In-Person Pokemon VGC Tournaments Return Thanks to Grassroots-led Efforts
The past year and a half has been arduous for gaming and esports scenes across the board. The absence of in-person Pokemon VGC tournaments and...
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What We Learned From the 2020 Oceania International Championships
The region of Oceania has crowned a new International Champion in Marco Hemantha Kaludura Silva. Silva’s run throughout this tournament was nothing short of impressive,...
An Analysis of the VGC 2020 Metagame From the Results of the Bochum & Dallas Regional Championships
The 2020 season of the Pokemon Video Game Championships is fully underway with the recent regional championships wrapping up in Bochum and Dallas. The 2020...
Eight Professional Super Smash Bros. Players and Personalities Give Pokemon VGC a Try in Wolfe Glick’s Invitational Tournament
This past weekend, Wolfe Glick orchestrated one of the most entertaining esports crossovers of the year thus far by pitting eight personalities from the Super...
Sejun Park Wins Pokemon Invitational Tournament Over Seven Other Former World Champions
Popular Pokemon VGC platform, Victory Road, organized an invitational tournament pitting eight former Pokemon World Champions against one another. Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011, 2012), Wolfe...
The Top 5 New Pokemon for Competitive Play in Sword and Shield
We’re now a couple weeks into Pokemon Sword and Shield and competitive players around the world are just beginning to discover the ins and outs...
Is Pokemon Sword and Shield’s New Dynamax Mechanic Overpowered in Competitive Play?
The newest battle mechanic introduced to the Pokemon franchise was Dynamax, a phenomenon that grows Pokemon to gargantuan size with some even receiving a form...
Pokemon Sword and Shield Will Make Raising a Competitive Team Much Easier
One of the biggest barriers to entry into the world of competitive Pokemon has always been how long it takes to create a perfect competitive...
Pokemon Sword and Shield Will Make Competitive Battling Much More Accessible
Competitive battling has always been a niche community within the Pokemon franchise, and is notorious among casual fans for its high barrier of entry. Small...
Farfetch’d Evolution, Sirfetch’d, Revealed for Pokemon Sword and Shield
The newest member of the Galar Pokedex has finally been revealed as Sirfetch’d, the long-awaited evolution of Farfetch’d. This Pokemon had an unorthodox announcement to...
