The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl 190 - Pokémon Doctor Takeshi! (ポケモンドクター・タケシ!) aired on Thursday in Japan.

The Sinnoh League is now over and Satoshi and friends board a ship that gets attacked by a shoal of Dokukurage. A bunch of Pokémon get injured but there is no Joy on-board to help nurse them back to health. Can Takeshi help heal the Pokémon?!

Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

The Pokémon Johto Legendary Trio Sweepstakes are being held from 7:00:01am PT August 30 to 11:59:59pm PT September 19, 2010. People can enter daily for a chance to win great Pokémon prizes.

To enter the Sweepstakes, participants must log on to the entry page, located at www.pokemonsweepstakes.com and follow the directions to enter and submit participant’s email address. No other methods of entry will be accepted. Participants under the age of majority should get parental permission before participating. LIMIT: one (1) entry per email address per calendar day. The Pokémon Company International’s “Pokémon Johto Legendary Trio Sweepstakes” (“Sweepstakes”) is open to all legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia.


For the next three weeks, you have a chance to win awesome prizes in the Pokémon Johto Legendary Trio Sweepstakes! Each of three grand prize packages includes a bunch of awesome Pokémon stuff, including a Nintendo DSi XL™ system; copies of the video games Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions; a box of 36 Pokémon Trading Card Game booster packs from the latest expansion, HS—Undaunted; a set of three Pokémon TCG Collector’s Tins featuring Johto Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune; and more! In addition, 300 more lucky entrants will win one of three Pokémon TCG Collector’s Tins during the sweepstakes!

Prizes/Weekly Drawing:

Each Weekly Prize Drawing Period Grand Prize Winner (Three (3) Total) will receive one (1) Pokémon Prize Pack consisting of the following: one (1) Nintendo DSi XL system; one (1) each of the Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Version games; one (1) sealed box of Pokémon Trading Card Game: HS-Undaunted containing 36 booster packs; one (1) complete set of Pokémon TCG: Collector’s Tins (3 total); one (1) Official Pokémon Johto Guide & Johto Pokédex and one (1) Official Pokémon Kanto Guide & National Pokédex at an Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of $480.00 each.

Each Weekly Prize Drawing Period Second Prize Winner (Three Hundred (300) Total) will receive one (1) of three available Pokémon TCG: Collector’s Tins, at an Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of Fourteen Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents ($14.99). Administrator will distribute tins at random.

Source: http://www.pokemonsweepstakes.com

CoroCoro Special magazine has revealed a new Combination Technique (コンビネーション技) feature in the upcoming games Pokémon Black and White. Combination technique allow Pokémon to combine certain attacks together in Double and Triple Battles to create a new combined effect. Three new Combination Technique attacks were revealed: Grass Oath (くさのちかい), Fire Oath (ほのおのちかい) and Water Oath (みずのちかい).

Below is a list of the revealed combination's and their effect:

• Grass Oath (くさのちかい) + Fire Oath (ほのおのちかい): When combined, the result will be a field of fire that damages your opponent's Pokémon each turn.
Fire Oath (ほのおのちかい) + Water Oath (みずのちかい): When combined, the result will be a rainbow which raises the chance of an attack's secondary effect to occur.
• Water Oath (みずのちかい) + Grass Oath (くさのちかい): When combined, the result will be a swamp-like field that lowers the speed of your opponent's Pokémon.

Sean Robbins (a.k.a. SeanBird) from the J-Pop Exchange has posted on the Imageboard stating that the audio, unreleased BGM from Advanced Generation and transcript from his exclusive interview with Mr. Miyazaki on his radio show are available on his website from August 30th through September 6th, 2010. The interview was recorded in mid-April of 2009 and aired on May 30th, 2009. We originally reported about the interview at that time.

Below is excerpts from SeanBird's post on the Imageboard explaining a bit about the interview: "...you can listen to two pieces of music that are, as of this writing, not available on CD (I don’t know what tracks are going to be on the CD that is going to be released in September). They were given to me, at my request for airplay on my radio show The J-Pop Exchange, which airs on WVCR 88.3 FM.

The pieces are: The 6th Cue that was recorded in the 2002 Work order. This is my favorite piece that Mr. Miyazaki created for the Pokémon TV series. This is the piece that you hear in episode 1 of the original Japanese version of Pokémon Advanced Generation in which Ash climbs the mountain with Pikachu. Please note the cue you hear when Ash is on the phone earlier in this episode is actually a separate BGM. The cue I have is the more orchestral one."

Shinji Miyazaki's latest CD, TV Anime Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997-2010 will be released in Japan next week.

Source: http://www.jpopexchange.net

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Pokémon Ghosts and the Summer Festival / Chief Golgo and Professor Red Help the Children who can't do the Horizontal Bar Reverse Spin / Chief Golgo Challenges the 'Pokemon Sunday Cup' Champion!' (ゆうれいポケモンとなつまつり / ゴルゴ所長・レッド博士が逆上がりのできない子どもたちを手助け / 「ポケモンサンデーカップ」のチャンピオンがゴルゴ所長に挑戦！), aired today in Japan.

This weeks rerun theme, the continuation of last weeks Ghost Pokémon theme, Testing the Shocked Feelings!? Ghost Pokémon Big Special （ドッキリ キモ試し！？ゴートポケモン大特集）. Pokémon Ghosts and the Summer Festival was this weeks repeat episode which features 'The Ghost of Maiden's Peak'.

A preview clip of this weeks episode of Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl (ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド＆パール), DP190 - Pokémon Doctor Takeshi! (ポケモンドクター・タケシ!) was played that displayed a few new images. The episode was also promoted throughout the repeat episode on the widescreen pillar bars. The Sinnoh League is now over and Satoshi and friends board a ship that gets attacked by a shoal of Dokukurage. The episode airs on Thursday September 2nd, 2010.


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During the final segment of the show, Baba presented a video showing scenes from the upcoming games Pokémon Black and White. The footage showed the Battle Subway and revealed a new character called the Subway Master.


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Characters and Pictures from this episode have been added to the episode guide. You can also comment and discuss this episode on the forum. Also be sure to rate this and other episodes in the episode guide.

HORI Co. will be releasing a Nintendo DSi / DSi LL cradle charging stand called the "Pikachu Charge Stand DSi" (ピカチュウ チャージスタンドDSi). It will be released in Japan on September 18th, 2010 to coincide with the release of Pokémon Black and White. It will retail for 3,980 yen. It is 245mm × 155mm × 220mm (Width, Depth, Height) and weighs 580g when a DSi is resting in the cradle. The Official Nintendo DSi/DSi LL AC Adaptor WAP-002 （JPN) can be connected to the device to charge. It is also one of the first products branded with the new anime series Best Wishes.


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Source: http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20100827_389531.html