I spent 5 days at the Pokemon World Championships – here’s what Singapore might expect next year

CNA Lifestyle's Lindsay Jialin attended the recent Pokemon World Championships in San Francisco, and shares what Singapore can look forward to when the event arrives in 2027.

CNA Lifestyle's Lindsay Jialin was at the Pokemon World Championships 2026 held from Aug 28 to 30 in San Francisco. Next top: Singapore. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

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When it was announced that next year’s Pokemon World Championships were heading to Singapore , it felt like I’d won the lottery.

I had just spent five days in San Francisco seeing for myself what happens when thousands of fellow Pokemon fans from around the world take over a city.

This year’s championships were held from Aug 28 to 30 at Moscone Center and Chase Center, with players competing in the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokemon Go, Pokemon Unite and the Video Game Championships (VGC).

But the competition was only part of the experience – it took place alongside the PokemonXP convention, where fans could shop, play, trade, attend panels and workshops, and generally immerse themselves in all things Pokemon.

The Pokemon World Championships and PokemonXP arrive in San Francisco, turning Moscone Center and the surrounding streets into one enormous welcome mat for trainers. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

T rainers streamed towards the venue wearing character hats, jerseys, plushies and backpacks. Strangers compared pins and traded merch and cards. Phones came out constantly for Pokemon Go, while inside the venue, competitive players battled for world titles. A few halls away, fans shopped, crafted, traded, posed, played – and queued for yet another collectible.

And yes, it's coming to Singapore in 2027. The event will take place from Aug 13 to 15 at the Singapore Expo, before moving to the Indoor Stadium for the finals.

So what exactly are we in for? Here’s what I experienced over a few exhilarating days attending the Pokemon World Championships.

DAY 1: GOTTA BUY ‘EM ALL?

The festivities began before the actual competition, and like other fans, I went around soaking up the vibe and exploring the area.

The official Pokemon World Championships 2026 trainer backpack. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Welcome gifts that came with my ticket. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

My initiation began, appropriately, with loot. Collecting the event badge meant collecting the key to the next few days. “Treat this like cash and don’t lose it” was what we were told constantly. Ticket holders received a small package of cards and pins. Competitors received their own Worlds backpack as part of the event kit, a souvenir with considerably more bragging rights than most.

Entrance to the pop-up Pokemon Centre. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Pokemon jerseys, skateboards, caps, figures, were among the huge range of merchandise available to fans. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

I also visited the pop-up Pokemon Center – where the challenge for my bank account was deciding what not to buy.

Exclusive merch at the Pokemon Center. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Exclusive pins at the Pokemon Center. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

30th anniversary plushies at the Pokemon Center. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

They even have jewellery at the Pokemon Center. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

There were San Francisco-themed items, Worlds exclusives, XP merchandise and anniversary collectibles. I had never seen such a range gathered in one Pokemon Center. I ended up among the last visitors rushing around trying to see everything before finishing the day by playing, what else, Pokemon Go.

DAY 2: MY FIRST REAL-LIFE POKEMON BATTLE

I had played the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) digitally before on Pokemon Pocket and TCG Live. But playing against an actual human being across an actual table was different.

The author's first in-person Pokemon TCG with her opponent. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The author's first in-person Pokemon TCG. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

At a pre-event session, we learned to build a deck and battle with it. We had to get to know our cards quickly and decide which ones to play. Decisions suddenly felt public. There was another person sitting opposite me, my opponent from Indonesia, waiting for my move. I was nervous. I wasn’t even sure my psychic type cards from the Pitch Black Build & Battle deck could save me when there wasn’t a single EX in sight.

My deck – and particularly Slowpoke and Slowbro – did all the heavy lifting. A trainer guiding me on the side also deserves considerable credit, so I cannot exactly pretend I became a TCG expert overnight. (Pro tip: sleeves make cards much easier to shuffle.)

Watching Koraidon move in real life at the Pokemon XP space. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

A life-sized Rayquaza trolley at the Pokemon XP space. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

I also got a glimpse of the PokemonXP space and the enormous installations that awaited fans.

