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The Japanese Pokémon Contest ranks are named after four of the [[Generation I]] [[Poké Ball]]s. In Japanese, the | The Japanese Pokémon Contest ranks are named after four of the [[Generation I]] [[Poké Ball]]s. In Japanese, the [[Great Ball]] is called the スーパーボール ''Super Ball'' and the [[Ultra Ball]] is called the ハイパーボール ''Hyper Ball''. The English versions chose to directly translate the Japanese Pokémon Contest ranks, so there was no obvious correlation between the contest ranks and the Poké Ball names for English-speaking players. | ||
However, the Japanese Super Contest ranks are named after the English-version names of these Poké Balls. The second level is called グレートランク ''Great Rank'' which corresponds to the Great Ball and the third level is called ウルトラランク ''Ultra Rank'' which corresponds to the Ultra Ball. Once again, the English version directly translated the Japanese rank names, but since the Japanese versions had already used the English names of the Poké Balls, the relationship between rank and Poké Ball type was more clear for English-speaking players. | However, the Japanese Super Contest ranks are named after the English-version names of these Poké Balls. The second level is called グレートランク ''Great Rank'' which corresponds to the Great Ball and the third level is called ウルトラランク ''Ultra Rank'' which corresponds to the Ultra Ball. Once again, the English version directly translated the Japanese rank names, but since the Japanese versions had already used the English names of the Poké Balls, the relationship between rank and Poké Ball type was more clear for English-speaking players. | ||