| Event | Kitakami Prologue |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 6–8 October 2023 |
| 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 Kitakami Regional Pokédex, not counting regional variants or forms not native to Kitakami. 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 2 October at 00:00 UTC, live at any time until the tournament ends on 8 October 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 6 October 2023 at 00:00 UTC. You are able to play up to 15 battles on 6 October, up to 30 battles by 7 October and up to 45 battles by 8 October. You are able to enter any battle until 8 October 2023 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 Kitakami Prologue is an official Online Competition featuring double battles. It is the fifth globally available Online Competition in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, and the second 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 2023 Global Challenge III, played in May 2023 with the VGC Regulation Set C. This Online Competition also awarded CP for players in TPCi regions, Japan Nationals invites for the top 150 players in Japan and Trainers Cup invites for the top 50 players in South Korea. First place was earned by Japanese Joji Kaieda, who earned a rating of 1882, and had already finished in first place in Ranked Battles Season 3 two months earlier. Joji beat fellow countryman Kaito Arii, who earned a rating of 1876; Kaito had finished in first place in Ranked Battles Season 5 one week earlier, and went on to win the Japan National Championships on the following month.
The most recent Online Competition with a custom format was the Paldea Prologue, played in March 2023 and featuring double battles. The custom ruleset allowed for any Pokémon in the Paldea regional Pokédex, with only one Restricted Pokémon (Koraidon or Miraidon). Both first and second places were earned by Japanese player Kino, who used a Miraidon team in both cartridges.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
