Pokémon Global Link Relaunches With A Fresh Look And Cool New Features

BELLEVUE, WA-June 25th, 2012 - The Pokémon Company International relaunched the Pokémon Global Link website (www.pokemon.com/pgl), delivering a fresh look and exciting new features for Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video game players to explore this summer. The updated website includes new player data in its Reports and My Page sections, plus a brand-new area to visit in the Pokémon Dream World. The Global Trade Station has also launched at the site, allowing players to observe Pokémon trades happening around the world.

On the Pokémon Global Link's new Reports page, players can view and analyze previously unavailable Global Battle Union and Wi-Fi Competition information such as the most popular Pokémon used by top players. The Reports page will also track Ratings and Rankings for players all over the world who battle via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. And, in the page's Game Sync World Records section, players can view how countries around the world rank in different game stats, including top cycling locations, top healing locations, top battling locations, and more. The new My Page section will make it easier to track your own game's progress and statistics, including personal reports like Global Battle Union results, Global Trade Station trades, and more.

A brand-new area in the Pokémon Dream World has also arrived. Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video game players can now tuck in their favorite Pokémon and explore the new Icy Cave area. In the Icy Cave, players can meet Ice-type Pokémon such as Sneasel, Spheal, and Swinub, and bring them back into their copy of Pokémon Black Version or Pokémon White Version. Also new to the Pokémon Dream World, players have more control over which Island of Dreams area they visit, based on the type of Pokémon they have tucked in. For instance, players can give themselves a better chance at arriving in the new Icy Cave area by tucking in an Ice-type Pokémon.

When the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 video games launch this fall, only players of the new titles will be able to meet Unova region Pokémon in the Pokémon Dream World and bring them back into their copy of the game. More Pokémon Global Link features for the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 games will be announced later this year.

To celebrate the relaunch of the Pokémon Global Link, Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Versionplayers can receive a Porygon for their game and other special Porygon-themed items via the Pokémon Global Link beginning July 12th! Specific details on how to participate will be announced on www.pokemon.com when this special promotion kicks off.

To participate in the promotion, players must have a free Pokémon Trainer Club account, a Nintendo 3DS or a Nintendo DS system, and a copy of the Pokémon Black Version or Pokémon White Version video game with its Game Sync ID registered at the Pokémon Global Link website.