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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Once again we now hand over to our readers to get discussing the hopeful comeback of Pokémon Contests and the ideas shared by DefensiveBastiodon in the article.
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HEY GUYS!! are there anymore masuda challenges going on?
I wish. I was open challenging someone to face me in a fish – chain hunt but no 1 dared lol. So I’m all alone trying to fish up a shiny luvdisc
lol! i could tag along but, I don’t have enough experience fishing and i can barely with hope and light try and find a shiny XD!
Lmao!! Well nobody dare challenges me to another MM session! You see how fast I’ve been hatching these things lately !! XD
don’t you have the shiny charm?? or some item that allows you to encounter shines faster?
correct ^_^
no wonder!! but you deserve it, you sir are THE POKEMON CHAMPION of pj XD! honestly, you should replace ash in the anime lol lol lol lol!! and good tips for hatching an elektross with a great nature?
Actually, some of the PJN pplz have the shiny charm too, but no one else gets the absurd amount of shinies Heavy does.
I know! he has every single shiny there is, I’m impress his character is not shiny lol!
anyone wants egg moves murkrow? i have one with prankster and the others two with insomia
how do you know what iv you’re pokemon is and how to raise a 6iv pokemon??? HELP PLZ!
talk to the psychic guy in the kiloude city and he willl tell you what are the perfect ivs
ok, and how do i know what number iv’s?
http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml
http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcxy.shtml use this instead
it didnt work for my elektross, apparently its speed is from 70-100 but mines is 102 and because of that the calculator cannot calculate 🙁
The pokemon you are trying to evaluate should have zero EV’s (or you should input the EV amount should you know it)
I’m sorry but this iv ev thing gave me a headache so I quit, ill comeback to it later and re attempt! thanks for helping!
You can just stick with the Kiloude iv checker guy if you’re only concerned about making it 31 (or zero).
but how do i know if it has outstanding ivs? all he says is that it is above average and that its high on hp and that it cant be beat
It should say the best is in something, and “it can’t be beat”.
For example.
This Pokemon’s best stat is in HP.
And it’s Attack as well.
These stats can’t be beat.
But how can it survive battle with that low of a Defense stat?
Meaning it has 31 in HP and Attack, and 0 in Defense.
“These stats can’t be beat.” is important because it means 31. If he says other things it means the max stat isn’t 31.
thanks, I’m trying to breed elektross, mitotic, garchomp, maybe blaziken or serperior for my oars team!!
BTW, you can use the Battle Institute (not Maison) to level up your Pokemon to level 50 temporarily so that the IV calculator linked by Carbinkle below is more accurate.
THANKS! I’m old fan but i have always wonder how its work and well its time to learn!
I DO!!!!!!
WHY YOU ANSWER SO LATE! i will give you the father cause i released the babies lol
I only have 6 more shiny Pokémon to EV train! I’m almost done!
OH MY GOD I FOUND A SHINY DUCKLET(i still havent found a male smeargle)
LMAO amazing!!!
by the way do you still have a prankster murkrow for me?
yes! let me get him out of the daycare, do you still have grimmers?
yes I should! I’ll sign online!
i believe my internett is being crappy ugh
lol figured.
If it helps, you could put the murkrow on gts and request grimer and I try to grab it that way
if this trade doesnt work i will do that! i put grimer lvl1 right?
I just checked my boxes and I don’t have any more grimer =( I only have egg move: Tyrogue’s, Koffing’s, Chansey’s, Tangela’s, & Kangaskahns
tyrogue or tangela hmmm such a tough choice, i will go with tangela cause i know that she will evolve to the right pokemon lol
LOL alright send trade when you’re ready unless your GTSing it
CHECK THE GTS
GOT IT!
