Back for more…
Over three weeks ago we brought you the first entry to the Road to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. A little later than we initially intended (due to issues with my internet) I am pleased to bring you the second episode, focusing on Pokémon Contests.
Once again this article has been written by the fantastic, close friend of mine, DefensiveBastiodon (who takes both full credit for it and once again my lovely profile.) Expect more from him in the future. Little does he know that I despise passing my ideas for article series on to others, but I can’t deny that he has does an excellent job thus far!
Road to ORAS: Pokémon Contests
The third generation of Pokémon introduced a series of mini games called “Pokémon Contests.” In these contests, a Pokémon was scored based on their condition on moves. They were held in Contest Halls scattered across Hoenn. In the show, characters would flaunt their well groomed monsters and take part in battles to show off fancy move combinations to win the hearts of the Judges. The original contests were eventually expanded in Sinnoh into Super Contests. It added three categories for the player to partake in: Visuals, Dance, and Acting.
Focusing on Hoenn, categories of the contests included Pokémon Conditions: Tough, Cute, Smart, Cool, and Beauty. You could improve the condition of a Pokémon by using Poké Blocks. Poké Blocks were created using various berries scattered across the region. Throw them in the Berry Blender and take off! The better you were about pressing the button on time, the smoother the Block would be. Poké Blocks also introduced new evolution method for Pokémon; Milotic could only be obtained by maxing out a Feebas’ Beauty condition and leveling it up. (This being after you find one of the elusive demons.) Aside from Blocks, scarves were also available to the player to boost the condition. You could receive these in Slateport City from the Pokémon Fan Club President.
The secondary portion of the contests was partially based on your results from the first round of conditioning. The more hearts you received, the higher the chance you had to be first the next round. Secondary judging focused on attacks. Different attacks had different levels of appeals from the audience. To go along with that, some of them even had secondary effects, such as lowering the appeal of other Pokémon or earning extra hearts for yourself. If you use a move that is in the wrong category, such as a Smart move in a Cool category, you’re not going to appeal to the audience well at all. This will lower your score.
There were four ranks to Pokémon Contests: Normal, Super, Hyper, and Master. The rank, of course, controlled the level of difficulty for each contest. You couldn’t move up to the next rank without collecting the ribbon from the previous rank. In Ruby and Sapphire, ranks were scattered (as previously mentioned) throughout the region; this, however, was changed in Emerald to where all four ranks were in Lilycove City.
The final feature of contests were the multiplayer options. Players could connect their copies of Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald to compete in the competitions. This was one of the big features of the third generation; the capability to play with three other players.
Seeing as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are getting closer and closer each day, and we are seeing new Megas appear. I would personally love to be able to use different Megas in contests for a boost in appeal. (Mega Milotic being better for Beauty, as an example.) To add to that, having online multiplayer for contests would be great too! I’m pretty sure that will happen considering they were a spectacular addition to the original games. If anything, they should make the contests more like the show: allow us to use different move combinations in battles for special effects! We already have the pledge moves, but to utilize that feature with contests would be amazing. I can see it being kind of like Super Training in all honesty…. What changes would you like to see in the contests for Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire? What are your thoughts about contests being revived? Leave any comments and discuss them!
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Ima have dinner and take care of my dog. So for now…
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CRRRYINNG
Tissue, you need?
I’m gonna go too. I have school tomorrow D:
Right, after I’m done with this batch in Special Attack, I will take these 3 and EV train them in speed, and after that another 3 in Defense, and finally 2 in Special Defense. And then lonely Sableye in HP. And then I will be done. 😀
Nooice
OMG GUYS SHINY CHINCHOU!!!!!!
join the club
Here it is (refresh)
31/x/31/31/31/x
Good job!!!!
Thank ya
I know its hard to see
I had that problem when I encountered wild shiny chinchou. I said to myself (they probably won’t think this is shiny when it is) LOL
Earthquake♪!
LMFAO IAN! You know one of the things I love about you. Is when someone hatches a shiny you always comment with the move that’ll finish it lmfao.
Thank you thank you
Its all that pent up rage
Why chinch didn’t harm you
Not yet it will
Knowing you you’ll take every opportunity to take out any of my Ground Brethren
Any water type move
Heres a better shot
no egg moves?
Congrats 🙂
Thanks 😀
congrats ^_^
Thanks
Lol i was just hunting for 6IV
how many eggs it take?
114 eggs 😀
Goodnight sexy spammers!
Except Djja.
I would take that as offense but that layer of fat surrounding your words make me unable to take you seriously
Night Night
Love the heal balls on it menacing!
