The official Japanese Pokémon YouTube page has posted two Japanese Pokémon TCG videos. The first is a commercial for the Rising Fist (ライジングフィスト) expansion which will be released on June 14th, 2014. The second video is the Pokémon Card Game XY Starter Set DVD Version video that features a puppet version of Rocket Gang Nyarth explaining the rules for the game. The video is from the DVD included in the Pokémon Card Game XY Starter Sets which were released in Japan on November 8th, 2013.

Rising Fist Commercial

Pokémon Card Game XY Starter Set DVD Version Video

Two commercials for Pokémon Art Academy (ポケモンアートアカデミー) have begun airing in Japan. They have also been posted on Nintendo Japan's YouTube account. The commercials feature some of the game's lessons and shows how players can draw in the software title for the Nintendo 3DS/2DS.

TV Commercial 1

TV Commercial 2

Nintendo 3DS LL Monthly Recommended Software Campaign (ニンテンドー3DS LL 月替わりオススメソフトキャンペーン)

Nintendo has announced that those that purchase a Nintendo 3DS LL in Japan from June 1st, 2014 to June 30th, 2014, will receive a software download code to redeem a game. For the month of June 2014, people can get a free copy of Pokémon X, Pokémon Y or Pokémon Art Academy. Pokémon Art Academy is released on June 19th, 2014, so those wishing to get that title will have to wait until then.

The English dubbed version of the Pokémon Origins special was released on iTunes on May 28th, 2014 and is available for purchase in North America and Europe. The four episodes can be purchased separately for $2.99/£2.49 per episode in High Definition or $1.99/£1.89 in Standard Definition. All four episodes can be purchased for $11.96/£9.96 in HD or $7.96/£7.56 in SD.


A Bluray is available in Japan and DVD was released in Australia but no physical media releases of the special is currently available in North America and Europe making iTunes the only place for fans to buy these episodes. The episodes can also be viewed for free on Hulu in the United States.

Pokémon Origins iTunes Description

It’s back to the beginning with Pokémon Origins! This animated series tells the story of the very first Pokémon video games, Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version. A new Pokémon Trainer named Red and his arrogant rival, Blue, set out from Professor Oak’s laboratory on a journey to complete the Pokédex. At first, Red doesn’t really know what he’s doing and finds it difficult to connect with his Charmander when they battle. But soon he meets Gym Leader Brock, who sets him on the path to win eight badges and challenge the Pokémon League!

Peacsmile! (ピースマイル!)

The second ending theme for Pocket Monsters XY is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon in Japan. Peacsmile! (ピースマイル!) is performed by J☆Dee'Z and the track is available for 250yen.


A music video of the song featuring J☆Dee'Z and Pikachu was also posted on YouTube by Sony Music Records but is region restricted to Japan.

Sources: https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pokemon-origins/id862658212, Peacsmile Amazon JPN, and https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id878131471

The official Pokemon movie website has updated with a feature on the upcoming movie tie-in game The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (とうぞくと1000びきのポケモン). Translations follow:


Free to play! A new Pokémon game based on "The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie"!

A new Pokémon game utilizing the Streetpass system!
Streetpass people and keep incrasing your Pokémon!
"The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" will be available from Thursday June 5th!
*This game is exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS download service. It will be available from Thursday June 5th to Tuesday September 30th


The same setting as the movie!
Incredibly, the story is connected to this year's movie. You will go up against Marilyn Flame and Ninja Riot!
"The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" is set in "Diamond Ore Country", just like this year's movie. The thieves Marilyn and Riot also appear in the movie. What are they planning to do? How does it relate to the movie's plot?
Marilyn
In the movie, she has a Mafoxy as her partner. What kind of Pokémon will she use in the game?
Riot
Despite being called a ninja thief, he's quite tough.

It connects with the movie!
If you download "The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" and then go see the movie in a theater, "something special" will happen!? This can then be further connected to "Pocket Monsters X/Y"!
With The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon, at a theater showing the Pokémon movie: Download "The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" and go to a theater to watch "Pokémon the Movie XY: The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie" to make "something special" happen!
With Pocket Monsters X/Y: Challenge that "special something", and something amazing will happen in "Pocket Monsters X/Y"!


How to play
"The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" is a game you play using the Nintendo 3DS Streetpass function! When you streetpass users that have the same game, you will gain more Harimaron, Fokko and Keromatsu! With a band of Pokémon in tow, battle the thieves that stand in your way! Streetpass a lot, gain a lot of Pokémon, and beat the thieves!
You assemble 1000 Pokémon and go for victory too!

For further information on how to play, how to download the game, etc, see the official Pocket Monsters website.

