Europe’s first Pokémon Scarlet & Violet regional event will take place in Liverpool in the UK in early 2023.
The Liverpool Regionals tournament will take place on the weekend of January 21st to 22nd 2023 at ACC Liverpool, King’s Dock, Port of Liverpool, Kings Dock St, L3 4FP.
This is an official TPCI regional-level event in the VGC (Video Game Championships) for the newly released Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games on Nintendo Switch, as well as the Pokémon TCG (Trading Card Game) and Pokémon Go mobile game.
The event will feature swiss rounds and a top cut single elimination, depending on the number of participants.
And it looks like sign-up slots have already been filled due to some solid demand from players:
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet launched on November 18th 2022 to some controversy, with players reporting bugs and slowdown issues, though patches have since been released for the games. They are the latest titles in the popular Pokémon monster battling RPG franchise.
The Liverpool Regionals are a part of the 2023 TPCI circuit and awards Championship Points (CPs) to participants, who will also receive promo cards, string bags, caps and vouchers.
There’s also an International Championship Event at Excel in London from April 14th to 16th 2023.
The UK has held several Pokémon esports events over the years, including the $500,000 Pokémon Unite World Championship in London earlier this year, which was won by UK player Bruv.
The most recent Pokémon event in Liverpool was the 2022 Liverpool Regionals, played in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
There’s more info in this article on the Victory Road website.
Thanks to Wade White aka AggresiveDuck and Lustriga for the intel
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