Twenty
One-dayand Six Two-day Pokémon
Tournament Events to Be Held Across N. America
April 10, 2001 (Renton, Wash.)—The Pokémon™* Trading Card Game (TCG) Tour, featuring both one-day
and two-day events, is taking to the road and coming to a city near you
beginning April 14.The
TCG Tour’s first one-day stop will be at The War Room in Norcross,
Georgia, while the inauguralspot
for the two-day event will be at the Centre NDA in Montreal, Quebec. All
locations will feature all-new decorations using the new Pokémon from the Neo set.
The Pokémon
Trading Card Game Tour will embark on a journey traveling to malls, local
community centers,and schools
giving fans of all ages an enriching gameplay experience and a sample of the
Pokémon League.Pokémon
Trainers can participate in any one of the 20 one-day orsix two-day events.At
each event players in the two age divisions (14 and younger and 10 and
younger) will be able to compete for an invitation and a paid trip that
includes flight and accommodations to the Super Trainer Showdown at the New
Jersey Meadowlands Convention Center on June 23-24.For more information regarding the Pokémon
TCG Tour and a complete listing of all one-day and two-day events go to www.wizards.com/pokemon.
Each one-day or two-day Pokémon TCG Tour stop will allow players to compete in two
divisions: 14 and younger and 10 and younger and are free of charge to
children in the two age categories.The
tour consists of 26 events – each of which includes at least one Super
Trainer Showdown qualifier tournament for the two age groups.Tournament formats will vary by event and some locations will
offer open events for players 15years
and up who wish to participate in the Pokémon
TCG Tour.Additionally,
contestants at the Pokémon TCG
League have an opportunity to earn exclusive game cardssuch as the foil stamped Chinese New Year Dark Arbok, previously
released only in China,and a
Singing Jigglypuff black-star promotional game card.
Since the Pokémon
trading card game’s debut in January 1999, millions of kids have taken up
the game worldwide.The goal of
the trading card game is to collect, trade, train and battle various
monsters in an effort to become the world’s greatest Pokémon
trainer.The trading card game
is the latest addition to the Pokémon
phenomenon that includes Game Boy® cartridge games, the number-one
rated children’s television program, comic books and an assortment of
toys.
Wizards of the Coast Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro
Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is the worldwide market share leader in the trading card
game and tabletop roleplaying game categories.A leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment
products, as well as the owner and operator of one of the nation’s largest
specialty game retail chains, the company holds an exclusive patent on the
play mechanic of trading card games. and produces the world’s best-selling
Pokémon and Magic: The
Gathering® TCGs.Headquartered
near Seattle, Washington, Wizards of the Coast has international offices in
Antwerp, Paris, Milan, London and Beijing.For more information on Wizards of the Coast, visit the company’s
website and electronic retail store at <www.wizards.com>.