6th Gen Rematch Trainers

Started by OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire May 9th, 2014 6:35 PM
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In the original games we could rematch Pokemon trainers which called us on the Pokenav. Do you think they'll keep this. Also do you hope that they increase the level of their Pokemon during these battles compared to the originals. Perhaps they could be like Wally and increase in level until a certain point. What do you think? Discuss.
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I'd like that feature back. I found it pretty useful and well-balanced- like, people wanted a rematch often and it was easy to go find them and that. Although having a feature to call them up and request a battle instead of waiting for them to call you would be nice; just have a recharge time implemented on certain trainers/classes for that.

edit: also a way to sort the trainers so you can stick your frequent rematches at the top or whatever would be rad
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I remember that sometimes when you called them they will bring up the topic of a rematch. They may keep it like that (random) when you call them.

Also I wonder if the gym leader rematches will be double battles like in Emerald or not...
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I'd like that feature back. I found it pretty useful and well-balanced- like, people wanted a rematch often and it was easy to go find them and that. Although having a feature to call them up and request a battle instead of waiting for them to call you would be nice; just have a recharge time implemented on certain trainers/classes for that.
The way they did it in HGSS wad pretty nifty. Each trainer that could be rematched had a specified time and day that they could be fought. Some trainers wild level up and some wouldn't, which met your leveling needs no matter where you were in the game.

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The rematch feature was really great. If they brought it back, that would be awesome. Maybe a fusion with the Vs. Seeker? The HG/SS version did it quite well in my opinion, and since now we actually have a real 'real time clock' we could do that in OR/AS. I typically liked the way they did the Gym Leader rematches as well, 5 rematches that get progressively higher leveled. But just 1 strong rematch is good for me too.
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I perfer the 5 rematch thing as it made each rematch different from the previous. Also it throws some of us off. I recall not realizing until I got to the third rematch...so I lost a lot as I was unprepared at times.
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I'd like that feature back. I found it pretty useful and well-balanced- like, people wanted a rematch often and it was easy to go find them and that. Although having a feature to call them up and request a battle instead of waiting for them to call you would be nice; just have a recharge time implemented on certain trainers/classes for that.

edit: also a way to sort the trainers so you can stick your frequent rematches at the top or whatever would be rad
This, basically. XD

The rematch feature was really great. If they brought it back, that would be awesome. Maybe a fusion with the Vs. Seeker? The HG/SS version did it quite well in my opinion, and since now we actually have a real 'real time clock' we could do that in OR/AS. I typically liked the way they did the Gym Leader rematches as well, 5 rematches that get progressively higher leveled. But just 1 strong rematch is good for me too.
A VS Seeker fusion could work. I'm not sure whether I would enjoy having to schedule a rematch for a specific time and day of the week; I typically just want to battle now. XD A "Sinnoh Battleground/Fighting Dojo"-like facility where Gym Leaders gather would be nice, if we don't battle them in their own Gyms.

When arranging for rematches (mostly for Gym Leaders and any NPC Trainers who have enough Pokemon), the game should prompt the player with a menu containing the modes of Single Battle, Double Battle, Triple Battle, Rotation Battle, Sky Battle, and Inverse Battle. Any battle mode that can't be used for a particular Trainer (such as he/she having Pokemon that are ineligible for Sky Battles; he/she not having enough Pokemon for more than Single Battles, or he/she being involved in a forced Double Battle, like Senior & Junior Anna and Meg west of Mauville City) is disabled and cannot be selected.

If Steven Stone is in Meteor Falls like he was in Emerald (although in OR/AS, after having been fought at EverGrande City), he should be rebattleable, complete with the "Battle! VS Champion (Hoenn)" theme during his battle. (WTF rival battle theme? Seriously, Emerald Version? No way, man!)

Also, those 2 girls in front of Shoal Cave should be battleable; it just irritated me that you can only battle them once!

Frontier Brains should be rematchable if you reach their point in another challenge (like if a Frontier Brain is normally the 35th and 70th Trainer fought, and they give you a Symbol once you beat them, if you have to restart your streak due to losing, the aformentioned Frontier Brain should be fought every time you get to the 35th/70th battle, complete with the "Battle! VS Frontier Brain (Hoenn)" music from Pokemon Emerald :P).

Finally, it would be nice if Secret Base Trainers were rebattleable more than once per day...
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Yeah, that sort of thing was what made Emerald unique in that regard. It's just, seeing the Gym Leader's teams develop made them seem a little more..realistic. Not like, weak then suddenly stronger then the champion in one go.