That evening, Pokemon spilled out of the convention centre and into Oracle Park for the San Francisco Giants' Pokemon Worlds Night, where baseball fans and Pokemon trainers were part of the same crowd.

When Pokemon meets baseball. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The Pokemon drone show. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The evening ended with a drone show – and by then, I was beginning to understand the scale of this city-wide event. Pokemon was not going to politely stay inside the convention halls.

DAY 3: TOO MUCH POKEMON, TOO LITTLE TIME

The next morning, the doors officially opened for the Pokemon World Championships and PokemonXP. At the opening ceremony, huge screens showed Pokemon’s history and took us all down memory lane. A franchise can sell a lot of things but it takes something else to make adults emotional over something they first encountered decades ago.

The PokemonXP and Pokemon World Championships bridge. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The author at the opening ceremony. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The opening ceremony's opening video. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The author's Singapore-exclusive Pikachu. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The rest of the day was a blur of panels, workshops and some XP activities. I listened to the team behind Pokopia talk about how they developed the game, and attended another session on how some of the most beloved TCG cards were created. Tsunekazu Ishihara, the long-standing president and CEO of The Pokemon Company, also gave a talk about his journey over the past 30 years.

The author with Koraidon. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Cosplayers at the event. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Eevee with fans. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Pokemon fashion anyone? (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

At the Pichu clay workshop. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Pichu from a clay workshop. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

I was also able to visit Koraidon’s booth and briefly attend a Pichu clay workshop. But there were so many things to do and so little time that I eventually decided to just go with the flow – forget about queuing up and just explore.

The outdoor garden at PokemonXP. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The crowd at PokemonXP. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

King Pikachu onstage. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Pins collected for the day. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

And pick up some Pokemon pins when I could. For the Pin Rally, there were 12 characters to collect from different stations, but getting them all was a challenge. By midday, the most coveted ones – including Umbreon and Charizard – had already been snapped up for the day.

DAY 4: MORE THAN WINNING AND LOSING

It seemed like everyone had the same idea of arriving early at the venue to collect more pins. Luckily I managed to snap up an Umbreon before a short meeting with Chris Brown, director of Global Esports and Events Producer from The Pokemon Company International.

I asked him what he's learned after watching the Pokemon community for as long as he has. He said that while it was still all about competitive play, winning or losing wasn’t the main thing – it was about building a community and learning from each other.

Chris Brown, director of Global Esports and Events Producer from The Pokemon Company International. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

At the Pokemon World Championships 2026. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The queue for the Charizard pin. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The in-demand Umbreon pin. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

That was something I had also observed while wandering around: people helping newcomers, comparing collections, posing for strangers, parents supporting young competitors, and opponents showing respect after devastating losses. Yes, there was fierce competition, but it was also an unusually warm community.

Young Emilio Cruz Cerda and his father, Jose. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

At the competition grounds. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

After that, I made a point to say hi to Emilio Cruz Cerda, the 10-year-old Singaporean who had taken part in the junior division of the trading card game competition. He was there with his supportive father, Jose, and it was a nice reminder that behind the giant screens and colourful branding were families who had travelled here to support someone they loved.

Pokemon parade. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

My final pin stash. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

As for my Pin Rally mission, it was over for the day, with my stash less “gotta catch ’em all” and more “gotta appreciate what I caught” – five out of 12 pins.

After dinner and another drone show, another exhausting day was done – but the best was yet to come.

DAY 5: THE FULL POKEMON SPECTACLE

Championship Sunday was on a whole different level. After days of tables and stages at Moscone Center, the attention shifted to the Chase Center where Worlds had gone full sports spectacle with its giant suspended screens, a glowing battlefield, thousands of spectators, dramatic lighting and enough pyrotechnics to make a Pokemon attack seem almost plausible.

