The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Sonansu and the Pokémon Trade Meet!! / A Report on 'Alternate Colorations' around the World / Information on the New Games Part 2 (ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい!! / 世の中の“色違い”を大特集 / 新作ゲーム情報第２弾！), aired today in Japan.

This week featured the continuation of the rerun theme 'New friends! Get Pokémon!' and Sonansu and the Pokémon Trade Meet!!(ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい!) was this weeks repeat episode. The episode features Sonansu and how he becomes a member of Rocket Gang. A full summary of this episode is available in the episode guide.

The live action segment started off by showing the new trailer from Movie 13 The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) that was posted on the official site.

The crew then announced the information for the upcoming Movie download events, including the Celebi that will be available in theaters. Pre-order movie ticket information has been posted on the official movie website. Below is the announced information for each Pokémon.

Pokémon	Information	Ticket
Entei	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Flare Blitz (フレアドライブ) Attack 2: Crush Claw (ブレイククロー) Attack 3: Howl (とおぼえ) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく) Item Held: Custap Berry (イバンのみ)
Raikou	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Zap Cannon (でんじほう) Attack 2: Weather Ball (ウェザーボール) Attack 3: Aura Sphere (はどうだん) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく ) Item Held: Micle Berry (ミクルのみ)
Suicune	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Sheer Cold (ぜったいれいど) Attack 2: Aqua Ring (アクアリング) Attack 3: Air Slash (エアスラッシュ) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく) Item Held: Rowap Berry (レンブのみ)
Celebi	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) Attack 1: Nasty Plot (わるだくみ) Attack 2: Leaf Storm (リーフストーム) Attack 3: Healing Wish (いやしのねがい) Attack 4: Recover (じこさいせい) Item Held: Jaboca Berry (ジャポのみ)

Robert was impressed with the different colored Pokémon and decided that they needed to investigate and then report the different colors in the world around them from food, buildings and people. Baba started off by putting multiple colors in his hair. They then tried alternate colored food, like black corn and a white strawberry, before finally showing off the different colors the Tokyo Tower takes when lighted up during various occations. During the Pokémon Game Arena, Golgo battled in Pokémon Battle Revolution and beat the girl pretty quickly.

At the end of the show, Shoko-tan debuted a short video showing the city from the 6 high quality screenshots that were featured in this months issue of Coro Coro and posted on the official site.


A Pokémon Black and White page has been added to the Games section of the site and will be updated as information is revealed.

With the release of the two latest Wi-Fi missions Giratina's Platinum Orb!! (ギラティナにはっきんだまを！！) and The Pledge to Arceus (アルセウスへのちかい) for Pokémon Ranger: Paths of Light (ポケモンレンジャー 光の軌跡) on April 15th, 2010, various sections have been updated to include information from the missions.

We have also added a list of bosses in the game, a list of all the main game missions, the present Ranger Browser, and the complete listing of Ranger Signs.

Each of these sections will greatly help players as they play through the game. The Past Ranger Browser and Past Mission information will also be available soon.

As announced last week when the official Pokémon Black and White site was launched, the website has updated and has posted 6 high quality screenshots that were featured in this months issue of Coro Coro. The images feature: the new camera angle, Zorua (ゾロア) and Zoroark (ゾロアーク) sprites and the new Pokémon Center design.


A Pokémon Black and White page has been added to the Games section of the site and will be updated as information is revealed.

Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/bw/index.html

The latest Coro Coro issue has revealed information about the upcoming Movie 13 - The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) pre-order ticket downloads. An alternate colored Entei, Suicune and Raikou will be available for download from June 18th, 2010 to August 31st, 2010, but pre-order ticket holders will only be able to download one of the legendaries per ticket.



Coro Coro also announced the Movie 13 theater download Pokémon. Celebi will be available starting July 10th at participating Japanese theaters. Below is the revealed information for each Pokémon.

Pokémon	Information
Entei	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Flare Blitz (フレアドライブ) Attack 2: Crush Claw (ブレイククロー) Attack 3: Howl (とおぼえ) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく) Item Held: Custap Berry (イバンのみ)
Raikou	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Attack 1: Zap Cannon (でんじほう) Attack 2: Weather Ball (ウェザーボール) Attack 3: Aura Sphere (はどうだん) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく ) Item Held: Micle Berry (ミクルのみ)
Suicune	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Sheer Cold (ぜったいれいど) Attack 2: Aqua Ring (アクアリング) Attack 3: Air Slash (エアスラッシュ) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく) Item Held: Rowap Berry (レンブのみ)
Celebi	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) Attack 1: Nasty Plot (わるだくみ) Attack 2: Leaf Storm (リーフストーム) Attack 3: Healing Wish (いやしのねがい) Attack 4: Recover (じこさいせい) Item Held: Jaboca Berry (ジャポのみ)

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Stray Pokémon Hitokage / New Shocking Pokémon Production Announcement / A Card Battle with Sandwichman (はぐれポケモン・ヒトカゲ / ポケモン新作衝撃発表 / サンドウィッチマンとカードバトル), aired today in Japan.

