Brawl is almost entirely grassroots. If you mean on that level, then yes. It's up to us to do it though (with a little help from Nintendo). Smogon has been stepping up coverage slowly every year. This year we hit a snag with the format shift, but I think we can make US Nationals and then Worlds better than last year from a coverage perspective.This is kind of off-topic, but do you guys think that Pokemon will ever be an E-sport? You know, like be part of the World Cyber Games and whatnot. I mean, it does have a big enough fan-base. Even more so than Smash Bros Brawl, and even that's played competitively .
2010 and likely 2011 regionals were as large and in many cases larger than any single Smash tournament in history. As far as Nintendo games go, this is the biggest. To get as big as something like SC I think would require a stronger working relationship between the community and developers than we have now.
how do i sign up for a battle and how does this work? is there a thread you can link me to? sorry to disturb.
I'm fairly certain the answer to this is no, but does nintendo do any sort of tiering (of pokemon, like nu and uu etc...) at their tourneys?
It can be used, but it must be in the language of it's origin location. So Chlorophyll Venasaur would need to be Japanese to be legit.quick question:
Can you use a pokemon with a dream world ability that hasn't been released in your country but has been released elsewhere? ie: chlorophyll Venusaur
I'm not sure what I should run on my Breloom. I'm running toxic orb with poison heal and Spore, Drain Punch, Seed Bomb, I'm just not sure if I should have protect or substitute. Breloom would Spore both Pokemon before using protect or substitute. So I'm leaning toward substitute but I'm not sure.
More generally: if it was obtained legitimately (without glitches), and it's not specifically on the ban list, you can use it.quick question:
Can you use a pokemon with a dream world ability that hasn't been released in your country but has been released elsewhere? ie: chlorophyll Venusaur