Pokémon Korea hosted the Champions Day event at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul from November 15th to 16th, 2014 to celebrate the first ever Korean World Champion, Sejun Park (pokemontcg). Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori visted Korea to have an interview with Korean Pokemon fans during the tournament. Pokemon Korea gathered fans’s questions about Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire for Masuda and Ohmori to answer during the event. Afterwards there was an autograph event for Korean Pokémon fans with both Game Freak members as well as Sejun.
Pokemon Korea released some special items just for the event. The “Champion’s Day Original Snapback and T-shirt” was one such item. They were limited so many people came very early in the morning to buy them. They also pre-released the Pokémon TCG Phantom Forces expansion. The retail shop was really crowded because they sold so many items.
There were a lot of different events happening like the Battle VS Team Flare event, Pikachu Parade, TCG Battle Rally event, interview with the 2014 Korean VG and TCG National Champions, a Cosplay Contest and the autograph signings. In addition, Pokemon Korea released Sejun’s Pachirisu as an event Pokémon.
Team Battle
On Saturday, there were TCG team battle events. Each team needed at least one Junior player and all team members had to battle at least one match. Teams could include 3 to 5 people. Team HonoMaki won the competition and won ₩500,000 ($450 USD), trophies, the Gold Medal Victory Ring promo card, and two boxes of Phantom Forces. The second place team, DerenMingook, got second place and won ₩300,000 ($270 USD), trophies, and the Silver Medal Victory Ring promo card along with two boxes of Phantom Forces. Top 4 finishers Cassiopeia and Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire got ₩100,000 ($90 USD),the Bronze Medal Victory Ring promo card, and a box of Phantom Forces. Top 8 finishers received a special deck box and everyone who entered got a t-shirt and promo Charizard card.
Photo of the Team Battle Closing Ceremony. These are the players who won a Victory Ring card.
Hoenn Region Mega Battle Tournament
On Sunday, they held the Hoenn Region Mega Battle Tournament. Players could only use Poké that were introduced in the third generation. Additionally, players could use one of Groudon, Kyogre, or Rayquaza. Players had to choose their 4 Pokémon for battle and had 25 seconds to make each move.
Results
Master Division
- Sepia ₩200,000 ($180 USD) and a gold medal
- Ggodalgae won ₩100,000 ($90 USD) and a silver medal
Junior & Senior Division
- Yun Sung Cho won ₩200,000 ($180 USD) and a gold medal
- Jung Jun Lee won ₩100,000 ($90 USD) a silver medal
It was a really crowded event (as you might have heard) and was huge fun! Here are some other pictures I took of the event:
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