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The People of the Pokemon World Championships

Catching up with the people who are still trying to catch 'em all.
Image: Jason Koebler

Who goes to the Pokemon World Championships in 2015? We did, for one—mostly to find out who else was there.

Well over a decade after its heyday, Pokemon is still going strong. There's now nearly 800 Pokemon, but there are still lots of kids, teens, and older nerds trying to catch 'em all. We caught up with some of the best players of both the card game and the video game at Boston's World Championships to see how the community has changed over the last few years.