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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 55 Comments

Update: Official announcement is after the break.

Today, The Pokemon Company announced a new game for smartphones: “Pokemon Go”. Niantic Labs is working on the project in addition to Nintendo.

Here’s what we know thus far:

– For smartphones
– Out next year
– Niantic Labs (startup from Google, now independent) is making the game
– Nintendo is also on board for the project, along with The Pokemon Company
– Started out 2 years ago
– Satoru Iwata was pretty involved
– Meet up in the real world to play together, go on adventures
– Vision shared by Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara and Iwata
– Capture Pokemon

– They will inhabit parks, countryside, places around the world
– One of the original creators of Pokemon, Junichi Masuda (Game Freak), is working on the game
– Seek out Pokemon, capture them, use them to battle other players
– Will have a lot of depth so it can be enjoyed by players of various ages
– Will use real location information
– Masuda is thinking about how it will connect with future Pokemon games
– Alongside Nintendo, they’ve come up with a device to perform certain actions without having to put down your screen: Pokemon Go Plus (Bluetooth enabled)
– This uses a LED and vibration to notify players of things happening in-game
– Game can be enjoyed without the accessory
– Focused on how players would look when making Pokemon Go Plus
– Nintendo still trying to expand the gaming population

You’ll find a trailer for Pokemon Go below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 21 Comments

The Pokemon Company will be holding a press conference in just a few hours. It will be held at the following times:

06:00 UTC
07:00 BST
02:00 EDT
23:00 PDT
15:00 JST

We don’t really know what the conference will be about, but it will apparently cover a new “business strategy”. This may or may not be related to the Pokemon games.

The conference will be live streamed on Niconico here. If any notable news comes out of the event, we’ll have it right here on the site.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

The Pokemon Company’s J.C. Smith has further commented on what’s in store for the series’ future. Early next year, the franchise will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Nintendo World Report caught up with Smith at the Pokemon World Championships last weekend. While nothing specific was revealed, he did tease that there could be some big things in store.

Read up on the full exchange below.

NWR: 20 years. February 27th, 2016. What kind of plans you got, other than Pokkén Tournament?

JS: [Laughs] Wish I could tell you but I can’t!

NWR: Are there big plans for it?

JS: There’s always big plans for it. And obviously, you’re seeing some big product stuff for it that’s been announced that’s exciting for the year and we always want to keep fans on their toes, but nothing I can reveal at this time.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments

At the 2015 Pokemon World Championships last weekend, Nintendo World Report asked The Pokemon Company’s J.C. Smith if Pokken Tournament is intended to be the main attraction for the series’ 20th anniversary in early 2016. Smith merely replied by saying no, but after being pressed further, he added the following:

“I’m splitting hairs. No, there’s lots of stuff planned for the 2016 year but nothing I can talk about now.”

During the same discussion, Smith also said that flowers will be important to Pokemon’s future.

It’s completely unknown what The Pokemon Company has planned at this time. As Nintendo World Report also points out, there could be something – or multiple things – that are of equal importance to Pokken Tournament that we’ll be seeing early next year.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 41 Comments

Flowers will apparently be playing a big role in the future of Pokemon. When asked for a tease of what lies ahead for the series, The Pokemon Company director of consumer marketing J.C. Smith pointed to this keyword. Sadly, Smith didn’t share any additional information.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 68 Comments

Update: Here’s a statement from The Pokemon Company:

“Prior to the event this weekend, our community of players made us aware of a security issue. We gathered information and gave it as soon as possible to the authorities at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center who acted swiftly and spearheaded communication with the Boston Police Department. Due to quick action, the potential threat was resolved. The Pokémon Company International takes the safety of our fans seriously and will continue to ensure proper security measures are a priority.”

According to a report from MyFoxBoston, two men from Iowa were arrested “after allegedly threatening violence to attendees at the Pokemon World Championship in Boston.” Police became aware of threats made on social media this past Thursday, and the two suspects were stopped after trying to enter the event a few hours later.

It was later discovered that the two men several guns in their vehicle that they did not have licenses for. Additionally, police found a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15, several hundred rounds of ammunition and a hunting knife. Once arrest warrants were missed, police made the arrests on Friday afternoon at the suspects’ hotel.

The final day of the 2015 Pokemon World Championships took place today. Things could have potentially ended very badly, but police fortunately were able to take care of the situation.

Thanks to superphillip32 for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

The brand new Mega Evolution special is coming out in Japan sometime this fall and a new trailer has just been released as well as a new poster for the film. It’s been rumored for a while now that a mysterious green blob-like Pokémon has been seen from the most recent Pokémon movie, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and just a few days ago we got a better look from a leaked CoroCoro scan of next month’s issue showing clearer images of the brand new Pokémon. Now, however, in this brand new trailer, we get to finally see what it looks like in motion!

Check out the new trailer for the upcoming special below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 12 Comments

Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages premiered in Japan last month. A trailer for next year’s movie accompanies the film, and we previously heard that a new Pokemon was shown during the video.

We now have the first images of the new Pokemon. It definitely looks like the blob that was shown in fan sketches. For the time being, it’s still completely unclear what this new Pokemon is about.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Update (7/19): Bumped to the top. Serebii has now posted an additional sketch that is apparently a bit more accurate. See below.

The latest Pokemon film, Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, finally opened in Japan today. During a trailer for next year’s movie, there are reports that something new was shown.

Serebii says it had “bright green with one eye larger than the other.” The site goes on to say that “its eye looked through the O of the word Pokemon and then it blobbed about.” That was all topped off with the large new Pokemon silhouette that was shown on July 12.

We’re not entirely sure what this new Pokemon is at present. An alternate form is a possibility, but it could also be something new.

There are a few rough sketches attached to this post. They should give you a general idea as to what the Pokemon looked like.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Pokemon themed toys are heading to McDonalds in Japan once again next week. Check out pictures of the toys below:

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