Pokemon Crater was an online Pokemon battle arena that allowed users to sign up for a free account, acquire Pokemon, and battle with them over the internet. Pokemon Crater ceased operation on December 1, 2007, when the site's creator, "Aaron," decided that he could no longer devote the time necessary to run it.

Pokemon Crater was reborn as Pokemon Battle Arena in 2008 by players who wanted to continue the fun they had in Pokemon Crater.http://www.pokemonbattlearena.net/

The premise of the game was to create an online Pokemon universe that was similar to those found in the Nintendo Game Boy and DS games.http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Crater Players could explore the world, find and capture Pokemon, train and evolve their Pokemon, battle with other players and challenge gym leaders. The top Pokemon trainers were ranked, and it was considered a goal by many to make it to the Top 100 Trainers list.

• "In the ninth grade, I became fascinated with Pokémon. I bought all the games and played them over and over. When a friend who shared my interest moved away, I thought that it would be great to put a similar game on the Internet that he and I could play together. Through the years, he and I and thousands of our site viewers enjoyed my version of Pokémon.

• "Soon I will be graduating from college. Life has its demands and responsibilities, life will be changing, and it is not going to be possible to maintain PokemonCrater.com. As a result I have decided to shut down PokemonCrater.com on December 1, 2007.

• "Thank You to all the viewers who shared my interest in Pokémon and a special Thank You to those who contributed ideas and challenges through the years. It has been great." —Aaron, founder of Pokemon Crater

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