Pokémon Perspectives

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 🐴

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 🐴

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 🐴

In our first episode, we interview James Evans, who is the 2018 Senior World Champion and the 2022 North American International Champion. Background Links: James' Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TheKingVillager Worlds 2018 finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtD0ySfbJa8 NAIC 2022 finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpFm8ALBZs James' 2022 team report on Adi's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esnvI17i5AA James' 2018 World Champion team report from Trainer Tower: https://i.imgur.com/ujYC2LZ.jpg 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 Written by Aaron Traylor Music: Toy Dog by Eyeliner Artwork: Scarlet Andrews 🐴