When a “Zangoose” is fighting against a poison type Pokémon, it will always receive a bonus attack of "+5" (poison = primary type), or "+3" (poison = secondary type).

When a “Seviper” is fighting against a "Zangoose", it will always receive a bonus attack of "+5" to match Zangoose's poison bonus attack.

When having a “Castform”, it might change its chip to match the current “weather condition”. *Normal type for any weather weather besides (heavy rain/blizzard/very hot), water type (rainy form) for “Heavy Rain” weather, ice type (icy form) for “Blizzard” weather and fire type (sunny form) for “Very Hot” one. “Castform” can only learn “normal” type “ultimate” attack.

When fighting against (or with) a “Kecleon”, it will always mimic the opponent’s Pokémon type, however, keeping its attack (type and power) and "LP"/"LR" unchanged.

When having a “Shaymin” (orange/blue chip) players can choose (BEFORE starting a battle) between its “grass” and “grass/flying” types forms.“Shaymin” can only learn “grass” type “ultimate” attack.

When having a “Rotom” (orange/blue chip) players can choose (BEFORE starting a battle) between its “electric/ghost”, “electric/flying”, “electric/fire”, “electric/water”, “electric/ice” and “electric/grass” types forms.“Rotom” can only learn “electric” type “ultimate” attack.

When fighting against (or with) an orange “Regigigas”, it will always use one (1) of the most effective (green “D6”) attack type move(s) against its opponent (when applicable).

Now, when fighting against (or with) a yellow “Regigigas” (found only at "GO" map), it will follow the same rule but using an ultimate attack instead of the normal one, this way granting a “+5”) bonus to its total attack power.

When fighting against (or with) an “Arceus” (only yellow chip), fighting type moves will have no advantages against it. although, ghost type ones will keep its disadvantages. *Arceus can only be found at the "GO" map.

When having an active “Victini” in their hands, players can flip it out (knock it down) in order to make another Pokémon to win (by nullifying) a battle. *Works against any kind of opponent (player’s/wild/rival’s Pokémon) and must be done before the battle starts.

The victorius Pokémon shall receive its "XP" normally and proceed just like it has won other ordinary match.

When fighting against (or with) a “Darmanitan”, it will change into a “Darmanitan Zen” chip if it gets twenty five (25) “LP” or less. The “Darmanitan Zen” chip then, should start the battle with the current “LP” plus the “Life Rec” amount (in this case +20).

The “Darmanitan Zen” chip shall remain until it gets beaten or the battle is over. *Returning to a normal “Darmanitan” chip without the previous conditions are not an option. “Darmanitan Zen’s” chip cannot be caught, so it should remain aside from the red chip’s bag (non-catchable).

When a “Pawniard”/“Bisharp”/“Kingambit” is fighting against a “Tinkatink”/“Tinkatuff”/“Tinkaton”, it will always receive a bonus attack of "+3".

When a “Durant” is fighting against a fire type Pokémon, it will always receive a bonus attack of "+5" (fire = primary type), or "+3" (fire = secondary type).

When having a “Meloetta”, players can choose (BEFORE starting a battle) between its “normal/psychic”and “normal/fighting” forms. “Meloetta” can only learn “normal” type “ultimate” attack.

When fighting against a wild “Whishiwhasi”, it will change into a “Whishiwhasi School” red chip after only two (2) hits (attacks). This way, becoming a whole different and tougher opponent.

The “Whishiwhasi School” chip then, should start the battle with the current “LP” plus the original chip’s “Life Rec” amount (in this case ‘+5’). Although, even if it was beaten as a “Whishiwhasi School” chip, the normal “Whishiwhasi” (pink chip) is the one able to be caught. *“Whishiwhasi School” red chip cannot be caught and should remain aside from the red chip’s bag (non-catchable).

When fighting with a “Silvally”, players can choose its attack type according to each opponent. *If fighting against It, its attack has no type, this way never triggering any advantage/disadvantage.

When a “Rookidee”/“Corvsquire”/“Corviknight” is fighting against a “Tinkatink”/“Tinkatuff”/“Tinkaton”, it will always receive a bonus attack of "+3".

When having an active “Glastrier”/“Spectrier” in their hands, along with an active “Calyrex”, players can choose to “mega evolve” (6.11) “Calyrex” into a “Calyrex Ice Rider” (using “Glastrier”) or a “Calyrex Shadow Rider” (using a “Spectrier”). *If the “mega evolved“ form loses the battle, both Pokémon (“Glastrier”/“Spectrier” and “Calyrex”) shall return knocked out to the player’s hand.

