{"id":1178,"date":"2025-07-28T14:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:11:17","slug":"you-can-start-your-competitive-pokemon-journey-with-this-new-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/you-can-start-your-competitive-pokemon-journey-with-this-new-app\/","title":{"rendered":"You can start your competitive Pok\u00e9mon journey with this new app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Competitive <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> is finally getting a fresh coat of paint with the launch of the <strong>Play Pok\u00e9mon Access<\/strong> app. This new portal acts as a hub for everything a competitive VGC, Go, or TCG player needs, and it\u2019s a breath of fresh air for the community.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been over 20 years since the first ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/pokemon\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> World Championship event, and technology has come a long way since then, but The Pok\u00e9mon Company International\u2019s events have long felt behind the times compared to other tournament structures. The Play Pok\u00e9mon Access app is a first step in the right direction, allowing trainers to find their local VGC, TCG, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/pokemon-go\/event\">Pok\u00e9mon Go events<\/a>, view their championship points, and check the rules, all from one handy location.<\/p>\n<p>As well as consolidating all of the various resources that competitive players need into one place, including team sheets, lists of banned Pok\u00e9mon, and even a TCG card database, you can collect badges for your profile by taking part in sanctioned events. I\u2019ve already got three badges for attending my local league, and this gameified element will definitely encourage me to go more often. It\u2019s easy to access your Player ID for event registration, and the addition of personalized QR codes should speed up the check-in process at regionals significantly.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/play-pokemon-access\">You can start your competitive Pok\u00e9mon journey with this new app<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tMORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-gaming-iphone\">Best gaming iPhone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-ipad\">Best iPads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-apple-watch\">Best Apple Watch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competitive Pok\u00e9mon is finally getting a fresh coat of paint with the launch of the Play Pok\u00e9mon Access app. This new portal acts as a hub for everything a competitive VGC, Go, or TCG player needs, and it\u2019s a breath of fresh air for the community. It\u2019s been over 20 years since the first ever&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}