The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Showdown! The Giant Namazun and the Fishing Master!! / 300th Episode Commemoration SP part 2 - Announcing the 'Pokémon Cosplay Photo' Grand Prix / Pokémon BW Triple Battle Challenge! (対決！　巨大ナマズンと釣り名人！！ / 300回記念SP第２弾・「ポケモンなりきり写真」のグランプリを発表 / ポケモンBWのトリプルバトルに挑戦！), aired today in Japan.

Today's episode of Pokémon Sunday (ポケモン☆サンデー) marks the 301th episode of the series and the second part of the 300th episode celebration.

This weeks rerun theme, is a continuation of the current Water Pokémon theme, 'Cooling Summer! Water Pokémon Big Gathering!' (夏を涼しく！みずポケモン大集合！). Showdown! The Giant Namazun and the Fishing Master!! was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Satoshi loose his badge case to a giant Namazun and tries to get it back. Will he be able to recover it?!

For the past few weeks, the show has been advertising for participants for the Pokémon Cosplay Photo exhibition. Children and their parents showed up and dressed up as various Pokémon. The PokéSun cast also dressed up as Pokémon. Shoko-tan dressed up as Giza mimi Pichu (ギザみみピチュー) which was the character she voiced for the 12th Pocket Monsters movie. Golgo dressed up as a Pearlulu (パールル), Baba dressed up as a Nassy (ナッシー), Yamamoto dressed up as a Digda (ディグダ) and a Dugtrio (ダグトリオ), Professor Red dressed up as a Heigani (ヘイガニ), while Akiyama was dressed up in his normal Yadon Akiyama costume.


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10 groups of people participated in the actual Pokémon Cosplay exhibition. Some of the cosplay Pokémon were: Kireihana (キレイハナ), Unknown (アンノーン), Nassy (ナッシー), Mitsuhoney (ミツハニー) and Sonansu (ソーナンス). In the end, the judges awarded the Nassy (ナッシー) as the best cosplay.

Pokémon Labyrinth Information

Pokémon Labyrinth Great Summer Research Group (ポケモンラビリンス　真夏の大調査団) is an Adobe Flash based game that is hosted as part of the Pokémon Daisuki Club (ポケモンだいすきクラブ) from July 8th, 2010 to August 31st, 2010. The game allows Japanese players the opportunity to receive an Eeveelution Pokémon for their Pokémon Black and White game. By also filling the in-game dex, players can collect points which determines their chance at winning promotional prizes.



At the end of the show, the Pokémon seen during the Movie 14 trailer is revealed and it is called Victini (ビクティニ). It is #000 in the Isshu Dex.


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Also revealed was a new Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection event which will be giving the Liberty Ticket (リバティチケット) away from September 18th, 2010 to October 18th, 2010.


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The preview from next weeks episode also showed screenshots from the upcoming new anime series Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ). Tsutaja (ツタージャ), Pokabu (ポカブ) and Mijumaru (ミジュマル) were shown.


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A new background music CD box set will be released in Japan on September 8th, 2010. TV Anime Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997-2010 (TVアニメ ポケットモンスター オリジナルサウンドトラック ベスト 1997-2010) will feature background music from the original, Advanced Generation and Diamond and Pearl anime series. The 2 disc set will feature approximately 80 of the best tracks from those series. It will also include a 16 page color booklet with an interview with Shinji Miyazaki. The CD's are also digitally mastered from the original masters. The CD set's catalog number is ZMCP-5452 and it will retail for a special price of 2730 yen.

The CD has been added to the database. Information will be updated as it becomes available.

Source: http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ZMCP-5452

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 185 - The Trick Room of Terror! Satoshi VS Kohei!! (恐怖のトリックルーム！サトシ対コウヘイ！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi faces off against Kōhei but Kōhei has told Satoshi that he has a plan to defeat him. Who will win the match and proceed to the next round of the Sinnoh League?!

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The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Whose is Waninoko!? Satoshi VS Kasumi! / Leader Kimori Returns for the 300th Episode Commemoration & Congratulatory Comments from Nezutchi / AAA Makes a Guest Appearance in the Game Arena for the 300th Episode Commemoration (ワニノコはだれのもの！？　サトシVSカスミ！ / 300回記念でキモリリーダー再登場＆ねずっちからお祝いコメント / 300回記念ゲストとしてAAAがゲームアリーナに登場！), aired today in Japan.

