“Big hit!” “Impressive move! But this is not a favorable matchup.” “It couldn’t take it! It’s down!” “TORN APART BY SPATIAL REND!” “RRRRIPPPED BY RRRROAR OF TIME!!” The commentator was by FAR the best part of the game.
I do have one gripe... they didn't update all of the models. Look at Rhydon. It was polished and had its edges rounded, looks like it's a part of the game. Now look at Nidoking... it's just his Stadium 1 model ported into the game and it looks awful. Barely any of the Hoenn Pokemon were updated either, and the Hoenn Starters were the only ones who didn't get new models. Other than that the game is amazing.
3:30 oh my god Honchkrow's faint animation is just flawless, that tip of its hat like "Sorry, milady" I remember playing this game when Platinum was out, and it was so satisfying
Jan Catix The getting hit animations and fainting animations are extremely overdramatic. I know what people might say about gen 8 not having enough animation but if the choice is between less animation and bad animation, I chose less animation.
This game would’ve been perfect if they: -Allowed you to use the rental Pokémon like Stadium 1 & 2. -Allowed mini games. -Fixed the online features like you said! It’s really barebones if you don’t have Diamond or Pearl.
This game slaps if you didn't have diamond and pearl, then you could only use rental pokemon. The only way to upgrade them was to win in the first colosseum and swap with defeated trainers, who's pokemon got increasingly better. honestly dope mechanic!
I wouldn’t care about the irrelevance of 3D battles I’d play a remastered Pokémon colosseum just for the story and challenge. Trainers in Pokémon Colosseum were actually smart and had strategies. That’s practically unheard of in a Pokémon game today. I replayed the game recently and I actually found myself actually having to THINK through my battles. Genius Sonority does NOT get nearly enough credit for this.
I remember I played to death that game. It is a good game from what I remember. I do remember it actually being really hard. I remember doing some hard Coliseum battle and kept getting hit by confuse ray and always losing!
How hard is it to just make a team that uses Double Battles and have the gym leader(s) throw out a Skill-Swap Slowbro and a Slacking? Because that is intimidation that every kid should have to face.
The big thing I like about this is how the Pokemon actually physically move towards the other for attacks, rather than doing so through an implied animation like in the main line games, such a basic thing they could change
Matthew Bennett game freak will do the minimum work possible to create each new gen because suckers keep buying and shilling no matter what trashy product they put out
Backlog Rob sword and shield are objectively the best games of all time for online competitive with proper ranked mechanics and new streamlined ways of making competitive Pokemon, so yeah, I’ll buy what I enjoy mind your own business
@@lizardonscribes5168 If you want it for the competitive aspect then it is literally worse than Pokemon Showdown. You have to grind for teams, the ladder is less functional, it lacks any balance or balancing, and there is a good few hundred quality of life traits SwSh is missing in comparison. If you want to play Pokemon competitively, buying a game made by Gamefreak is the worst way to do it.
This game was a really big part of my childhood. I’ve probably played more than 40 hours of it and still boot it up every now and then. Even if it has flaws, I still like it. It was one of my first Pokémon games ever
oh man ive played this game for hundreds of hours online. also cuz I couldnt get wifi set-up on my DS, so it was the only way for me to play online with other ppl
The animations and accurate scaling of the Pokemon were the best part of Battle Revolution. It’s a shame that the game was quite barebones if you didn’t have Diamond and Pearl though.
This was actually the first Pokemon game I ever played ( along with Diamond). I'd spend hours playing it. I get why some people don't like it, but it always gives me a sense of nostalgia hearing that announcers voice ❤
i envy you all... (incoming rant) i have the game myself, but that was a few years ago ( *long* after its release, btw); and i think it's been nearly a year since i (FINALLY) defeated Mysterial! in other words, i couldn't copy my pokemon because the Wi Fi connections i needed to do so don't exist anymore. and the pokemon i have in Pearl and HeartGold aren't exactly good. i was a child when i played those games, offensive moves only; and what good TMs i got in both games i've wasted (example: i wasted Dragon Pulse on Palkia in Pearl and that shiny Gyarados in HeartGold... poor decision), and i'm not about to replay two entire games from scratch just to TRY to get a compatible connection on my DSi! and even if i somehow managed to copy all my pokemon, i very much doubt i can teach them the TMs i can buy at Battle Revolution's shop. and the rental pokemon from the Trade Battles, well... they could have been better.
So important fact Gamefreak didn't make these games, but the models and animations were not made by Genius sonority. Creatures inc did and many models were ported and upscaled from stadium and coliseum. Creatures inc. Also made the models and animations for nearly every pokemon game including spin offs. Meaning they been doing what gamefreak said they would do with the x/y models for years but with better more expressive models and animations.
I remember starting to get into competitive Pokémon and I started stockpiling trained Pokémon hoping over the years they’d make a new battle revolution so I could make a whole bunch of trainer classes and have tournaments amongst them.. I loved creating trainers and outing them against each other in cpu matches
I remember seeing this game for the first time at my friends house, there was 3 of us battling over the big screen, I bought this game in the coming months for myself just so I could play against myself on the big screen (literally never used it for any other reason) My mate who introduced the game to me passed away from cancer a few years later, this game has always had a special connection with me
We need another battle revolution. I would love the feeling of battling of Battle Revolition with easy Team Building of Pokemon Showdown with all new Pokemons and beautiful animations.
You forgot about some cups having restrictions. For example: I think there was one cup were you could only use Pokémon with their pre-evolve forms. Or one were only cute Pokémon were allowed
They have had like 8 years to make battles look better. I get it x and y was there first attempt so that's fine but this is the switch but yeah that's it.
