Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Pokemon World Championships 2014 Commence August 15
On August 15-17, Play! Pokemon will be holding the annual Pokemon World Championships where players from around the world compete in the trading card game as well as the video game version. The tournament is divided into three divisions: Junior (10 years and under), Senior (11-14 year old), and Masters (15 above).
Elimination for the TCG and the VG segments are varied, with the TCG going through Swiss Pairings for initial elimination and then single elimination for the finals. The VG segment will consist of swiss rounds and then single elimination towards the finals.
Twitch.tv through the Pokemon website will be streaming days 2 and 3 of the tournament.
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Only two months remain before the highly-anticipated remakes of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire games. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were first announced by Nintendo on May 7, 2014 on the official Pokemon website. The remakes are expected to be released globally on Nov. 21.
Three days after the announcement, footage of the Hoenn region flagship Pokemon were shown. In the footage, Groudon and Kyogre show off their respective manipulative abilities.
A month after the announcement, it was revealed that Groudon and Kyogre could undergo Primal Reversions becoming Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre.
Subsequent official updates showed that the game will be retaining the original protagonists of the game, Brendan and May with an updated wardrobe. Various gym leaders were also officially unveiled with their own make-overs as well as the return of the region's Pokemon Champion Steven Stone.
In Pokemon X & Y, the final evolution of one of the Hoenn region's starting Pokemon, Blaziken got a Mega Evolution. In the ORAS updates, the other two starting Pokemon were given final Mega Evolutions; Mega Swampert and Mega Sceptile. Other Pokemon that were given mega evolutions were Sableye, Diancie, and Metagross.
Currently unconfirmed for mega evolutions are Latis, Latios, and possibly Camerupt and Sharpedo.