I’m crying laughing @ “mariahcareythug”
i wanted you to recognize it:3
cancel that! I just checked my boxes and I have no leftover grimers. I only have left over egg move Tyrogue’s, Koffing’s, Chansey’s, Tangela’s, & Kangaskahns
Thank you so much @rocketclauncher:disqus!! I loved the drawing! :3 <33
Happy Birthday to DefensiveBastiodon. 🙂
im still in love with this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL0K4H6eCZo
I’m still in love with you… err I mean. Yeah, this is a great song.
well that escalated quickly
not quickly enough
TC if you see this I would battle you but I have to train one more poke ^_^
I’ll give you my first match once I train it in a little.
Okey dokey 🙂
Hoenn 😀
Hoenn 😀
Or r u playin chiken?
http://www.smiley-faces.org/wallpaper/smiley-face-wallpaper-014.jpg
Never. I love battling TC! ^_^
http://38.media.tumblr.com/50627c98a6e7df1344d3a95bf218c796/tumblr_moq3mnoboz1qdeipjo1_500.jpg
Hey question
I want to breed lucario with hitmonchan, even though it says the elemental punches aren’t egg moves but move tutor moves will they still pass down to lucario?
Pass down to baby riolu
No.
Doh!
What does this mean!? And Bullet Punch can pass over but not the elemental moves.
I think he meant duh? But idk.
No I meant what I said
And what does that mean?
Basically :/
13 people are typing lol
And its increasing :O
yeah thats so weird
Once tutor moves release they’ll be breedable Menacing.
I know but my hitmonchan has fire ice thunder punch and it can’t pass down, but it has to tutor. Makes no sense to me
I need someone with an Aroma Veil Spritzee. :/
And what the heck is stargazy pie? Sounds good if its legit. And goodnight.
I looked up the images… oh gawd. D: Why would anyone- who’d eat that?!
Um. What is it?
Oh. That’s…
Something.
“Kill me” Fish, 2014
Yay! I EV trained all of my shiny Pokémon! Now, I will level them all to 50 (not required, I know, but I want to) with my 10 lucky eggs. 😀
why so many lucky eggs?
To level them up quicker? If you ask how I got them, I stole them from poor, poor Chansey in the safari.
wow chansey only bestow me lucky punch dat ho
Lol. I put a fainted Compoundeyes Yanma (increase chance of wild Pokémon holding item) in the first slot, and have a Frisk+Thief Pokémon to steal it.
I just use a Compoundeyes Vivillon which can also learn Thief lol. Not here for all the switching lol
I hope your not mad at me 😡
But Frisk tells me what the Pokémon holds without having to use Thief on it. 🙂
My high level CompoundViv will KO the poke with Thief (take its item if it has one), much shorter duration then having to switch out just to see if it has one when you can just KO it and take it anyway lol. But we all have our methods 😉
No, no switching required with my method. Remember I said “fainted”? The ability still works even if the Pokémon fainted, but it has to be in the first slot.
Ahh forgot about that fact. I wonder if Suction Cups/Sychronize work that way too
My love ball collection is complete! Except for glameow *cries* ;~;
You are close
I know. Hopefully it’s in the wild in ORAS or I’m going to pull my weave out -_-
It isn’t…
-_- *rages*
Does anybody have Mudkip with egg moves? I’ll MM for one once I’m done with leveling up the others. Also, is it possible for Mudkip to be in any other kind of ball?
Yep. Mudkip can legally be in any of the balls that you can use in Entree Forest
Do you happen to have a spare one for me? If not, any with egg moves? I’d appreciate one as that would help me save time.
Nope. I’m going to MM for one soon, but you can’t pass the ball down cause they’re male only in entree forest.
Dream world doesn’t work
I guess you are right technically
Love balls? @-@
Nope. Only Quick/Heal/Premier/Dusk/Ultra/Dive/Net/Nest/Great/Repeat/Timer/Luxury
That second part isn’t possible sorry
Mudkip can be in a different ball but it wouldn’t be able to pass it down since it’s male only in Entree Forest
I MM’d Mudkip back in like december but that was before I knew about destiny knot so I have to rebreed an IV’d one with egg moves soon.
Of all people I thought you would be the first to MM Mudkip. ^_^
I was lol
Here atleast.
Just only has like 1 or 2 IV’s so I have to breed another one.
