The Pokemon Company International just released a heap of new images and info about the latest upcoming Pokemon installment including some new monsters, a gang of friends that the protagonist will set out on their journey with (and exclusive friends depending on whether you play as a girl or a boy!), and an official worldwide release date of October 12!
Video below. Full press release chock-full of details after the jump.
This new Pokemon X and Y teaser just released and it shows a “a new Pokemon with a familiar look!” Well, it’s got the color scheme of Mew and Mewtwo, so I think we can go ahead and say Mewthree is confirmed for Pokemon X and Y.
Our friends over at PKMNCast.com have launched a Kickstarter campaign for a follow-up to their popular 649 Monsters art show. This new show, Battle City, will feature over 100 artists from around the world and the backer incentives include sweet deals like art prints, and even a hardcover book featuring every piece from the show complete with artist bios.
Campaign video below:
They’ve already murdered their $2,000 goal by pulling in over $7,000, but there’s still 24 days left to unlock some of the stretch goals. Kickstart this shizz here.
Because why not? There’s now a Tumblr blog called pokemonxniccage, in which folks can follow to see a daily picture of a first generation Pokemon with a Nic Cage face. The author of the blog plans on doing the entire first generation, meaning 151 Pokemon with Nicholas Cage faces on their bodies. Just cause.
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Damn, Nintendo! Give a dude more than a few day’s notice so he can save up some extra scratch!
This Pikachu edition 3DS XL drops this coming Sunday for $199.99. It comes with a 4GB SD card and has Pikachu’s cute-ass face on it!
Nintendo is also running a promotion where anyone who buys a 3DS XL and a copy of either Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity or Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and registers them on Club Nintendo before April 30, you’ll get a free download code for one of the following titles: Super Mario 3D Land, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Star Fox 64 3D, Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive, or Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone
So this could be the best Pokemon-related cosplay I’ve ever seen in my life. This is Hilda of Pokemon Black and White versions, which is the female version of the main character if you didn’t know. It’s by Deviant Art user, beethy. Really well done!
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Giant slobbering sidewalk chalk art of Lickitung from Pokémon. Gross, man.
Unevolved Pokémon Cosplaying As Their Final Forms Is The Cutest Shit We’ve Ever Seen
Seriously considering a tattoo of that Squirtle cosplaying as a Blastoise. These are the handywork of the talented Birdy Chu. Check out more over on his Tumblr.
(Source: geekologie.com)
It’s super effective! This sick Pokémon tee inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa is available for $23 from KyozoKicks.
Owners of Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 can head to their nearest GameStop to download Meloetta. She reminds me of a Powerpuff Girl, but her name kind of reminds me of Ray Liotta.
She’s a Normal/Psychic type, but you can take her to Café Sonata in Castelia City where she’ll learn the move Relic Song which changes her form in battle and also changes her type to Normal/Fighting.
This feisty little chickadee will only be available until March 24, 2013, so if you want to be the very best/catch ‘em all, you should probably add Meloetta to your Pokédex ASAP.
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Not really. But Orlando is pretty up on Wapan and the Wapanese culture. It all just kinda comes together at Epcot.
These photos are from a store located inside of Epcot’s World Showcase in the Japan pavilion. I snapped some photos tonight since I realize not everyone in the world gets a chance to go to Epcot, let alone Disney, as much as I do.
(I’ve got a year pass, and before you call me ‘lucky,’ realize that they cost $400 and I had to save up for a while to actually achieve it. Also, I’m not ‘lucky,’ for living next to Disney as Orlando is a terrible city.)
The store that sells these items is actually a real department store called Mitsukoshi. The store mainly exists on the east side of the world, with locations in Japan (where it originated from), Korea, Hong Kong, and China, with a few locations in Europe. The sole Mitsukoshi store that exists in all of North America is only at Disney’s Epcot in the Japan pavilion.
So it’s no wonder why so many weeaboos come to Epcot daily. And no, I don’t mean tourists who are interested in looking at Pocky all day, but I mean local/Floridian weeaboos. They really do exist there — I’ve seen them, and they come to Epcot pretty often.
There is a handful of kids who walk around the Japan pavilion and hang out there all day, spending tourist prices on Ramune and rocking their most stylish fedoras. Granted, I spend all day at Disney whenever I have the chance, but I also visit its three other parks, and I don’t choose to consume wasabi peas for dinner every chance I get to go. To each his own, I guess. Enjoy the photos of some of the merch located Mitsukoshi at Epcot, as well as a portion of my Saturday night.
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Museum of the Moving Image in NYC has a pretty awesome gift shop with a hefty selection of books on all sorts of stuff the typical Albotian would be in to: movies, art, and of course, video games.
I had a pretty tough time deciding on which book to get, but I wound up going with Nintendo Magic mainly because I like the face Satoru Iwata is making in the picture up top. I kind of regret the decision because it’s only $7.98 on Amazon (only 2 left in stock as I write this!), but whatevs.
Any readers out there have any of the other books pictured? If so, let us know how they are in the comments.
Check out this awesome head-eating Magikarp crochet hat, created by Savannah Mitchell of Etsy. It’s 20 inches from fin to gaping mouth, crocheted together by acrylic yarn, and is currently only on same for someone named “caitlinsilvestri…”
This means, don’t be an asshole and try to buy this hat from the store without asking first, via message. Since this hat is made-to-order, this will take some time to create before it’s ready to ship out. Plus, head size is needed to make sure Magikarp can wrap his giant mouth around your noggin!
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Thank goodness for Tiny Cartridge. Not sure how long this sale is going on for, but Amazon has slashed the price of Paper Mario: Sticker Star by 50%, making the game only $20. That’s a damn bargain, for those looking for a new 3DS title to play.
It’s also noted that Best Buy is having a sale of their own, that not only matches Paper Mario: Sticker Star for $20, but also has Pokemon Black and White 2 for $15 each. Check that out as well!
via tinycartridge:
(Source: samanthathresaplaysgames)
Nintendo has updated the official Pokémon X & Y site with some information about that new Eeveelution we posted a couple days ago. The English name is Sylveon, which I actually like better than the Japanese name Ninfia.
This means that eevee can now evolve into eight different types of Pokémon, although Nintendo is still keeping Sylveon’s type a secret as well has how to get your Eevee to evolve into one.
Check out the footage below of Sylveon in action.
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