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Monopoly: Pokemon Kanto Edition came out a couple of years ago. Now USAopoly is working on another Pokemon set, this time for Johto.

You’ll find the following inside:

In this special Pokémon Johto Edition of Monopoly, players will travel through all eight Gyms and battle Gym leader Pokémon. Trainer Battle and Professor Elm cards might reward you for Pokémon encounters, or bring an unexpected surprise as players join Pikachu and friends on an adventure through the Johto region.

Monopoly: Pokemon Johto Edition contains six collectible tokens comprised of Totodile, Togepi, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Pichu and Pikachu. It also features a custom designed game board based on the Johto region, renames for Hotels, the Community Chest, and Chance Cards (to PokeMarts, Pokemon Centers, and Chance Cards respectively), plus custom themed Monopoly money.

Here are some photos:

When Pokemon Monopoly: Johto Edition is actually releasing is a bit unclear. BigBadToyStore estimates that it’s coming in August. It seems to be in stock on Amazon at the moment, but only from third-party sellers. It should be made available at more retailers soon in any case.

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Wonder Festival 2016 Summer is currently taking place in Japan. At the event, several new figures are on display, while new ones entirely have been announced.

They include:

– Link Nendoroid from Zelda: Breath of the Wild
– Corrin Nendoroid from Fire Emblem Fates
– Elise Nendoroid from Fire Emblem Fates
– Meta Knight Nendoroid
– Samus Figma from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
– Corrin Figma from Fire Emblem Fates
– Princess Zelda Figma from Zelda: Twilight Princess
– Link Figma from Zelda: Twilight Princess
– Mega Man Nendoroid from Mega Man EXE
– Mega Man: Metal Blade Ver. Nendoroid
– Mega Man Nendoroid from Mega Man X
– ARTFX J May with Mudkip figure
– Serena with Fennekin figure
– Red with Pikachu figure

Here’s a look at all of them:

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute is now live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta catch up on some gaming confessions from fans. Watch the full episode below.

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Update: VD-Dev added the following on Twitter:

VD-Dev co-founder Fernando Velez has passed away. The studio passed along today’s sad news through Twitter.

The tweet reads:

VD-Dev is behind the 3DS eShop game IronFall Invasion. The studio announced its next game RISE: Race The Future at the end of May.

We are very sad to hear of Velez and wish his family the best during this tough time.

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A new article from Polygon focuses on online abuse of employees from various game companies. The site reached out to 25 of them in total, asking each one the following:

“Please can you share with us how [your company] plans to deal with any situation in which an employee comes under abuse, doxxing or threatening messages. Alternatively, please let us know what steps you are currently taking to tackle this issue.”

Only six companies responded to Polygon’s inquiry, including Nintendo. Here’s what the big N shared:

“Nintendo firmly rejects the harassment of any individual in any form, including through social media or online game play. We take steps to support and protect our employees through policies based on best practices in this area and consistently evolve that approach as online harassment grows more complex and challenging.

“We also seek to maximize consumers’ enjoyment of our games and experiences by limiting their exposure to negative communications and online interactions.

“But it takes more than the best efforts of any one company to protect an individual being harassed online. Nintendo is committed to continuing its work within the industry and the broader community to ensure that people can both work and play without the fear of hate-fueled attacks.”

CCP, Electronic Arts, Gearbox, Microsoft, and the IGDA also responded. You can read their statements on Polygon here.

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Update (7/22): Here’s part two, showing the repair:

Original (7/15): We’ve heard a lot about the SNES PlayStation prototype over the past year. Now thanks to The Ben Heck Show, we have a closer look at the item through a teardown. Check it out below.

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Nintendo has just added a new item to today’s maintenance schedule. Splatoon will be undergoing maintenance for around two and a half hours starting in ten minutes.

Here are the relevant times:

– 3:30 PM PT – 6 PM PT
– 6:30 PM ET – 9 PM ET
– 11:30 PM in the UK – 2:30 AM in the UK
– 12:30 AM – 3:30 AM in Europe

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A potentially dangerous situation was thankfully avoided at the Pokemon World Championships back in 2015. Two men were put under arrest after threatening violence to attendees. Unlicensed guns were found in their vehicle, along with several other weapons.

Those men – James Stumbo and Kevin Norton – have now pled guilty to charges that they brought a rifle, shotgun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition to the Pokemon World Championship last summer. Both will serve two-year sentences of prison and two years of probation. Stumbo and Norton had also previously served 335 days since they were arrested.

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We learned yesterday that Legendary Entertainment has obtained the rights to the Pokemon films, and will begin by producing a live-action Detective Pikachu film. Based on a new interview with screenwriter Max Landis, it sounds like that idea came straight from The Pokemon Company.

Landis, along with producer Roy Lee, pitched his idea for a different Pokemon film around a year ago. It was accepted, shown to studios (and led to a “huge Netflix offer”)… and then The Pokemon Company “pulled back”. Landis told Collider that they only wanted to sell one character, which was Detective Pikachu. He wasn’t interested, and that’s when everything fell apart.

You can hear about Landis’ pitch in the video below.

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IGN has another look at the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition. See the system up close via the video below.

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