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Trainers in [[Sinnoh]] must collect eight badges to compete in the Sinnoh Regional Pokémon League. When they are touched in the games, they play a single note, and will make an octave when all eight are collected. When a player rubs the stylus across them numerous times to clean them (they do get dirty), they will begin to shine. This process can be continued until four sparkles are visible. The notes are also the most clearly defined when there are four sparkles.

Unlike previous generations, these badges apparently do not affect stats; if they do, no one points it out. Furthermore, it is the number of badges that determines which Pokémon obey the trainer, rather than the badges themselves (this distinction is important owing to the fact that the order of obtaining the Cobble and Fen Badges are often interchangeable). For every second badge the maximum level of obeying Pokémon increases (2 badges - Level 30; 4 badges - Level 50; 6 badges - Level 70; 8 badges - Level 100).