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Pokémon Battle Revolution

Format Nintendo Wii

Developer Gamefreak

Publisher Nintendo

Genre Role Playing

12-Jan-2007 Customise your Pokemon to make sure that you stand out from the crowd

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It's Wii's first instalment of Pokemon fight club, and it's time to drag your peepers over the DS connectivity possibilities.

Via the kind of creepy sorcery usually reserved for fantasy tosh, the Wii will be able to communicate with any DS sporting a copy of Pokemon Diamond or Pearl. Like a concerned parent trying to convince its firstborn that the new child isn't the favourite, the Wii will favour the DS, transferring game control to the touchpad.

Players wanting to develop the role of a Pokemon trainer won't be disappointed by Battle Revolution. Before battling online you'll need to create a battle card - a pass bearing your name, details and your six battling beasties.

Identity importance
Constructing the card couldn't be easier. The 18 categories of Pokemon types are grouped separately, with the Wii identifying those Pokemon you've caught in Diamond and Pearl and automatically sorting them after importing them. They're grouped in a basic grid design on the television screen, where they can be selected with the remote pointer, or you can continue using the DS, picking monsters out with your stylus from a brown muddy plain on which they stand waiting.

Selecting each Pokemon tells you their respective levels and attributes, which is a lot more engrossing then using the rental monsters the game supplies.

The battle card itself is chosen from designs that align with Poke-types - e.g. a leaf-green card, and one with electricity-ish plus and minus signs.

Your customisable character also appears on the card. With numerous clothes and accessories, you could be dazzling players across the globe with a really pimping hat or trying to distract them with a horrifyingly garish get up. With a gaming community as involved as that of the Pokemon one, it's important to offer opportunity for individualism. This delivers it in spade loads.

NGamer Staff