The Pokémon Company International released a digital remastered soundtrack for Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver on iTunes on January 14th, 2014. It can be downloaded on iTunes at the following link: https://itunes.apple.com/gd/album/pokemon-heartgold-pokemon/id796790051. Information about the soundtrack can be found in our CD database. The soundtrack was originally released in Japan on October 28th, 2009.

Press Release - Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection launches on iTunes today.

The Pokémon Company International today has released a digital remastered soundtrack from Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver.

The game, which released in 2010, featured in-game music composed by Junichi Masuda, Gō Ichinose, and Morikazu Aoki, and included remixes of iconic 8-bit themes from Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver.

The soundtrack releasing today includes beautifully adapted and orchestrated versions of the original music.

Fans can expect more to come in 2014 from the Pokémon musical archives, including the soundtracks of:

1. Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire
2. Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl
3. Pokémon Black and Pokémon White
4. Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2

The launch follows previously released soundtracks of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, and Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, under the Super Music Collection moniker.

In a Tweet from his @shotakageyama account on January 1st, 2014, Shota Kageyama (景山将太) announced that he has left GAME FREAK and has become an independent artist. Shota Kageyama is best known for his work composing tracks for the games: Pokémon X and Y, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Announcement Tweet

【ご挨拶】みなさま、明けましておめでとうございます。私事で恐縮ですが、2013年12月末日をもって、6年7ヶ月間お世話になった株式会社ゲームフリークを退職（卒業）し、本年1月から独立、新たに SPICA MUSICA（スピカムジカ）という音楽ブランドを立ち上げることとなりました。景山 将太 (@shotakageyama) January 1, 2014

Tweet Translation

[Greetings] Happy New Year, everyone. I'm sorry to discuss a personal matter, but I left (graduated) GAME FREAK, who have been good to me these past 6 years and 7 months, on December 31st to start a new independent music brand called SPICA MUSICA.

Source: https://twitter.com/shotakageyama/statuses/418409809700868097

Pokémon and Nintendo Offer Limited Distribution To Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version

BELLEVUE, Wash.—October 12, 2010—It has been 10 years since Pokémon fans first visited the Johto region in the Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version video games. To commemorate this historic occasion, Pokémon Trainers can get the Rare Psychic-type Pokémon Mew for the original titles’ remakes, Pokémon HeartGold Version or Pokémon SoulSilver Version, for the Nintendo DS family of systems via a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection distribution event October 15 through October 30, 2010.

At first, it was believed that there were only 150 Pokémon. As #151 in the National Pokédex, Mew was the original secret Pokémon, revealed for the Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version video games. Over the past 12 years, Mew has very rarely been attainable, making this an extraordinary opportunity for Trainers across the nation.

The Mew character you will receive is a Level 5 and comes with one basic Normal-type attack, Pound, giving Pokémon Trainers the ability to raise and train Mew as they see fit. Making this distribution especially exclusive, Mew comes inside a Cherish Ball and has a Premier Ribbon, both indicating that you got it via a special event.

During the limited distribution period, players will need to receive Mew using the Mystery Gift option via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service and their existing wireless broadband Internet access, and will need to acquire the Pokédex in the game. Players must also have fewer than three Wonder Cards in their game.

A special Pokémon will be distributed to gamers with Nintendo DS systems at the Pokémon World Championships that is taking place this week in Waikoloa, Hawaii. The Crobat is level 30 and holds a Life Orb. Below is the press release.

Attention, all gamers who plan to attend the Pokémon World Championships this weekend! Don’t forget to bring your copy of the Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, Pokémon Platinum Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version or Pokémon SoulSilver Version game to the event. You'll have the chance to receive a competition-ready Crobat for your game. This distribution will be available for only a limited time on Sunday, so be sure to bring your Nintendo DS and one of the Pokémon games listed here so you can get this awesome Crobat!

Source: http://www.pokemonworldchampionships.com

The official Japanese website has announced a new Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection event for the Japanese versions of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver. A level 50 Manaphy (マナフィ) will be available from August 14th, 2010 to September 12th, 2010. McDonald's is also advertising the event and the Manaphy will be available at Nintendo Zone locations across Japan.

