McDonald’s announced on May 25th, 2011 that exclusive figures and one of 12 Pokémon Trading Card Game cards would be included in each McDonald’s Happy Meal Box starting on June 17th, 2011 until supplies last.

Press Release

BELLEVUE, Wash. May 25, 2011 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time--Pokémon™ Black•White-themed Happy Meals arrive in participating McDonald’s® stores across North America beginning June 17, 2011, as one of the world’s most popular entertainment properties launches its Happy Meal promotion with the leading foodservice provider. Pokémon fans visiting North American McDonald’s locations June 17–July 7 can purchase a Happy Meal featuring one of eight McDonald’s exclusive Pokémon figures, including Pikachu and brand-new Pokémon Reshiram, Zekrom, Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Zorua, and Zoroark, as well as one of twelve Pokémon Trading Card Game cards, to celebrate what has already been a blockbuster year for the franchise. The Pokémon Company International continues its McDonald’s Black•White Happy Meal promotion in major markets around the world later in 2011 and 2012.

“We’re excited that our fans can visit McDonald’s, purchase a Happy Meal, and enjoy something special from Pokémon.”

“The Pokémon franchise is having an incredible year, and partnering with McDonald’s is definitely one of our highlights,” said J.C. Smith, director of Consumer Marketing for The Pokémon Company International. “We’re excited that our fans can visit McDonald’s, purchase a Happy Meal, and enjoy something special from Pokémon.”

The Pokémon Black•White Happy Meal promotion will be supported by McDonald’s through a fully integrated marketing campaign that includes television advertising, in-store POP, and online activities at McWorld.com and HappyMeal.com.

The Pokémon franchise continues to be one of the most enduring entertainment brands in the world. The release of the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems have shattered sales records with more than 11.5 million copies sold since their release in Japan last September and in the United States and Europe this March (Nintendo, March 2011). The all-new Pokémon Trading Card Game: Black & White expansion launched in April, adding to the more than 15 billion Pokémon TCG cards produced worldwide. A new season of Pokémon animation on Cartoon Network, Pokémon: Black & White, and a new feature length film, Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions, have also been released this year.

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 35 - Gamagaru and Muggyo! Battle at the Waterfront!! (ガマガル、マッギョ！水辺の戦い！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

During the battle with Shootie, Satoshi discovers that Mijumaru's weakness is its inability to hold its eyes open under water. He immediately heads for a pond to train Mijumaru, while leaving his other Pokémon under Iris' supervision, but the training is not successful. While Iris is playing with the Pokémon, waiting for Satoshi to return, Zuruggu headbutts a clump of grass where a few Tamagetake are hiding. They get angry and spray the Pokémon with Poisonpowder. Being that there's no Pokémon Center nearby, their only solution is to retrieve some herbs from the bottom of the lake to cure the poison. Mijumaru goes to retrieve these, but the Gamagaru and Muggyo living in the pond don't take kindly to intruders.

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CD's for the upcoming 14th Pocket Monsters movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) have been announced. Below are the details for the CD's. Full track listings for the CD's have yet to be revealed.

Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Music Collection

Theatrical Edition Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom Music Collection (劇場版ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ「ビクティニと黒き英雄 ゼクロム」「ビクティニと白き英雄 レシラム」ミュージックコレクション) will be released on July 27th, 2011 for 3300yen. The CD will include instrumental background music by Shinji Miyazaki and it also includes the new track "Best Wishes (NEW MIX&EDIT)" sung by Rica Matsumoto as well the ending theme "Sora" performed by Every Little Thing. The catalog number is ZMCP-7318.

Rica Matsumoto Pokémon Main Theme Best

Rica Matsumoto Pokémon Main Theme Best - RICA THE POKEMON SONG BEST (松本梨香が歌うポケモン主題歌ベスト 〜RICA THE POKEMON SONG BEST〜) will be released on July 16th, 2011 for 2500yen. The CD will include some of Pokémon's greatest hits sung by Rica Matsumoto including "Mezase Pokémon Master", "Best Wishes", and more for 12 tracks plus bonus tracks. The catalog number is ZMCP-7317.