This time with Barrier
Me too I will MM one soon
I’m breeding Zorua as I type this. Currently hatching the eggs. Hope to see that blue hair hatch soon.
I am raising my riolu’s friendliness right now I am too lazy to change time
I wouldn’t recommend that either. Messes with daily events.
Physical or special 3.3
Omg I was comtemplating that for like 30 minutes then I decided
Physical right?
XD I run physical p, but only cause it synergies well with my team. Also. Swords dance close combat 2hko’s most of the Pokemon in the meta game 3.3
5 minutes later.
“OMGLMAO GUYS I GOT IT.”
I hope so lmao. My heart is already beating fast cause I’m 15 eggs in and don’t see it yet
All love ball everything.
I don’t even know why I look love balls so much XD I hate pink :p
They’re purrttyy. Along with Moon Balls.
Ikr e.e
Since contests have a really high chance of returning, I would love for Pokeball Seals to be added.. They were fabulous.
:0000000000 they would make my love ball Pokemon look even more pretty *_*
I used to have an Action replay during gen 4 and I put in a cheat code the wrong way and it locked some seals on to my Pokemon. I couldn’t get them off so I had to restart the game! LMAO
Please bring back all pokeballs
Kidnap Kurt to Hoenn or someone have an apprentice of Kurt in Hoenn.
Yessssssssssssss!
What is everyone’s biggest hope for ORAS
Since I got mega sceptile my new biggest hope is Battle frontier returns
More mega’s, harder gym leaders and a strong after game.
-Mega Altaria/Jynx/Kecleon/Minun
-Secret Bases & Wi-fi Contests
-Increased Shiny Rate stays the same.
-Johto starters with HA’s and Megas
And they update the rules of the battle frontier
Great modern remixes of the already fantastic Hoenn music.
Lol am I the only one already thinking about what pokemon is gonna do what type of contest? XD
Looking at this, I highly doubt that even though Hoenn is coming back that contests or even the Battle Frontier is coming back as well. One reason why that is, is once Game Freak removes something from the franchise it doesn’t come back. Example are the Battle Frontier which was replaced by the Battle Subway which was also replaced by the Battle Maison, Pokemon contests that were outright removed with no replacement and every gadget from each game, Pokenav (gen 3) to the Poketch (gen 4) to the C-gear (gen 5) to the bottom screen applications (gen 6). If I’m wrong does anyone have an example of when Game Freak removed something then brought it back?
They brought back separation of Pokemon Centers and Pokemarts. Other than that, it’s too late for me to think of more.
And on the map, it shows what look contest halls (even though I wanted some battle tents)
mainly because they are remakes, and we still dont know if that are boutiques
Yeah. Because they are remakes, they could also bring back contests.
And the buildings were only noticable in 4 towns where, in R/S, had the Contest Halls. They looked very similar and weren’t in every town.
Then again, I wouldn’t care. I love my Battle Tents. I’m only pointing out what people have already said about it.
yeah or they can be like HGSS and throw a new minigame like the pokeathleaton i loved that
Ehh it was boring. If I didn’t need stones, i wouldn’t have bothered.
I prefer my Battle Tents. Especially the Slateport one. It was a nice relax from the main game. And you got Full Heals. So early in the game mind you :3
Oops, I forgot to mention that. Good point.
The thing is, you can see the Contest Halls on the map XD The Battle Frontier is also obviously being covered by the clouds, GF ALWAYS does this xD
It’s what i pointed out xD
A lot of people want it back and it was a big feature. I doubt GF would replace it for a minigame-thing like in HGSS.
For “replaced” I think you got it differently.
Battle Frontier => Join Avenue (in function, perhaps?)
Battle Tower = Battle Subway = Battle Maison
Gen 3 is probably the first Pokemon to be remade that has certain unique facilities (contests, frontier) so this is the first time we will know if Game Freak will break back these generation-specific features.
Things have almost always come back for remakes, like the Pokegear in Johto
The contests were found on the map.
Wally Confirmed!!!
When was this?