Manaphy knows the following moves: Aqua Ring (アクアリング) , Water Pulse (みずのはどう), Water Sport (みずあそび) and Heart Swap (ハートスワップ).

Source: http://www.pokemon-sp.jp/news-sp/2010/08/0806_01.html

To promote the upcoming 13th Pocket Monsters movie, The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク), the official Japanese Pokémon website has announced a new download event. Goon's Hassam (グーンのハッサム) will be available for free to the public from June 18th, 2010 to July 14th, 2010. Goon is one of Kōdai's bodyguards and one of the key men in the 13th movie.

Player of the Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver can download the Hassam off of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, DS stations or Nintendo Zone locations such as McDonald's. Below is the information for the Hassam.

Pokémon	Info
Scizor (ハッサム)	Level: 50
	Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール)
	Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン)
	Ability: Swarm (むしのしらせ)
	Held Item: Starf Berry (スターのみ)
	Attack 1: X-Scissor (シザークロス)
	Attack 2: Swords Dance (つるぎのまい)
	Attack 3: Iron Defense (てっぺき)
	Attack 4: Agility (こうそくいどう)

Source: http://www.pokemon-sp.jp/news-sp/20100604_01.html

Train like a champion with the Winner's Path Route, available only via a special Nintendo Wi-Fi connection distribution event! The Winner's Path Route is chock full of extraordinary Pokémon anditem for you to find. You might come across as Munchlax that knows the Selfdestruct attack and useful items such as the Focus Sash and Choice Band. You can even find a Magikarp that knows the move Bounce - when it evolves into Gyarados, Bounce is the only Flying-type attack Gyarados can learn!

The Winner's Path PokéWalker Course will be available from May 6th, 2010 to June 25th, 2010. Players can download the course from Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection onto their Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver cart and then transfer the course over to their PokéWalker.

Pokémon available in course

The Winner's Path PokéWalker Course contains various Pokémon with useful items. Some of the items that the Pokémon have are often very hard to obtain normally.

Pokémon	Item	Steps	Rarity
Munchlax	Leftovers	8000	Very High
Beldum	Shuca Berry	8000	High
Horsea	Dragon Scale	3000	Low
Duskull	Reaper Cloth	3000	Low
Bronzor	Wacan Berry	0	Very Low
Magikarp	Occa Berry	0	Very Low

Items available in course

Various items are available throughout the course. The number of steps a player takes will increase the chances of getting a rarer item.

Item	Steps	Rarity
Focus Sash	10000	Very High
Choice Scarf	9000	Very High
Choice Band	8000	Very High
Choice Specs	7000	Very High
Power Herb	6000	Very High
White Herb	5000	Very High
Sitrus Berry	2000	High
Lum Berry	1000	High
Persim Berry	500	Low
Chesto Berry	0	Very Low

Source: http://www.pokemongoldsilver.com/us/#/news/winner-path

The latest episode of Pokémon Sunday, Pikachu's Entering the Rocket Gang!? / Professor Akido's Experiment 'Can People Take on Other Forms like Zoroark does!?' / Director Shoko-tan's Television Viewer Battle Debut! (ピカチュウ、ロケット団に入る!? / アーキド博士の実験「人間もゾロアークのように化けることができるのか？」 / しょこたん部長が視聴者バトルに登場！), aired today in Japan.

This week featured a new rerun theme, 'Pikachu and Nyarth's Nice Little Talks', and Pikachu's Entering the Rocket Gang!? was this weeks repeat episode. In this episode, Pikachu and Nyarth ended up separated from their respective groups after an explosion, and when Nyarth discovers Pikachu has lost his memory, he takes the opportunity to make him a Rocket Gang member.