Sora / Koe

Three different CD single releases of the ending theme for Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) will be released on July 6th, 2011. Sora / Koe (CD+DVD/Jacket A) [宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ- (CD+DVD/ジャケットA)] will feature the ending song sung by Every Little Thing but will also include the DVD with the music video. The CD+DVD version will sell for 1890yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48093.

The Sora / Koe (Limited Edition / Jacket B) [宙 -そら-／響 -こえ- （通常盤／ジャケットB）] will only include the CD single. It will sell for 1,050 yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48094.

Finally, the Sora / Koe (Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C) [宙 -そら- / 響 -こえ- (初回生産限定ポケモン盤／ジャケットC)] will also only include the CD single but it will have an alternative Pokémon CD Jacket. It will sell for 1,300yen and its catalog number is AVCD-48095.

The CD's have all been added to the database and will be updated when further information becomes available.

Pokémon Smash Episode 32, The Carrier Poppo of the Poppo Service! / Pokémon Quiz Caravan Black-White Competition / Movie News - Announcing the Pokémon to be Distributed in the Theaters / In a Pokémon Battle, Professor Red's Bad Luck...! (ポッポやのでんしょポッポ！ / ポケモンクイズキャラバンで黒白対抗戦／映画情報・劇場で貰えるポケモンを発表 / ポケモンバトルでレッド博士に不運が…！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The narrator introduced today's episode by saying 'Hey, Hey! Wake up boys and girls! Pokémon Entertainment show, Pokémon Smash! Here we go!". TIM and Robert both entered the room and scared Shoko-tan a bit when she noticed they were all wearing stockings over their heads which made them all have strange faces. Yamamoto then explained that its Stocking Day (ストッキングの日). On May 15th, 1940, the first nylon stockings went on sale because the United States of America company DuPont decided to develop nylon into a commercial fiber. Until then, the market for stockings had been monopolized by one made of silk from Japan.

Professor Red introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Good luck making your dreams come true!(がんばれば夢はかなう！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was The Carrier Poppo of the Poppo Service! (ポッポやのでんしょポッポ！) from the original series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Red was barely able to say his go-to line 'Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode as Golgo and Robert were pulling the stocking tight against his face.

After the Pokémon Library episode, Hana and Misaki showed up and the crew got busy with the new product Pokémon Dominos (ポケモンことばドミノ). The set went on sale in Japan on April 23rd, 2011 for 2,940 yen. The cast was broken up into two groups the girls vs the guys. They all looked for letters to spell words as fast as they could. The girls got: Hana (はな), Umeboshi(うめほし), hon(ほん), aka (あか), tane (たね) for a total of 12 points. Robert showed their words and they were: suki (すき), machi (まち), reba (れば), sode (そで), ami (あみ), himiko (ひみこ), Hiroshining (ひろしーにんぐ) for a total of 20 points. Robert beat the girls in this game.


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The show then switched to the VTR of the Pokémon Caravan Quiz. The first segment of the quiz was the 'Black/White Quiz' (ブラックホワイトクイズ). The kids were separated into two teams and each person was given a paddle with black on one side and white on the other. When questions were asked, they would raise the paddle they thought was the answer. The team that won would receive 10 points.


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#	Question	Answer
1	Pokémon Smash! - Is the name of Group Member Yamamoto's mother Touko? (山本隊員のお母さんの名前はトウコである)	(X) Tokiko (トキコ) Spoiler: Click to show!
2	Anime - Is Dent an S Class Pokémon Sommelier? (デントのポケモンソムリエのランクはSクルスである)	(X) No, A Class Spoiler: Click to show!
3	Card Game -　The number of cards in a deck can be 30, 60 and 90. (デッキの種類は３０枚と６０枚と９０枚である)	(X) 30 and 60 only Spoiler: Click to show!
4	Game - Is Reshiram Isshu Dex No. 150? (イッシュずかんNO.150はレシラムである)	(X) No, No. 149 Spoiler: Click to show!
5	Pokémon Smash! -　The International Division's Maria can speak French.(インターナショナル部マリアはフランス語が話せる)	(X) - No, Italian (イタリア) Spoiler: Click to show!

