Furious Fists 3 Pack Blisters Feature Trevenant and Slurpuff
The XY TCG expansion Furious Fists will be released on August 13th, 2014 and it has been revealed that 2 new blister packs will also be released on that day. The XY 14 promo card Trevenant pack also comes with a Xerneas coin while the XY 15 promo card Slurpuff pack comes with a Yveltal coin. ...
GameStop Pinsir and Heracross Distribution
Starting August 13th, 2014, players can receive a Heracross for their Pokémon X game or Pinsir for their Pokémon Y game. Initially these Pokémon will not have any held items but from August 18th, 2014 until August 31st, 2014, players can go to participating GameStop stores in the United States to g...
Phantom Forces - XY TCG Expansion
The next English Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion has been revealed by distributors. Phantom Forces is the 4th expansion and will be released on November 5th, 2014 Master Mysterious Powers! Gather your courage and peer into the haunted void with the Pokémon TCG: XY—Phantom Forces expansio...
FIG&VIPER Pokémon Clothing
Alisa Ueno, a creative director and model for the Japanese female fashion brand FIG&VIPER, has created a line of Pokémon clothes that is a mix of fashion and Alisa's personality. The clothes will be sold at the Pokémon Centers starting in September of 2014. Ueno Yusuna (ウエノ アリサ) was born in ...
Reshiram, Zekrom and Milotic in Super Smash Bros 3DS / N's Castle Stage
Reshiram, Zekrom and Milotic have been confirmed to make an appearance in the upcoming Super Smash Bros for the Nintendo 3DS. Masahiro Sakurai (桜井政博), Director of the games, posted on Miiverse that a new stage based on N's Castle and the Unova Pokémon League will also be featured in the game. ...
Movie 17 Tie-in Campaigns
The official Pokémon movie website has updated with info on a number of upcoming movie tie-in events throughout the last few weeks. Translations follow: Pokémon Movie Print Stickers Photo sticker machines based on "Pokémon the Movie XY: The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie / Pikachu, What Kin...
Gamescom 2014 Vivillon Distribution / Shigeki Morimoto Battle Contest
Gamescom is a video game convention held annually at the in Cologne, Germany which will be open to the public on August 14th, 2014. A Poké Ball pattern Vivillon will be distributed via serial code to visitors of the convention. Shigeki Morimoto (森本茂樹), a lead game designer and programmer at Game...
Pokémon Launches Official World Championships Website, Streaming Schedule Announced, Aegislash
The 2014 Pokémon World Championships will take place in Washington D.C., United States on Saturday, August 16th, 2014 and Sunday August 17th, 2014. An official stream will be provided for people to view via Twitch and we will host that stream here on PocketMonsters.net those two days. Pokémon...
Pocket Monsters Movie 17 Debuts in First Place
Pocket Monsters Movie 17 The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie (破壊の繭とディアンシー) debuted in first place for the weekend of July 19th, 2014. The movie was shown in 357 screens across Japan and ticket sales on 360,190 viewers totaled 559,908,500 yen (5.5million USD). Disney's Maleficent (マレフィセント) took sec...
Play! Pokémon 2015 TCG Season Format Rotation
The official Pokémon website has announced the Play! Pokémon 2015 Season TCG Format Rotation. The rotation rules go into effect on September 3, 2014 but the 2015 season started on July 14, 2014. Additional expansions become legal three weeks after they are released in the United States. Stand...
Pokémon Global Link Changes Weekly Maintenance Time
The Pokémon Global Link announced that they are changing the Weekly Maintenance Time for the system. This is the normally scheduled downtime and not the extended maintenance that sometimes takes place. Change in Scheduled Weekly Maintenance Time Starting on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, the scheduled...
Movie 17 Tie-in Campaigns
The official Pokémon movie website has updated with info on a number of upcoming movie tie-in events throughout the last week. Translations follow: Pokémon Pan X Namco Campaign A "Pokémon Pan X Namco" Campaign will be held between Friday July 4th and Sunday August 31st!! If you buy a Pokémon ...
Meet Pikachu at the Roppongi Hills Observation Deck - Pikachu Cafe Menu
Further details about the Poke'mon the movieXY Exhibit ~Meet Pikachu at the Roppongi Hills Observation Deck~ (Poke'mon the movieXY展 ～六本木ヒルズ展望台でピカチュウに会おう！～) have been announced. As we reported on last month, the grand exhibition of historical Pokémon movie highlights, from the original "Mewtwo Strike...
Super-Secret Bases Japanese Trailer
The official Japanese Pokémon YouTube account has posted a trailer about Super-Secret Bases (スーパーひみつきち). Details about Super-Secret Bases were released in last weeks press release. Super-Secret Bases Japanese Trailer Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hb2bAgT5PI...
Rica Matsumoto Announces a New Album with a Cover of Mamorubeki Mono
To promote the new Pokémon movie, Rica Matsumoto appeared on today's episode of the anime talkshow Animemashite. During the interview she announced a new album of hers, scheduled for release around August. The album would contain covers of the opening songs for various anime she had starred in over ...
Mega Metagross / Cosplay Pikachu in Pokémon-Amie / Mega Diancie
The Pokémon Company International today announced exciting new features and story elements of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, launching on November 28th, 2014, for the Nintendo 3DS and 2DS systems. A brand new gameplay trailer has also been released, giving fans a deeper look at what ...
Great Pikachu Outbreak! at Yokohama Minato Mirai
The Great Pikachu Outbreak! at Yokohama Minato Mirai (ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ！ at 横浜みなとみらい) was announced on the official Japanese Pokémon website. The will take place from August 9th, 2014 until August 17th, 2014 at Yokohama Minato Mirai. Various festivities will take place at the event which focuses on Pikac...
Director Yuyama's Scouting Report Video / XY Anime Summer 2014 Preview Trailer
The official Japanese YouTube account has posted the video that the Director Yuyama's Scouting Reports are based on. The video shows locations in Southern Ontario, Canada including: Toronto, Ottawa, The Thousand Islands, Niagara Falls, the Bruce Peninsula and Niagara on the Lake. Full details are av...
Pokémon Center Tohoku - Pokémon Tanabata Festival 2014
The Pokémon Center Tohoku will be holding the Pokémon Tanabata Festival (ポケモンたなばたまつり) 2014 from August 1st, 2014 until August 8th, 2014. The Tanabata Festival is a Japanese star festival that takes place yearly. In commemoration of the festival, a Jirachi will be distributed at the Pokémon Center To...
PokéBall Vivillon / Pokémon Center Summer Vacation Festival in Daimaru Kobe
The official Japanese Pokémon website announced that Vivillon will be distributed to players of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y at Pokémon Centers in Japan from August 1st, 2014 until August 31th, 2014. It will also be distributed from August 1st, 2014 to August 18th, 2014 at the Pokémon Center Summer Vacat...
