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
Brendan Zheng
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 Report
Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh, Day 1 Game 1
Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh, Day 1 Game 2
Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh, Day 2 (This is the set we spoke about)
The Soundproof Podcast analyzes Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh 2018
Aaron's Twitter
Wolfe's Twitter
Wolfe's YouTube
VGCguide
Credits:
Produced by Aaron Traylor and Pedro Lima
Hosted by Aaron Traylor and Wolfe Glick
Edited by Pedro Lima
Written by Aaron Traylor
Music: Toy Dog by Eyeliner
Artwork: Scarlet Andrews
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11/17/2023 • 50 minutes, 18 seconds
Yuma Kinugawa
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/channel/UCOuHwwosD_IIEl6Fw_556pA
Kinugawa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kinurincipall
Watch Kinugawa battle at Worlds 2022: https://youtu.be/71ci7atC-rQ
Kinugawa's Top 4 battle at JCS 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHrV0AJMaA (He's on the right)
Yuki's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Yukizan_
Aaron's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TBFUnreality
Wolfe's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WolfeyVGC
Wolfe's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WolfeyVGC
VGCguide: https://www.vgcguide.com
Credits:
Produced by Aaron Traylor and Pedro Lima
Hosted by Aaron Traylor and Wolfe Glick
Edited by Pedro Lima
Translated by Yuki Zaninovich
Written by Yuki Zaninovich and Aaron Traylor
Music: Toy Dog by Eyeliner
Artwork: Scarlet Andrews
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11/17/2022 • 43 minutes, 34 seconds
David Koutesh
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 Zheng vs David Koutesh, Day 2 (This is the set everyone says you should watch)
The Soundproof Podcast analyzes Brendan Zheng vs David Koutesh 2018
Aaron's Twitter
Wolfe's Twitter
Wolfe's YouTube
VGCguide
Credits:
Produced by Aaron Traylor and Pedro Lima
Hosted by Aaron Traylor and Wolfe Glick
Edited by Pedro Lima
Written by Aaron Traylor
Music: Toy Dog by Eyeliner
Artwork: Scarlet Andrews
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