Yup Imagine it on shiny Lanturn its so lovely
I think I caught my shiny chinchou in a heal ball actually 0_0 lol
Coinkidink
Thanks XD i forgot to say that
Note to self: Never pile up baby shiny Pokémon ever again.
EV training isn’t fun.
Lol I literally have 6 eggs left
I nicknamed it Shinebright 😀
Cool name! I named mine Lure
you guys are so lucky with MM 🙁
im not…
Determination also
Patience is really the only factor that you need.
Eventually, you’ll get one, how long it takes and how long you’re willing to wait are the questions.
the problem is that i was so stupid that i kept th babies and i have 10 boxes full of failed MM i need to erase lol right now i breeding a murkrow and after that a snubull:3
I hatch 5 at a time, if not shiny or not good IV, I release them. So I don’t have things piled up in my boxes. 🙂
I DONT KNOW WHY THAT NEVER PASS MY MIND LOL maybe because of WT 🙁
After I’m done EV training, I will level all of them up to 50 because I have 11 lucky eggs. XD
Might as well check if I have any 6IV
if so ur so lucky!!!
OMG THE SECOND ONE WAS A 6IV!!!!
6IV shiny or?
Not 6IV shiny but still 6IV
No
Just wanna get this out there; Im sorry for being a cynical jerk in the comments recently. idk why my attitude has been not that warm as it used to be.
That’s usually half of my department
you are actually one of the nicest person here lol
Not until my Bipolarism kicks in
based on your comments i have seen, you have never insulted someone even when they taunt or tease you. thats why i respect you:)
that has never occurred to me….
oh, well i found the sableye jokes like a tease IMO but if you dont find it like that good:)
Well those have forever insulted me and scorned my confidence for some time
And that blew my top
The only Person i’ve insulted (or at least cursed out) was TC
I was playing Pokemon X and found this!
*Refresh* (probably)
An NPC in Lumiose said that people in Kalos don’t put ice in your soda.
People don’t put ice in soda in Europe because they feel its wasteful.
The thing I really want, which I realise probably wont happen, is for the contest to be like the anime, and to possibly replace gyms if u choose to do them, or perhaps allow both like nando….. but I digress. Scattered over the region, with the appeal and battle stages, and you have to win five ribbons to enter the grand festival, where it is like the E4, but just….. different, I cant explain what I mean, but I hope u guys understand, even better, though even less likely would be the ability to choose to be a co-coordinator instead of a trainer, just, please Nintendo, one day make this happen
@chicolombia:disqus I drew a Mega Milotic for you 🙂 Water/Fairy. Ability is Flaunt. Attack and Special Attack are increased by 50% every other turn. When Flaunt is active Mega Milotic wields her tail like a war fan. When Flaunt is not active Mega Milotic uses her tail to fan herself because she is fabulous.
HP: 95 Atk: 90 Def: 89 SpA: 130 SpD: 125 Spe: 111
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the crayola reminds me when i was 5:p beautiful
haha same here, thanks
Looks Gothic
yep.
But seriously Flaunt is just too dangerous
I feel Moody would work better (still bad but not controllable and it suits it)
But why fairy…..
Because Chico is hoping for it to be fairy, and I drew it for him.
Fine, but you understand it has nothing to do with fairies right?
He can allow himself to understand if he thinks it has something to do with fairies. That was harsh to say Earthen, and disrespectful to Rocket.
Thanks arch (:
No problem 🙂
Nobody asked you Archer T_T
I will say this once again
Milotic will not ever become a fairy
That is what you want to believe. If you can’t respect others opinions and feelings, why should we respect your’s? And I asked myself to help out, seeing as Rocket is a long time friend here.
That’s your opinion. Not a fact. It’s uncertain as of now.
You don’t know for sure.
All we have is speculation and hopes.
Respect ours and we will respect yours.
I never get any respect that’s the problem
Respect isn’t given. It’s earned.
And yet you expect us to respect you? Not after the way you treated Rocket lol
Gotta show respect to get respect silly 😛
Give and take.
Lol you got SLAMMED
If it has a Mega and it becomes Water/Fairy, it must have the ability Pixilate, for it cannot learn any damaging Fairy-type moves. 🙁 I want Milotic to learn Dazzing Gleam, I mean look at that body!
Those scales are fabulous! A Pokedex entry states that the scales change color from the angle it’s being viewed at, did it not?
Your very talented 🙂 I really like it and its ability is really imaginative 🙂 Don’t mind earthen or the haters, its Fab and exactly what I’d like mega milotic to be like aswell 🙂
The bird, or something else, is making a really annoying sound, and will continue to do so through the night and it’s driving me nuts. Reh-eh-eh-eh-eh. It’s like someone try to start an old engine but failing to do it.
