Grand Festival

The 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.
==Gallery==
Grand Festival anime.png|A Coordinator performing with her Pokémon
Zoey winning.jpg|The winner shown on a display board
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Category:Pokémon competitions
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