Nintendo Australia hosting Pokemon Australian National Championships at PAX Aus

Nintendo Australia has just announced it will be hosting the Pokemon Video Game National Championships Tournament at PAX Australia next month!

The tournament contestants will be battling it out in Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 for a chance to fly to Vancouver, Canada to compete in the 2013 Pokemon Video Game World Championships!

The World Championships are to be held on 9^th -11^th August, 2013 and there will be three age divisions included. They are;

• Junior Division: Born in 2002 or later
• Senior Division: Born in 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001
• Masters Division: Born in 1997 or earlier

If you place in the top two of your age division you will win flights, accommodation and an invitation to the Pokémon Video Game World Championships, hosted by The Pokémon Company International. The following rules will apply for the tournament.

With PAX Australia sold out you might be worried about how to get into this Pokemon frenzy? Fear not as Nintendo is holding events around the country with tournaments for your chance to get into the National Championships but also PAX Australia. There will also be separate tickets given away at the events for PAX Australia entry, even if you don’t enter the tournament.

The qualifying events start this weekend in Perth at Supanova and all through July at the following locations;

• Perth (Supanova Pop Culture Expo) Sunday 30^th June
• Melbourne (Deakin Edge – Federation Square)  Saturday 6^th July
• Brisbane (Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre) Sunday 7^th July
• Adelaide (AVCon Anime and Video Game Convention) Saturday 13^th July
• Sydney (Luna Park) Sunday 14^th July

Nintendo says that further information will be forthcoming regarding Pokémon Video Game Australian National Championships, Pokémon Meet-ups and just how you can get those extra PAX Australia tickets. Remember it sold out!

Alright then, who’s going to try their hand at this one?

Update: Here are the details for the Perth event;

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Nintendo Australia announced today that this year, Pokémon fans from around Australia and New Zealand will have the chance to compete in the Pokémon Video Game Australian National Championships, to be held at the sold-out PAX Australia in Melbourne on the 20^th and 21^st July, 2013.

For your chance to win flights, accommodation and entry tickets to the expo plus the chance to win additional standalone tickets to PAX Australia, head to the Nintendo Booth at Supanova in Perth this weekend on Sunday to compete in the Pokémon Battle Competition.

There will be competitions running for two separate ages groups:

• Junior (Born in year 2000 or later)
• Senior (Born in year 1999 or earlier)

Even if you’re not there to take part in the competition, the Pokémon Meet-up will be the perfect chance to meet other Pokémon fans, trade, battle and talk all things Pokémon!

Players should familiarise themselves with the rules before attending a Pokémon Battle Competition at a Pokémon Meet-Up. Full terms and conditions will be available on the day.
Pokémon Meet-up at Perth Supanova

Where

• Nintendo Booth, Robinson Pavillion, Claremont Showgrounds, 1 Graylands Road, Claremont, WA 6010

When

• Sunday June 30th,

Registration: 10am – 11am
Competition: 11am – 5pm  [/quote]