Nintendo of Europe announced that some new Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Themes will be released on Friday, May 30th, 2015. Three themes were revealed: a Pokémon Shuffle theme, an Eevee and evolutions theme and a Mega Charizard X theme. Themes cost £1.79/€1.99/200yen each.

These #Pokemon Home menu themes arrive this Friday. Which is your favourite? pic.twitter.com/H7GUbOtLxq

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) May 25, 2015

Pokémon Shuffle (ポケとる)

Features: A cute theme based on the puzzle game Pokémon Shuffle. When users slide the bottom screen, the Pokémon change.
Music: Dancing in the Soft Breeze (そよ風に踊る)

Pokémon Mega Charizard X (ポケモンメガリザードンX)

Features: Mega Lizardon X appears on screen wrapped in explosive flames. When users slide the bottom screen, Lizardon changes to a picture of it flying in the sky.
Music: Pocket Monsters X and Y: Gym (ポケットモンスター Ｘ・Ｙ「～ジム～」)

Pokémon Eevee Collection (ポケモンイーブイコレクション)

Features: Eevee and its 8 evolutions are featured in this theme.
Music: Pocket Monsters X and Y: Trainer Promo Studio (ポケットモンスター Ｘ・Ｙ「～トレーナープロモ スタジオ～」)

Sources: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/theme/list/01210/index.html, http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/theme/list/01208/index.html, http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/theme/list/01209/index.html,

The official Nintendo of America Twitter posted a password for the Pikachu Mii Costume for the North American version of Pokémon Rumble World. The official website also revealed 5 new Pokémon passwords for the North American version as well. A Nintendo of Europe Press Release released a ton of passwords for the European version and the June 2015 issue of Corocoro announced a password for Keromatsu. We have added all the codes to our passwords page and will update it as new codes become officially available.

Players can enter these special passcodes into their Pokémon Rumble World game to unlock the Pokémon. Players can only enter the password once they've reached Adventurer Rank 4. To enter a password, pause the game with the START Button, touch Passwords and enter the specific code in the Enter a Password screen.

North America Passcodes

European Passcodes

Japanese Passcodes

Sources: http://www.pokemonrumble.com/world/en-us/news/ and https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/598253833924517888

Nintendo's Singapore distributor Pokémon Maxsoft has announced that they will be holding a Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire launch event at the Funan DigitaLife Mall Singapore, Level 5 on November 21st, 2014 from 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM. They will also be holding a Lucky Draw conducted through tixee.tv where the winners will get exclusive Pokémon Center Merchandise and more which are worth over $3400. This privileged campaign is only for tixee members though.

A Pokémon Quiz Competition wil also take place to determine who knows the most about Pokémon! The winner will get an Eon Ticket Code. Maxsoft will also be holding an Eon Ticket distribution later in the month on their Facebook page.

Sources: https://twitter.com/MaxsoftOnline/status/535336560674086912 and http://t.co/pUr9x7kaUC

Nintendo has announced that the first 250 people to show the staff of Nintendo World their copy of Pokémon Ruby or Sapphire on November 23rd, 2014 will receive a free copy of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. This is a separate promotion to their launch event on November 20th, 2014.

The first 250 fans to show us @Pokemon Ruby or Sapphire games at @Nintendo_World on 11/23 will get #OmegaRuby or #AlphaSapphire for free!

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) November 18, 2014

Nintendo of Europe Tweeted that on Friday November 21st, 2014, two Pokémon Home Menu Themes will be available for purchase in Europe. The first theme is called Onemuri Pikachu and the second theme features Groudon. Each theme will cost €1.99 / £1.79.


Source: https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/534313967016214529

Pocket Monsters XY Sound Director Mima Masafumi (三間雅文) posted the following Tweet on his Twitter account on September 5th, 2014. He indicates that a new season of the The Rocket Gang Secret Empire (ロケット団ひみつ帝国) is in the preliminary development stages. He hopes to revive the series and its now being discussed with the Rocket Gang members Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth who are played by Megumi Hayashibara (林原めぐみ), Shinichiro Miki (三木眞一郎) and Inuko Inuyama (犬山イヌコ). There are no official details though as the next series is still in development and has yet to be proposed.

そして、全世界のロケット団団員の皆さん！ついに出来上がった『ロケット団ひみつ帝國・復活の図』の企画書だ！再び、団員達の力を結集する時が来た！まだ、企画書段階だが団員達の知恵と勇気さえあれば、必ずや復活するだろう！ pic.twitter.com/4lk6mfcsvc

— 三間 雅文 (@Sunma47) September 5, 2014

Source: https://twitter.com/Sunma47/status/507924948426293248

Nintendo UK has posted the trailer for Pokémon Art Academy which will be released in the United Kingdom on July 4th, 2014. There will be 40 drawing lessons and players can unlock over 100 images to use as a guide in the Free Draw mode. Players can use the 3DS camera to also capture images to use as a drawing guide and also save their creations on MiiVerse or in JPG format.

Pokémon Art Academy will arrive on 4th July! Check out the new trailer: http://t.co/nPITotswSy pic.twitter.com/ZNV02LVr6U

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) June 6, 2014

Pokémon Art Academy - Trailer

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhCMZSZXHU

GAME FREAK inc. celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 26th, 2014. The company was founded on April 26th, 1989. Junichi Masuda posted a message and picture on Twitter to celebrate the occasion.

On April 26th, GAME FREAK inc. has celebrated its 25th anniversary! Thank you for always supporting us! pic.twitter.com/FrlWnWCbcq

— 増田順一@GAME FREAK inc. (@Junichi_Masuda) April 26, 2014

Source: https://twitter.com/Junichi_Masuda/status/459958054927085568

Nintendo has posted a tweet indicating that Pokémon Bank has launched in certain Asian countries. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International postponed the launch of Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter which initially launched on December 27th, 2013 but was pulled after a few hours on the eShop due to a large volume of traffic to the Nintendo Network service.

Nintendo also posted a second tweet indicating that they will be informing users soon about Pokémon Bank's availability in North America and other regions of the world.


Source: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/425815499956445184 and https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/425815578436059136

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