@@antonioiniguez1615 Use your words. Disagreeing just to disagree just makes you sound like an ass. Friendly advice as someone who agrees with you. :-P
MJSoutherland: How do you define battles looking better? The polygon counts and textures are much better in the newer games. As far as the animations are concerned, Sword and Shield are better in that they don't pad out the game time nearly as much. While big fights were awesome in these older 3D games, fighting grunts was terrible because what should have been a 2-3 minute battle would take 10+ minutes or more. I honestly don't think I could even finish a mainline series game with that animation style.
Well okay, some of the animations are bad. That is what I was referring to so I should've cleared that up more. But things like pyro ball , snipe shot , drum beating look nice and then we have things like tackle which is quick attack without the animations. So yeah. *Also I dont think swsh are "horrible" or they make pokemon horrible.
My SoulSilver data got corrupted back in 2012, but all my Pokemon were still kicking in Battle Revolution. While I can't transfer them into any man series game, it's still good that they're not all dead, but only mostly dead.
It's the Stadium format seemingly done right -- the 3D games made them osbolete but it's a pretty exciting time before watching gameplay videos of PBR as we never had Pokemon as "real" as they are without it.
One of my favorite Pokémon games, the difficulty was great and having your many Pokémon transferred over to compete in cool tournament styles such as the neon colosseum and waterfall colosseum. PWT from black/white2 was the closest we had to exciting tournament battles since this game.
One of my christmas gifts from my grandparents was battle revolution's guidebook...i didnt even have a wii! but the guide had a full pokedex of 3d models and i loved it
I liked this game for being the first game in the series to have customizable avatars, long before it became a staple in the main series. And it was also the last game to grace us with free battle, which was a missed mode from the classic Stadium games on the N64. I miss building multiple teams and fighting against them. Battling friends is fun, playing online is cool, but the ability to pit one team of yours against another team of yours (one of them being controlled by a CPU) is a missed feature in the series.
PBR never hid what it was - a good lookin battle simulator. Back of the box tells you this. It was just for visual battles & it delivered. Can sugarcoat it all you want but it did a much better job w/ animation than main 3D titles we got. If it could be done then it could be done now
Honestly, I have pretty fond memories of the online for this game. I never cared about the legendary ban because I never used them. But this was basically the first time we had online matchmaking for pokemon battles, and it looked fantastic the entire time. Always picked Sunset Coliseum because the music there absolutely bangs. I remember the arenas leading up to the final being amusing enough to keep trudging through, and the final event against the coliseum master or whatever his name was being outright unfair, but definitely a worthy challenge for the end of the game. Honestly, the biggest thing that annoyed me about this game was the fact that it never got any sort of "platinum patch". Would it have been so hard to put a patch on the platinum cartridge that'd upload all the new platinum forms to the wii's hard drive? Also, the complete lack of a gen5 game wound up making that the only gen with no 3d representative, so that kinda sucked.
This era of Pokemon was the pinnacle for me. Gen 4 (and playing Pokemon on the DS for the first time) quickly became the most fun I'd had with the story and solo experience, and then I got to mess around with it at school with some friends whenever we had time, usually outdoors during break times. It's also the first gen I tried to play competitively in, and taking those teams I made to Battle Revolution felt amazing. Pearl and Diamond felt incredibly cozy to play in and had so much charm to them, and Battle Revolution really elevated the experience to an epic level. Man, I miss those days.
Most of genius sonority’s staff including James turner of course were absorbed into game freak so it’s not that far fetched to ask that. James turner was the art director for these games I wonder why sword and shield feels so different
Different develop team too. Creatures Inc. actually had their hands involved in Pokémon models and animations in SWSH more than ever (you can compare the model and animation directors in the credits!). Genius Sonority just had a better development team!
I remember a lot of people had issues with this game back then. Even then, the graphics and visuals were extremely good for its time. I’ve never seen anything like it.
To be fair the "graphics" were definitely not as good as SwSh (much less polygons and not in HD), but the atmosphere is a lot better with much smoother animation
As a player of this game and around that age group here's what I think is important to add: the rental teams were the ones you are meant to use for the campaign I remember it was like the perfect difficulty. It was the middle evolutions of the sinnoh starters and luxio staravia and gabite I think
You can grind your way through the game with rental passes. You can trade pokemon in Trade Battle, until you have decent ones, but still no legendary. Yet, with this method, it is possible to beat Mysterial set 8. Super satisfying.
These animations are cool for your first playthrough but after that your gonna find yourself mashing the a button trying to make these long ass animations go faster.
@Thedudeacrossthestreet Have you even look into the Sword and Shield games? Compare them to Battle Revolution and the 3DS mainline games then come back.
I loved PBR. I made my mom buy it for me on the Wii and still own it today. I love the unique battle styles. I still cry trying to beat the gamble Colosseum. Haha I miss the announcer TTvTT
We need another battle sim just like Pokemon showdown but actually made by the Pokemon company. With a Tournament feature Nintendo's gonna get everyone's money.
