10 years after making Pokemon history with a squirrel, the former world champion returned to Worlds 2024 with his iconic mascot in tow
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It’s been a decade since the Pokemon Video Game Championships were shaken to their core when a small electric squirrel graced our screens and, against all odds, proved it had the power to become a world champion. 10 years later, the iconic player behind it all made a grand return.
Unfortunately for Park, Pachirisu wasn’t able to bring the win home on this occasion – the player ended up finishing with five wins to three losses, ultimately gettingdropped after the eighth roundof day one Swiss matches (a pairing system that pits players with a similar number of wins and losses against each other). However, he still received an enormous amount of support from viewers, who he thanked on Twitter.
“The second journey with Pachi ends after a tough win-and-in matchup,“Park wrote on Twitterover the weekend. “Thank you very much for such humongous support today!”
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