The Pokémon National Championships will include tournaments to be the very best (like no one ever was) at various Pokémon games. This weekend will see players battle it out in Pokémon TCG (trading card game), the Pokémon video game (Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) and Pokkén Tournament. Also see: Nintendo Classic Mini NES release date, specs, games and features. “Pokémon event streaming comes to a new platform that will let viewers easily keep an eye on all three competitive formats at once!,” said the firm. Read: Everything you need to know about Pokémon GO.
Pokémon UK National Championships: Dates, times and where to watch the live stream
The championships begin in the UK, held in Liverpool, and start tomorrow, 14 May and continue on 15 May. See below for the details of each game – all times in GMT. We’re hoping to embed the live stream on this page for you to watch but should that not be possible you can head to Pokemon.com/Live to watch all the action live.
UK Pokémon TCG National Championships
14 May – 12pm 15 May – 9am
UK Pokémon VG National Championships
14 May – 12pm 15 May – 9am
UK Pokkén Tournament National Championships
14 May – 12pm 15 May – 10am
Pokémon National Championships commentators
“Our expert commentators will be calling the action for every match that airs. Pokémon event streaming comes to a new platform that will let viewers easily keep an eye on all three competitive formats at once!,” said the firm. You can see the details regarding the commentators for each tournament below.
Pokémon TCG Commentators
David Hochmann (DE): Eight-time Pokémon TCG Regionals Champion, six Pokémon TCG Worlds invitations Joe Bernard (UK): 2016 Pokémon TCG London Regional Champion Nick Pearce (UK): Top-flight European Pokémon TCG player since 2011 Julian Scharf (DE): 15-year competitive Pokémon TCG player, founded large online trading card game community
Pokémon Video Game Commentators
Markus Stadter (DE): 2014 Germany and 2015 UK Video Game National Champion, four Pokémon VG Worlds invitations Jay Blake (UK): Three-year competitive Pokémon VG player Matteo Dorrell (UK): 2015 VG UK Nationals top cut
Pokkén Tournament Commentators
Ryan Hart (UK): 20-year fighting game competitor Nemanja Sandic (DE): 2014 VG Worlds Top 10, 2015 VG Germany Nationals Top 10 Tech Advisor’s Reviews Editor, Chris has been reviewing all kinds of tech for over 10 years and specialises in audio. He also covers a range of topics including home entertainment, phones, laptops, tablets and more.
