Not quite a Revolution (Pokémon: Battle Revolution (Wii))

Member Name: bunnie1982

Product:	Pokémon: Battle Revolution (Wii)
Date:	30/12/08 (89 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good for playing online

Disadvantages: No storyline, repetitive

Being a long time Pokemon fan I naturally wanted this game to add to my collection and hopefully enjoy as much as the other pokemon games. I felt after playing this game it is merely a weak extension to Diamond and Pearl for the DS and is very poor in comparision to Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD for the Gamecube.

The synopsis of the game is simply this: you are in a place called poketopia where you choose a trainer card to battle with (You unlock six cards plus you can customise your own) and you battle your way through the different Colosseums....yes that is pretty much it!

Gameplay:

As I said above the gameplay is very basic; you choose the colosseum, select pokemon and then battle. Most of the colosseums consist of 6 trainers you have to beat before you fight the colosseum leader. You can battle with either a rental pass or a custom pass which can be made with pokemon uploaded to the Wii from Diamond and Pearl via the DS which is very straightforward to do and I highly recommend this as the rental pokemon are not that great. You can also customise your character in terms of what he/she is wearing and expressions they use.

For me I felt the gameplay was lacking a little something and I was looking for more progression (and more pokemon) There is absolutely no storyline to the game either which is a big let down.

The pokemon you get in game on the rental passes don't gain any new moves and do not evolve.

Sound:

The background music during the Colosseum battles is quite pleasant however the cries that the pokemon make have not improved since the DS version and the commentator is extremely annoying with repetitive phrases (this can be turned off however - I highly recommend this)

Controls:

Point and click, simple really. Could've been better and used more of the functions of the Wii-Mote

Graphics:

The background is very detailed and very colourful and the pokemon seem to be quite detailed, until you get close up that is and then you can see the blocky flaws, not great really.

Replay:

The single player game is not very good for replayability, however the online multiplayer is what saves this game. You can play online with your custom team pitching them against players from around the world, the only disadvantage I have seen with this so far is that it can be a little bit slow while you wait for the other player to make their move.


This game is clearly great for battling people online however if you haven't got Pearl or Diamond so you can customise battle passes then you have got no chance of beating online players with the rental passes you get in game.

Summary: Great extension to Diamond/Pearl, but if you don't have these then steer clear