Pokemon Monday 45 - A champion Amoonguss
We report from the Pokemon West Regional Championships and discuss the latest news from Japan
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Episode45 highlights
Pokemon VGC West Regionals in San Jose - Congratulations to all the participants at regionals this year, and a special congrats to the winners of each division:
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st place%26mdash;Bernie Mora (age 8)
Watsonville, CA
2nd place%26mdash;Gerardo Gonzalez (age 10)
Fremont, CA
Additional National Qualifiers Include:
Bernabe Mora (age 8) and Michael Aguirre (age 11)
SENIOR DIVISION
1st place%26mdash;Aaron Traylor (age 14)
Boston, MA
2nd place%26mdash;Richard Escalante (age 15)
Union City, CA
Additional National Qualifiers Include:
Shreyas Canchiradhakrishna (age 14) and Gavin Michaels (age 13)
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MASTERS DIVISION
1st place%26mdash;Paul Hornak (age 23)
Oak Hills, CA
2nd place%26mdash;Alan Schambers (age 20)
Modesto, CA
Additional National Qualifiers Include:
Duy Ha (age 19) and Andrew Bishop (age 22)
More photos from the event:
Eeveelutions now available for transfer on PGL site- If you played the Eeveelution minigame that was available previously, you can nowretrieve your Dream World Eeveelution from the PGL.
Upcoming Pokemon game announcement- Japanese magazine Dengeki DS just revealed a Japan-only Pokemon arcade exclusive called Pokemon Battrio V, but is that the only Pokemon game-related announcement on the horizon?
Pokemon of the week: Amoonguss - This poor man's Venusaur was one of the most popular Pokemon at regionals over the weekend - how would you maximize this mushroom's potential?
Question of the week: What's your favorite Pokemon from each region?
See you next week!
May 23, 2011

