Global Link Events leading up to Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Announced (Updated)
The Pokémon Company announced quite a few bits of news outlining how the Global Link will evolve up to November when Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire come out and players move to those games...
View ArticleResults from the 2014 International Challenge — May
Our first online ladder-based tournament for Championship Points this season is finished and the results are out! 16,479 players in the Masters Division and 2,649 in the Junior + Senior Division...
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An Eerie New World: An Analysis of Generation 6 Movepool Additions
Hi. My name is Dark51, and you may recognize me as a familiar face from the Pokémon Showdown community. Quite recently, I struck up a conversation with PM6491 (Pokemaster649) about some of the...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Brisbane & Sydney Regionals
Greetings again from the land of Australia. We had our biggest event for Pokémon in the country over the weekend at the Sydney Regionals with 219 people (167 Masters, 47 Seniors and 11 Juniors)...
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2014 United Kingdom National Preview
After an intense German National, and the International Challenge, the second European National tournament of the season is finally upon us. Players from all over the United Kingdom and Europe will...
View ArticleResults from the Pokémon 2014 United Kingdom National Championships
With the second of three National Championships in Europe finished, we’re getting a clearer picture of how Worlds will look. This was the third event to grant European players Championship Points which...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Melbourne Regional Championship
Melbourne held its Regional Championship over the weekend and managed to make it the biggest Pokémon event in the country to date, eclipsing Sydney’s record last week by over 100. There were a total of...
View ArticleBattle Videos from the Season 3 Nugget Bridge Major
The Nugget Bridge Major finished up earlier this month and involving 449 players, it ranked as the largest standard format online tournament in the history of Pokémon! Over $400 in prizes and...
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Tyranitar’s Tyranny! Pokémon UK Battle Tournament 2014 1st Place Report
Hi! My name is Oliver Reilly, known on Nugget Bridge as ImOliLetsBattle, and I’m a player from the UK. I’m relatively new to VGC, which is why there hasn’t been any activity – yet – on my profile. I...
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No Substitute for Practice: Adelaide Regionals Top 4 Report
I’m DrDimentio, an Australian player you probably haven’t heard of since our country only recently entered VGC. Adelaide’s Regionals were the second set of Regionals to occur in Australia and had a...
View ArticleResults from the Pokémon 2014 Italy National Championships
The final National Championships in Europe is over and quite a few players are letting out a sigh of relief as they cinch their Top 16 positions to ensure a trip to Washington, DC this August to...
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Teams from the VGC ’14 Auckland Regionals
New Zealand held its first ever Pokémon Video Game Regional Championship over the weekend in Auckland with 50 Masters, 22 Seniors, 4 Juniors and a full house of spectators. For the tournament format,...
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The Plight of [Untitled 60] – An Orlando Premier Challenge Team Report
Hey guys! My name is Jake, but I go by majorbowman here on Nugget Bridge. I recently participated in a Premier Challenge in my hometown of Orlando and finished in second place. It was pretty...
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Gems in My Eyes: A Top 32 UK Nationals Report
Hi, I’m Sam “SuperIntegration” Bentham, and I recently finished 18th at the 2014 UK Nationals. I was 7-1 and 3rd after Swiss in a flight featuring BazAnderson, Kyriakou, Koryo, Zog, both Gini brothers,...
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Unleashing the Full Potential of Mega Evolutions
While Pokémon has always been a source of intense strategic play, the addition of mega evolution has added another level of intensity to the game. These insanely powerful Pokémon are staples to nearly...
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Livestream Schedule, Pre-Registration, and Event Distribution for the 2014...
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...
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Hail Hydreigon! A 1st Place Nugget Bridge Major Team Report
Hello everyone, my name is Anthony Jimenez also known as DarkAssassin and this is my first year of competitive battling. I went to a couple of regionals and local tournaments this season but I didn’t...
View Article2014 International Challenge – June
The second and final International Challenge is coming up in a few weeks! As the final chance for European players to earn points before Worlds and North American players to earn points before...
View ArticleThree Habits of Ineffective Players
Competitive Pokémon is a game that has been growing rapidly, with Regional and National Championships in North America and Europe having as much as a 300% increase in participation from last year. One...
View ArticleE3 Reveals Details on Primal Pokémon and Release Date for Omega Ruby and...
With Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event finished, we’ve learned more details for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. The most important to many will be the release date. After the first ever worldwide...
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