Team Zekrom won the quiz round and received the 10 points. The next portion of the quiz was Iwapalace's Letter Sorting Quiz (イワパレスの文字ならべかえクイズ）. 5 team members would have a letter placed on their back and the other team members would have to tell them which order they needed to go into to spell a Pokémon's name. They would crawl around until they got it right.


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Below are the Pokémon names that were rearranged in the quiz:

#	Letters	Answer
1	カースデカ	Deathkarn (デスカーン) Spoiler: Click to show!
2	ラニイババ	Bivanilla (バイバニラ) Spoiler: Click to show!
3	サザドンラ	Sazandora(サザンドラ) Spoiler: Click to show!
4	ロココリモ	Kokoromori (ココロモリ) Spoiler: Click to show!
5	ラスンドロ	Landlos(ランドロス) Spoiler: Click to show!
6	ビシスラシ	Shibishirasu (シビシラス) Spoiler: Click to show!
7	ッマカダル	Darumakka(ダルマッカ) Spoiler: Click to show!
8	キオーッバ	Baokkie (バオッキー) Spoiler: Click to show!
9	ンュデチラ	Dentula (デンチュラ) Spoiler: Click to show!
10	ルギアギギ	Gigigiaru (ギギギアル) Spoiler: Click to show!

Team Reshiram won that round and got 10 points. The next portion of the quiz was the Victini's V-Generate Find the Mistake Obstacle Course Quiz (ビクティニのＶジェネレート障害物まちがいさがしクイズ). Participants would wear a helmet with a V shaped container that had balls in them. They would have to go through the obstacle course while trying not to drop the balls. The first part of the obstacle course was a balance beam they had to walk across, the second part was finding a candy ball in a flour pan, the third part was playing Hopscotch and the final part going under a bar while doing the limbo. For each ball that they had left at the end of the obstacle course, the team would get 1 second on the clock.

The final part of the quiz was the 'Find the Mistake' part. Team Zekrom got only 2 seconds to look at the picture while Team Reshiram only got 6 seconds to look. Team Reshiram managed to find 3 differences and got 30 points. Team Zekrom managed to get 4 difference with only 2 seconds and got 40 points making Team Zekrom the overall winners. Team Zekrom got 500 points added to their overall movie score while Team Reshiram got 400 points.


Shoko-tan announced this years Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) event Pokémon downloads. A Zekrom and Reshiram will both be distributed at Japanese theaters for players that bring their Pokémon Black or White games. Zekrom and Reshiram both have the OT of Satoshi (サトシ). Zekrom knows the move Fusion Bolt (クロスサンダー) while Reshiram knows the move Fusion Flare (クロスフレイム). The other 3 moves for each Pokémon were not revealed. Players that bring Pokémon Black to the theater will get Zekrom while players that bring Pokémon White will recieve Reshiram.

During the Marketing Department segment, Professor Red's luck was pretty bad as he quickly lost his battle and had to trade his Enbuoh but received one back in the trade though.

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 34 - Rival Battle! Vanipeti and Dokkorar Participate!! (ライバルバトル！バニプッチ、ドッコラー参戦！！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they happen to stumble upon Shootie, who's battling a Gamagaru with his "New Snow Pokémon" Vanipeti, however Satoshi's interruption causes Gamagaru to run away. As Shootie turns to leave, Satoshi challenges him to a battle. Shootie declines, but after Iris accuses him of running away, he accepts, and a 3-on-3 battle starts. Satoshi starts by sending out Tsutarja, and Shootie counters by sending out Tsutarja's evovled form, Janovy. It's a 3-on-3 rival battle, who will win!?

