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Super Contest Show

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Lucas and Dawn participating in a Super Contest Show

Super Contest Shows (Japanese: スーパーコンテストショー！ Super Contest Show!) are a type of competition in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl which serves as a revamp of the Super Contests in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. As with the original Super Contests, Pokémon are rated on their appearance and performance, rather than strength. However, the Visual and Dance rounds are altered, and elements of the Acting round are incorporated as a Move Evaluation during the Dance Evaluation.

Super Contest Shows come in same four rankings (Normal, Great, Ultra, Master) in the same five Contest categories: Coolness, Beauty, Cuteness, Cleverness, or Toughness. After entering the Hall of Fame, a sixth type of Super Contest Show is unlocked, called BrilliantBD/ShiningSP Contests.

Super Contest Shows are held at the Super Contest Hall in Hearthome City.

Competitions

Before starting the Super Contest Show, the player chooses a Pokémon on their team and one move of that Pokémon which can be showcased in the Dance Evaluation round. The player also may choose a Ball Capsule to place on, and a style. Unlike in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, other styles apart from the Contest style may be worn.

The objective of a Super Contest Show is to earn the most hearts, also called Hype Points, and there are three evaluations in which Hype Points can be earned.

Visual Evaluation

Visual Evaluation round

In Super Contest Shows, the Pokémon's visuals are judged on three components: the Pokémon's Contest condition, any Scarf it may be holding, and the Stickers used on the chosen Ball Capsule. These may count for different values depending on which type of Contest is being played.

Contest Type Main Stat Adjacent Stats Matching Scarf Matching Stickers
Coolness Coolness Beauty, Toughness Red Scarf Red Scarf Ribbon, Electricity, Burning, Sky, Spark, Coolness, Fashionista
Beauty Beauty Coolness, Cuteness Blue Scarf Blue Scarf Party, Flora, Cool, Beauty, Fashionista
Cuteness Cuteness Beauty, Cleverness Pink Scarf Pink Scarf Heart, Star, Ethereal, Cuteness, Fashionista
Cleverness Cleverness Cuteness, Toughness Green Scarf Green Scarf Bubble, Song, Sinister, Cleverness
Toughness Toughness Coolness, Cleverness Yellow Scarf Yellow Scarf Smoke, Fire, Stone, Leaf, Toughness
Brilliant
Shining 		Sheen none none none

In Super Contest Shows, condition stats are converted into Hype Points by rounding the appropriate condition down to the nearest multiple of 10, and checking the following table. The main condition stat associated with the Contest type counts for its full value in Hype Points, while each adjacent stat counts for 25% of the normal Hype Point value (for example, full condition will only count for 2.5 instead of 10).

Condition 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250
Hype Point Value 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.6 9.0 9.25 9.5 9.75 10.0

Holding the matching colored Scarf associated with the Contest type is worth 1 Hype Point, while any other colored scarf is worth 0.25 Hype Points, including in Brilliant or Shining contests where there is no matching scarf.

A Ball Capsule can hold up to 20 Stickers, each of which counts toward the visual score. If a Sticker's type shows up in the Matching Stickers column above for the appropriate Contest type, that Sticker is worth 0.25 Hype Points toward the visual score; different Sticker varieties of the same type (such as Party Sticker A vs. Party Sticker C) produce different visual effects when sent out, but all have the same score value. Stickers of a non-matching type are worth 0.15 Hype Points instead. The Show Master Sticker (obtained by completing the Master Rank of all Super Contest Shows with a single Pokémon) is worth 0.3 Hype Points regardless of contest type. The Champion Sticker (obtained by defeating Cynthia's final rematch team, which she uses after Stark Mountain has been completed and at least one previous rematch has taken place) is worth 0.36 Hype Points regardless of contest type. These last two Stickers are the only ones that score higher than the non-matching value in Brilliant or Shining Contests.

