2013 Pokémon World Champions Decided
After three years, we finally have a new Pokémon Video Game World Champion in the Masters division. With Ray Rizzo (Ray) missing cut for the first time at a World Championships, the stage was set for a...
View ArticleJapanese Players to Battle for Chance to Play Rizzo & Morimoto at Pokémon...
The first ever Pokémon Game Show is happening this weekend in Tokyo and The Pokémon Company has something really interesting set up for competitive players. A special battle arena will be set up and...
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Masters VGC Worlds 2013 Teams
With the 2013 World Championships coming to a close a little over a week ago, the best players in the world assembled for one final time during Generation 5, competing for the championship and giving...
View Article[NBR] Under The Bridge 02: VGC ’13 World Championships
There’s no water under this bridge, only podcasters! Listen as hosts Alan Sutterlin (Dubulous), Matt Sybeldon (bearsfan092), and Oliver Valenti (Smith) discuss their experiences at the World...
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What We Learned: 2013 World Championships Edition
During every Pokemon event, we learn a little bit about the game of Pokémon and the community that surrounds it that is worth reflecting on. This Masters-centric column will appear following major...
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European Nationals Triple Top Cut & World Masters 9th Place Team Analysis
My name is Barry Anderson (Baz Anderson), and 2013 has been the year I have made a name for myself in the VGC community. I am the only person to top cut all three European Nationals this year, and...
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Google: Cybertron. Did You Mean Babbytron? 2013 Junior World Champion Report
Hey everyone, Brendan “Babbytron” Zheng here. If you didn’t know, I started playing Pokemon competitively in 2010. What I will present here is the team I used to win the 2013 Pokemon World...
View Article2013-2014 Play! Pokemon Season Rules, Dates Revealed
Lots of news today in relation to next season’s rules. The Pokemon website has revealed a number of things about the next season. The official changes document has been posted on the Play! website but...
View ArticleNPA Draft: It’s finally here
It seems like so long ago since the last NPA that was held a few years back, but we’re finally here going head first into the season of this great tournament. We’ve just concluded the player sign ups...
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From the Mean Streets to World Champion – Masters 2013 VGC World Champion Report
Hi everybody, my name is Arash Ommati, and a few weeks ago I won the Video Game Masters division Pokèmon World Championships in Vancouver, Canada. I’m gonna show you the team that helped me to...
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NPA News, Issue 1: The Draft and Manager Interviews
We’re Back! Welcome to NPA News. It’s been a long time since we last delivered the news to your screens. Back in the inaugural season of the National Pokémon Association, this weekly production was one...
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Korea’s Legend Cup Tournament Details & Results
On August 24th, 2013, Pokémon Korea held a special tournament called the Legend Cup at Coex. It was an invite-only tournament that featuring the top Korean finishers in the four International Challenge...
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Rhydin To A Top 4 Finish – 4th In The World Team Analysis
Greetings once again fellow Nugget Bridge readers, my name is Ben Gould, better known as Ben91293, Ben912, and Ben*insert as many letters and numbers as you feel is appropriate*. As some of you may...
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Follow Me to the Ends of the World – VGC Worlds 2013 Report
Hello again, this is Randy Kwa. After a short month’s wait after the US Nationals, the 2013 VGC World Championships were upon us. As I had maintained my place in the Top 12 CP Holders in North America,...
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Veni, Vidi, Victini? Italian Nationals and NB Major Team Analysis
“If the title made you cringe, remember that, here at Nugget Bridge, vomit-inducingly pun-tastic titles are basically the norm.” - Smith_ Hello, everyone! Let me start with introducing myself – I’m...
View ArticleStream of NPA Spotlight Matches Week 1
To close out the first week of the NPA we will be streaming a number of spotlight matches with commentary. Starting at 12 PM PDT Later today on the Nugget Bridge Twitch we will stream Cybertron vs Zog,...
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Pseudo RNG Abuse for Eggs in Pokémon X & Y
Yes, it’s actually happening! The credit for it goes to Japanese players who discovered that IVs of the egg are determined before the parents are even deposited in the Day-Care. Sounds pretty crazy,...
View ArticleNew Generation, New Perspectives: A Preliminary Overview of the XY Metagame...
Nearly a month into the release of Pokémon X and Y, many competitive players have already moved past the initial in-game and exploration stages and are starting to breed their teams to participate in...
View ArticleNorth vs South America International Friendly Battle Videos
Frequent visitors to our YouTube page might have noticed that we have archived videos up from the North America vs South America International Friendly. We’ve compiled them below for you so you can...
View ArticleNintendo UK Presents Pokémon Winter Championships
Nintendo UK is hosting a Pokémon Championships series across the UK, spanning over the rest of November and early December. We can only apologise for any short notice, the information was only recently...
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