To promote the upcoming 13th Pocket Monsters movie, The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク), the official Japanese Pokémon website has announced a new download event. Goon's Hassam (グーンのハッサム) will be available for free to the public from June 18th, 2010 to July 14th, 2010. Goon is one of Kōdai's bodyguards and one of the key men in the 13th movie.

Player of the Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver can download the Hassam off of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, DS stations or Nintendo Zone locations such as McDonald's. Below is the information for the Hassam.

Pokémon	Info
Scizor (ハッサム)	Level: 50
	Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール)
	Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン)
	Ability: Swarm (むしのしらせ)
	Held Item: Starf Berry (スターのみ)
	Attack 1: X-Scissor (シザークロス)
	Attack 2: Swords Dance (つるぎのまい)
	Attack 3: Iron Defense (てっぺき)
	Attack 4: Agility (こうそくいどう)

Source: http://www.pokemon-sp.jp/news-sp/20100604_01.html

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Usohachi King and Manene Queen!? / Group Member Yamamoto Catches a 150km/h Ball in Professor Red's 'Future Vision Box' Invention? / Group Member Akiyama's Television Battle Debut! (ウソハチキングとマネネクイーン！？ / レッド博士の発明品「未来ビジョンボックス」で山本隊員が時速150kmのボールをキャッチ？／視聴者バトルに秋山隊員が登場！), aired today in Japan.

Director Golgo walks into the headquarters to see everyone standing around with a bunch of trash on the floor. Angry that the room is a mess he asks them why its so dirty. Suddenly a wind picks up and more trash appears and a newspaper hits Golgo in the face. Realizing the rest of the crew wasn't responsible for the mess he apologizes by making a pun and says "gominasai" (ごみなさい) instead of "gomennasai" (ごめんなさい). 'Gomi' is trash. Shoko then introduces this weeks theme and Red introduces the repeat episode title.

This week featured a continuation of last weeks rerun theme, 'Pikachu and Nyarth's Nice Little Talks', and Usohachi King and Manene Queen!? from Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Usohachi, Manane, Nyarth and Pikachu get separated from everyone else after a battle in the massage tent sent them flying into the city. Will they reunite with their friends?! A full summary of this episode is available in the episode guide.

Professor Red walks into the room with his latest invention the RED 057 Future Vision Box (RED 057 未来ビジョンボックス). Red explains that it will show them the future as the 'Back to the Future' theme song which generally plays through episodes actually fit well during this scene. Red pulls out a picture of Yamamoto who is laying on the floor unconscious. Shoko-tan walks in right after with her latest creation a Rice Choco Omelet (オムチョコライス) which she feeds to Yamamoto who is reluctant to eat it. Moments later he falls over on the floor unconscious just as the picture moments earlier showed.

Robert and Lucario then head out of the headquarters with the Future Vision Box. Baba decides to try it out again and flips the switch to reveal a picture of Yamamoto dressed up as a baseball catcher with the caption that he caught a 150km/h fastball. The decide to test Yamamoto to see if he could actually catch a ball going that fast by setting up a pitching machine. On the 3rd pitch, he actually manages to catch it, once again Red's future machine was correct.

Akiyama decides to try the box again and pulls out a picture of Baba this time. On the picture it states that he was able to run 50 metres in 7 seconds. Akiyama and Yamamoto get out a stop watch and get Baba to run as fast as he could but gets a time of 8.57 seconds. They decide to recruit track runners to pull him to increase his speed. With there assistance, Baba was able to run it in 7.44 seconds, once again proving Red's future machine was correct.

The announcer reminded viewers of the currently running Pokémon Card Game Present Campaign to help promote the upcoming 13th Pocket Monsters movie: The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク). Two sets of cards are available to those people that submit the required information between April 28th, 2010 and June 30th, 2010. The first set is Ho-oh and Lugia and the second set includes Raikou, Suicune and Entei. Only 2000 sets will be available to those that enter the campaign.


