2011 World Championships
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The 2011 Pokémon World Championships will be the eighth annual invitation-only championships for players in the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon video games, marking the third consecutive year of this international event. Run under the auspices of Play! Pokémon, the Organized Play division of The Pokémon Company International, the event will be held during August 2011 in San Diego, California, the third time that city has hosted the event. The seaside city on the southern coast of California had previously hosted the event in 2005 and 2009.
Trading Card Game Championships
The format to be used will be the 2010-11 Modified format using all cards from Majestic Dawn onward.
Video Game Championships
The 2011 Video Game Championships will be held from 12th to 14th August at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, California.
Participants would have to use the Black and White Versions for the tournament, and matches will be conducted via the Live Event Tournament Play function that is found within the game. This feature allows players to preview the opponents Pokémon at the start of the match without revealing held items or learned moves.
For this year, players will be competing in one of three divisions instead of two: the Junior Division, the Senior Division and the Masters Division.
Rules
All matches are conducted via double battles and only Pokémon in the Unova Pokédex can be entered, with the exception of Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta and Genesect.
Similar to Flat Battle mode, Pokémon of Levels 51 and above will be temporarily reduced to Level 50, while Pokémon Level 50 and below will retain their levels. Held items may be used, but no two Pokémon from the same team may hold the same held item. Players are not allowed to change their held items after they have registered, and can only use items from within the game and those received at an official Pokémon event or promotion.
Moves are restricted to those learnt from the game through leveling up, breeding, TMs and HMs, from a character in the game or from an official event or promotion. Sky Drop is banned due to a glitch.
See also
- Pokémon Video Game Championships website, US-English
- Play! Pokémon VGC website, updated to a brief introduction of the 2011 VGC
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