Feb. 18, 2016 16:00 UTC
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For over a decade, PokΓ©mon video game and PokΓ©mon Trading Card Game players have tirelessly trained and battled in official PokΓ©mon Championship Series events throughout the year for the opportunity to be crowned PokΓ©mon World Champion. Nintendo and The PokΓ©mon Company International announced today that the upcoming PokkΓ©n Tournament game for Wii U will join the PokΓ©mon Championship Series beginning this spring. These tournaments are sanctioned annually by The PokΓ©mon Company International, and this year will culminate with the crowning of the PokkΓ©n Tournament World Champions this August at the 2016 PokΓ©mon World Championships in San Francisco.
PokkΓ©n Tournament launches for Wii U on March 18, and brings high-definition game play and over-the-top action to never-before-seen battles between some of the most recognizable PokΓ©mon characters. (Graphic: Business Wire)
One way to prepare for and even gain entry into the official 2016 PokΓ©mon Championship Series, as well as getting the chance to play PokkΓ©n Tournament before it launches on March 18, is attending the PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competitions being hosted by Nintendo at select GameStop locations across the United States on Saturday, Feb. 27. Winners from the regional tournaments will advance to the finals being held at the Nintendo NY store in New York on March 17. The final two winners of the PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competitions will earn travel awards to the 2016 PokΓ©mon US National Championships (July 1-3 in Columbus, Ohio), where they will battle to advance to the 2016 PokΓ©mon World Championships, the premiere PokΓ©mon tournament of the year.
On Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time, GameStop stores in the following cities will host local qualifiers for the PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competition. Registration will begin at each regional location starting at 10 a.m. local time. Players will compete at these regional competitions for a chance to move on to the finals at the Nintendo NY store in New York:
- 2201 Preston Road, Plano, TX
- 1841 Chamblee Tucker Road, Chamblee, GA
- 3972 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA
- 8115 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL
- 6451 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
- 242 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA
- 32 E. 14th St. – Union Square, New York, NY
- 3914 Rivermark Plaza, Santa Clara, CA
The PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competitions are open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be split into two age brackets: players born in 2001 or later and players born in 2000 or earlier. The winner of each age bracket will then be trained by a professional fighting game player during fun training sessions that will be shared on Nintendo social media channels. Once training is complete, the winner from each city and age bracket and a guest will be flown to the Nintendo NY store on March 17 for the PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competition finals, where they will battle against all other local champions. The winners of the PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competition finals will each win a Wii U system, the PokkΓ©n Tournament game and a travel award to Columbus, Ohio, where they will battle at the 2016 PokΓ©mon US National Championships for the chance to advance to the 2016 PokΓ©mon World Championships in San Francisco.
“If you have fighting game skills and love all things PokΓ©mon, but never had a chance to combine the two, the PokkΓ©n Tournament Early Access Competition is your chance to show off your skills,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “You’re only a few battles away from the chance to win an amazing travel award to the largest PokΓ©mon competitive event in the United States!”
“We cannot wait to add PokkΓ©n Tournament to the PokΓ©mon Championship Series,” said J.C. Smith, The PokΓ©mon Company International’s Senior Director of Consumer Marketing. “It’ll be fun watching who’ll quickly master the game, moving on to the PokΓ©mon US National Championships, and ultimately battling PokkΓ©n Tournament players from around the globe at the 2016 PokΓ©mon World Championships.”
PokkΓ©n Tournament launches for Wii U on March 18, and brings high-definition game play and over-the-top action to never-before-seen battles between some of the most recognizable PokΓ©mon characters. People that buy the first production run version of the game will also receive a special Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card, which can be tapped to the Wii U GamePad controller to unlock the Shadow Mewtwo playable character in the game. When customers pre-order and purchase PokkΓ©n Tournament from GameStop, they will receive a double-sided poster featuring art of some of the epic battles in PokkΓ©n Tournament (while supplies last).
For more information about PokkΓ©n Tournament, a list of GameStop tournament locations, times and the full rules, and to learn more about the 2016 PokΓ©mon Championship Series, visit http://pokemon.com/PokkenTournament.
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