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Salzorrah July 6th, 2014 11:27 PM

Battle Tents!
 
In Emerald, we saw 3 of 4 contest halls get replaced by Battle Tents, which are like mini Battle Frontiers, which, has a specific challenge in each Tent, corresponding to the same challenge that is found in the Battle Frontier.

Considering we see a yellow building occupy where the Contest Halls stood, do you think that the Battle Tents has replaced Contest? Do you want to see the Battle Tents back in the game?

Discuss!

coolking49 July 7th, 2014 1:58 AM

I'd like to keep contests, though I did prefer having them all in Lilycove. I didn't ever like the battle tents (inferior version of the frontier) so I'd rather see them put something brand new there.

Altius July 7th, 2014 2:40 AM

I'm pretty certain that the buildings are contest halls. Upon closer observation of the updated map in all contest locations (Verdanturf, Fallarbor, Slateport, Lilycove) all of them have the same looking building.

Unless contests have been totally removed from the game, which I doubt.

As a former RS player (hardly played Emerald), I won't really want to see the return of Battle Tents. I like the Battle Frontier, but I feel that Battle Tents are totally unnecessary. I would prefer to see those buildings to be boutiques rather than battle tents.

However, I DO prefer consolidated contests. So that's a problem haha.

Princess Diana July 7th, 2014 6:03 AM

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I personally prefer contests but sometimes the battle tents were fun to play too.

blue July 7th, 2014 8:28 AM

I preferred contests, I'm not even sure whether we will see the BF return. I'm hoping it's just covered by clouds on the Hoenn artwork map, however seeing as it was a feature introduced in Emerald and not Ruby or Sapphire.. It's sort of hit and miss.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 7th, 2014 1:36 PM

I don't think the tents will return. Unless they end up housing them in the same building as the contests seeing how the 4 contests halls are back in their original RS spots.

jombii July 7th, 2014 1:51 PM

I like the tents than the contest halls. For me, they provide more fun than contests (although I am severely biased in here since I was never the contest person.) Just like what they did in Emerald, I like the contest all in one spot.

oh how I wish this was the case
unpopular opinion is unpopular

Salzorrah July 7th, 2014 5:44 PM

I hope they don't return Battle Tents. It seems unnecessary tbh. If they have to add anything other than contests, they should go with Pokeathlons :33

Yato July 7th, 2014 5:55 PM

I don't mind if Battle Tents return, nor would I mind if they didn't make a comeback. They sort of helped prepare the player for some of the Frontier facilities (plus, they gave out prizes, which is always nice); however, I didn't find them all that entertaining and was disappointed that I had to wait until Lilycove to take part in contests. I also found the contests in RSE to be somewhat dull, but I'm hoping GF will revamp them to make them more interesting. They could also revamp the Battle Tents to give out better prizes (maybe shards or something for Move Tutors if those return?), and/or some BP.

Hikamaru July 7th, 2014 7:59 PM

I never enjoyed the Battle Tents, and waiting until Lilycove City for Contests was kinda tedious in Emerald. I do think they may retain the contest buildings in Slateport City, Verdanturf Town and Fallarbor Town like the originals but remember how HG/SS implemented elements from Crystal and also re-used the Battle Frontier from Platinum.

So if they do decide to follow Emerald's format I may not be as pleased but I hope the contests can function like the ones in Sinnoh. I didn't like the way contests in Hoenn worked, with the whole "take points away" system.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 7th, 2014 8:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8336322)
I never enjoyed the Battle Tents, and waiting until Lilycove City for Contests was kinda tedious in Emerald. I do think they may retain the contest buildings in Slateport City, Verdanturf Town and Fallarbor Town like the originals but remember how HG/SS implemented elements from Crystal and also re-used the Battle Frontier from Platinum.

So if they do decide to follow Emerald's format I may not be as pleased but I hope the contests can function like the ones in Sinnoh. I didn't like the way contests in Hoenn worked, with the whole "take points away" system.

I liked the back and forth. I hope contests return, and not Super Contests (which are the Sinnoh kind).

Altairis July 8th, 2014 5:50 AM

I don't really think I have much of a preference as to what takes over that spot. It was kind of annoying to have to fly to the different cities to enter different ranks, but on the other hand it was also kind of annoying to have to wait to participate in contests. I don't think I mind whichever they put in!