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Pokémon Smash Episode 31, The Maid Cafe Miltank! / The New Character to Succeed Yadon Akiyama Makes His Entrance!? / A Pokémon Battle for the Original King of Pokémon Battles, Group Member Baba! (メイドカフェのミルタンク！ / ヤドン秋山をこえる新ゆるキャラ登場！？ / ポケモンバトルには初代王者・馬場隊員が登場！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

Golgo started off the show with a little dance routine 'Up Up Side Side Sha-wing PokéMorning! (Lit. Up Up Side Side Make a Circle PokéMorning! 縦　縦　横　横 マル描いて　ポケモーニング！) which the rest of the crew did as well. Golgo then told everyone that it was May 5th (５　８だろ go hachi daro) which sort of sounds like Gōya(ゴーヤ). Golgo was stretching a bit to get the crew to make the connection but he then gave everyone some fried Goya which Misaki quickly pretended to like. Golgo then decided to feed her some more and then crowned her the champion.


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Yamamoto introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Pokémon are precious partners (ポケモンは大事なパートナー). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was The Maid Cafe Miltank! (メイドカフェのミルタンク！) from the Diamond and Pearl series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Red said the go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library episode, Misaki and Hana showed up with Akiyama Yadon's tail and face mask and were wondering what they were for. The narrator explained that during Pokémon Sunday, Akiyama often did segments dressed up as Yadon. Then they but the outfit on Misaki. Akiyama then made the announcement that a new character to succeed Yadon Akiyama would be making its entrance.


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Baba and Yamamoto then are standing around in a field awaiting Akiyama who comes dressed up as a Yanappu. The narrator indicates that Dent in the anime Best Wishes also has a Yanappu. Akiyama also joked that the sound Yanappu make sounds like a napsack. Baba then pointed out that Akiyama had tap over his nipples and wonder why he did that. He explained that he covered them up because Yanappu don't seem to have them but Baba said it just brought more attention to that fact with the tape. Akiyama then read the dex entry for Yanappu which states: "It shares the leaf on its head with weary-looking Pokémon. These leaves are known to relieve stress." Akiyama then asks Yamamoto to get the mirror behind his back so he can find a good leaf from his head to give to Baba to eat which would hopefully reduce his stress but he couldn't eat it all because it tasted so bad. He then gave him a different leaf which he thought would taste better but Baba just ended up spitting it out too. Giving up on Yanappu, Akiyama leaves to change into a different outfit.


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Akiyama returns but this time he's dressed up as a Victini. The narrator then reads the dex entry for Victini which states: "It creates an unlimited supply of energy inside its body, which it shares with those who touch it." Akiyama Victini had already touched Yamamoto and to show the power that Victini has Yamamoto was forced to play hat-hammer janken with a person that was stronger and had a bigger hammer. Yamamoto won the first two rounds bun ended up loosing round 3 and the hit ended up breaking his helmet. After seeing Yamamoto lose, Akiyama had second thoughts about being Victini.


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Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン)

A new Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン) event was announced a few weeks ago and the narrator reminded viewers of the upcoming event. The event will be put on to promote the new movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) and it will be split up by the Zekrom/Black Team and Reshiram/White Team. Each team has specific Pokémon that people can cosplay and they can be found on the different sides of the movie poster.


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People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Team Zekrom/Black Team (Robert): Kibago, Pokabu, Victini, Zekrom, Tsutarja, Sazandora, Lanculus, Nageki, Bivanilla, Landlos.
People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Reshiram/White Team (International Division Girls): Yanappu, Pikachu, Reshiram, Mijumaru, Golugh, Gothiruselle, Dageki, Shikijika, Kumasyun.

Akiyama returned and this time he was dressed up as Maracacchi (マラカッチ). Yamamoto and Akiyama looked over the costume to realize it had some spikes on it. The narrator then read the dex entry which states: "Arid regions are their habitat. They move rhythmically, making a sound similar to maracas." Yamamoto then turned on a stereo and played the current Best Wishes ending song Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) to see if Akiyama Maracacchi could dance. Baba who had a box to emulate a Koaruhie, squirted water at Akiyama to see if he could be distracted from his dancing. Akiyama quickly scratched off Maracacchi.