I hate birds…
As do I.
Ever since we got that damn Quaker Parrot i’ve hated birds
Didn’t I tell you guys this was going to happen LOOL
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MEGA EVOLVE IT
I can never manage to breed for IV’s without hatching a shiny
OMFG STOP BEING A SHINY MASTER
And my day gets worse
all in the life and times of Junip–er EarthenWarrior
Lee
My brother made fun of me for watching it
I loved it, and used to be a huge fan of it.
I wonder what is there to be made fun of, it was kewl.
There’s tons of fan art of Juniper Lee, still on my da page from my drawing golden years.
i just hatched a perfect 5IV murkrow, that saved me so much time
Honchkrow ehh
haven’t seen that thing competitively used in a while
Interesting choice
he is UU:3 and has an amazing ability and stats to go with it. and the cherry on top HIS AMAZING BADASS DESGIN
Pimp bird thing
Super Luck or Moxie?
But you better beef up that 52 Base Defense otherwise a Rock Move will clip the wings
As it will for most flying types that aren’t defensive walls.
Moxie my friend and yeah i know:( i want a defog empoleon but is nearly imposible to get one
Same with my dream of a Knock Off Mamoswine or Conkeldurr
knock off bisharp:(:( things like this make me accept hacking
yeah but i cannot hack and will not resort to due to my stubborn pride
you can breed them in BW but that there is so horrible and difficult
His tail looks like a blunt set ablaze
Lucky! I love that line xD
I was in a battle where my Mandibuzz was sent out against a Honchrow.. Mine won. I prefer Mandibuzz. 🙂
IMO i cant compare mandibuzz with Honchkrow, both have different styles of play. Mandibuzz is amazing wall but Honchkrow is a decent physical attacker and i needed a physical attacker desperately lol
It will have Moxie, right?
moxie with life orb or choice band
I dubbed my Mandibuzz the “Mega Gyarados killer.” XD
Toxic, Roost stall with Rocky Helmet. <3
But I was saying I prefer Mandibuzz as a Dark/Flying bird over the other. 😮
design wise honchkrow competitive wise mandibuzz IMO
The vulture and the crow, both are harbinger of death. 🙂
PREACH IT
😀
Then their blackness to represent that death has come.
Mandibuzzs design is genius imo
Plus Honchkrow looks a lot cooler than Mandibuzz. Just sayin.
Not really
The only pokemon-esq thing about MandiBuzz is it’s bone belt and bone pony tail. Other than that, just a Vulture. Still looks cool.
Both are horrible birds of prey that do not show mercy (that i respect)
But still are birds that can have their wings crushed flat via Rock Slide (which is my third favorite Rock Move)
Yeah, no. It would take around 2 Rock Slide to kill my Mandibuzz.
It’s Hp and Defenses are built fo dat ish!
and then honchkrow has an HP many walls die for and then you see that defenses lol
O god I know, they’re awful xD Definitely not meant to take more than a hit or two.
that hp needs to be switched with his speed damn it
I agree! I wish it was faster! At least it has Sucker Punch though.
and pursuit to f up anything that is weak to dark
Hehehe >:) Honchkrow can be quite evil if used right.
Then i’ll do what i always do
Hit it until it breaks!
Roost lol
Then i’ll use Excadrill’s Sand Rush for speed and Life Orb and hope it’ll flinch
And hope it’ll flinch, That’s where your strategy falls apart. You shouldn’t rely completely on luck to win…
I don’t rely on luck, a flinch would be a nice help but the only thing i know is that my Pokemon’s Strength can shatter the toughest walls and will not give up
Well, I can’t deny you there. Only thing is that brute force doesn’t work on Mandibuzz. Trust me =/
Maybe… Mandibuzz is a sturdy wall and can blow away my team
but it doesn’t mean it can’t be worn down!
Exactly! Wearing it down, then using a strong hit is the way to go. Toxic is fantastic for wearing it down.
Sometimes i regret having Stealth Rock on Hippowdon but Rock Tomb has helped me so many times
Stealth Rocks is much better than Rock Tomb. Lowering Speed might be helpful, but Stealth Rocks can destroy teams.
Yes i know, but i don’t have a perfect Hippowdon with Stealth Rock
I have nothing in Black2 that can breed anything remotely good
So i’m just going to say strong with what i got
Or you break. Rocky Helmet.
Thunderbolt
Again, Roost… It won’t take as much damage either.
And rock slide wouldn’t cause damage from Rocky Helm
Even a Mega Garchomp Sand Force Rock Slide?
Who uses a Mega Garchomp..?
I do, and his savage power has helped me numerous times
That Honchkrow.
