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On 27th February 2009, Pokemon announced a new illustration contest in conjunction with Shogakukan, a major Japanese magazine publisher. Shogakukan had run previous Pokemon illustration contests before, but this would
Loosely inspired by the Battle Road events held in Japan from 2002 – 2008, the American Pokemon Organized Play (POP) system would launch an identically named series of tournaments called
Established in late January 2004, the Pokemon Daisuki Club was a Japanese Pokemon fan club that encompassed the video games, anime, TCG, and all aspects of the Pokemon franchise. For
From September 26 – 27, 2009, a celebration event was held at the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate the launch of the Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver
In the summer of 2009, Pokemon launched an event called the Pokemon Battle Tour 09 (ポケモンバトルツアー09 in Japanese). This summer event was meant to engage players during the time until
Official Pokemon Card Gyms (ポケモンカードジムオフィシャル) were local organized play locations across Japan, usually hosted in game or hobby shops. These “Official Gyms” were similar to Wizards of the Coast’s Pokemon
Beginning in 2008, the Pokemon TCG would begin to host “Challenge Plaza” (ポケモンチャレンジひろば, commonly mistranslated as “Challenge Hiroba” in English) events. This article will refer to them as the more
Pokemon Battle Challenge was an event held from October 17 – December 27, 2009. The event encompassed both the video games and TCG, and was held in 11 shopping malls
Continuing from the previous year’s national championships event, the World Championship Representative Tournament series (World Champion Series or “WCS” for short) resumed in the fall of 2009. This year, they
In the fall of 2008, Japan’s organized play scene resumed its large-scale regional tournaments after the cancellation of Battle Road 2008. This new tournament circuit was aptly named the Japan