Super Contest Show

Super Contest Shows (Japanese: スーパーコンテストショー！ Super Contest Show!) are a type of competition in which serves as a revamp of the s in . As with the original Super Contests, are rated on their appearance and performance, rather than strength. However, the Visual and Dance rounds are altered, and elements of the Acting round are incorporated as a Move Evaluation during the Dance Evaluation.
Super Contest Shows come in same four rankings (Normal, Great, Ultra, Master) in the same five Contest categories: ness, , ness, ness, or ness. After entering the Hall of Fame, a sixth type of Super Contest Show is unlocked, called Brilliant/Shining Contests.
Super Contest Shows are held at the Super Contest Hall in Hearthome City.
==Competitions==
Before starting the Super Contest Show, the player chooses a Pokémon on their team and one move of that Pokémon which can be showcased in the Dance Evaluation round. The player also may choose a Ball Capsule to place on, and a style. Unlike in , other styles apart from the Contest style may be worn.
The objective of a Super Contest Show is to earn the most hearts, also called Hype Points, and there are three evaluations in which Hype Points can be earned.
===Visual Evaluation===
In Super Contest Shows, the Pokémon's visuals are judged on three components: the Pokémon's Contest condition, any Scarf it may be holding, and the Stickers used on the chosen Ball Capsule. These may count for different values depending on which type of Contest is being played.
Contest Type	Main Stat 	Adjacent Stats 	Matching Scarf	Matching Stickers
 	Coolness 	Beauty, Toughness 	 	Ribbon, Electricity, Burning, Sky, Spark, Coolness, Fashionista
 	Beauty 	Coolness, Cuteness 	 	Party, Flora, Cool, Beauty, Fashionista
 	Cuteness 	Beauty, Cleverness 	 	Heart, Star, Ethereal, Cuteness, Fashionista
 	Cleverness	Cuteness, Toughness 	 	Bubble, Song, Sinister, Cleverness
 	Toughness 	Coolness, Cleverness	 	Smoke, Fire, Stone, Leaf, Toughness
 	Sheen 	none 	none 	none
In Super Contest Shows, condition stats are converted into Hype Points by rounding the appropriate condition down to the nearest multiple of 10, and checking the following table. The main condition stat associated with the Contest type counts for its full value in Hype Points, while each adjacent stat counts for 25% of the normal Hype Point value (for example, full condition will only count for 2.5 instead of 10).
Condition 	0 	10 	20 	30 	40 	50 	60 	70 	80 	90 	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220 	230	240 	250
Hype Point Value	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.3	5.6	6.0	6.3	6.6	7.0	7.3	7.6	8.0	8.3	8.6	9.0	9.25	9.5	9.75	10.0
Holding the matching colored Scarf associated with the Contest type is worth 1 Hype Point, while any other colored scarf is worth 0.25 Hype Points, including in Brilliant or Shining contests where there is no matching scarf.
A Ball Capsule can hold up to 20 Stickers, each of which counts toward the visual score. If a Sticker's type shows up in the Matching Stickers column above for the appropriate Contest type, that Sticker is worth 0.25 Hype Points toward the visual score; different Sticker varieties of the same type (such as Party Sticker A vs. Party Sticker C) produce different visual effects when sent out, but all have the same score value. Stickers of a non-matching type are worth 0.15 Hype Points instead. The Show Master Sticker (obtained by completing the Master Rank of all Super Contest Shows with a single Pokémon) is worth 0.3 Hype Points regardless of contest type. The Champion Sticker (obtained by defeating Cynthia's final rematch team, which she uses after Stark Mountain has been completed and at least one previous rematch has taken place) is worth 0.36 Hype Points regardless of contest type. These last two Stickers are the only ones that score higher than the non-matching value in Brilliant or Shining Contests.
In Brilliant and Shining Contests, the maximum possible visual score is 17.45, obtained by having full Sheen, a Ball Capsule with 20 Champion Stickers, and any colored Scarf. In other Contest types, the maximum visual score is 23.2, if all conditions are maxed out and the Pokémon is holding the matching colored scarf. However, once all the components have been added together, any leftover fraction of a Hype Point at the end is rounded down and does not contribute to score.
When a Pokémon is sent out at the beginning of the Contest, in addition to the visual effects from its Stickers, a number of hearts will also appear from it, corresponding to its visual score. Every multiple of 5 hearts is replaced with one large heart.
===Dance Evaluation===
The Dance Evaluation is a rhythm game performed by pressing the A button in time with the music. Hitting the notes fills up the Heart Gauge (denoted by a Poké Ball cursor in the lower left), with greater accuracy filling the gauge up faster. Once the Heart Gauge fills up completely by scoring 100 dance points, it resets and the player earns one Hype Point. 
There are five types of note judgments, divided into three hits and two misses. The best judgment is denoted as "Brilliant" when playing Brilliant Diamond, or "Shining" when playing Shining Pearl, and is worth 35 dance points toward the Heart Gauge at first. Judgments of "Great" (worth 30 points) and "Nice" (worth 25 points) are also considered hits. "Too Fast" and "Too Slow" judgments are considered misses, and are not worth any dance points.