Da boss.
One of my favorite Dark-types for sure :3
my Battle buddy nick used one for a while
It’s my second favorite Pokemon 😀
Going to see how long it takes me to chain fish a shiny luvdisc lol, curious.
Since most Pokémon can learn Toxic, can we assume that Pokémon, in one way or another, are capable of producing toxic substances?
Most creatures can, they just don’t manifest as venom all the time, if you know what I mean.
n1 and n2?
I didn’t want to say it, but MHMF did.
Also, the liquid. 🙂
(I searched what N1 and N2 were, it seems like either about jets or about neurons…)
I’ve always wondered that
I just assume that hurls up something nasthy
But i’ve wondered how my Hippowdon performs Toxic
-Mouth spit?
-Back port bubbles?
-Or Shot Bubble?
Poop.
OMG LMFAO OK
That’s only Golem
0_0 hot pebble turds
now for my next target DEFENSIVE GRANBULL and if anyone of you have a heal bell snubull i will love you if you trade it to me
Just go fish one out near Route 10 then breed for better females thats what i did
heall bell is an egg move:(
My tip would be to grab a wild smeargle route 7, sketch it heal bell, then breed it with snubbull to pass the move over
the problem is, skitty is the only pokemon who learns heall bell naturally, AT LVL 39 🙁
I just had to get a skitty with heal bell yesterday actually lmfao, got that lvl off gts, think i got it to breed it over for chansey I can’t remember who
i will look in the gts for lvl 39 skitty I HATE YOU SKITTY
I had to trade a dialga for it lol
Yep. I have heal bell chansey’s but chansey is always female lol so it can’t pass it over to snubbull XD
thats feminism
I had the same problem with getting a Xatu to learn a move at 49
Wait, I got it, if you have Celebi from the Pokemon Bank, you can have the wild Smeargle sketch that. Celebi learns Heal Bell “at level 1” (as in, through the relearner)
EDIT: ninja’d by MHMF 🙂
I thought u said Heal Ball…
Anyway i wish you luck, not my problem
I don’t have wifi right now in the office, so I will just say you get Heal Bell from Skitty. (It’s in the route between Lumiose and the first gym.)
that what i trying to avoid lol it gets it a lvl 39 and skitty is what in the wild, lvl 5 i think lol
It’s only one round in Rotation Battle in Le Wow with a lucky egg… I’d trade you the skitty I leveled up just for that right now if I could…
dont worry heavy just gave me the solution, thanks anyways
Greatcarbinkle if u have a celebi and a heart scale, you can tutor it heal bell.
ohh YES THANK YOU I LOVE YOU
And Chimecho also learns it at lvl 39. But Celebi looks like your best bet lol
i want to breed a chimecho but thats for later and i never lvl celebi so its still has heal bell so i just double battle and sketch heal bell?
You don’t even have to double battle.
-Teach Celebi heal bell and delete it’s 3 other moves (you can teach them back later)
-Enter a Ditto Safari or Pokemon Village since it has wild ditto and get one to transform into your Celebi
-Send in Smeargle and Sketch the Celebi’s Heal Bell
-Boom ^_^
i would never use it celebi anyways and hold back is stupid lol thanks alot!
LOL even then you can always teach the moves back. I just found ditto sketching easier than double battles in lumiose. They take longer and you have to sit through other battles once you’re done sketching.
I wouldn’t delete Hold Back coz it’s unique.
I don’t think you can teach back Hold Back, though. (Correct me if I’m wrong.) If smeargle is faster than the ditto (easy when the Celebi is low level), it can just wait until Heal Bell is used and sketch it next turn.
Yep. Gen 6 made it so that you can teach back any move if you’re kalosian. Celebi event is kalosian so you reteach hold back. I’ve tested it.
If you encounter wild Smeargle, use Heal Bell, then catch the Smeargle. Does this work?
Good question. Never tried it that way.
gonna try right now!
Wow. I thought I’d never encounter a shiny while EV training.
Just encountered a shiny Wingull, even though I already have one.
I get frustrated when that happens actually. I go thinking, why couldn’t it be one of the competitive eggs instead..?
I’m just glad it isn’t a Pokémon with the EV that I don’t want. I’m EV training and having to faint everything except it would certainly make me restart.
Well in that case, if I’m lazy…
EXAMPLE: 4 trevenant + 1 sudowoodoo.
I faint them all, then just use one of those defense-erasing berry afterwards…
Oh that reminds me of the Shiny Chansey i got yesterday
This one i’m going to evolve
We both got shiny chansey’s yesterday omg ^_^
It’s funny because I caught it in a Premier Ball with a critical capture.