I just want to say thank you so much for making this video! I remember playing this game all the time as a kid and a year after I first got it I realized I could put my Platinum team on it. Your analysis was well organized and brought up the negatives and positives of the game. These games got a lot of hate but honestly they made me a much better Pokémon trainer and grew my love for 3D animation
I wish they would “remake” this game for the Switch. Keep it separate from the main series games, with the only thing connecting them are copying your Pokemon over from HOME, SWSH, or LGPE. Utilize some the employees from GS (who are clearly still connected with Game Freak, as they have developed Pokémon Shuffle and Cafe Mix recently) and hire new people (they definitely have the money but refuse to spend it) and put together a team that specifies in creating this same game with sharpened models and animations. Purely battling, no set story line, just online battles with a variety of rule sets. Put all the gimmicks together - for example, individual rule sets that allow you to use Dynamax only, Megas only, or Z-moves only - but never at the same time (Megas will never face Dynamax, etc), that way it’s a bit easier to distinguish what’s going on. Yes it will take time to make 1,000+ models and animations but no one asked for a Pokémon game every year! It probably won’t happen though, because Battle Revolution didn’t do well in sales, so they won’t want to repeat a similar game, but I think a lot of the fans are upset enough with the current games’ animations that this could work.
This was my favorite Pokemon game lol I spend hours on watching battles back then, this concept is so fun although it didn't age all too well imo. And yes the animations were so damn expressive and beautiful, that's probably the reason why it was so fun and never got boring (at least to me).
as much as do like a new universal battle sim on the switch but at the same i don't see any reason why it needs to exist other than TPC to file a ceast and desist to showdown.
Why would pkmn not capitalize off a game like that. Considering from this point not all pokemon are going to be in the games this is more time to do this than ever. There's no reason for it to not exist
@@4everzard Not Showdown fans. There is no balancing and a huge lack of features if you trust Nintendo. Not to mention having completely atrocious net-code because Nintendo lives in the 90's to this day.
I dont see them make another on of these tbf. We've already got pokemon showdown which is basically a battle simulator just like the pokemon colossuem. Unless you want better animations and graphics which is irrelevant when your comparing pokemon colossuem to a website made by a unoffical pokemon format
I remember playing this game on the wii when I was little all the time against my cousin and even if it isn't a good game or great game It will still always be one of my favorites. ... :)
9:50 If PBR came out alongside Sword and Shield, I would be inclined to agree. But remember, focused on one thing or not, PBR came out over 10 years before Sword and Shield. TPC could’ve easily taken cues from PBR (and by extension, Genius Sonority), since the Switch, contrary to what defenders would have you believe, can have good quality animations in addition to having an adventure aspect in the game. Heck, Colosseum and XD had this exact combination, and they came out way earlier than PBR did.
I mostly just played this for 1. The absolute 🔥 soundtrack 2. Gen 4 battles on the big screen 3. Transferring items to my games like several Brick Break TMs
I have INCREDIBLY fond memories of this game and was SO excited to get it for Christmas the year it came out. I just picked up this game recently and it does have a lot of flaws, but I do love it still for all its good qualities. I sorely miss the online battles now even though the system was pretty broken lol, but I just keep coming back to this game every once in a while... I really have a soft spot for it
what do you mean they changed the pronunciation of Arceus to Ar-key-us? the japanese name for Arceus is アルセウス which is pronounced Ar-see-us in japanese
"once the 3D effects wear off you're really stuck with a bare bones $60 game" people play Battle Revolution for the battles like Battle Frontier which everyone keeps asking for them to bring back. the only way you would think that is if you're just playing for story. "I wish Master rank was automatically unlocked" you probably didn't know this but once you beat a stadium you've already beat it gets harder each stadium goes up to rank 8. Rank 5 is when you can start using your in-game team because they're too strong for rental Pokemon. Post game is basically Rank 8 be harder. "In game team The only viable way to play this game" I beat this whole game with Nate's team without the other rental passes as a kid. It's only unviable when you enter Rank 5-8 battles and post game. "They didn't record that many voice lines" you really expect them to do multiple voice lines for same move? do you know how many moves there are in Pokemon lol I'm just surprised they did voice lines for every move in general
Disagree, there was plenty of unique voicelines for each pokemon move (namely the ones with base power of 95-150), and it only activated if it was a one-shot kill or he does it as a troll “not very effective” attack Ex. Soaked By Surf! Swamped- by Hydro Pump! DELUGED by Hydro Cannon
The thing is people like me that didnt have a way to port pokemon, play the game with only rental passes, unlocking new rental passes and combining the pokemon from all the rentals was really fun, and the battles were a better challenge because your pokemon were not op. Play this game with only rental passes and its a MASTERPIECE.
I still play this game occasionally with the heartfelt file that I have saved on it. The announcer and stadiums are great! Also the little cup stadium is probably my favorite
Battle revolution will always be my favourite pokemon console game hands down. First game I played where I could play a character the same colour as me, and have it be "me"
I always played with Rental Passes on one file to get all the character stuff, and I'll eventually transfer my stuff from SoulSilver to the file so that eventually I'll have *the ultimate Battle Revolution competitive setup.* Also Neon Colosseum is trash.
I feel like Battle Revolution is at its best if you play it along side a gen 4 save file. The battles are really engaging if you start off with a team of ~level 20s and slowly update them overtime
At 8:10 it's mentioned that this game is $60. Weren't wii games $50 and Nintendo made the $60 jump with the wiiU? I'm not here to fact check, it's just more fuel for the swsh comparison tbh
I kind of would like to replay this game with a team of transferred Pokémon. But if what you're saying is true and all of the early battles are boring and repetitive, then the experience may not be worth it. But like a lot of commenters said, the music and animation are great. I like the customization too, even if there are WAY fewer clothing options than in Sword and Shield. I just appreciate that you can choose an older looking player character. That Muscle Man model looks so cool!
I'm pretty sure the whole "animations" debacle in Sword and Shield was referring to the Pokemon Camp feature, where each pokemon got their own animations for walking around, eating, playing and interacting with other pokemon on your team.
