MARCH 2008


31th March 2008 4:32PM EST
5:40PM Edit: I have added a Pokemon Trophies, Music and Stickers List to the Brawl section and the PokeBall page is about to be updated.

Hello everyone! in the next few weeks I hope to complete a Character Review for each of the 35 characters in Brawl, so far Lucas and King Dedede's reviews are up with more hopefully being added each day. These are my personal opinions on the characters and may be different for other people. Remember to check out our every growing Super Smash Bros. Brawl section as the game nears it's release in Australia. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl where released in June and where given a release date on April 21st (The US release date) so expect one for Brawl around the same time.

It has been revealed that along with the many Pokemon given away in Pokemon Ranger Batonnage such as Riolu and Manaphy, a Darkrai Event is also available which evidently results in Darkrai being sent to your Diamond or Pearl game. I assume this will be the main way for people in Australia, US and Europe to get Darkrai but as with Manaphy another give away via Toys R Us will surely take place in the US.

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27th March 2008 5:02PM EST
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great Easter. Sorry for not updating in a while but Easter was quite a busy time then I got Super Smash Bros Brawl on Tuesday which I have been playing non-stop these last few days but anyway I am now back with quite abit of news.

GameTrailers.com have released two Japanese trailers for Everyone's Pokemon Ranch, click here to view them. The videos are quite interesting and show many of the features as the Japanese launch comes closer and closer.

Pokemon USA have revealed images and information about the next TCG expansion "Majestic Dawn". The themedecks feature Leafeon and Glaceon and are named "Polar Frost" and "Forest Force". Below are four scans of the booster packs and some info quoted from www.Go-Pokemon.com.



A new expansion is on the rise!
The wait is over! A new day emerges for Pokémon when the all-new Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion Diamond & Pearl—Majestic Dawn hits store shelves nationwide on May 21, 2008! This latest installment features 100 cards and is guaranteed to change game strategy for Trainers everywhere. With more new Pokémon, new Pokémon LV.X, a cool new Stadium card, and the debut of two new powerful evolutions of Eevee, players can expect a titanic clash of some of the most powerful Pokémon ever!

Features

- New powerful Pokémon LV.X cards—including Garchomp LV.X and Porygon-Z LV.X
- Legendary Pokémon Darkrai and rare Pokémon Cresselia
- Seven evolutions of Eevee—including all-new Leafeon and Glaceon
- Features booster packs for collectors and players of all ages
- Booster packs include 10 randomly inserted game cards
- Features theme decks for beginner and intermediate players
- Theme decks will be available in two 60-card theme decks—"Polar Frost" and "Forest Force"
- Theme decks include one guaranteed foil card

Remember tomorrow at 6PM the Pokemon Mystery Dengeon special will be airing on Cartoon Network so if you missed it the first time two years ago make sure you catch it.

Finally, in the next season of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, May will be returning to partner with Dawn as the two of them face off in a double battle in the Grand Hotel. As you may have already guessed, the episode will feature the restaurant in the Valor Lakefront where all the diners have double battles with you in Diamond and Pearl. No word has been released yet whether Max will also star in the episode.

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20th March 2008 6:19PM EST
7:22PM Edit: I have finished the Super Smash Bros Brawl Unlockables page, it contains Spoilers so be warned.

Well today I created a detailed Berry Guide for all the berries found throughout Hoenn and Sinnoh including the secret hidden berries. So I hope you enjoy the page and find it useful, make sure you stay tuned because a new Brawl page might be up later tonight.

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17th March 2008 4:31PM EST
In the US, anyone who pre-orders Mystery Dungeon 2 will recieve a free Pokemon manga comic, it was created by Ken Sugimori and it very detailed and well presented. Below is a scan via PokeBeach.



Chapter 3 of FocusPresenceEndurance's Mystery Dungeon Fan-Fic "The Saga of Team Supernova!" is now up for you to read. See what will happen in the lastest installment of this exciting adventure.

5:02PM Edit: I have actually updated the Pokemon of the Week! As silly as this sounds I forgot all about it and only just noticed it has been Kricketot for three months now. I promise to try and get back into the habbit of changing it each week.

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15th March 2008 7:55PM EST


Well I hope you all enjoyed the Pokemon Mirage Special that aired yesterday and repeated tonight on Cartoon Network. Next Friday at 6PM the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Anime Special will air, if you enjoyed the Mirage Pokemon Special then you should love this one because it was much more enjoyable for me personally so make sure you check it out on Friday 28th of March.

