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NEWS ARTICLES
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs on Pokemon.com

The official Pokémon website has posted the original Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs shorts together as a single episode for ...

Viz Pokémon Holiday Selections

San Francisco, CA, November 11, 2010 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, gives fans a variety of fun suggestions for action-packed anime titles that will make ideal additions to holiday wis...

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 9

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 9 - Pendra's Rampage! Rescue Kibago!! (ペンドラー暴走!キバゴを救え!!) aired on Thursday in Japan. The trio of Satoshi, Iris and Dent are traveling together on route to Shippo City. Iris and Dent decide to have their first Pokémon battle with Yanappu facing Kib...

Pokémon Smash 6

Pokémon Smash Episode 6, Enter the Zenigame Squad! / Robert of the Adventure Division uses the C-Gear to Examine Differences / Pokemon BW Information - What Day can you Buy Hiun Ice Cream? (ゼニガメぐんだんとうじょう! / アドベンチャー部・ロバートがCギアを使ってすれ違い調査 / ポケモンBW情報・ヒウンアイスが買えるのは何曜日?), aired today in Japan. The epis...

Pokémon Mystery Egg Event

The Official Japanese Pokémon Website has announced a new Wi-Fi event that loosely ties in with the new series: Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! In Best Wishes episode 12, which airs on Thursday, December 9th, 2010, Satoshi will receive an egg. A special Pokémon Mystery Egg event for Pokémon Black a...

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 8

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 8 - Darumakka and Hihidaruma! The Secret of the Clock Tower!! (ダルマッカとヒヒダルマ!時計塔の秘密!!) aired on Thursday in Japan. The trio of Satoshi, Iris and Dent are traveling together on route to Shippo City. As the group takes a rest by a riverside, Pikachu a...

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure Takes Pokémon Fans on a Wild Ride

Launching today across North America, the new PokéPark™ Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure game is the first Pokémon™ adventure game created exclusively for the Wii™ system, placing the world-famous Pikachu™ in a massive world filled with friends, foes and exploration. Series fans and newcomers alike are invi...

Pokémon Smash 5

Pokémon Smash Episode 5, Rescue Ralts! Hurry Masato! / Robert Teaches the New Members How to Enjoy the Pokémon Card Game / Pokémon BW News - Pictures Drawn by the PokéSma Members Appear in the Game!?! (ラルトスを救え! 急げマサト! / ロバートが新メンバーにポケモンカードゲームの楽しみ方を伝授 / ポケモンBW情報・ポケスマメンバーが描いた絵がゲームで登場!?), aired today in...

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 7

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 7 - Attract and Get Tsutarja!? (ツタージャ・ ゲットでメロメロ!?) aired on Thursday in Japan. The trio of Satoshi, Iris and Dent are traveling together on route to Shippo City. As the group takes a rest in a forest, the Grass Snake Pokémon Tsutarja appears and s...

Original Series Screenplay Writer Takeshi Shudō Died at Age 61

The Pocket Monsters Original Series screenplay writer Takeshi Shudō (首藤剛志) was sent to hospital at around 6am on Thursday, October 28th, 2010 after he collapsed at the JR Nara Station in the smoking area. It was determined that he suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. It was confirmed later in the day...

Iwata Asks - Development Information on Pokémon Snap

In the Iwata Asks interview for Kirby's Epic Yarn, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and Masanobu Yamamoto, the Character Supervisor at HAL Laboratory, Inc. discussed the early development of Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64.​ Below are the relevant excerpts from that interview. Itawa Asks: Kirby'...

Pokémon Smash 4

Pokémon Smash Episode 4, Happinas' Happy Nurse! / The New Plan to Teach the New Members About Pokémon, the 'Pokémon Quiz Caravan' Meeting / Releasing 22 New Pokémon at Once / News on the Battle Subway! (ハピナスのハッピーナース! / 新メンバーにポケモンを教える新企画「ポケモンクイズキャラバン」開催 / 新ポケモン22匹一挙大放出 / バトルサブウェイの情報も!), aired today i...