Something really awesome about these games is that you can actually still get the Electivire and Magmorter event since they aren’t obtained through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. I know it’s entire possible to get Gen IV and V event Pokémon, but Gen IV specifically has much more specific requirements to get them. If you have the game and a Gen IV title, just punch the code to get them and send them up to Gen VII.
I remember playing this back in 2010 this game really slapped, It was probably the best Pokémon experience ever. I just wish another developer would remake this game and add rest of the Pokémon, upscale it, give it an actual online multiplayer that’s stable and tournaments.
I believe that the main Pokemon games should have some much needed healthy competition. Right now they are stagnant because they know that they have a monopoly. Third party companies can do so much better, but they ignore it because they can.
Still wishing for stadium 3 Just imagine New pokemon snap graphics Gym leader castle for ALL regions, New minigames and the regular cups and maybe the world championship like in the new anime
It should be noted that Creatures Inc, the same company that creates both the models and animations for the Pokémon titles on Switch and 3DS also did the same for this game.
You know, I used to spend hours playing this. I honestly never got bored seeing my partner infernape in all its glory. 🤣😁 I do love story driven games but I also really love Pokémon battles so...🤷♀️🤣
torched by flare blitz
Hi
@@Natedogg3100 What do you want him to say?
@@machina5 Ice Beam Hits
Make this into a meme
Frosted by blizzard
“Big hit!”
“Impressive move! But this is not a favorable matchup.”
“It couldn’t take it! It’s down!”
“TORN APART BY SPATIAL REND!”
“RRRRIPPPED BY RRRROAR OF TIME!!”
The commentator was by FAR the best part of the game.
you forgot "torched by flare blitz"
JPRPokeTrainer98 and “Zapped by FLARE BLITZ!”
It's more like: "BEEEEG HIIIIT!"
The stadium/colosseum commentators are some of the most hype sports announcers of any game
“Complete destruction by Shadow Force!”
Whatever your opinions of Battle Revolution, we can all agree that the music absolutely SLAPS
Meh
True
It's a hit or miss for me
Ehh
Before SwSh, I would have said yes. But yes they are still very good. Played it for hour, the main theme never annoyed me.
The soundtrack: *Slaps!*
The announcer: *Funny!*
The coliseum: *Cool Looking!*
The animations: *Amazing and they give "life" to the pokemon!*
What is that "life" you are talking about?
Hotel: Trivago
If only SW/SH had better animations like BR, they all look soulless
@@hit9819 BR animations are sometime very annoying. They are very long. But all those death animation are so amazing
I do have one gripe... they didn't update all of the models. Look at Rhydon. It was polished and had its edges rounded, looks like it's a part of the game. Now look at Nidoking... it's just his Stadium 1 model ported into the game and it looks awful. Barely any of the Hoenn Pokemon were updated either, and the Hoenn Starters were the only ones who didn't get new models.
Other than that the game is amazing.
Genius Sonority went from making Pokémon Colosseum and XD to making Pokémon Shuffle and Café Mix.
*Look at how they massacred my boy.*
I knoooooooow, I was as surprised and disgusted when I saw who was developing those mobile games.
@@brunolinares604 They make these games because pokemon company pays them to make it that way....
The curse of mobile games. They just poison everything.
@@andresmarrero8666 True.
@@Emily848 I don't like either one of them, but I loved Colosseum and XD even more than most main series games, so you can only imagine how I feel.
3:30 oh my god Honchkrow's faint animation is just flawless, that tip of its hat like "Sorry, milady"
I remember playing this game when Platinum was out, and it was so satisfying
This game but upscaled is what Gen 9 should look like
Which really isn't saying much seeing this is a Wii game, but it seems like a reasonable baseline.
No thanks
@@antonioiniguez1615 Why not? I'm curious
Jan Catix The getting hit animations and fainting animations are extremely overdramatic. I know what people might say about gen 8 not having enough animation but if the choice is between less animation and bad animation, I chose less animation.
@@antonioiniguez1615 I don't really get how being overdramatic is a bad thing tho?? It's expressive and gives life to these monsters
This game would’ve been perfect if they:
-Allowed you to use the rental Pokémon like Stadium 1 & 2.
-Allowed mini games.
-Fixed the online features like you said!
It’s really barebones if you don’t have Diamond or Pearl.
Imagine playing a Pokémon Battle Simulator for the minigames.
The game would have been perfect if we could have used it as a sandbox like Pokemon Showdown, but they don't want that and I kinda understand why
They do allow you to use rental Pokémon.
This game slaps if you didn't have diamond and pearl, then you could only use rental pokemon. The only way to upgrade them was to win in the first colosseum and swap with defeated trainers, who's pokemon got increasingly better. honestly dope mechanic!
I wouldn’t care about the irrelevance of 3D battles I’d play a remastered Pokémon colosseum just for the story and challenge. Trainers in Pokémon Colosseum were actually smart and had strategies. That’s practically unheard of in a Pokémon game today. I replayed the game recently and I actually found myself actually having to THINK through my battles. Genius Sonority does NOT get nearly enough credit for this.
I remember I played to death that game. It is a good game from what I remember. I do remember it actually being really hard. I remember doing some hard Coliseum battle and kept getting hit by confuse ray and always losing!
Too bad only the art director made it over from Genius sonority into Game freak.
How hard is it to just make a team that uses Double Battles and have the gym leader(s) throw out a Skill-Swap Slowbro and a Slacking? Because that is intimidation that every kid should have to face.
