Have your team ready
Format: The Modified format is the standard tournament format for PLAY! Pokémon video game events. Details will be posted here and on Pokemon.com
All sanctioned Pokémon video game tournaments require players to assemble a team of Pokémon, with items, prior to the start of the event.
Battle Box Team Registration
Before the first round of a tournament, Battle Box team registration will occur. All players must set up their Battle Box, including all Pokémon and held items they intend to use, before they register for the tournament.
The standard format style for all PLAY! Pokémon tournaments is Double Battle. In Double Battles, each player selects four Pokémon from his or her party of six to battle with. At the start of the battle, players send out the first two Pokémon in their party, making a total of four Pokémon on the battlefield. Game play continues until a player makes all four of his or her opponent’s Pokémon faint.
Standard Team Construction Rules -
When building a team for a PLAY! Pokémon tournament, all players must adhere to these standard construction rules.
- A player’s team cannot contain two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number
- Each Pokémon on a player’s team can hold an item, though no two Pokémon may hold the same item
- A player’s team cannot contain two Pokémon with the same nickname
- A player’s team cannot contain a Pokémon nicknamed with the name of another Pokémon (for example, an Unfezant named “Pidove”)
- Pokémon may only use moves that have been learned through one of the following methods:
- By leveling up
- By TM or HM
- As an Egg move, through breeding
- From a character in the game
- A move already known by a Pokémon received at an official Pokémon event or promotion
The Standard format is the standard tournament format for Play! Pokémon Premier video game events. This format will be used at all Premier events unless specified otherwise.
Only Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Game Cards or downloadable versions are permitted for use.
Players may use Pokémon from the National Pokédex, from No. 001–719, that are caught in the game, transferred from a previous Pokémon title, or received at an official event or distribution
The following Pokémon may not be on a player’s team:
- 150 – Mewtwo
- 151 – Mew
- 249 – Lugia
- 250 – Ho-Oh
- 251 – Celebi
- 382 – Kyogre
- 383 – Groudon
- 384 – Rayquaza
- 385 – Jirachi
- 386 – Deoxys
- 483 – Dialga
- 484 – Palkia
- 487 – Giratina
- 489 – Phione
- 490 – Manaphy
- 491 – Darkrai
- 492 – Shaymin
- 493 – Arceus
- 494 – Victini
- 643 – Reshiram
- 644 – Zekrom
- 646 – Kyurem
- 647 – Keldeo
- 648 – Meloetta
- 649 – Genesect
- 716 – Xerneas
- 717 – Yveltal
- 718 – Zygarde
- 719 – Diancie
Pokémon must be placed in the Battle Box.
Pokémon are allowed to Mega Evolve.
Pokémon may not hold the item Soul Dew.
Pokémon above Level 50 are permitted, but they are auto-leveled down to 50 for the duration of battle.
Players may use Pokémon with Hidden Abilities.
Players may use items that have been officially released via Pokémon X, Pokémon Y, Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, the Pokémon Global Link, or an official event or promotion
Blue Pentagon In addition to the requirements outlined above, Pokémon used in the Standard format must have a blue pentagon in the Pokémon summary screen. This indicates that the Pokémon was caught during regular gameplay, hatched from an Egg, obtained within the game, or was officially gifted in either Pokémon X, Pokémon Y, Pokémon Omega Ruby, or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
External Devices: the use of external devices to modify or create items or Pokemon in a player's party is expressly forbidden. Players found to have Pokemon or items that have been tampered with will be disqualified from competition, regardless or whether the Pokemon or items belong to that player or were traded for. POP recommends players only use Pokemon that they have raised themselves and items that they have received through normal game play. It is always the player's responsibility to have legal Pokemon and items during the competition.
Note:
At the start of each tournament, a player’s Battle Box will be checked for illegal Pokémon. Any Masters Division player who fails this check may be immediately disqualified and be unable to participate in the tournament.