When a “Tinkatink”/“Tinkatuff”/“Tinkaton” is fighting against a “Pawniard”/“Bisharp”/“Kingambit” or “Rookidee”/“Corvisquire”/“Corviknight”, it will always receive a bonus attack of "+3".

When fighting against a wild “Palafin Zero”, it will change into a “Palafin Hero” red chip after only one (1) hit (attack). This way, becoming a whole different and tougher opponent.

The “Palafin Hero” chip then, should start the battle with the current “LP” plus the original chip’s “Life Rec” amount (in this case ‘+15’). Although, even if it was beaten as a “Palafin Hero” chip, the normal “Palafin Zero” (pink chip) is the one able to be caught (in case of wild encounter). *“Palafin Hero” red chip cannot be caught and should remain aside from the red chip’s bag (non-catchable).

When having an active “Tatsugiri” on their hands, players can choose to flip it (knock it out) in order to prevent a "Dodonzo" to be knocked out in battle (making it survive with 1 "LP"). *If a player has more than one (1) "Tatsugiri", they can use this feature until all of them got flipped out.

When the players have an active “Pecharunt” on their hands, any of their “Loyal Three” will always receive a bonus attack of “+5” in a battle.

When having a “Ogerpon”, players can choose between its different type forms (BEFORE starting a battle). The available forms are “grass”, “grass/rock”, “grass/fire” and “grass/water”. “Ogerpon” can only learn “grass” type “ultimate” attack.

When using a “Tera Orb” item card on a “Terapagos” (in battle), it will always receive a bonus attack of “+10” (no die roll needed) and change its form into a “Tera Terapagos” (blue chip).

If a second “Tera Orb” item card is used, the “Terapagos” will change its form into a “Stellar Terapagos” (red chip).

*The “Tera Orb” card(s) shall be used before the battle starts (first turn). Returning to its previous form is not an option unless the battle ends. “Tera Terapagos/Stellar Terapagos” chips cannot be caught, so they should remain aside from the chip bags (non-catchable).

Not all Pokémon, but most of them, evolve into a better one(s). For sure, it’s one of the most exciting features of the whole Pokémon universe and one of the main differences between this game series and the original one. But now, just like at the “console games”, players can catch, train and evolve their Pokémon, if they want.

*In this game series, Pokémon do not evolve during a battle (including duels), only afterwards, and players can only hold the evolution when it is regarding their STARTER Pokémon.

When evolution does occur (not mega ones), it can happen in two (2) different ways, once or twice. Despite the case, an specific amount of “Experience Points” (XP) is needed according to the Pokémon's color label and the one it is going to evolve into. *The aura around the Pokémon’s chip art indicate the color of its respective evolution’s chip.

Remember that even having all the needed XP (or using stone), players can only achieve the evolution if their Pokémon is active/not knocked out (not flipped out) in their hand.

Although, even that the great majority of Pokémon follow the previous "XP" rules for achieving the evolution, couple of them (44) can alternatively do so through the use of an "evolution stone" instead.

On top of that, some even have specific ways to define their next form. *These Pokémon's chips display a silver evolution icon on the left corner of the Pokémon's art.

Let’s check these specific cases:

Players will notice that some Pokémon happen to have more than one (1) version, like a “Meowth”, which has its Kantonian one (normal type), the Alolan version (dark/normal type) and even a Galarian version one (steel type).

For those Alolan/Galarian/Hisuian/Paldean cases there is no special conditions to evolve, although the only thing players should know is that different versions do not mix themselves between each other, E.g.: If you are going to evolve a Kantonian “Sandshrew”, then you will get a Kantonian “Sandslash”. Now, if you evolve an Alolan “Sandshrew”, then, you will get an Alolan “Sandslash”.

Remember that unlikely the kantonian versions, some alolan/galarian Pokémon might not have evolution(s)/pre-evolution(s). *Check the “Evolution Book”.

The sixth (6th) generation of Pokémon introduced a different feature called “mega evolutions”. So, players will notice that some Pokémon chips display a “mega stone symbol” image (including “Zacian” and “Zamazenta”) on its Pokémon image left side. When that is the case, it means that the Pokémon can mega evolve, which in practice means that you will replace its chip for a purple color one.

One of the features, introduced by the latest gen (8th), is the “gigantamax”. Like the “mega evolution” one, it doesn’t last long and can only work on very few specific Pokémon that display a “pinkish X” symbol.