Inside Chase Centre. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The crowd at Chase Center. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Pokemon trophies up for grabs. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

(Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The finals comprised all four competitive disciplines: Pokemon Unite, Pokemon Go, Pokemon TCG and VGC on Pokemon Champions. Sitting there completely changed how I understood competitive Pokemon. On a phone or laptop, you see the game. In an arena, you see the people watching the game . You hear thousands react to a single decision. You watch a player's mistake ripple through the building. You see a face on a gigantic screen when the match finally ends.

Pokemon Go produced one of my favourite moments. The arena itself effectively became a giant gathering of Trainers playing together. I joined a mass raid against Mewtwo and caught one with the event background. No shiny. I survived.

One-hit KO during the Pokemon Champions finals. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The Pokemon Go game was intense. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

A very impressive and well-played TCG finals. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The winners announced at the TCG finals. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Then came the actual Pokemon Go final. After a drawn-out battle, Japan had its first-ever Pokemon Go world champion.

The TCG finals demonstrated a different sort of drama: patient calculation, deck knowledge and decisions that can look insignificant until you understand that one card can dismantle an entire plan.

And finally, Pokemon Champions gave the arena a different energy again. Battles exploded across the floor and screens, complete with those wonderfully satisfying moments when a plan lands and the arena knows immediately. One-hit KO.

The moment it was announced Singapore was hosting next year's Pokemon World Championships. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Ed Sheeran performing at the finals. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

The Pokemon World Championships will be coming to Singapore Expo. (Photo: CNA/Lindsay Jialin)

Then the giant screens changed. SINGAPORE. And I couldn’t help imagining all of this happening at home. The queues. The pins. The Pokemon Go raids. The competitors. The people. The giant screens.

The night ended with Ed Sheeran performing the Pokemon anime theme song. Everyone cheered and sang along. It was the perfect way to end the Pokemon World Championships.

SINGAPORE, YOU’RE NEXT

At the heart of Pokemon is the idea of collecting. And 30 years after it began, perhaps the most interesting thing it has collected is, well, people.

Children. Parents. Competitive players. Casual players. Card collectors. Pokemon Go addicts. Cosplayers. Artists. Content creators. People who know the Pokedex by heart and people who simply think Psyduck is funny. Different countries. Different ages. Different languages.

And at Worlds, those differences weren’t obstacles. You could approach somebody because of the plushie hanging from their bag. You could admire a pin and begin a conversation. You could be standing beside someone whose language you did not speak and still understand immediately why both of you had your phones out when a raid appeared. For once, staring at your phone while talking to somebody was practically a sign of friendship.

That may be the part I will remember longest: the strange ease of being surrounded by people who understood.

For five days in San Francisco, somebody built that world for real. It was crowded. It was exhausting. Everyone had come for slightly different reasons, but we all understood why everybody else was there.

Next year, it’ll be in Singapore – and the rest of the Pokemon world will be walking towards us.

CNA Lifestyle was in San Francisco at the invitation of The Pokemon Company.

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CNA Lifestyle 的 Lindsay Jialin 出席了最近在旧金山举行的宝可梦世界锦标赛，并分享了新加坡在 2027 年该赛事举办时可以期待些什么。

CNA Lifestyle的Lindsay Jialin在8月28日至30日于旧金山举行的2026年宝可梦世界锦标赛现场报道。上图：新加坡。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

这段音频由人工智能工具生成。

当宣布明年的宝可梦世界锦标赛将在新加坡举行时，我感觉自己就像中了彩票一样。

我刚刚在旧金山待了五天，亲眼目睹了来自世界各地的成千上万的宝可梦粉丝占领一座城市时会发生什么。

今年的锦标赛于 8 月 28 日至 30 日在莫斯康中心和蔡斯中心举行，参赛选手参加了宝可梦集换式卡牌游戏 (TCG)、宝可梦 Go、宝可梦大集结和电子游戏锦标赛 (VGC) 的比赛。

