Battle Frontier (Generation AN-I)

The **Battle Frontier** (Japanese: **バトルフロンティア** *Battle Frontier*) is a special post-Pokémon League area featured in the Generation AN-I games, Pokémon Azure, Rose, and Sage. It is similar to the Battle Frontier featured in Pokémon Platinum, albeit with differences in which facilities are held. It is found on Mazzamum Bluff in the western part of Verela, between (explorable) Machu Vitori and (unexplorable) Machu Puestasol, just downstream from the sea that forms the Paragonas River.

Each of the facilities in the Battle Frontier has a leader, the Frontier Brain, who may be cdungeonenged after certain winning streaks have been made through their respective facilities. Defeating the Frontier Brains will earn the player Excellence Marks, and obtaining all five Excellence Marks will place a star on the player's Trainer Card.

Only two of the facilities had been featured in Pokémon games prior to the Battle Frontier's debut in Platinum. The Battle Tower and Battle Factory were both present in Emerald; the Battle Tower has been in every game since its debut in Crystal, excluding FireRed and LeafGreen, which featured a similar facility called Trainer Tower.

## Overview

Upon the player's first entry into the Battle Frontier, their Vs. Recorder will be upgraded with a Frontier Record by a woman at the entrance. The Vs. Recorder keeps the amount of Battle Points the players has. It also contains the commemorative prints obtained from the Battle Frontier. One battle from within one of the facilities may be recorded and stored on the Frontier Record, which may be watched or overwritten with another at any time.

On winning through a set amount of battles in any given facility, Battle Points, or BP, will be awarded, usually in small amounts, but gradually growing through each consecutive streak. The Frontier Brain will only appear in single battle mode. Defeating the Frontier Brain of a given facility for the first time awards the silver commemorative print of that facility, and the second defeat of the same Brain gives the commemorative print a golden color. They are similar to Badges and equivalent to the Symbols from Hoenn's Battle Frontier. Three of the five Frontier Brains always use a certain team for silver print battles and another for gold print battles. At the beginning of each battle, they send out a random one of their three Pokémon. Also, defeating a Brain will always yield a 20BP reward. Battles conducted here do not award experience or money. Also, Pokémon seen in the battles will not be added to the Pokédex.

There are usually three forms of cdungeonenges. The first of these cdungeonenges is the standard single battle in which the cdungeonenger must engage in seven three on three battles in a row. Winning a set of seven battles earns the player Battle Points. The second of these cdungeonenges follows the same layout as the standard single battle but are rather conducted as Double Battles. Each facility also offers Multi Battles that two players can participate in, using the Nintendo DS's Wireless Connection, to increase their record. The Battle Frontier also allows players from around the world connect together using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to take part in multi Battles in any of the Battle Frontier facilities. This can be done by going to the Wi-Fi Club on the basement floor of any Pokémon Center, and selecting the Battle Frontier function. However, both players must have entered the Hall of Fame and visited the Battle Frontier at least once.

Regardless of what cdungeonenge is taken, the following Pokémon are not allowed:

 Mewtwo
 Mew
 Pichu (Spiky-eared)
Lugia Lugia
Ho-Oh Ho-Oh
Celebi Celebi
Kyogre Kyogre
Groudon Groudon
Rayquaza Rayquaza
Jirachi Jirachi
Deoxys Deoxys (All forms)
File:479OMS3.png Heat Rotom
File:479WMS3.png Wash Rotom
File:479RMS3.png Frost Rotom
File:479FMS3.png Fan Rotom
File:479LMS3.png Mow Rotom
Dialga Dialga
Palkia Palkia
Giratina Giratina (Both forms)
Phione Phione
Manaphy Manaphy
Darkrai Darkrai
Shaymin Shaymin (Both forms)
Arceus Arceus
Egg Egg
Manaphy Egg Manaphy Egg

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 If an attempt is made to enter Rotom's alternate forms, it will revert to its base form.