However, unlikely “mega evolution”, this time players will not replace the Pokémon chip for a different color one, in this case, the battle does not even actually happen.

Players may notice another column, in the “Evolution XP” table, called “Ult” (“Ultimate”). This column, refers to the “ultimate attack” a Pokémon can learn. Although, In order to achieve it, the Pokémon must be on its final/only form and gather the needed amount of XP for it.

For double typed Pokémon, players can choose the “Ultimate Attack” between both types. *Yellow ones can only achieve the ultimate attack according its default move’s type.

Once achieved (never during a battle), the Pokémon learns the new attack and now its “Attack Power” (AP) equals the previous value plus five (5) points (total= previous + 5). Also, after learning the ultimate, the player now can choose which attack move the Pokémon is going to use (not yellows though).

If a Pokémon that learned an "ultimate attack" mega evolves, then players can still choose between the "ultimate attack" (according its default condition) and its new attack move (from the mega evolution chip). *The ultimate attack AP does not change due the mega evolution.

To become the Master Pokémon Trainer and win the game, players must beat up the notorious “Pokémon League”, which, usually, is made of five (5) rival cards (elite four plus champion). *Maps with standard Pokémon League: “Kanto”, “Johto”, “Hoenn”, “Sinnoh”, “Unova”, “Kalos”, “Alola”, “Galar” and "Paldea". Map with just one (1) member (“Orange Islands”).

To be able to engage on the “Pokémon League”, players must have earned the required mandatory badges and gather the needed amount of PP required (just like the “gyms” requirement).

Remember that once within the League’s pathway (dashed line), players can only move one (1) space at a time (despising the moving rules). *The wild Pokémon chips found in this pathway on “Alola” map shall be (first) all the “ultra beasts” and on “Paldea” map shall be all the “paradox” ones.

Example of an "ultra beast" and "paradox" () Pokémon:

Players shall have in mind that, when battling against a League member, their Pokémon will receive a “bonus attack” just like the gym leader.

To know exactly how to face them click here.

Here's how the “Pokémon League” spaces look like (in the conventional maps):

Remember that whomever beats up all the League's members first, WINS the game. *Some Leagues have more than one (1) champion. E.g. Kanto = Blue + Trace. In those cases, the player can face the champions at any order.

Finally, we get to know the great villains of the game, the "evil teams”. Doesn’t matter which map you play (except "Eevee Skirmish") they will always be there to try to achieve their evil plan and take the victory from the players’ hands.

Every time a player draws an “Evil Team” event card, a battle begins immediately (unless "Doom Rocket" is enabled) disregarding how many active Pokémon or eventual “Pokédolls” the player might have.

The “Team’s” rival card players will oppose, will depend on the player’s highest labeled Pokémon in their hand. E.g.: If a player’s highest labeled Pokémon is a blue color one, then the picked “Evil Team” rival card will be the one with a "blue dot".

It’s worth to mention that orange/black label Pokémon, for this purpose, count accordingly to their back color.*Evil Team’s rival cards hierarchy (from strongest to weakest): Yellow>Red>Blue>Green>Pink

The “Evil Teams” also interfere in the game through the “Sabotage” event card, which makes players flip one (1) or more (environment condition) Pokémon chip.

To know what happens if they (evil teams) win a battle just click here.

If players get alltheir Pokémon knocked out (flipped out) whether by a wild Pokémon encounter, a duel against another player, or facing an evil team rival card, they must start over (restart the map) from the “Start Here” space (yellow one) next turn. By doing that, their Pokémon and energy coins (if not hijacked playing solo) will be automatically recovered and ready to go. Before leaving this space, players can aways draw one (1) Item card.

*It’s worth to mention that the “restart” does not affect the player’s previous achievements (badges/region progress), keeping them able to catch up from where they left.

Battles are the most complex mechanic in this game series, therefore, the most responsible for its similarity (as close as possible) to the console games.

Battles can occur in three (3) different kind of situations:

• 1) Against a wild Pokémon.
• 2) Against another players.
• 3) Against “rival” cards (gym leaders, evil teams and league members).

*ATTENTION: due its complexity, players must follow all the rules with a high level of attention.

The first thing to do before a battle starts, is to check the “Advantages and disadvantages” that might be applicable to it. These interactions are determined regarding the “ATTACK TYPE” of each Pokémon, not necessarily by the Pokémon type. *Check the “attack section” of each chip to know its attack type.