但比赛只是体验的一部分——它与宝可梦XP大会同时举行，粉丝们可以在那里购物、玩游戏、交换宝可梦、参加小组讨论和研讨会，并沉浸在宝可梦的世界中。

宝可梦世界锦标赛和宝可梦XP大赛登陆旧金山，莫斯康展览中心及其周边街道仿佛变成了一个巨大的迎宾地毯，迎接宝可梦训练家们的到来。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

训练师们头戴卡通人物帽子，身穿球衣，背着毛绒玩具和背包，涌向场馆。陌生人互相比较徽章，交换周边商品和卡片。人们纷纷拿出手机玩《精灵宝可梦GO》，而场馆内，竞技选手们正为了世界冠军头衔展开激烈角逐。几个展厅之外，粉丝们购物、制作、交换、摆拍、玩游戏——并排队购买另一款收藏品。

是的，这项赛事将于 2027 年登陆新加坡。比赛将于 8 月 13 日至 15 日在新加坡博览中心举行，决赛将在室内体育馆举行。

那么我们究竟会经历什么呢？以下是我在参加宝可梦世界锦标赛这几天激动人心的体验。

第一天：必须全部买下吗？

庆祝活动在正式比赛开始前就已拉开帷幕，和其他球迷一样，我四处走走，感受现场气氛，探索周边地区。

2026年宝可梦世界锦标赛官方训练家背包。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

机票附赠的欢迎礼品。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我的入会仪式不出所料地从领取战利品开始。拿到活动徽章就等于拿到了接下来几天的通行证。“像保管现金一样保管好它，别弄丢了”——我们被反复叮嘱。持票者会收到一小包卡片和徽章。参赛选手则会收到他们专属的世界赛背包，作为活动礼包的一部分，这件纪念品比大多数东西都更有炫耀的资本。

宝可梦快闪中心入口。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦球衣、滑板、帽子、手办等等，都是粉丝们可以购买的琳琅满目的周边商品。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我还参观了快闪宝可梦中心——在那里，我的银行账户面临的挑战是决定哪些东西不买。

宝可梦中心独家商品。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦中心独家徽章。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦中心30周年纪念毛绒玩具。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦中心甚至还有珠宝出售。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

这里有旧金山主题商品、世界赛限定商品、经验值奖励和周年纪念收藏品。我从未在一个宝可梦中心见过如此丰富的商品种类。最后，我成了最后一批游客之一，匆匆忙忙地逛着，想在结束一天的工作之前把所有东西都看完——当然，最后我玩了宝可梦GO。

第二天：我的第一次现实版宝可梦对战

我之前在宝可梦口袋版和TCG Live上玩过宝可梦集换式卡牌游戏（TCG）。但是和真人玩家在实体桌子对战的感觉完全不同。

作者与对手的首次线下宝可梦集换式卡牌游戏对战。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

作者首次亲身参与宝可梦集换式卡牌游戏。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

在赛前练习中，我们学习了如何构筑卡组并进行对战。我们必须迅速熟悉手中的卡牌，并决定出哪些。突然间，所有决定都成了公开的。我的对面坐着一位来自印度尼西亚的对手，正等着我出牌。我紧张极了。我甚至不确定，在场上连一张EX卡都没有的情况下，我那套来自“漆黑构筑对战”卡组的超能系卡牌能否力挽狂澜。

我的卡组——尤其是呆呆兽和呆呆王——发挥了关键作用。一位训练家在旁指导也功不可没，所以我不能说自己一夜之间就成了集换式卡牌游戏专家。（小贴士：卡套能让洗牌更容易。）

在宝可梦体验区亲眼目睹可拉顿的动态。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦体验区内一辆真人大小的烈空坐手推车。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我还瞥见了宝可梦XP展区以及等待粉丝们的巨大装置。

当晚，宝可梦的粉丝们从会展中心涌入甲骨文球场，参加旧金山巨人队的宝可梦世界之夜活动，棒球迷和宝可梦训练家们聚集在同一人群中。

当宝可梦遇上棒球。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦无人机表演。（图片：中央社/Lindsay Jialin）

