Battle Arcade

	Battle Arcade; バトルルーレット Battle Roulette
	"Where Events Sway Outcomes"
Battles per round
	7
Participating Pokémon
Single; 3	Double; 3
Battle Points obtained
	Few
Wins to obtain a commemorative print
Silver; 21	Gold; 49

The Battle Arcade (Japanese: バトルルーレット Battle Roulette) is a facility located in the southeastern corner of the Battle Frontier. The building itself looks like a large tent, with articular domes, much like Saint Basil's Cathedral. Inside the Arcade, it is dark with strange patterns on the walls and floors like a circus tent. In the stadium room, there is a large screen called the Game Board that most of the game is displayed on.

Challenges

The player battles seven Trainers consecutively in a knock-out, much like all other facilities in the Battle Frontier. Before entering, Trainers will choose three Pokémon to battle, having their level reduced to 50. Prior to battles, all items equipped on the Pokémon used are removed. Battles in the Battle Arcade are 3 vs 3. Upon entering, the player's Pokémon will be seen on the Game Board. The foe's Pokémon will also be seen when they enter the field.

See also: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation IV

Before a battle begins, the player must play the game board to determine the condition of the battle. The game board is a massive roulette machine that will scroll quickly through a grid of small boxes, known as Events. The roulette will stop by touching a button that appears on the touch screen, or after scrolling for 30 seconds. Landing on a dark purple box affects the player while landing on a red box affects the foe. Gray boxes, on the other hand, affect both foes. Each event will have a different effect; some may lower the opponent's HP, poison the opponent's Pokémon, or speed up the game board. The choice may affect the player's Pokémon, the opponent's, or even the field. The board may land on status conditions, weather changes, level changes, Berries and more. It may even land on nothing. The initial speed of the game board depends on the current round the player is in, with higher rounds having higher initial speeds.

Every battle is called a game; for example, the first battle is known as Game No. 1. After winning a battle, the player's Pokémon will be healed completely, and the player will have the option to continue, rest, retire, or get their most recent battle recorded on their Vs. Recorder.

Roulette events

For the first six sets, only specific events can appear, while the events that don't target the player, the foe, or the field itself will not be generated on certain battles in a given set.^[1]^[2]

	Target	Effect	Availability	Duration
Lowers foes' HP	Foe	Lowers Pokémon's HP by 20%	Set 2+	1 battle
Poisons foes	Foe	Poisons Pokémon	Set 1, 3, 7+	1 battle
Paralyzes foes	Foe	Paralyzes Pokémon	Set 1, 3, 7+	1 battle
Burns foes	Foe	Burns Pokémon	Set 1, 3, 7+	1 battle
Puts foe to sleep	Foe	Puts one Pokémon to sleep	Set 5+	1 battle
Freezes foe	Foe	Freezes one Pokémon	Set 5+	1 battle
Foes get Berries	Foe	All Pokémon gain a Berry	Set 1-3, 7+	1 battle
Foes get items	Foe	All Pokémon gain a held item	Set 4+	1 battle
Foes level up	Foe	All Pokémon gain 3 levels	Set 2+	1 battle
Lowers allies' HP	Ally	Lowers Pokémon's HP by 20%	Set 2+	1 battle
Poisons allies	Ally	Poisons Pokémon	Sets 1, 3, 7+	1 battle
Paralyzes allies	Ally	Paralyzes Pokémon	Sets 1, 3, 7+	1 battle
Burns allies	Ally	Burns Pokémon	Sets 1, 3, 7+	1 battle
Puts ally to sleep	Ally	Puts one Pokémon to sleep	Set 5+	1 battle
Freezes ally	Ally	Freezes one Pokémon	Set 5+	1 battle
Allies get Berries	Ally	All Pokémon gain a Berry	Set 1-3, 7+	Remainder of the round
Allies get items	Ally	All Pokémon gain a held item	Set 4+	Remainder of the round
Allies level up	Ally	All Pokémon gain 3 levels	Set 2+	1 battle
Sunny	Field	Battle in Sunny weather	Set 2-3, 7+	1 battle
Rain	Field	Battle in Rainy weather	Set 2-3, 7+	1 battle
Sandstorm	Field	Battle in Sandstorm weather	Set 2-3, 7+	1 battle
Hail	Field	Battle in Hail weather	Set 2-3, 7+	1 battle
Fog	Field	Battle in thick fog	Set 4, 6+	1 battle
Trick Room	Field	Battle in Trick Room conditions for the first 5 turns	Set 4, 6+	1 battle
Pokémon swap	-	Battle after swapping all Pokémon with foe	Battle 1-6	1 battle
Speed Up	-	Increase the speed of subsequent roulette flashes by 1	Battle 1-6	Remainder of the round
Speed Down	-	Decrease the speed of subsequent roulette flashes by 1	Set 1-3, 7+ Battle 1-6	Remainder of the round
Random	-	Makes subsequent roulette flashes non-sequential	Battle 1-6	Next roulette game
Get 1BP	-	Get 1BP and battle with no other event	Set 4+ Battle 1, 3, 5	1 battle
No battle	-	Move onto the next Trainer without battling	Set 5+ Battle 2, 4, 6	1 battle
No Event	-	Battle with no event	Always	1 battle
Get 3BP	-	Get 3BP and battle with no other event	Set 7+ Battle 2, 4, 6	1 battle

Items

The Berries and items gained from events change depending on the set, and can include both beneficial and harmful items.

