Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008
The Pokémon Video Game Showdown was a massive Pokémon video game tournament. It pitted 128 players against each other in two age groups: the Senior Division and Junior Division. This tournament was, starting in 2009, replaced with the Pokémon Video Game Championships.
Contest workings
128 players assemble in a playing area, and pairs of players are randomly selected to play against each other at small tables with poles with numbers on them and two Nintendo DS Lite systems which are connected to an internal machine by wires; the DS cartridges are inserted into slots on the table. The battles are double battles and use the Double Cup rules. Players are gradually eliminated as they lose, until eight remain. These eight will go to the championships in Orlando, Florida. However, the contest continues on to decide the winner of a Wii, three extra Wii Remotes, and a copy of Pokémon Battle Revolution.
Qualifier tournaments
Two qualifier tournaments in the US and two in Japan decide who the top sixteen in each age group of each country are. These 64 players went to the championships in Orlando, Florida on August 15th.
Championships
The championships were held in Orlando, Florida on August 15th.
Event Pokémon
During the championships, special Lucario were given out to the people who came.
| Pokémon Info | Trainer Memo | Battle Moves | Ribbons | ||||||||||||
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 LUCARIO
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♂ | Dex No. | 0448 | Adamant nature. | Fighting | Force Palm | None | ||||||||
| Lv. 30 | Type | Aug. 17, 2008 | Ground | Bone Rush | |||||||||||
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Fighting | Steel | Pokémon Event | Fire | Sunny Day | ||||||||||
| OT | WORLD08 | Met at Lv. 30. | Fire | Blaze Kick | |||||||||||
| ID No. | 08178 | This Pokémon was available in the United States on August 17, 2008. | |||||||||||||
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 Leftovers
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Inner Focus | ||||||||||||||
| The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from the Poké Mart. | |||||||||||||||
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Wonder Card
| Wonder Card | 
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| Battle in Orlando | |
| Thanks for coming to the Pokémon TCG World Championships and Video Game Showdown! | |
Finalists
- Junior Champion
- Knight Silvayne
- Junior Finalists
- Kento Mikata
- Genki Taketomi
- Knight Silvayne
- Takerou Toyonaga
- Senior Champion
- Izuru Yoshimura
- Senior Finalists
- Christopher Halordain-Tsai
- Yasuhito Kajiwara
- Hideaki Shimizu
- Izuru Yoshimura