Each Pokémon has a groove meter shown next to its sprite in the upper corners. Groove can range in value from -2 to +2, with positive groove indicated by upward-pointing orange arrows, and negative groove shown with downward-pointing blue arrows. Each point of positive groove causes all notes that are hit to provide 5 additional dance points, while each point of negative groove makes them worth 5 fewer dance points. Whenever a player misses a note, their Pokémon's groove immediately drops by 1, unless it is already at -2. If groove is not already +2, it will increase if the player has hit five notes since the most recent time their groove changed; the fifth note (which causes the groove to increase) will be scored with the higher groove bonus right away.
Sometimes the dance rhythm will include two circles connected by a trail, called long notes. After pressing the button at the head of the long note, the player is supposed to keep it held, and a second judgment is given at the tail of the note, measuring how accurately the player released the button at that time. If the head of a long note is judged as a miss, the entire note will disappear, and the tail will not be judged at all. If both the head and the tail of a long note are judged as hits, the player will receive bonus dance points equal to the value of a Brilliant or Shining judgment, based on the groove value that existed as of the head note.
While the song is playing, a hype meter will appear across the top of the screen, measuring the collective scores of all four players. This meter starts out with a certain amount of pink filled in, corresponding to each player's combined visual scores. Each time the player earns a Hype Point, a heart will appear on the Heart Gauge at the bottom, and will then drift toward the hype meter at the top. Hype Points scored by other players will be represented by a heart originating from their Pokémon's icon in the upper corners, and drifting from there toward the hype meter, which causes it to increment slightly. Each Contest has a success threshold indicated by a vertical line on the gauge, with higher Contest ranks requiring more Hype Points for success. If the hype meter has increased enough to meet or exceed the success line, it will start flashing white for the remainder of the song.
The maximum number of Hype Points available in the Dance Evaluation varies depending on the type and rank, with different numbers of notes available in each one. Master Rank of the Brilliant Contest allows for a theoretical maximum of 92 Hype Points from the dance, more than any other Contest, though this can only be achieved with the use of specific moves.
===Move Evaluation===
During the dance, a Pokémon can perform one move which is pre-selected at Contest registration, by pressing the X button. Unlike previous Contests, moves no longer have a condition type and the move can only be used once. Hype Points attributed to the Move Evaluation are tracked separately, but count just the same as Hype Points in other evalutions.
When a Pokémon uses a move, all the notes in the song for the following 10 seconds will disappear, and that Pokémon is considered to get the best possible judgment on them, but any Hype Points resulting from these automatic judgments will be credited to the Dance Evaluation, rather than the Move Evaluation. It is not possible to use a move when fewer than 10 seconds remain in the song, or while the player is in the middle of holding a long note. If the 10-second span for disappearing notes ends in the middle of a long note, the tail of that note will not appear, but (unlike the head of the note) it will not receive a judgment, so the bonus points for that long note will not be awarded either.
If a Pokémon uses its move less than 6 seconds after the previous move, the players' names will be listed together on the left side of the screen as a Move Chain, and a combo counter on the right side will increment. Other players may also join the Move Chain to make it bigger. When a Move Chain ends, all participants receive bonus Hype Points equal to the combo counter minus one, for a maximum of 3 Hype Points each if there was a combo of 4. If a Move Chain contains two or more consecutive moves of the same type, all the Pokémon in the chain (even the ones who used moves of a different type) each receive additional bonus Hype Points equal to the number of consecutive type-matching moves minus one.
Some move effects give bonus Hype Points if the player's groove is positive, or if it's negative; this check takes place as of the moment the move was first used, disregarding any groove increase that may take place as a result of the 10 seconds of automatically-hit notes.
The maximum number of Hype Points that can be attributed to the Move Evaluation is 12, which requires using a move with a base value of 3, that has a bonus effect of 3 Hype Points if groove is positive/negative (such as ), and using it within a full 4-way Move Chain in which all four moves have the same type.
====Move Effects====
Unlike previous generations of Contests, moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have no contest typing, and so any move can be selected for any contest with no potential downside. There are 512 moves available for use.
Effect 	Base Hype 	Base Hype 	Base Hype
Effect 	❤️🤍🤍 	❤️❤️🤍 	❤️❤️❤️
This move has no additional effects. 	• • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • •
 	 	 	
