No way! The Pokémon Trainer has finally arrived. And it looks like he doesn’t do his fighting directly.

Instead, he uses the three Pokémon with him – SQUIRTLE, IVYSAUR and CHARIZARD – to do the fighting for him.

The Pokémon Trainer watches from the background.

Is… Is he issuing commands?!

He needs to use his three Pokémon to fight. So the only ones who fight directly are the Pokémon.

I guess you could say using this character is like playing three for the price of one!

And the Pokémon Trainer uses a special move called Pokémon Change to switch between them.

Down Special Move: Pokémon Change

Good job, IVYSAUR! Come back!

The returning Pokémon tags the next Pokémon.

CHARIZARD! I choose you!

They swap out in a set order: SQUIRTLE→IVYSAUR→CHARIZARD.

They all share the same damage meter, so they don’t recover from damage during Pokémon Change. But they also have another stat, which you might call stamina.

If you keep fighting with the same Pokémon, or if you change them out too often, it’s not so good for the Pokémon.

If you want to be a good Pokémon Trainer, you’ll need to learn these kinds of ins and outs.

The Pokémon Trainer commands three types of Pokémon. His down special move is a Pokémon Change, so each Pokémon has three special moves!

That’s nine in all. Amazing!

SQUIRTLE Up Special Move: Waterfall

SQUIRTLE splashes up the water torrent.

SQUIRTLE Side Special Move: Withdraw

Is this the turtle’s so-called shell? It slides along the ground.

IVYSAUR Standard Special Move: Bullet Seed

It fires a rapid seed barrage straight up in the air!

IVYSAUR Up Special Move: Vine Whip

It grabs the edge with its whip! That was TOO close!

CHARIZARD Standard Special Move: Flamethrower

We just had to have this. It is CHARIZARD, after all.

CHARIZARD Side Special Move: Rock Smash

It smashes rocks with its head. Bam! A solid hit from this delivers a mighty blow!!

Supplement your shortcomings and take advantage of your strengths. You must co-operate to push on!

Triple Finish

It’s the Pokémon Trainer’s Final Smash: Triple Finish! It combines the powers of SQUIRTLE, IVYSAUR and CHARIZARD!

Any one of them can get the Smash Ball.

Take that! Triple Finish!

It’s super effective!

...What’s with that text window at the bottom of the screen?!

SQUIRTLE = Hydro Pump
IVYSAUR = Solar Beam
CHARIZARD = Fire Blast

These are the moves they use. Isn’t it a beautiful combination? A fire-type attack, a water-type attack and a grass-type attack? (Not really.)

If an opposing Pokémon gets the Smash Ball, at the very least take care to not be standing immediately beside it.

When you’re particularly close, it hurts. FLEE!