Battle Subway: Difference between revisions

==Points of interest==

===Gear Station===

====Exchange Service Corner====

* All Pokémon are set to [[level]] 50 (unlike previous generations this also includes Pokémon below level 50).

* [[Bag]] items cannot be used.

* Pokémon will not gain [[experience|experience points]] by defeating opponents.

* Pokémon are fully restored after each battle, including any [[held item]]s lost during battle.

Initially, the player is not allowed to board the Super Single, Super Double, and Super Multi Trains. These are permanently unlocked after obtaining the [[National Pokédex]], and a win streak of 21 has been achieved on the Single, Double, and Multi Trains, respectively. Unlike Super Trains, these non-Super Trains do not go on forever, instead returning to Gear Station after the 21st battle. The opponent Subway Trainers and their Pokémon are also completely different from those faced on Super Trains, heavily featuring Pokémon that are not fully evolved and limited to {{cat|Generation V Pokémon}} only, as opposed to the Super Trains, which feature Pokémon from the first five generations, all of which are fully evolved, with the exception of {{p|Porygon2}}. The number of Pokémon used varies with the battle mode of the train as follows:

! style="background:#{{thlon color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Train

|Single

|3

|Super Single

|3

|Double

|4

|Super Double

|4

|Multi

|Super Multi

|2 per player

|Wi-Fi

|3

====Stops====

{{Itlisth|road}}

{{Itemlist|Rare Candy|From an {{tc|Ace Trainer}}{{female}} on any Super Train platform after 28 consecutive victories|Bl=yes|W=yes|B2=yes|W2=yes|display={{DL|Vitamin|Rare Candy}}}}

{{Itemlist|Lansat Berry|From a {{tc|Clerk}} {{male}} on any Super Train platform after 105 consecutive victories|Bl=yes|W=yes|B2=yes|W2=yes}}

{{Itlistfoot|road}}

{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{thlon color dark}}; border: 3px solid #{{thlon color}}; margin:auto; text-align:center"

! style="background:#{{thlon color light}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" colspan=3 | Battle Points

|- style="background:#{{thlon color light}}"

! Normal

! Super

|''7''

|3

|5

|''14''

|3

|6

|''21 <br> <small>(Normal Trains Subway Bosses)</small>''

|10

|7

|''28''

|8

|''35''

|9

|''42''

|10

|''49 <br> <small>(Super Trains Subway Bosses)</small>''

|30

|-

| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" | ''56 <br><small>(and subsequent multiples of 7)''</small>

| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" | 10

|}

==Pokémon==

===Banned Pokémon===

{| class="roundy" style="background: #505050; border: 2px solid #6f6f6f; margin:auto; text-align:center"

|- style="background: #fff"

| {{MSP|384|Rayquaza}}

| {{MSP|385|Jirachi}}

| {{p|Jirachi}}

| {{MSP|386|Deoxys}}

| {{MSP|483|Dialga}}

| {{p|Dialga}}

| {{MSP|484|Palkia}}

| {{p|Palkia}}

| {{MSP|487|Giratina}}

| {{MSP|489|Phione}}

| {{p|Phione}}

| {{MSP|490|Manaphy}}

| {{p|Manaphy}}

| {{p|Darkrai}}

| {{MSP|492|Shaymin}}

| {{MSP|493|Arceus}}

| {{p|Arceus}}

| {{MSP|644|Zekrom}}

| {{p|Zekrom}}

| {{MSP|646|Kyurem}}

| {{p|Kyurem}}

|}

====Banned held items====

In addition, the following held items are not allowed:

|-

| style="background: #fff; {{roundytl|5px}}" |  {{MSP|012|Butterfree}}

| style="background: #fff; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{p|Sandslash}}

|- style="background: #fff"

| {{p|Kricketune}}

| {{MSP|413|Wormadam}}

| {{MSP|413G|Wormadam}}

| {{MSP|413S|Wormadam}}

|- style="background: #fff"

| {{MSP|414|Mothim}}

| {{p|Rotom}}

| {{MSP|479O|Rotom}}

| {{MSP|479W|Rotom}}

| style="background: #fff; {{roundybl|5px}}" | {{MSP|479R|Rotom}}

| {{MSP|479F|Rotom}}

| {{MSP|479L|Rotom}}

| {{MSP|480|Uxie}}

| {{p|Uxie}}

|- style="background: #fff"

| {{p|Mesprit}}

| {{MSP|482|Azelf}}

| {{p|Azelf}}

| {{MSP|641T|Tornadus}}

| {{MSP|642T|Thundurus}}

|}

|bordercolor2={{white color dark}}|color2={{white color}}|headcolor2={{white color light}}

|class=Subway Boss

|sprite=Spr B2W2 Ingo.png

|class2=Subway Boss

|sprite2=Spr B2W2 Emmet.png

|game={{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black, White}}, {{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2, and White 2}}

==In the anime==

[[File:Battle Subway anime.png|thumb|300px|right|Gear Station in the anime]]

In ''[[BW047|Crisis from the Underground Up!]]'' and ''[[BW048|Battle for the Underground]]'', {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and {{MTR}} used the Battle Subway trains as a means of transport to reach the Pokémon Center. After the train was stopped, due to Team Rocket tampering with the rail switches, the group met Emmet and Ingo. While they were resting at the Pokémon Center, Team Rocket executed their scheme to steal all the Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, and used the Battle Subway as a medium for transporting them. They used their own specialized train, and were able to create balloon-like duplicates to throw off Emmet and Ingo's security center computer which monitors all trains currently on the rails. Ash, Iris, and Cilan were then assigned to use the maintenance trains to find Team Rocket and retrieve the stolen Pokémon. When things got rough, Ingo and Emmet joined them, using Emmet's {{p|Eelektross}} as a super-charged power supply for the maintenance train.

==Trivia==

* The Battle Subway is the only battle facility that was not expanded or altered between original and follow-up versions, appearing in {{2v2|Black|White|2}} just like it was in {{2v2|Black|White}}, even in terms of the specific Pokémon used by opponents.

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