	Set 1-3	Set 4-7	Set 8+
Berries
Items

The game has held items defined for Sets 1 through 3, but since the game will not generate this event until Set 4, it is effectively unused.^[1]

Performance

The player's performance in each battle is secretly scored, causing the odds of specific event groups to change:^[3]

Score	Ally	Foe	Field	Other
0-4	75%	10%	10%	5%
5-10	40%	25%	30%	5%
11-15	30%	30%	35%	5%
16-20	20%	35%	30%	15%
21-24	15%	15%	40%	30%

The player receives points for:

Amount of turns to finish the battle; 10 for 2 turns or less, 6 for 3-4, 4 for 5-6, 2 for 7-8, and 0 for 9 or more.
Amount of their Pokémon that have been knocked out; 8 for 0, 6 for 1, 4 for 2, and 0 for 3-4.
Amount of their Pokémon that have a status condition; 6 for 0, 4 for 1, 2 for 2, and 0 for 3-4.

Roulette speed

The roulette stays on a given event for a specific amount of frames. The roulette will also stop on its own after 900 frames, or half a minute, as Generation IV games run at 30 frames per second. ^[3]

Value	Frames	Note
-3	20	Slowest speed
-2	16
-1	8
0	4	Default at win streak of 0-28
1	3	Default at win streak of 29-48
2	2	Default at win streak of 49 or higher
3	1	Fastest speed
4	0	Identical to 1 frame setting.

Nullify events

Events that inflict status conditions do not apply to Pokémon that have certain types or Abilities.

Poison	Freeze	Burn	Sleep	Paralysis
Ability Immunity Type Steel, Poison	Ability Magma Armor Type Ice	Ability Water Veil Type Fire	Ability Insomnia Vital Spirit	Ability Limber Type Ground

Battle Points

Set	Battle No.	Singles	Doubles	Multi
1	1 to 7	2	2	7
2	8 to 14	2	2	8
3	15 to 21	20 (Arcade Star)	2	9
4	22 to 28	2	2	10
5	29 to 35	4	4	13
6	36 to 42	4	4	14
7	43 to 49	20 (Arcade Star)	5	16
8+	50+	6	6	17

Arcade Star

Dahlia is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Arcade. She can be challenged on the 21st consecutive Single Battle. Once defeated, she will give away the silver commemorative print. Dahlia can be challenged again on the 49th consecutive Single Battle, and will give away the gold commemorative print when defeated.

Silver Print challenge

Arcade Star

Dahlia

Battle Arcade

Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

Reward:
20BP

#	Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	EVs
#	Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
0477		Dusknoir	-	Shadow Punch	Fling	Will-O-Wisp	Trick Room	Brave	-	252	252	-	-	-
0308		Medicham	-	Zen Headbutt	Reversal	Endure	Fake Out	Jolly	-	252	-	-	-	252
0272		Ludicolo	-	Waterfall	Razor Leaf	Drain Punch	Swords Dance	Adamant	-	252	-	-	252	-

Gold Print challenge

Arcade Star

Dahlia

Battle Arcade

Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

Reward:
20BP

#	Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	EVs
#	Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
0145		Zapdos	-	Thunderbolt	Air Cutter	Heat Wave	Signal Beam	Modest	-	-	-	252	-	252
0257		Blaziken	-	Flare Blitz	Superpower	ThunderPunch	Night Slash	Adamant	-	252	-	-	-	252
0468		Togekiss	-	Hyper Beam	Air Slash	Aura Sphere	Psychic	Modest	-	-	-	252	-	252

Layout


Outside the Battle Arcade	Inside the Battle Arcade	Hallway leading to the stage	Before battle in the Battle Arcade

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Battle Arcade is seen in Dahlia's mindscape.

Dahlia & Ludicolo

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Platinum arc

The Battle Arcade first appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z as a part of the Battle Frontier. In Clobbering Claydol, Platinum challenged it as her second Battle Frontier facility. With the skills she had honed at the Veilstone Game Corner, she was easily able to land the roulette on the symbols she wanted, making the battle conditions work in her favor.

In Tackling Togekiss, Platinum won her 20th consecutive battle, being ready to face Dahlia. She planned to use the roulette to paralyze her opponent's Pokémon, but just when she was about to stop the roulette, a tremor originating from Stark Mountain disrupted her, causing her to overgo the 30 second time limit to stop the roulette, leaving it to Dahlia to do it instead. She landed on the trade panel, meaning that the Trainers had to trade their Pokémon for this battle. Platinum was reluctant to fight against her own Pokémon, initially giving Dahlia the advantage. However, Platinum refused to give up, and managed to motivate her Pokémon fight to their fullest, giving her the confidence required to make a comeback. In Cooling Off Heatran, she managed to win the battle, earning herself the Arcade Print.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Battle Arcade in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon in Battle Arcade Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Blaziken		Supreme Victors		2/147	Beat of the Frontier		019/100
Dusknoir		Supreme Victors		26/147	Beat of the Frontier		051/100

In other languages


Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		對戰輪盤 Duìzhàn Lúnpán
French	Canada	Arcade de Combat
French	Europe	Arcade de Combat
German		Kampfarkaden
Italian		Arena Lotta
Korean		배틀룰렛 Battle Roulette
Spanish		Ruleta Batalla
Vietnamese		Vòng xoay giao đấu

References

Settlements
Twinleaf Town • Sandgem Town • Jubilife City • Oreburgh City • Floaroma Town • Eterna City • Hearthome City
Solaceon Town • Veilstone City • Pastoria City • Celestic Town • Canalave City • Snowpoint City • Sunyshore City
Pokémon League • Fight Area • Survival Area • Resort Area

Routes
201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215
216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230