当晚以无人机表演落下帷幕——那时，我开始意识到这场全城盛事的规模。宝可梦们可不会乖乖地待在会展中心里。

第三天：宝可梦太多，时间太少

第二天早上，宝可梦世界锦标赛和宝可梦XP大赛正式开幕。开幕式上，巨大的屏幕播放着宝可梦的历史，带领我们重温了美好的回忆。一个系列作品可以带动很多东西的销售，但要让成年人对几十年前初次接触的事物产生如此强烈的情感，则需要一些特别的东西。

宝可梦XP和宝可梦世界锦标赛的桥梁。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

作者在开幕式上。（图片：中央社/Lindsay Jialin）

开幕式开场视频。（图片：中央社/Lindsay Jialin）

作者的新加坡独家皮卡丘插画。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

剩下的时间里，我忙于各种小组讨论、工作坊和一些经验值活动，感觉时间过得飞快。我听了宝可梦世界（Pokopia）开发团队讲述他们的游戏开发历程，还参加了另一个关于一些最受欢迎的集换式卡牌游戏（TCG）卡牌创作过程的讲座。宝可梦公司（The Pokemon Company）的长期总裁兼首席执行官石原恒和（Tsunekazu Ishihara）也发表了演讲，回顾了他过去30年的职业生涯。

作者与科莱顿合影。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

活动现场的cosplay爱好者。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

伊布与粉丝。 （照片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

有人喜欢宝可梦主题时尚吗？（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

在皮丘陶艺工作室。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

皮丘（Pichu）来自一家陶艺工作室。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我还参观了Koraidon的展位，并短暂地参加了一个皮丘陶艺工作坊。但是要做的事情太多，时间却太少，所以我最终决定随性而为——不去排队，尽情探索。

PokemonXP 的户外花园。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

PokemonXP 现场人山人海。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

皮卡丘王登场。 （照片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

当天收集到的徽章。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我还尽可能地收集了一些宝可梦徽章。在徽章收集活动中，共有12个角色徽章可以在不同的站点收集，但要全部集齐可不是件容易的事。到了中午，最热门的徽章——包括月亮伊布和喷火龙——就已经被抢购一空了。

第四天：超越输赢

看来大家都想到了早早到场收集徽章的办法。幸运的是，在与宝可梦国际公司全球电竞及赛事制作总监克里斯·布朗短暂会面之前，我成功抢到了一枚月亮伊布徽章。

我问他，这么长时间以来，他从观察宝可梦社群中学到了什么。他说，虽然竞技比赛依然是核心，但输赢并不是最重要的——更重要的是建立社群，互相学习。

克里斯·布朗，宝可梦国际公司全球电子竞技及赛事制作总监。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

2026年宝可梦世界锦标赛。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

购买喷火龙徽章的队伍。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

备受追捧的月亮伊布胸针。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我在四处闲逛时也观察到了这一点：人们互相帮助新来者，交流收藏心得，为陌生人摆姿势拍照，家长们支持年轻的参赛者，对手在惨败后也表现出尊重。没错，竞争确实很激烈，但同时也是一个格外温暖的社群。

年轻的埃米利奥·克鲁兹·塞尔达和他的父亲何塞。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

在比赛场地。（图片：中央社/Lindsay Jialin）

之后，我特意向10岁的新加坡男孩埃米利奥·克鲁兹·塞尔达打了个招呼。他参加了集换式卡牌游戏比赛的少年组比赛。他的父亲何塞也陪同他来到现场，一直支持着他。这让我意识到，在巨大的屏幕和绚丽的宣传标语背后，是无数为了支持自己所爱之人而远道而来的家庭。

宝可梦游行。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

我最后收藏的徽章。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

至于我的徽章收集任务，今天的任务已经结束了，我的收获不再是“必须全部收集”，而是“必须珍惜我所收集到的”——12 个徽章中收集到了 5 个。

晚餐后，又看了一场无人机表演，又一个疲惫不堪的日子结束了——但最好的还在后头。

第五天：完整的宝可梦盛宴

冠军赛周日完全是另一个层次的盛会。在莫斯康中心连续几天的比赛和舞台表演之后，人们的注意力转移到了大通中心，世界锦标赛在那里变成了一场盛大的体育盛会：巨大的悬挂式屏幕、闪耀的战场、成千上万的观众、戏剧性的灯光以及足以让宝可梦的攻击看起来都几乎合情合理的烟火。