Trailer

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/topics/thief_and_1000pokemon.php

Pokémon Get TV 31 aired on Sunday May 11th, 2014 in Japan and it featured a new trailer for the upcoming games Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby 『ポケットモンスター オメガルビー』 and Pocket Monsters Alpha Sapphire 『ポケットモンスター アルファサファイア』. The English YouTube site also posted the footage from the episode as well.

Trailer

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DyEDmQ83s

A new game for the Nintendo 3DS was announced today called Pokémon Art Academy (ポケモンアートアカデミー). The game allows people to learn how to draw Pokémon by using the 3DS stylus. It will go on sale in Japan on June 19th, 2014 for 3619yen in retail stores and on the Nintendo eShop.

Trailer

Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/bpcj/index.html

The Pokémon World Championships 2014 official Japanese website launched on April 15th, 2014. The site contains information about the upcoming tournaments in Japan and where players can participate in order to qualify for the Pokémon World Championships 2014 in Washington, D.C.


A video featuring Pokémon Get TV (ポケモンゲット☆TV) hosts Director Robin and Director Yukito was also posted. They recap most of the information on the website including: the Japan Cup 2014 (ジャパンカップ2014) and the Pokémon Card Game Lizardon Mega Battle.

Pokémon World Championships 2014 Video

Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/wcs2014/

The official movie site has updated with information on the guest voice actors for this year's movies. A translation of the article follows:


It' time to announce the guest voice actors for this year's movies! The guest voice actors in the feature film "Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" will be Yoshiko Mita (三田佳子), Koichi Yamadera (山寺宏一), Shoko Nakagawa (中川翔子), Rika Adachi (足立梨花) and the Nakagawake comedian duo (Tsuyoshi and Reiji).

In addition, it has been decided that the narration in the co-feature short will be provided by AKB48 member Mayu Watanabe (渡辺麻友).

Now for some comments from the actors:

The actors in the feature film, "Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction"

Yoshiko Mita (voice of Xerneas) - 三田佳子（ゼルネアス役）:

When I was first approached about voice acting, I was very surprised! (laughs) I think it might have been the sum of my long time working in these circles, living this career and my outlook on life that got me to taking this role. I am happy being able to make myself known through Pikachu and the others. In this world, I'd like to make use of the same mentality that make my grandchild(ren) like me. 初めて声優のお話を聞いた時は「あら、驚いた！」という感じでした（笑）長くこの世界でやってきて、生きてきたキャリアや人生観などトータルなもので、この役に声をかけて頂いたのかなと思いました。私の存在をピカチュウたちを通して、知ってもらえるというのは、嬉しいです。孫に好かれる精神が、この世界でも活かせればと思います。

Koichi Yamadera (voice of Ninja Riot) - 山寺宏一（ニンジャ・ライオット役）

Perfect attendance and still going! I'm really happy! But this is the first installation of "Pokémon the Movie XY", so I'll go back and remember what it's like to be a beginner, and do my best! (Although I'm always nervous anyways, since my roles are very different every time.) This time, I'm playing a thief who uses a Gekkouga. Come to think of it, when I was a child I loved this series called "Phantom Agents" (Jp. Ninja Butai Gekkou) and I'd often play ninja games... I'll try to recall those times and give it my all while acting! 皆勤賞継続中です！本当に嬉しい！でも「ポケモン・ザ・ムービーＸＹ」として初の劇場版なので、初心に帰って頑張ります！（そもそも毎回役が違うので、いつもドキドキなんですが）今回はゲッコウガを使う忍者盗賊の役。そういえば子供の頃「忍者部隊月光」という番組が大好きで、よく忍者ごっこをしていたっけ‥。その頃を思い出して精一杯演じます！！

Shoko Nakagawa (voice of Miriss Steel) - 中川翔子（ミリス・スティール役）

This is my eighth time being a guest voice actor, and for the first time in a while, I've got a human role! Since it's a role I've never played before but have been wanting to do for a while, I'm excited. This character changes expressions often, I hope you'll see a new side of me. I'll put all I've learned in these eight years into this, so I'd be happy if you came to the theaters to watch. ８年目のゲスト声優の役が、久々の人間役！今まで演じたことのない、やってみたかった役に挑戦できるので、とても楽しみです。色んな顔を見せるキャラクターなので、新たな中川翔子を見ていただけると思います。今までの８年間のすべてを込めて、がんばりたいと思いますので、是非、劇場で観て頂けると嬉しいです。