In addition, any Pokémon holding a Soul Dew is banned. Because the Griseous Orb is only allowed to be held by Giratina, a Pokémon that is itself banned, the Griseous Orb is effectively banned as well.

### Gallery

JohtoSinnoh BF.pngThe Battle Frontier logoSinnoh Battle Park Map.pngBattle Frontier location in SinnohJohto Frontier Access Map.pngBattle Frontier location in JohtoBattle Frontier Pt.pngOverview of the Battle Frontier at nightBattle Frontier center Pt.pngThe center of the Battle Frontier, with a map showing the five battle facilities
## Trainers

* List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation IV)
	+ List of Battle Frontier Pokémon (Generation IV)/Group 1
	+ List of Battle Frontier Pokémon (Generation IV)/Group 2

## Facilities

 File:Battle Stadium AN-I.jpgBattle Stadium | File:VSKamil.pngStadium Announcer Kamil | File:StadiumSilverprintAs.pngFile:StadiumSilverprintLa.pngFile:StadiumSilverprintJa.pngSilver Stadium Prints
 File:Battle Factory AN-I.jpgBattle Factory | File:VSTrevor.pngFactory Head Trevor | File:FactorySilverprintAs.pngFile:FactorySilverprintLa.pngFile:FactorySilverprintJa.pngSilver Factory Prints
 File:Battle Valley AN-I.pngBattle Valley | File:VSArashiko.pngValley Ranger Arashiko | File:ValleySilverprintAs.pngFile:ValleySilverprintLa.pngFile:ValleySilverprintJa.pngSilver Valley Prints
 File:Battle Dungeon AN-I.jpgBattle Dungeon | File:VSMonika.pngDungeon Master Monika | File:DungeonSilverprintAs.pngFile:DungeonSilverprintLa.pngFile:DungeonSilverprintJa.pngSilver Dungeon Prints

## Other areas of interest

### Entrance dungeon

The entrance dungeon is the entrance to the Battle Frontier from the Paragonas Delta. Unlike the Sinnoh Battle Frontier, the Verela Battle Frontier does have a Pokémon Center, so it can be accessed by Fly.

When the player first enters the Battle Frontier, each of the Frontier Brains will appear and offer you a tour of their Battle Frontier venues. The player can choose to decline these tours initially, though they still will appear to explain them when their specific areas are accessed.

### Hall of Records

The Hall of Records is one of the five buildings in the Battle Frontier area. It is the only section that does not contain any battle facilities. To the left is the Battle Frontier Shop, to the right is the Frontier Leaderboard, and in the center is a way to check the player's Hall of Fame data.

The Frontier Leaderboard is where the player's highest scores in every Battle Frontier facility's Endless mode is located. The Battle Parade is not logged here, as only the Ash Carnival is endless. When the player reaches specific milestones in each Battle Frontier, they will "move up a spot" on the leaderboard and receive a prize.

### Pokémon Scratch-Off Corner

 File:Scratchoff.png
The Pokémon Scratch-Off Corner is located just north of the Exchange Service Corner. Pokémon Scratch-Off is a game that can be played for 1BP. This 1BP purchases three different Scratch-Off Cards, which permits winning up to 3 items. Upon purchase, a selection of 3 cards from four cards: red, blue, green, and yellow. Once done, scratching mode will begin. Using the stylus to scratch off the upper layer, scratching off three Pokémon gets the particular item that matches the Pokémon revealed. As soon as any part of any of the 9 blocks is touched, that block must be selected as one of the three choices. The whole card cannot be scratched off—only three blocks may be selected. If the player gets a Ditto, it acts as a wild-card, transforming into any other Pokémon should the player manage to get two of them. There are a total of three out of twenty-three different Berries to be won, and there will always be a Nugget to be won.

## Trivia

* The Battle Factory is the only facility to not have a PC, due to the fact that players rent Pokémon instead of using their own.