Pokemon Sword and Shield Series 3 Ranked Battle ruleset detailed, International Challenge Feb. online competition registration open

Pokemon Sword and Shield Series 3 Ranked Battle Ruleset

- ruleset mirrors the upcoming changes to the ruleset of the Video Game Championships
- changes turn time, game time and allows certain Gigantamax Pokémon
- will run from March 1st at 04:00 UTC to April 30th at 23:59 UTC
- Pokémon Restrictions: Available National Pokédex. Pokémon need to be caught or hatched in Pokémon Sword & Shield or given through Pokémon HOME
- Pokémon Limits: Team of 3 to 6 Pokémon (Singles) / 4 to 6 Pokémon (Doubles) from Level 1 to Level 100. All Pokémon then set to Level 50
- Match Length: No limit
- Allowed Gigantamax: Charizard, Butterfree, Pikachu, Meowth, Kingler, Lapras Eevee, Snorlax, Corviknight, Orbeetle, Drednaw, Coalossal, Flapple, Appletun, Sandaconda, Toxtricity, Centiskorch, Hatterene, Grimmsnarl, Alcremie
Banned Pokémon: Mewtwo, Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma, Marshadow, Zeraora, Meltan, Melmetal, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus
- Battle Time: 20 Minutes
- Your Time: 7 Minutes
- Team Preview: 90 Seconds
- Turn Time: 45 Seconds

Pokemon Sword and Shield 2020 International Challenge February online competition registration

- registration is now live
- this is a Double Battle competition that runs VGC Rules
- registration runs until February 27th 23:59 UTC
- battles will run from February 28th 00:00 UTC to March 1st 23:59 UTC
- all players get a special Casual Tee (Poké Ball Guy)
- players on the Play! Pokémon Circuit can earn up to 50 CP towards their Worlds Invite
- players wanting to earn CP need to connect their Nintendo Account to their Pokémon Trainer Club account on the official site