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The 4th Grand Challenge from the 2025 season of VGC has now been announced. Registration for this online competition is open from May 1st at midnight (UTC) to May 8th at 11:59pm (UTC), with the event itself scheduled to run from May 9th at midnight (UTC) to May 11th at 11:59pm (UTC).

The 2025 Monterrey Regional Championships were won by now-6x Regional Champion Riley Factura with their team led by the Restricted Pokémon Miraidon. This marks Miraidon's fifth win at a major event in Scarlet and Violet. The 2025 Monterrey Regionals used the Regulation Set G ruleset, allowing the use of Paradox Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon, along with a choice of only one Restricted Special Pokemon per team. Notably, it's the final event in the Latin America region to use this ruleset before Regulation Set I begins at the beginning of May 2025.

The 2025 Malaysia Master Ball League was won by Lee Jin Yang with their team led by the Restricted Pokémon Lunala. This marks Lunala's second major win in Scarlet and Violet following its victory at the 2025 Vancouver Regionals. The 2025 Malaysia Master Ball League used the Regulation Set G ruleset, allowing the use of Paradox Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon, along with a choice of only one Restricted Special Pokemon per team. Notably, it's the penultimate National-level event in Asia to use this ruleset, followed by the 2025 Philippines Master Ball League on the 26-27th of April, before Regulation Set I begins at the beginning of May 2025.

The 2025 Global Challenge IV was won, once again, by 2024 Stockholm Regional Finalist Joji Kaieda. They're already well-known for their countless incredible performances in these online tournaments, such as their Top 4 placement in the 2025 Grand Challenge III and 2025 Global Challenge I, followed by taking a victory in the 2025 Grand Challenge II, as well as back-to-back victories in the 2025 Global Challenge III and now the 2025 Global Challenge IV. Click through for more details on their team, and other high-placing teams.

The 2025 Atlanta Regional Championships were won by Daniel Yu, facing down their friend Joey Woodring using the exact same team in the finals. More details on their team, and other high-placing teams, can be found below!

The 4th Global Challenge from the 2025 season of VGC has now been announced. Registration for this online competition is open from April 3rd at midnight (UTC) until April 10th at 11:59pm (UTC), with the event itself scheduled to run from April 11th at midnight (UTC) to April 13th at 11:59pm (UTC).

During the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, it was announced that GameCube games would be coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2, with "clearer image quality and higher resolution." Two games revealed to be added after the console's release on June 5th are Generation 3's Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, both having been developed by Genius Sonority and released in 2003 and 2005 respectively.

Pokémon have officially announced the next ruleset for VGC — Regulation Set I, running from May 1st to August 31st 2025. Notably, this timeframe includes the upcoming 2025 Pokémon World Championships, held from the 15th-17th of August. This new format allows players to use two Restricted Special Pokémon on their teams, instead of the previous format’s limit of one. Other Pokémon available for the player to use include Paradox Pokémon and Legendary Pokémon. The only Pokémon unable to be used are Mythical Pokémon and any Greninja with the ability Battle Bond.

The 2025 Brisbane Regional Championships were won by 2024 Worlds Top 8 Diego Ferreira. The 2025 Brisbane Regionals used the Regulation Set G ruleset, allowing the use of Paradox Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon, along with a choice of 1 Restricted Special Pokemon per team. Notably, it is the final event in the Oceania region to use this ruleset before a currently unannounced ruleset starts at the beginning of May 2025.

2025 Global Challenge III was won by 2025 Grand Challenge II Champion and 2024 Stockholm Regional Finalist Joji Kaieda. The 3rd Global Challenge of the 2025 series used the Regulation Set G ruleset, allowing the use of Paradox Pokemon, Legendary Pokemon, along with a choice of 1 Restricted Special Pokemon per team. Notably, it's the penultimate online event to use this ruleset, followed by 2025 Global Challenge IV on the 11th-13th of April, before a currently unannounced ruleset starts at the beginning of May 2025.

The 2025 Stockholm Regional Championships were won by Michael Kelsch's Trick Room team, defending their Stockholm Regional Champion title from 2024.

A collaboration between LEGO and Pokémon has been announced for release in 2026, the 30-year anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green's release in Japan.

The 3rd Global Challenge from the 2025 season of VGC has now been announced. Registration for this online competition is open from March 13th at midnight (UTC), until March 20th at 11:59pm (UTC), with the event itself scheduled to run from March 21st at midnight (UTC) to March 23rd at 11:59pm (UTC).

Pokémon have announced a new program titled "Ace Trainer Rewards" — rewarding players for collecting Championship Points. Championship Points (CP) are primarily used to reward players participating in official competitive events for VGC, TCG, and GO, with an invite to that year's Pokémon World Championships. In the 2025 season, Ace Trainer Rewards offers players who reach a threshold of 200 CP, also referred to as reaching "Ace Trainer status", with an exclusive deck box and card sleeves in Pokémon TCG Live, as well as a Play Pokémon-stamped "Celebratory Fanfare" TCG promo card formerly exclusive to Asia.

The 2025 Fortaleza Regional Championships were won by Bruno Rebello, winning them their first Regional title in the Masters Division and second title overall.

The 2025 Vancouver Regional Championships were won by Behzad Muntazir, winning them both their first Regional title and helping Lunala to reach its first win in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

With celebrations for Pokémon Day 2025 kicking off with a new Pokémon Presents being released at 11:00pm (JST) / 2:00pm (UTC) / 6:00am (PST) on the 27th of February, likely revealing new information for Pokémon Legends Z-A, eagle-eyed fans have found a way to confirm the length of the announcements. As demonstrated by @TheInculte on X (formerly Twitter), using a screen-reader or narrator tells you that this year's Pokémon Presents is at least 19 minutes long.

In an entertaining final game between Dyl Yeomans and 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick, the 2025 Europe International Championships were eventually won by Wolfe Glick!

This weekend's Europe International Championships, also known as EUIC, is the 2nd International Championships in the 2025 series. This takes place after the 2025 Latin America Internationals, won by Marco Silva in November 2024, and leads into the 2025 North America Internationals taking place later this year from June 13th-15th.

This weekend's Europe International Championships, also known as EUIC, is the 2nd International Championships in the 2025 series. This takes place after the 2025 Latin America Internationals, won by Marco Silva in November 2024, and leads into the North America Internationals taking place later this year from June 13th-15th.