Today's episode of Pokémon Sunday (ポケモン☆サンデー) marks the 300th episode of the series. The series began 6 years ago on October 3rd, 2004 taking the place of the previous variety show the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station (週刊ポケモン放送局). To celebrate the 300th episode, the PokéSun crew had a small party near the top of Tokyo Tower (東京タワー). At the beginning of the episode, the crew was busy setting up decorations but Golgo noticed that Akiyama wasn't around. He quickly found him asleep on the floor and woke him up so he'd help out. Shoko-tan announced the theme as the rerun episode began.

This weeks rerun theme, is a continuation of the current Water Pokémon theme, 'Cooling Summer! Water Pokémon Big Gathering!' (夏を涼しく！みずポケモン大集合！). Whose is Waninoko!? Satoshi VS Kasumi! was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Satoshi and Kasumi both attempt to catch a Waninoko. Who will end up catching it?! A full episode summary is available in the Episode Guide.

After the rerun episode, scenes from the show over the past 6 years was shown as a retrospect with highlights of some of their most popular skits. Golgo pulled the ball decoration to reveal a 300th episode banner. Leader Kimori returned with a bouquet of flowers and to get reacquainted with everyone. Chef Takagi Yasuhiro (高木康裕) last seen in Pokémon Sunday 218 returned with a cake shaped as a monster ball. The cake also had the heads of all the main cast members on top.


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The crew then explained they would be heading off on a road trip to Mount Fuji and on the way they watched scenes from previous episodes. The RED020 Sushinga Robot (RED020 スシンガー) from Pokémon Sunday 43 returned to give a congratulatory message.

The next segment featured clips from some of the battles that Golgo's Okutank had participated in over the years. Rikako-chan （宮里利佳子）, who　defeated Golgo in a battle and as is customary when a challenged defeats a PokéSun cast member, was given the choice of which of Golgo's Pokémon he wished to trade. Rikako-chan chose Golgo's precious Okutank, to Golgo's dismay. Rikako-chan dressed up as an Okutank to give his congratulatory message and to give Golgo and update on Okutank. It's now level 44 and has spent time in My Pokémon Ranch (みんなのポケモン牧場).


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The Pokémon Sunday News segment revealed the latest Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection event to promote the latest Pocket Monsters movie. Starting July 15th, 2010 and ending on August 10th, 2010, players of the Japanese versions of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold or SoulSiver can download Satoshi's Pikachu from Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or Nintendo Zones in Japan like McDonalds. Pikachu is level 50 and he knows the following moves: Volt Tackle, Iron Tail, Quick Attack & Thunderbolt.


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During the Pokémon Game Arena segment, the Japanese Pop group AAA visited the studio. It was announced that they will be touring various locations from August 7th to September 12th for the new Pokémon Searcher BW (ポケモンサーチャーBW) campaign along with Robert. The Pokémon Searcher BW bus will have information about the upcoming Pokémon Black and White games.


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Pokémon Sunday also revealed the information that was in the August 2010 Corocoro issue and the official Japanese website updates. Below is a recap of the information which was also presented on the show.

New Pokémon

Picture	Pokémon	Info	Moves	Ability	Type	Height	Weight
	Koromori (コロモリ)	Bat Pokémon	Heart Stamp (ハートスタンプ)	Unaware (てんねん) Klutz (ぶきよう)	Psychic/Flying	0.4m	2.1kg
	Wargle (ウォーグル)	Valor Pokémon	Free Fall (フリーフォール)	Keen Eye (するどいめ) Brute Force (ちからづく)	Normal/Flying	1.5m	41kg
	Kibago (キバゴ)	Tusk Pokémon	Double Chop (ダブルチョップ)	Rivalry (とうそうしん) Mold Breaker (かたやぶり)	Dragon	0.6m	18kg
	Minezumi (ミネズミ)	Lookout Pokémon	You First (おさきにどうぞ)	Run Away (にげあし) Keen Eye (するどいめ)	Normal	0.5m	11.6kg
	Musharna (ムシャーナ)	Munna's Evolution	Dream Smoke (ゆめのけむり)	Forewarn (よちむ) Synchronize (シンクロ)	Psychic	1.1m	60.5kg
	Ranculus (ランクルス)	Amplification Pokémon		Dust Proof (ぼうじん) Magic Guard (マジックガード)	Psychic	1.0m	20.1kg
	Gothilselle (ゴチルゼル)	Celestial Body Pokémon	Magic Room (マジックルーム)	Frisk (おみとおし)	Psychic	1.5m	44kg

Pokémon Global Link (ポケモングローバルリンク)

Pokémon Global Link has two known modes. The first mode, the Game Sync feature accessible from the C Gear (Cギア) allows a player to transfer a Pokémon from their DS cart to the Internet Dream World. Players can then can play mini games on their PC with that Pokémon as well as capture Pokémon not available on the players version of the game. The second mode allows players to randomly battle and it includes a ranking system. An Eevee evolution trial will begin in August which will allow players to see how the Global Link feature will work.

