This is the game that got me hooked into Pokemon. Bring my Pokemon Diamond jpegs to lively 3d animated pokemon that breath, blink, have unique & detailed animations, and even the trainers would throw the Pokeballs the Pokemon were caught with, dooooooooood 8 year old me was elated. To this day, I dream of a mainline Pokemon game that looks and feels as lively as Battle Revolution did. The stadium, the announcer, the music, the trainer & pokemon animations, I could go on. Have a look at what I mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofaU76iyZ-A
This was so disappointing - somehow despite coming out almost a decade later, this has less content than the Pokemon Stadium games. It is an extremely bare-bones battle simulator. Doubly disappointing given I was hoping for a Colosseum 3. Triply disappointing since D/P/P is my favourite generation, so I would've loved to experience a flesh-out 3D game using my team from the DS games. The graphics are great, which is about the only thing going for it.
Probably the best pure battle simulator, officially, that is. Dropping the pointless story and setpieces of Colosseum and XD was great for making a more focused, fun game. Obviously if you care more about the story and gameplay outside of battles you will probably think the exact opposite.
Most lively and unique battle animations in the franchise compared to the series later full-on jump to 3D.
I remember some family members gifting me this one, in a moment in time where I knew pokemon thanks to the animated series, card games and for watching some friends playing Diamond and Pearl 'on their Ds during school.
This is to say that... this is not only the first game wher eI saw the Pokemon in whole 3D, but it may just be the first pokemon game I ever owned by myself.
That said, I have a LOT of nostalgie for this title.
And so I remember all the good things this title has to offer.
The atmosphere and the cool stages are memorable, the usic is INCREDIBLE, and the pokemon in 3D felt alive and full of stunning animations. Back when I got a copy of Platinum, the idea of finding new pokemon were thrilling mostly because I was not able to wait to see trasferm them here and see them in full 3D.
It was honestly a blast to try.
That said though.... on it's own this title doesn't stand very well unfortunately. Unlike other console pokemon spinoffs of the time like Gale of Darkness or Colosseum, Pokemon battle revolution doesn't feature a whole new adventure to follow, but rather a set of challenges on different arenas, that will eventually lead to a final battel with bosses that.... are just there honestly.... the lack of even a simple story really hurts this.
Not to mention that, regardless if you port pokemon from the DS titles or not, the experience can feel really unbalanced.
Play without porting mons and you will be forced to use some locked trainers and teams, that doesn't offer a lot in terms of customization, and can result tedious to use especially in the later challenges.
But since the game is designed to be beaten even with these limitations, this means porting pokemon from your DS will result in breaking the difficuty entirely, as your team can 100% clear all of the challenges the base caimpaign has to offer.
You are able ot access more difficult stages and tourneys later on, but the different battle modes rarely stand out on their own (except for the some of them like the Sunset Colosseum) and the whole experience can be hurt by it.
Not to mention that the game also has rare but brutal freezes, that can straight up reset you run by icing the game completely.
I love Battler Revolution, it's a big part of my childhood and I spent nights playing it and enjoying it. But it doesn't do a lot other than being a cool battle rimulator.
Cool animations though. The pokemon look cool even when they die.
This is to say that... this is not only the first game wher eI saw the Pokemon in whole 3D, but it may just be the first pokemon game I ever owned by myself.
That said, I have a LOT of nostalgie for this title.
And so I remember all the good things this title has to offer.
The atmosphere and the cool stages are memorable, the usic is INCREDIBLE, and the pokemon in 3D felt alive and full of stunning animations. Back when I got a copy of Platinum, the idea of finding new pokemon were thrilling mostly because I was not able to wait to see trasferm them here and see them in full 3D.
It was honestly a blast to try.
That said though.... on it's own this title doesn't stand very well unfortunately. Unlike other console pokemon spinoffs of the time like Gale of Darkness or Colosseum, Pokemon battle revolution doesn't feature a whole new adventure to follow, but rather a set of challenges on different arenas, that will eventually lead to a final battel with bosses that.... are just there honestly.... the lack of even a simple story really hurts this.
Not to mention that, regardless if you port pokemon from the DS titles or not, the experience can feel really unbalanced.
Play without porting mons and you will be forced to use some locked trainers and teams, that doesn't offer a lot in terms of customization, and can result tedious to use especially in the later challenges.
But since the game is designed to be beaten even with these limitations, this means porting pokemon from your DS will result in breaking the difficuty entirely, as your team can 100% clear all of the challenges the base caimpaign has to offer.
You are able ot access more difficult stages and tourneys later on, but the different battle modes rarely stand out on their own (except for the some of them like the Sunset Colosseum) and the whole experience can be hurt by it.
Not to mention that the game also has rare but brutal freezes, that can straight up reset you run by icing the game completely.
I love Battler Revolution, it's a big part of my childhood and I spent nights playing it and enjoying it. But it doesn't do a lot other than being a cool battle rimulator.
Cool animations though. The pokemon look cool even when they die.