I've been playing pokemon ever since I was a young kid and I was especially proficient when I was younger. I dominated almost every card tournament I entered and my Gold and Silver games were unbeatable by all of my friends and everyone who challenged me. Now I'm old but I still have the same love for Pokemon. As a major collector, I still look out for all of the Pokemon games I can find because they do hold a special place in video game history and what helped shape many genres and video games in general.
Now the exciting news I'd like to share; I am hosting aPokemon Diamond and Pearl tournament at work today. This has been a long and arduous process drawn over the course of a month and a have. Today is finally the day and I'm just preparing for work. Over the course of the month we've had many kids (and adults) interested in the tournament. Overall, I decided on only allowing 32 kids to come. This makes the tournament bracket easier for myself and my co-worker Jeff-san to manage.
We have some great prizes for the kids. We have T-shirts and posters, a large hanging banner, some DS games (Unsure of what they are right now) and some Big Brain Academy fridge magnets.
I decided to do this tournament after looking at the sales figures for Diamond and Pearl the week of the release. We had a massive amount of sales at my store alone on launch date and I wondered "How many of these kids know eachother?" Pokemon is and has always been a social game, afterall. With the new Wi-Fi system I thought it would be nice to gather a bunch of Pokemon fans together so they could meet fellow aficionados and make new friends.
The Rules are as follows.
-Only three pokemon are allowed per battle. (3vs3)
-Each contestant must have thier own copy of Diamond or Pearl and a Nintendo DS
-Only one item may be used per match. (Aside from held items)
-There are no level or Pokemon restrictions.
-There will be no cheating tolerated
-All ages are welcome.