New Characters

New characters have been revealed for Pokémon Black and White. Below is a brief synopsis of each character.
Belle (ベル): The hero's childhood friend, she travels even against objection of her father. She is quite a spontaneous person and is rather unreliable.
Cheren (チェレン): He has a wealth of Pokémon knowledge and is also quite reliable.
Makomo (マコモ): She is Dr. Araragi's assistant and is the person that gives the C Gear to the player.
N: N is one of the antagonists in the game.


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The latest Pocket Monsters movie The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) debuted in second place in Japanese theaters during its first weekend of release. The movie began screening on July 10th, 2010, the same day that Toy Story 3 debuted in Japanese theaters.

Toy Story 3 opened on 525 screens whereas The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark opened on only 369 screens nationwide in Japan. Toy Story 3 revenue was 977 million yen during its debut making it the 3rd best animation openings in Japanese history only behind Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spirited Away". Movie 13 had 600,602 viewers and made 629,470,000 yen.

Sources: http://movie.goo.ne.jp/ranking/boxoffice/index.html & http://eiga.com/buzz/20100712/22/

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Full of Upah! / Kōichi Yamadera, Natsuki Katō and Sukima Switch, from the Movie, Appear in the Studio / The Prominent Pokemon from the Movie Appear in the Card Game! (ウパーがいっぱい！ / 映画関連で山寺宏一さん・加藤夏希さん・スキマスイッチがスタジオに登場 / 映画で活躍するポケモンたちがカードゲームに登場！), aired today in Japan.

This weeks rerun theme, is a continuation of last weeks new Water Pokémon theme, 'Cooling Summer! Water Pokémon Big Gathering!' (夏を涼しく！みずポケモン大集合！). Full of Upah! was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Satoshi and friends encounter a ton of Upah's!. A full episode summary is available in the Episode Guide.

Natsuki Katō and Kōichi Yamadera were both on the show today to promote the 13th Pocket Monsters movie. They were interviewed by the PokéSun crew and also participated in a short quiz. They also teamed up with Shoko-tan to play a crane game again TIM and Robert. The crane game featured plushie dolls based on the new movie. The guest seiyuu team ended up with 13 points but the PokéSun team ended up winning with 16 points.

Takuya Ōhashi (大橋卓弥) and Shintarō Tokita (常田真太郎) of Sukima Switch returned for today's episode to sing the ending theme for The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) entitled 'Ice Cream Syndrome' (アイスクリーム シンドローム) live in the studio. Click on the album art of their CD's for more information.



Shoko-tan revealed a new TCG Promo card during the Pokémon Game Arena segment. The card features Zoroark, Dialga, Groudon and Rayquaza. Below is a screenshot and the information from the card.

Zoroark and the Legendary Pokémon (ゾロアークと伝説ポケモン)

HP: 500
Type:
Artist: Kouki Saitou
Retreat Cost: 4
Weakness: x2
Resistance: -20
Attack: Clash at the Summit (ちょうじょうだいげきとつ)
Attack Description: Zoroark and the Legendary Pokémon wage a fierce fight!! (ゾロアークと伝説ポケモンが激闘を繰り拡げる!!)
Damage: 1000
Energy:

Zorua and Celebi (ゾロアとセレビィ)

HP: 90
Type:
Artist: Kogemaru Himeno
Retreat Cost: 2
Weakness: x2
Resistance: -20
Attack: Which is Which? (どっちがどっち？)
Attack Description: Switch places with your opponent, then each player continues with their opponent's cards.
Energy:

The new Pokémon Card Game set Pikachu World (ポケモンカードゲーム ピカチュウ ワールド) was shown and was available for purchase in Japan starting on July 8th, 2010. Unlike other Japanese sets, this set features a Pikachu card from different countries from around the world. The card information also features the language of the country it is for. There are 9 cards in total and the countries that are included in the set are: America (アメリカ), Italy (イタリア), Korea (韓国), Spain (スペイン), Japan (日本), Germany (ドイツ), France (フランス), Poland (ポーランド) and Portugal (ポルトガル). The sets retail price is 850 yen. The TCG LEGEND Perfect Set featuring special Raikou, Entei and Suicune cards was also showcased.


