Posted on 6 years ago by Andrew in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

A recent article from Serkan Toto has just reported that the Pokemon Company has disclosed their financials from over the past five years. During this past year. their sales profit has gone up by 26 times then the previous fiscal year.

Here is The Pokemon Company’s net profit for the last five years (all past fiscals ended on the last day of February):

• 15th fiscal (for the year that ended on February 28, 2013): US$16.6 million
• 16th fiscal: US$10.6 million
• 17th fiscal: US$18.4 million
• 18th fiscal: US$5.6 million
• 19th fiscal: US$143.3 million

It is most likely that the jump in sales have to do with the releases of Pokemon GO and Pokemon Sun & Moon from last year. Overall, it is amazing how big their profit blew up from last year compared to the year before that.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

VIZ Media has a new book on the way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon Adventures manga series. On August 9, fans can pick up The Art of Pokemon Adventures.

Amazon offers up the following description of the book:

“Artwork, sketches and a brand-new manga short story from the artist of the Pokémon Adventures series inspired by the best-selling Pokémon video games!

A collection of beautiful full-color art from the Pokémon Adventures graphic novel series! In addition to full-color illustrations of your favorite Pokémon, this vibrant volume also includes exclusive sketches and storyboards, four pull-out posters and a brand-new manga side story published in English for the first time!”

You can pre-order The Art of Pokemon Adventures and save over $8 via Amazon here. It’s also up on Amazon Canada and Amazon UK.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

A new Pokemon plushie is joining the Build-A-Bear Workshop. Following Pikachu, Eevee, and Charmander, Squirtle will soon be offered as well.

Build-A-Bear Workshop will be launching an online exclusive Pokemon Squirtle set on June 1. It’ll feature a 14″ Squirtle plush, 6-in-1 Squirtle Sound, Poke Ball Slicker, Ultra Ball Hoodie, and an exclusive Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) card. The Ultra Ball Hoodie and Make-Your-Own Squirtle plush can also be purchased separately at all U.S., U.K. and Canada stores on the same day. Note that the Poke Ball Slicker and 6-in-1 Squirtle Sound will only be available as part of the online exclusive set.

Pricing information is as follows:

· Online Exclusive Pokemon Squirtle Set (includes plush, a 6-in-1 Squirtle Sound, Poke Ball Slicker, Ultra Ball Hoodie and the Build-A-Bear Workshop Exclusive Pokemon TCG card): $60, plus tax
· Make-Your-Own Pokemon Squirtle plush: $28, plus tax, sold separately at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and as part of the online exclusive set; includes a Build-A-Bear Workshop Exclusive Pokemon TCG card
· Ultra Ball Hoodie: $10.50, plus tax, sold separately at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and as part of the online exclusive set

Here are some additional photos:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Fernando in General Gaming, News | 14 Comments

The World Video Game Hall of Fame in its 2017 edition has inducted four new games that deserve it because of how they affected the video game industry: Donkey Kong, Halo: Combat Evolved, Pokémon Red & Green, and Street Fighter II.

The original Donkey Kong arcade game has been inducted because of how it helped to launch the career of one Shigeru Miyamoto, as well as counting as the first appearance of characters Donkey Kong and Super Mario (who was known as Jumpman).

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 13 Comments

The Pokemon anime is continuing, but this time on a new network. It was announced today that Disney XD will begin airing Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon on May 12.

Here’s the official overview:

“The adventures of Ash and friends continue in the Alola region with the debut of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon on Friday, May 12! Our heroes have many exciting new Pokémon to discover and interesting people to learn from along the way. More new faces will help guide Ash’s latest journeys—but frequent foes Team Rocket have also made the trip to Alola, looking to swipe some high-powered new Pokémon. They’ll have competition from the ruffians of Team Skull, who delight in causing chaos and may have more sinister intentions…”

Fans can watch the first two episodes of Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon on May 12 at 9 PM. The third will air the next morning at 9 AM, the normal viewing time. Disney XD will also be showing a special presentation of Pokemon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel on Saturday at 5 PM.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

In 2015, The Pokemon Company generated $2.1 billion in retail revenue. That total saw a big rise in 2016, jumping to $3.3 billion. It was a $1.2 billion increase, causing Pokemon to move up ten spots comparatively to 2015 numbers.

Pokemon GO’s launch last year was naturally a catalyst, as were Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon. The series also had its first Super Bowl commercial ever which was no doubt seen by millions of people.

License! Global writes in a new report:

“Pokemon enjoyed an incredibly strong year at retail in 2016, which marked the brand’s 20th anniversary. The milestone, which recognized the first introduction of Pokemon video games 20 years ago, catapulted the perennially popular brand into the global spotlight and kicked off with the first-ever Pokemon Super Bowl commercial. The company also introduced the mobile game “Pokemon Go,” which became a global phenomenon and was downloaded 650 million times. Pokemon followed this success with “Pokemon Sun” and “Poeémon Moon” for the Nintendo 3DS, which became the third best-selling Nintendo 3DS titles of all time, adding to the 280 million Pokemon video games already sold.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

At the end of last year, Build-A-Bear Workshop sold a special Charmander plush. Fans will be excited to hear that it’s being made available once again.

The make-your-own Charmander plush will be sold at all U.S. stores starting this weekend. The online exclusive is also in stock here.

Pricing is below:

Prices (U.S. only) are as follows:
· Online Exclusive Pokémon Charmander Set (includes plush, Charmander sound chip, Great Ball Hoodie, Lucario Hoodie and the Build-A-Bear Workshop Charmander Pokémon TCG Card): $61, plus tax
· Make-your-own Pokémon Charmander plush: $28, plus tax, sold separately at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and as part of the online exclusive set; includes Build-A-Bear Workshop Charmander Pokémon TCG Card
· Great Ball Hoodie: $12.50, plus tax, sold separately at select Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and as part of the online exclusive set

Source: Build-A-Bear Workshop PR

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 17 Comments

Two new videos are online for Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! First up is a trailer, followed by a shorter commercial. Both are below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 64 Comments

Pokemon developer Game Freak is currently searching for a motion modeler. The company is trying to find someone who has experience making models on the level of Wii U and PlayStation Vita, and experience with the computer program Maya is required.

Game Freak cites the following as bonuses:

– Experience in deciding character model specifications
– Experience in managing progress of character models
– Experience in producing deformed characters
– Experience in producing monster models

The modeler will be asked to work on creating character models for an unspecified consumer game development project. Among other things, they’ll be asked to produce models of characters, monsters and items, and deformed materials with toon rendering. The position with Game Freak is on a contract basis and can lead up until May 2018.

Before Switch was announced, rumors persisted of a third Pokemon entry to accompany Pokemon Sun/Moon on Nintendo’s system. No announcement has been made, but if it exists, perhaps this job listing could be related.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 26 Comments

Update: Bumped to the top. Added in official upload of the trailer plus a short video.

Original: The first full trailer for Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! just aired on the Japanese show Oha Suta. View the recording on YouTube below.

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