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Shoko introduced the Pokémon Sunday audience to the official cover art for the upcoming Pocket Monsters Black and White along with their respective version legendaries Reshiram (レシラム) and Zekrom (ゼクロム). The information was released on the official websites the day before.


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Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The official cover art for the upcoming Pocket Monsters Black and White have been revealed, along with their respective version legendary.


Pocket Monsters Black features the new legendary Pokémon Reshiram (レシラム), while Pocket Monsters White features Zekrom (ゼクロム).

The official English Pokémon site also updated with this news, revealing that the version names Black and White will be used worldwide. The games will be released in Japan September 2010, and in America spring 2011.


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Nintendo has also posted a press release on their website and it is posted below.

POKÉMON BLACK VERSION AND POKÉMON WHITE VERSION COMING TO NORTH AMERICA IN SPRING 2011

New Legendary Pokémon Reshiram and Zekrom Grace Covers of New Releases

REDMOND, Wash., May 28, 2010 - Two new Pokémon™ games, Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version, for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems will be released in North America in spring 2011. Introducing a new storyline and the next generation of Pokémon, the new releases will feature the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram™ (Pokémon Black Version) and Zekrom™ (Pokémon White Version) on the game covers worldwide.

"Pokémon is a true worldwide franchise with legions of fans in every corner of the globe," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "We know these fans will be thrilled to discover this new generation of Pokémon next year."

The launch of Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version follows the incredible consumer response to Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version, which have sold more than 8.4 million units combined worldwide to date. The Pokémon video game series has sold more than 200 million units worldwide since it was first introduced 14 years ago.

Source: http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=23820

The official Nintendo Europe website has announced PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure which will be released in Europe on July 9th, 2010. Many of the English names for the areas and attractions have also been announced and the content pages have been updated to include the information. Below is the official press release.

Get ready to run, jump, and smash your way through Pikachu’s latest action-packed adventure for all ages when PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure launches on Wii on 9 July.

Playing as Pikachu, you must solve the crisis that has befallen a strange new place, the PokéPark. Along the way, you’ll befriend key Pokémon as you take part in Skill Games and the many challenging attractions to be found in the PokéPark.

Up until recently, the PokéPark was protected by an item called the Sky Prism. But the Sky Prism shattered, and its pieces were spread all across the PokéPark. In order to save this magical place, you, as Pikachu, will need to explore the PokéPark and collect all of the Sky Prism Pieces.

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure is the first Pokémon adventure title for Wii. As well as pulling you into a deep and engaging action adventure story, you will meet and talk to a wide variety of Pokémon.


As you work your way through the story, you’ll explore various zones within the PokéPark, each very different to the last. Whether in Beach Zone, Iceberg Zone, Lava Zone or Haunted Zone, you’ll find various attractions, which comprise the main challenges in the game.

Each attractions is a mini-game, such as a footrace, a test of strength or an obstacle course, designed to test your skills to the max. Beating the high score in an attractions is often a way of receiving a Sky Prism Piece. Shake and tilt the Wii Remote to fly, swim and skate your way through a whole host of fun attractions, such as:

• Rhyperior’s Bumper Burn - Pokémon fight on a stage. You have to try to push opponent Pokémon off the stage!
• Bulbasaur’s Daring Dash – What could be better than a Pokémon footrace! Shake the Wii Remote to accelerate.
• Salamence’s Air Ace - Shoot airborne targets while flying high in the sky during this intense shooting game! Hitting targets while controlling the Pokémon is a serious test of your skills.
• Venusaur’s Vine Swing – Timing is everything in this test of your vine-swinging skills. Get the momentum right if you want to achieve a long jump.
• Gyarados’ Aqua Dash - Race against the clock, avoiding obstacles and using boosts to set the fastest time you can on this aquatic course!

