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Nintendo Partners with McDonalds in Japan: Pikachu with Present available to Download

Nintendo began a trial run of a new service that gives DS owners in Japan access to downloadable content in McDonald's restaurants and on trains. The company kicked off the Nintendo Spot service today in cooperation with McDonalds and NTT Broadband Platform. McDonald's will use the service to give c...

Shoko Nakagawa to be a guest at Anime Expo in Los Angeles

Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States, recently announced that it will invite Nakagawa to its July 3 to 6 convention in Los Angeles for her first overseas live performance. Shoko Nakagawa is best known to Pokemon fans as one of the hosts of Pokemon Sunday. Nakagawa sang Sorai...

FCC Fines Station over 1 second TCG Apperance in a Gameboy Commercial

The FCC is continuing its relentless fines against televisions station in the United States for airing Pokemon merchandise during the commercial blocks. The FCC considers that "host selling," which converts the entire TV show into an ad.The latest channel to be fined is WLFL TV Raleigh, N.C. for air...

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 80

Yanyanma! Get Strategy!! is the 80th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on May 22, 2008. DP80 Episode Screenshots: Click HereYou can view larger screenshots from this episode by visiting the Imageboard. There you can post your own screenshots and discuss the latest episode....

Walmart releases The Rise of Darkrai DVD a week early

Many people have confirmed that Walmart has released The Rise of Darkrai DVD early in many of their stores across the United States. The DVD is scheduled for release on May 27th, 2008.Those looking to get the DVD early might want to check their local Walmart. The movie first aired in North America o...

Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin Soundtrack CD Announced

The soundtrack CD for the upcoming movie, Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin has been announced. The cd will be released on July 30th by Media Factory (Pikachu Records). The cd's catalog number is ZMCP-4083 and its suggested retail price is 2940yen. Shinji Miyazaki once again returns to record...

Nnooo, A WiiWare game developer is Pitching a Pokemon MMORPG

Nnoo, the developers of WiiWare game Pop have just pitched some ideas for new upcoming games they would like to produce. One of them is a Pokemon MMORPG. Their website has the following statement: "We have a concept for a cool Pokemon MMORPG." It will be interesting to see how this develops. Many P...

Pokemon Video Game Showdown Announced

The Pokemon Video Game Showdown is a BATTLE of the best Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl players from Japan and the United States. Two Qualifier Tournaments will be held in the United States this summer, and the top eight finishers in each age division will win a trip to compete at the final Pokemo...

10th Anniversary of the Pokemon Center Franchise: Exclusive Pikachu TCG Cards

This year, the Japanese Pokemon Center franchise is celebrating its tenth anniversary.For customers that purchase an item from the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, or Yokohama Pokemon Centers between May 30th and June 15th, they will receive an exclusive 10th Anniversary "Pikachu" TCG Card. This is a ...

Official Japanese Pokemon Website Adds Platinum Section

Earlier today the Official Japanese Pokemon website added a new section dedicated to the upcoming Nintendo DS game, Pokemon Platinum. There currently isn't very much information on the website, but we can be sure there will be plenty of info in the upcoming months.The site did post two high resoluti...

Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl 79

Decisive Match! Hikari VS Haruka!! is the 79th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on May 15, 2008. DP79 Episode Screenshots: Click HereTogether2008 also made its debut in this episode. The intro video did not change.You can view larger screenshots from this episode by visiting the Imageb...

#PocketMonsters 3rd Anniversary - May 14th 2008

Well time certainly goes by fast! It's been three years since #PocketMonsters was created and during that time a lot has changed. #PocketMonsters has a huge group of staff members and loyal visitors that are in the chatroom daily discussing the recent events in the Pokemon community as well as world...