"Our friend Kolma was nice enough to grab us some pictures from the event going on in NYC today, and he also put together a video of the special birthday Pikachu that was being wirelessly dished out."

"Case one: You're a spiky haired boy walking through the woods and a butterfly flutters out of a nearby tree. What would you do?
A. Watch it and admire nature's beauty
B. Do a happy dance
C. Eat a leaf
D. Convince your animals friends to "use flamethrower" on it, just for the experience

Now if you're a normal person you'd probably do A, B, or even C, depending on how tastey the leaf looks. If you're the main character of Pokémon, however, you'd go with D. Why is that acceptable?!? Only ..."

"Anyone who loves Pokémon® knows a rare treasure when they see one. A treasure that is sure to be sought after is Nintendo’s new Nintendo DS™ Limited Edition Pokémon Pack, which includes a Pokémon-themed Nintendo DS game system and exclusive Pokémon premiums.

Available on Aug. 17, the Nintendo DS Limited Edition Pokémon Pack features a custom Onyx Nintendo DS emblazoned with images of Dialga and Palkia, two of the most legendary characters from the Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl games. T..."

"The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon 151, a new brand intended for adult Pokémon fans. An official Web site opens Thursday, and Japanese Pokémon Center stores have begun selling four types of stylized T-shirts. In addition, a Diamond and Pearl battle tournament for ages 15 and up will be held at the Tokyo store July 4.

The four T-shirts currently available for pre-sale feature stylized designs of Hypno, Cubone, Articuno and Mewtwo, respectively."

"Lopunny poses like a Playboy bunny in a centerfold spread. Or a prostitute working the sidewalk. Either way, it's sexually suggestive. It also grabs its chest area like it's trying to keep you from seeing the goods. And is it just me or do Lopunny's elbows look like a pair of drooping...boobs? There's so much subconscious sexual imagery going on with Lopunny - if I saw one standing like that at a bar, I might just have to take it home with me."

"There are many ways to catch a Pokémon, but for two special weekends in June, there’s only one failsafe way for fans to get one of the most unique characters in the enthralling Pokémon® universe on their Nintendo DSTM.

From June 20-22 and June 27-29, Pokémon players are invited to bring their Nintendo DS systems and Pokémon® Diamond or Pokémon® Pearl games to the nearest GameStop store where they can receive DeoxysTM, a legendary character with transformative powers and an impressive set o..."

"Pokemon Graduation Speech Video"

"If you missed the Pokemon Darkrai giveaway event at Toys R Us stores over the weekend, you still have the entire month to pick up the little guy at the Nintendo World Store.

An employee of the Store just confirmed to us that Darkrai will be available there until the end of June. So if you haven't snagged that lil' Legendary yet, there's still time!"

""Pokémon strives to create fun products and events for players of all skill levels and interests," said J.C. Smith, director of marketing for Pokémon USA, Inc.

"The Pokémon Video Game Showdown provides the most skilled Pokémon players an opportunity to determine who is truly the best.""

"If Japanese publication Coro Coro Comics is to be believed, the last iteration in Nintendo’s critter-hunting Pokemon series is named Pokemon Platinum, and will be heading to the Nintendo DS in Japan this September.

Legendary Pokemon Giratina is seen to feature prominently in Coro Coro Comics’ single-page feature (and on the box of the game), so it could be that the monster who debuted in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl; one that represents death and dwells in the ruined depths of Turnback Cave, ..."

"According to the latest issue of CoroCoro, details on the follow-up title release to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS are expected to be revealed in next month’s issue — on sale May 15th…

From the image above we can see a listing, or rather a timeline of all past Pokemon handheld titles, including Red/Green, Gold/Silver, Ruby/Sapphire, and Diamond/Pearl — with Blue, Crystal and Emerald also shown in parenthesis. However there’s a gap open for 2008. Be sure to check back once m..."

"There are some Pokemon that are just a pain in the butt to catch - legendaries, Pokemon that run around the map, honey tree Pokemon, etc. Thankfully, as the Pokemon games have progressed, many of these Pokemon are much easier to catch in Diamond/Pearl than they were in the forerunners. Still, it makes us reminisce about the good old days. We had our fair share of frustrations back then, but it all seems a bit funny now. This week's Pokemusings is a flashback dealing with some extremely diffic..."