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New Pokémon Silhouette

A new Pokémon silhouette was shown at the end of the episode. It will be revealed during the 300th Pokémon Sunday episode celebration next week.


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On July 4th, the cast members of the 13th Pocket Monsters movie appeared at the preview show at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo. Like last year, it was a very hot day. Sukima Switch also appeared and sang the ending song live for the audience.


Left to Right, Back row then Front: Kunihiko Yuyama, Takuya Ōhashi, Shintarō Tokita, Rica Matsumoto, Natsuki Katō, Shōko Nakagawa, Takanori Jinnai, Takashi Tsukamoto, Kōichi Yamadera

Source: http://www2.toho-movie.jp/movie-topic/1007/03pokemon2010_kh.html

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Farewell, Koduck! Return Again, Golduck? / Movie Pre-premiere SP - Investigating the Most Important Keywords of the Movie with Kid Radar Man / A Battle with the Celebi Handed Out in the Theater (さよならコダック！　またきてゴルダック？ / 映画公開直前SP・コレーダーマンとともに映画の重要キーワードを調査 / 劇場で貰えるセレビィでバトル！), aired today in Japan.

The episode began with Shoko-tan showing off the new Pokémon stationary featuring Celebi and Zorua and then announced this weeks rerun theme, a new theme featuring Water Pokémon, 'Cooling Summer! Water Pokémon Big Gathering!' (夏を涼しく！みずポケモン大集合！). Farewell, Koduck! Return Again, Golduck? from was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Kasumi believes her Golduck has evolved into a Koduck. A full episode summary is available in the Episode Guide.

To promote the upcoming movie, The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク), Robert and Lucario are sent out dressed as reporters to get the latest scoop. Kid Radar Man (コレーダーマン) appears once again to give keywords to explain certain aspects of the new movie.

The first keyword was: Illusion Canceller (幻影キャンセラー). Kid Radar Man held up a sign with a picture of a wrist bracelet. The show transitions to a clip from the 13th movie showing that Kodai wears the Illusion Canceller to avoid the effects of Zoroark. Kid Radar Man then gives Akiyama and Yamamoto an Illusion Canceller bracelet just as Zoroark and Zorua appear. Zoroark uses its illusion ability as a clip from the movie is shown in the corner showing Zoroark use the ability as well. A massagist appears and begins to give Baba a hard foot massage with appears to be hurting him. Kid Radar Man tells Akiyama and Yamamoto to put on the Illusion Canceller bracelet which causes the illusion haze to disappear and to reveal that massagist is just a young kid tickling Baba's feet. Yamamoto finally understands exactly what the Illusion Canceller bracelet does and a clip from the 13th movie is shown with Zoroark, Entei, Suicune and Raikou. The crew gives Baba a bracelet and he puts it on to disperse the illusion. He is surprised that the massagist is just a cute little kid.


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The second keyword Kid Radar Man revealed was Pokémon Backer (ポケモンバッカー). He prints off a map for Robert to follow to find out more information. They follow the map and arrive at the TV Tokyo.　Robert meet TV Tokyo Sports broadcast announcer Kazuya Masuda (増田和也) who was holding a Movie 13 script in his hand.　He explains that Pokémon Backer new sport that is a combination of Basketball and Football. (ポケモンバッカー バスケットとサッカーを合わせたような新しいスポーツ)

To test out his announcing skills, Robert provided Kazuya with a few Pokémon tongue twisters. The first one featured Okorizaru. (aka Okorizaru ao Okorizaru ki Okorizaru - あかオコリザル あおオコリザル　きオコリザル). He was able to say it perfectly the first time. The second one featured Pikachu. (Pikachu pika pika ni pika pika awasete pika pika roku pika pika - ピカチュウ　ピカピカ　２ピカピカ あわせてピカピカ　６ピカピカ). Once again he said it as fast as he could two times in a row perfectly. He then read a few lines for the 13th movie Pokémon Backer announcer.


