Pokemon Video Game Showdown 2008 NYC Finals senior 13+ pt 1

[Kalo5k]

didnt Zapdos was a banned pokemon?

[MyDSgamer]

was this fun?

[evan23100]

Thes kids are such nerds!!! it would be cool and all to be in a tournament but im not that into it.

[PoochieHellhound]

actually a simple earthquake, discharge combo is kinda sad... a good Abomasnow with blizzard would've killed them in 1 hit... (maybe not zapdos, but you know what I mean) while they have nothing to counter it....

[totodileboy97]

i would like to figure out, too...

[timoteck1]

Smogon is a website, about pokemon. Google it. They also have a shoddybattle server - shoddybattle is an online version of pokemon.

[Donutttttttttt]

it'd kind of sad, and i just noticed this but the junior champion's team(knight sylvane) consisted of Hippodon,Garchomp,Bronzong,??? those 3 pokemon would've owned the senior team....

[timoteck1]

How is it sad? The senior champions lead of Zapdos is useless vs his pokemon; that doesnt make it a worse team.

[wilmarc79]

how did they use 2 wiis to do that with the ds?

[drewdude197]

Can anyone tell me there items for the team on the left/ Winning team?

[Mosquitox216]

The winning team was on the right.

Anyways, Garchomp had Lum Berry, Zapdos had Chesto Berry, Gengar had Black Sludge, and Metagross had Leftovers

[injerreau]

legendery noobs

[Mudkip1521]

What are you talking about? Zapdos is perfectly usable in standard play. You are obviously a noob who knows nothing about tiers, not the other way around.

[Slaven152]

I'd have to agree and disagree. I've taken out both Dialga and Palkia online with an Absol. Legends are easily beatable; just over used. Legends are nice to catch and own with in the game or against a friend who consents. In Tournaments I have to agree that Legends should be locked out. They already put that level 50 level Cap. (That the Pokemon itself can't be higher than 50 even though the game would lower it for you.) That locks out many Pokemon who evolve late, or get moves late.

[Donutttttttttt]

no it doesn't take it down to level 50 if you have a 51+ level pokemon. If they did, Tyranitar and dragonite other than TRU dragonite would be useable.

[samdamanrcruler]

It does

[Boomguy88]

Why is that Smergle Level 1 and not lvl 50 like the rest of the pokemon?

[shaksthetrainer]

it was lvl one with a focus sash so when the opponent hit it it would have 1 hp left and that would be the perfect chance for endevior.why lvl one? because its easier to lower his hp for endevoir.

[ellichan]

I wonder how they check your cart for hacks out of curiosity...what if the person traded the hacked pokemon to a unhacked cart, i mean some people can hack really well, PBR isn't the greatest hack checker believe me, I fought a hacked Spiritomb and I knew it was hacked somehow, all I had to do was check the route it was found on and knew it was hacked.

[shadowlugia]

when u battled and won if i remember correctly 3 or 4 rounds and u get to the top 16 someone took ur game and put it in heir ds and i guess it checked for something then they would put ur game in a small bag and write ur name on it then when it was the round for top 16 they gave it back to u

[sonicdueler]

omg some 1 have a battle rev torniment on youtube and invite me i need and want to see new stratigise and that was a smart battle!

[Mosquitox216]

to those wondering, both people ev trained. the one with chomp is a member of smogon and the other one couldn't have gone to the final round aganst others from smogon

[YuMmYZ33]

I've always lol'd at what they banned.

Seems as though this was filled with trick room teams and whatnot.

[abc12345678401]

The biggest Poke tornament that I've been in was in 2006 at journey across america, the 10th aniversary, I lost in the second round to some one who was USING THE SAME POKEMON! (Swampert, Lugia, Ho-oh, Groundon, Kyogre, Rayquaza) All that mad training was useless.... Oh well.... THE TEST FOR IT WAS MAD EASY! It was all What type is this pokemon! Plus all of it was grass fire and water execpt for Mew...

[nico1or1chris]

dosent really matter what type ur against. just need strategy against those legendary bastards...

[stickdeathbr]

Boooring.

[VAfromVA]

Yeah... but i thought the rules were no pokemon over lv 50, which made garchomp and dragonite illegal and i thought zapdos and other legendarys were banned?WHat happened?

[chilebowl257]

dumbass garchomp evolves at lv 48 most legends were banned these were da 1s dat were banned: Dragonite Mewtwo Mew Tyranitar Lugia Ho-Oh Celebi Kyogre Groudon Rayquaza Jirachi Deoxys Dialga Palkia Heatran Regigigas Giratina Phione Manaphy Darkrai

[rjezz]

Looks like the guy with the Smeargle and Bronzong actually EV trained his guys, but I'm not actually sure about that. Considering he used a FEAR smeargle though, I imagine he actually is a metagamer. Then again that Metagross had a somewhat standard set... So, I'm just not sure anymore.

[sharathpower]

which platform is this game is it pc or ps or game boy?

[rjezz]

This particular battle was Wii. But others are DS.

[sindiewen]

god i hate that where i live (juneau alaska) there are no pokemon turnaments of any kind. its vey gay. i really wanted to go to this but damn.

[epmanaphy]

I'm saying. What about the people in the middle and in Georgia?  They should have held it in Atlanta.

[cwk12782]

Why only in NYC and LA? So stupid...

[sindiewen]

yea, i was aksing myself the same question. i live in juneau alaska and i wish they had came here. i wish they came to every state so that every one who had pkmn d/p had a chance to perticipate

[cwk12782]

That's so cool, I was in Juneau last year and the biggest thing you got there is wal-mart. Cool town though, and I mean that literally.

[sindiewen]

yup lol. walmart. its big but not that big now. i kinda wish there were more stuff going on here like video game turnyments, a gamestop store. but yea its abeautiful place

[manaphy7]

xD that stratagy with the smeargle was used by the japanese finalist. Its fantastic though, the endeavor and gyro ball technique

[era404]

Is the Pokemon that uses it opened to the public in Showdown?It is unbelievable.

If it was so in the battle of Japan, "Custom PBR" was used.

[Razned]

why?

[DarkSinMan]

Oh BTW, greeat battle dude.

[PokemonBattleBrain]

Nice video!

"Ohhhhh"

"OHHH!!!"

"ohhhhhhhh....."

The crowd was almost as fun to listen to as the video was to watch. x)

[Bison1301]

i would have tried protect a second time, about 90% of all zongs carry explosion now.

[silverphoenix204]

oh, are you the kid that won this thing? that's awesome, we were there too. my brother lost to your opponent there.

should you want help getting ready for orlando, we love to battle with ya!

[DarkSinMan]

Hey, my fmaily might move to Georgia in August so my parents are going to get broadband or something. Mind if you give me your friend code and have a battle someday? I use either my Diamond or Battle Revolution game.