大通中心内部。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

大通中心球馆的人群。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦奖杯等你来赢！（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

决赛涵盖了所有四个竞技项目：宝可梦大集结、宝可梦GO、宝可梦集换式卡牌游戏和宝可梦VGC（宝可梦冠军赛）。身临其境的体验彻底改变了我对宝可梦竞技的理解。在手机或电脑上，你看到的只是游戏画面。而在竞技场里，你看到的是观众们在观看比赛。你能听到成千上万的人对一个决定做出反应。你会看到一个选手的失误在场馆内引发轩然大波。当比赛最终结束时，你会看到巨型屏幕上出现一张张面孔。

宝可梦GO创造了我最美好的回忆之一。竞技场本身就像一个巨大的训练家聚集地，大家一起玩游戏。我参加了一场对抗超梦的大型团体战，抓到了一只带有活动背景的超梦。虽然不是闪光宝可梦，但我活下来了。

宝可梦冠军赛决赛中，一击KO获胜。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

《精灵宝可梦GO》游戏非常激烈。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

一场精彩绝伦、技战术高超的集换式卡牌游戏决赛。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

TCG总决赛公布了获奖者名单。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

接下来就是真正的宝可梦GO总决赛。经过一番激烈的角逐，日本诞生了首位宝可梦GO世界冠军。

TCG决赛展现了另一种戏剧性：耐心的计算、对牌组的了解以及看似微不足道的决定，直到你意识到一张牌就能瓦解整个计划。

最后，宝可梦冠军赛再次为竞技场注入了不同的活力。战斗在场地和屏幕上激烈展开，当战术奏效，全场观众瞬间知晓时，那种令人无比满足的瞬间更是层出不穷。一击必杀。

新加坡宣布将举办明年宝可梦世界锦标赛的那一刻。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

艾德·希兰在决赛中表演。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

宝可梦世界锦标赛即将登陆新加坡博览中心。（图片：CNA/Lindsay Jialin）

然后，巨型屏幕上的画面变了。新加坡。我不禁想象这一切发生在我家。排队的人群。徽章。宝可梦GO的团体战。参赛者。人群。巨型屏幕。

当晚，艾德·希兰演唱了宝可梦动画主题曲，为本次宝可梦世界锦标赛画上了圆满的句号。全场欢呼雀跃，跟着一起合唱。这无疑是结束宝可梦世界锦标赛的完美方式。

新加坡，下一个就是你！

宝可梦的核心在于收集的概念。而30年后，它收集到的最有趣的东西或许就是——人。

儿童。家长。竞技玩家。休闲玩家。卡牌收藏家。宝可梦GO爱好者。角色扮演者。艺术家。内容创作者。熟知宝可梦图鉴的人，以及仅仅觉得可达鸭搞笑的人。来自不同国家。不同年龄。使用不同语言。

在世界赛上，这些差异不再是障碍。你可以因为某人包上挂着的毛绒玩具而上前搭讪；你可以因为一枚徽章而与人攀谈；你可以站在一位语言不通的人身边，却依然能立刻明白为什么当副本出现时，你们俩都拿出了手机。这一次，一边看手机一边与人交谈，几乎成了友谊的象征。

那或许是我记忆最深刻的部分：被一群理解自己的人包围的那种奇妙的轻松感。

在旧金山的五天里，有人真实地构建了那个世界。那里人山人海，令人疲惫不堪。每个人来此的理由略有不同，但我们都明白彼此为何而来。

明年，它将在新加坡举办——届时，宝可梦世界的其他地方也将向我们走来。

CNA Lifestyle 是应宝可梦公司的邀请来到旧金山的。

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