For 5 seconds, missed notes will not be judged. 	• • • 	• • • • 	• • • • • • • • • •
For 10 seconds, missed notes will not be judged. 	• • • • • • 	• • • 	• • • • • •
For 15 seconds, missed notes will not be judged. 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • •
 	 	 	
Groove will not drop for 5 seconds. 	• • 	• • • • • • 	• • • • • • •
Groove will not drop for 10 seconds. 	• • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • 	• •
Groove will not drop for 15 seconds. 	• • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 	• • •
 	 	 	
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Hype Points gained will increase by 1 if groove is positive.	• • • • 	• • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • •
Hype Points gained will increase by 2 if groove is positive.	• • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Hype Points gained will increase by 3 if groove is positive.	• • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	• • • • • • • • • • • •
 	 	 	
Hype Points gained will increase by 1 if groove is negative.	• • • • • 	• • • • • 	
Hype Points gained will increase by 2 if groove is negative.	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • •
Hype Points gained will increase by 3 if groove is negative.	• 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Hype determined entirely by groove 	Hype determined entirely by groove 	Hype determined entirely by groove 	Hype determined entirely by groove
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===Star of the Show===
At the end of the Contest, a Pokémon is judged on their Visual, Dance, and Move performances, with the number of Hype Points earned in all three evaluations added together. The Pokémon with the highest combined total is declared the Star of the Show (even if the Contest was declared a Failure overall). In the event of a tie for the highest score, all of these Pokémon are considered Stars of the Show. The winner of the Contest is awarded a Sticker associated with that type, with the particular variety of that Sticker depending on rank. If it is the first time that the Pokémon won the Master Rank Contest of a particular type, it is awarded a Ribbon instead of a Sticker, and if the Pokémon also has Ribbons from the other four Contest types, then the Pokémon receives the Contest Star Ribbon and the player receives a Show Master Sticker.
A protruding wall on the left side of the Contest Hall lobby contains five pictures, one for each of the main five Contest types, which can be viewed in detail by pressing the A button in front of them. Each time the player and their Pokémon become Stars of the Show, that Pokémon's picture will be saved on the wall's spot for the appropriate Contest type, replacing any previous picture from the same type. There is a 25% chance that the Pokémon's pose will show it using its selected Contest Move, unless the player went the entire song without ever using the move. The rest of the time, the Pokémon will be shown in one of its standard animations.
==Brilliant/Shining Contests==
After entering the Hall of Fame, a sixth type of Super Contest Show is unlocked called Brilliant/Shining Contests. These are similar to the standard five Contest types, but with more difficult NPCs and judging. For a Pokémon to be eligible for entry, they must first have the Contest Star Ribbon, obtainable by winning the other 5 Master Rank Super Contest Shows and earning their respective Ribbons, or by completing all Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectaculars in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, then transferring up through Pokémon HOME. The winner of a Brilliant or Shining Contest is awarded a randomly selected Sticker from one of the other five Contest types. If it is the first time that Pokémon won the Master Rank in this Contest, it is awarded the Twinkling Star Ribbon instead.
==Hall Rank==
At the end of the Contest, if the combined hype meter reached the indicated threshold, then the Contest is deemed a Success; otherwise it will be considered a Failure (but a Star of the Show will still be awarded). A successful Contest rewards the player with Hall Points, even if they were not the Star of the Show. Normal Rank Contests are worth 1 Hall Point if successful, Great Rank Contests are worth 2, Ultra Rank Contests are worth 3, and Master Rank Contests are worth 5. Having a successful Master Rank Contest for the first time, regardless of type, is also one of the triggers required to earn a Trainer Card star.
Earning Hall Points can lead to an increase in the player's Hall Rank, which causes the stage to change color and become more ornate for all subsequent contests. Once the Hall Rank is maxed out, any further Hall Points serve no purpose, but there is still an interlude at the end of each contest declaring a Success or a Failure before the final results are given. It is not possible for Hall Rank to decrease, nor is it possible to change the stage back to the design from a previous rank.
Rank	Hall Points	Image
1 	0 	
2 	10 	
3 	30 	
4 	50 	
==Notable contestants==
As with the original Super Contests, Fantina, Johanna or Jasmine may participate in Master Rank Contests, including Brilliant or Shining Contests. More than one can appear in the same Contest.
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