Pokemon World Championships are a chance to celebrate every life the franchise has touched, and the love we share in being a trainer.
The Pokemon World Championships for 2023 are just hours away. As fans gather in Yokohama, Japan, to celebrate their love and dedication to the decades-long franchise, I am sent back through a lifetime of special moments the games, TCG, and the expanded universe have offered me.
From there, my afternoons were spent watching Ash Ketchum battle through the Indigo League with Pikachu and collecting the original 151 cards in a well-loved shoebox under my bed.As generations expanded the Pokedex, my love for all things Pokemon didn’t fade. My parents would always say, “Oh, it’s a phase,” and I think they truly hoped I would outgrow it.
I met other players all over my little town who also shared a fierce love for Pokemon. We stood out together at lured stops and chatted about what Pokemon meant to us, how it helped us, and what it brought into our lives. One family talked about how Pokemon episodes got them through their daughter’s chemo treatments, while another explained that Ruby and Sapphire got her through an eating disorder.
After my son was born, I didn’t try to influence him with my likes, but he quickly started to show interest in the plushies and figures I had – and still have – in my office. He asked for his own Pikachu pillow. He started watching XYZ with me in the evenings.
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