Nintendo Australia today announced the release date for Pokemon Platinum in Australia and New Zealand. That date is 14 May 2009, a week before the European release on 22 May. The announcement comes unusually late considering the impending release date but is surely welcome news to our friends in Oceania.
Release Schedule (2)
Time for another Pokemon calendar update. Quite a few important dates to add.
April 17th – May 11th: Japanese Platinum owners can use the Wi-Fi Mystery Gift option to download ‘Oak’s Letter’. Taking this key item to Route 224 will allow you to encounter, battle and catch Shaymin in the game. No US/European date set for this item to appear yet.
April 18th: Good News! New Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is released. Bad News, Explorers of the Sky (as it’s known) is only out in Japan so far… No USA/European Release Date has been announced yet.
April 18th – July 17th: Pre-order your tickets to see the 12th movie in Japan, and you can download a ‘Pikachu Coloured Pichu’ or ‘Shiny Pichu’ to the rest of the world. Comes at level 30 and knows Charge, Volt Tackle, Endeavor and Endure and holding an Everstone.
April 19th – April 26th: Participating Toy’s R Us stores in the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico will allow you to download the Secret Key item onto your platinum game via the wireless wonder card system. This Platinum exclusive item will allow you to gain access to a secret room in Team Galactic’s Vailstone HQ, inside this room you will be able to change Rotom’s form. This wireless download is helpful for those that don’t have Wi-Fi and are unable to get….
April 20th – May 12th: The Secret Key is available via the Wi-Fi Mystery Gift option for American Platinum Owners. The Different Forms of Rotom all have they’re own special move they can learn, along with boosted base stats. You can change Rotom’s form as many times as you like, but you can only have 1 Rotom of a specific type at any one time. No European date set for this item to appear yet
May 20th: New Pokemon TCG set, Rising Rivals is released. This new set will feature 110 cards, and includes all 5 of the new Rotom Forms
May 22nd: European release of Pokemon Platinum. Finally! Hopefully the dates to download the Secret Key over Wi-Fi won’t be too far behind. Also don’t forget that if you pre-order the game at a Game store, you can get a cool bonus figure of Giratina’s Origin Forme
July 8th: The Jap’s are a couple of TCG sets ahead of the rest of the world, and with the 12th movie about to be released over there, its no real surprise that their latest set will feature Arceus. Arceus Kourin (The Advent of Arceus). Usually they release a 2×30 card theme decks in the same package (kind of like our starter decks), however this time the Japanese are taking a page out of the western world and having 2 separate 60 card theme decks. Both feature an Arceus Lv X card.
July 18th: the 12th Movie, currently known as Arceus: Toward a Conquered Space and Time, is released in movie theatres. Don’t expect to see it in English until next year. Also Arceus will finally be available to those who go to see the movie, finally completing people’s Pokedex’s. The Arceus is Lv100 and have the special moves of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina (Roar of Time, Special Rend and Shadow Force) along with its own special move, Judgement. It’s in a cherish ball and is holding a Rowap Berry
Along with the main star Arceus, the Movie itself is known to feature Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, new Female Pichu (known as the notched ear Pichu due to the notch in its ear), Heatran, and the Johto Starters (a hint as to what’s next for Pokemon maybe?)
That’s all we’ve got for now, we’ll update this stuff in a month or so with new dates and info
More Information on Twelfth Pokemon Movie
Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime Poster
Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime Poster
Some more information has come in regarding the twelfth Pokemon movie. Three voice actors have been confirmed: Akihiro Miwa, Kii Kitano and Masahiro Takashima. Who the latter two will voice is currently unknown, but it has been confirmed that Arceus will be voiced by Akihiro Miwa, better known for his work in Princess Mononoke.
More information has also been revealed regarding the Pichu and Arceus due to be given away with the movie.
Pokemon UK and Pokemon USA become The Pokemon Company International
According to a report from WorldScreen.com:
“Pokemon USA, based in Seattle and New York, and London-based Pokemon UK, are unifying their operations under the banner of The Pokemon Company International.”
The new president of The Pokemon Company International is Kenji Okubo, prior president of Pokemon USA, who will report to the company’s worldwide headquarters in Japan. In a statement from Okubo:
“The Pokemon offices in North America and Europe work closely together on a daily basis. As the Pokemon brand continues to thrive around the world, this change will ensure our worldwide reach, and the connection between our offices, is reflected in our name.”
The Pokemon Company International is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokemon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, the Pokemon Trading Figure Game and the official Pokemon website, outside of Asia.
New Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorer of the Sky information
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky Box Art
The May issue of CoroCoro magazine has revealed some new information about the next game in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon franchise. Two missions and information on Shaymin and Arceus have been revealed.
Shaymin
Shaymin has been confirmed as available after players complete the game. Players will be taken to Shaymin’s Village from Spinda’s Café where they will meet a new exploration team called Frontier, consisting of Machoke, Breloom and Mawile. Shaymin will then escort the two parties to the Sky’s Summit dungeon where players can obtain an item called the Sky’s Present.
Arceus
Arceus features in a dungeon called Destiny’s Tower and involves an item called Time-Space Orb. No other information is known at present.
Information about the two missions is as follows:
- Discovering the past of Team Charm ( Featuring Medicham, Lopunny, Gardevoir)
- Sunflora from the Wigglytuff Guild must find a Haunter being hunted down by the police.
More information as it comes.
Twelfth Movie Pokemon Giveaway
Apologies for being late on this update as staff are currently pre-occupied with getting the Pokédex up and running as soon as possible.
Anyway, leaked scans from CoroCoro indicate that two Pokemon will be given away with the Twelfth Pokemon movie, Arceus: To A Conquering Spacetime, out in Japan on 18 July 2009. These two Pokemon are Arceus and a shiny Pichu.
Pichu
The Pichu will be at level 30 and will come with the following moves:
- Charm
- Endeavor
- Volt Tackle
- Charge
Arceus
Arceus will come at level 100 and will know the following moves:
- Judgment
- Roar of Time
- Spacial Rend
- Shadow Force
It will also be holding the Rowap Berry, the only berry so far unavailable through legitimate means.
The Pika Club Easter Updates
Hello to all!
Most of you are probably now on Easter holidays/Spring break and enjoying the free time it gives you. What does The Pika Club have in store this Easter to keep you inside glued to our website? Read on and find out!
The Pika Club is now on YouTube!
The Pika Club now has its own YouTube channel! You can find us at http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePikaClub. On this channel we will be adding playthroughs, reviews and much more. Be sure to subscribe!
New forum!
The forums have been reshuffled a bit and a new one added! The changes are listed below:
General Pokemon Discussion and Serious Pokemon Discussion have been merged into Pokemon Discussion.
Anime & Manga has changed to Entertainment.
Competitive Battling has been added, filling a hole in the TPC forums and finally giving people a place to discuss battling in a competitive environment.
The completion of the PHPokédex!
It has been a ridiculously long time coming but over the Easter weekend The Pika Club will finally see the release of the PHPokédex, a fully fleshed out Pokemon compendium detailing each Pokemon in incredible detail making it one of the most comprehensive Pokédexes on the web.
We at The Pika Club hope you all have an enjoyable Easter and we hope you’ll come join us over the holidays!
Shaymin UK Event Announced
Hot off the heels of the Americans, us Brit’s are about to get our hands on Shaymin ahead of the euro release of Pokemon Platinum. All you people in the US should have been in a Toy’s R Us store between February 8th and 14th to get your hands on the Gratitude Pokemon. If you weren’t… well that’s your problem
For those in the UK, you’ll want to be in a Game store between April 4th and 18th to get your hands on a Shaymin. Unfortunately, like almost all UK events, its only in selected stores on selected days. You’ll want to check out THIS SITE in order to find out which store and what day you’ll want to be going to.
Want the special Shaymin Sky Forme in Platinum? Well this Shaymin will help. Once transferred into platinum, it will allow you to get the special hold item (Gracidea Key) that will allow it to become the Sky Forme.
We’ll bring you more news when we learn it
Pokemon Platinum European Release Date
I’ve always said that as soon as I know the date for the European release of Pokemon Platinum, I’ll post it here, and that’s what I’m doing. In the most recent weekly newsleter I get from Nintendo’s European site, it mentioned that Pokemon Platinum will be released on May 22nd, exactly 2 callender months after the US.
Now it should be noted that this may not be the actual date as this isnt a source I’d expect to find this info first, however since it is direct from Nintendo, it’s a good place to start. It’s also earlier than my July 24th prediction made a couple of posts ago, but in the end, isn’t that a good thing.
I’ll bring you more when I learn about it
Extra Air Date
In an amendmet to the previous post (see below) Pokemon.com is saying that the 11th Pokemon movie Giratina and the Sky Warrior will be aired on Cartoon Network in the U.S on Friday the 13th of February at 7pm (not sure if thats a specific time zone or if it releates to all of them – better check your TV guides to make sure you dont miss it).
The movie will be repeated on the previously announced Sunday the 15th February at the same time of 7pm.