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Switching locations Akiyama dressed up as Dotekkotsu (ドテッコツ) this time. The narrator read the dex entry which states: "They strengthen their bodies by carrying steel beams. They show off their big muscles to their friends." A wrestler showed up and began flexing his muscles. A bit intimidated, Akiyama began pole dancing with the steel I-bar but Baba quickly stopped him and read the dex entry from Pocket Monsters White for Dotekkotsu which states: dex entry which states: "This Pokémon is so muscular and strongly built that even a group of wrestlers could not make it budge an inch." Another wrestler showed up and they both tried to move Akiyama Dotekkotsu by using a lot of wrestling moves on him. It wasn't long until they proved the dex entry didn't apply to Akiyama Dotekkotsu.


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Akiyama changed one last time and this time he dressed up as a Muggyo. The last Pokémon to be revealed in the current Best Wishes ending song Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) is Muggyo. Baba and Yamamoto were both surprised that Akiyama picked such a lame and boring Pokémon like Muggyo. Baba read the dex entry which states: "Its skin is very hard, so it is unhurt even if stepped on by sumo wrestlers. It smiles when transmitting electricity." After hearing the dex entry Akiyama was quite afraid but when the sumo wrestler got on his back he realized that it didn't hurt. They then gave Akiyama a lightbulb to see if he could fullfil the last part of the dex entry which he did and he lit up the lightbulb while smiling. Will Akiyama's new character be Muggyo?!


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With Maria still away, they showed pictures of her before going to the Marketing Department segment. 8 year old Yuto-kun was this weeks battler and he had over 1000 hours of gameplay logged. He liked Golgo a lot but wanted to battle Baba because he thought he was the best Smash battler. Baba proved to be a strong opponent and defeated Yuto-kun.

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The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 33 - Ligray and the Unidentified Flying Object! (リグレーと未確認飛行物体！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when they are awoken from their sleep by a UFO. Will they be able to find the UFO?

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Pokémon Smash Episode 30, It's Children's Day, Everyone Gathers / Bobby Ologun Wreaks Havoc as He Barges Into a PokéSma Card Battle!? / Misaki Pulls Off a Surprise Attack in Her First Pokémon Battle! (こどものひだよぜんいんしゅうごう / ボビー・オロゴン乱入でポケスマカードバトル大混乱！？ / ポケモンバトル初登場のミサキが奇襲をしかける！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The announcer started the show by saying "Okay, it's time again! Let's kick off Pokémon Entertainment show, Pokémon Smash! Here we go!". The show starts with the crew playing with a remote controlled Pikachu and Mijumaru on the floor. They are new toys from Takara Tomy Pokécon Here and There Pikachu and Mijumaru (ポケコン あっちこっちピカチュウ・ミジュマル). The remove looks like a monster ball and Shoko-tan passed it to Golgo who wanted to try it. Yamamoto suggested they have a race which Yamamoto ended up winning with Mijumaru. A commercial for the toys also aired during one of the breaks in the live action segment. An imageboard thread with pictures of the toys is available by clicking here.


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Baba introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Everyone has a chance to become a hero!(だれにでもヒーローになるチャンスがある！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was It's Children's Day, Everyone Gathers (こどものひだよぜんいんしゅうごう) from the original series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Red said the go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library episode aired, the Internation Division girls showed up minus Maria who was still absent. Some of the Smash crew members decided to recommend various sporting attractions in Pokémon Black and White. Akiyama was the first person and he recommended walking across the Skyarrow Bridge. Hana went next and recommended the Rollercoster at the Raimon City gym. Baba then suggested the Ferris wheel at Raimon City and finally Shoko-tan recommended a boat ride from Hiun City.


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The VTR card battle was then revealed. For this battle, Teacher Takashima returned to help them out. The teams were split with Robert on Team Zekrom and the International girls on Team Reshiram. 100 points would be awarded to the team that won the battle and would be updated on the running score on the movie website. With Maria away, the International division needed another team player so Bobby Ologun was a guest on the show and he joined Team Reshiram with the girls. Robert were quite afraid of him as he came in kicking and punching.


