BELLEVUE, Wash. – June 6 – All roads lead to New Orleans, La. on June 13-15 as Pokémon Trainers from around the globe will arrive at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to battle it out to determine who will become the next North America International Champions!
Hopeful Trainers will have their skills tested as they compete in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE to qualify for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, Calif. in August.
For fans at home, they can get in on all the action from the comfort of their own living rooms and enjoy every electrifying moment of the competition by tuning in to the livestream of the competition on Twitch or YouTube.
Trainers who tune in to the official broadcast on Twitch and the channels of featured co-streamers can celebrate from home with digital giveaways in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (TCGL), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. Complete details and information on how to redeem these digital giveaways can be found here.[1]
All the action kicks off at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Twitch and YouTube, while a full overview can be found here, and a complete schedule is below:
Streaming Schedule: All Times Listed in PDT [2]&[3]
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Lou Akcoş-Cromie, Len Deuel, Rosemary Kelley, Jake Muller, Evan Latt, Scott Glaza and Joe Brown
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 12:30 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Chip Richey, Kyle Sabelhaus, Shai Burton, Alex Dao, Shelbie Bou, Kyle Sucevich and Adam Watson
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 9:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Martijn Versteeg, Jim Lawson, Caleb Peng, Sophia Mei, Martin Galderisi and Steven Sanders
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 7:30 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon UNITE Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonUNITE, YouTube.com/PokemonUNITE
Commentators: Jake “Spragels” Sprague, Kirk “Doobsnax” Dubé, Joshua “Zoinks” Hiebert, Evan "Wonderchef" Hashimoto, Kelly "Kelosaurus" Wilson and D’Andre "Dreiku" Alejandro
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 6:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2025 Pokémon North America International Championships here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon.
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About Pokémon
The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.
About Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has created franchises that have become household names worldwide, including Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Metroid™, Pokémon™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™ and Splatoon™, through its integrated hardware and software products. Nintendo aims to deliver unique, intuitive entertainment experiences for everyone, manufacturing and marketing video game devices such as the Nintendo Switch™ family of systems, developing and operating applications for smart devices, and collaborating with partners on a range of other entertainment initiatives like visual content and theme parks. Nintendo has sold more than 5.8 billion video games and over 850 million hardware units globally. From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ more than 30 years ago, through today and into the future, Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create unique entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of people all over the world. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Americas. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo.com/.
About Niantic
Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map power spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a collaborative effort with The Pokémon Company, which has become a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.
About TiMi Studio Group
TiMi Studio Group makes high quality, high fidelity and highly accessible games for all ages. Founded in 2008, TiMi is a subsidiary of Tencent Games and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China with offices in Los Angeles, Seattle, Montréal, Singapore, Shanghai and Chengdu.