VGC 2015 United Kingdom National Preview
I sincerely hoped everybody enjoyed their appetizer in the Germany National Championships, because the main course is about to be dished up this weekend in the second National event! Once again,...
View ArticleVGC 2015 North American Spring Regional Preview: Week 3 of 3
The third and final week of the North American Spring Regionals is finally upon us. These are the last two US Regionals before US Nationals in July. A lot of players will be traveling in order to...
View ArticleBattle Videos from the VGC ’15 Spring Regional Championships
We were lucky enough to stream from the Washington and Utah Regional Championships this month and Eiganjo has archived the videos on YouTube. Huge shoutouts go to Duy and Alaka on the mic for the...
View ArticleTeams from the VGC ’15 Spring Regional Championships
Thanks much to LightCore, Talon, and anyone else who helped gather teams and to HeliosanNA for helping touch up the article! Week 1 Washington Regionals 1) Riley Factura (gengarboi) 2) Mark Hanson...
View ArticleVeggie-Cide: 3 Consecutive Premier Challenge Wins
Hello! My name is Nicholas Borghi, but you may know me as LightCore. I’m back today to discuss my recent and highly-anticipated team that managed to win three consecutive Premier Challenges earlier...
View ArticleA Thunder Storm brews in Brisbane! An Undefeated Swiss Seniors Regionals Report
Hey guys. Not sure if anyone knows me but if you don’t, I’m Matthew otherwise known as ZzamanN on Nugget Bridge. I recently competed in the Brisbane, Australia Regionals. I ended up finishing sixth in...
View ArticleVGC 2015 Australian Nationals Preview
The most important Pokémon event in Australia is coming up and many players will be relying on their placing at Nationals for their chance to compete in Boston at the Pokémon World Championships....
View ArticleResults from Week 3 of the VGC ’15 US Spring Regionals & UK Nationals
The final weekend of Regional Championships this season is over in the United States and we’re done the second National Championship in Europe. A number of players met their goals for the weekend while...
View ArticleThe Season 4 Nugget Bridge Major Final is Set
1327 players entered. 1 will emerge victorious. After five long months and over 4300 best of three matches of Pokémon, we’ve come to our final two. Jake Muller (MajorBowman) of the United States will...
View ArticleLiepard Returns: Arnhem Champion and Beyond Team Analysis
Hello Internet. Earlier in the year, Europe had its first ever Regional level tournament in Arnhem, The Netherlands. As the new VGC ’15 format was both so new and open, I thought it would be fun to...
View ArticleMajorBowman is Your Season 4 Nugget Bridge Major Champion
Congratulations to Jake Muller (MajorBowman) who defeated Juan Carlos Mateos del Amo (L3ctro) today in the finals of the Season 4 Nugget Bridge Major. Emerging victorious in the largest Pokémon...
View ArticleSneaking Through Seattle: Washington 2nd Place Report
Hey there Nugget Bridge. My name’s Mark and I’ve been lurking in VGC for a few years now, but this year has been my first real go at the circuit, and today I get to share my Washington 2nd place story...
View ArticleBurn It to the Ground: UK Regionals 5th Place Report
Hello everyone! My name is Yan Sym, better known on Nugget Bridge as Sogeking. I’m a 21-year-old Brazilian player who recently moved to the United Kingdom to finish my Master’s degree. I’ve played...
View ArticleFirst Pokémon Video Game National Championship Announced in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia will finally have its first ever Pokémon Video Game National Championships, held right in the heart of Singapore. The event was officially announced recently and will take place over the...
View ArticleTop Players Talk: A Look at the Top Mega Pokémon for US Nationals
Top Players Talk is a (hopefully) weekly segment in which I (Kenan) interview some of the top players in the US and ask them questions about a particular topic. While I’m certainly not the best player,...
View ArticleVGC 2015 Italian National Preview
With a veritable buffet of Pokémon battling served up in Manchester over, our attention turns to the decadent dessert of a finale in Milan, Italy on 13th-14th June. This tournament is the penultimate...
View ArticleStandard Six Squad with a Twist: 1st Place Seattle Regionals Report
Yooooooo Nugget Bridge! My name is Riley Factura, also known as GENGARboi online. I was born and raised in New Jersey, and now reside in Orange County, California. I’m 22 years old and I’ve loved...
View ArticleGrowing Like Weeds: An Overview of Grass Types in VGC ’15
One of the three core types of the game, Grass types see notably less play than their Water and Fire type brethren. However, don’t simply assume that Grass is a bad type because of usage. While Grass...
View ArticleNidoqueen of Kings: A Washington Regional Seniors Top Cut Report
Hi, I’m Bennett Piercy, also known as Qertyk on Nugget Bridge and Pokemon Showdown and QertykVGC on Twitter, and this is my first Nugget Bridge team report. I started playing VGC in 2014, but I never...
View ArticleResults from the 2015 Australia, Italy, South Africa, and Japan National...
The last two weeks have been very eventful with the Australian, Italian, South Africa, and Japanese National Championships happening over the course of ten days! With that, only two National...
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