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Pokémon Battle Revolution (ポケモンバトルレボリューション, Pokemon Batoru Reboryūshon?) is the first Wii incarnation of the Pokémon video game franchise. It is also the first Wii game to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in North America and Japan and the first Wii game to wirelessly interact with the Nintendo DS handheld.

Pokémon Battle Revolution features eleven different colosseums in a new land, a Pokémon-themed theme park called Pokétopia. Other features include stadiums that have their own special effects, such as randomizing the order of one's Pokémon. Some other effects are choosing the order of an opponent's Pokémon and setting level limitations.

This was the first Pokémon game to be rated 7+ by the PEGI: all other Pokémon games rated by them were rated 3+.


Gameplay

The game features 12 different colosseums, each with special changes to normal play or prerequisites and a Colosseum Leader (Except the Lagoon Colloseum that is only used in DS Battle Mode and Online Battle Mode). The Crystal Colosseum can hold up to 16 players, the battles are done in a 16-person tournament mode. The Gateway Colosseum is only open to a rental pass holder, and Neon Colosseum uses a wheel to choose between yours and your opponent's Pokémon, which is sometimes reffered to as "The Evil Wheel". As the player progresses, the Pokémon available to rent become more powerful. The player also earns Poké-Coupons, which is the form of currency this game. The player can then further customize his/her character.

Pokémon attacks are also much more diverse, with each Pokémon acquiring their own animations for most moves in the game. Some animations feature both the attacking and defending Pokémon on screen at the same time. In previous console titles, the game only showed one Pokémon attacking and then cutting away to the second getting hit by the attack.

Along with the connectivity to the Nintendo DS games, a player can win Pokémon from this game and transfer them back to their DS games through Mystery Gift. This feature allows players to obtain Pokémon that are either hard or impossible to get without using a cheat device. To unlock the Pokémon, players must achieve certain goals or enter a special code. So far, Electivire and Magmortar are the only Pokémon that can be obtained through the latter method. A Pikachu (that knows the moves Surf and Volt Tackle) can be obtained by beating each Colosseum once. In addition to the Pokémon download, players can purchase items like certain Technical Machines and evolution items