Pokémon Nationals finalists head to St. Louis
The 2009 Pokémon Video Game National Championships is getting ready to kick off in St. Louis, Missouri - one of several events to find the best Pokémon Platinum players in the United States. The event will take place on Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th in St. Louis at the America’s Center. Senior registration will take place from 8:30 - 9:30 A.M., followed by 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. The battle starts shortly after registration and should run until 3pm.
Top players will earn an invitation and travel award to the Pokémon Video Game World Championships later this summer in San Diego, where they will get the opportunity to compete against top world players from Japan, England, Germany, and France.
Organizers of the St. Louis event are expecting a turnout of hundreds of Pokémon video game players from across the nation. On hand will be the top 4 players from previous Pokémon Video Game Regional Championships held in Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Nashville over the past two months, along with friends and family members lending their support to competitors in both the Junior (born in 1997 or later) and Senior (born in 1996 or earlier) divisions.
To learn more about this event and future events, check out www.pokemonvgc.com
The Sims 3 rules UK retail charts
The Sims 3 and Red Faction Guerrilla have managed usurp the top two spots on the UK charts from UFC 2009: Undisputed and Pokémon Platinum, pushing Nintendo’s popular Pokémon title to number 7 on the charts, and THQ’s fighting game to number 3. This is according to retail sales data from UK based research firm Elsa’s Chart Track.
EA Sports Active fell on spot top number 4, while Wii Fit moved up one spot to number 5 and InFamous fell by one spot as well. Rounding out this week’s top ten were the aforementioned Pokémon Platinum at number 7, followed by Guitar Hero: Metallica, Virtua Tennis 2009 (being released in North America this week) and Terminator Salvation. Top twenty for the week ending June 6, 2009 can be found below:
All Formats - Week Ending June 6, 2009
1 THE SIMS 3 - EA GAMES (new)
2 RED FACTION: GUERRILLA - THQ (new)
3 UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED THQ (last week #1)
4 EA SPORTS ACTIVE - EA SPORTS (last week #3)
5 WII FIT - NINTENDO (last week #6)
6 INFAMOUS - SONY COMPUTER ENT. (last week #5)
7 POKEMON PLATINUM - NINTENDO (last week #2)
8 GUITAR HERO: METALLICA - REDOCTANE (last week #4)
9 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009 - SEGA (last week #8)
10 TERMINATOR SALVATION - EVOLVED GAMES (last week #11)
11 FIFA 09 - EA SPORTS (last week #7)
12 FUEL - CODEMASTERS - (new)
13 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE - ACTIVISION (last week #13)
14 MARIO KART WII - NINTENDO (last week #12)
15 SACRED 2: FALLEN ANGEL - DEEP SILVER (new)
16 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR - ACTIVISION (last week #15)
17 MY FITNESS COACH - GAMES FOR EVERYONE (last week #16)
18 STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE - SQUARE ENIX (new)
19 WII PLAY - NINTENDO (last week #10)
20 MYSTERY STORIES - GSP/AVANQUEST (new)
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Category DS, Industry, Other, PC, PSP, Platforms, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 | Tags: EA SPORTS Active,Industry,Pokémon Platinum,Red Faction: Guerrilla,Retail Sales,Sales,The Sims 3,UFC 2009 Undisputed,UK
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