Dragon July 9th, 2014 1:52 PM

Hm, I didn't really participate in those Battle Tents much. Still, if they make a return, I hope that they have more incentives to participate..

Like, I didn't have much reason to participate other than 'just for kicks', and they didn't really influence much of anything. If they make a return, I would like them to have like, different prizes, like really rare pokemon, sort of like they've done for the game corner, but if they have prizes like.. Dratini, maybe Bagon, or a starter pokemon? That'd be pretty awesome. :3

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 9th, 2014 2:01 PM

If they had prizes it'll proably need to be a point system like how the Game Corner has the coin system for prizes.

Pokefan203302 July 9th, 2014 3:16 PM

I want Tents to come back, though not at the expense of pokemon contests. Because when you had to wait until Lilycove to enter in contests, it was annoying.

Salzorrah July 11th, 2014 11:38 PM

Yeah, I kinda hated how the contests were merged into one single building. If we are lucky, we won't be able to see the Tents. I think they should stick with the Battle Frontier :P

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 12th, 2014 12:35 AM

The tents were an early demo to how the battle frontier worked. Hopefully Scott will still appear and tell us about his Frontier. Maybe he'll be made into the guy who's in every gym cheering us on xD.

seeker July 12th, 2014 3:21 AM

I found both to be pretty pointless, if I'm honest. I always seen them as a waste of space. I hope we see something more imaginative replace them, to be honest. Specific buildings to expand towns to be more interesting. There's enough competitive battling opportunities late game, and contests are pretty well covered in Lilycove.

So I reallllly hope we see new buildings in replace of the contest halls or battle tents.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 12th, 2014 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by abnegation (Post 8344782)
I found both to be pretty pointless, if I'm honest. I always seen them as a waste of space. I hope we see something more imaginative replace them, to be honest. Specific buildings to expand towns to be more interesting. There's enough competitive battling opportunities late game, and contests are pretty well covered in Lilycove.

So I reallllly hope we see new buildings in replace of the contest halls or battle tents.

The map shows all the contest halls in each of the four towns they were in the previous games so chances are contests are back to their RS locations.

Salzorrah July 13th, 2014 12:02 AM

They maybe contests, they may be tents, hell, they may be even Boutiques for all we know. All we know for certain is that there will be something in that place.

Mega Venusaur July 13th, 2014 8:06 AM

I don't see what's wrong with having one area (perhaps some sort of Circus) with both Battle Tents and Contests. They're both enjoyable features and neither are tediously boring.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 13th, 2014 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leijon (Post 8346414)
They maybe contests, they may be tents, hell, they may be even Boutiques for all we know. All we know for certain is that there will be something in that place.

The buildings on the map are contest hall shape and color so they aren't tents. Maybe Battle Halls xD. I wouldn't mind if they fused both of them for more anime like contests xD.

Yato July 13th, 2014 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mega Venusaur (Post 8346986)
I don't see what's wrong with having one area (perhaps some sort of Circus) with both Battle Tents and Contests. They're both enjoyable features and neither are tediously boring.

Ohhhh, I'd like this o: It'd please those who want contests spread out in the four places instead of just in Lilycove and those who want the Battle Tents to return. It'd be even neater if they combined the two to make it sort of like the contests in the anime; if they did that, I bet a lot of people would be really happy XD

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire July 13th, 2014 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yato (Post 8347295)
Ohhhh, I'd like this o: It'd please those who want contests spread out in the four places instead of just in Lilycove and those who want the Battle Tents to return. It'd be even neater if they combined the two to make it sort of like the contests in the anime; if they did that, I bet a lot of people would be really happy XD

I would as it'll hint at the battle frontier, especially if Scott appears and tells us about them. Maybe Juan can appear too for them. Thus featuring the two additional characters introduced in Emerald.

Pepperton July 13th, 2014 5:04 PM

I prefer Contests, but that's not say Tents didn't have their place. If only one can exist at a time, then I hope they don't return in ORAS, but I think a superior alternative would be having both of them in different parts of the game. However, the Battle Frontier is quite expansive and if the Tents don't come back, it won't be like we're missing out on competitive battling areas, haha. Contests were unique and there's no other place to participate in them.


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