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Pokemon World Tournament Distribution Dates and Players Announced
Battle Top 4 Finalists from Each 2012 Pokémon Video Game World Championships Age Division in Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2
BELLEVUE, WA-October 15, in the year of our Lord 2012
- The Pokémon Company International announced today that the Top
4 finalists from each 2012 Pokémon World Championships age
division will be the basis for Pokémon World Tournament
distribution events beginning October 22 via the Nintendo Wi-Fi
Connection service. In these events, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon
White 2 video game players will have the opportunity to battle
the Pokémon teams used by Masters Division World Champ Ray
Rizzo, Senior Division World Champ Toler Webb, Junior Division
World Champ Abram Burrows, and other top finalists who competed
at the 2012 Pokémon World Championships, held in Hawaii in
August.
The Top 4 Junior Division finalists will be distributed as the
basis of in-game Pokémon Trainers starting October 22. Once
players reach the Pokémon World Tournament in the Unova region's
Driftveil City, they will be able to access the "2012 Junior
Division Challenge" distribution and battle against the Pokémon
teams of 2012 Pokémon Video Game World Champion Abram Burrows,
Junior Division Runner-up Brian Hough, and Junior Division
finalists Brendan Zheng and Kippei Takaki. Two weeks later, on
November 5, the "2012 Senior Division Challenge" distribution
will be accessible, and players will be able to access the "2012
Masters Division Challenge" distribution starting November 19.
Below is the full list of finalists from the 2012 Pokémon World
Championships who will be featured in the upcoming Pokémon World
Tournament distribution events, including each finalist's
in-game Trainer name:
2012 Junior Division Challenge (Distribution begins October 22
via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service)
Junior Division World Champ Abram Burrows as World Champ Abram
Junior Division Runner-up Brian Hough as World Runner-up Brian
Junior Division 3rd Place Finisher Brendan Zheng as World
Finalist Brendan
Junior Division 4th Place Finisher Kippei Takaki as World
Finalist Kippei
2012 Senior Division Challenge (Distribution begins November 5
via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service)
Senior Division World Champ Toler Webb as World Champ Toler
Senior Division Runner-up Jaime Martinez Alonzo as World
Runner-up Jaime
Senior Division 3rd Place Finisher Nitesh Manem as World
Finalist Nitesh
Senior Division 4th Place Finisher Henry Maxon as World Finalist
Henry
2012 Masters Division Challenge (Distribution begins November 19
via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service)
Masters Division World Champ Ray Rizzo as World Champ Ray
Masters Division Runner-up Wolfe Glick as World Runner-up Wolfe
Masters Division 3rd Place Finisher Abel Martin Sanz as World
Finalist Abel
Masters Division 4th Place Finisher Joe Polkowski as World
Finalist Joe
To participate in each of the Pokémon World Tournament
distribution events, you must have a copy of Pokémon Black 2 or
Pokémon White 2, a system in the Nintendo DS™ family or the
Nintendo 3DS family , and wireless broadband Internet access.
You'll also need to travel to the in-game Pokémon World
Tournament in Driftveil City before you can participate. Players
can have up to three Pokémon World Tournament distribution
events saved in their game at one time.
To learn more about the Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2
games, please go to
www.pokemon.com/blackwhite2.