North America International Championships

Address:



Greater Columbus Convention Center, Halls A & B
400 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215, United States

Date


June 30th - July 2nd 2023

Games


Video Game
Trading Card Game
Pokémon GO
North America International Championships
AnchorsDistributionsGO EventStreamPokémon Center


Player Count

Masters

VGC: 787
TCG: 1905
GO: 256
UNITE: 8

Rulesets

VGC Rule Set:

Usable Games Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Battle Type: Double Battle
Pokémon Restrictions: Available Paldea Pokédex.
Banned Pokémon: Galarian Meowth, Wooper, Quagsire, Perrserker, Koraidon, Miraidon, Walking Wake, Iron Leaves
Pokémon Limits: Team of 4 to 6 Pokémon from Level 1 to Level 100. All Pokémon then set to Level 50
Match Length: No limit
Clauses: No same Pokémon, No same item
Players may only use Pokémon with items or moves obtained in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Match Time: 15 Minutes
Your Time: 7 minutes

TCG Rule Set:

Format: Standard
Eligibility: Battle Styles onwards: E Regulation Mark

GO Rule Set:

League Format: Great League
Max CP: 1500 CP

Banned Pokémon: Ditto, Shedinja, Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos, Galarian Moltres

Special Distributions

Paul Chua's Arcanine

Game: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Location: At Home

This distribution was given to players on the online stream for the Video Game Championship and was based on the Arcanine used by Paul Chua in the 2023 Europe International Championships

Arcanine
Level 50
OT:Paul
ID:230630
Ability:Intimidate
Hold Item:

Safety Goggles
Adamant Nature.
Date of Receiving
a Battle Competition. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Flare Blitz
Will-o-wisp
Protect
Extreme Speed
Paul Chua's Arcanine

Paldea Evolved - Iono

Game: Pokémon TCG
Location: At Home

This distribution was given to players on the online stream for the TCG Championship and gave players an Iono from Paldea Evolved. It is obtained with the code NAIC23Whosawhatsit

Paldea Evolved - Iono

Special Pokémon GO Event

PictureNameDatesLocation
Pokemon North America International Championships 2023Pokemon North America International Championships 2023 June 30th- July 2nd 2023 Colombus, Ohio


Stream Archive

Stream Anchors
Day 1Day 2Championship Sunday
Video Games
Video Games
Trading Card Game
Trading Card Game
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO
Pokémon UNITE
Pokémon UNITE


Video


Casters

VGCTCGGOUNITE
Adam Dorricott
Rosemary Kelley
Scott Glaza
Joe Brown
Sierra Dawn
Chip Richey
Shelbie Bou
Jeremy Jallen
Pablo Meza
Adam Watson
Gabby Snyder
Wil Dunphey
Caleb Peng
Steven Sanders
Jake Sprague
Kirk Dubé
Joshua Hiebert
Evan Hashimoto

Pokémon Center Pop-Up Store

A pop-up Pokémon Center was open during the event. This Pokémon Center featured a lot of the Pokémon Center merchandise but also include exclusive International Championships themed merchandise. There were two merchandise lines, one focused on Eevee evolution and another on the Paldea Starters. This included Hoodie, T-Shirt, Magnets and more

Pokémon Center Pop-Up Store