A Pokémon battle (Japanese: ポケモンバトル Pokémon battle), often known as a Pokémon fight (ポケモンしょうぶ Pokémon fight) in the Generation I games, is a form of competition between Pokémon. In these battles, one or more of the Pokémon is typically owned and trainedby a person, its Pokémon Trainer, in order to win.
When a Pokémon faints in battle, its Trainer may send out another to take its place. After all of a Trainer's party Pokémon have been defeated, the battle has been won, and the loser must pay out some amount of money to the winner, determined based on the level of the Pokémon andtype of Trainer defeated. In the core series games, if the player's Pokémon have all been defeated, he or she will black out (in Generation I and since Generation IV) or white out (inGeneration II and Generation III), and be teleported back to the most recent Pokémon Center that was visited, or to his or her home, if a Pokémon Center has not yet been visited.
Pokémon battles appear in most forms of Pokémon media, being the central gameplay aspect of the core series games, as well as being a constant focus of the anime. Originally, a Pokémon battle would be a one-on-one fight between two Pokémon; however, variations on this model have been seen later on in the series, with Pokémon battles featuring multiple Pokémon on each side later being implemented in the games as well.
When a Pokémon faints in battle, its Trainer may send out another to take its place. After all of a Trainer's party Pokémon have been defeated, the battle has been won, and the loser must pay out some amount of money to the winner, determined based on the level of the Pokémon andtype of Trainer defeated. In the core series games, if the player's Pokémon have all been defeated, he or she will black out (in Generation I and since Generation IV) or white out (inGeneration II and Generation III), and be teleported back to the most recent Pokémon Center that was visited, or to his or her home, if a Pokémon Center has not yet been visited.
Pokémon battles appear in most forms of Pokémon media, being the central gameplay aspect of the core series games, as well as being a constant focus of the anime. Originally, a Pokémon battle would be a one-on-one fight between two Pokémon; however, variations on this model have been seen later on in the series, with Pokémon battles featuring multiple Pokémon on each side later being implemented in the games as well.