But Pikachu isn’t the only one who can challenge the attractions! As Pikachu befriends other Pokémon, some will become playable in different attractions, opening up a wealth of possibilities to make strategic use of different Pokémons’ specific strengths.

Many of these Pokémon will also challenge Pikachu to a Skill Game, such as a simple Battle, a game of Hide-and-Seek, or a Chase – all games that will allow you to build friendships with the challenger by defeating them!

Zip across land, sea, and sky to show off your speed and skill in the first ever Pokémon action adventure title for all ages on Wii when PokéPark Wii: Pikachu‘s Adventure launches on 9 July 2010.

Source: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/

Toys R Us has announced the details for the Jirachi distribution in Australia. Toys R Us will be allowing players of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver to download Jirachi via Mystery Gift from June 3rd, 2010 to June 13th, 2010. Toys R Us are also selling Pokémon Plushies for $2 each as part of the promotion. Plush characters vary by store and are strictly limited.

Players can use the Jirachi they receive in Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver to unlock a new special route inside the Pokéwalker called Night Sky's Edge. This is the only way this route can be accessed! Players may only receive one Jirachi per game cart.

Jirachi is a Level 5 Pokémon and it holds a Liechi Berry. Jirachi also knows Wish, Confusion, Rest and Draco Meteor.

Source: http://catalogues.toysrus.com.au

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Forest of Pikachu / The Announcement of Pocket Monsters BW Material Including 'Partner Pokémon' and 'Zorua and Zoroark's moves' (ピカチュウのもり / ポケットモンスターBW「パートナーポケモン」「ゾロア・ゾロアークの技」等を発表！), aired today in Japan.

This week featured a continuation of last weeks rerun theme, 'Pikachu and Nyarth's Nice Little Talks', and Forest of Pikachu was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Satoshi's Pikachu discovers a forest full of other Pikachu's. Curious to find out more about the Pikachu's in this forest, Satoshi attempts to be friendly with them, only for them to run away. Rocket Gang shows up and tries to capture all the Pikachu's. Can Satoshi and friends stop the Rocket Gang and rescue the Pikachu's?

In this episode, Robert is sent out dressed as reporters looking for the latest scoop on the upcoming 13th movie The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) and Pokémon Black and White (ポケットモンスター ブラック・ホワイト).

Robert's first stop was a Pro Wrestling Dojo. A paper with the scoop information was attached to one of the wrestlers who were practicing in the ring. Akiyama enters the ring and tries his best to get it off his foot but he is afraid that he will get hurt. Finally all three members of Robert enter the ring. Akiyama gets body slammed but after the wrestler attempts to body slam him again, Akiyama manages to avoid it and wrestler is stunned from his attempt. Yamamoto quickly grabs the paper off the wrestlers foot and Robert heads back to the PokéSun Headquarters.

Upon arriving at the headquarters, Shoko-tan reveals that Jun'ichi Masuda (増田順一) from GAME FREAK had sent them a DVD labeled 'Top Secret' (秘) and the video is played. A new battle scene video showing the graphics from the upcoming games is displayed. Raikou is seen using Aura Sphere (はどうだん) against an Entei which then is revealed to be Zoroark. It is revealed that Zoroark has a new ability called Illusion (イリュージョン) which allows it to transform into various Pokémon including Entei that was shown in the video.


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In the next segment, Robert and Director Lucario head out into the forest with Celebi. While there they encounter a bag on the ground and they open it to reveal Japanese comedian and contortionist Esper Ito (エスパー伊東). He preforms a few tricks including putting his body through a tennis racket. Upon returning to the Headquarters, Shoko-tan plays another video. In the video it shows Celebi in the Ilex Forest and it starts glowing and then takes the player back in time. The player is then seen battling Rocket Gang Boss Sakaki with his Nidoking and the players Celebi as the video ends.