@Haruhiro Grimgar Or the Ludicolo swarm that is Mirror B
~ "does not affect Misdreavus.", oh I miss you so.
crazy, just started playing battle revolution again last week, seriously makes battling so immersive and feel IMPORTANT.
No it doesn't
Me too, every move feels powerful because of the animations, especially when fainting.
@@antonioiniguez1615 If you think that BR didn't make battling feel immersive then you either have really terrible taste or really low standards
Dino Nuggets that's a terrible thing to say
Dino Nuggets police are living
The big thing I like about this is how the Pokemon actually physically move towards the other for attacks, rather than doing so through an implied animation like in the main line games, such a basic thing they could change
Matthew Bennett game freak will do the minimum work possible to create each new gen because suckers keep buying and shilling no matter what trashy product they put out
Backlog Rob sword and shield are objectively the best games of all time for online competitive with proper ranked mechanics and new streamlined ways of making competitive Pokemon, so yeah, I’ll buy what I enjoy mind your own business
@@lizardonscribes5168 If you want it for the competitive aspect then it is literally worse than Pokemon Showdown. You have to grind for teams, the ladder is less functional, it lacks any balance or balancing, and there is a good few hundred quality of life traits SwSh is missing in comparison.
If you want to play Pokemon competitively, buying a game made by Gamefreak is the worst way to do it.
@@lizardonscribes5168 amazing. We're not buying half assed nonsense though so mind your business
@@curtisdunn1854 It's free to play, and it's a website too
EDIT: play.pokemonshowdown.com
This game was a really big part of my childhood. I’ve probably played more than 40 hours of it and still boot it up every now and then. Even if it has flaws, I still like it. It was one of my first Pokémon games ever
oh man ive played this game for hundreds of hours online. also cuz I couldnt get wifi set-up on my DS, so it was the only way for me to play online with other ppl
damn bro 40 hours.... those are rookie numbers I do that in 3 days with a game I really like
The animations and accurate scaling of the Pokemon were the best part of Battle Revolution. It’s a shame that the game was quite barebones if you didn’t have Diamond and Pearl though.
man i grew up with this game, i LOVED every second of it. the models, animations, music, scenery, everything was just absolutely amazing
This was actually the first Pokemon game I ever played ( along with Diamond). I'd spend hours playing it. I get why some people don't like it, but it always gives me a sense of nostalgia hearing that announcers voice ❤
Same here. It was one game I played a lot myself.
Yeah I loved it I played it for so many hours
i envy you all... (incoming rant)
i have the game myself, but that was a few years ago ( *long* after its release, btw); and i think it's been nearly a year since i (FINALLY) defeated Mysterial!
in other words, i couldn't copy my pokemon because the Wi Fi connections i needed to do so don't exist anymore. and the pokemon i have in Pearl and HeartGold aren't exactly good. i was a child when i played those games, offensive moves only; and what good TMs i got in both games i've wasted (example: i wasted Dragon Pulse on Palkia in Pearl and that shiny Gyarados in HeartGold... poor decision), and i'm not about to replay two entire games from scratch just to TRY to get a compatible connection on my DSi!
and even if i somehow managed to copy all my pokemon, i very much doubt i can teach them the TMs i can buy at Battle Revolution's shop.
and the rental pokemon from the Trade Battles, well... they could have been better.
So important fact
Gamefreak didn't make these games, but the models and animations were not made by Genius sonority. Creatures inc did and many models were ported and upscaled from stadium and coliseum.
Creatures inc. Also made the models and animations for nearly every pokemon game including spin offs. Meaning they been doing what gamefreak said they would do with the x/y models for years but with better more expressive models and animations.
So basically gamefreak hade the company to perform animation like this but didn't go through with that?.
Game engines. You can't drag and drop. Game development is not simple.
I literally just found this game at Savers for 3.99 and gave a very audible “no freaking way!”
"Ancient Sinnohan for 'I see you've chosen death.' " lmaooooo I died with that one 🤣🤣
I remember starting to get into competitive Pokémon and I started stockpiling trained Pokémon hoping over the years they’d make a new battle revolution so I could make a whole bunch of trainer classes and have tournaments amongst them.. I loved creating trainers and outing them against each other in cpu matches
Oh geez, yes. I get this so much. There's nothing like it. I did the exact same thing.
I remember seeing this game for the first time at my friends house, there was 3 of us battling over the big screen, I bought this game in the coming months for myself just so I could play against myself on the big screen (literally never used it for any other reason)
My mate who introduced the game to me passed away from cancer a few years later, this game has always had a special connection with me
We need another battle revolution.
I would love the feeling of battling of Battle Revolition with easy Team Building of Pokemon Showdown with all new Pokemons and beautiful animations.
you and me both. i 100% agree.
You forgot about some cups having restrictions. For example: I think there was one cup were you could only use Pokémon with their pre-evolve forms. Or one were only cute Pokémon were allowed
The former was Sunny Park, which used unevolved Pokémon at level 5.
“That sounds like, oh I don’t know, SEGREGATION!”
They have had like 8 years to make battles look better. I get it x and y was there first attempt so that's fine but this is the switch but yeah that's it.
They don't need to look better. They look great already
@Thedudeacrossthestreet I dare you go up against Distant Kingdom if this is how you're going to argue us.
@@antonioiniguez1615 Use your words. Disagreeing just to disagree just makes you sound like an ass. Friendly advice as someone who agrees with you. :-P
MJSoutherland: How do you define battles looking better? The polygon counts and textures are much better in the newer games. As far as the animations are concerned, Sword and Shield are better in that they don't pad out the game time nearly as much. While big fights were awesome in these older 3D games, fighting grunts was terrible because what should have been a 2-3 minute battle would take 10+ minutes or more. I honestly don't think I could even finish a mainline series game with that animation style.
