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A Pikachu Festival (ピカチュウまつり) will be held at the Tohoku Pokémon Center from March 23rd, 2012 until April 8th, 2012. There will be various activities at the festival all related to Pikachu such as Papercraft and bingo. A Pikachu will also be distributed at the event to players of the Japanese ve...
The official Japanese Pokémon website and the April 2012 issue of Corocoro have announced information on the Movie 15 pre-order ticket campaign. Players of Pokémon Black and White (ポケットモンスター ブラック・ホワイト) and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (ポケットモンスター ブラック2・ホワイト2) that pre-order their tickets for the movie...
Sean Robbins, host of the Japanese popular music radio show The J-Pop Exchange, has informed us that he will be airing an exclusive interview with Naomi Tamura (田村直美) on Saturday March 17th, 2012 at 8PM EST on his show. Below is his news submission. Quote from Sean Robbins - Host of The J-Pop Exc...
With the release of Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition (ポケモン+ノブナガの野望) only a few days away, a ton of new information about the game has been revealed in various magazines and on the official website. The game will be released in Japan on March 17th, 2012 and it features an all new system for Pokémon batt...
A new version of Pokémon Battle Chess (ポケモンバトルチェス) is going to be released in Japan on May 18th, 2012 for 500yen. The game is a take on the popular board game Chess but with a Pokémon twist. The new version will feature a red box and Lugia and Pikachu will be prominently featured. The previous versi...
The latest Pocket Monsters Best Wishes ending theme is now available to download in Japan on the Apple iTunes store for 200yen. A forum post on Aki Okui's (奥井亜紀) official website asked if the song was going to be released on CD but the release is pending. No official reason was given but it is proba...
The official Pokémon website has announced details about the upcoming English TCG expansion Dark Explorers. The expansion will be released on May 9th, 2012 and will consist of over 100 cards. Below are the details. Pokémon TCG: Black and White — Dark Explorers As you explore the darkness, th...
The official Japanese Pokémon Card Game Blog has revealed two new cards that will debut in the upcoming expansion sets Dragon Blast and Dragon Blade (リューズブラスト・リューノブレード) which will be released on March 16th, 2012. Below are the details. Garbodor (ダストダス) Psychic Type, 100HP, 0...
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has finally confirmed that a Blyray combo pack for Pokémon 4Ever, Pokémon Heroes, Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker and Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys will be released in the United States on April 4th, 2012. The entry first appeared on Amazon.com over a month ago but there were no...
The official Japanese Pokémon Card Game Blog has revealed a new energy card that will debut in the upcoming expansion sets Dragon Blast and Dragon Blade (リューズブラスト・リューノブレード). The card can be one of 5 different energy types which makes it a bit easier for player to be able to use moves that have a lot...
Shoko Nakagawa posted three pictures on her blog recently that shows a banner on the Pokémon Smash set that says: Pokémon Anime 15th Anniversary Special (ポケモンアニメ15周年スペシャル). It appears that this is from a recent block of Pokémon Smash filming and the 15th Anniversary Special episode will most likely ...
Players of Pokémon Black and White can get the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram and Zekrom from the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection from March 10th, 2012 until April 8th, 2012. Players that have Pokémon Black can receive Zekrom while players of Pokémon White can receive Reshiram. Players can then used t...