In Brilliant and Shining Contests, the maximum possible visual score is 17.45, obtained by having full Sheen, a Ball Capsule with 20 Champion Stickers, and any colored Scarf. In other Contest types, the maximum visual score is 23.2, if all conditions are maxed out and the Pokémon is holding the matching colored scarf. However, once all the components have been added together, any leftover fraction of a Hype Point at the end is rounded down and does not contribute to score.

When a Pokémon is sent out at the beginning of the Contest, in addition to the visual effects from its Stickers, a number of hearts will also appear from it, corresponding to its visual score. Every multiple of 5 hearts is replaced with one large heart.

Dance Evaluation

The Dance Evaluation is a rhythm game performed by pressing the A button in time with the music. Hitting the notes fills up the Heart Gauge (denoted by a Poké Ball cursor in the lower left), with greater accuracy filling the gauge up faster. Once the Heart Gauge fills up completely by scoring 100 dance points, it resets and the player earns one Hype Point.

There are five types of note judgments, divided into three hits and two misses. The best judgment is denoted as "Brilliant" when playing Brilliant Diamond, or "Shining" when playing Shining Pearl, and is worth 35 dance points toward the Heart Gauge at first. Judgments of "Great" (worth 30 points) and "Nice" (worth 25 points) are also considered hits. "Too Fast" and "Too Slow" judgments are considered misses, and are not worth any dance points.

Each Pokémon has a groove meter shown next to its sprite in the upper corners. Groove can range in value from -2 to +2, with positive groove indicated by upward-pointing orange arrows, and negative groove shown with downward-pointing blue arrows. Each point of positive groove causes all notes that are hit to provide 5 additional dance points, while each point of negative groove makes them worth 5 fewer dance points. Whenever a player misses a note, their Pokémon's groove immediately drops by 1, unless it is already at -2. If groove is not already +2, it will increase if the player has hit five notes since the most recent time their groove changed; the fifth note (which causes the groove to increase) will be scored with the higher groove bonus right away.

Sometimes the dance rhythm will include two circles connected by a trail, called long notes. After pressing the button at the head of the long note, the player is supposed to keep it held, and a second judgment is given at the tail of the note, measuring how accurately the player released the button at that time. If the head of a long note is judged as a miss, the entire note will disappear, and the tail will not be judged at all. If both the head and the tail of a long note are judged as hits, the player will receive bonus dance points equal to the value of a Brilliant or Shining judgment, based on the groove value that existed as of the head note.

While the song is playing, a hype meter will appear across the top of the screen, measuring the collective scores of all four players. This meter starts out with a certain amount of pink filled in, corresponding to each player's combined visual scores. Each time the player earns a Hype Point, a heart will appear on the Heart Gauge at the bottom, and will then drift toward the hype meter at the top. Hype Points scored by other players will be represented by a heart originating from their Pokémon's icon in the upper corners, and drifting from there toward the hype meter, which causes it to increment slightly. Each Contest has a success threshold indicated by a vertical line on the gauge, with higher Contest ranks requiring more Hype Points for success. If the hype meter has increased enough to meet or excess the success line, it will start flashing white for the remainder of the song.

The maximum number of Hype Points available in the Dance Evaluation varies depending on the type and rank, with different numbers of notes available in each one. Master Rank of the Brilliant Contest allows for a theoretical maximum of 92 Hype Points from the dance, more than any other Contest.

Move Evaluation

During the dance, a Pokémon can perform one move which is pre-selected at Contest registration, by pressing the X button. Unlike previous Contests, moves no longer have a condition type and the move can only be used once. Hype Points attributed to the Move Evaluation are tracked separately, but count just the same as Hype Points in other evalutions.

When a Pokémon uses a move, all the notes in the song for the following 10 seconds will disappear, and that Pokémon is considered to get the best possible judgment on them, but any Hype Points resulting from these automatic judgments will be credited to the Dance Evaluation, rather than the Move Evaluation. It is not possible to use a move when fewer than 10 seconds remain in the song, or while the player is in the middle of holding a long note.

