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tagline=European Internationals coincide with Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon launch |
tagline=European Internationals coincide with Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon launch |
blurb=Details on the 2018 season of Play! Pokémon have been announced, including some details about the upcoming International Championships. }}
blurb=Details on the 2018 season of Play! Pokémon have been announced, including some details about the upcoming International Championships. }}
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[[File:International Championships Logo.png|thumb|International Championships logo]]
[[File:International Championships Logo.png|thumb|International Championships logo]]
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Additionally, many Regional Championships for the 2018 season in North America and Europe have been announced. See [http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/pokemon-tournaments/regional-championships/ the official Pokémon site] for a full list.
Additionally, many Regional Championships for the 2018 season in North America and Europe have been announced. See [http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/pokemon-tournaments/regional-championships/ the official Pokémon site] for a full list.
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Furthermore, the [http://assets.pokemon.com//assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-vg-rules-formats-and-penalty-guidelines-en.pdf Pokémon Video Game Rules, Formats, and Penalty Guidelines] document has been updated, taking effect immediately. Most notably, Premier Events must now be tethered by QR Code (or by local distribution should the event be run by or in conjunction with {{bp|The Pokémon Company International|TPCi}}); all references to untethered events have been removed, as this event format is no longer supported within the Championship Series. Among other changes, the manual hack check has been updated to allow {{Shiny}} {{p|Tapu Koko}} regardless of {{bp|Original Trainer}}.
Furthermore, the [http://assets.pokemon.com//assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-vg-rules-formats-and-penalty-guidelines-en.pdf Pokémon Video Game Rules, Formats, and Penalty Guidelines] and [http://assets.pokemon.com//assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-tcg-rules-and-formats-en.pdf Pokémon Trading Card Game Tournament Rules and Formats] documents have been updated, taking effect immediately.


For a full comparison, see [https://www.diffchecker.com/aWIuYFdp this calculated difference], although a number of formatting changes result in significant changes being harder to identify this way.
Notably, video game Premier Events must now be tethered by {{bp|QR Code}} (or by local distribution should the event be run by or in conjunction with {{bp|The Pokémon Company International|TPCi}}); all references to untethered events have been removed, as this event format is no longer supported within the Championship Series. Among other changes, the manual hack check from video games has been updated to allow {{Shiny}} {{p|Tapu Koko}} regardless of {{bp|Original Trainer}}.