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The narrator announced the next keyword as　Pokémon Movie Obsession (ポケモン映画のこだわり). Director Yuyama and crew scouted Belgium and the Netherlands as the location for the new film. Videos clips and still comparisons where shown. The first still comparison showed how the Kinderdijk Windmills in the Netherlands were used as location concept shots for the 13th Pokemon Movie. The second location shot was of Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), which goes over the Amstel River in the city centre of Amsterdam.


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The background music recording session was briefly shown as well as a clip of Sukima Switch (スキマスイッチ) recording Ice Cream Syndrome for the ending theme of Movie 13.

The third and forth keywords to be revealed by Kid Radar Man were Guest Voice Actor (グスト声優) and Waffle (ワッフル). Once again a map is printed off and Robert and Lucario head off. On their trip, Baba spots Zoroark and Yamamoto quickly runs after it. When Baba and Akiyama catch up, they find two Yamamoto's starring at each other. They don't know which one is the real Yamamoto. Finally the real Yamamoto decide to pull of his leg hairs with tape because he knew that Zoroark probably wouldn't be able to mimic that. The Zoroark Yamamoto flees.

Lucario ended up arriving at the yearly Pocket Monsters movie script reading which took place in Tokyo, Japan on May 26th, 2010. He was able to interview them and ask a few questions about the movie. In attendance was Koichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) who has once again returned to play the part of Gūn (グーン), Shōko Nakagawa (中川翔子) has returned for her 4th Pocket Monsters movie to play the part of Proof (プルーフ), Takanori Jin'nai (陣内孝則) who voices Kōdai (コーダイ), Katō Natsuki (加藤夏希) who voices Rioka and finally Takashi Tsukamoto (塚本高史) who voices Kurt (クルト). The first question was for Takanori Jin'nai　which Shoko-tan read for Lucario which asked him about his key role in the movie. (今回は映画のカギをにぎる役だそうですか？) The narrator and Takanori Jin'nai explain that Kōdai is a very evil and ambitious villain. Each of the actors is briefly interviewed giving some information about their character.

Following their map, Robert finally arrive at a movie studio where director Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) is waiting for them. Yamamoto jokes with him that he is Zoroark but Yuyama reassures him that he is real. He then pulls out a concept art paper with a bunch of waffles and Satoshi eating one of them. He explains that in the past few movies, Satoshi has always been eating something. In Movie 10, it was cotton candy, in movie 11 it was Pancakes, in movie 12 it was watermelons. They wanted to keep this trend up for the 13th movie and this time it was going to be Belgian Waffles.

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The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Blast Evolution! Goukazaru!! / The PokéSun Members Predict Satoshi's Strongest Pokémon Team / A Pokémon Battle with the Strongest of Satoshi's Pokemon! (爆進化！　ゴウカザル！！ / ポケサンメンバーがサトシのポケモン最強チームを予想 ／ サトシのポケモン・最強メンバーでポケモンバトル！, aired today in Japan.

Shoko-tan announced this weeks rerun theme, a continuation of last weeks theme, 'Sinnoh League begins! The Rival Shinji' (シンオウリーグが開幕！ライバルのシンジ！). Blast Evolution! Goukazaru!! from Pocket Monsters Diamond&Pearl was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Satoshi and Shinji continue their rivalry but Jun decides to get into the mix as well.

To mark Satoshi's entrance into the Sinnoh League starting on July 1st with DP183 - Begin! The Sinnoh League Suzuran Tournament!! (開幕！ シンオウリーグ・スズラン大会!!), the PokéSun members each decide to predict which Pokémon Satoshi should use on his team. The narrator then explains which Pokémon Satoshi currently has and which Pokémon are currently residing at Okido's Laboratory.


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Professor Red is the first one to reveal his picks for Satoshi's Pokémon team. The first Pokémon he chooses is Satoshi's Pikachu. As a fan of baseball, Red explains that you want one of your best players up first when batting and he likens this to how Pikachu is one of Satoshi's best Pokémon. Continuing the baseball theme, Red's next pick is Satoshi's Cotoise. Red explains that since Pikachu would be at first base, you need someone that can 'bunt' to advance the runner. Satoshi's Cotoise he figures would be great in the second position. The third Pokémon, or batter as he refers to them, Red chose Satoshi's Osubame. By this time Pikachu would be at second base and now someone needs to help advance the runner. Red explains that Osubame has the will-power and guts (こんじょう) to be in that position. For the 4th position, Red chose Satoshi's Kabigon and for the 5th position he chose Satoshi's Donfan because that's where you'de normally want your 'heavy hitters' when playing baseball. Kabigon and Donfan fit the bill and are quite powerful and tough. Finally, the 6th and final Pokémon Red chose for Satoshi's team was Heigani.

