Whether you own either Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, you can now recruit Burmy (Sandy Cloak), Butterfree and Beedrill - thanks to these new online missions! In addition, each recruited Pokemon will hand you a valuable item!

Burmy (Sandy Cloak) Online Mission
Burmy's Brown Gummi has been stolen by Garchomp! Retrieve it from the Mystifying Forest. A Ground Dust also awaits.

Butterfree Mission
Join Butterfree on an excursion through Spatial Rift. You'll also receive the Sky Dust.

Bedrill Mission
Beedrill craves an Oran Berry. Deliver it to Beedrill in Dark Crater to complete the mission and receive the Poison Dust.

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia allows you to download very rare speical and extra missions by connecting to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Two new extra missions are now waiting for you on Ranger Net: "Dialga in Hia Valley!" and "Palkia in Haruba Desert!". To play these extra missions, you'll need to play through the game until you reach the end.

To receive these extra missions, go to Ranger Net from the main menu and download them via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Unlike special missions, extra missions do not allow you to transfer Dialga or Palkia to your copy of Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl.

These latest online Missions allow you to recruit Riolu and Burmy (Trash Cloak), whether you own either Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness! As a bonus, each recruited Pokemon will hand you a valuable item!

Riolu Online Mission
Riolu had its Power Band stolen! Track down the sneaky Toxicroak responsible . It's hiding in Mt. Travail.

Burmey (Plant Cloat) Online Mission
Head over to Quicksand Cave and hunt down the Bastiodon that stole Brumy's Silver Gummi.

The special "Liberate the Tower" Wi-Fi mission for Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia is now available for players in both America and Europe. Once you complete this mission, you are able to obtain a special Darkrai that can be sent over to your Diamond & Pearl carts. The mission can be accessed now by entering Ranger Net. It is unknown how long this mission will be available for, so be sure to complete the mission now if you want to get the special Darkrai.

The official Japanese site has revealed that Shaymin will be given away next year over Wi-Fi Connection as a Mystery Gift. Users will be able to get Shaymin by using Okido's Letter which gives you access to the Flower Paradise in Sinnoh. The event will be online sometime next year.

Pokemon Centers in Japan will be also giving out an Eevee to help promote the launch of new Eevee evolution merchandise. People can bring their copy of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl or Platinum from Dec. 6-Jan. 12 to one of the Japanese Pokemon Centers to receive their Eevee.

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