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From May 11 to 20, 2012, the 'Pika Pika Carnival', an event co-organised by Maxsoft and [[The Pokémon Company]], will be held at [http://www.isetan.com.sg/ Isetan Scotts]. The carnival will feature merchandise from the Pokémon Centre, a motion sensor game, mini-games, and a photo taking session with a Pikachu mascot. An event Pikachu is also distributed during the event which holds a {{DL|Stat-enhancing item|Light Ball}}, and knows the moves {{m|Volt Tackle}}, {{m|Thunder}}, {{m|Grass Knot}} and {{m|Quick Attack}}. This event marks the first time an event Pokémon is distributed in Singapore. | From May 11 to 20, 2012, the 'Pika Pika Carnival', an event co-organised by Maxsoft and [[The Pokémon Company]], will be held at [http://www.isetan.com.sg/ Isetan Scotts]. The carnival will feature merchandise from the Pokémon Centre, a motion sensor game, mini-games, and a photo taking session with a Pikachu mascot. An event Pikachu is also distributed during the event which holds a {{DL|Stat-enhancing item|Light Ball}}, and knows the moves {{m|Volt Tackle}}, {{m|Thunder}}, {{m|Grass Knot}} and {{m|Quick Attack}}. This event marks the first time an event Pokémon is distributed in Singapore. | ||
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On June 16 and 17, 2012, the Pokémon TCG National Championships 2012 and the Video Game Elite Four Competition was held at Funan DigitaLife Mall, Singapore. The event was jointly organised by Maxsoft and Team Robo, and was the third time an Elite Four tournament was held in Singapore. The rulings for the Elite Four tournament follows the [[2012 World Championships#Video Game Championships|2012 Video Game Championships]]. | |||
On October 6, 2012, the first inter-regional video game tournament in Southeast Asia took place between Singapore and {{pmin|the Philippines|Philippines}}<ref>[http://pkmn-ph.com/blog/2012/09/18/major-announcement-singapore-vs-philippines/]</ref><ref>[http://pkmn-ph.com/blog/2012/10/06/singapore-vs-philippines-tournament-results/]</ref>. The event was coordinated between the two heads of the respective video games community and battles were conducted in the Wi-Fi room. | |||
On October 7, 2012, the day of the US English release of the {{v|Black and White|s|2}}, a launch event-cum-tournament took place Funan Digitalife Mall, Singapore. The event was the same as the launch event tournament held for the {{v|Black and White|s}} on March 6, 2011, the only difference being the versions used for the tournament. | |||
On December 1 and 2, 2012, Singapore will host the Southeast Asian Regional Championships for the Trading Card Game, together with a video game tournament and a variety of side events. The Regional Championships will feature players from Singapore, Malaysia, {{pmin|the Philippines|Philippines}}, {{pmin|Indonesia}} and Hong Kong, and will be the first time a regional tournament is held in Southeast Asia. On the second day of the event, a video game tournament will be held which will allow the use of {{v|Black and White|s|2}}. The rules are expected to be similar to the rulings for the 2012 Video Game Championships, but will allow moves, abilities and Pokémon that are available in Black and White versions 2 to be used. <!-- replace this by VGC13 when official rulings are announced --> The event will also feature mini-games on the Wii, a video game side event, and a seminar on competitive play by Eugene Tan, the first-place winner of this year's Elite Four Tournament<ref>[http://www.maxsoftonline.com/events.html]</ref>. | |||
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