| Event | Blueberry Prologue |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 12ā14 January 2024 |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet |
| Season | 2024 SeasonĀ ā Double battles, custom format |
| Format | In-game ladder competition |
| Organizer | The PokƩmon Company (TPC) |
Table of Contents
Custom format
This competition features double battles.
Your team may only have PokĆ©mon from theĀ Blueberry Regional PokĆ©dex, including Terapagos, but not counting regional variants or forms not native to the Blueberry Academy. Your team cannot have two PokĆ©mon of the same species or holding the same item.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through your own PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game. To register, enter the PokĆ© Portal ā Battle Stadium ā Online competitions ā Search for a competition (in the Official Competitions column).
You need to register and lock a team at the time of registration.
Sign-ups are open from 4 January at 00:00 UTC, live at any time until the tournament ends on 14 January at 23:59 UTC.
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online, in your PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the PokĆ© Portal’s Battle Stadium.
The tournament starts on 12 January 2024 at 00:00 UTC. You are able to play up to 15 battles on 12 January, up to 30 battles by 13 January and up to 45 battles by 14 January. You are able to enter any battle until 14 January 2024 at 23:59 UTC.
Prizes
This event is an official Online Competition, but isĀ not a part of anyĀ 2024 official circuit. This means thatĀ it does not reward any Championship Points (CPs).
This is intended as a fun tournament and no prizes are given to the top-ranking players. Any player that finishes at least one battle will receive 10,000 League Points.
Overview
The Blueberry Prologue is an official Online Competition featuring double battles.Ā It is the seventh globally available Online Competition in PokĆ©mon Scarlet and PokĆ©mon Violet games, and the fourth with a custom format.
A little bit of history
Online Competitions are usually a part of the casual gameplay, but they have been featured in the official circuit for some years now. They are one of the few tournaments in which all world regions play together, and it generally grants National invites in TPC regions and Championship Points in TPCI regions.
The most recent Online Competition was theĀ Trick Magic, played in November 2023 featuring single battles. The custom ruleset allowed for any non-Restricted Ghost-type PokĆ©mon. First place was earned by Japanese playerĀ Kino, who earned a rating of 1886.8, and had already finished in first place in theĀ Paldea PrologueĀ Online Competition. Kino beat fellow countryman Otoha, who earned a rating of 1886.3.
The most recent Online Competition featuring double battles was theĀ Kitakami Prologue, played in October 2023. The custom ruleset allowed for any PokĆ©mon in the Kitakami regional PokĆ©dex. First place was earned by 2017 World ChampionĀ Ryota Otsubo, who usedĀ this Rain teamĀ to finish at a rating of 1896. Ryota defeated fellow JapaneseĀ Hiroki Tsujikawa, who used a team centered around Assault Vest Grimmsnarl, Wellspring Mask Ogerpon, Bloodmoon Ursaluna and Chandelure to finish at a rating of 1865.
AmericanĀ James Evans, theĀ 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated BrazilianĀ Gabriel AgatiĀ in the NAIC finals.
