Zelda and Pokemon getting Monopoly sets in September, Connect 4: Super Mario coming this spring
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At the American International Toy Fair held last month, USAopoly announced – among quite a number of other products – Monopoly: The Legend of Zelda and Monopoly: Pokemon. Both are due out this September for $45. Most details are being kept in the dark for now, though the version will carry the Kanto region theme.
Additionally, USAopology will be bringing out Connect 4: Super Mario this spring. Below is an official description of that product:
Power up with Super Mario Connect 4! Mario and Luigi go head to head when players race to drop their custom checkers in the grid to try and make a line upwards, sideways or diagonal. With three ways to play, this Super Mario version of the classic Connect 4 game will provide a fun tabletop game experience for Mario fans. For ages 6+. MSRP: $24.95 Available Spring 2014.
Pokemon show, movies will be on Netflix starting on Saturday
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The Pokemon Company International today announced that the Pokemon TV series and a pair of movies will be available on Netflix starting this Saturday. This includes the classic first season of Pokemon, Pokemon: Indigo League, and Pokemon: Black & White. You can find the full details in the announcement below.
Another look at the new Pokemon Diancie, ability revealed
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More scans from this month’s CoroCoro have appeared showing Diancie, the newest Pokemon. We now know that the creature can use Clear Body as its ability. The first scan above is the new movie poster featuring Diancie while the latter is a clearer/full image which first popped up earlier in the week.
Leaked magazine scans reveal new Pokémon
Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Images, News, Screenshots | 3 Comments
Thought you were finally getting close to catching them all thanks to the recent release of Pokébank? Well too bad because it looks like another Pokémon is on the way, according to leaked scans from an upcoming CoroCoro magazine. This new Rock/Fairy type Pokémon, Diancie, brings the total number of monsters in the series to 719.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (02/05/14) – Palkia Poké Ball
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Along with this screenshot, Sakurai passed on the following message via Miiverse:
Pic of the day. Palkia appeared in the Spear Pillar stage of the previous game…but now it’s coming out of a Poké Ball?! Here’s Palkia’s signature move, Spacial Rend!
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Pokémon Bank now available on European 3DS eShop
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After a month-long delay, Nintendo’s Pokémon Bank app is finally available on the European and Australian 3DS eShop. For the low price of absolutely nothing (plus a subscription fee), those in PAL regions can now transfer their beloved Rattatas from the fifth generation Pokémon titles to Pokémon X/Y.
Will the popularity of the application cause the eShop to crash yet again? Will Pokémon Bank also make it to the American eShop this week? Will my internet connection ever be stable enough to actually download the bloody thing? Stay tuned to Nintendo Everything for more details.
More: Pokemon, Pokemon Bank, Pokemon X, Pokemon Y
Nintendo was initially advised to make Pokemon more monster-like for better sales
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shared an interesting nugget of information about the Pokemon franchise last week.
Initially, the company was given an indication that the creatures shouldn’t adopt the “cute” aesthetic fans have come to know of today. “This cute yellow thing is not a monster, everyone told us,” Iwata said.
Hiroshi Yamauchi, however, stuck to his guns. Yamauchi was shown mock-ups of a muscular Pikachu, but it didn’t sit well with the former Nintendo president.
“When you adapt too much, you lose what’s unique about you,” Iwata concluded.
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Photos of the Japanese Pokemon hanafuda cards
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Pokemon composer Shota Kageyama leaves Game Freak, going independent
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Shota Kageyama, a composer who worked on Pokemon X/Y, Pokemon Black/White, and Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver, has left Game Freak. Kageyama also contributed to Luminous Arc and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Kageyama shared the news on Twitter last week in which he wrote:
[Greetings] Happy New Year, everyone. I’m sorry to raise a personal matter, but I left GAME FREAK, who has been good to me these past six years and seven months, on December 31 to start a new music brand called Spica Musica.
Along with gaming, Kageyama will be pursuing other areas of interest. Kageyama said that the staff at Game Freak sent him off with smiles and support, and he’s open to working with the studio again in the future.
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Pokemon Bank – lots of screenshots, details
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The official Pokemon Bank website opened today, which has brought along a bunch of new content. Screenshots are posted above, and details can be found below.
General details
– Once again, Brigette guides you through Pokemon Bank
– Deposit, store, manage Pokemon in private Boxes online
– Link up your own dedicated Boxes using your 3DS to easily deposit and withdraw Pokemon
– Pokemon will be stored even if you lost your copy of X/Y
– 100 Boxes that can hold 30 Pokemon each
– Can store a total of 3,000 Pokemon
– Deposit and withdraw Pokemon from different copies of X/Y
– Transfer many Pokemon at once without needing 2 systems
– Search functions included
– $4.99 / 4,99 € EUR / 4,49 £ GBP annually
– Try the game between the app’s release and January 31
– Bringing Pokemon into X/Y from Black/White, Black/White 2 will produce new events in Kalos
– Receive Poke Miles for the length of time Pokemon are deposited
– Exchange Poke Miles for items in X/Y on the Global Link
– Earn Battle Points instead of Poke Miles if you like
– Exchange these for TMs and items in X/Y
– Send Battle Points and Poke Miles through Pokemon Link
– Upper screen will show your personal Boxes stored online
– Lower screen shows PC Boxes in X/Y
– Divide the 100 boxes into groups
– Up to 10 groups
– To change which group is displayed, change group names, or make other changes, simply move the cursor to the group and press the A Button
– Press right or left on the Control Pad or L/R to move between boxes
– Can change Box names
– Press the start button to switch cursors
– This changes the cursor’s effect when selecting Pokemon
– View a list of your Pokémon and filter them by species, gender, type, and more
– Move your cursor to select LIST or press the Y Button to see a list of all the Pokémon you have deposited in Pokémon Bank, as well as all the Pokémon in the Pokémon X or Pokémon Y game you are using. You can use LIST to search your Pokémon by filtering for different conditions
– The upper screen shows all of the Pokémon that match your current conditions. The lower screen shows the conditions used in your current filter.
– Select a Pokémon species or another search condition on the upper screen. Press right or left on the +Control Pad to select features like type or Nature, and press up or down on the +Control Pad or use the L Button and R Button to scroll through your Pokémon