"#10 Jigglypuff

Jigglypuff's marshmallow exterior makes it the ultimate pillow, a very desirable trait since its harmonic melodies put people to sleep. On the other hand, it could send you to dream land in a very undesirable location, such as the middle of a highway.


#9 Torchic

Most birds are ugly, poop all over the place and look better smothered in Tabasco. Torchic, despite looking delicious, is one of those rare birds we can't help but go awwwwww over. It's cute, it's clumsy and ..."

"#10 Happiny

It's not like Happiny isn't cute. We would love to pick it up and squish it. It's just that Happiny looks like Kirby in drag, and although Nintendo's pink puffball loves dressing up, we just never envisioned him prancing around as a girl. Hey, we'd love him no matter what he looked like."

"Calling all Cars! - Incognito Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment
PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network)

I think I've had more raw fun in its fast, frantic, and ridiculously fun four player face-offs than I've had with just about any 3D game in the history of forever. Hyperbole? I don't think so. While there's definitely fun to be found in games like God of War 2, or Halo 3, or Mass Effect, Calling All Cars! grabs you by the short and curlies and doesn't let go for the from the minute..."

"Running low on cash? Looking for some extra strength boosts for your pokemon? Wondering how to find some of Sinnoh's more elusive critters? We're here to help. We've written up some hot tips on how to use several aspects of Diamond and Pearl to your advantage, including several secrets buried within the games' new features. With these words at your side, you'll have a major advantage in your quest to become the greatest pokemon trainer Sinnoh's ever seen.

We realize that our readers have v..."

"1. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl - 2,287,928 connections*
2. Animal Crossing: Wild World - 436,875 connections
3. Mario Kart DS - 327,546 connections
4. Metroid Prime Hunters - 244,065 connections
5. Pokémon Battle Revolution - 220,051 connections
6. Mario Strikers Charged Football - 150,201 connections
7. Transformers: Autobots & Deceptions - 129,435 connections**
8. Jump! Ultimate Stars - 122,446 connections
9. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 78,580 connections
10. The Legend of Zelda: Pha..."

"It's E3 next week and some of us have a plane to catch, dontcha know. So it is with the sweet sorrow of a departure-lounge hug that we leave you with a new episode of the Eurogamer TV Show to comfort you in our stead ahead of a week of transatlantic internet love letters from the trembling quills of our passionate team. With any luck, it might not even be the organizational shambles it threatens to be."

"1) Pokemon Diamond - DS (Nintendo)


2) Mario Party 8 — Wii (Nintendo)


3) Spider-Man 3 — PS2 (Activision)


4) Pokemon Pearl- DS (Nintendo)


5) Wii Play w/remote —Wii (Nintendo)


6) Forza Motorsport 2 — Xbox 360 (Microsoft)


7) Guitar Hero II w/guitar — Xbox 360 (Activision)


8) Spider-Man 3 — Xbox 360 (Activision)


9) Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars — Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts)


10) Guitar Hero II w/guitar - PS2 (Activision)"

"Owners of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl who live in Japan aren't able to use English letters for their monsters, while those who live in American can't enter character names using Japanese characters. And since the grass is always greener, folks in The Land of the Rising Sun want English christened Pokémon while Americans look longingly at Japanese named ones. Hence, the Wi-Fi connected "Global Trading Station" (GTS). So, far over ten million Pokémon have been exchanged via the GTS between the US a..."

"If rumours circulating the Internet are to be believed Nintendo has started to bring the ban hammer to people who have used the Action Reply to enable some specific cheats on their Pokemon Diamond and Pearl games. So far using the codes "National-Dex (After talking with Game Director)", "Catch All 493 Pokemon" and "All Shiny" has allegedly resulted in players getting banned."

"Pokémon, it would be fair to say, sells big. DS Lite sells big. New DS Lite colours sell - well, you get the idea. So, a custard-yellow, Pikachu-branded, DS Lite in the heart of Tokyo? There will be carnage."

"Each stop on the tour will become a Pokémon fan's paradise with interactive game play stations showing off the brand new games, as well as other brand new Nintendo DS games. Plus there will be a Pokémon Trading Card Game play area, and a special ‘Touch! Generations' area – for everyone to enjoy!"

