Ash and his friends fight their way across the Battle Frontier--the ultimate Pokemon tournament! Will Ash defeat the Frontier Brains? Will May qualify for the Kanto Grand Festival? Will Team Rocket ever give up on stealing Pokemon? Find out in the first half of the final season of the Pokemon Advanced Generation series!

The box set is currently available for pre-order on Amazon for $27.99 and the DVD set is scheduled for release on July 29, 2008.

Pre-Order: http://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Battle-Frontier-Vol-Box/dp/B001675ZII

The all-new Pokemon Trading Card Game expansion Diamond & Pearl - Majestic Dawn hits store shelves nationwide on May 21, 2008. This latest installment features 100 cards and is guaranteed to change game strategy for Trainers everywhere. With more new Pokemon, new Pokemon LV.X, a cool new Stadium card, and the debut of two new powerful evolutions of Eevee, players can expect a titanic clash of some of the most powerful Pokemon ever!

Features
* New powerful Pokemon LV.X cards - including Garchomp LV.X and Porygon-Z LV.X
* Legendary Pokemon Darkrai and rare Pokemon Cresselia
* Seven evolutions of Eevee - including all-new Leafeon and Glaceon
* Features booster packs for collectors and players of all ages
* Booster packs include 10 randomly inserted game cards
* Features theme decks for beginner and intermediate players
* Theme decks will be available in two 60-card theme decks - "Polar Frost" and "Forest Force"
* Theme decks include one guaranteed foil card



The Diamond and Pearl Pre-release tournaments are coming to North America on the weekends of May 10th-11th and May 17th-18th, giving players a chance to play the cards in this new set, including all of Eevee's Evolutions and more Pokemon LV.X, it's a chance not to be missed!

The entry fee for the tournament includes 6 Diamond and Pearl - Majestic Dawn booster packs that are yours to keep. You can receive two additional packs by completing the event and while supplies last, all participants receive a free Mothim prerelease promo card and a Diamond and Pearl - Majestic Dawn promotional item! All players in good standing are welcome to attend, and players will compete in three divisions: Junior (born in or after 1997), Senior (born between 1993-1996), or Master (born in or before 1992). Bring your Pokemon Organized Play Card if you have one, and if not, you can register for one at the tournament.

For times, locations, and important information, Visit the Pokemon Organized Play site at Go-Pokemon.com.

Source: http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/74.html

Set in the country Sinnoh, the story follows the adventures of Hareta, a young boy raised in the wild with Pokemon. Recruited by Prof. Rowan, he decides to become a Pokemon trainer after catching his first tame one, Piplup. He and the Professor's assistant, Mitsumi, set off on a quest to find Dialga, one of the three "Legendary" Pokemon, which is rumored to be able to control time. But Team Galactic, lead by villainous Cyrus, is hunting for Dialga too.

The second volume of this new manga series have been officially announced by Pokemon.com and will be released later this year. You can purchase the first volume and your local stores or online at retailers like Amazon.

Pokemon Puzzle League will be released on the Wii's Virtual Console shop in the US on May 5th. Pokemon Puzzle League is a puzzle game for the Nintendo 64 console. It is based on the popular puzzle game Panel de Pon, but with Pokemon likeness. This game was the first Pokemon game produced for release in North America first.

Virtual Console, sometimes abbreviated as VC, is a specialized section of the Wii Shop Channel, an online service that allows players to purchase and download games and other software for the Wii gaming console. Over ten million Virtual Console titles have been downloaded as of December 2007.

The 2008 Game Manufacturers Association Trade Show is now underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Pokemon USA, Inc., is treating show attendees to the hottest news about both the Pokemon TCG and the Pokemon TFG. Pokemon USA announced a new expansion to the TCG, Groundbreakers.

The Pokemon TFG: Groundbreakers is playable at the booth. The booth also has figures from the expansion that follows Groundbreakers on display. Confirmed figures from the third set include favorite Pokemon such as Flareon, Snorlax, Gyarados, and Tyranitar. These figures and more are on display at the show throughout the week. More information about this expansion will be released at a later date.



Source: http://go-pokemon.com/tfg/news/articles/11.html

The original ANA Short "Pikachu's Exploration Club" shown in August 2007 on limited ANA domestic flights was released on DVD today in Japan for the suggested retail price of 2500 yen (including tax). The catalog number for the DVD is ZMBS-958 and has a total running time of about 45 minutes.

The short stars Pikachu, Pochama, Naetle and a few other familiar Pokemon characters as they go to a nearby river to swim. About the same time, Nyarth and Sonansu also arrive to swim in the river, but to their surprise, there is no water in a river. Can the group find the cause of the water loss and be able to swim in the river?



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