Battle Tower (Generation III): Difference between revisions

The [[Hoenn]] region's '''Battle Tower''' (Japanese: '''バトルタワー''' ''Battle Tower'') is a battle arena located in Hoenn's southeastern sea, inaccessible except by boat, as it connects to no routes. Its purpose is to challenge those who come to it, as the best and brightest from all over flock to it to see who is the strongest.

Carrying over its functions from the [[Johto]] region's {{jo|Battle Tower}} in {{game|Crystal}}, the Battle Tower expands further in {{game|Emerald}} when it becomes one of the seven facilities of the Hoenn {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}, allowing for [[Double Battle]]s, both with a computer-controlled player or a linked human-controlled one.

This battle mode carries over the same rules and regulations as the Battle Tower that appears in Pokémon Crystal, expanded to include Generation III Pokémon. Players go through a series of seven battles in a row, with three Pokémon per side, with the levels varying depending on which mode is chosen. In level 50 and level 100 modes, all opponent Pokémon will be of the specified level, however, in "open level" mode, which replaces level 100 mode in Emerald, all will be the level of the player's highest-level Pokémon (minimum 60). No two Pokémon used by the same Trainer can be holding the same item.

In multi battles, rather than having two Trainers using two Pokémon at a time, four Trainers use one Pokémon apiece in a Double Battle. Only two of the player's Pokémon are allowed to compete at once (with the same rules followed as before). This mode can either be used alone (where the player is accompanied by an [[apprentice]]) or when linked to another copy of {{game|Emerald}}, where another player contributes his or her Pokémon.