24th June 2008 5:03PM EST GMT+10
Mystery Dungeon, Trading Cards, Event Pokemon and Clothes!
Our first official news article on our new layout!
Okay well Nintendo Australia are offering people the chance to win a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon prize pack which includes either a blue/black or red/black DS Lite, a copy of either of Explorers of Time or Darkness, a game guide and a pocket PokeDex book. If you'd like to enter then click
here, you'll have to tell Nintendo in 25 words or less which Pokemon game you like best.
Next up
Go-Pokemon.com have revealed the next series of Pokemon cards titled
Diamond & Pearl - Legends Awakened, below is a quote from their site.
Rise to the challenge!
The time has come for legends to awaken! Behold some of the most powerful Pokémon of all time when the brand-new Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion Diamond & Pearl—Legends Awakened hits retail outlets nationwide on August 20, 2008. This latest installment of the best-selling Pokémon TCG features a gigantic set of more than 140 cards and is guaranteed to change game strategy for Pokémon Trainers, collectors, and fans everywhere. With the rise of the long slumbering Regigigas and the fire-wielding Heatran, as well as seven new Pokémon LV.X, Diamond & Pearl—Legends Awakened is destined to make for epic battles that soon become legendary!
Features
- New Diamond & Pearl Pokémon such as Regigigas, Heatran, and Giratina
- Seven new Pokémon LV.X including Mewtwo LV.X
- Two 60-card theme decks—Bombardment and Metal Surge
- Booster packs include 10 randomly inserted game cards for collectors and players alike
- Theme decks and parallel set cards feature an innovative look with holographic treatment
Gamestop in the US handed out Deoxys over the weekend while Japan was given Level 100 Regigigas, details on both Pokemon can be seen below:
Deoxys
Level: 50
Ball: Cherish Ball
Item: NeverMeltIce
Attacks: Psycho Boost, Zap Cannon, Iron Defense, ExtremeSpeed
Ribbon: Classic
Regigigas
Level: 100
Ball: Cherish Ball
Item: Custap Berry
Attacks: Iron Head, Rock Slide, Icy Wind, Crush Grip
Japan are now getting another chance to grab one of the rarest Pokemon, Jirachi. Jirachi is a Pokemon even us Australians had the chance to grab through Pokemon Channel, however the Pokemon has been kept quite reserved in Japan and is only given out on rare occasions, one of which is happening shortly. 100,000 random members of the Pokemon Daisuki club will be sent a special coupon allowing them to download the Pokemon from Pokemon Center Japan or various Toys R Us stores.
Finally The Pokemon Company Japan are launching a new clothing line which, get this, FOCUSES ON MODERN, STYLISH ADULT CLOTHING! Titled
Pokemon 151, this clothing range features many different Pokemon designs that wont make you feel embarrassed in any way if you are over the age of 10. Below is a sample of clothing via
Bulbanews, I for one will import heaps of stuff if possible because the designs are so amazing. The official site will launch this Thursday and only the four t-shirts pictured below will initially be available from the Pokemon Center Japan.
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