In the third an final segment featuring Robert, they are sent to the Trick Art Museum. Yamamoto is seen standing on a wooden plank that appears to be spanning across a deep hole. Akiyama and Baba attempt to help him but Yamamoto looses his balance and begins to fall off the plank only to realize that what looked to be an endless pit was a solid floor. In another exhibit, Yamamoto looks through a hole into a room where Akiyama looks to be a few feet taller than Lucario. They finally come upon a lobster exhibit with a chest. They take the chest and return with it to the PokéSun Headquarters only to find out that its empty.

A chest appeared in the room and the crew needed to raise and lower black and white flags in the order that the announcer indicated without making a mistake. Shoko-tan was first and managed to get the chest to be lowered a bit. Golgo went next and as a trick near the end, he had to make a strange face instead of moving the flags. He was also successful and the chest was lowered again. Finally Akiyama went and he almost exclusively had to do funny faces until the final instruction which was to raise the white flag to throw him off guard. He wasn't fooled and was also successful. The chest was fully lowered.

As a follow up to last weeks episode, the silhouettes of the three new starter Pokémon were finally revealed. The information was also posted in Coro Coro which was released the day before.

Picture	Pokémon	Info	Ability	Type	Height	Weight
	Tsutaja (ツタージャ)	Grass Snake Pokémon	Overgrow	Grass	0.6m	8.1kg
	Pokabu (ポカブ)	Fire Pig Pokémon	Blaze	Fire	0.6m	9.9kg
	Mijumaru (ミジュマル)	Sea Otter Pokémon	Torrent	Water	0.5m	5.9kg

Battle videos showing the three starter Pokémon are displayed just after they are revealed. Tsutaja (ツタージャ) is seen using Leaf Storm (リーフストーム), Pokabu (ポカブ) is shown using Flamethrower (かえんほうしゃ) and finally Mijumaru (ミジュマル) is shown using Water Pulse (ずのはどう).


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The new starters artwork was also shown. Players are able to choose either one of these characters upon starting the new games.
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The Isshu Region (イッシュ地方) was announced and a picture of Hiun City (ヒウンシティ) was shown. A video of the streets of the city was also shown. The players character walks around with a lot of other computer controlled characters on the streets of the city.


Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

Images from the June issue of Coro Coro have been released which show the new starter Pokémon, the new region and the new protagonists from the upcoming games Pokémon Black and White. All images from the latest Coro Coro issue are available in the Imageboard thread.


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Confirmed New Features:

• New region: Isshu Region (イッシュ地方)
• New protagonists: Slightly older than the previous games
• Starter Information Announced
  
  

  Pokémon	Info	Ability	Type	Height	Weight
  Tsutaja (ツタージャ)	Grass Snake Pokémon	Overgrow	Grass	0.6m	8.1kg
  Pokabu (ポカブ)	Fire Pig Pokémon	Blaze	Fire	0.6m	9.9kg
  Mijumaru (ミジュマル)	Sea Otter Pokémon	Torrent	Water	0.5m	5.9kg

  
  
• Trickery (Ikasama - イカサマ): Is a new move that attack is based upon the opponent stats.
• Claw Sharpen (Tsumetogi - つめとぎ): is a new move that raises the Pokémon's Attack and Accuracy stats.

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Lord Nyarth's Island!? / Group Member Baba Trains in order to Win Back the Pokémon Battle Throne! / The Announcement of the New Pokémon XX! (おニャースさまのしま！？ / 馬場隊員がポケサンバトル王座奪還を目指して特訓！／新ポケモンの○○を発表！), aired today in Japan.

This weeks episode started with the Pokémon Sunday crew wishing Shoko-tan a happy birthday as she celebrated it on May 5th. They brought out a large box which ended up being a large ice cream cone hat. She thanked them and put the hat on and introduced this weeks repeat episode.

This week featured a continuation of last weeks rerun theme, 'Pikachu and Nyarth's Nice Little Talks', and Lord Nyarth's Island!? was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Nyarth is separated from his friends on an island where the inhabitants treat him as their god. A full summary for this episode is available in the episode guide.

