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High Street retailer GAME has partnered up with The Pokmon Company for the franchise’s 20th birthday. From Friday, March 25th, consumers will be able to pick up a limited edition Pikachu Pokmon card (pictured), marked with the Pokmon 20th branding. This is free with any Pokmon-related purchase in participating GAME …
Read More »Pokémon series has sold over 279m units worldwide
The blockbuster Pokmon series has sold over 279 million units globally since it debuted in Japan 20 years ago. This impressive figure comes by way of a press release from The Pokmon Company (translated by NeoGAF’s JoeM86– thank you), which claims that the pocket monster series has hit that sales …
Read More »Pokken Tournament puts up $100,000 for Pokemon fighters
The Pokemon Company has put $100,000 behind an eSports circuit for 3-D fighter Pokken Tournament due out on March 18. The Pokken Tournament Championship Series will offer events for players to compete at throughout the year, including the upcoming CEO and EVO Championship events in North America. Competitors will be …
Read More »Pokémon targets China with Sun and Moon
New Pokmon titles Sun and Moon will be localised into Chinese, The Pokemon Company has revealed. In a short Nintendo Direct (below), the Japanese firm’s boss Tsunekazu Ishihara (pictured) said that the two new games would be available in nine languages at launch, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese. In addition, …
Read More »Pokemon Shuffle launches on mobile platforms
The Pokemon Company and Nintendo’s free-to-play puzzle game Pokemon Shuffle is out now for iOS and Android devices. Nintendo had made good on its promise to bring the game to mobile devices prior to the end of the year, with the title available to download on theApp StoreandGoogle Play. Pokemon …
Read More »Pokémon World Championship boasts $2m prize pool
The Pokmon Company has announced that its 2015 Pokmon World Championships will offer $2m in prizes. Organizers have detailed locations and dates for the US Pokmon Winter Regional Championship tournaments. The US regional tourneys take place later this month at the following locations: St. Louis, MO: February 14–15 – St. …
Read More »3DS Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire remakes out this year
Nintendo and The Pokmon Company have announced two new Pokmon games will launch this Christmas. Pokmon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will arrive in November for 3DS. They are both remakes of the 2003 Game Boy Advance games – Pokmon Ruby and Sapphire. Nintendo has been annualizing its Pokmon series …
Read More »Pokémon Black and White hit 3m sales
Pokmon Black and White have sold 3m copies in the US and Europe within their first two weeks on sale. By mid-March the two new Nintendo DS games had sold 1m copies in Europe alone. They have become the fastest-selling games in the series, bringing Europe’s total install base for …
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