Ball Guy

Ball Guy ボールガイ Ball Guy
Ball Guy's League Card from Sword and Shield
Age	Unknown
Gender	Unknown
Eye color	Unknown
Hair color	Blonde (Twilight Wings)
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Galar
Generation	VIII, IX
Counterpart(s)	Ball Guy (Masters)
Games	Sword and Shield, Masters EX
English voice actor	Kellen Goff (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Tomokazu Seki (Masters EX)
Animated series	Pokémon: Twilight Wings
Debut	Assistant
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	N/A
Manga series	Pokémon Adventures
Debut	Thump!! The Gazing Sage

The Ball Guy (Japanese: ボールガイ Ball Guy) is a character introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

In the core series games

The Ball Guy is the mascot of the Galar Pokémon League. Over the course of their Gym Challenge, the player will meet a person dressed in a Ball Guy mascot costume in or near each Stadium Lobby, who will give them a variety Poké Ball with each meeting. It is later revealed that the person dressed as the Ball Guy is not sanctioned by the Pokémon League and has been acting of their own volition. Their true identity is unknown. The player can receive the Ball Guy's League Card outside of Motostoke Stadium after they become Champion. The Ball Guy mascot will also reward the player after defending their title in Wyndon Stadium or winning the Galarian Star Tournament.

League Card

This is a transcript of the back of the Ball Guy's League Card in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

"This mysterious figure has taken it upon himself (herself?) to dress up in the fashion of the Pokémon League's official mascot. The mysterious individual is known to many as "the Ball Guy" but in point of fact, all are mystified when it comes to this person's true identity or age or even gender. While the Ball Guy is known for her (his?) habit of handing out rare Poké Balls here and there around Galar, it's a mystery as to why or even where these balls come from. It's all very mystifying..."

Items given

Gym Challenge

Item		Location	Games
	Poké Ball	In front of Motostoke Stadium	Sw  Sh
	Friend Ball	In Turffield Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Lure Ball	In Hulbury Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Level Ball	In Hammerlocke Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Heavy Ball	In Stow-on-Side Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Love Ball	In Ballonlea Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Moon Ball	In Circhester Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh
	Dream Ball	In Wyndon Stadium's lobby	Sw  Sh

Champion Cup victories

Main article: Wyndon Stadium → Ball Guy's rewards

Each time the player wins a Champion Cup tournament or a Galarian Star Tournament during the post-game, the Ball Guy will give them one of the following rewards.

Item		Location	Games
	Wishing Piece	From the Ball Guy after the day's first tournament win	Sw  Sh
	Nugget ×1-3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament (15% chance, 5% for each amount)	Sw  Sh
	Poké Ball ×100	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament (10% chance)	Sw  Sh
	Great Ball ×5	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament (5% chance each)	Sw  Sh
	Ultra Ball ×5
	Rare Candy
	Big Nugget
	Net Ball ×3
	Nest Ball ×3
	Repeat Ball ×3
	Timer Ball ×3
	Luxury Ball ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament (5% chance each)	Sw  Sh
	Dive Ball ×3
	Dusk Ball ×3
	Heal Ball ×3
	Quick Ball ×3
	Rare Candy ×3	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament (1.8% chance each)	Sw  Sh
	Life Orb
	Toxic Orb
	Flame Orb
	Iron Ball
	Fast Ball	From the Ball Guy after winning a tournament (0.125% chance each)	Sw  Sh
	Level Ball
	Lure Ball
	Heavy Ball
	Love Ball
	Friend Ball
	Moon Ball
	Beast Ball

In events

As part of a campaign by the @poke_times twitter run by The Pokémon Company, the handle was taken over by the Ball Guy. During this time, the twitter posted this retweet campaign, promising rare Poké Balls if players retweeted it enough times. Eventually, all goals were met, and a set of nine total Poké Balls, including the Apricorn Balls, Dream Ball, and Beast Ball, were distributed via universal, region-free serial code. The distribution ended on January 15th, 2020.

Code	Poké Balls	Link
K0UN1NMASC0T	Level Ball  Moon Ball  Fast Ball	[1]
1YAHAYA	Heavy Ball  Lure Ball  Beast Ball	[2]
0KUGAFUKA1B0RU	Love Ball  Friend Ball  Dream Ball	[3]

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Ball Guy (Masters)

Ball Guy forms a sync pair with Amoonguss in Pokémon Masters EX. Ball Guy became a playable sync pair on March 21, 2023.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#165		Ball Guy	#0591		Amoonguss♂	Poison	Ice			★★★★★☆EX	Variety Sync Pair Scout

Quotes

Main article: Ball Guy/Quotes

In the anime

The Ball Guy in Pokémon: Twilight Wings

The Ball Guy in Pokémon Evolutions

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In Assistant, an unmasked Ball Guy was seen sitting at a table in Wyndon.

In The Gathering of Stars, a Ball Guy was seen outside the Wyndon Stadium.

Pokémon Evolutions

The Ball Guy appeared in The Champion, dancing at the Wyndon Stadium before the start of Victor and Leon's Championship Match.

In the manga

Casey's Ball Guy mask in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

Casey is a fan of Ball Guy. She owns a Ball Guy mask and was first seen using it to scare Marvin in Wow!! That's One Big Pokémon.

The actual Ball Guy was first seen in Thump!! The Gazing Sage at the Motostoke Stadium. They were seen reacting in pain when Kabu loudly congratulated Casey and Hop for beating the first three Galar Gyms.

They were then seen again in Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea at the Ballonlea Stadium, bringing dry towels to Henry and Marvin after they got wet during their earlier training.

In the TCG

Full Art print of the Ball Guy

Main article: Ball Guy (Shining Fates 57)

The Ball Guy was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Shiny Star V expansion before debuting in English in the Shining Fates expansion, with artwork by Hitoshi Ariga. It was also released as a Full Art card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by the same artist. It allows the player to search their deck for up to three Item cards with the word "Ball" in their name, put them in their hand, then shuffle their deck.

Trivia

Ball Guy case for the Rotom Phone

• Ball Guy's gender has been consistently left ambiguous in the games, strategy guide, and official websites. Despite this, official social media posts sometimes use male pronouns when referring to the character, albeit with in-text hesitation before doing so.
• In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, if the player has save data from Pokémon Sword or Shield, a woman in Mesagoza will give them a Rotom Phone case modeled after the Ball Guy.
  • Starting from version 3.0.0, once the player has tutored the Team Star Bosses, Atticus can sell the player a helmet designed after the Ball Guy at Porto Marinada.

Names

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 阿球 A Kàuh Mandarin 阿球 Ā Qiú French Ball Masqué German Ballduin Hindi बॉल गाइ Ball Guy Indonesian Ball Guy Italian Ballino Korean 볼가이 Ball Guy Brazilian Portuguese Cara da Bola Spanish Bolifacio Thai บอลกาย Ball Guy

References

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