Scoring (Pinball)

Scoring or obtaining points is a game mechanic in Pokémon Pinball and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire.

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• List of action points
  • Pokémon Pinball
    • Jackpot
    • End of Ball Bonus
  • Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
    • End of Ball Bonus
• Hi-scores
  • Pokémon Pinball
  • Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
• Trivia
• References

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List of action points

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Add all values (Pinball RS)

These are the points awarded during gameplay.

The End of Ball Bonus is given when the player loses a ball. It recounts events that occurred using the latest ball and is multiplied by the current value of the Bonus Multiplier.

Pokémon Pinball

Points				Fields
Poké Ball (×1)	Great Ball (×2)	Ultra Ball (×3)	Master Ball (×5)	Red Field	Blue Field
50	100	150	250	Pass through any of the outer loops triggers
100	200	300	500	For each full Spinner turn Hit any Bonus Multiplier button
1,000	2,000	3,000	5,000	Turn on any of the three Field Multiplier Lane lights Turn on any of the four Cave lights
				—	Turn off a Field Multiplier Lane light
1,000	—			Hit a gravestone during the Gengar stage	—
4,000	8,000	12,000	20,000	Upgrade the Ball Turn on all four Cave lights
5,000	10,000	15,000	25,000	Hit a Voltorb Bumper	Hit a Shellder Bumper
				Hit either Diglett found at the sides of the table	Hit Poliwag's red button at the left side of the table Hit Psyduck's head at the right side of the table
10,000	—			Hit Meowth during the Meowth stage	—
50,000	100,000	150,000	250,000	Pikachu Kickback
				Hit the Staryu button	—
100,000	200,000	300,000	500,000	Enter the Bellsprout Enter the Evolution cave	Enter the Cloyster Enter the Slowpoke
100,000	—			Recover during Evolution Mode
1,000,000	—			Uncover a piece of the Pokémon's silhouette during Catch 'em Mode
				Hit one of Mewtwo's Shadow Balls during the Mewtwo stage
				Hit a Diglett during the Dugtrio stage	Obtain a pile of coins during the Meowth stage*
				Hit a Gastly during the Gengar stage	Hit a Seel during the Seel stage*
3,000,000	—			Hit the Pokémon during Catch 'em Mode
				Hit a possible evolution item location during Evolution Mode
5,000,000	—			Hit a Haunter during the Gengar stage	—
10,000,000	—			Obtain an Evolution Item during Evolution Mode
				Complete Evolution Mode on a fully evolved Pokémon
50,000,000	—			Hit Dugtrio during the Dugtrio stage Hit Gengar during the Gengar Stage	—
				Hit Mewtwo during the Mewtwo stage
100,000,000	—			Obtain an Extra Ball when the maximum of 10 Extra Balls is reached
1,000,000,000	—			Catch a Pokémon when the maximum of 255 Pokémon is reached

In this game, no points are given for entering or clearing a bonus stage. In addition, all scores above are independently awarded. For example hitting a Voltorb during Catch 'em Mode is worth 5,000 points, and by flipping one tile of the Pokémon silhouette, the player is also awarded 1,000,000 points.

Jackpot

During Catch 'em Mode and Evolution Mode, a Jackpot score is accumulated by hitting certain targets. If the player completes the task successfully, then the player obtains the Jackpot score as well. The Jackpot can reach a maximum of 99,999,999 points per task.

Points		Fields
Catch 'em Mode	Evolution Mode	Red Field	Blue Field
500,000	750,000	Enter Bellsprout	—
100,000	150,000	Hit a Voltorb	Hit a Shellder
10,000	15,000	Hit the Spinner*

End of Ball Bonus

All End of Ball Bonus quantities are capped by 100.

