Beyblade World Championship 2012

The Beyblade National Championship is an upcoming worldwide Beyblade tournament to launch in 2011. As Hasbro has said "players will have the oppurtunity to compete head-to-head against the greatest Beybladers from around the world in the premiere BEYBLADE National Championship! A series of local BEYBLADE tournaments in each market and virtual battles in BeybladeBattles.com will test players' skills and strategy as they represent their region in this unique global competition." According to The Wall Street Journal, 22 contries will be participating and the winners will be sent to the New York Comic-Con to face off and battle to become the best Beyblader in the world. All else that is known is that normal and Xtreme Top System Beys can be used in the competition.