Ball Guy

Ball Guy ボールガイ Ball Guy
Ball Guy's League Card from Sword and Shield
Gender	Unknown
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Galar
Generation	VIII
Games	Sword and Shield

The Ball Guy (Japanese: ボールガイ Ball Guy) is a character introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

In the core series

The Ball Guy is the mascot of the Galar Pokémon League. Over the course of their Gym Challenge, the player will meet a person dressed in a Ball Guy mascot costume in or near each Stadium Lobby, who will give them a variety Poké Ball with each meeting. It is later revealed that the person dressed as the Ball Guy is not sanctioned by the Pokémon League and has been acting of their own volition. Their true identity is unknown. The player can receive the Ball Guy's League Card outside of Motostoke Stadium after they become Champion. The Ball Guy mascot will also reward the player after defending their title in Wyndon Stadium.

League Card

This is a transcript of the back of the Ball Guy's League Card in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

"This mysterious figure has taken it upon himself (herself?) to dress up in the fashion of the Pokémon League's official mascot. The mysterious individual is known to many as "the Ball Guy" but in point of fact, all are mystified when it comes to this person's true identity or age or even gender. While the Ball Guy is known for her (his?) habit of handing out rare Poké Balls here and there around Galar, it's a mystery as to why or even where these balls come from. It's all very mystifying..."

Items given

Gym Challenge

Item		Location	Games
	Poké Ball	In front of Motostoke Stadium	Sw  Sh
	Friend Ball	In Turffield Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Lure Ball	In Hulbury Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Level Ball	In Hammerlocke Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Heavy Ball	In Stow-on-Side Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Love Ball	In Ballonlea Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Moon Ball	In Circhester Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Dream Ball	In Wyndon Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh

Champion Cup victories

Each time the player wins a Champion Cup tournament during the post-game, the Ball Guy will give them one of the following rewards.

Item		Location	Games
	Wishing Piece	From the Ball Guy after the day's first tournament win	Sw  Sh
	Poké Ball ×100	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Great Ball ×5	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Ultra Ball ×5	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Fast Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Level Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Lure Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Heavy Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Love Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Friend Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Moon Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Net Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Nest Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Repeat Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Timer Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Luxury Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Dive Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Dusk Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Heal Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Quick Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Beast Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Rare Candy ×1-3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Life Orb	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Toxic Orb	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Flame Orb	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Iron Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Nugget ×1-3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh
	Big Nugget	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament	Sw  Sh

In events

As part of a campaign by the @poke_times twitter run by The Pokémon Company, the handle was taken over by the Ball Guy. During this time, the twitter posted this retweet campaign, promising rare Poké Balls if players retweeted it enough times. Eventually, all goals were met, and a set of nine total Poké Balls, including the Apricorn Balls, Dream Ball, and Beast Ball, were distributed via universal, region-free serial code. The distribution ended on January 15th, 2020.

Code	Poké Balls	Link
K0UN1NMASC0T	Level Ball  Moon Ball  Fast Ball	[1]
1YAHAYA	Heavy Ball  Lure Ball  Beast Ball	[2]
0KUGAFUKA1B0RU	Love Ball  Friend Ball  Dream Ball	[3]

In the manga

Shirudomiria's Ball Guy mask in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Shirudomiria was seen wearing a Ball Guy mask at the beginning of the Sword & Shield arc.

Names

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 阿球 A Kàuh Mandarin 阿球 Ā Qiú French Ball Masqué German Ballduin Italian Ballino Korean 볼가이 Ball Guy Spanish Bolifacio

Non-player characters in the core series games

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