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The World Championships Tournaments are a set of tournaments downloadable for Black 2 and White 2. The set of tournaments feature the top four contestants from each the Junior, Senior, and Masters Divisions respectively from the 2012 World Championships that were held in Hawaii in August 2012.
The tournaments are conducted under Double Battle rules; therefore, the opponents will pick four of their six Pokémon to battle with. All Pokémon will be set to level 50. No duplicate Pokémon or held items are allowed, and no moves are banned. The Soul Dew is the only held item banned.
Double Battle. Use four Pokémon. Levels will be set to Lv. 50. No duplicate Pokémon or held items.
Tournament:
Battle the Top 4 Finalists from the 2012 Pokémon World Championships!
The 2012: Junior Division Challenge (Japanese: ジュニアせかいおうじゃに いどめ!!Challenge the Junior World Champion!) tournament features the top four contestants from Junior Division from the World Championship Nationals that were held in Hawaii in August 2012. It is part of the series of tournaments based on the tournament finalists. Its distribution began on October 21, 2012 for Japanese and international releases and January 3, 2013 for Korean release.
Due to an error in World Finalist Brendan's team, a fixed version of the tournament was released on October 23, 2012. The original can be differentiated from the updated version by the colon on the title (originally being 2012 Junior Division Challenge).
This party was used starting on October 23, 2012 for international releases and October 24, 2012 for Japanese games due to the inaccurate team information.[1]
Double Battle. Use four Pokémon. Levels will be set to Lv. 50. No duplicate Pokémon or held items.
Tournament:
Battle the Top 4 Finalists from the 2012 Pokémon World Championships!
The 2012: Senior Division Challenge (Japanese: シニアせかいおうじゃに いどめ!Challenge the Senior World Champion!) tournament feature the top four contestants from Senior Division from the World Championship Nationals that were held in Hawaii in August 2012. It is part of the series of tournaments based on the tournament finalists. Its distribution began on November 5, 2012 for Japanese and international releases and began on February 28, 2013 for Korean releases.
Double Battle. Use four Pokémon. Levels will be set to Lv. 50. No duplicate Pokémon or held items.
Tournament:
Battle the Top 4 Finalists from the 2012 Pokémon World Championships!
The 2012: Masters Division Challenge (Japanese: マスターせかいおうじゃに いどめ!Challenge the Master World Champion!) tournament features the top four contestants from Master Division from the World Championship Nationals that were held in Hawaii in August 2012. It is part of the series of tournaments based on the tournament finalists. Its distribution began on November 18, 2012 for Japanese and international releases and on April 4, 2013 for Korean releases.
Due to an error in World Finalist Abel's team, a fixed version of the tournament was released under the name 2012 Master Division Challenge (without the colon) since November 20, 2012 for international releases.[2]
The only difference between the original and the updated version is that his Metagross (prior to November 20, 2012 for international releases) knows the illegal move Ice Beam instead of the move Ice Punch.