The Pokémon Company plans to launch a Pokémon Go Invitational at this year’s World Championships where trainers will use the new competitive battling feature recently added to the mobile game.
This will be the first time that the mobile title has had an official tournament as a Pokémon Play event. The tournament will start after the opening ceremony on Aug. 16 at the 2019 World Championships, which will see some of the biggest TCG, VGC, and Pokkén players duke it out for over $500,000 worth of prizes.
Eight competitors will battle it out in Pokémon Go to become the first invitational champion, but only seven of them have been invited to compete. The people participating in the event include Game Freak’s director Junichi Masuda, Game Freak’s game designer Shigeki Morimoto, and online personalities like UnlistedLeaf, Strayburry17, Yamada, Poké AK, and PogoKieng.
One lucky fan who attends the event as a spectator will have a chance to enter the tournament through a sweepstake on the Pokémon website. You’ll have until July 31 to send in your application, but only U.S. residents can sign up for it.
The Pokémon Go Invitational will be a double-elimination event featuring best-of-five matches. Battles will take place in the Great League with some additional restrictions. Each player must select a team of six Pokémon that they’ll use throughout the entire tournament and none of the Pokémon may be the same species.
All of the games for the Pokémon Go Invitational will be streamed on Twitch.
Published: Jul 29, 2019 11:58 am