What is Pokemon Battrio?
Battrio was a Pokémon arcade game in Japan. Every play gave you a plastic puck, and you battled with three of them.
- Made by
- Takara Tomy and AQ Interactive
- Years
- 2007 to 2012
- Price
- 100 yen a play
- Pucks
- 1,171 in 26 sets, plus 97 Best Selection reprints
How it worked
You put a 100 yen coin into the cabinet, and it gave you a puck: a plastic disc 40 mm across and 3.4 mm thick with one Pokémon on it. You then set three pucks on the machine to battle. The maker called them “packs”, but collectors call them pucks.
Five eras
Battrio opened in July 2007 and closed in 2012. It ran through five eras: the first chapters, Battrio Plus, Battrio Super (four chapters), Battrio 0 (ten chapters) and Battrio V (five chapters).
How to read a puck number
A number like 09-001 means chapter 9, puck 1. Chapters run from 01 to 18, then start again at v01 to v05 for Battrio V, so a v in front means the puck is from 2011 or later. Promo pucks print Promo instead of a number, and Best Selection reprints add BS to their original number.
What came next
Every Pokémon arcade game since Battrio has used a token the machine hands out: Tretta chips, Ga-Ole disks, Mezastar tags and Frienda picks.
Quick answers
Are Battrio pucks the same as coins or chips?
Yes, they are the same item under different names, and this site calls them pucks. Chips, disks and tags are the tokens of the later arcade games.
When did Pokémon Battrio come out?
It opened in Japanese arcades in July 2007 and ended in 2012.
How many Battrio pucks are there?
1,171 across 26 sets: 23 numbered chapters and 3 promo lines. The Best Selection reprint set adds 97 more.
What is Battrio V?
The fifth and last era: five chapters from 2011 to 2012. Its numbers restart at v01.
Hidden Temple Codex. First published 13 September 2026, rewritten 27 September 2026. Photos belong to the collectors credited on them.