Battleground

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Inside the building

The Match Place (Japanese: しょうぶどころ Match Place) is a building, owned by Buck, located in the Survival Area of the Battle Zone, in Pokémon Platinum. After the Stark Mountain subquest with Team Galactic, players can rebattle Gym Leaders and battle the tag battle partners from earlier in the game. Up to four of these trainers appear each day and they can be battled only once a day.

Trainers

Rival

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Rival outside the Match Place

Even though the Rival is not part of the trainers that appear in the café he does appear just outside it and will battle you every weekend (both Saturday and Sunday). His Pokémon get stronger as the game progresses, with his starter Pokémon eventually reaching level 85.

Phase 1

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Phase 2

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If the player chose Chimchar: Template:Team

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Phase 3

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If the player chose Piplup: Template:Team

Trivia

• Many fans have came to know this as the Top Trainer Café.
• During the time Gym Leaders appear here they can still be found in their respective gyms. This is probably due to the Café not being part of the main storyline and the Gym Leaders have not been programmed to only appear here and not both here and their Gyms.

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