Welcome to the Dark Side of the Moon: My Final VGC ’14 Report
This is R Inanimate. It hasn’t been very long, has it? Just last month was the US Nationals, where I was able to put in just enough of a performance to achieve a 16th Place finish, earning my...
View ArticleStarting a Pokémon Club at Your School
Hey there Nugget Bridge, today’s article is going to be about expanding your local Pokémon scene. I think everyone wishes there were more events nearby, more often, and with better attendance — but...
View ArticleThe Mushroom Dancer: A Senior Division 3rd Place Report from Worlds
Hi Nugget Bridge, I’m Eric Rios aka riopaser, a competitive Pokémon player since 2013. This is the team I used at the 2014 Pokémon World Championships in the Senior division. With this team I went...
View Article2015 VGC Championship Point Breakdown and Season Outline Announced
Today on Pokemon.com both the season outline and the breakdown of Championship Points awarded at events were announced. While we still don’t know exactly how players will be qualifying for the...
View ArticleNPA News: Season 3, Week 1
Hey, everyone! This week of NPA News is brought to you by Mountain Dew. And also Unreality and Crow. NPA Draft: It’s Kind of New I Guess This year marked the first ever NPA Auction Draft. In previous...
View ArticleStreetPass UK Pokémon Autumn Event 2014
After a successful Pokémon Winter Event in 2013, Nintendo UK and StreetPass UK are once again treating UK Pokémon fans to a tournament series! Throughout September, October, and November, trainers will...
View ArticleIndonesia vs Taiwan August Friendly Results & Videos
Hi guys, Hashegi here. In this report, I am gonna discuss the Indonesia vs Taiwan VGC 2014 Friendly match which was held between August 30-31st of this year. This event was proposed by the Indonesian...
View ArticleYou’ve Activated my Trap Card! Story of a 2014 Nationals Semifinalist
Hello, Nugget Bridge, this is Jon Hu, known by username as JHufself, and also one of the semifinalists of Pokémon’s 2014 National Championship Masters Division and competitor at Worlds 2014. For those...
View Article6 and 0 in the Snow: 5th Place Senior Division Worlds Report
Hi all, Gilbert here! I come from the modest country of England. Today I’d like to share a report about my first and last year competing in the Senior division. I started playing Pokemon competitively...
View ArticlePokémon Get☆TV Talks to Players at the 2014 World Championships
Pokémon Get☆TV was at the 2014 Pokémon World Championships, just like its predecessor Pokémon Smash in 2013. The children’s morning show runs very early every Sunday in Japan and has also been the...
View ArticlePrepare for Trouble, Make it Double! A 7th Place Worlds Report
Hi everyone, my name is Lee Provost or some of you may know me as Osirus on here. I’m a UK player and I recently finished 7th in the 2014 Pokémon World Championships after going 5-1 in Swiss. I have...
View ArticleGebebo’s Twin Dragon Crest Medoroa Standard: 2014 Worlds Masters 5th place...
This is a translation of the 2014 World Championships Masters Top 8 player Ryosuke Kosuge’s team report by Tan Zong Ying (tanzying). The original is located at Ryosuke’s blog and we would like to thank...
View ArticleEnters the Regios, AJÚA! A Top 8 Monterrey Premier Challenge Report
The most anticipated event by the Pokémon community in Mexico finally arrived: the Monterrey VGC Premier Challenge. Hi, my name is Gilberto Espejel also known as Gilberto Ranger or Empostoise, and this...
View ArticleIndonesia vs Malaysia September Friendly Results & Videos
Hi guys, Hashegi here again. Indonesia and Malaysia played off in a friendly match which was held between September 26th and 27th, 2014. This event was proposed by the Indonesian VGC Community. Like...
View ArticleTrick-or-Treat Distribution Introduces Super Size Insomnia Gourgeist
Since the release of Pokémon X and Y, players have had to choose between the stats of the Super Size Gourgeist or Insomnia on a smaller one. Today, The Pokémon Company International announced a new...
View ArticleThe Queen of Juniors: A Junior Division 2014 Worlds 3rd Place Report
This is a translation of the 2014 World Championships Top 4 Junior division player Haruka Narita’s team report by Tan Zong Ying (tanzying). Haruka first qualified for Worlds in 2013 by being part of...
View ArticleVGC 2015 North American Autumn Regionals Preview Part 1
While it feels like we were watching Pachirisu inexplicably win the World Championships just yesterday, the first of the 2015 VGC season’s larger events start this weekend with Regionals in...
View ArticleResults from the VGC ’15 Pennsylvania and Arizona Regional Championships
We may not know where Worlds is this season and we might not know what it’ll take to qualify, but one thing everyone knows is that to stand a shot at playing in the event they need to play as high as...
View ArticleAll Through a Helping Hand: Top 4 Senior Australian Nationals Team Report
Hi everyone! My name is Adam or some of you may know me as GiraGoomy here on Nugget Bridge, Pokemon Showdown, or where ever else I may be online. Recently I competed in the Australian National...
View ArticleVGC 2015 North American Autumn Regionals Preview Part 2
We’re down to the last two Regional weekends of the VGC 2014 format! This week there’ll only be one Regional, so all eyes will be on Texas. Most of what I wrote previewing Autumn Regionals in general...
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