Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire has been pre-ordered over 1 million times in Japan
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They may not even be out yet, but Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are already shaping up to be huge hits. Ahead of their release, the remakes have already been pre-ordered over 1 million times in Japan, numbers way ahead of what Pokemon X and Y were able to achieve. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out November 21st in Japan and North America and November 28th in Europe.
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire getting an animated short
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The Pokemon Company has announced a new animated short based on Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. The short will show a battle between Rayquaza and Deoxys and another look at the 3DS games.
Pokemon fans will be able to watch the animated short alongside the Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys movie on November 16. It will air on BS Japan.
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – North American Eon Ticket details
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The Pokemon Company International has shared details about how Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire players in North America will be able to obtain Eon Tickets. Tickets are needed in order to access the Southern Island of the Hoenn region where Trainers can catch Latios.
Serial codes will be handed out to Play! Pokemon organizers and StreetPass communities around the states and will be active on November 21. Those who receive a code can redeem it using the Mystery Gift function in the title menu. You’ll then receive a Wonder Card, which must be redeemed in-game at a Pokemon Center by by speaking to an attendant in blue uniform. The attendant will then issue those Trainers an Eon Ticket.??
Once these steps have been completed, the Eon Ticket can be shared with others via StreetPass. All players will need to activate StreetPass within BuzzNav, which will light up with an icon when an Eon Ticket has been received. After speaking to the same attendant at a Pokemon Center, the Eon Ticket will be yours!
Source: Pokemon Company PR
Japanese Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire promos
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Nintendo Network IDs to deliver some sort of recommendation system next year
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata brought up the “Super Smash Bros. and Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Same-Generation Hypothesis” at the company’s financial results briefing last week. Essentially, there is the thought that those who played Super Smash Bros. Melee and Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire back in the day will also be interested in Smash Bros. 3DS and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata commented on this further during the Q&A portion of the latest financial briefing and brought up another interesting topic as well. Next year, Nintendo will attempt to launch some sort of feature with Nintendo Network IDs involving “options tailored to individual consumers based on the fact that they’ve played game A and game B, and so the probability they’ll enjoy game C is very high.”
Continue on below for Iwata’s full comments!
