It’s been six months since PKMN-ph’s first Pokemon Tournament, which consisted of team battles. We had three champions and three 2nd placers. Now, the time has come to name the NEW Champion and this time, ONLY ONE WILL STAND! Are you up to the challenge? It’s time for you to prove that you and ONLY YOU are the greatest Pokemon battler in all of PKMN-ph.

We invite all members even fellow Rangers to participate in this event!

The REGISTRATION PHASE is now ongoing!

For more details of the tournament, visit this thread: http://pkmn-ph.com/forums/index.php?topic=4794.0

Pokemon battling started long time ago with the use of link cables. These cables were attached to the Gameboy in order for the player to trade and battle with one another and thus, making a scene, a really competitive one. As time goes by, Pokemon emerged and placed its very amusing concept on top of the competitive play for a handheld console – the Wi-Fi Battling.

Wi-Fi feature of the Nintendo DS finally gave birth to the Pokemon online scene which includes trading, battling, and sharing thoughts in a forum.

Basically, Wi-Fi battling is only one of the major heats of Pokemon and it is growing bigger. With the advent of Diamond and Pearl series in the year 2006, competitive Wi-Fi play swarmed around the world making Pokemon a success hit for another term just like the series’ predecessors.

Battling through Wi-Fi gives you something that even battling through a wireless connection with a friend just behind you don’t; Wi-Fi battling gives you more experience and ideas on how to use certain Pokemon and moves in a team. This feature also became a success in many forums; making gyms within the forum for the people to challenge just like what the game does in-game and making trainers meet-up with other fellow members of the forum to share things about Pokemon.

The battling scene here in the Philippines is quite small compared to the other countries but the scene is just fine because active players stay active and members from different parts of the country gathers to play Pokemon. One of the examples of the battling scene is our Pokemon League. Pokemon League challenges the members of the site to evaluate who is the Pokemon Champion within the forums. As the battlers go find their way, many of the other kids are joining too in order to prove their knowledge in Pokemon therefore, making the scene a success.

Pokemon Wi-Fi battling established a really good foundation for their future revolution. As the battling community grows, people will learn to love Pokemon, people will be battlers too and many trainers are yet to come for the future battling generations of Pokemon.

And here it is! The result you have been waiting for! The PKMN-ph Ranger Hunt: FINAL 4!

Congratulations to Than-than, Lynyrd, Haji and Satokasu565 for making their way to the FINAL 4!

The selection process has never been easy as the Rangers have taken in several factors before making their votes. The FINAL 4 winners have been selected because of their exceptional will to become a Ranger and also for their long-time contributions to the PKMN-ph community. And with this, we would like to give them the chance of a lifetime to prove themselves once more and to determine the 2 NEW PKMN-ph RANGERS!

And to all the applicants who have failed to enter this round, we would like to thank you for your participation and see you all again next time on the next PKMN-ph Ranger Hunt!

And now, let’s begin the FINAL ROUND!

Heeheehee…Sa wakas, nakarating na rin ako dito, Ngiyawth.

Medyo malayu-layo din ang nilakbay ko kaya sa tingin ko e dito muna ako mamamalagi at magtatayo ng hideout, Ngiyawth!

Bossing Giovanni! Napasok ko na ang kuta ng PKMN-ph! Ibigay mo lang ang iyong “GO” signal at magsisimula na ang operasyon namin dito! Ngiyawth! Nyeheehee…

Ah teka nga pala, nasaan na nga ba ang aking dalawang “sidekick”? Jessa! Jose! Grr..hay nako! Ako na nga lang muna, Ngiyawth!

To celebrate this New Year here at PKMN-ph, we’ve decided to present you guys the latest batch of our Hall of Fame inductees! Below is the list of members who have excelled on various areas, along with the best boards, threads, and events that have been the driving force of PKMN-ph for the past year!

Congratulations to all of the awardees! Keep up the good work and we hope to see you more this 2010!

And by the way, stay tuned for more updates regarding our PKMN-ph Ranger Hunt FINAL 4 later next week! And yeah, we know… We’re as much as excited as you are, so see you all next time!