Battle Gauntlet

The Battle Gauntlet (Japanese: バトルガントレット Battle Gauntlet) is a special Battle Facility that can only be accessed after obtaining Gold Frontier Emblems from all other facilities. It is located within the Torrantine Catacombs, beneath the Battle Frontier. It is a Double Battle facility that allows the player to battle famous trainers from other regions.

The Gauntlet consists of a series of nine rooms. In the center of each room is an eleven-by-eleven grid of black and white tiles. There are 18 sensors hidden under random tiles, each marked with a symbol corresponding to one of the seventeen types or with a question mark. In each corner is an Item Ball. The player begins on a red square in the center and must attempt to pick up each of the four items without tripping a sensor. Once all four items have been collected or two sensors have been triggered, two random trainers will teleport into the room and challenge the player to a Double Battle. The trainers that appear depend on the type the triggered sensors are marked with. Each type of sensor will summon one of three random trainers. These trainers include Gym Leaders and master trainers from other regions specializing in the corresponding type. For some types, the possible trainers are different depending on the version.

- Cynthia, Adeku, Blue/Red

- Whitney, Norman, Aloe

- Blaine, Flannery, Flint

- Misty, Crasher Wake, Wallace/Juan

- Lt. Surge, Wattson, Volkner/Kamitsure

- Erika, Gardenia, Pod

- Pryce, Glacia/Lorelei, Candice/Hachiku

- Bruno/Kiyo, Chuck/Brawly, Maylene/Renbu

- Koga, Janine, Aya

- Giovanni, Bertha, Yacon

- Falkner, Winona, Fuuro

- Sabrina/Will, Tate/Liza, Lucian/Caitlin

- Bugsy, Aaron, Arti

- Brock, Roxanne, Roark

- Morty/Fantina, Agatha, Phoebe/Shikimi

- Lance/Clair, Drake, Iris/Shaga

- Karen, Sidney, Giima

- Jasmine, Steven, Byron

Trivia

 * Lorelei, Agatha,
 * Dent is the only one of Sanyou City's Gym Leaders to appear in the Battle Gauntlet.
 * Aya is the only trainer who has not held a League position (counting Red as Champion and Kiyo as a former Gym Leader); she appeared only in the anime prior to her appearance in ShiningStar.
 * Fighting is the only type for which each of the three possible opponents differs between versions.