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For this card battle, the teams would be using cards from the Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion Battle Decks (バトル強化デッキ ビリジオン・テラキオン・コバルオン). Hana would be the leader for Team Reshiram and Baba for Team Zekrom. Team Zekrom picked Voltolos (BW1 019/053R) as their first card while Team Reshiram chose Chillaccino (BW1 045/053U) as their first card.


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On the bench Bobby was Virizion (BK 013/14) while Yamamoto was Terrakion (BK 013/14). Hana's Team Reshiram started first and she picked up the trainer card Switch and a Fire energy. She applied the Fire energy to Misaki who was Darumakka (BW1 009/053C). The energy card was enough to use Singe (こがす) on Akiyama Voltolos. To emulate the Singe attack, they brought out a microwave with a hot towel and placed it on Akiyama's face. Black dirt was also on the towel to make it look like Akiyama's face got singed. The attack burned Voltolos and dealt 20 damage lowering his HP to 90.

Baba picked up the Trainer card Cheren, the Trainer card Switch, a Lightning energy and a Trainer card PlusPower. Baba applied a Lightning energy card to Akiyama Voltolos. To emulate the Charge (じゅうでん) attack, Akiyama gave Bobby a shock pen which he got shocked from but Akiyama also ended up shocking himself with it but the move gave Voltolos an extra Lightning energy. Akiyama Voltolos then took 20 burn damage lowering his HP to 70.

Hana picked up Chillarmy (BW1 044/053C) and changed Bobby to it. She then applied a Fire energy to Chillarmy Bobby. Akiyama Voltolos then took 20 burn damage lowering his HP to 50. Baba picked up the Trainer card Energy Search, he also got a Lightning energy which he applied to Akiyama Voltolos. That gave it enough energy to use Disaster Bolt which does 80 damage. The move was used against Misaki and a man with a Thunderbolt fan hit her on the head. That was enough to knock out Misaki Darumakka (BW1 009/053C).

Team Reshiram sent out Chillarmy Bobby (BW1 044/053C) and Hana picked up Kumasyun, Cheren Trainer, Monmen (BK 003/014) and a Water energy. She put Monmen and Kumasyun on the bench. She then evolved Chillarmy into Chillaccino and added a Water energy to it. Bobby then used Do the Wave (ともだちのわ) which does 20 damage times the number of Pokémon on your Bench. Team Reshiram had 3 Pokémon on their bench so the attack could deal 60 damage. To emulate the attack, Akiyama put his head through a board and Bobby hit him by slapping two foam hands together on Akiyama's head. It was enough damage to knock out Akiyama Voltolos.

Team Zekrom sent out Yamamoto Terrakion. Baba attached a Fighting energy and they ended their turn. Hana then used Cheren to get 3 cards: A new Darumakka (BW1 009/053C), Kurumiru (BK 001/014) and a Grass Energy. Hana then applied a Grass energy to Virizion on their bench. She then put Darumakka and Kurumiru on the bench. Bobby then used Do the Wave (ともだちのわ) again and since there was 5 Pokémon on the bench this time, the attack did 100 damage. Bobby smacked Yamamoto with the foam hands this time lowering Yamamoto Terrakion from 120HP to 20. Team Reshiram's turn was over.


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Baba applied a fighting energy to Yamamoto Terrakion which gave it enough energy to use Rock Smash. Baba also combined it with PlusPower to upgrade the attack from 40 damage to 100 damage which would be enough to knock out Chillarmy Bobby (40+10)x2 = 100 Damage. To emulate the Rock Smash attack, Yamamoto was given a large wooden pole with a rock at the end of it. He then smashed it against Bobby's head. It knocked him out. Baba then picked up Mogurew.

Team Reshiram sent out Virizion which Misaki would play as. Hana picked up another Grass energy and applied it. That was enough energy to use Giga Drain. Giga Drain was emulated as two guys dressed up as grass things that would come and kiss the Yamamoto. The announcer states: "Oh my gosh!" as Yamamoto obviously wasn't enjoying the experience and probably would have preferred it if Misaki did it instead but then it obviously wouldn't have been much of an 'attack'. Giga Drain was enough to knock Yamamoto Terrakion (BK 013/14) out.


