Watch The Pokémon World Championship Finals Right Now! [UPDATE]

Watch The Pokémon World Championship Finals!
Dozens of Pikachu characters, the famous character of Nintendo's videogame software Pokemon, parade at the Landmark Plaza shopping mall in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo on August 14, 2014. The Pikachu mascots walk around daily to attract summer vacationers as a part of the 'Great Pikachu Outbreak' event through the weekend. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
Dozens of Pikachu characters, the famous character of Nintendo's videogame software Pokemon, parade at the Landmark Plaza shopping mall in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo on August 14, 2014. The Pikachu mascots walk around daily to attract summer vacationers as a part of the 'Great Pikachu Outbreak' event through the weekend. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

We haven't been this excited about Pokémon since we traded a Bulbasaur for a first-edition Charizard with that naive little kid at recess.

UPDATE: The championships are over, but there's a re-broadcast today, Monday, Aug. 18.

Yes, Pokémon is still a thing. Yes, thousands of people are watching both kids and adults play the Pokémon trading card and video games in Washington D.C. The Pokémon World Championships are going on, and you can catch 'em all right here:

Here's the schedule of Pokévents, according to Kotaku, in Eastern Time:

Sunday, August 17

  • 9:00 A.M. — TCG Masters top 4
  • 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. — Pokémon Trading Card Game Finals
  • 3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. — Video Game Finals
  • 6:00 P.M. — Closing Ceremony

Who will emerge victorious? Who will get their Pokéballs crushed by the competition? Who's reading this right now?

ONLY FATE WILL TELL.

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