Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s 2015 International Challenge Battle Announced

<p><em>Pokémon Omega Ruby<&sol;em> and <em>Alpha Sapphire<&sol;em> will have a new battle competition taking place later this month&comma; Pokémon&period;com has announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The latest battle competition is called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;2015 International Challenge&comma;” and players will face each other in Double Battle matches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pokémon will automatically be raised or lowered to level 50 for the competition&period; However&comma; the Pokémon entered &lpar;certain legendaries are banned&rpar; must have been raised&comma; caught or hatched from an egg in one of the four main 3DS titles&colon; <em>Pokémon X<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Pokémon Y<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Pokémon Omega Ruby<&sol;em> or <em>Alpha Sapphire<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Registration for the event is running from February 19th to February 26th—requires a Pokémon Trainer Club account and a copy of <em>Omega Ruby<&sol;em> or <em>Alpha Sapphire<&sol;em>—while 2015 International Challenge will start on February 27th and end on March 1st&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Every participant competing in 2015 International Challenge will receive 2&comma;000 Poké Miles&comma; the battle competition’s <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;3ds&period;pokemon-gl&period;com&sol;information&sol;129cb205-8cf6-4786-889c-bee88bbdaab6">rules and regulations page<&sol;a> confirmed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last week&comma; The Pokémon Company and Nintendo revealed that Pokémon Bank subscribers would be receiving special versions of the three final evolutions of the Johto region starters&colon; Meganium&comma; Typhlosion and Feraligatr&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pokemon&period;com&sol;uk&sol;pokemon-news&sol;prepare-for-the-2015-international-challenge-february&sol;">Pokémon&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;