If a Pokémon uses its move less than 6 seconds after the previous move, the players' names will be listed together on the left side of the screen as a Move Chain, and a combo counter on the right side will increment. Other players may also join the Move Chain to make it bigger. When a Move Chain ends, all participants receive bonus Hype Points equal to the combo counter minus one, a maximum of 3 Hype Points each for a combo of 4. If a Move Chain contains two or more consecutive moves of the same type, the Pokémon that used those moves each receive additional bonus Hype Points equal to the number of consecutive type-matching moves minus one.

Some move effects give bonus Hype Points if the player's groove is positive, or if it's negative; this check takes place as of the moment the move was first used, disregarding any groove increase that may take place as a result of the 10 seconds of automatically-hit notes.

The maximum number of Hype Points that can be attributed to the Move Evaluation is 12, which requires using a move with a base value of 3, that has a bonus effect of 3 Hype Points if groove is positive/negative (such as Giga Impact), and using it within a full 4-way Move Chain in which all four moves have the same type.

Move Effects

Unlike previous generations of Contests, moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have no contest typing, and so any move can be selected for any contest with no potential downside. There are 512 moves available for use.

Effect Base Hype
❤️🤍🤍 ❤️❤️🤍 ❤️❤️❤️
This move has no additional effects. Ally Switch • Baton Pass • Guard Split • Power Split • Splash • Struggle • Switcheroo • Teleport • Whirlwind Copycat • Entrainment • Follow Me • Gastro Acid • Magnet Rise • Rage Powder • Reflect Type • Roar • Role Play • Simple Beam • Soak • Worry Seed Destiny Bond • Echoed Voice • Fissure • Guard Swap • Guillotine • Horn Drill • Power Swap • Power Trick • Recycle • Sheer Cold • Skill Swap • Spit Up
For 5 seconds, missed notes will not be judged. Block • Mean Look • Sand Attack • Smokescreen Aromatic Mist • Focus Energy • Harden • Laser Focus • Withdraw Bulk Up • Calm Mind • Flower Shield • Growth • Nasty Plot • Psych Up • Rock Polish • Shell Smash • Stockpile • Swords Dance • Work Up
For 10 seconds, missed notes will not be judged. Baby-Doll Eyes • Confide • Growl • Leer • Parting Shot • Play Nice • Tail Whip Autotomize • Charge • Defense Curl • Double Team Acupressure • Coil • Cotton Guard • Helping Hand • Lock-On • Mind Reader • Quiver Dance
For 15 seconds, missed notes will not be judged. Charm • Defog • Eerie Impulse • Fake Tears • Feather Dance • Flash • Magnetic Flux • Metal Sound • Scary Face • Screech • Strength Sap • String Shot • Sweet Scent • Tearful Look • Tickle • Venom Drench Acid Armor • Agility • Amnesia • Cosmic Power • Cotton Spore • Dragon Dance • Hone Claws • Howl • Iron Defense • Minimize • Noble Roar Belly Drum • Conversion • Conversion 2 • Defend Order • Heart Swap • Kinesis • Lunar Dance • Magic Coat • Memento • Tail Glow • Transform
Groove will not drop for 5 seconds. Encore • Supersonic • Sweet Kiss Aqua Ring • Curse • Heal Bell • Ingrain • Life Dew • Poison Powder • Swallow After You • Endure • Hypnosis • Protect • Quash • Sing • Sleep Powder • Stun Spore
Groove will not drop for 10 seconds. Attract • Confuse Ray • Grudge • Imprison • Spite Haze • Heal Pulse • Mist • Moonlight • Morning Sun • Psycho Shift • Recover • Slack Off • Synthesis • Toxic • Will-O-Wisp • Wish Glare • Perish Song • Yawn
Groove will not drop for 15 seconds. Disable • Flatter • Leech Seed • Spikes • Stealth Rock • Sticky Web • Swagger • Taunt • Teeter Dance • Torment • Toxic Spikes Aromatherapy • Aurora Veil • Detect • Healing Wish • Light Screen • Milk Drink • Poison Gas • Quick Guard • Reflect • Rest • Roost • Safeguard • Soft-Boiled • Spiky Shield • Substitute • Toxic Thread • Wide Guard Dark Void • Lovely Kiss • Spore • Thunder Wave
For 10 seconds, it will be a bit easier to fill up the Heart Gauge. Bind • Infestation • Wrap Bonemerang • Double Hit • Double Kick • Dual Chop Acrobatics • Dig • Outrage • Petal Dance • Thrash
For 10 seconds, it will be easier to fill up the Heart Gauge. Fire Spin • Sand Tomb • Whirlpool Fury Attack • Fury Swipes Beat Up • Bone Rush • Icicle Spear • Pin Missile • Rock Blast • Rollout
