Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle: Difference between revisions

The '''Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle''', was a competition for the launch of {{game|Emerald}}. The final portion of which was held in Seattle, Washington at the top of the Space Needle. Contestants were divided depending on their frontier region, for example southeastern states like Georgia and Florida were part of the Brave region. Each region consisted of 2 competitors. For making it to the final round, each contestant received a copy of [[Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire|Box]], {{game|Emerald}} before it was released in stores, and a limited edition Pikachu Gameboy Advance SP as well as an expenses paid trip to Seattle for the competition. The winner was Chris Darling.

This online round will be in the same format as the second round. The top two winners from each region who provide the most correct responses in the fastest time won a trip to Seattle to compete in the final round.

The 14 finalists competed at Seattle's Space Needle. The champion won a trip for two to [[PokéPark|Pokémon Park]] in {{wp|Nagoya|Nagoya, Japan}}. The rules for this portion of the tournament were relatively simple. Anyone deemed to have used an Action Replay was instantly disqualified. All matches were held on {{game|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, Perish Song/Destiny Bond, and Same Pokémon clauses were in effect. Additionally, each round had a 30 minute time limit, with a 20 second Move Selection time limit. The strangest ruling of all was that no held items were allowed. This fiercy disrupted many contestant teams with many resorting to replace Pokémon now depowered by the lack of items with uber legendaries such as Groudon and Mewtwo. Chris Darling, the winner of the tournament, used a team consisting of Mewtwo, Groudon, and Rayquaza for example.

*An interview with one of the top-placing contestants, Christa Salvatore, appeared in [[Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector]] in the September 2007 issue.

*Only one shiny was seen used in the tournament, under the possession of Matthew Gibson, and was a shiny female wobbuffet named Wobbette. He also was the only person to have a legendary on his team that was not Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, or Mewtwo. He used Ho-Oh instead.

*Notable trainers who made their first Nationals appearance in Battle In Seattle Finals include Stephen Parrish, Travis Standiford, Mike Papagianis, Chalkey Horenstein, and Stephen Marioka, all of which except Travis Standiford 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).