This week featured the continuation of the rerun theme 'New friends! Get Pokémon!' and Stray Pokémon Hitokage (はぐれポケモン・ヒトカゲ) was this weeks repeat episode. Satoshi and friends find a stray and injured Hitokage resting on a rock. They take it to the Pokémon to Nurse Joy to heal it only for it to escape and return back to the rock to wait for its trainer Daisuke.

During the card battle, Date Mikio (伊達みきお) and Tomizawa Takeshi (富澤たけし), who are featured in the latest HeartGold SoulSilver TCG commercials, battle against Robert. The commercial aired during the midway anime break early in today's broadcast and can also be viewed on the official Japanese Pokémon website. The two form a comedy duo called Sandwichman (サンドウィッチマン) and are famous for winning the M-1 Grand Prix comedy event in 2007.


The card battle featured cards from the upcoming expansion set, Lost Link. Baba started off the battle using a new card from the set, Riolu. Dr. Takashima, an employee of the Pokémon Card Game company, was once again on hand to help direct the battle. Through the use of a special Pokémon Sunday Yamirami supporter card, Tomizawa Takeshi were able to get enough energy to use Darkrai & Crecelia LEGEND(ダークライ&クレセリアLEGEND) Lost Crisis attack to put Baba in the Lost Zone. Robert ended up winning the battle and they lifted up the Lost Zone box to find Baba had fallen asleep.

At the end of last weeks episode, Shoko-tan teased the audience that 'The latest Pokémon game series announcement' (ポケットモンスターシリーズ最新作ゲーム 重大発表) would be revealed on this weeks episode. As revealed on the official Japanese website earlier this week, Shoko-tan announced Pokémon Black and White (ポケットモンスター ブラック・ホワイト) for the Nintendo DS. The 5th Generation games will be released later this year.

The official Japanese website has announced Pokémon Black and White (ポケットモンスター ブラック・ホワイト) for the Nintendo DS. The 5th Generation games will be released later this year. More information about the games will be released later this week.



Discuss this news on the forum: http://www.pocketmonsters.net/forum/threads/2915

Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/bw/index.html

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Pokémon! I Choose You! / Aiming for a New PokéSun Record / Group Member Akiyama challenged to a Multi-Battle! (ポケモン！きみにきめた！/ めざせポケサン新記録 / 秋山隊員とマルチバトルに挑む！), aired today in Japan.

This week featured a new rerun theme 'New friends! Get Pokémon!' and Pokémon! I Choose You! (ポケモン！きみにきめた！) was this weeks repeat episode. A full summary of the episode is available in the Episode Guide.

The live action part of the show started off with Akiyama trying to make as many different silly faces as he could in 10 seconds. He was able to make 11 different faces. Golgo, Professor Red and Shoko-tan walk in and ask what's going on. Yamamoto explains what they are doing and Golgo decides to try. He was able to beat Akiyama and do about 30 difference faces.

In the next segment, the crew wanted to see how many steps professional dancers could get while dancing with the Pokéwalker. The professional dancers were on one team and it consisted of three girls, a belly dancer, a hula dancer and a samba dancer. To make it interesting, Robert were put on another team and the team with the most steps would win. Robert would also have to do the dance to the best of their ability. Yamamoto and the belly dancer went first as they went across the room dancing. Baba and the hula dancer went next and then finally Akiyama and the samba dancer went last. Robert ended up with 228 steps and the Dancer Team ended up with 148 steps. Shoko couldn't believe Robert had won.

One of the major changes to the show was the addition of a widescreen border. The episode still airs in 4:3 but it now includes a border to pad the video to widescreen instead of having a black border.


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During the Pokémon Sunday News segment, Hikozaru revealed the Ranger Sign for Meganium which can be used in the new game Pokémon Ranger: Paths of Light (ポケモンレンジャー　光の軌跡). This sign is not revealed anywhere in the game. Players must register the sign in the Ranger Sign database before it can be used. A picture showing the stroke to draw is posted below. A list of all the revealed Ranger Sign's is available in the games section.


At the end of the episode, Shoko teased the audience by announcing that 'The latest Pokémon game series announcement' (ポケットモンスターシリーズ最新作ゲーム 重大発表) would be revealed on next weeks episode.

