The Road To The Pokemon World Championships Is Underway

Locations and dates were just revealed for Pokémon Winter Regional Championship tournaments in the US. And for the first time ever, the St. Louis Winter Regionals will be streamed live on Twitch on February 14th and 15th.

Regional champions will get a chance to compete in the U.S. National Championships, from which the top Trainers will go on to the 12th annual Pokémon World Championships culminating in Boston, MA, on August 21-23, 2015. Players of the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire video game and TCG will compete for glory and a shot at part of $2 million in scholarship and prizes.

Additionally, it’s just been announced that subscribers to Pokémon Bank who access their account between February 27 and November 30, 2015, will receive special versions of the Johto region Pokémon Meganium, Typhlosion, and Feraligatr.

These Pokémon are the final Evolutions of the first partner Pokémon from Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version. Each is Level 50 and comes with a Hidden Ability that has not been accessible through normal gameplay.

To receive these three Pokémon, players need to use Pokémon Link in their copy of Pokémon X, Pokémon Y, Pokémon Omega Ruby, or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire after they have accessed their Pokémon Bank using one of these games. Each Pokémon Bank account will be able to receive these three Pokémon only once.