@Above, the idea of choosing the battle style is genius, but it seems a bit much. Not gonna lie, it's a great idea, I would love to see some variety, but its unlikely. I agree that Steven should have been rebattleable in Emerald. It's like.."Let's battle...okay, good job. Now I'll stay here forever". Kind of anticlimactic.
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I really want to see rematch trainers again since its kinda depressing you cant do that in X and Y and there are so few places you could train in X and Y :(
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It better make a comeback. VS Seeker and Match Call were two of the best inventions ever and not being able to rematch trainers in later generations actually pained me because I'd been so used to it by the time 5th Generation rolled around and it was very, very odd not being able to rebattle essentially anyone I wanted. :V It also makes leveling up easier!
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We couldn't rematch trainers in Gen V either not counting the stadium and PWT & the Breeders (last two being in B2W2 only).
The Pokénav rematches worked nicely. Also if they want to make them Vs. Seeker like matches they could add that feature to the device.
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I really hope they wouldn't screw this up.
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The Match Call device is kind of annoying, certain trainers would only rematch if you called them first, but most of them would battle without the need of calls. Some people would just call us to say:
"Hey DERP! It's CALVIN.
Listen, listen, you have to hear this!

I had a battle with another TRAINER recently.
I lost... Oh well!"

Would be quite annoying if every five minutes this thing pops up (especially when I was gaining speed to climb Sky Pillar) so I just hope they make that go down.

Rematching Trainers were a bit tedious IMO. You have to wait for them to get ready, and most of them will pop up all over the region, scattered about so you have to Fly a lot to reach them. Places like the Cycling Road which have a nice concentration of trainers would be perfect for using the VS Seeker. I just hope something like that is done.
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Sure, why not? It gave us an additional way to train our Pokémon, which is great, if you ask me! Although I never really utilized it as much, I'm positive that others did. Personally, it'd be really nice if they could make some changes to PokéNav and have it behave sort of like Versus Seeker on the side, allowing you to battle pretty much any trainer that you're near. n_n;; Also, they should really give us a way to personalize it, and download skins, install apps, etc.

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Hopefully we can rematch Gym leaders and other trainers in ORAS. It was such an integral feature in RSE and DPPt/HGSS and it'd be a shame to see it not implemented. ;-; And hey, they included a rematch system in the remakes of GSC, so why not in the remakes of RSE.

Fingers and toes crossed!

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The Match Call feature was one of my favourite rematching system, I really do hope they decide to bring that back.
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I don't think the trainers called as much. Besides it's better to have them call us than having to call each one one at a time.
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The Match Call feature was one of my favourite rematching system, I really do hope they decide to bring that back.
Yeah, I liked that feature and it was kinda sad that a lot of recent games never had a proper rematch system since. I'd also want to rematch Gym Leaders this time around, hopefully in a location where they gather together like the Kanto and Johto Gym Leaders in Saffron City's Fighting Dojo.
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Yeah, I liked that feature and it was kinda sad that a lot of recent games never had a proper rematch system since. I'd also want to rematch Gym Leaders this time around, hopefully in a location where they gather together like the Kanto and Johto Gym Leaders in Saffron City's Fighting Dojo.
Or they could keep it how the Emerald gym rematches were. It was kind of fun to visit the gyms again. In HGSS the gyms aren't ever worth visiting again, nor in any other games... unless you're like me and like to look at the design of the gyms.
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I don't really like when the trainers call you like in Johto. Much prefer how it was done in the original R/S/E, where you'd be the one to call up iirc.

And also, not sure I'd like the levels to increase for every rematch. It would be nice to have some relatively low leveled trainers to battle in case you want to raise weaker pokémon :3 But maybe some trainers could get better and better while others could stay pretty much the same with every rematch.
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I don't exactly remeber how the match call works, do they call you like with the pokégear?
In G/S/C I always hated being interrupted by anyone who want to tell you his rattata evolved, I'd much prefer something like the vs. seeker, just so whenever I want a rematch I can have it right away, having to call them is not too bad, but if it means they can call me anytime it end up being annoyng.
Regarding levels, I think every trainer should get team upgrades when you beat them multiple time, but only when you have a particular amount of gym badges(training low level pokèmon should not be an issue with exp. share). Also I'd like to be able to rematch gym leaders in single battles, and have elite 4 upgrades after completing post game.

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I really enjoyed the news crew that you could rematch as much as you'd like, in the same (I think it was 3?) spots. The levels would keep increasing on their Pokemon until they hit a cap. Not really related to the phone system but still a nice way to grind levels.

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It would be great if they brought Elite Four Rematches into the games, it would be more of a challenge and interesting to see what new Pokémon they can use.
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I really enjoyed the news crew that you could rematch as much as you'd like, in the same (I think it was 3?) spots. The levels would keep increasing on their Pokemon until they hit a cap. Not really related to the phone system but still a nice way to grind levels.
I used them to grind in the originals myself whenever I could.

E4 rematches would be nice. I wonder why XY cut them out when BWB2W2 had them...
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