Full Program for 'The Eve of ORAS Release Day Niconico Countdown Event at Nico Farre'
The full program details for The Eve of Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire's Release Day" Niconico Countdown Event @ Nico Farre (ポケットモンスター オメガルビー・アルファサファイア発売前日ニコニコ カウントダウンイベント＠ニコファーレ), which will be streamed on NicoNico Live from 12pm Thursday November 20th to 12am Friday November 21st has be...
Nintendo World to Give Out 250 Free Copies of ORAS
Nintendo has announced that the first 250 people to show the staff of Nintendo World their copy of Pokémon Ruby or Sapphire on November 23rd, 2014 will receive a free copy of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. This is a separate promotion to their launch event on November 20th, 2014. T...
Groudon and Onemuri Pikachu 3DS Home Menu Themes
Nintendo of Europe Tweeted that on Friday November 21st, 2014, two Pokémon Home Menu Themes will be available for purchase in Europe. The first theme is called Onemuri Pikachu and the second theme features Groudon. Each theme will cost €1.99 / £1.79. Source: https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope...
Pokémon Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Mega Special Animation
During today's broadcast special of The Sky-Rending Visitor Deoxys (裂空の訪問者 デオキシス), a Pokémon Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Mega Special Animation also aired. That special anime was also posted to YouTube and can be viewed below. Pokémon Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Mega Special Animation (『ポケットモンスター オメガ...
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Reaches 1 Million Pre-Orders in Japan
The Pokémon Company posted a special news release on November 12th, 2014 to announce that Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire had reached 1 million pre-order sales in Japan. Nintendo previously announced that pre-order sales for ORAS were down in Japan compared with XY but were on par in N...
Pikachu Classic Controller for Wii U/Wii (クラシックコントローラー for Wii U/Wii ピカチュウ)
Video Game accessory company HORI has announced they will release a Pikachu Classic Controller for Wii U/Wii (クラシックコントローラー for Wii U/Wii ピカチュウ) in Japan on December 20th, 2014. The controller is yellow and styled to look like Pikachu but despite the fact that it looks like a GameCube controller, it ...
Jump Festa 2015 Massuguma Distribution
Jump Festa 2015 (ジャンプフェスタ2015) takes place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Japan on December 20th and 21st, 2014. A Massuguma (マッスグマ) will be distributed at the event to players of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire only. Massuguma is Level 50, is holding a Focus Sash and knows the moves: Extr...
Pikachu and Mega Lizardon Y Event Pokémon Distribution at Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo
The official Japanese website has revealed that starting on December 12th, 2014 until January 16th, 2015, Pikachu and Mega Lizardon Y will be distributed to players of Pokémon X and Y as well as Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire at all 8 Pokémon Center locations as part of the opening ce...
Nintendo World Triple Launch Event / Nintendo Day Canada
Nintendo has announced their launch day festivities for amiibo, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U for North America. The New York City Nintendo Store will be holding a Triple Launch Event on November 20th, 2014 until November 21st, 2014. Nintendo Canada will be ho...
Deoxys Returns and Clashes with Rayquaza in the Delta Episode
New details about the games Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire have been revealed in the December 2014 Corocoro and via a press release. The official Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire websites have also been updated with more details also. High resolution pictures from the pre...
The Great #EonTicketUK Relay Prize Draw Now Open!
The Pokémon Company launched a dedicated site for people in the United Kingdom to sign up for the The Great #EonTicketUK Relay Prize Draw. Basic details were announced in early November of 2014, but now residents can signup for their chance to participate in the Relay. Be an Eon Ticket Ambass...
Walmart ORAS Bonus Figures
Walmart has posted that they are giving out Groudon and Kyogre figures as a bonus for people that buy Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. People can select which game and which figure they would like to purchase for their order with Walmart. The Groudon and Kyogre figures are also being di...
Nintendo Introduces Crystal Red and Crystal Blue Nintendo 2DS Systems in North America
Nintendo announced that they will also be releasing the Crystal Red and Crystal Blue Nintendo 2DS Systems in North America. They were previously announced for the United Kingdom and Europe where they were just release on November 7th, 2014 but they are called the Nintendo 2DS Transparent Red and Nin...
Lucario amiibo Revealed
Nintendo Japan has revealed the second and third sets of amiibo figures and Lucario will be available in the second set which will be released on January 22nd, 2015. Lucario will cost 1200yen plus tax. The figure will be compatible with Super Smash Bros. The new amiibo revealed are: Rosalina, Bowser...
DreaDrea CD Release Announcement
Shoko Nakagawa announced earlier in her LIVE TOUR 2014 Greedy Revolution that a CD of the current ending theme DreaDrea (ドリドリ) would be released in 2015. Shoko-tan's staff Twitter account posted today that the release date of the CD would be February 18th, 2015. They also posted two videos of Sh...
BS Japan Movie 7 Special Broadcast
On November 16th, 2014 at 7pm, BS Japan will be airing a special broadcast of the 7th Pocket Monsters movie The Sky-Rending Visitor Deoxys (裂空の訪問者 デオキシス). As part of that broadcast, a new special short anime will be shown and information on Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire will also be ...
The Eve of ORAS Release Day Niconico Countdown Event at Nico Farre
A special web broadcast called: The Eve of Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire's Release Day" Niconico Countdown Event @ Nico Farre (ポケットモンスター オメガルビー・アルファサファイア発売前日ニコニコ カウントダウンイベント＠ニコファーレ) will air on NicoNico starting at Wednesday November 19th, 2014 at 19:00 EST. A lot of content ...
Eon Ticket Distribution via StreetPass
Details about the Eon Ticket have now been revealed for the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. Players who receive the Eon Ticket have the ability to share it via the Nintendo 3DS feature StreePass. In the UK, the ticket will be distributed at 15 towns and cities on Saturday November 29th,...
Gekkouga Special Distribution for Japan
Japanese players that purchase and register Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire can receive a special Gekkouga (ゲッコウガ). The special distribution was announced in the November 6th, 2014 Japanese Nintendo Direct by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. Player...
Pokémon Diancie Princess of the Diamond Domain
The official Pokémon website has posted the Movie 17 English dubbed prequel short Pokémon Diancie Princess of the Diamond Domain as part of the launch website for the 4th XY TCG expansion set Phantom Forces. While on a journey to search for Xerneas, Diancie is awakened by a cry for help and g...