Points	Fields (in-game order and description)
	Red Field	Blue Field
500,000	<number> Pokémon caught
750,000	<number> Pokémon evolved
75,000	<number> Bellsprout	<number> Cloyster <number> Slowpoke
50,000	<number> Dugtrio	<number> Poliwag <number> Psyduck
25,000	<number> Cave shots
10,000	<number> Spinner turns

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Points				Fields
Poké Ball (×1)	Great Ball (×2)	Ultra Ball (×3)	Master Ball (×4)	Ruby Field	Sapphire Field
500	1,000	1,500	2,000	Hit a Slingshot Bumper
				Hit a Chinchou or Lotad Bumper	Hit a Shroomish Bumper
1,000	2,000	3,000	4,000	Turn on any of the three Field Multiplier Lane lights
3,000	6,000	9,000	12,000	Upgrade the Ball
10,000	20,000	30,000	40,000	Hit the Pokémon during Catch 'em Mode
20,000	40,000	60,000	80,000	Enter the Center Hole
				?	Turn on any of the four Egg Stand lights
50,000	100,000	150,000	200,000	Enter Sharpedo's mouth	Enter Wailmer's mouth
200,000	400,000	600,000	800,000	Start the Egg Mode
				Hit a Duskull in the Duskull Stage
300,000	600,000	900,000	1,200,000	Reveal the Pokémon instantly during Catch 'em Mode (hit the Bumpers three times while the catchable Pokémon is still completely unrevealed)
				Hit Dusclops in the Duskull Stage
1,000,000	2,000,000	3,000,000	4,000,000	Catch a Pokémon in the Catch 'em Mode
3,000,000	6,000,000	9,000,000	12,000,000	Catch a hatched Pokémon in the Egg Mode
30,000,000	60,000,000	90,000,000	120,000,000	Clear Duskull Stage

In this game, no points are given for starting the Catch 'em Mode.

End of Ball Bonus

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Points	Fields (in-game order and description)
	Ruby Field	Sapphire Field
500,000	Pokémon caught <number>
	Pokémon evolved <number>
	Traveled area <number>
	Slot played <number>
	Pika Saver <number>

Hi-scores

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Is it possible to exchange the scores of just one field or are both fields necessarily updated at the same time? Add the list of all characters available in player names in all languages. The European version of Pinball RS includes additional ones like Ç, É, Ñ, Ü. If scores are exchanged between languages, can the American and Japanese games display the additional characters from the European games?

In Pokémon Pinball and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the Hi-Score screen contains a ranking of the best player scores in each field. The player is able to save their score when the pinball game ends. However, regardless of how many points have been obtained, no score is saved if the game is finished before all balls are lost (such as by turning off the game without saving).

The player can press left or right to switch between the hi-scores of the two available fields.

It is possible to trade hi-scores with other players of the same game. In Pokémon Pinball, it is done via the infrared communication port of the Game Boy Color, and it works between game cartridges of any language. In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, it is done via Game Link Cable, and works between game cartridges of any language.

Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, it is accessed by pressing B at the main menu, and are also shown at the end of a game. It contains the five hi-scores of either the Red Field or Blue Field, with three-letter player names. In all languages, the available characters are letters from A to Z, numbers 0 to 9, then the symbols "!", "?", "/", "-", "•", ".", "'", "&", "♥" and a blank space.

The predefined scores are identified as the players NIN, CRE, GAM, HAL, and JUP (Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak, HAL Laboratory, and Jupiter Corporation).

In this screen, the player can press Start to open a menu with two options:

• "Print" is used to print the current scores in black and white using the Game Boy Printer.
• "Send" is used to trade Hi-Scores with another game via Infrared.

Also, the player can press Up + Select to reset the Hi-scores to their default values.

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  Red Field
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  Blue Field

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  Red Field with options menu
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  Blue Field with options menu

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, this feature is now found on the main menu as well as the end of a game. It contains the eight hi-scores of either the Ruby Field or Sapphire Field, with four-letter player names. The predefined scores all have the placeholder "----" instead of player names.

The player can press Start to trade Hi-Scores with another game.

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  Ruby Field
• 
  Sapphire Field

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  Ruby Field with transmission dialogue
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  Sapphire Field with transmission dialogue

Trivia

• In Pokémon Pinball, all scores (including the player's score at any time) always end with 0. The action score values and the player's score are stored in the internal data without the last 0.

References

This article is part of Project Sidegames, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames.