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(1) Basic 'Video Game Championship' Rules Announced [2/9]
- Thread starter Water Pokémon Master
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Oh, man! "Pokémon Level 51 and higher being automatically graded down to Level 50 for the duration of the battle using a new auto-leveling feature"! Wow, it almost feels like that already existed! =D Oh, right. Because it did. Though I guess they could mean "new" as in "newly added"?
Seriously, though, it's nice to have the rules for this, though I know I won't be participating.
Seriously, though, it's nice to have the rules for this, though I know I won't be participating.
I like the rules sorta, IMO having two of the same Pokémon on your team is dumb kinda. I might try my hand at one or two(if I get motivated enough to do EV/IV)
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Lol. Have all Salamences with different movesets and you could easily win. Alot of change to the rules yeah but we have to live with it.
YES! Now I can use my IV-bred level 100s in battle, and I won't have to rebreed for level 50s! This is fanta-
That's it, I'm leaving.
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I love the new level rule. I hate the exception rule. Why would they let you use some ubers, but not Jirachi! At least we can use wobbu!
Stupid new ruleset.
Makes no sense at all
Makes no sense at all
"A team cannot contain more than two of Dialga, Giratina, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Lugia, Mewtwo, Palkia, and Rayquaza during a battle."
This implies that the restriction of two only applies to the Legendaries (as in, you are free to use as many of any other Pokemon you want). Unless they're trying to promote you using Legendaries over other Pokemon...
This implies that the restriction of two only applies to the Legendaries (as in, you are free to use as many of any other Pokemon you want). Unless they're trying to promote you using Legendaries over other Pokemon...
Like the new rules. Ive already got a team in mind. Come May im going to be owning London.
Whilst I see what you're saying WPM, what the restriction is TRYING to say is that out of the listed legends there, your team can only have two of them. It's a little ambiguous, because when I reread that my first thought was "So I can have two Dialga on the same team?", but there you go.
Not that I expected anything less from Nintendo anyhow. They rarely seem to have much of an idea regarding how to get the most competitive value out of their games...
Not that I expected anything less from Nintendo anyhow. They rarely seem to have much of an idea regarding how to get the most competitive value out of their games...
That's the same thing I said?gamercal said:
We knew there was a restriction on those Pokémon because that's how the Japanese rules are. Item Clause, Species Clause, the fact it's Double Battles only, and that you only play with four Pokémon at a time have been left out of that latest update. I think that the fact such important rules are all missing from an update means that they're the things that will continue from last year.
I'm pretty confident those missing things will be added to a proper rules page for the US and European tournaments in the next few weeks when HeartGold & SoulSilver are released worldwide. The only thing (rules-wise) that's currently questionable, in my opinion, is whether or not they mean two Ubers per team, or two Ubers per team sheet. I'm not sure how this played out in Japan yet so can't comment.
However, I will admit it's a little oddly worded. We'll see if they tidy that up.
I'm pretty confident those missing things will be added to a proper rules page for the US and European tournaments in the next few weeks when HeartGold & SoulSilver are released worldwide. The only thing (rules-wise) that's currently questionable, in my opinion, is whether or not they mean two Ubers per team, or two Ubers per team sheet. I'm not sure how this played out in Japan yet so can't comment.
However, I will admit it's a little oddly worded. We'll see if they tidy that up.
I bet little kids that enter will use legendarys because they think they will beat everyone.
Okay wait now I get it...
You are also limited to using a maximum of two Pokemon out of the list of Dialga, Giratina, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Lugia, Mewtwo, Palkia, and Rayquaza, meaning you will never see three of these Pokemon on one team.
You are also limited to using a maximum of two Pokemon out of the list of Dialga, Giratina, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Lugia, Mewtwo, Palkia, and Rayquaza, meaning you will never see three of these Pokemon on one team.
Water Pokémon Master said:
... Ah, that makes more sense.
I still wish they weren't allowed at all, though, but oh well. Guess I'd better get to catching a Rayquaza.
There's still Species Clause and Item Clause. And you can lead with Groudon if you want to annoy Kyogre, and lead with another Pokemon that can OHKO it, too. This might not be so terrible, if you can get your hands on Ubers easily.