Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: Everything You Need To Know About The Battle Tower

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It has become a tradition for the post-game of mainline Pokemon games to offer some form of battle facility that players can continuously challenge. Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl are no different, with Sinnoh's original Battle Tower returning in these remakes.

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Here, players will participate in 3v3 (or 4v4 in Doubles) competitive-style battles against NPCs, with the goal being to rack up as long a winning streak as possible. As long as players keep winning, they'll earn BP, which can be spent on some of the game's best items. Earning a long enough win streak will eventually allow players to challenge the master of the tower in a tough battle.

Before players get ahead of themselves, certain Pokemon are not allowed in the Battle Tower under any circumstances. These Pokemon have some ridiculous strength that would significantly negate the challenge of the tower. On the upside, however, it means trainers can be sure they won't have to face these powerful Pokemon.

These 12 Pokemon are all Legendary or Mythical Pokemon, with their enhanced stats and abilities making them unfair competition for the tower:

All other Pokemon are valid for entry into the tower, so players can still bring some Legendary power with them if they want.

While there are plenty of challenging trainers in the Battle Tower, the tough battler that oversees the lot is Tycoon Palmer. The dad of the player's rival, he is one of Sinnoh's toughest trainers who will battle the player twice on their path through the tower, with a different team both times.

The first encounter happens after the player has reached their 21st battle. Here, Palmer will hold Milotic, Dragonite, and Rhyperior, which will require a