ultraball

Multiplayer Pokémon battles, entirely in your terminal.

ssh ultraball.xyz

Your SSH key is your account — first connect, pick a username, build a team, challenge anyone online. 7/50000 trainers signed up.

a look inside

A battle: Pikachu vs Blastoise with type-colored moves, HP bars and sprites — Turn-based battles — real stats, type-colored moves, sprites.

Battle showing paralysis, poison and confusion status effects — Status effects: paralysis, poison, confusion, and more.

Team builder searching the national dex with a sprite and stats preview — Build a team of 6 from the full national dex.

how it works

Pick a team of 6 from base-form Pokémon (full national dex).
Real stats, types, STAB, and status effects — burn, poison, paralysis, sleep, freeze, confusion.
Battles are asynchronous: make a move, log off, your opponent replies whenever they're on.
Switch, use potions, or run. Win to climb the board.

leaderboard

#	trainer	won	lost
1	ash	0	0
2	Ersa	0	0
3	jupa	0	0
4	Nico	0	0
5	sri	0	0
6	test1	0	0
7	test2	0	0

ultraball is an unofficial, non-commercial, educational project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, or Niantic. Pokémon and all related names, characters, and sprites are trademarks and copyright of their respective owners. Data and sprites via PokéAPI, used for educational purposes only.