Pokémon League: Difference between revisions

In [[Pokémon Special]], the Pokémon League consists of a regional tournament held every 3 years in each region.  There are two ways of qualifying for the tournament - either by having eight Gym Badges or defeating a large number of other applicants without Gym Badges in preliminary rounds. The Pokémon League is sanctioned and run by the [[Pokémon Association]].  In addition, in the Pokémon Special manga, there is no Elite Four challenge.  In Pokémon Special, Elite Four are simply powerful groups of four Trainers from each region who ally themselves with each other for power, and their activities are not sanctioned by the Pokémon League or related to the Pokémon Association - indeed, the activities of Kanto's Elite Four were villainous in nature, while the Hoenn Elite Four were a group of Steven Stone's friends he gathered to help fight Team Aqua and Team Magma, and the Johto Elite Four's members are comprised of members of ex-criminals who are seeking emotional support from each other by training together.