Pokemon Mystery Dungeon sold over 208 000 copies combined in May
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness sold over 209 000 copies combined in May with life-to-date sales reaching over 613 000 copies. Explorers of Darkness was number 9 on the sales charts for all system with 107 000 units sold and Darkness and...
Model Akina Minami dresses as 'Pikachu' to throw first pitch at baseball game
Pinup model Akina Minami tossed the ceremonial first pitch to open a Japanese interleague baseball game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday while dressed as "Pikachu," the main character from the popular animation series "Pokemon.""I'm not good at sports, so I practiced throwing the ball with my sty...
Pokemon USA and Burger King Corp. Partner for Global Promotion in 2008
BURGER KING Restaurants Worldwide to Offer Exclusive Pokemon Premiums with Each Purchase of a Kids Meal BELLEVUE, Wash., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Pokemon USA, Inc., and Burger King Corp. today announced a promotional partnership that will bring popular characters like Pikachu(R), Darkrai(TM), Dialga(...
Deoxys available at Gamestop
Gamestop has announced they will be offering Pokemon Diamond and Pearl owners an exclusive Deoxys starting at the end of June. Players can bring their Nintendo DS and Pokemon Diamond or Pearl cart to any of the participating Gamestop stores to get the exclusive Pokemon. This mysterious Pokemon from ...
My Pokemon Ranch Released for Purchase Via WiiWare
My Pokemon Ranch is a WiiWare title that was announced at Nintendo's fall 2007 conference. It was developed by Ambrella and can be purchased for 1,000 Wii Points. Pokemon can be transferred from Diamond and Pearl and stored on a farm. The player can use up to 8 Diamond and Pearl games to send their ...
Fierce Fighting in Broken Space TCG Expansion Announced
The official Japanese TCG website has posted a ton of new information on the upcoming Expansion 'Fierce Fighting in Broken Space'. The full card list will be posted on June 20th while the cards will be available for purchase on July 10th in Japan. Below are pictures of some of the new cards from the...
Pocket Monsters Movie 11 Concept Art
Director Yuyama has picked a few concept pictures and has posted them on the official Pokemon Yahoo Japan website. The art gives fans a unique look at how the movie is developed as well as see some of the amazing artwork that is produced during the concept phase of the movie.You can view larger pict...
Shaymin's Sky Forme accidentally posted to Festa site
With about a month to go till Movie 11 is in theaters in Japan, it appears as though a small picture of the Sky Forme of Shaymin has been accidentally posted. PoKeSaFaRi has created a vector image from the low resolution photo and we thank him for allowing us to post it. After the offi...
Pokemon Battle Frontier Box Set 2 / Diamond and Pearl Box Set 1 Announced
Right Stuf has updated their website with a few more titles to expect from Viz Media in September and October. Pokemon All Stars Vol. #11 - Meowth66 minutes - $7.49 - 08/19/2008Contains the following episodes: The Purr-fect Hero, Go West, Young Meowth, Meowth Rules! Pokemon All Stars Vol. #12 - Tree...
Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl 82
The Gureggru Festival of the Nomose Great Marsh!? is the 82nd episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on June 5, 2008 .Satoshi and his friends have arrived in Nomose City and head to the Gym. The Gym Leader, Crasher Wake, comes out but denies Satoshi's request for a Gym Battle because of an ur...
Movie 11 Post-Recording Report
The special guest cast for the 11th movie in the Pocket Monsters Movie series did a public reading of a few scenes from the upcoming movie Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin in Tokyo, Japan on June 3rd. Crystal Kay, Koichi Yamadera, Shido Nakamura, Shoko Nakagawa...
Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl 81
Scorching Hikozaru! is the 81st episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on May 29, 2008.Satoshi and friends are running after Gligar who has been blown away by a gust, and promptly run into Shinji. After a huge argument about their different ways of treating Pokemon, Satoshi challenges Shinji ...
Nintendo Partners with McDonalds in Japan: Pikachu with Present available to Download
Nintendo began a trial run of a new service that gives DS owners in Japan access to downloadable content in McDonald's restaurants and on trains. The company kicked off the Nintendo Spot service today in cooperation with McDonalds and NTT Broadband Platform. McDonald's will use the service to give c...
Shoko Nakagawa to be a guest at Anime Expo in Los Angeles
Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States, recently announced that it will invite Nakagawa to its July 3 to 6 convention in Los Angeles for her first overseas live performance. Shoko Nakagawa is best known to Pokemon fans as one of the hosts of Pokemon Sunday. Nakagawa sang Sorai...
FCC Fines Station over 1 second TCG Apperance in a Gameboy Commercial
The FCC is continuing its relentless fines against televisions station in the United States for airing Pokemon merchandise during the commercial blocks. The FCC considers that "host selling," which converts the entire TV show into an ad.The latest channel to be fined is WLFL TV Raleigh, N.C. for air...
Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 80
Yanyanma! Get Strategy!! is the 80th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on May 22, 2008. DP80 Episode Screenshots: Click HereYou can view larger screenshots from this episode by visiting the Imageboard. There you can post your own screenshots and discuss the latest episode....
Walmart releases The Rise of Darkrai DVD a week early
Many people have confirmed that Walmart has released The Rise of Darkrai DVD early in many of their stores across the United States. The DVD is scheduled for release on May 27th, 2008.Those looking to get the DVD early might want to check their local Walmart. The movie first aired in North America o...
Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin Soundtrack CD Announced
The soundtrack CD for the upcoming movie, Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin has been announced. The cd will be released on July 30th by Media Factory (Pikachu Records). The cd's catalog number is ZMCP-4083 and its suggested retail price is 2940yen. Shinji Miyazaki once again returns to record...
Nnooo, A WiiWare game developer is Pitching a Pokemon MMORPG
Nnoo, the developers of WiiWare game Pop have just pitched some ideas for new upcoming games they would like to produce. One of them is a Pokemon MMORPG. Their website has the following statement: "We have a concept for a cool Pokemon MMORPG." It will be interesting to see how this develops. Many P...
Pokemon Video Game Showdown Announced
The Pokemon Video Game Showdown is a BATTLE of the best Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl players from Japan and the United States. Two Qualifier Tournaments will be held in the United States this summer, and the top eight finishers in each age division will win a trip to compete at the final Pokemo...
