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Warm up your Bidoofs and polish off your Pawniards, because it's time to start preparing your flock of collectable pocket monsters for the 2012 Pokemon Championship Series! Comprised of a series of battles held across Europe, the top 4 trainers from each tournament will win an all-expenses-paid trip to the Pokemon World Championship in sunny, distinctly non-european Hawaii, USA.<br />
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Players are separated into three divisions based on age: Junior, for those born after 2001, Senior, for those born between 1997 and 2000, and Master, for grizzled old Poke-veterans born before 1996. All participants must bring their own (3)DS and must battle using their regions' version of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/pokemon-black-and-white"><em>Pokemon Black/White</em></a>. The latest National Pokedex has been opened for use, meaning that all all 646 Pokemon are eligible for ranked tournament battles, save for a small handfull of legendary and extremely rare monsters. Check out <a href="http://assets16.pokemon.com/assets/cms-en-uk/pdf/op/tournaments/2011/2012%20Pok%C3%A9mon%20Video%20Game%20Championship%20Regulations_UK.pdf">this PDF</a> for the complete rules and jump <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/18/pokemon-world-championship-series-dated/">past the break</a> for tournament dates and locations.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/18/pokemon-world-championship-series-dated/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pokemon World Championship Series dated</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/18/pokemon-world-championship-series-dated/">Pokemon World Championship Series dated</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/18/pokemon-world-championship-series-dated/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20130350/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/18/pokemon-world-championship-series-dated/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>2012</category><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>europe</category><category>hawaii</category><category>nintendo</category><category>pocket-monsters</category><category>pokemon</category><category>Pokemon-Black-and-White</category><category>pokemon-championship</category><category>pokemon-championship-series</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Mallory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>