VGC World Championship 2015 discussion thread

[Pokemon Trainer]

The 2015 Pokémon TCG and Video Game World Championships begin Friday, August 21 so we can use this thread to comment


You can find the stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/pokemon
SCHEDULE (All times Eastern Time. Times are subject to change.)

Friday, August 21, 2015
Opening Ceremony 9:00 a.m.
World Championships Play Begins 9:30 a.m.
Side Events Begin 10:00 a.m
Retail Hours 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 22, 2015
World Championships Play Continues 9:00 a.m.
Side Events Begin 9:00 a.m.
Retail Hours 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
TCG Final Matches Begin 9:00 a.m.
Side Events Begin 9:00 a.m.
Retail Hours 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
VG Final Matches Begin 2:00 p.m.
Closing Ceremony 5:00 p.m.

• 9:00 AM 8/21/2015 Opening ceremony (time subject to change)
• 9:30 AM 8/21/2015 Pokémon video game (time subject to change)
• 1:30 PM 8/21/2015 2015 Pokkén Tournament Invitational
• 3:00 PM 8/21/2015 Pokémon TCG (time subject to change)
• 9:00 AM 8/22/2015 Pokémon TCG (time subject to change)
• 12:00 PM 8/22/2015 Pokémon video game (time subject to change)
• 6:00 PM 8/23/2015 Pokémon TCG (time subject to change)
• 9:00 AM 8/23/2015 Pokémon TCG finals (time subject to change)
• 3:00 PM 8/23/2015 Pokémon video game finals (time subject to change)

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

DJGigabyte on Twitter showed a pic of this year's Worlds Promo: Champions Festival (XY91)

Plus, I edited the first post with the schedule

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

The welcome kit

I want that plush!!!

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Pokken Tournament coming to Wii U!!!
Yhere will be Pikachu Libre and the other characters announced for the Arcade version. The game will be released worldwide in Spring 2016!

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Pokken Tournament Invitational information:

Watch the 2015 Pokkén Tournament Invitational!
Don’t miss the very first Pokkén Tournament competition in North America featuring top players from Pokémon and the fighting game community!
The 2015 Pokkén Tournament Invitational starts today, Friday, August 21 at 1:30 p.m. here at the Pokémon World Championships! Champion Pokémon players join top players from the fighting game community to play the arcade version of Pokkén Tournament in an exciting 8-player competition. Featured matches will be streamed live on our Twitch stream on the Pokémon Worlds hub so you can watch Pokkén Tournament in action for the first time. Tune in to watch commentators D’ron “D1” Maingrette and Mark “MarkMan” Julio calling the action!

The competitors are:
Justin Wong
Jason Klaczynski
Hugo “HugS” Gonzalez
Shaun “NYC Fab” Swain
“Tasty Steve” Steve Scott
Se Jun Park
Victor “Spooky” Fontanez
Reepal “Rip” Parbhoo

The 2015 Pokkén Tournament Invitational will follow traditional fighting game rules. It will be a Double Elimination event, with each match being best-of-three games. The winner or a match must continue to the same Pokémon; lhe loser may switch to a different Pokémon.

The following Pokémon can be selected:
Pikachu
Lucario
Machamp
Gardevoir
Weavile
Suicune
Charizard
Gengar

Be sure to watch the 2015 Pokkén Tournament Invitational starting at 1:30 p.m. Check back later today to find out who won!

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

This year we have an all Japanese top 4
More here: http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/worlds/2015/results/vg/#2_0_0

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

The champions:
TCG
Senior: Patrick Martinez (US)
Master: Jacob Van Wagner (US)

VG
Junior: Kotone Yasue (JP)
Senior: Mark Mcquillan (UK)
Master: Shoma Honami (JP)

Congratulations!!!

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

BPD stops violent plot at during Pokemon Championship at Hynes Convention Center
Another article

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Pokémon WC in 2016 will be held in San Francisco (California)

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

BPD stops violent plot at during Pokemon Championship at Hynes Convention Center
Another article

If you guys remember this first article, yesterday the two men were sentenced to two years in prison and a subsequent two years of probation.
Source: here

What will happen for this year VCG?