Grand Festival
The Grand Festival is the final challenge for all Pokémon Coordinators. In order to qualify, five ribbons must be won from Pokémon Contests throughout a specific region. The winner receives the Ribbon Cup.
The tournament follows a similar structure to Pokémon Contests with a few differences. A key difference is that there are more judges - in Hoenn there were two extra Nurse Joys while Vivian joined the judges in Kanto.
The Hoenn Grand Festival is held in Slateport City while the Kanto Grand Festival is held at the Indigo Plateau.
Competition
Rounds
Preliminaries rounds
The first two rounds are Appeal stages. Coordinators must twice produce impressive appeals with their Pokémon in order to progress through the tournament and only the best sixteen coordinators go through to the finals. Each round takes place on a seperate day.
Finals rounds
On the third day of the tournament, the coordinators face each other in knock-out double battles. Matches last for five minutes and the coordinator with the least points loses if both oppenents still have a Pokémon standing. The coordinator who wins all four matches is the winner of the tournament.
Trainers who have participated in the Grand Festival
The following coordinators have competed in the final rounds of the Grand Festival:
- May of Petalburg City
- Drew of LaRousse City
- Harley of Slateport City
- Anthony
- Probably Daisy of Pallet Town
- Johanna of Twinleaf Town
Grand Festival Winning Trainers
The following coordinators have won the Grand Festival in the region in brackets:
- Dr. Abby (Hoenn)
- Yuma
- Juan of Sootopolis City (Hoenn)
- Robert of Silver Rock Isle (Hoenn)
- Solidad of Pewter City (Kanto)
- Johanna (Sinnoh)
