Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 77 Comments

The upcoming release of the first generation of Pokemon games on the 3DS Virtual Console is highly anticipated by tons of people. The Japanese digital manual for these games is now online and has revealed some interesting tidbits about these versions.

Interestingly, Pokemon Red, Blue, Green (Japan-only) and Yellow don’t support the Virtual Console’s “restore points” feature. In case you didn’t know, this feature lets you create a save point at any time and load it whenever you wish, regardless of any in-game save features or restrictions. This is a pretty convenient feature since saving your game is usually fairly restrictive in older games. One can only speculate why this feature won’t be available in the Pokemon games, however it seems likely that it is in place to essentially prevent the cloning of Pokemon. When you trade Pokemon the game automatically saves to prevent any shenanigans – with restore points, this could’ve easily been circumvented.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 8 Comments

Update 3 (1/18): Bumped to the top yet again. Finally available for in-store pickup!

Update 2 (1/15): Bumped to the top. This is now officially live on Best Buy for shipping. Still no in-store pickup.

Update: Best Buy’s page may not have fully updated yet. It’s currently in-store pickup only, and users are unable to select a local Best Buy. Post will be updated again when it’s up properly.

Yesterday, GameStop started taking pre-orders for the New 3DS Pokemon 20th Anniversary Edition. Reservations are now up on Best Buy as well. To pre-order a system, head on over here.

You can still pre-order on GameStop by the way! It sold out for a few hours last night, but has since returned (now with a “limited quantities” label).

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

The Pokemon Company will be distributing a whole bunch of Mythical Pokemon this year as part of the franchise’s 20th anniversary, starting with Mew next month. However, before that, Hoopa is still being distributed. Those of you in Australia and New Zealand can now get this Mythical Pokemon from the sixth generation of Pokemon games.

Head to JB Hi-Fi, EB Games or Big W if you’re in Australia or JB Hi-Fi or EB Games if you’re in New Zealand to get a serial code which gives you Hoopa. The distribution runs from January 18th till January 29th. Pokemon X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are all eligible to receive Hoopa.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment

Earlier this week, Nintendo of Europe announced the latest two cover plates for the New 3DS. The first is based on Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon while the other features art of classic Pokemon.

Pre-orders for the pair of cover plates are now live on Amazon Germany. Reserve #30 here and #31 here. Both should ship to other territories, including the United States.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, New Nintendo 3DS | 8 Comments

Now that GameStop has put up its listing for the New 3DS Pokemon 20th Anniversary Edition, we have a better look at the included cover plates. Consumers will receive designs based on both Charizard and Blastoise. Have a look at them above.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo recently brought out some new 3DS themes in Japan based on Animal Crossing and Pokemon. In the video below, you can get another look at them all.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Aside from some news about Pokken Tournament, this month’s issue of CoroCoro also had an update on Pokemon the Movie XY & Z 2016. The magazine talks about how Volcanion hates humans – why this is so and what happened to make it hate them. CoroCoro also teased a World Exclusive Scoop Poster and a major announcement that will affect the entire world for the movie.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 28 Comments

A special Pokemon movie set will be available in North America starting next month. On February 9, you’ll be able to pick up “Pokemon: The Movies 1-3 Steelbook Blu-ray Collection”. This naturally features the first three Pokemon films in a single, limited edition package.

You can pre-order the movie collection over on Amazon. Doing so will save you $5, bringing it down to $35.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

The Pokemon news continues! A new video promoting the franchise’s 20th anniversary can be seen below.

One important point from the video mentions monthly Mythical Pokemon distributions. This will start in February, and features the likes of Mew, Darkrai, Arceus, and much more. You’ll be able to obtain these Pokemon in X/Y as well as Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

We’ve mentioned before that big gaming franchises are celebrating big anniversaries this year. Pokemon, for instance, is 20 years old in 2016. An official logo was sent out today commemorating the occasion.

Also revealed is that Pokemon will be seeing its first ever Super Bowl commercial on February 7. This will “encourage fans to Train On,” The Pokemon Company says.

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