Pokémon Battle Revolution features eleven different colosseums in a Pokémon-themed park called Pokétopia.

Coupons can be spent to customize the player character's in-game appearance with items such as apparel, face paint, and hair color.

This feature allows players to obtain Pokémon that are either hard or impossible to get without using a cheat device.

When playing random online battles, the player's trainer's custom greetings and Pokémon nicknames are all changed to its native nation's defaults; for example, a Japanese Magikarp (コイキング, Koiking) will show its Japanese name instead of its English one.

GameSpot gave the game a 5.5 out of 10 score, criticizing the repetitive gameplay and the barebones online support, as well as the fact that if one did not have Pokémon Diamond or Pearl for the DS, there is not nearly as much to do.

[11] Game Informer rated it a 5.75 out of 10 saying the same things as GameSpot, and adding their own comment about a tutorial that teaches the player how to point the Wii Remote.

[12] Nintendo Power rated it a 6.5 out of 10, praising the game's multiplayer while criticizing its lack of single player features.

Another positive review is from Game Oracle who gave 75% who praised the online mode, graphics, and soundtrack.

They criticised it for not being as good as XD: Gale of Darkness mainly due to the low amount of single-player content and the necessity of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl to open the entire game experience.