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Pokemon to push DS Vision

By Spencer . August 14, 2008 . 10:16am

Japan’s Nintendo DS video download service is getting off to a slow start, but adding Pokemon flicks will give AM3 a boost. Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back will be available to current DS Vision customers as a download on August 20.…

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Return to Sinnoh with a Pokemon Platinum trailer

By Spencer . July 30, 2008 . 4:45pm

Pokemon Platinum is scheduled to come out on September 13 in Japan. This trailer doesn’t tell us much more since a third of it is watching 3D rendered Pokemon play in a grassy field while Giratina makes an entrance. The…

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Hey you Pikachu? A look at Super Pikachu Brothers

By Spencer . May 27, 2008 . 12:33am

While the Pokemon franchise is immensely popular Nintendo has yet throw any of their cuddly creatures into a proper platformer. However, some pirate company did and created Pka Chu. I got a chance to play the pirate ROM, which is…

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More Pokemon? Let me show you Pokemon Platinum

By Spencer . May 15, 2008 . 7:44am

Nintendo just released Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, a Chunsoft created Pokemon roguelike, in North America and another addition to the Pokemon Ranger spin off in Japan. But, the Pokemon series is a cash cow. There are always new…

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A Pikachu Easter Egg?

By Spencer . March 23, 2008 . 11:23am

When I saw this…     … I found a relatively familiar character on the bottom row. It might be Pikachu. It might be Purin. It might be a strange hybrid between the two. Only the child who created it…

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Steer Pikachu and Lapras to an ocean of prizes

By Spencer . March 20, 2008 . 2:15pm

I was at a redemption centric arcade with skee-ball, UFO catchers and saw this Pokemon themed arcade game.     You’re supposed to move Pikachu riding a Lapras with the steering wheel on the scrolling river. The further you go…

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McPokemeal, Hong Kong style

By Spencer . March 12, 2008 . 6:42pm

Pokemon are everywhere, even in places where Nintendo doesn’t have an official presence. Over in Hong Kong McDonalds has a Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl Happy Meal equivalent where kids can pick up a burger and a Pokeball. Stuffed inside the…

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Raise a 1,000 Pokemon at the Pokemon Ranch

By Spencer . February 25, 2008 . 8:52pm

Also coming out next month, probably as a WiiWare launch title, is Minna no Pokemon Bokujou (Everybody’s Pokemon Ranch). The program isn’t exactly a game, it’s more like a Pokemon playpen where you have parades with Dialga and huddle around the…

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Pokemon <3’s Hangul, Pearl and Diamond dated for Korea

By Spencer . January 28, 2008 . 5:37am

The first Korean-localized entry in the Pokemon RPG series (read not Dash or any other spin off) arrives on Valentine’s Day. This probably isn’t “news” because Pokemon Diamond and Pearl saturated most of the world, but starting on February 14…

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Pikachu and Squritle bop to beats in Seoul

By Spencer . January 21, 2008 . 11:33am

While walking around in Seoul this past weekend I couldn’t help but notice a dancing Pokemon puppet show outside of a Citibank. A street vendor was selling faux-Pokemon toys that bounce up and down to give the illusion that they’re…

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Gotta Catch ‘em again, Pokemon Ranger sequel arrives in March

By Spencer . January 15, 2008 . 1:33pm

On March 20, Nintendo is continuing the Pokemon Ranger series with Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage. Similar to the previous entry you can play as a guy or a girl and round up wild Pokemon by drawing a circle around them. Once…

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Get your cameras ready! Pokemon Snap hits the US Virtual Console on December 10th

By Levi . December 2, 2007 . 2:21pm

In a rare instance of announcing a VC game days before it comes out, Nintendo has announced that Pokemon Snap will be hitting the North American Virtual Console on December 10th. The N64 classic is kinda like an on-rails shooter, except…

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