Pokémon World Championships 2011 C-Gear Skin
To celebrate the 2011 Pokémon World Championships, a special C-Gear skin featuring Pikachu is now available. The password WorldsCGear was revealed by the Pokémon World's official site. The C-Gear will be available to download from August 4th, 2011 until September 15th, 2011. Also announced was th...
ANA8 Pikachu's Summer Bridge Story Announced
All Nippon Airways has announced the latest Pocket Monsters short Pikachu's Summer Bridge Story (ピカチュウのサマー・ブリッジ・ストーリー) will air on selected flights from August 1st, 2011 until August 29th, 2011. Last years ANA short was released on DVD last week. Below is the summary for the short. Summary Englis...
Pocket Monsters Movie 14 Highlights Show
TV Tokyo has posted the Pocket Monsters Movie 14 Highlights Show (劇場版ポケットモンスターベストウイッシュ 【みどころ】) on its YouTube channel. The show contains spoilers from the latest movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) as well as the upcomin...
Pokémon Smash 43
Pokémon Smash Episode 43, The Rocket Gang Disbands!? Respective Roads! / The Adventure Division's Battle Royal with Toy Pokémon! / A Mysterious Band Comes to the Pokémon Enterprise!?(ロケット団解散!? それぞれの道！ / アドベンチャー部がおもちゃのポケモンになってバトルロイヤル！ / ポケモンエンタープライズにナゾのバンドが登場！？), aired on Sunday in Japan. The an...
Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart will be Attending Ichibancon 3
The Ichibancon 3 anime convention has announced that Pokémon alumni voice actors Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart will be two of the guests of honor at the event. Ichibancon is an anime convention in the area of Charlotte, North Carolina. They will be having a 4-day weekend event from January 5th,...
Nintendo lowers the Price of Nintendo 3DS
Those wishing to use the new Pokédex 3D (ポケモン立体図鑑BW) app that was released earlier this month can now do so at a cheaper price. Nintendo announced that it will be lowering the price of Nintendo 3DS on August 12th, 2011 to $169.99. Below is the full press release. Press Release REDMOND, Wash., Ju...
Super Pokémon Scramble Delayed in Japan
Nintendo posted a press release on the official Super Pokémon Scramble (スーパーポケモンスクランブル) website on July 25th, 2011 which indicated that the game had been delayed from its original release date of July 28th, 2011 until August 11th, 2011. There was no official reason given for the delay of the game in...
Pikachu's Really Mysterious Adventure DVD
The latest ANA short Pocket Monsters Diamond&Pearl Pikachu's Really Mysterious Adventure (ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド・パール ピカチュウのふしぎなふしぎな大冒険 ) was released on DVD in Japan on Saturday. A lost Unknown meets Pikachu and Pochama and an Eneco who decide to help it find its way back to its home and friends. They ...
14th Pocket Monsters Movies Debut #2 on Opening Weekend in Japan
The 14th Pocket Monsters movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) debuted in the #2 spot behind the final Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 which also debuted worldwide this week. The Pocket Mon...
Pokémon Smash 41
Pokémon Smash Episode 41, Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 1) / Movie Premiere Commemmoration - A Pokémon Movie Quiz Tournament with Takeshi Tsuruno and Koichi Yamadera! / Movie Theme Song Artists ELT Present their Songs!(ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル!!（前編） / 映画公開記念・つるの剛士さんと山寺宏一さんを迎えてポケモン映画クイズ大会！／映...
Pokémon Rumble Blast Announced
Last week Nintendo announced that the Nintendo DS, the predecessor to the Nintendo 3DS was still selling units at a 2:1 ratio verses the 3DS. Nintendo and the Pokémon Company International have now announced the localization of Super Pokémon Scramble which should help increase the sales of the Ninte...
Sing Pikachu Event Announced
The official Japanese Pokémon website has announced the Sing Pikachu (うたうピカチュウ) event as part of their promotion of the popular song Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) by Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士). This Pikachu will know the move Sing. The Pikachu will be distributed at 'a-nation for Life' eve...
Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions DVD's Announced
The DVD release dates for the Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions have now been announced for North America, the United Kingdom and Denmark. The DVD and Blu-ray of this movie were released last month in Australia but now other regions of the world will be able to purchase it. This movie also aired ...
Black & White Trainer Kit and Reshiram/Zekrom Boxes Announced
The Pokémon Company International has released the promotional material to wholesalers and shops for their next wave of Pokémon TCG: Black & White products. Below are the details for those products. Click on images for higher resolution Pokémon Trading Card Game: Reshiram Box or Zekrom Box Y...
Pokémon Video Game U.S. National Championships Crowned
After two hard-fought days of head to head battles this weekend, the nation’s top Pokémon video game players were crowned at the 2011 Pokémon Video Game U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. The top eight players in each age division all earned an invitation to represent the U.S. i...
Pokémon Smash 40
Pokémon Smash Episode 40, I Like It! Pokémon Roleplay Tournament!! / Movie Pre-Premiere Special! The Secrets of the Twin Productions will Soon be Revealed!(スキです！ポケモンなりきり大会!! / 映画公開直前スペシャル！二作品のヒミツに迫る！), aired on Sunday in Japan. The announcer introduced what was on the show. He started the show ...
Pokémon Say TAP Announced
The official Japanese Pokémon website has announced Pokémon Say TAP (ポケモン言えTAP) for iOS and Android cell phones. The application which will be free to download in the summer of 2011 features the popular song Can You Say the Pokémon? (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) by Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士). People can tap Pokémon c...
Movie 14 Premiere
The Movie 14 Premiere was held on July 9th, 2011 at (C.C.Lemonホール) in Shibuya, Tokyo. Voice actor Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹) the voice of Zekrom, Mao Daichi (大地真央) the voice of Janta, Satomi Ishihara (石原さとみ) the voice of Carlita (カリータ), Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) the voice of Momont, Shōko Nakagawa the vo...
Pokémon Smash 39
Pokémon Smash Episode 39, Kireihana VS Rafflesia! Peace of the Meadows! / Movie Pre-Premiere Special - An Expanded Pokémon Quiz Caravan Introduces a New Quiz where Misaki, Hana and Maria ask Questions Dressed up as Pokémon!(キレイハナVSラフレシア！そうげんのへいわ！ / 映画公開直前SP・ポケモンクイズキャラバン拡大版でポケモンになりきったミサキ・ハナ・マリアが出題、新ク...
Pocket Monsters BW Volume 1 Announced
Shogakukan has announced that Pocket Monsters BW Volume 1 （ポケットモンスターＢＷ編 １） will be released in Japan on August 26th, 2011. The volume is 192 pages, will retail for 410 yen (including tax) and the ISBN number is: 978409141309. Source: http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/...
