NintendObserver’s select content on the Pokémon Championship Series.
NintendObserver’s select content on the Pokémon Championship Series.
Players who qualify will receive a flat Travel Award amount prior to the event. Players will now be fully responsible for booking their own hotel and travel.
Pokémon Regional Championships and Special Events now share a Best Finish Limit of 6, decreased from 8 last season, in both the Pokémon TCG and video game competitions.
The documents have been updated to reflect the latest review in summer 2019.
These are the volunteers who make the Pokémon Championship Series a reality.
Play Pokémon now has its own Twitter account.
Pokémon TCG and video game players and Professors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the latest rules and regulations ahead of their next competition.
Tournament Operations Manager 1.53 makes several changes that could affect events, so Organizers are strongly encouraged to update their software right away.
Pokémon will again be permitted to hold Z-Crystals as battles shift to the Moon Series format on January 8, 2019.
Pokémon TCG and video game players and Professors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the latest rules and regulations ahead of their next competition.
Trainers will be prohibited from giving their Pokémon Mega Stones, Z-Crystals, the Red Orb, or the Blue Orb.
The next Pokémon World Championships will still be played on the Pokémon Ultra games, not on Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Pokémon Let's Go Eevee.
These updates take effect immediately, so the final events of the 2018 Championship Series season (including the Pokémon World Championships) and the first events of the 2019 Championship Series season will use these updated rules.
Who knows, maybe the championships series will switch to the Pokémon Let's Go games.
The Play! Pokémon rules and regulations are periodically reviewed to maintain competitive balance in the Championship Series.
How to get ready for this year's big Pokémon showdown.
Curse, Forest's Curse, Power Trick, and String Shot seem to have been fixed and are no longer banned from Pokémon competitions.
The scheduled rules review for early 2018 has been completed, and the documents have been updated.
The bans are effective immediately, and are in effect until the release of version 1.2 of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon.
The switch to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon takes effect on January 1, 2018.
Remember that the Pokémon Video Game Championship Series rules will be updated again toward the end of the year in preparation for the format change to support Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon.