2014 April Friendly Details: Read Up And Start Training!

Yesterday, the 2014 April Friendly competition for the Pokemon Global Link was announced on the official Pokemon website. Like previous Global Link competitions, the April Friendly will be held online over the course of a few days. First there will be a registration period running from April 17th to 24th. Participants  are accepted on a first come first served basis. The competition period lasts from the 25th to 28th. 

To participate, one needs a copy of Pokemon X or Y that is synced to a Pokemon Trainer Club account, and a 3DS that can connect to Nintendo Network. Here are the major rules: All particiapants must bring between 3-6 pokemon. All matches conducted will be in singles format, where each player must pick 3 of their pokemon to fight after observing the other player's roster. All pokemon from the Kalos Pokedex are legal for use, including Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, and Mewtwo. In addition, all pokemon in the competition must have been hatched or raised in Kalos, as opposed to being sent over from previous games in the series.

All pokemon will have their levels set to 50, regardless of what they were set to previously. Players are not allowed to use more than 1 pokemon of the same species, or use more than 1 of the same type of item. Participants are allowed to have 20 matches each day. If a participant doesn't use all their matches for any day, the leftover matches are added to the next day's limit.

Now that you know the rules, what are your thoughts? Are you going to enter? Do the rules seem fun, or overwhelming? Have you already concocted a strategy whilst reading this post? Leave a comment with your input. 'Till then, see you on the next post.