Get down to GAME on 'Manaphy Day' to unlock Manaphy's Egg and pre-order your copy of Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl

Saturday 2nd June is Manaphy Day! Get down to any GAME store in the UK with your copy of Pokémon Ranger to receive your limited edition chocolate PokeBall containing a unique code that lets you unlock Manaphy’s Egg in Pokémon Ranger and transfer it to the upcoming Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl game and hatch the ‘prince of the ocean’ himself – Manaphy! Alongside your choco...

"As much as we'd like it, we know that everyone on the planet can't show up on IGN's Nintendo DS channel on a daily basis. So for those people that can't get here regularly, we certainly sympathize when you're suddenly assaulted on all sides by a massive flood of games during the interim between the last time you showed up here. It makes it difficult to tell just what's the cream of the crop, especially when you're trying to budget for those one or two titles every month. Nintendo DS games are..."

"Muncie, 56

"I don't play. I have other things to do."

Better things than Pokemon?

"No, not necessarily better, just other things.""

"Nintendo of America today announced that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have combined sold through more than one million copies in the five days since they released in America. This is, according to the subsidiary, the fastest rate that any Pokemon titles have sold at launch in the U.S. since the inception of the franchise.

Nintendo said that more than 500,000 people pre-ordered copies of the games, contributing to such a strong launch. The company believes that the two titles will ultimately ..."

Linked to from Joystiq, apparently it has been discovered that Japanese Pokémon players are willing to give up some of their better Pokémon for even the lowliest of low-level fodder simply because...their names are in English.

"Mark June 21st down in your calendars Pokémon freaks! That's the day that Diamond and Pearl will be available around the country. Available on DS for an RRP of $69.95, the new titles build on the compelling Pokémon gameplay we've known and loved since the series' first outings on Game Boy. What's new? Well, there are another 100 Pokémon to collect, in addition to the 386 from previous versions, but more exciting will be the game's Wi-fi functionality. Trading Pokémon with players from around ..."

"Pokémon Diamond Dialga stylus: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OL85VQ/ref=nosim/cheapassgam08-20

Pokémon Pearl Palkia stylus: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OL850M/ref=nosim/cheapassgam08-20"

"Pokemon on the DS is nothing new -- we've already received Pokemon Dash, Pokemon Trozei, and Pokemon Ranger in the system's two years of life. But it's the RPG design the public's clamoring for, not the spin-offs -- those games were just biding the time while Game Freaks cranked out the enormous, ambitious, real deal Pokemon project. It doesn't matter what's going to be said in the next thousand or so words: Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl will, without a doubt, be the top-selling game rele..."

"The long and short of it is that apparently a store in Goose Creek, South Carolina had a few copies of both versions up on their shelves the day they had received them. Keeping calm, he grabbed one of the copies off the shelf, walked to the register, paid, and then proceeded to stroll out of the store having complete knowledge that he just took a figurative dump on its proposed street date. Hurray for retailers who don't know what they're doing!"

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"Nintendo has revealed that more than half-a-million Pocket Monster fans have pre-ordered the upcoming Pokémon Diamond and Pearl editions of the phenomenally successful franchise in the US.

533,000 copies of the DS titles have been pre-ordered and it's already set to become one of the best-selling videogames of 2007 Stateside. So far, pre-orders are double that of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, which were released in 2004 and went on to sell more than 3.4 million copies.

Pokémon Diamond ..."

Pick a Pokemon and get set for your first battle!

"Though Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl don't hit US shelves until April 22nd, Nintendo has given us the opportunity to take our time to get through the Sinnoh Region in the DS RPG by sending us copies of both games a week and a half before it's supposed to ship. Very nice indeed.

Of course, we just got the game a mere couple of hours ago. The Pokemon adventures are incredibly deep experiences, so posting a hands-on the same day the games hit our desks isn't going to even skim the surface..."

"Though Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl don't hit US shelves until April 22nd, Nintendo has given us the opportunity to take our time to get through the Sinnoh Region in the DS RPG by sending us copies of both games a week and a half before it's supposed to ship. Very nice indeed.

Of course, we just got the game a mere couple of hours ago. The Pokemon adventures are incredibly deep experiences, so posting a hands-on the same day the games hit our desks isn't going to even skim the surface..."