Livestream
For the first time, The Pokémon Company International will be streaming a National Championship officially with two days of action from the US National Championships in Indianapolis on July 5th and 6th. This means we should see play from the Top 32 and onwards as the open part of the tournament happens on Friday.
Both the video game and trading card game stream will happen on Pokémon’s Twitch channel, last used at the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in Vancouver, BC. This year’s World Championships in Washington, DC will also be streamed on the same channel on August 16th and 17th. There do not currently seem to be plans to stream the Last Chance Qualifier happening the day before.
The stream schedule is as below:
- Saturday, July 5, noon–5 p.m. EDT: Video Game
- Saturday, July 5, 5–9 p.m. EDT: Trading Card Game
- Sunday, July 6, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. EDT: Trading Card Game
- Sunday, July 6, 2–5 p.m. EDT: Video Game
Like last year, Pokémon is pulling from the fan community to provide insightful and entertaining commentary for the viewers at home and in the live audience.
Please note that with the official stream happening, we will not be running our own stream at either event.
Pre-Registration
If you are confirmed to attend the US National Championships, you can now pre-register on the Pokémon website (TCG registration is here) to speed up the process at the event. Keep in mind that you will still need to check in at the venue in person, but this should speed up the process considerably.
Event Distribution
Much like the National Championships that took place across Europe over the past month, all players who attend the US National Championships as either players or spectators will receive a shiny Mamoswine modeled after the signature Pokémon on Arash Ommati (Mean)’s 2013 World Championship winning team. It will have:
Trait: Thick Fat
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Icicle Spear
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Rock Slide
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