Well okay, some of the animations are bad. That is what I was referring to so I should've cleared that up more. But things like pyro ball , snipe shot , drum beating look nice and then we have things like tackle which is quick attack without the animations. So yeah. *Also I dont think swsh are "horrible" or they make pokemon horrible.
My SoulSilver data got corrupted back in 2012, but all my Pokemon were still kicking in Battle Revolution. While I can't transfer them into any man series game, it's still good that they're not all dead, but only mostly dead.
It's the Stadium format seemingly done right -- the 3D games made them osbolete but it's a pretty exciting time before watching gameplay videos of PBR as we never had Pokemon as "real" as they are without it.
One of my favorite Pokémon games, the difficulty was great and having your many Pokémon transferred over to compete in cool tournament styles such as the neon colosseum and waterfall colosseum. PWT from black/white2 was the closest we had to exciting tournament battles since this game.
Gen9 better have 2007 Battle Revolution graphics at the very least lol
Gen 9 will have Gen 6 graphics.
It better have swsh graphics. Gen 9 would be the worst looking game since battle revolution if it had battle revolution graphics.
No, swsh graphics are miles better than battle revolution
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Good joke. Just like the N64 trees.
Since we're getting back Pokemo Snap, I think it's only fair to have something like Colosseum/Battle Revolution again
you can hope, but don't hope too much.
One of my christmas gifts from my grandparents was battle revolution's guidebook...i didnt even have a wii! but the guide had a full pokedex of 3d models and i loved it
I spent so much time in this game, I'm so glad to see someone covering it even now in 2020!!
I liked this game for being the first game in the series to have customizable avatars, long before it became a staple in the main series. And it was also the last game to grace us with free battle, which was a missed mode from the classic Stadium games on the N64. I miss building multiple teams and fighting against them. Battling friends is fun, playing online is cool, but the ability to pit one team of yours against another team of yours (one of them being controlled by a CPU) is a missed feature in the series.
Ngl. I have a soft spot for this game. But yeah only battling gets old fast. Soundtrack is great though
PBR never hid what it was - a good lookin battle simulator. Back of the box tells you this. It was just for visual battles & it delivered. Can sugarcoat it all you want but it did a much better job w/ animation than main 3D titles we got. If it could be done then it could be done now
I liked a lot this game. The music, all the animated pokemon with PERSONALITY that we miss these days and the Voice
Honestly, I have pretty fond memories of the online for this game. I never cared about the legendary ban because I never used them. But this was basically the first time we had online matchmaking for pokemon battles, and it looked fantastic the entire time. Always picked Sunset Coliseum because the music there absolutely bangs.
I remember the arenas leading up to the final being amusing enough to keep trudging through, and the final event against the coliseum master or whatever his name was being outright unfair, but definitely a worthy challenge for the end of the game.
Honestly, the biggest thing that annoyed me about this game was the fact that it never got any sort of "platinum patch". Would it have been so hard to put a patch on the platinum cartridge that'd upload all the new platinum forms to the wii's hard drive? Also, the complete lack of a gen5 game wound up making that the only gen with no 3d representative, so that kinda sucked.
What are Platinum forms? And they started doing sequels with gen v so that might be why and no Pokemon game was made on wii u I don't think
This era of Pokemon was the pinnacle for me. Gen 4 (and playing Pokemon on the DS for the first time) quickly became the most fun I'd had with the story and solo experience, and then I got to mess around with it at school with some friends whenever we had time, usually outdoors during break times. It's also the first gen I tried to play competitively in, and taking those teams I made to Battle Revolution felt amazing. Pearl and Diamond felt incredibly cozy to play in and had so much charm to them, and Battle Revolution really elevated the experience to an epic level. Man, I miss those days.
Most of genius sonority’s staff including James turner of course were absorbed into game freak so it’s not that far fetched to ask that. James turner was the art director for these games I wonder why sword and shield feels so different
Because they rushed it to meet the deadlines and because fans want a new game every year
Different develop team too. Creatures Inc. actually had their hands involved in Pokémon models and animations in SWSH more than ever (you can compare the model and animation directors in the credits!). Genius Sonority just had a better development team!
I remember a lot of people had issues with this game back then. Even then, the graphics and visuals were extremely good for its time. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Hands down better grafics than sword and shield lmao
To be fair the "graphics" were definitely not as good as SwSh (much less polygons and not in HD), but the atmosphere is a lot better with much smoother animation
@@user-uv5ld3cx5t I love honchkrow's death animation in this game, maybe the best pokemon animation of all time
As a player of this game and around that age group here's what I think is important to add: the rental teams were the ones you are meant to use for the campaign I remember it was like the perfect difficulty. It was the middle evolutions of the sinnoh starters and luxio staravia and gabite I think
I loved this game as a kid. I remember standing in front of the tv screen and shouting the attacks...till my mom told me to shut up lol!!
You can grind your way through the game with rental passes. You can trade pokemon in Trade Battle, until you have decent ones, but still no legendary. Yet, with this method, it is possible to beat Mysterial set 8. Super satisfying.
One day we'll get our Pokemon: Breath of the Wilds game. One day.
No thanks
Nope if we keep buying their mediocre games.
we'll get that on mobile with micro transactions
Gen 9 NEEDS to be a big leap. (altho sadly people will dick ride it anyways)
Hahahhahahaahahhahahahhha yeah not gonna happen for a LONG time lol
The music, the animations, the pokémon actual sizes, all things SW/SH wished they had.