Next up to explain his picks was Golgo. Golgo recalled that Satoshi's main rival in the tournament is Shinji and explained that his picks would be based on matching up Pokémon he used during their full battle. Golgo's picks were purely based on matching up types to give Satoshi's Pokémon the advantage. He paired up Shinji's Eleboo with Satoshi's Dodaitose, Shinji's Dodaitose with Satoshi's Onigohri, Shinji's Manyula with Satoshi's Goukazaru, Shinji's Ringuma with Satoshi's Heracros, Shinji's Donkarasu with Pikachu and finally Shinji's Booburn against Satoshi's Buoysel. While the match-ups were all good in theory, Baba questioned Golgo's logic a bit stating that those matchups might not actually occur in battle. He shows Golgo that Shinji's Booburn has a type advantage against Satoshi's Dodaitose if they got matched up. Golgo begins switching the matchups a bit but it becomes quite evident that his strategy for Pokémon selection needed some work. Golgo's solution to the type mismatches was to say the famous words that were used in the 12th movie to communicate with Arceus; Overcome the law of time and space! (超克せよ！時空の定めよ！). He then places Arceus on the board stating that it can change to any type it wishes which quickly gets objections from everyone as Satoshi doesn't have an Arceus to use in the league.

Shoko-tan is the next person to reveal their picks. She suggests that Satoshi needs a "Dream Team" to use at the Sinnoh League in order to win. (サトシのシンオウリーグにも夢のあるドリームチームが結成されちゃうと思うんですよ！). Her first pick was Satoshi's Glion and she explains that it has gone to do some training after loosing to Hassam. Her next pick is Satoshi's Lizardon who also has been busy getting stronger by training as well. Her third pick was Satoshi's Zenigame because it's a Water type and that its a great leader. 4th, she chose Satoshi's Okorizaru and explains that its already the D-1 World Grand Prix (Ｄ－１グランプリのチャンピオン) Fighting Pokémon Champion which is reason enough to pick that strong Pokémon. Her final two choices were Satoshi's Butterfree and Satoshi's Laplace. Yamamoto question's Shoko's last two choices because Laplace and Butterfree were set free and are now wild Pokémon once again.

Robert are the last to reveal their Pokémon picks. First, they chose Pikachu because as they pointed out it has a special hidden talent. It's face it made of rubber and it can change its shape to confuse its competitors. The second Pokémon they chose was Satoshi's Fukamaru because it proven itself to be a strong Pokémon against Rocket Gang by eating their mecha and it will perfect Draco Meteor. 3rd, they chose Satoshi's Betbeton because its a strong Pokémon and no one can stand the smell of it. 4th, Satoshi's Bayleaf, 5th, Satoshi's Kingler and finally Barri-chan.

Using the Pokémon that they selected for Satoshi's team, Shoko-tan and Professor Red have a Pokémon Battle Revolution battle to see who's team would win. It became quite evident that between Shoko's Pokémon selection and battling skills that her "Dream Team" was vastly superior. She was able to beat Professor Red pretty quickly.

Near the end of the show, it was announced that Pokémon Black and White will be released in Japan on September 18th, 2010.


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Oha Suta (おはスタ) - June 28th, 2010

As announced on Pokémon Sunday 297, the Japanese variety show Oha Suta (おはスタ) has revealed new information for the upcoming games. Ononox (オノノクス), Deathkarn (デスカーン), Dentula (デンチュラ), Doryuzu (ドリュウズ) and Moguryu (モグリュー) were all revealed during a brief clip. It was also announced that three-on-three battles will be included in Pokémon Black and White.


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Two new attacks were also revealed: Drill Liner (ドリルライナー) and Grass Mixer (グラスミキサー). A new battle menu option called Shooter (シューター) has been added but it is currently unknown what it does.


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More pictures from the Oha Suta trailer are available on the Imageboard thread.

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 182 - The Night before the Fierce Fight! The Great Assembly of Satoshi's Pokémon!! (熱戦前夜！サトシのポケモン大集合！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Having defeated Denji and obtained the final badge he needs to enter the Sinnoh League, Satoshi and friends have finally arrived at Suzuran Island, the location of the Sinnoh League. Satoshi decides to recall his Pokémon from Professor Okido but Rocket Gang intercepts the transfer and Satoshi has to recover them.

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