For 10 seconds, it will be much easier to fill up the Heart Gauge. Electric Terrain • Grassy Terrain • Gravity • Hail • Magic Room • Misty Terrain • Rain Dance • Sandstorm • Sunny Day • Tailwind • Trick Room • Wonder Room Arm Thrust • Bounce • Dive • Fly • Phantom Force • Triple Kick Bullet Seed • Future Sight • Magma Storm • Shadow Force • Skull Bash • Sky Attack • Solar Beam
Hype Points gained will increase by 1 if groove is positive. Leafage • Peck • Pound • Scratch • Tackle Razor Leaf • Rock Throw • Shadow Punch • Vine Whip • Vise Grip • Wing Attack Aqua Tail • Attack Order • Crabhammer • Cross Chop • Dragon Hammer • Foul Play • Hammer Arm • High Horsepower • Leaf Blade • Petal Blizzard • Take Down • Wild Charge
Hype Points gained will increase by 2 if groove is positive. Astonish • Fury Cutter • Lick • Pay Day • Poison Sting Aerial Ace • Assurance • Avalanche • Bite • Body Press • Bug Bite • Circle Throw • Covet • Cut • Dragon Tail • Drill Peck • Drill Run • Fell Stinger • Flame Charge • Flame Wheel • Force Palm • Horn Attack • Mega Punch • Metal Claw • Night Slash • Poison Fang • Poison Tail • Psycho Cut • Rapid Spin • Revenge • Seed Bomb • Slam • Slash • Smack Down • Smart Strike • Storm Throw • Submission • Vital Throw Blaze Kick • Body Slam • Brave Bird • Close Combat • Double-Edge • Dragon Rush • Dynamic Punch • Earthquake • Flare Blitz • Gunk Shot • High Jump Kick • Icicle Crash • Iron Tail • Last Resort • Liquidation • Megahorn • Meteor Mash • Play Rough • Power Whip • Rock Climb • Stone Edge • Superpower • Wood Hammer
Hype Points gained will increase by 3 if groove is positive. Aqua Jet • Bullet Punch • Fake Out • False Swipe • Feint • Ice Shard • Mach Punch • Nuzzle • Power-Up Punch • Quick Attack • Rock Smash • Shadow Sneak Brick Break • Bulldoze • Cross Poison • Crunch • Crush Claw • Dragon Claw • Drain Punch • Extreme Speed • Facade • Fire Fang • Fire Punch • Headbutt • Ice Fang • Ice Punch • Iron Head • Knock Off • Leech Life • Low Sweep • Lunge • Payback • Pluck • Poison Jab • Razor Shell • Retaliate • Rock Slide • Rock Tomb • Shadow Claw • Spark • Steel Wing • Stomp • Stomping Tantrum • Strength • Sucker Punch • Thief • Throat Chop • Thunder Fang • Thunder Punch • U-turn • Waterfall • X-Scissor • Zen Headbutt Crush Grip • Dragon Ascent • Explosion • Focus Punch • Giga Impact • Head Smash • Luster Purge • Mega Kick • Precipice Blades • Rock Wrecker • Sacred Fire • Self-Destruct • Volt Tackle
Hype Points gained will increase by 1 if groove is negative. Disarming Voice • Fairy Wind • Gust • Stored Power • Water Gun • Weather Ball Air Cutter • Hex • Magical Leaf • Round • Swift • Venoshock Hydro Pump
Hype Points gained will increase by 2 if groove is negative. Absorb • Acid • Acid Spray • Clear Smog • Confusion • Draining Kiss • Ember • Mega Drain • Mud-Slap • Powder Snow • Smog • Snore • Struggle Bug • Thunder Shock • Twister Ancient Power • Aurora Beam • Brine • Bubble Beam • Dragon Breath • Frost Breath • Hyper Voice • Icy Wind • Incinerate • Leaf Tornado • Mud Shot • Octazooka • Power Gem • Psybeam • Psyshock • Shock Wave • Sludge Belch • Blizzard • Boomburst • Burn Up • Draco Meteor • Dream Eater • Fire Blast • Focus Blast • Hurricane • Inferno • Leaf Storm • Overheat • Thunder
Hype Points gained will increase by 3 if groove is negative. Charge Beam • Vacuum Wave Air Slash • Aura Sphere • Bug Buzz • Chatter • Dark Pulse • Dazzling Gleam • Discharge • Dragon Pulse • Earth Power • Energy Ball • Extrasensory • Flamethrower • Flash Cannon • Freeze-Dry • Giga Drain • Heat Wave • Ice Beam • Lava Plume • Moonblast • Muddy Water • Mystical Fire • Psychic • Scald • Shadow Ball • Sludge Bomb • Sludge Wave • Snarl • Surf • Thunderbolt • Tri Attack • Uproar • Volt Switch • Water Pulse Aeroblast • Blast Burn • Doom Desire • Eruption • Frenzy Plant • Hydro Cannon • Hyper Beam • Judgment • Mist Ball • Origin Pulse • Psycho Boost • Psystrike • Roar of Time • Seed Flare • Spacial Rend • Water Spout • Zap Cannon
Hype determined entirely by groove
You will receive 1−5 Hype Points, depending on the Pokémon's groove. Counter • Electro Ball • Endeavor • Final Gambit • Flail • Fling • Grass Knot • Gyro Ball • Heavy Slam • Hidden Power • Low Kick • Metal Burst • Metronome • Mimic • Mirror Coat • Nature Power • Night Shade • Pain Split • Present • Reversal • Seismic Toss • Sketch • Sleep Talk • Super Fang • Trick