So, to make these interactions interfere in an active way during the battle (when applicable), players must roll an “advantage/disadvantage” die along with the “attack” ones to add/deduct to/from their attack roll.

The picked die can vary between a “D4” and a “D6” in cases of disadvantages (not very effective/no effect), and always a “D6” in cases of advantages (super-effective).

For advantages, players should add to their roll and for disadvantages they should deduct from it.

So, to make sure WHEN to use and WHICH die to choose, check the “Advantages/Disadvantage Table” every single battle.

In case of attacking a double typed Pokémon, the secondary type (symbol at the right) will cause "-2" in case of a "D4" (disadvantage) and "+/-3" in case of “D6” (advantage/disadvantage). E.g.:

• I) A “Grass” type attack against a “Ground/Rock” type Pokémon will lead to “AP + attack die + D6 (ground) + 3 (rock) = X”.
• II) A “Fighting” type attack against a “Ghost/Poison” type Pokémon will lead to “AP + attack die – D6 - 2 = X”.
• III) A “Poison” type attack against a “Rock/Steel” type Pokémon will lead to “AP + attack die – D4 - 3 = X”.

The “0” represents no interactions whatsoever.

To visually represent the "advantage"/"disadvantage" bonuses use the “marker” chips along with the Pokémon ones as well.

Wild & Player's Pokémon

To perform an attack, the player must use the Pokémon’s “Attack Power” (AP) plus the result from the “attack die” roll (D8/12/20), then add/deduct the result from the advantage/disadvantage die roll (when applicable). The result of these operations equals the TOTAL ATTACK AMOUNT.

The “attack die” used by a "Pokémon" chip follows the “attack dice” table and varies according to each color label.

The attacks are performed by both sides (at the same time) and the results are deducted from each Pokémon’s "LP".

When fighting against a “rival” card, the “attacking” scenario is slightly more complex taking one (1) extra step this time. So now, besides all the previous steps, their Pokémon will also count with and extra “bonus attack”.

In practice, besides the “Attack Power”(AP) plus the “attack die” roll, they will add the “bonus attack” into it too before adding/deducting the result of the advantage/disadvantage die roll (when applicable). The result of all these operations equals the TOTAL ATTACK AMOUNT.

*The “attack die” used by a “Rival’s” Pokémon, as well as all the other needed information can be found at the back of the card.

The provided “bonus attack” varies according to each “rival” card “bonus attack session” (that can be found on the bottom of the card). According to the die result (dice figure) a specific value is granted.

Just like before, the attacks are performed by both sides (at the same time) and the result is deducted from each Pokémon’s "LP" (Figure 20).

Whether is the case (wild/player/rival), it is always possible that the Pokémon deliver simultaneous attacks, thus, knocking each other out at the same time and resulting in a tie.

Don’t forget, that during a battle, every time a Pokémon is replaced or healed (potion card), the opponent one must recover its life according to the “Life Recovering” column values (except when the “Oran Berry” item card was used). These values can be found at the ”life” table, in case of wild/player's Pokémon, and at the back of the “gym”/“evil team”/“league” rival cards.

Experience points (XP) are the main responsible ones for the Pokémon evolutions. They can be earned by a Pokémon after a battle, if it doesn’t lose alone (tie grants one to each), through a “Rare Candy” item card, through a “Poké Camp” event card or through a "Poké Job" one.

If a player earns an “Exp. Share” badge (through event card), now he/she can grant one (1) “XP” to each other active Pokémon in their hand after one of their Pokémon wins a battle (not double knock out). *This shared “XP” will always be of one (1) point.

When Pokémon of different colors battle against each other, the earned "XP" will vary. To get the right values check the “Battle XP” table. *”Rival” Pokémon are regarded according to their region color (gym leaders), late game stage (league members = red color) or card color (evil teams).

*Purple/Orange/Black chips count like their back’s color and alpha ones count like orange.

A very specific scenario would be beating up a mega evolved orange Pokémon. In this case, the player shall consider its orange version back’s color, then multiply the expected result according to the values from both orange and purple columns.

On a PvP (duel), the earned XP is always doubled in case of victory. *Not from “team worker”/“exp. share”.

Against "rival” cards, the earned "XP" equals the same “AP” amount of the rival’s defeated Pokémon, whether through a victory or a tie.*Not valid for “team worker”/“exp. share”. For the right values check each card's back.

In order to make the gamer easier/quicker, players can disregard the following actions:

If you want to make the game even more challenging and dynamic click here to check how to use the master rules.