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First Best Wishes DVD Box Set for Taiwan Announced

My-Cartoon has announced that the first Pocket Monsters Best Wishes DVD box set will be released in Taiwan on October 7th, 2011 for $1,680 Taiwanese Dollars. The set features the first 26 episodes of the series. The 7 disc box set features Dolby Digital 2.0 tracks in Japanese and Chinese Mandarin as...

Channel 7 Pikachu Remote Giveaway

TV Tokyo has just announced a massive giveaway contest, where 7777 "Channel 7 Pikachu Remotes" will be given out. The remote features a yellow Pikachu motif, complete with a Pocket Monsters Best Wishes logo, and has an extra large button for switching to channel 7, TV Tokyo's digital channel number,...

GameFreak Wins 4 Awards at Tokyo Game Show Awards

As part of the Tokyo Game Show (東京ゲームショウ), an award show is held to recognize the people that work on Japanese games. On Thursday September 15th, 2011 at 4 o’clock, the "Japanese Game Awards” were held at Makuhari Messe in Japan. Junichi Masuda posted on the GameFreak Director's Column that they had...

Pocket Monsters BW Pokémon TV Anime Collection DVD ~Pokémon Battle~ Set Announced

A new DVD box set has been announced for release in Japan on January 18th, 2012. Pocket Monsters BW Pokémon TV Anime Collection DVD ~Pokémon Battle~ (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ ポケモンTVアニメコレクションDVD ~ポケモンバトル~) is an 8 disk DVD set similar to previous box sets released in the past. The DVD's can be purchased se...

Europe receives Zoroark C-gear skin

The official UK Pokémon site has updated with information revaling that the Zoroark C-gear skin, which has been available in North America since September 7th, will be coming to Europe. Our C-Gear page has been updated with the lastest info. It will be updated as soon as new information becomes avai...

Pokémon Trading Card Game Expansion - Black & White Noble Victories Announced

The official Pokémon website has formally announced the next Pokémon Trading Card Game Expansion - Black & White Noble Victories. The expansion will be released on November 16th, 2011 and will feature 101 cards. Three cards from the set were also announced: Kyurem, Hydreigon and Victini. The new set...

Spooky Manor will be available on Pokémon Global Link

The Japanese Dream World expansion "Old Mansion" (古びた洋館) was announced in the Weekly Famitsu No. 1189 (週刊ファミ通 1189号) last week and the official Pokémon website has now announced that the Spooky Manor expansion will also be available in other regions of the world starting on September 27th, 2011. Bel...

Viz Zoroark: Master of Illusions DVD Press Release

Viz has posted a press release announcing the release of the 13th Pokémon movie on DVD in North America. More information about the DVD can be found in our DVD database. Below is the press release. Press Release ADVENTURE AWAITS POKÉMON FANS AS VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF POKÉMON—ZOROARK:...

Junichi Masuda announces PokéSmash Mewtwo Event Pokémon

Junichi Masuda appeared on Pokémon Smash 50 to announce further details about the Mewtwo event revealed by Shoko-tan on Pokémon Smash 49. The event distribution will take place from September 26th, 2011 until October 31st, 2011 on the Japanese Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for players of the Japanese ve...

Pocket Monsters Movie 14 Blu-Rays Announced

In a first for Japanese Pocket Monsters distribution, the latest duo of movies, Victini and the Light Hero Reshiram & Victini and the Dark Hero Zekrom will be released on Blu-ray high definition format this December in Japan. See the box art and links to purchase below: Click on Images for ...

Pokémon The Movie: White and Black Announced

The official Pokémon website has announced the English dub titles for the 14th movies. The movies are called Pokémon The Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom / Pokémon The Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram. Pokémon The Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom will premiere at Cinedigm Digital Cinemas through out ...

Weekly Famitsu Announces new PokéPark 2 and new Dream World Expansion

Scans from the latest Weekly Famitsu No. 1189 (週刊ファミ通 1189号) have revealed new information about the new game PokéPark 2 Beyond the World (ポケパーク2 ビヨンド・ザ・ワールド) due to be released this winter for the Nintendo Wii. The game will feature 5th generation Pokémon and Tsutarja, Mijumaru and Pokabu will now ...