募集始まらないね

気がついたら日本代表選手が発表されてた。
Pokémon Video Game Showdown Finals
見覚えのある名前もちらほらって当たり前か。


シニア優勝:Jeremy Au-Yeung (20)
What is your favorite Pokémon?
Arcanine(ウインディ).
What Pokémon did you have in your party?
Zapdos(サンダー), Garchomp(ガブリアス), Gengar(ゲンガー), and Metagross(メタグロス).
ウインディといえば先日のスタッフブログの名刺の話でまだ使われてなかったのは意外。


ジュニア優勝:Knight Koltsilvayne (11)
What is your favorite Pokémon?
Purugly(ブニャット).
What Pokémon did you have in your party?
I don't want to tell!


・メール
Thank you for your response!! Did you see the NYC championship finals videos?

Do you mean that Japan held its qualifiers in 2007 (one year ago)? I saw videos from six locations:

Fukuoka
Nagoya
Makuhira
Sapporo
Yokohama
Osaka (finals)

Wasn't there a sixth qualifier? The Osaka video I viewed with Smeargle/Bronzong was the national championship, not a qualifier.

Questions for you:

So the winner and loser of each of these matches is going to DisneyWorld for the final rounds? Do you know if they will be using the same teams, or if they are changing? What kinds of strategies are the players currently using in competitive play right now? Are people using a lot of Trick Room, or are there more mixed strategies? Which Pokemon are popular?

Thanks for your mail, and happy birthday!