Eindoak Town, the Battle Festival.
The battle format used for Eindoak Town's harvest festival and Battle Festival was the exceedingly rare battle royale.
That made choosing a battle strategy especially important.
But movie-version Pikachu?
An absolute slaughter!
As the two Meloetta sang,
Li Wei and Cynthia provided commentary. "Pikachu's Iron Tail shattered Serperior's Energy Ball!"
"Pikachu's pouring on the power! What a huge Electro Ball!"
"Serperior is unable to battle!"
Cynthia couldn't help glancing over.
"You're surprisingly good at commentary."
This battle royale format also let the spectators nearby experience the thrill of Pokémon battles up close.
Li Wei stood up. "What's this?! Contestant Iris's Emolga used Volt Switch!"
According to the rules, every contestant could only use one Pokémon.
So Iris was immediately declared the loser.
Iris pressed a hand to her forehead in dismay and handed her battle token to her opponent dejectedly...
"Emolga!"
Emolga tried to get away with it by acting cute.
Ash sent out Tepig, while his opponent used the Water-type Samurott.
"There he is, Ash the Type-Disadvantage Master!"
Li Wei had completely let loose.
Brock, watching from the sidelines, nodded too. "Both the type matchup and the level difference put Ash at a serious disadvantage."
For a while, things looked very bad for Ash. Tepig's level was simply too low.
But after Victini secretly transferred its power to Tepig...
Tepig's whole body brimmed with strength!
"All right, use Ember again!"
Li Wei roared, "What an incredible Ember! That's practically G-Max Wildfire!"
With Victini's help, Tepig's Ember somehow unleashed astonishing power.
A pillar of orange-red fire instantly engulfed Samurott, its glow washing everyone's faces in a brilliant orange-red.
With just one "Ember,"
Samurott was unable to battle.
"An unbelievable comeback!!!"
Spread the word: Samurott got one-shotted by Ember!
Cynthia blinked.
"How... how is that possible?"