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Perriechu December 24th, 2011 6:05 PM

I love using rental Pokemon!
 
Keeping this short and sweet because I need to sleep. and it's christmas day

What's your favorite Battle Frontier facility from Emerald? And why? (Don't say anything from Platinum because this is specifically for Emerald)

Mine has to be the Factory, I love using Rental Pokemon and I love the difficulty it brings with it. As you get into the higher streaks the Pokemon for rental become a lot better and have better movesets etc.

Pyrax December 25th, 2011 12:50 AM

The Battle Dome would be my choice. I simply love how it's layed out as a tournament. I'd also have to mention the Battle Palace, since I didn't have control over my pokémon throughout the battles there.

psyanic December 25th, 2011 8:38 AM

I want to burn the Battle Palace to the ground with Palace Maven Spencer in it. That was the single most annoying facility in the whole game. It's the most despicable location in the Pokemon games for me. That blasted Slaking would slack off, but my Pokemon conveniently decided not to attack. I finally did beat it with Weezing...

I'm going to echo with Pyrax with the Battle Dome. Loved the layout and the final battle was pretty darn fun. Sometimes I'd copy the bracket down on a sheet of paper and fill it out and try to make predictions like the NCAA March Madness tournament, so it got fun. Too bad that somehow all the dark horse trainers made it to the finals -_-;

Nylonica December 25th, 2011 9:30 AM

I adored the Battle Tower, it was probably the biggest building in the whole game and it just amazed my when I first saw it.(I was young)

Markichuuuuu December 25th, 2011 9:43 AM

I agree with the op. I love the Battle Factory. I like picking rental Pokémon and trying to make strategies with them.

Mr.Destructo December 25th, 2011 9:59 AM

Battle factory ftw! I mean it's just so awesome.

Sydian December 25th, 2011 10:30 AM

THE DOMEEEE. Oddly enough, the only one I've beaten the brain in is the Pike haha. Pike is second though. I find it entertaining since it's so random. Dome is fun cause it's...a dome. idk. I like the tourney style.

Alexander Nicholi December 25th, 2011 11:36 AM

I second Sydian on the Battle Dome, probably because my PokéNav friends always call me up and say "<player>! <player>! I heard! You became the CHAMPION of the BATTLE DOME <number> times!". Plus, I get to be on stage and famous and all that… :)

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ December 25th, 2011 12:40 PM

Mines is the Battle Pike because I found it to be really easy and most of the rooms I went into involved wild uncatchable Pokemon.


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Who's Kiyo? December 25th, 2011 3:43 PM

Dome for sure.

I'd loved to read the tourneys and see what the game said about me and everyone else. Oh, memories. <3
That was really fun to me for some reason, and getting on that stage and proving my worth made me feel like something special.

Also, the brain is a man wearing a glittery pink fairy suit. Not a single f was given by that man. Respect.

miltankRancher December 25th, 2011 4:55 PM

Factory. I am too lazy to spend much time to EV train Pokemon, that's why i love using fully trained rental Pokemon. And I like its randomness. I once got a Metagross, Heracross, and a Ludicolo for a team \o/

Ritzz December 27th, 2011 4:15 PM

Pike. Only one I actually beat.

Brittani December 27th, 2011 8:40 PM

Battle Factory for sure. I always love the challenge of being put out of your comfort zone, having to use rental pokemon. The way I see it, developing strategies for pokemon you may not be familiar with is always fun and helps broaden your knowledge of pokemon as well.

DowntownDumpling December 28th, 2011 7:07 AM

Probably the Battle Pike, followed by the Factory. I've only done the Pyramid once, but I thought it was interesting as well.

Snivy063 December 29th, 2011 3:52 AM

Battle Factory, having those rental Pokemon sure is a lot of fun since you really have to think of strategies, combinations and stuff which makes it more interesting! Battle Pike comes in second, it was really easy for me! :3

Palkia December 29th, 2011 4:01 AM

The battle factory is probably my pick as you don't have to train powerful Pokemon to have a chance to win. I like how it's all about strategy really and not about grinding for hours or even days.

WolfsbaneCharm52 December 29th, 2011 11:57 AM

I hate them all because I suck to bad to go anywhere in any of them. Grumpy face.

Knight of Time December 29th, 2011 12:44 PM

That one, where the Pokemon battle by themselves
Forgot the name now, but long story short, and spamming "a"/ leaving it to luck isn't a bad thing, at least not to me

Brendino December 30th, 2011 12:47 AM

I always liked the Battle Factory over all of the other facilities, and it is still my favorite in Gen IV. I also had a love/hate relationship with the Battle Pike. I made it to the Frontier Brain at least a dozen times, but I could never seem to beat her Milotic.

Amekage January 6th, 2012 6:56 PM

Glad to see all the Battle Factory appreciation; it's my favourite as well. It was the only one I ever got to the Frontier Brain for before my Emerald was stolen. :C

I loved being able to experiment with Pokemon that weren't your own (also, my Pokemon kinda sucked and I had a hard time beating anybody with them...).

Hydro Pumper January 11th, 2012 2:47 AM

The Battle Factory for sure. I love using rental Pokemon since it's interesting and fun to use Pokemon with movesets you didn't create yourself. You can't really make a strategy in advance, you need to think of a tactic on the spot, which I also like about the Battle Factory. <3

LightOfTruth January 11th, 2012 7:30 AM

All of the places of battle fronter in Emerald are good :)

Sayan January 11th, 2012 11:28 AM

My favorite place in all of Emerald is Battle Tower. It's the most strategic and the least RPG-ish place IMO. If only the AI was a bit better and switched more often (trick them a Choice Band and then Grudge the PP, they'll stay in and let you set up.)

I also like the Battle Factory because of the randomness, but sometimes you simply get stupid movesets like special attacking Gyarados. And I give the 3rd place to Battle Dome because of its great feel.

I really didn't like Battle Pyramid though.

mikey January 17th, 2012 12:48 PM

I like the factory also, I think using rental pokemon is fun and a nice change. I wish I can keep some of them :3

vaporeon7 January 21st, 2012 2:42 PM

My favourite would have to either be the Battle Dome or the Battle Pike. I absolutely love how the Dome is like a tournament, I made me feel like I was having battles in the Pokémon League in the anime. The Battle Pike was good as well because I was always lucky and didn't have to battle people.


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