SWSH is much better in every way
These animations are cool for your first playthrough but after that your gonna find yourself mashing the a button trying to make these long ass animations go faster.
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Sounds more like a you problem, not a problem with the game.
@@antonioiniguez1615 no.
EspurrsEyes42 no the animations are a problem with the game.
This game was an actual challenge unlike recent games, I come back to this game to give my team a challenge quite often
It’s sad that In 2007 this game looked way better than gen8 in 2019-2020
It doesn't look better
Thedudeacrossthestreet 🤨 it does
@Thedudeacrossthestreet Have you even look into the Sword and Shield games? Compare them to Battle Revolution and the 3DS mainline games then come back.
ElectroBlastLuigi SWSH is easily the best looking Pokemon gane ever made.
Timothy Dragneel it doesn't. Battle revolution has the most revolting animations I've ever seen
Ahhh, Battle Revolution. My son and I still bust this open from time to time
You make such quality content I always click your videos so fast
appreciate it my friend!
This game makes me actually use strategy especially after I beat it. Something I haven't done in main series in a long time
Just found this channel. You know, I couldn’t agree with you more and I’m glad someone finally acknowledged Battle Revolution.
Genius Sonority should make every Pokemon game lol
I loved PBR. I made my mom buy it for me on the Wii and still own it today. I love the unique battle styles. I still cry trying to beat the gamble Colosseum. Haha I miss the announcer TTvTT
We need another battle sim just like Pokemon showdown but actually made by the Pokemon company. With a Tournament feature Nintendo's gonna get everyone's money.
Too bad this game never got a sequel in the 2010's for the Gen 5 games, like Black, White, Black 2 & White 2.
I just want to say thank you so much for making this video! I remember playing this game all the time as a kid and a year after I first got it I realized I could put my Platinum team on it. Your analysis was well organized and brought up the negatives and positives of the game. These games got a lot of hate but honestly they made me a much better Pokémon trainer and grew my love for 3D animation
I wish they would “remake” this game for the Switch. Keep it separate from the main series games, with the only thing connecting them are copying your Pokemon over from HOME, SWSH, or LGPE. Utilize some the employees from GS (who are clearly still connected with Game Freak, as they have developed Pokémon Shuffle and Cafe Mix recently) and hire new people (they definitely have the money but refuse to spend it) and put together a team that specifies in creating this same game with sharpened models and animations.
Purely battling, no set story line, just online battles with a variety of rule sets. Put all the gimmicks together - for example, individual rule sets that allow you to use Dynamax only, Megas only, or Z-moves only - but never at the same time (Megas will never face Dynamax, etc), that way it’s a bit easier to distinguish what’s going on.
Yes it will take time to make 1,000+ models and animations but no one asked for a Pokémon game every year!
It probably won’t happen though, because Battle Revolution didn’t do well in sales, so they won’t want to repeat a similar game, but I think a lot of the fans are upset enough with the current games’ animations that this could work.
Awesome music and seeing Pokémon in that form was absolutely mesmerizing. Plus the master class battles are still difficult for me
This was my favorite Pokemon game lol
I spend hours on watching battles back then, this concept is so fun although it didn't age all too well imo.
And yes the animations were so damn expressive and beautiful, that's probably the reason why it was so fun and never got boring (at least to me).
I'm honestly still hoping they make another game like this.
I used to play this game online so much. I remember the lengthy communication times too, oh those were the days :D
“EARTHQUAKE TEARS OPEN THE GROUND!” Was my personal favorite
Bro this game was the best. I get mesmerized by the map, action & art of the Pokémon, music and etc...
Ah I remember playing it every day back in 2009 when I was 20. Brings me so many memories.
as much as do like a new universal battle sim on the switch
but at the same i don't see any reason why it needs to exist other than TPC to file a ceast and desist to showdown.
I wish lol kinda tired of all singles battles being done on showdown
Why would pkmn not capitalize off a game like that. Considering from this point not all pokemon are going to be in the games this is more time to do this than ever. There's no reason for it to not exist
@@4everzard Not Showdown fans. There is no balancing and a huge lack of features if you trust Nintendo. Not to mention having completely atrocious net-code because Nintendo lives in the 90's to this day.
I dont see them make another on of these tbf. We've already got pokemon showdown which is basically a battle simulator just like the pokemon colossuem. Unless you want better animations and graphics which is irrelevant when your comparing pokemon colossuem to a website made by a unoffical pokemon format
I absolutely loved this game as a kid. I still have and play it to this day
I remember playing this game on the wii when I was little all the time against my cousin and even if it isn't a good game or great game It will still always be one of my favorites. ... :)
Boy this game takes me back, and it still looks great
9:50 If PBR came out alongside Sword and Shield, I would be inclined to agree. But remember, focused on one thing or not, PBR came out over 10 years before Sword and Shield. TPC could’ve easily taken cues from PBR (and by extension, Genius Sonority), since the Switch, contrary to what defenders would have you believe, can have good quality animations in addition to having an adventure aspect in the game. Heck, Colosseum and XD had this exact combination, and they came out way earlier than PBR did.