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Team Reshiram was declared the winner by Teacher Takashima and received 100 points.

Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン)

A new Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン) event was announced a few weeks ago and the narrator reminded viewers of the upcoming event. The event will be put on to promote the new movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム) and it will be split up by the Zekrom/Black Team and Reshiram/White Team. Each team has specific Pokémon that people can cosplay and they can be found on the different sides of the movie poster.


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People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Team Zekrom/Black Team (Robert): Kibago, Pokabu, Victini, Zekrom, Tsutarja, Sazandora, Lanculus, Nageki, Bivanilla, Landlos.
People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Reshiram/White Team (International Division Girls): Yanappu, Pikachu, Reshiram, Mijumaru, Golugh, Gothiruselle, Dageki, Shikijika, Kumasyun.

During the Marketing Department, 11 year old Nishi Moeka-chan (西萌花). She and Akiyama started off by having a yelling match to see who could say "PokéMorning" the loudest. She then emulated the sound that Koaruhie makes in the anime and then Akiyama tried to do it as well. She battled against Misaki but didn't prove to be that much of a challenge as Misaki handly beat her with the 'Surprise Attack' from Zoroark.

May 2011 Calendar

The May 2011 Pokémon Smash Calendar was posted on the official website. The wallpaper was first showcased on Pokémon Smash #11 and features Robert doing a Victini pose with their fingers.


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A new DVD box set has been announced for release in Japan on August 2nd, 2011. Pocket Monsters BW Pokémon TV Anime Collection DVD ～A New Journey!～ (ポケットモンスターBW ポケモンTVアニメコレクションDVD ～新たなる旅立ち！～) is an 8 disk DVD set similar to previous box sets released in the past. The DVD's can be purchased separately or as a full box set for 3,192yen. The DVD's each contain 2 episodes, one from the new Best Wishes series and one from the original Kanto series. Below are the details for the DVD's.

Episode Information

DVD # Series Name DVD 1 SL 1 Pokémon! I Choose You! / Pokémon! I Choose You! DVD 1 BW 2 Enter Iris And Axew! / Iris and Kibago! DVD 2 SL 3 Ash Catches a Pokémon / Get Pokémon! DVD 2 BW 3 A Sandile Gusher of Change / Mijumaru! Meguroco! Close Call!! DVD 3 SL 10 Fushigidane of the Hidden Village / Fushigidane of the Hidden Village DVD 3 BW 4 The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice / Battle Club! A Mysterious Pokémon Appears!! DVD 4 SL 11 Charmander the Stray Pokemon / Stray Pokémon Hitokage DVD 4 BW 7 Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! / Tsutarja - Attraction via Getting!? DVD 5 SL 12 Here Comes the Squirtle Squad / Enter the Zenigame Squad! DVD 5 BW 8 Saving Darmanitan From the Bell! / Darumakka and Hihidaruma! The Secret of the Clock Tower!! DVD 6 SL 39 Pikachu's Good-Bye / The Forest of Pikachu DVD 6 BW 9 The Bloom Is on Axew! / Pendror's Rampage! Rescue Kibago!! DVD 7 SL 72 Go West, Young Meowth / Nyarth's ABCs DVD 7 BW 11 A Home for Dwebble / Ishizumai! Take Back your Home!! DVD 8 SL 56 The Ultimate Test / Pokemon Certification Test!? DVD 8 BW 13 Mincinno-Neat and Tidy / Chillarmy is Tidy!?

Source: http://www.neowing.co.jp/

The latest episode of Pocket Monsters Best Wishes 32 - The Lovestruck Monmen Rides the Wind! (恋するモンメンは風に乗って！) aired on Thursday in Japan.

Satoshi and his friends continue their journey to Raimon City when Satoshi and Iris decide to have a training battle. During the battle a Monmen appears. Monmen is in love with another Monmen but unfortunately its love isn't returned. Satoshi decides to help the Monmen.

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