Thanks to my well placed Japanese sources, BlueCookies and I have discovered the ruleset for 2010 VGC! At least Japan will be playing this way, who officially knows about the USA and Europe at this point. There are a few changes, but most of it is the same. as last year; here they are:
POKEMON VGC 2010 RULES:
1. Double Battle
2. 4 pokemon in a battle
3. Pokemon lv. 1 through lv 100 are allowed (
!)
4.
If the pokemon are above lv. 50, the game will auto level them down to lv. 50 for the battle. Moves will stay intact during the auto leveling. If a pokemon is under lv. 50, no change is made.5. No two of the same pokemon can be used (species clause)
6. Item Clause is on, Soul Dew is banned.
7. BANNED POKEMON ARE AS FOLLOWS:Mew
Celebi
Jirachi
Deoxys (all forms)
Fione
Manaphy
Darkrai
Shaymin
Arceus
8. You may use
UP TO TWO UBERS PER TEAM(probably means Team Sheet as well). This means that you cannot have a team like Kyogre/Palkia/Dialga/Mewtwo. Ubers are considered to be:
Mewtwo
Lugia
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Groudon
Rayquaza
Dialga
Palkia
Giratina
9. Any other pokemon may be used (this includes Tyranitar and all Rotom forms!)
Excited? Disappointed? What do you think of the new rules? Discuss.
