The Pokemon Video Game Championships is Nintendo and The Pokemon Company International's official pokemon video game tournament! It happens once every year, organized to run in the same approximate timeframe as the TCG. Many of our members have been successful in these competitions and have won incredible prizes. If you are interested in playing the pokemon video games with rules that actually matter and incredible prizes, check out our extensive VGC section for more information!
We often have tournaments throughout the year, in preparation for VGC and just for fun! Tournaments are organized on the sub-forum Tournaments board on our message board. We also have weekly Wifi tournaments run by Matthew Carter(also known as mattj) that focus more on preparing for the VGC. Check it out!
Check out our article on why Pokemon video games have similarities to games of poker.
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News:
 VGC 2012 Rules have been announced! |
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 The Pokemon Video Game Championships 2012 Season rules have been released! Via an update to the official sanction ruleset, we were able to see the full ruleset for 2012. In a nutshell, it is the same ruleset as last year but with all non-legendary pokemon allowed.
There is another large change to the VGC operation this year. Instead of qualifier stops, with the usual methodology of being in May, one each weekend and six stops total, TPCI is doing a totally different system starting this year; they are having VGC operate similar to the TCG; Play! Pokemon Points, different regionals all held on the same day, etc.
To see the rules in full detail and locations as they are released, check out the rules and the locations on our forum!
9-20-2011
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| Ray Rizzo is World Champion for a second year! |
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The Pokemon Video Game World Championships have ended and Ray Rizzo, known as "BlueCookies" online, has won an unprecedented second consecutive championship in the Pokemon VGC Masters Division! Beating out Matteo Gini of Italy, Ray won the best 2 games out of 3 match and took first place. His team was:
He beat out 34 other competitors in the VGC World competition over the past weekend and made top eight. He then went on to beat Wolfe Glick[US] in the quarter-finals, Ruben Puig Lecegui[SP] in the semi-finals, and then Matteo Gini[IT] in the finals. To view the full bracket, go to the official Pokemon VGC Worlds 2011 website
8-15-2011
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| Dates and locations announced for VGC 2011 in Europe and the USA! |
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The qualifier stops have been leaked by Eurogamer, a UK publisher with ties to Nintendo and TPCi. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-19-2011-pokemon-championships-detailed
2011 Pokemon Video Game Championship Series: US dates and locations:
- May 14th, Seattle, WA - Washington State Convention Center, Hall 4B
- May 21st, San Jose, CA - San Jose Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 2
- May 28th, Dallas, TX - Arlington Convention Center, Grand Hall
- June 4th, Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Center, Hall A and B
- June 11th, Washington, D.C. - Dulles Expo Center, South Hall
- June 18th, Newark, NJ - Meadowlands Exposition Center
2011 Pokemon Video Game National Championships: European locations
- June 4th, Birmingham, United Kingdom - National Exhibition Centre, Hall 8
- June 11th, Rome, Italy - Fiera Roma, Hall 12, Ingresso Nord
- June 18th, Madrid, Spain - IFEMA, Hall 1, Feria de Madrid
- June 25th, Paris, France - Espace Grande Arche, Parvis de La Defense
- July 2nd , Cologne, Germany - EXPO XXI Koln GmbH, Gladbacher Wall 5
4-19-2011 |
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