Professor Akido makes his return this episode, again researching similarities between humans and Pokémon. This time, he wanted to see if the berries making Pokémon resist attacks of specific types have the same effect on humans. He feeds Golgo a Ririba Berry, which grants resistance against steel attacks, and attacks Golgo with makeshift Iron Tail and Metal Claw attacks. After Golgo ends up taking as much damage as he normally would, Akido descovers he accidentally gave him the wrong berry.

Next, Akido attempts to see if humans can take on other forms like the new Pokémon Zoroark has been shown to. Baba is successfully able to take on Deoxys' looks by use of a costume, so Akido has him try to use Deoxys' move Snatch to see if he's a perfect replica. Baba is sent into a basketball match where he has to play against an entire team at once, and doesn't fare particularly well, so Akido deduces humans can't take on Pokémon forms completely.

He still wants to see if they can take on other forms, so he has the group try to take on the form of a park bench. After seemingly doing a decent job at first, they eventually fail to support the weight of somewhat heavier people. After deducing humans can't take on the form of park benches, Akido finally tries to see how well they can take on the form of curling stones, and a relatively successful match is held using humans in place of stones.


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In the Sunday Pokémon News segment, Hikozaru announced some new campaigns being held by the Pokémon Center. Until May 9th, customers can recieve free promotional bookmarks featuring Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Pikachu, Pochama, Celebi and Zorua. In addition to this, a new Pokéwalker Spot will be available until August 31st, where customers can download a random TM from a selection of 10 to their Pokéwalker. The available TM's include popular moves such as Overheat and Rock Slide and the full list of TM's that can be downloaded is posted below.

TM #	TM Name
01	Focus Punch (きあいパンチ)
03	Water Pulse (みずのはどう)
19	Giga Drain (ギガドレイン)
23	Iron Tail (アイアンテール)
34	Shock Wave (でんげきは)
48	Skill Swap (スキルスワップ)
50	Overheat (オーバーヒート)
80	Rock Slide (いわなだれ)
84	Poison Jab (どくづき)
92	Trick Room (トリックルーム)

During the preview for next weeks episode, Shoko-tan held up a board that was covered up with a large question mark. Next weeks episode title states that a new Pokémon (新ポケモンの××) from the new games Pokémon Black and White will be revealed during the show.


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The latest Coro Coro issue has revealed information about the upcoming Movie 13 - The Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク) pre-order ticket downloads. An alternate colored Entei, Suicune and Raikou will be available for download from June 18th, 2010 to August 31st, 2010, but pre-order ticket holders will only be able to download one of the legendaries per ticket.



Coro Coro also announced the Movie 13 theater download Pokémon. Celebi will be available starting July 10th at participating Japanese theaters. Below is the revealed information for each Pokémon.

Pokémon	Information
Entei	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Flare Blitz (フレアドライブ) Attack 2: Crush Claw (ブレイククロー) Attack 3: Howl (とおぼえ) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく) Item Held: Custap Berry (イバンのみ)
Raikou	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Attack 1: Zap Cannon (でんじほう) Attack 2: Weather Ball (ウェザーボール) Attack 3: Aura Sphere (はどうだん) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく ) Item Held: Micle Berry (ミクルのみ)
Suicune	Level: 30 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Sheer Cold (ぜったいれいど) Attack 2: Aqua Ring (アクアリング) Attack 3: Air Slash (エアスラッシュ) Attack 4: ExtremeSpeed (しんそく) Item Held: Rowap Berry (レンブのみ)
Celebi	Level: 50 Poké ball: Cherish Ball (プレシャスボール) Ribbon: Classic Ribbon (クラシックリボン) Attack 1: Nasty Plot (わるだくみ) Attack 2: Leaf Storm (リーフストーム) Attack 3: Healing Wish (いやしのねがい) Attack 4: Recover (じこさいせい) Item Held: Jaboca Berry (ジャポのみ)

The official Pokémon website has posted an interview with the main members of GAME FREAK who were responsible for the latest games Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. This is a different interview than the one that was posted on the official Nintendo Europe site last month.


The interview has also been archived on our site and can be viewed here.

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/vg_hgss_interview-2010-03-31/