Star of the Show

At the end of the Contest, a Pokémon is judged on their Visual, Dance, and Move performances, with the number of Hype Points earned in all three evaluations added together. The Pokémon with the highest combined total is declared the Star of the Show (even if the Contest was declared a Failure overall). In the event of a tie for the highest score, all of these Pokémon are considered Stars of the Show. The winner of the Contest is awarded a Sticker associated with that type, with the particular variety of that Sticker depending on rank. If it is the first time that the Pokémon won the Master Rank Contest of a particular type, it is awarded a Ribbon instead of a Sticker, and if the Pokémon also has Ribbons from the other four Contest types, then the Pokémon receives the Contest Star Ribbon and the player receives a Show Master Sticker.

A protruding wall on the left side of the Contest Hall lobby contains five pictures, one for each of the main five Contest types, which can be viewed in detail by pressing the A button in front of them. Each time the player and their Pokémon become Stars of the Show, that Pokémon's picture will be saved on the wall's spot for the appropriate Contest type, replacing any previous picture from the same type. There is a 25% chance that the Pokémon's pose will show it using its selected Contest Move, unless the player went the entire song without ever using the move. The rest of the time, the Pokémon will be shown in one of its standard animations.

Brilliant/Shining Contests

After entering the Hall of Fame, a sixth type of Super Contest Show is unlocked called BrilliantBD/ShiningSP Contests. These are similar to the standard five Contest types, but with more difficult NPCs and judging. For a Pokémon to be eligible for entry, they must first have the Contest Star Ribbon, obtainable by winning the other 5 Master Rank Super Contest Shows and earning their respective Ribbons, or by completing all Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectaculars in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, then transferring up through Pokémon HOME. The winner of a Brilliant or Shining Contest is awarded a randomly selected Sticker from one of the other five Contest types. If it is the first time that Pokémon won the Master Rank in this Contest, it is awarded the Twinkling Star Ribbon instead.

