Battle Revolution update??

[Guested]

I think everyone should take a look at this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqvUn...eature=channel

DanteKoriyu recently posted a youtube link to an account of a guy who spent some time at Pokemon Festa this weekend. I was looking at his other videos and he had one of the Senior group Tournament finals on May 4th in Tokyo. But... I have never seen this before.

Two strange things:
The trainer characters are the DS mode characters, but the players are using wiimotes for controllers, not DS... ???

It REALLY looks like the trainers are wearing their Platinum outfits! Were those programmed into PBR? It came out way before Platinum did....
Has anyone ever seen this before??

[HottSushiz]

Aww i really want to see that video. But for some reason since i went to China I'm unable to visit some sites.

Didn't i read somewhere that PBR got updated since Platinum, so it has the ability to connect to the Wii? or was that something different.

[Toffeuy]

Yeah, i've seen Scizors using Bullet Punch on PBR before. Scizor couldn't learn Bullet Punch in DP, only Platinum.

[DanteKoriyu]

Yeah, i've seen Scizors using Bullet Punch on PBR before. Scizor couldn't learn Bullet Punch in DP, only Platinum.

You can store your teams in your Wiimote can't you? I thought I read that somewhere, similar to the Miis. If you do that, do you keep the DS Trainer when using your Pokemon in VS mode?

PBR has always worked with Platinum, I just dunno why the video suddenly shows the trainer's actual platinum clothes though. Makes me wonder if Giratina, Shaymin, and Rotom would have their alternate forms in that video, if used, cause Diamond was 100% in his Platinum clothes, and I thought those who looked into said there was no data for the alternate forms or trainer clothes?

First, Platinum works fine with PBR, so of course you would see BP Scizors once it came out. Guested knows the game works with it, just curious to the visual changes for the most part. So...yeah, bringing up Scizor was really...not that helpful. lol

My Pokemon Ranch got a Platinum update, which I am STILL waiting for. -.- Apparently Nintendo is acting like the product doesn't exist and when asked about the Japanese update, they say there is no plans to update their product. -.-

[bear831]

Aww i really want to see that video. But for some reason since i went to China I'm unable to visit some sites.

Didn't i read somewhere that PBR got updated since Platinum, so it has the ability to connect to the Wii? or was that something different.

China blocks some sites because when I was there I couldn't go on the old forums (those were the current ones then).

I didn't know they updated the game I will have to try that to see what they use for spirits.

[RJFLA]

Maybe the update (if there was one) was only for the toruney (youtube link) and maybe it'll come out in the future for PBR. Ahh, one can only hope for the update.

[derrick]

oh that would be so awsome!!

[RJFLA]

ok, i updated my wii and i went on PBR, and connected 2 DSLs one with platinum and one w/ pearl. when i started playing, they were the same characters. not the one from platinum and the one from pearl.

[Mewtwo Ex]

My Wii could not connect with Platinum. I updated since then the system OS but i don't think that has anything to do with the actual game. I have not been able to connect, but i have red that you should be able.

[Poryhack]

ok, i updated my wii and i went on PBR, and connected 2 DSLs one with platinum and one w/ pearl. when i started playing, they were the same characters. not the one from platinum and the one from pearl.

Thanks. That's pretty much as expected. It confirms that a private, updated version is being used for the tournaments. Why they would bother doing this, I don't know. My speculation is no speculation at all, I don't think we'll be seeing a PBR sequel/update.

[Mewtwo Ex]

Well i guess. I don't know how they would update it in any case the best chance is to sell another disc and update in a way i cannot think of at the moment. The other possible thing is to have them sell a new game - PBR2. I find it more likely to have two battle revolutions than a newer version of the current one.

[Guested]

Thanks. That's pretty much as expected. It confirms that a private, updated version is being used for the tournaments. Why they would bother doing this, I don't know. My speculation is no speculation at all, I don't think we'll be seeing a PBR sequel/update.

Yeah, I think I mentioned this in IRC, but here's what I think.
It's clear they have MADE a new character model (I assume the female one as well) and it was used in Japan and the US. So, perhaps they are working on a sequel and just implemented the new character model into a private version of the first PBR for the tournaments since they were Platinum only.

I suspect they'd release a new Wii Pokemon game sometime after the release of HGSS (... it has happened every generation).

[RJFLA]

No prob Pory. If they were making a PBR2 it would come out maybe the end of this year or next year. It's not likely though. A PBR update update on the other hand would've come out when Platinum was released.

[Guested]

Why does everyone keep thinking a second Wii game is unlikely?

After GS came out, Pokemon Stadium 2 came out.
After FRLG came out, Pokemon XD came out.

[Mewtwo Ex]

Well i think that we wont be seeing another disc related console game soon, with the releases of the Mystery Dungeon wiiware and scramble... I hope they market a new one but i am not counting on it.