| Event | Blueberry Prologue |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 12–14 January 2024 |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2024 Season – Double battles, custom format |
| Format | In-game ladder competition |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company (TPC) |
Table of Contents
Custom format
This competition features double battles.
Your team may only have Pokémon from the Blueberry Regional Pokédex, including Terapagos, but not counting regional variants or forms not native to the Blueberry Academy. Your team cannot have two Pokémon of the same species or holding the same item.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through your own Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet game. To register, enter the Poké Portal → Battle Stadium → Online competitions → 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 Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the Poké 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 is not a part of any 2024 official circuit. This means that 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. It is the seventh globally available Online Competition in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon 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 the Trick Magic, played in November 2023 featuring single battles. The custom ruleset allowed for any non-Restricted Ghost-type Pokémon. First place was earned by Japanese player Kino, who earned a rating of 1886.8, and had already finished in first place in the Paldea Prologue Online Competition. Kino beat fellow countryman Otoha, who earned a rating of 1886.3.
The most recent Online Competition featuring double battles was the Kitakami Prologue, played in October 2023. The custom ruleset allowed for any Pokémon in the Kitakami regional Pokédex. First place was earned by 2017 World Champion Ryota Otsubo, who used this Rain team to finish at a rating of 1896. Ryota defeated fellow Japanese 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.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
