Published on December 31st, 2012 | by Scott
0VGC ’10 International Challenge: USA vs. Japan vs. Europe
This tournament happened on sort of short notice so we didn’t get to publicize it quite as much as we’d have liked to, but for those of you who aren’t aware, in the wee hours of Friday morning in the United States there was a friendly competition between the United States, Europe and Japan in the old VGC 2010 metagame over Wi-Fi.
For those of you who weren’t around in 2010, that year’s meta was unique in the history of VGC play, comparable only to the Journey Across America tournament, in that it allowed the usually banned cover legendaries from competition. That’s right, each player could bring Mewtwo, Kyogre, Lugia or any of their pals with one catch: only two of these “Restricted” Pokemon could be played on one team. Of course, since this was in 2010, the tournament was held on Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver versions — sorry Black/White enthusiasts.
Each region selected five players to battle against one member of each opposing team in a single battle. The results are listed below, as well as videos of all but one of the completed matches. All of the matches were pretty exciting and worth a look even if you didn’t play VGC 2010. I would suggest in particular Cybertron and Huy’s matches.
USA vs. Japan
- Ray vs. huuuryu – Watch Battle Video
- Huy vs Keima – Watch Battle Video
- EnFuego vs. PSP – Watch Battle Video
- Cybertron vs. Bean – Watch Battle Video
- ryuzaki vs. Katsumi – Watch Battle Video
USA vs. Europe
- Ray vs. Rosh Love Jumpluff – Watch Battle Video
- Huy vs. Arbol Deku – Watch Battle Video
- EnFuego vs. Flash – Watch Battle Video
- ryuzaki vs. K-OS – Watch Battle Video
- Cybertron vs. Zog – Zog disqualified for no-show
Japan vs. Europe
- huuuryu vs. Rosh Love Jumpluff – Watch Battle Video
- Keima vs. Arbol Deku – No video available
- PSP vs. Flash – Watch Battle Video
- Katsumi vs. K-OS – Players could not connect
- Bean vs. Zog – Watch Battle Video
(3) USA vs. Japan (2)
- Ray vs. huuuryu
- Huy vs Keima
- EnFuego vs. PSP
- Cybertron vs. Bean
- ryuzaki vs. Katsumi
(5) USA vs. Europe (0)
- Ray vs. Rosh Love Jumpluff
- Huy vs. Arbol Deku
- EnFuego vs. Flash
- ryuzaki vs. K-OS
- Cybertron vs. Zog
(4) Japan vs. Europe (0)
- huuuryu vs. Rosh Love Jumpluff
- Keima vs. Arbol Deku
- PSP vs. Flash
- Katsumi vs. K-OS
- Bean vs. Zog
Congratulations to Team USA on their victory! Enjoy the videos, and stay tuned because the next International will be between Team USA and South Korea in a 7 v 7 battle using the VGC ’13 ruleset! It’ll take place this Saturday, January 5th, 2013 at 6:00 PM Pacific (9:00 PM Eastern, 2:00 AM GMT). Jump on #nuggetbridge on SynIRC to follow it live!