Hall Rank

At the end of the Contest, if the combined hype meter reached the indicated threshold, then the Contest is deemed a Success; otherwise it will be considered a Failure (but a Star of the Show will still be awarded). A successful Contest rewards the player with Hall Points, even if they were not the Star of the Show. Normal Rank Contests are worth 1 Hall Point if successful, Great Rank Contests are worth 2, Ultra Rank Contests are worth 3, and Master Rank Contests are worth 5. Having a successful Master Rank Contest for the first time, regardless of type, is also one of the triggers required to earn a Trainer Card star.

Earning Hall Points can lead to an increase in the player's Hall Rank, which causes the stage to change color and become more ornate for all subsequent contests. Once the Hall Rank is maxed out, any further Hall Points serve no purpose, but there is still an interlude at the end of each contest declaring a Success or a Failure before the final results are given. It is not possible for Hall Rank to decrease, nor is it possible to change the stage back to the design from a previous rank.

Rank Hall Points Image
1 0 Super Contest Show Rank 1.png
2 10 Super Contest Show Rank 2.png
3 30 Super Contest Show Rank 3.png
4 50 Super Contest Show Rank 4.png

Notable contestants

Main article: List of Contest opponents (Generation VIII)

As with the original Super Contests, Fantina, Johanna or Jasmine may participate in Master Rank Contests, including Brilliant or Shining Contests. More than one can appear in the same Contest.

# Pokémon Coordinator Moves Visual Evaluation score:
Br / Sh Cool Beauty Cute Smart Tough
0426 Loony Drifblim Fantina VSFantina BDSP.png Focus Energy
❤️❤️🤍 		Phantom Force
❤️❤️🤍 		Strength Sap
❤️🤍🤍 		Explosion
❤️❤️❤️ 		20❤️ 20❤️ 19❤️ - 19❤️ 19❤️
0115 Jumpy Kangaskhan Johanna Johanna Contest BDSP.png Fake Out
❤️🤍🤍 		Endure
❤️❤️❤️ 		Reversal
🤍🤍🤍 		Bulldoze
❤️❤️🤍 		20❤️ 19❤️ - 19❤️ - 20❤️
0208 Rusty Steelix Jasmine Jasmine Contest BDSP.png Screech
❤️🤍🤍 		Fire Fang
❤️❤️🤍 		Stone Edge
❤️❤️❤️ 		Autotomize
❤️❤️🤍 		20❤️ - 20❤️ 19❤️ 19❤️ 19❤️

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 超級華麗大賽 Chīukāp Wàhlàih-daaihchoi
Mandarin 超級華麗大賽 / 超级华丽大赛 Chāojí Huálì-dàsài
France Flag.png French Super Show Concours
Germany Flag.png German Super-Wettbewerbs-Show
Italy Flag.png Italian Super Gara-show
South Korea Flag.png Korean 슈퍼 콘테스트 쇼! Super Contest Show!
Russia Flag.png Russian Шоу Суперконкурс Shou Superkonkurs
Spain Flag.png Spanish Gala Superconcurso
Contest Star Ribbon VIII.png Pokémon Contests Twinkling Star Ribbon VIII.png
Necessary Spoils
Pokéblocks • Poffins
Contest Categories
Cool • Beautiful • Cute • Clever • Tough
Rounds
Appeal • Battle • Dance • Visual 		Participation
Contest • Super Contest • Contest Show
Coordinator • Contest Hall • Contest Pass
The Grand Festival
Kanto • Hoenn • Sinnoh
Top Coordinator • Ribbon Cup
Others
Combinations • Opponents (III • IV • VI • VIII) • Double Performance • Jamming
Ribbons (list) • Stickers • Ball Capsules • Ranks • Judges • Announcers • Wallace Cup
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