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NEWS ARTICLES
Voice Actors Revealed for Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN / BGM Music on XY Soundtrack

The official Japanese Pokémon website as well as their official Twitter account have announced the voice actors for the upcoming OVA special Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN (ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN). Junko Takeuchi (竹内順子) who is best know for her voice acting role as Naruto Uzumaki will voice Red. Katsuji M...

Pokémon Direct - September 4th, 2013

The Pokémon Direct on September 4th, 2013 was hosted by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata (岩田聡), The President of The Pokémon Company Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒和) and Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda (増田順一). The broadcast featured the announcements of many new features in the upcoming games Pokémo...

First X and Y Tournament Delayed due to Pokémon Hacking

The official Japanese Pokémon Global Link website has announced that they are delaying the debut of the first Video Game tournament for Pokémon X and Y due to Pokémon game manipulation. They apologize for the delay and plan to hold the first tournament around New Years. To participate in the X and Y...

Pokémon Tretta: Fes Set 2 - Let's catch them all, guys!

The official Pokémon Tretta site has revealed the 7th expansion set for the arcade game: Fes Set 2 - Let's catch them all, guys! (ポケモントレッタ フェス2弾 みんなでいこうぜ!つかめようぜ!). This set debuts the new Tretta color: "Jungle Green" (ジャングルグリーン) plus a number of Pokémon make their first appearance. The set features ...

XY Kalos Starter Set Deluxe Deck / Legendary Treasures TCG Expansion

The XY Kalos Starter Set Deluxe Decks will be released on November 8th, 2013. Each deck features one of the three Kalos region Starter Pokémon: Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie. The decks contain 60 cards as well as one Black and White booster pack. Also revealed was the next TCG expansion: Pokémon TCG...

Play! Pokémon Program - 2014 Updates

The Pokémon Company International announced some major changes to the Play! Pokémon Program for the 2014 season. One of the changes includes a tournament entry fee which players of the Pokémon TCG Masters Division will have to pay in order to enter Premier Events. Below are the full details of the c...

Pokémon Tretta Lab for Nintendo 3DS - Version 1.1

A new update for Pokémon Tretta Lab for Nintendo 3DS is now available on the Japanese eShop. The Version 1.1 patch fixes some scanning accuracy issues. Version 1.1 QR Code - Update Procedure Instructions QR Code 1. Turn on the came...

Nintendo Experience Tour - Pokémon X and Y Demo

Nintendo has revealed that the Nintendo Experience Tour will host the demo's for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. The demo will be localized and is the same as the one that was available at the Pokémon Game Show and Gamescom. Press Release Check out the Nintendo Experience at a mall near you Get ...

Nintendo 2DS

Nintendo announced a new handheld system called the Nintendo 2DS which launches October 12th, 2013 the same day as Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Comparison Chart - Nintendo 2DS NINTENDO ANNOUNCES LOWER WII U PRICE, ZELDA WII U BUNDLE AND NEW NINTENDO 2DS PORTABLE Top Nintendo Video Games Get...

New anime Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN announced

At today's Pokémon Game Show, a trailer for a new upcoming anime titled "Pocket Monsters THE ORIGIN" was shown. The trailer showed the main character, based on Red from the original Red/Green/Blue series of games, choose a Hitokage as his first Pokémon, and then battling both his rival, based on Gre...

Mega Pokémon Trailer / Pokémon World Championships 2013 Closing Ceremonies / Winners

During the closing ceremonies of the Pokémon World Championships 2013, a new trailer featuring Mega Pokémon was first revealed. It was also revealed that Washington D.C. will be the location of the 2014 Pokémon World Championships. Mega Pokémon Trailer Pokémon World Champions 2013: Poké...

Red Genesect Distribution in Taiwan

The official Taiwanese Pokémon website at My-Cartoon has posted information about the upcoming distribution of Red Genesect in association with the theatrical release of 16th Pocket Monsters movie Extremespeed Genesect: The Awakening of Mewtwo (神速の蓋諾賽克特 超夢覺醒) and its short Pikachu and its Eievui Fri...