Rika Adachi (voice of Marilyn Flame) - 足立梨花（マリリン・フレイム役）

This is the happiest thing that has happened to me lately, and I got so psyched that I kept shouting, "For real? For real?" over and over (laughs). I've been playing the games since I was little and have watched the anime the whole time, so I was overjoyed about this job. I also want to do my best so children watching this movie will grow to like Pokémon even more. ここ最近で一番うれしい事だったので、テンション上がりっぱなしで、「マジですか？」「マジですか？」と連呼してしまいました（笑）小さい頃からゲームもやっていたし、アニメもずっと見ていたので、すごく嬉しいお仕事でした。この映画を観て、子供たちにさらにポケモンを好きになってもうらえるように、私もがんばりたいと思います。

The Nakagawake duo (Tsuyoshi Nakagawa: Voice of Melecie & Reiji Nakagawa: Voice of Algus Steel) - 中川家（中川剛：メレシー役、中川礼二：アルガス・スティール役）

Comment written by Reiji: "What? Why?" was our initial response when we heard about this (laugh). We're comedians, but this is our first time voice acting, so we're amateurs, but we hope not to fall behind the others and to be able to express ourselves. We don't know if the children recognize our faces, but we hope they're looking forward to [the movie] in any case. 「え、なぜだ？」それが、一番最初にこの話を聞いた時に返した言葉です。（笑）お笑いをやっていますけど、声優は初めてで、素人なので、みなさんに負けないように、自分を出せればいいのかなと思います。子供たちは、僕の顔が分かるかどうか分かりませんが、楽しみにしていただければと思います。

The actors in the short, "Pikachu, What Kind of Keys are These?"

Mayu Watanabe (Narrator) - 渡辺麻友 （ナレーション）

I'm so happy (to be in charge of the narration of the short)! I went to watch the movie "Mewtwo Strikes Back" with my family and played the games with my older sister. The Pokémon in the short are truly lovely, so it's a soothing work. I was motivated to do my best so people could enjoy it. As it premieres in the summer holidays, I hope I can help making children from all over the country come to the theaters to watch it, and make it the most wonderful work of this summer! （短編のナレーションを担当することになり）すごく嬉しいです！映画は「ミュウツーの逆襲」を家族と一緒に観に行き、ゲームも姉と一緒にやっていました。短編はポケモンたちが本当に可愛らしくて癒やされる作品。楽しんでもらえるように頑張らなくてはと感じました。夏休み公開の作品ということで、全国の子どもたちにぜひ劇場で観て頂き、この夏一番の素敵な作品になるよう、お手伝いが出来ればと思います！

Trailer

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=1208

The Super Smash Bros. Direct which was broadcast on April 8th, 2014 revealed that Mega Charizard and Greninja will be main playable characters in the upcoming game Super Smash Bros. The Nintendo 3DS version runs at 60fps while some of the Pokémon and Assist Trophies will only run at 30fps.

It was also revealed the non-playable Pokémon will be able to come out of the Master Ball item. The following Pokémon may randomly come out of the Master Ball: Arceus, Meowth, Electrode, Eevee, Staryu, Metagross, Fennekin, Meloetta, Gogoat, Entei, Deoxys, Palkia, Kyurem, Victini, Keldeo, Xerneas, Goldeen, Snorlax, Mew, Bellossom, Entei, Darkrai, Chespin, Spewpa, Dedenne.

Pictures from the Nintendo Direct video and the press kit are available on the Imageboard.

Super Smash Bros. Direct Video

Source: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct

The Pokémon Company International is looking for citizens of the United States to become commentators for the upcoming 2014 Pokémon US National Championships and the Pokémon World Championships. The full details and instructions on how to apply are listed below.

Pokémon Commentator Auditions - PR E-mail

The Pokémon Company International is looking for talented and knowledgeable Pokémon fans to lead live commentary at the 2014 Pokémon US National Championships and the Pokémon World Championships. Chosen commentators will be making an appearance on-screen at the events, which will be streamed live to thousands of Pokémon fans around the world, and will have their travel and hotel costs covered by The Pokémon Company International.

Auditions are open to US residents who are at least 18 years old and who can attend both the US National Championships, July 4-6 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the World Championships, August 15-17 in Washington, D.C.

To be considered, entrants must submit an audition video where they commentate solo or with a partner on a Pokémon X, Pokémon Y, or Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) match. The recorded video must then be posted to YouTube with the title "Play! Pokémon Commentary Audition: [YOUR NAME]". Once the video is posted, entrants need to email [email protected] with the following information:

Email subject: Commentary Audition for [YOUR NAME]
Name:
TCG or Video Game:
Audition YouTube Link:
Pokémon event experience:
Additional comments:

All submissions must be posted online with information sent no later than April 21, 2014. As this is an audition and not a contest, The Pokémon Company International does not guarantee that any one person will be chosen from submitted entries.

Sources: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/audition-to-be-a-pokemon-event-commentator/ and PR E-mail.