My imported copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl arrived on Thursday, it is not playable though until my Freeloader arrives which I expect will be in the mail on Monday. If all goes well and the game runs, I will then create over time a detailed discription of all the playable characters, stages and game modes so keep an eye out.

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12th March 2008 6:13PM EST
Notice: The link in the League24 banner above now works, sorry for the inconvenience.



Well more news on "Everyone's Pokemon Ranch" was revealed last night. The game is set for release in Japan on March 25th for 1000 Wii Points (AUD$15) via WiiWare. Eight different copies of either Diamond and Pearl can each store 1000 Pokemon onto Ranch which is great if you have more then one version.

Yukari (Bebe's Sister/Friend) each day will bring a new Pokemon she caught to her farm, it is not yet known if you can send it to your Diamond and Pearl games though you most likely can. Yukari also gives you information about Pokemon you are yet to see in your PokeDex to help you find them and complete it. On certain days Yukari will have a special Pokemon she will be willing to trade, give her the Pokemon she wants and you can send it to your D/P games.

The more Pokemon you load onto the farm, the more options that become available, such as more toys and items for your Pokemon to play with and more camera options allowing you to focus on many different positions of the form and it's Pokemon. It would seem that the more Pokemon you load onto the Farm, the more Mii's you can use also.

Pokemon Ranch is looking to be very worth while amoung Pokemon fans and will be something great just to leave on your TV so you can watch the many unique ways all your Pokemon act and behave.

Finally for today, those who have imported Brawl with the Wii Freeloader will be happy to know that the US Brawl does work with the Freeloader on PAL Wii's perfectly as seen in this video.

6:49PM Edit: I have updated the Spear Pillar Brawl stage with more info and images.

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8th March 2008 5:47PM EST


On Friday March 14th Cartoon Network will be airing the Pokemon Special "Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon" from 6:00-7:15PM. The Special was created by Pokemon USA (not The Pokemon Company Japan which is unorthodox) and was made to help celebrate 10 years of Pokemon back in 2006. The Special aired on Channel 10 along with a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon special on September 28th 2006 because Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was released on the DS and GBA in Australia on this day (not to mention Diamond and Pearl was released in Japan). Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon was included on a bonus disk with "Lucario and the Mystery of Mew" in the US exclusively however Australia got the movie a month before the US since they needed extra production time. One of the major reasons for this Special was to reveal the new Voice Actors since Pokemon USA took over the dubbing from 4Kids Animations. Though everyone is over it now, people did not like these new voices replacing the ones we got to know and love for ten whole years.
So anyway though the Special is quite boring and weird, support it so maybe Cartoon Network will start airing Pokemon movies like they do in the US.



Speaking of Pokemon movies, new trailers and the official movie poster for Pokemon movie 11 are available on the Japanese Pokemon site so click here to view them.

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6th March 2008 7:30PM EST
Today at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (or ACMI) in Melbourne's Federation Square, "Game On" has officially begun. Game On is an exhibition displaying over 40 years of video games from Pong to the Nintendo Wii. Not only are there drawings and sketches made by Shigeru Miyamoto, there is also a display of Pokemon Games through the years, this alone makes Game On worth visiting! Game On is running daily till July 13th, for ticket prices and more info visit the official site here.



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5th March 2008 3:05PM EST
In Super Smash Bros Brawl, Snake has something exclusive only to him, codec's. Codec's are little conversations Snake has with one of three people and each talk is souly based on the character Snake is fighting. Below are the links to three YouTube videos featuring the codec conversations of Pikachu, Pokemon Trainer and Lucario. If you want to avoid spoilers then don't watch the videos, if you do watch them I'm sure you'll find them very entertaining.

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3rd March 2008 11:07AM EST
Well today lets start things with the latest GTS update...

December's Statistics:
- 13,123 people in Australia have used the GTS so far with less then a quarter being female.
- Australia is the 9th biggest country to trade over the GTS.
- The top 5 traded Pokemon in Australia are Palkia, Dialga, Turtwig, Lucario and Mewtwo.

This Months Statistics:
- 17,793 people in Australia have used the GTS so far, roughly one sixth being female.
- Australia is the 10th biggest country to trade over the GTS.
- The top 5 traded Pokemon in Australia are Palkia, Dialga, Mewtwo, Rayquaza and Piplup.
- 88242 Pokemon are currently on the GTS. (New Statistic)
- The 50 most traded Pokemon in the world are Palkia, Dialga, Turtwig, Milotic and Chimchar.(New Statistic)

The Trainer Colosseum page has also been updated with two new trainers. The previous winner was Dawn with a massive 73% of the votes.

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