anabel, Metagross easily defeated Ash's Corphish, but the Iron Leg Pokémon finally tied with his Tauros, as its Meteor Mash collided with Tauros's Take Down.
Metagross's known moves are Psychic, Iron Defense, Meteor Mash, and Hyper Beam.
Debut | Second Time's the Charm! |
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Japanese | Megumi Hayashibara |
English | Megumi Hayashibara |
Espeon, Anabel's favorite Pokémon, was seen during Ash's rematch against her, where it battled against Ash's Pikachu. Even though Espeon at first managed to overwhelm Pikachu with its speed and power, one of Pikachu's Thunderbolts put the lights off, making it impossible for both Anabel and Espeon to see where the next attack was coming from. This cost some critical hits for Espeon, and Pikachu was finally able to defeat the Sun Pokémon with a Volt Tackle, winning the match for Ash and earning him the Ability Symbol.
Espeon's known moves are Quick Attack, Iron Tail, Zap Cannon, and Psychic.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Never Spritz a Knotty Sudowoodo, it was revealed that the Battle Tower had been constructed before six other battle facilities were added around it to form the Battle Frontier.
During the climax of the Emerald arc, the Battle Tower acted as the location for the Pokédex holders' final confrontation with Guile Hideout.
Trivia
- In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, a woman in the Sinnoh Battle Tower mentions that she is from Hoenn where another Battle Tower is located. In Platinum, her comment could also be taken to reference the Hoenn Battle Frontier.
- In Pokémon Emerald, there is an apprentice who asks the player questions.
- The Battle Tower music in Pokémon Emerald is a remix of the Battle Tower music in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. In Emerald, the Ruby and Sapphire version of the Battle Tower music can be heard inside a Battle Tent, Trainer Hill or any building in the Battle Frontier that isn't the Pokémon Center, Poké Mart or a Frontier facility itself.
- In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a model of the Battle Tower can be found at the Battle Resort, being the first facility of the upcoming Battle Frontier planned to be constructed.
- In Pokémon Emerald, players may exploit the Battle Tower to clone their Pokémon.
- Main article: Cloning glitches#Generation III
In other languages
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