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The official Pokémon YouTube channel posted two videos discussing the history of Pokémon, one featuring the Pokémon Company President Tsunekazu Ishihara and the other features GAME FREAK's Junichi Masuda. The Pokémon Company's Tsunekazu Ishihara Tsunekazu Ishihara: For many of you, your rela...
The official Game Developers Conference website has announced that John Hanke, CEO, Niantic, Inc. will be hosting a panel where he will specifically be talking about the upcoming game Pokémon GO. A finalized date and time have yet to be revealed. Catch 'Em All: Pokemon GO and Real World Gamin...
A new online tournament for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire has been announced called the Kanto Classic (カントークラシック). Details of this tournament have been added to our 6th Generation Online Tournaments page and are also listed below. Kanto Classic (カントークラシック) Information ...
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations of the new entry follows: A Report from the Next Generation World Hobby Fair '16 Winter Tokyo Fair! The Next Generation World Hobby Fair '16 Winter is this winter's big event!! It's being held in four venues all across Japan: Tokyo, N...
The official Pokémon website announced that Pokkén Tournament would be one of the playable games at the Evo Championship Series in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2016. The Evolution Championship Series is a yearly esport event that focuses on fighting games. Pokkén Tournament Comes to Evo! Play i...
A new game for the Nintendo 3DS has been announced by The Pokémon Company called Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~ (名探偵ピカチュウ ~新コンビ誕生~) which will be released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on February 3rd, 2016 for 1,500 yen. From January 27th, 2016 until February 29th, 2016, the game w...
The Summer 15 Shiny Rayquaza that was distributed in Singapore from May 5th, 2015 until July 31st, 2015 via serial codes has been banned from official Video Game tournaments and events. The official Japanese Pokémon Global Link website made the announcement on January 21st, 2016 but it had previousl...
Pokémon Debuts Its First-Ever Super Bowl TV Commercial Pokémon fans encouraged to discover hidden Pokémon references and Train On. The Pokémon Company International today unveiled a new TV commercial that will air during Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, February 7. The ad, shot in Rio de Janeiro, celeb...
The Pokémon Scrap 2016 (ポケモンスクラップ2016) campaign has been revealed and starting on February 1st, 2016, specially marked merchandise have Pokémon Scraps enclosed in them and will be available at participating stores in Japan. Players can get Pokémon for their video game depending on how many Pokém...
The official Japanese Pokémon website has announced that on March 16th, 2016, the Pokémon Center Kyoto (ポケモンセンターキョウト) will open in the Takashimaya Kyoto Store. It will be the 10th operating Pokémon Center to open in Japan. The mascots for the location will be Pikachu and Ho-oh. The Pokémon Cente...
The official Movie 19 Website has updated. Translations follow: Story A Pokémon came falling from the sky! As Satoshi continued his journey aiming to become a Pokémon Master, a lump covered in white smoke suddenly dropped out of the sky and landed in front of him and his friends. As white sm...
The first images from this month's issue of Monthly Corocoro Comic have leaked. Translations follow: Progressive scoops on the 2016 movie!! We raise the roof with multiple world exclusive scoops!! With this, you're getting shocking information before anyone else, too!! Volcanion: A rece...