During the January 14th, 2015 European Nintendo Direct, the Nintendo Anime Channel was announced. It is a Video on Demand service that will be only available across Europe. Owners of a Nintendo 3DS can download the application from the Nintendo eShop on February 13th, 2015. The service will include episodes of the Pokémon Anime.

Nintendo has confirmed that a Pokémon Battle TROZEi Download Card (『ポケモンバトルトローゼ』のダウンロードカード) will be available to purchase at participating retail stores across Japan on March 12th, 2014 for 762yen (excluding tax). All Pokémon Centers will also sell the download card.

Store Locations

• 7/11 (セブン-イレブン)
• Circle K Sunkus (サークルKサンクス)
• EDION (エディオン)
• Geo (ゲオ)
• Joshin Denki (上新電機)
• 3Bee
• Sofmap (ソフマップ)
• TSUTAYA
• Don Quijote (ドン・キホーテ)
• Bic Camera (ビックカメラ)
• Book Square (ブック・スクウェア)
• Furuhon Ichiba (古本市場)
• Home Expo (ホームエキスポ)
• Yamada Denki (ヤマダ電機)
• Yodobashi Camera (ヨドバシカメラ)

Source: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2014/03/140307_g01.html

During the Nintendo Direct on February 14th, 2014, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced Pokémon Battle TROZEi (ポケモンバトルトローゼ). The Nintendo 3DS game is puzzle matching game that will go on sale on March 12th, 2014 for 762yen on the Nintendo eShop. It is the sequel to the original Pokémon Trozei!​ ( ポケモントローゼ). The game features the first 718 Pokémon, each of which has "cool and cute icons". Screenshots and images have been added to an Imageboard thread.

This game is called Pokémon Link: Battle in Europe and will go on sale March 13th, 2014. The game is called Pokémon Battle Trozei in North America and will go on sale March 20th, 2014.

The Pokémon that appears on the top screen of the Nintendo 3DS/2DS is the wild Pokémon that players are currently facing in battle. Players make matches of the same Pokémon by lining three of them in a row and to attack and reduce the HP of the wild Pokémon that they are facing. When the wild Pokémon's HP reaches zero, the player will be able to Trozei that Pokémon,

During the game, the wild Pokémon will also attack the player and the Trozei Box will lose some of its energy. If the Trozei Box’s energy reaches zero, it’s game over.

The game takes advantage of the StreetPass function to allow players to exchange play data, share a players favorite Pokémon and to receive Pokémon to become the players ally.

Pokémon Battle Trozei Trailer

Pokémon Link: Battle Trailer

Pokémon Battle TROZEi (ポケモンバトルトローゼ) Trailer

Sources: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/battletrozei/ and http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-battle-trozei/

Nintendo and GAME FREAK Director Junichi Masuda have both posted on Twitter urging fans to be patient with Pokémon Bank's release. As we reported earlier, Pokémon Bank (ポケモンバンク) and Poké Transporter (ポケムーバー) launch has been delayed. The two software applications that were originally scheduled to launch for Nintendo 3DS on December 27th, 2013. Both Nintendo and Junichi Masuda have promised to keep fans updated about the release.

Junichi Masuda Tweet - January 11th, 2014

お待たせしているポケモンバンクですが、制作した私たちも皆様にお届けすることができず、大変心苦しく思っています。任天堂さんの公式発表をお待ちください。

I'm very sorry, but while we know you're all waiting for Pokémon Bank, we the developers are not the ones who deal with its distribution. Please wait for official announcements from Nintendo.

Nintendo of America Tweet - January 10th, 2014

More information on the launch of @Pokemon Bank and Poké Transporter will be announced in the future. Thanks for your patience!

Sources: https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/421963221541462017 and https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/421680342257643520

Nintendo announced on October 25th, 2013 that a patch to fix Pokémon X and Y was available to download from the eShop. The 1.1 patch fixes the bug that corrupted saves when people saved their games in certain parts of Lumiose City (Miare City ミアレシティ). The patch also fixed a problem that could lead to errors when trying to use a filter on the GTS function to exchange Pokémon with players all over the world. The update requires 227 blocks.

How to Download the update

Scan one of the QR codes below with your Nintendo 3DS which is connected to the Internet. Please note that the updates are different for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y.


Download the update by selecting the "Pokémon X Ver 1.1 Update" or the "Pokémon Y Ver 1.1 Update". After the download completes, the update will automatically be preformed.

To confirm the patch was successful, start Pokémon X or Pokémon Y and look at the Ver. number on the bottom right corner of the lower screen. It should indicate that it is "Ver. 1.1".

Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/ekjj/update/index.html