Z-A Royale

When it's night in Lumiose City, it's time for the Z-A Royale. During night, special Battle Zones will appear throughout Lumiose City where trainers and their Pokémon will battle it out.

This Battle feature has you start from Z Rank and have to battle the way all the way up to A Rank by winning battles with other trainers.

When you approach trainers, you will get notifications on their strengths and how they are in accordance to you. If you are spotted, then you will have to have a battle. However, you can also attack them sneakily with a surprise attack to start your battle with an advantage. It's even possible to defeat Pokémon straight out with this.

Once you have battled enough trainers, you have the ability to challenge a trainer in a Rank Up Battle. In these battles, you battl 1 on 1 and if you win, you will rank up.

To challenge these Rank Up Battles, you will need to have a Challenge Ticket and to get that, you need to earn a certain amount of points by defeating other trainers.

You can also find bonus cards that have fallen in the Battle Zones. When there, you will get a certain set of points for doing a variety of tasks such as Mega Evolving your Pokémon or using specific typed attacks.