Professor Red started off the live action segment of the show by revealing his latest invention, the RED 056 Guess the Pokémon Quiz SHOW! (クイズポケモンあてまSHOW!). The device is based on the recently released quiz board game with the same name that gets players to put a card into the device and slowly reveal the Pokémon behind the screen. Screenshots from the board games commercial are posted below. Professor Red adapted his machine to put people in it instead and then asked the crew to guess who they thought was behind the screen.

Shoko was able to guess the first person behind the screen, Handsome Yamamoto, after he made a few funny faces against the screen. The next person to be revealed was Shoko-tan Akiyama which Golgo guessed correctly. Akiyama was dressed up just like Shoko which scared the real Shoko-tan a bit.


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In Baba's recent battles, he hasn't done very well and the crew believes that his battling is currently weak. Baba vows to regain his fighting spirit and return to his position as the strongest battling member in the Pokémon Sunday crew. He decides to go to the Pokémon Center to battle people there. He looses his first double battle and then quickly looses his second one. Both times the challengers smack him with a fan. Hoping that his practicing had increased his luck and skills, Baba was challenged by the in-studio guest of the week to a battle. Unfortunately for Baba, he lost and he had to give up his Kyorge.

During the Pokémon Game Arena segment, the three Pokémon silhouettes were revealed. More information regarding them will be announced on next weeks episode.


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Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The gaming forum Neogaf has posted a thread regarding the upcoming Nintendo releases for the second half of 2010. Waldmeier AG, the Swiss distributor of Nintendo products has indicated that PokéPark: Pikachu's Great Adventure will be released there on July 30th, 2010. Nintendo has yet to officially announce the English version of the game.

As previously revealed, the Australian Rating board OFLC recently reviewed the game. Below is the classification info from Australia.

Classification: G Consumer Advice
Category: Computer Games
Version: ORIGINAL
Duration: Variable
Date of Classification: 04/15/2010
Author: CREATURES INC.
Publisher: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Production Company Country of Origin: JAPAN
Applicant: NINTENDO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
File Number: T10/1650
Classification Number: 240515

Sources: OFLC PokePark & neogaf

Train like a champion with the Winner's Path Route, available only via a special Nintendo Wi-Fi connection distribution event! The Winner's Path Route is chock full of extraordinary Pokémon anditem for you to find. You might come across as Munchlax that knows the Selfdestruct attack and useful items such as the Focus Sash and Choice Band. You can even find a Magikarp that knows the move Bounce - when it evolves into Gyarados, Bounce is the only Flying-type attack Gyarados can learn!

The Winner's Path PokéWalker Course will be available from May 6th, 2010 to June 25th, 2010. Players can download the course from Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection onto their Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver cart and then transfer the course over to their PokéWalker.

Pokémon available in course

The Winner's Path PokéWalker Course contains various Pokémon with useful items. Some of the items that the Pokémon have are often very hard to obtain normally.

Pokémon	Item	Steps	Rarity
Munchlax	Leftovers	8000	Very High
Beldum	Shuca Berry	8000	High
Horsea	Dragon Scale	3000	Low
Duskull	Reaper Cloth	3000	Low
Bronzor	Wacan Berry	0	Very Low
Magikarp	Occa Berry	0	Very Low

Items available in course

Various items are available throughout the course. The number of steps a player takes will increase the chances of getting a rarer item.

Item	Steps	Rarity
Focus Sash	10000	Very High
Choice Scarf	9000	Very High
Choice Band	8000	Very High
Choice Specs	7000	Very High
Power Herb	6000	Very High
White Herb	5000	Very High
Sitrus Berry	2000	High
Lum Berry	1000	High
Persim Berry	500	Low
Chesto Berry	0	Very Low

Source: http://www.pokemongoldsilver.com/us/#/news/winner-path