I loved the 2008 VGC on battle Revolution
I mostly just played this for
1. The absolute 🔥 soundtrack
2. Gen 4 battles on the big screen
3. Transferring items to my games like several Brick Break TMs
Such an overlooked game. Still has the best models in the series. I still really enjoy it, though yes mainly for the models, music and narrator
I have INCREDIBLY fond memories of this game and was SO excited to get it for Christmas the year it came out. I just picked up this game recently and it does have a lot of flaws, but I do love it still for all its good qualities. I sorely miss the online battles now even though the system was pretty broken lol, but I just keep coming back to this game every once in a while... I really have a soft spot for it
what do you mean they changed the pronunciation of Arceus to Ar-key-us? the japanese name for Arceus is アルセウス which is pronounced Ar-see-us in japanese
I still play this game after a run of Heart Gold as end game content
"once the 3D effects wear off you're really stuck with a bare bones $60 game" people play Battle Revolution for the battles like Battle Frontier which everyone keeps asking for them to bring back. the only way you would think that is if you're just playing for story.
"I wish Master rank was automatically unlocked" you probably didn't know this but once you beat a stadium you've already beat it gets harder each stadium goes up to rank 8. Rank 5 is when you can start using your in-game team because they're too strong for rental Pokemon. Post game is basically Rank 8 be harder.
"In game team The only viable way to play this game" I beat this whole game with Nate's team without the other rental passes as a kid. It's only unviable when you enter Rank 5-8 battles and post game.
"They didn't record that many voice lines" you really expect them to do multiple voice lines for same move? do you know how many moves there are in Pokemon lol I'm just surprised they did voice lines for every move in general
I like how his game more than most modern Pokémon games
pokemon NEEDS to revisit this concept this game had such good potential
I loved the announcer for this game lol. The music was also top notch.
Used to play this before my mom sold our wii. This game was so good!!
Disagree, there was plenty of unique voicelines for each pokemon move (namely the ones with base power of 95-150), and it only activated if it was a one-shot kill or he does it as a troll “not very effective” attack
Ex.
Soaked By Surf!
Swamped- by Hydro Pump!
DELUGED by Hydro Cannon
The thing is people like me that didnt have a way to port pokemon, play the game with only rental passes, unlocking new rental passes and combining the pokemon from all the rentals was really fun, and the battles were a better challenge because your pokemon were not op. Play this game with only rental passes and its a MASTERPIECE.
The problem is there needs to be more of a middle ground with rental Pokemon being too weak or your own Pokémon making it too easy
Hear me out; A new Battle Revolution for Switch with the National Dex from Gen 1 to 9. I'd kill for that!
I still play this game occasionally with the heartfelt file that I have saved on it. The announcer and stadiums are great! Also the little cup stadium is probably my favorite
IM GONNA CRY FROM THE NOSTALGIA COZ I MISS THIS SO MUCH
We are never getting another Pokémon game with an announcer and awesome graphics aren’t we Squidward?
Imagine Pokémon’s Gen 10…. With a story, Final Fantasy Level… with these graphics, actual voice acting, music and animations… an instant hit….
Battle revolution will always be my favourite pokemon console game hands down. First game I played where I could play a character the same colour as me, and have it be "me"
I always played with Rental Passes on one file to get all the character stuff, and I'll eventually transfer my stuff from SoulSilver to the file so that eventually I'll have *the ultimate Battle Revolution competitive setup.*
Also Neon Colosseum is trash.
I agree. I’d get screwed with my own Pokémon
Yep. Thats why i just made a pass of unown for it.
I feel like Battle Revolution is at its best if you play it along side a gen 4 save file. The battles are really engaging if you start off with a team of ~level 20s and slowly update them overtime
At 8:10 it's mentioned that this game is $60. Weren't wii games $50 and Nintendo made the $60 jump with the wiiU? I'm not here to fact check, it's just more fuel for the swsh comparison tbh
I’m not entirely sure but I think it’s about the same price if you think about inflation
I kind of would like to replay this game with a team of transferred Pokémon. But if what you're saying is true and all of the early battles are boring and repetitive, then the experience may not be worth it. But like a lot of commenters said, the music and animation are great. I like the customization too, even if there are WAY fewer clothing options than in Sword and Shield. I just appreciate that you can choose an older looking player character. That Muscle Man model looks so cool!
I'm pretty sure the whole "animations" debacle in Sword and Shield was referring to the Pokemon Camp feature, where each pokemon got their own animations for walking around, eating, playing and interacting with other pokemon on your team.
Something really awesome about these games is that you can actually still get the Electivire and Magmorter event since they aren’t obtained through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. I know it’s entire possible to get Gen IV and V event Pokémon, but Gen IV specifically has much more specific requirements to get them. If you have the game and a Gen IV title, just punch the code to get them and send them up to Gen VII.
I played as the little girl, because I always thought it was hilarious that this cute little kid becomes the destroyer of worlds.
I remember playing this back in 2010 this game really slapped, It was probably the best Pokémon experience ever. I just wish another developer would remake this game and add rest of the Pokémon, upscale it, give it an actual online multiplayer that’s stable and tournaments.
Wow I was JUST looking for a PBR retrospective video yesterday.
I believe that the main Pokemon games should have some much needed healthy competition. Right now they are stagnant because they know that they have a monopoly. Third party companies can do so much better, but they ignore it because they can.
Still wishing for stadium 3
Just imagine
New pokemon snap graphics
Gym leader castle for ALL regions, New minigames and the regular cups and maybe the world championship like in the new anime
It should be noted that Creatures Inc, the same company that creates both the models and animations for the Pokémon titles on Switch and 3DS also did the same for this game.
You know, I used to spend hours playing this. I honestly never got bored seeing my partner infernape in all its glory. 🤣😁
I do love story driven games but I also really love Pokémon battles so...🤷♀️🤣