Pokémon U.S. National Championships Kicks Off Next Week

 

Next week, the 2013 Pokémon U.S. National Championships will be conducted from July 5th – July 7th at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The event consists of two competitions—the Trading Card Game Championships and the Video Game Championships.

The 2013 Pokémon TCG U.S. National Championships will begin Friday, July 5th, at 9:00 am, while the Pokémon Video Game U.S. National Championships will begin on Saturday, July 6th, at 9:00 am.

In celebration of the Pokémon U.S. National Championships, attendees that bring their Nintendo DS or 3DS systems along with a copy of Pokémon Black, Pokémon White, Pokémon Black 2, or Pokémon White 2 will be able to receive a Metagross based on the one used by the 2012 Pokémon World Champion, Ray Rizzo. Other prizes can be earned through various events at the Championships as well.

European Pokémon 2013 Video Game Championships Dates Revealed

 

 For those of you in Europe, the dates of the upcoming VGC Nationals are revealed. At the moment, only three European dates have been set running from the start of May to the start of June. As always, these run in the standard rules which have been in the International Challenge WiFi Competitions. The dates are as follows
Italy VG National Championships - Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
May 11th – 12th, 2013
Germany VG National Championships - RuhrCongress Bochum, Bochum, Germany
May 25th – 26th, 2013 (Video Games on the 26th)
UK VG National Championships - NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
June 1st – 2nd, 2013 (Video Games on the 2nd)

Source: NintendoLife