The Grand Festival (Japanese: グランドフェスティバル, Hepburn: Grand Festival) is the final step as a Pokémon Coordinator to take. In order to qualify, Coordinators must have at least five ribbons. This tournament happens only once a year but in several regions. Like other Pokémon Contests there is an appealing portion and a battling portion. However, in this competition two Pokémon are required for each portion. The winner of the Grand Festival receives the Ribbon Cup of that region.
Locations[]
- Slateport City (Hoenn)
- Indigo Plateau (Kanto)
- Lake Valor (Sinnoh)
Competition Rounds[]
Preliminary Appeal round (Double Performance or Single Performance)[]
- 135 Coordinators must produce impressive appeals with their Pokémon, by having them produce one move:
- Only the best 32 progress through the main appeal round the next day
Main Appeal round (Double Performance or Single Performance)[]
- 32 Coordinators must produce impressive appeals with their Pokémon, by having them produce many moves:
- Only the best 8 coordinators go through to the Double Battle Round the next day
Battle round[]
- On the 3rd day of the tournament, 8 Coordinators face each other in knock-out double battles.
- Matches last for 5 minutes and the Coordinator with the least points loses if both opponents still have a Pokémon standing. The Coordinator who wins all 3 matches is the winner of the tournament.
Double Battle round[]
The double battle round is the round in a Pokémon Contest Grand Festival. The purpose of the round is to have the Pokémon battle each other while still making their moves look beautiful.
- Each round is five minutes long, except for Sudden Death, which has no time limit.
Scoring[]
Each contestant begins with a fixed number of points.
These points are lost when
- An opponent's move hits their Pokémon,
- Their move misses or doesn't look beautiful,
- The contestant is issued a yellow card,
- A Pokémon's combo fails.
Additionally, contestants can be disqualified upon
- Being found cheating or issued a second yellow card,
- Presumably being issued a red card.
Winning[]
A winner in the double battle round is determined by one or all of three criteria;
- Whoever has more points when time runs out or loses all their points first
- If two of the Pokémon of one team faints.
If there is a tie upon time running out, the double battle goes into Sudden Death.
Sudden Death[]
Sudden Death is an extension of the double battle if there is a tie at the end of five minutes.
There is no time limit in Sudden Death. The round ends when one person runs out of points.
Trivia[]
- In the games, there are no grand festivals unlike in the anime.