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  1. Now that VGC2011 is wrapping up after having participants from around the world compete to be crowned champion, we begin a period of uncertainty.

    If Nintendo keeps with their trend of not releasing Rules until the middle of October, we will be in the dark for the next two months. All we know is what we were given at the World Championships this year in San Diego: The finals are in Kona, Hawaii, from the 10th to the 12th.

    Based on our intuition, we can speculate as to what the next year will hold!

    • Lessened restrictions on the Pokemon that we can enter, so that Generation I-IV Pokemon are allowed.
    • A full year will pass, meaning that more Dream World Pokemon will be available in future updates, allowing for a wider ability and setup pool to choose from. No Gen V Pokemon will be in B/W Dream World.
    • With another year passing, unreleased items may be unveiled. We already have Light Ball, most likely the Pinch Berries will all be released.
    • Wonder Launcher: A rarely utilized battle mechanic that was tested at VGC stops in Australia. It worked very well, so we might get this feature when battling.

    Based on these above speculations and the rules (and changes) from previous years, here is what I think will be the rules for the VGC 2012 season:

    VGC 2012 Rules
    
    - Double Battle
    - Wonder Launcher Enabled
    - Preview Enabled
    - Level 50 Soft Cap
    - Same Battle Time Limit
    - Conducted over IR Battle with Battle Box
    
    Banned Pokemon
    
    150 – Mewtwo     
    151 – Mew     
    248 – Tyranitar 
    249 – Lugia     
    250 – Ho-Oh     
    251 – Celebi     
    382 – Kyogre     
    383 – Groudon     
    384 – Rayquaza     
    385 – Jirachi
    386 – Deoxys
    479 – Rotom
    483 – Dialga
    484 – Palkia
    487 – Giratina
    489 – Phione
    490 – Manaphy
    491 – Darkrai
    492 – Shaymin
    494 - Victini
    643 - Reshiram
    644 - Zekrom
    645 - Landorus
                      NOT KYUREM (Heatran was not banned in 09, was in 08)
    647 - Keldeo 
    648 - Meloetta
    649 - Genesect
    
    [u]Banned Items[/u]
    Soul Dew
    Elemental Tapes (Genesect)
    (Everything else should be released)
    
    [u]Banned Abilities[/u]
    Anything that has not yet been released.
    
    [u]Banned Moves[/u]
    - Unreleased Signature Moves of Above Pokemon (Sketch)
    -- Includes Judgement

    This should provide for a healthier metagame than the limited and hax dependent metagame we had to deal with this past year!

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