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 Pokémon website has posted an interview with the main members of GAME FREAK who were responsible for the latest games Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. This is a different interview than the one that was posted on the official Nintendo Europe site last month.


The interview has also been archived on our site and can be viewed here.

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/vg_hgss_interview-2010-03-31/

The official Nintendo Europe site has posted a press release announcing that the launch of the Dutch versions of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver versions has been postponed. Below is a translation of the press release by Riyu.

"We have noticed that some of the Pokémon HeartGold version carts for the Netherlands and the Dutch part of Belgium don't work like they should.

The quality of our products is important, so we take problems very seriously. For this reason, we have delayed the release of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver in the Netherlands and the Dutch part of Belgium.

Whenever we acquire more information, we will let you know. We sincerely apologize for these circumstances and hope for your understanding.

The games will be released as planned in the French part of Belgium and the rest of Europe on March 26th."

Source: Nintendo Europe

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, When Yadon Becomes Yadoran / Do you want to become a Magician! / The Revelation of this Year's Movie's Preorder Pokémon! (ヤドンがヤドランになるとき / キミもマジシャンになれる！ / 今年の映画の前売りポケモン公開！), aired today in Japan.

When Yadon Becomes Yadoran! (ヤドンがヤドランになると) was this weeks repeat episode. The episode features Professor Nishinomori the 5th (ニシノモリ教授 5世) as he studies his Slowpoke. A full synopsis of this episode is available in the episode guide.

To promote the upcoming Pocket Monsters Movie - The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者ゾロアーク), the crew held a magic show. Popular Japanese magician Maggy Shinji (マギー審司) was invited on the show. He entered the set and did his signature large ear trick as announcer introduced him. The crew sat down in front of him as he began to perform some tricks.

The first trick he performed was bending two chopsticks at a 90 degree angle without snapping them. He then hands them to Professor Red to make sure there isn't something wrong with them. Red smacks them over Golgo's head to test them and then hands them back satisfied that there wasn't something wrong with them. Maggy Shinji then makes the chopsticks disappear right in front of them and then makes them reappear. He pretends to snap them over his legs and then pulls them out of his butt. The Pokémon Sunday crew is quickly impressed with his skills.

Maggy Shinji then asks the crew for a paper bill for his next trick and Golgo gets out a 10000 yen bill from his socks where he keeps his money. He explains he is going to multiply the money (2万円にふえるマジック) and then begins folding the bill. By the time he is done folding, the bill ends up being a 1000 yen bill. Golgo is obviously upset but the rest of the crew laughs.



For his next trick, the magician puts a closed box of cards on the table and then asks the crew to pick a card. After a brief discussion they decide on the 9 of clubs. Maggy Shinji opens the deck and the only card that they couldn't see the face of when he spread the cards out was the 9 of clubs. The crew gave him a standing ovation for the trick.

For the next segment, Maggy Shinji would preform a trick and then show how the trick was performed. The first trick was Rope through the clothes! ? (1 ロープが服を通り抜ける！？). He took a coat and got Baba and Yamamoto to put the two ropes through the sleeves and then tie them at the front. The both pulled the ropes at the same time and the coat came loose. After the trick was complete, he showed them that the part of the rope that he was holding in his hand wasn't actually connected any longer and had looped back. When they began pulling, the magician let go of his part of the rope which went through the sleeves fine.

The next trick, The pencil from nowhere!(2 何もないところからエンピツが！？) was a slight of hand trick where a pencil would appear and disappear from his hand. He showed that he just put tape on the pencil and was always careful to cover that part of the pencil with his finger so they couldn't see.

The final trick that he explained was: Do you know which one has the Trump Mark on the other side? (3 裏側からトランプのマークがわかっちゃう！？)

After the crew knew how the tricks were done, they decided to put on a PokéSun Magic Show. Golgo and Red did the pencil trick, Robert did the rope trick and Shoko did the card trick. All were able to perform the tricks perfectly.


The pre-order ticket downloads that were announced in the latest issue of Corocoro were also announced on the show. Like previous years, people that pre-order the tickets for the latest movie will be able to download a special Pokémon.

This time though there is 3 pre-order Pokémon to download. Pre-order ticket sales begin April 7th, 2010 and are available for purchase till July 9th, 2010. The three Pokémon are: Alternate coloured Entei, Raikou and Suicune. The Pokémon can be downloaded to the Japanese versions of Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver. Raikou knows Zap Cannon (でんじほう), Entei knows Flare Blitz (フレアドライブ) and Suicune knows Sheer Cold (ぜったいれいど). The downloads for the 3 Pokémon starts on June 18th, 2010 and goes until August 31st, 2010.