For the first time, there will be an official pre-registration system at the United States National Championships for both the trading card game and video game. If you are 100% confirmed for Nationals, then you can go on over to the official Pokémon website and pre-register up to Monday June 24th by following these steps:
- Log into your Pokémon Trainer Club account
- Navigate to www.pokemon.com/support, or follow the Customer Service link at the bottom of any page at www.pokemon.com
- Click “Ask a Question”
- Select “U.S. Nationals Preregistration” from the drop-down menu
- Select your competition (Video Game Nationals or TCG Nationals) from the Competition Selection drop-down menu
- Provide all of the required data: First name, Last name, Player ID, and Date of birth
- If you are a parent, you can preregister up to 3 of your children by using the “Add a Child” drop-down menu
- Please include “U.S. Nationals Preregistration” in the Summary field
- If you are a parent who’s not playing in the event, you can use the non-child fields to preregister one child, and use the “Add a Child” drop-down menu if you need to preregister additional children. Please just indicate in the Details field that you are not preregistering yourself.
- If you have earned a bye via an approved qualifying event, please indicate the number of rounds and where the bye was earned in the Details field. (Example: I have a one-round bye from Spring Regionals: Salt Lake City.)
Remember, to do this you must have a Player ID and you must bring your Player ID to Nationals. By now hopefully everyone has their ID from Regionals or last year’s Nationals! You will receive a confirmation around June 25th confirming your pre-registration. Please print this confirmation out and bring it with you to the event. During pre-registration at the event, you will be required to check-in to verify you are at the event, lock your battle box, download the tournament rules, and get your game card checked. TCG players will also be required to check-in to verify they are present. This should really speed things up at the event and as an added bonus, anyone who plays in Nationals and uses the pre-registration tool will be entered into a draw for some Pokémon TCG booster packs!
- Check-In Time (VG): 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. outside of Exhibit Hall C on Friday, July 5th
- Check-In Time (TCG): 4:00 P.M.–6:00 P.M. outside of Exhibit Hall I on Thursday, July 4th
Note: It will likely come up with “answers” for your question. Select the option that says “cannot find a solution” and it will display the “Finish>>” button to submit.
Photo Credits: Robbie M. (Biff). Check out more of his event coverage on his YouTube channel.
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