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Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii)

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Good for Pokemon fanatics, but lacks mass appeal.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this game offers an extremely narrow gaming experience. Gamers should think of it as an add-on to the Nintendo DS Pokemon Diamond/Pearl experience and should only consider buying it if you already own one of those two games. It's all about participating in battles using Pokemon that you upload from your Pokemon Diamond/Pearl DS games. Pokemon fans may have a hard time ending play, so a timer may be a good companion. This game has an online component where you can play with others; Common Sense Media does not recommend unsupervised online play for anyone under the age of 12.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: Not applicable.
Violence & scariness: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: This is part of the Pokemon franchise.
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What to talk about

Talk to your kids
Families can talk about why Pokemon is such a popular license. Why do you like Pokemon? Do you like that this game rewards your efforts collecting Pokemon on the DS by allowing you to use them for future battles on the Wii?

What's the story?

What's the story?
The sole purpose of POKEMON BATTLE REVOLUTION is to battle with all the Pokemon creatures that players have previously captured in Pokemon Diamond or Pokemon Pearl for the DS. Players can upload their collection of Pokemon to the Wii game -- a really handy feature -- and then battle with either the game's trainers, their friends in head-to-head matches, or with other players online.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

The online play feature sounds wonderful, but the implementation is clumsy and poorly designed. Players have to enter long friend codes, which are different from the codes on their DS games. And there isn't any tracking of compiled scores or ratings for comparison. The head-to-head battles are the most fun of these wireless gaming choices, so the much-vaunted online ability is actually peripheral to the game experience as a whole.

The bottom line is that this is a fun way for young Pokemon players who own either Pokemon Diamond or Pokemon Pearl to extend the gameplay of those games. However, older Pokemon fans will soon tire of the battles without an accompanying adventure.

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Game Details
Available on: Nintendo Wii
Available online
Genre: Role Playing
Developer: Nintendo
Released on: June 27, 2007
Price: 49.99
ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
This review was written by Anise Hollingshead
 
 

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peter1
teen, 17 years old
 
games for kids should contain
games for kids should contain education,fun,pride in winning and little violence. games should not contain sex,drugs,alchol and violence
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pie or pie
kid, 12 years old
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no..........just no..........No!!!!............-_- NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this game is pointless without a pokemon diamond and perl game.........is this combatible with hart gold and soul silver??? what about black and white???? probally not..... tho it might be combatible with pokemon platnum
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Silenthilllz
teen, 17 years old
9
 
Great for Pokemon Lovers
This game was really expected to be awesome when it came out. I thought it was since I really loved pokemon, still do, but when I got it and played it, I was shocked to find that there was no RPING involved and your pokemon can't evolve or level up. D: But I see that fighting online with others is fun. I still do it and laugh at others defeat with my pokemon.
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golder
teen, 17 years old
5
 
stupid
stupid pokemon stupid
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chrrr
parent of 15 year old
5
 
perfect for 5+
ok
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brieona
teen, 14 years old
7
 
Only buy if you have a DS Pokemon game
This game is very repetitive and can get boring very easily. I would recommend it only to a younger child. The game is limited in the types of Pokemon you can use and you cannot use one of the game modes unless you have a DS and a Pokemon game for it. You should only buy it if you have a DS Pokemon game, and even if you do, consider whether it's really worth the money with all the repetition.
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_Volt_
teen, 18 years old
10
 
Fun Online Play~
This game always seems to get not-so-good reviews because of what it offers (or, rather, what it doesn't offer), but the real good stuff in this game lies in the online play, not the in-game play. I don't think I would recommend this game for a person who does not have a DS Pokemon game to use or to a person who does not enjoy the competitive side of Pokemon battling.
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ellaj01
kid, 12 years old
7
 
Okay
Its an okay game, but a little bit of a same storyline over and over
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TheNightSpy
parent of 17 year old
8
 
Cool
It's good because any DS game will work with it. It shows the Pokemon attacks better than in the games. One of my favorite features is the DS battle, in which two players can use their DSs to battle with Pokemon from Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, or Heartgold and Soulsilver.
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mkalv
teen, 17 years old
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Pokemon game is boring
The game just isn't all that fun. Also, the plot and animation aren't awesome either.
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