Pokémon Perspectives

Nov 17 2023 52 mins 48
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What does it mean for a Pokémon team to be good? And how do the best Pokémon players put them together on their quest to become World Champion? On this podcast, Aaron and Wolfe interview the world's best competitive Pokémon players in order to find out their perspectives on the complex game of VGC– Video Game Championships, the official Pokémon battling format. Produced by Aaron Traylor and Pedro Lima Hosted by Aaron Traylor and Wolfe Glick Edited by Pedro Lima Written by Aaron Traylor Japanese translation by Yuki Zaninovich Music: Toy Dog by Eyeliner Artwork by Scarlet Andrews

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Brendan Zheng

Nov 17 2023 50 mins  
A year after our last upload, and a year after the release of Scarlet and Violet, we're back with our fourth episode! Join us as we interview Brendan Zheng: 2013 Junior World Champion, 2018 Worlds Top 16, close personal friend, and BIG nerd. Sorry for the delay! We will try to get episodes out more regularly. Background Links: ⁠2013 Juniors finals Brendan's 2013 Team

Yuma Kinugawa

Nov 17 2022 43 mins  
We interview Yuma Kinugawa, a player from Japan who recently placed Top 16 at the Pokémon World Championships. He's known for getting Top 4 at Japanese Nationals in 2021, for his web presence in Japan, and for using creative strategies such as "HB Nihilego", a Nihilego with its stats in HP and Defense. Background links: Kinugawa's YouTube (subscribe!): https://www.youtube.com/ch

David Koutesh

Nov 04 2022 49 mins  
We interview David Koutesh, who recently placed Top 16 at the Pokémon World Championships using a team with unique Pokemon such as Gyarados, Dialga, and Yveltal. Background Links: David's Twitter David's YouTube David's 2018 Worlds Team Paste David's 2022 Worlds Team Video Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh, Day 1 Game 1 Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh, Day 1 Game 2 Brendan Zhe

James Evans

Oct 28 2022 66 mins  
In our first episode, we interview James Evans, who is the 2018 Senior World Champion and the 2022 North American International Champion. Background Links: James' Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TheKingVillager Worlds 2018 finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtD0ySfbJa8 NAIC 2022 finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpFm8ALBZs James' 2022 team report on Adi's channel: