Pokémon World Championships have kicked off in Nashville, TN
The best players in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Video Games, and Pokken Tournament have arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, and are vying for the title of World Championship. With $500,000 in prizes for both the video games and trading card game, ontop of thousands of other prizes, this is easily the biggest weekend for the Pokémon Company.
The opening ceremonies wrapped up around 10:30 AM eastern time this morning, and provide some really great news for those in attendance. The Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu – coming May 2019 – was given an official logo, and two new stars – Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton – were unveiled. On top of that, the movies director used the crowd to record chants and noises for the movies battle scenes!
#DetectivePikachuMovie Logo! @Pokemon pic.twitter.com/wx9vjPXfp1
— Adam Roffel (@AdamRoffel) August 24, 2018
On top of that, Pokémon announced that all in attendance would have the opportunity to play Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee at the event. This is huge for these Pokémon fans as access to this game has been limited to conventions, and super long lines!
Details for #PokemonDetectivePikachu Movie are being given right now! https://t.co/202ktqMlBX Live discussion with the director ahead of the 2018 @Pokemon World Championship! pic.twitter.com/TjSGsvbMcR
— Adam Roffel (@AdamRoffel) August 24, 2018
We will be watching all weekend long, and you can do! Navigate over to Pokémon.com and watch all the great action. Separate streams will be available for the Trading Card Game and the Pokken Tournament matches.
Article By Adam Roffel
Adam Roffel has only been writing about video games for a short time, but has honed his skills completing a Master's Degree. He loves Nintendo, and almost anything they have released...even Tomodachi Life.
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