The Pokemon Company confirmed that the limited edition Pikachu Nintendo 3DS XL (pictured above) will be available in the North American market March 24. It will have a 4GB SD memory card and will have a suggested retail price of $199.99.
New Pokemon Movie
On July 13 Japan will see the release of Pokemon The Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo’s Awakening. This will more than likely hit the North American DVD/Blu-ray market at the end of the year or first part of 2014. Thanks to the Official Pokemon YouTube Channel for providing the trailer:
Pokemon TV App
If you have a Pokemon fan you will want to alert them to this new TV app for iOS devices and Google Play for the Android. The app will allow people to view Pokemon TV episodes, movies and special features from their devices. Check out the clip below for it:
Pokemon Gates of Infinity Trailer
Nintendo began streaming a trailer for the upcoming Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity 3DS game. Pokemon is like the old standard and might be one to consider picking up for your gaming collection. It will be available in the North American market on March 24.
More Pokemon to Catch Later this Year
Nintendo has announced that this coming October Pokemon X & Y will be released worldwide for the Nintendo 3DS. Gamers will have to wait patiently for this game, but above is images of the three new Pokemon that will be introduced with this game. Thanks to YouTube through AnimeNews Network for the following trailer:
Pokemon Plasma Storm Expansion Set
The next expansion set for the Pokemon TCG will be, Pokemon Black & White: Plasma Storm. This set will have 130 cards and will feature two new types of cards: it will have 3 “ACE SPEC” cards; and the new “Team Plasma” will debut in this set. The cards will be available February 6, in theme decks and booster packs.
Pokedex for iOS Devices
Pokemon has come out with an Official Pokedex app for iOS devices. It can be purchased for $1.99 and starts you out with Pokemon from the Unova Region. If you want additional regions you’ll have to be ready to pay for them. You can purchase additional packs for the app for $5.99. So all the fans of Pokemon can have their information at their fingertips.
New Pokemon Movie
Let all your Pokemon fans know that the next Pokemon movie will be shown on Cartoon Network on December 8th. The movie is Pokemon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice. You will also want to put this on your purchasing list for when it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray. Thanks to ICv2 and pokemon, through YouTube for the following trailer:
Pokemon Still Strong
There will be more Pokemon cards coming in November. Librarians that have gamers will want to pass this along. The cards are part of the Pokemon, Black & White: Boundaries Crossed expansion decks. There will be 140 new cards, 4 ACE SPEC cards, and 6 Pokemon-EX cards with this set. The cards will be available in theme decks and booster packs. So go out and “catch them all!”
Pokemon Anime Short Game Trailer
These two titles are ones that your library will want to place on order for your video game collection: Pokemon Black Version 2 and Pokemon: White Version 2. The Pokemon YouTube channel has posted an animated short as a game trailer to introduce the titles to the English market. The games will be released in North America October 7, Australia on October 11 and Europe on October 12. They have already been released in Japan. Thanks to the Pokemon channel and YouTube for the following trailer: