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Members Card Available For Platinum pt2

Yeah, this seems like a bit of a repeat – but its true… in the last news post I said that only American players can get the Members Card that allows them to go catch a Darkrai, well Ryan659 has informed me that European players can also access the Wi-Fi and download the members card as well…

I’m sure that I checked the European Platinum website and it had no details on the Members Card event, yet now it has. No idea on the actual end date, so it’s most likely the same as the Aemrican one, September 13th

Bring you more news when we learn it (or when our wonderful members point it out to us)

Members Card Available for Platinum

We’re still experiancing a lot of technical difficulties around the site. We’re still trying to fix them. It’s possible that the site will go down at some point while our hosts do something, this will last no more than a day but unfortunatly will not be at our control so this is the only warning you’ll get about it. Right, on to the actual news.

Good news for American Pokemon Platinum players. The first Wi-Fi downloadable event item is now available to download. Ok, so technically the Secret Key was the first, but that would only get you into a room to access Rotom’s other forms – this Memebers card will help you actually CATCH your own Darkrai… how cool is that?

You can download the card at anytime between now and September 13th, but you’ll have to beat the elite four, got the national dex and seen Crisselia before you can meet Darkrai at New Moon Island.

Also interesting to note, Pokemon.com has just revealed the 493rd Pokemon, Arceus, on their website. This is actually strange as Darkrai and Shaymin were revealed in the later weeks of 2007 and 2008 respectivally. So this is an early reveal for Pokemon.com – The question is why? It could be to match up with the release of Arceus in Japan (which is available to download from Japanese Cinema’s) OR it could be beacuse the next Arceus event will be a lot earlier than the last 2 ‘new’ pokemon events, even being towards the end of this year. Whatever the reason, nothing’s being revealed yet. We’ll let you know when it is.

Thanks to Pikalover1234 on the forums for the heads up on those two peices of news… head on over to our forums now to join in the discussions.

Oh – side note, new Pokemon TCG set, Supreme Victors is released on August 19th.

Regigigas UK Event Dated

Since our news blog is experiancing technical dificulties at the moment, i’m posting new news in here.

Regigigas UK Event
Nintendo of Europe today published the event schedule for the UK for people to download a special Regigigas. Along with being level 100, Regigigas will be in a Cherish Ball (meaning it cannot be traded on the GTS), hold the Custap Berry and know the moves Iron Head, Rock Slide, Icy Wind and Crush Grip.

The Regigigas can be downloaded on any copy of Diamond, Pearl or Platinum, however when on the Platinum version, it will be able to unlock Regirock, Regice, Registeel in areas of Route 228, Mt Coronet and Iron Island respectivally

For details of the tour schedule and how to download regigigas, go here.

On a side note, we’re still experiancing one or two problems around the site as a result of our downtime. The downtime itself is fixed, and the forums work fine – however the addoption scheme has a problem displaying your pokemon on any webpages or forums. You can still click on them, and feed them still. If you discover any problems around the site – please contact me immediatly

Heart Gold and Soul Silver dated for Release

The Official site for Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver got a very small update today, but it was with some important information. The release date for the Japanese launch of HG/SS will be September 12th (a Saturday, if your interested). They will be on sale for ¥4800 each. This is around the same time as the past few years when Pokemon games have been released (Diamond/Pearl and Platinum all were released in September in Japan). If the US and European releases follow the same as they have for the past couple of years, the US should see the games around early Spring/Easter time while Europe should see it around late Spring/early Summer. Those are guesses however and as soon as we know the actuall release date’s for those two areas, we’ll let you know.

In other Pokemon news, Pokemon Center stores in Japan are giving away some special Jirachi merchandice in celebration of the Tanabata festival in August. From 21st July to Aug 26th, Showing the special Jirachi knowing Draco Meteor (available for download over Wi-fi on all Japanese Diamond, Pearl and Platinum games between June 19th to July 17) will get you the special Jirachi merchandice. The store will also be selling a special Jirachi Plush Doll on July 1st for ¥980

That’s all we have for now – we’ll bring you more when we learn about it

Europe Platinum and Secret Key

Just a quick note, all those of you who live within the Euopean Region can now get their hand’s on Pokemon Platinum from today. The 3rd DS game features an enhanced storyline, battle frontier and some alternate forms for some Pokemon not available in D/P. Giratina has an Origin Forme for when he’s in the Reverse world (and once you get an item that can be attached). Trade your Event Shaymin from earlier this year over to Platinum and it will help you obtain an item capable of changing its form to its new ‘Sky Forme’ (its a temporary transformation, only when its in your party and during the day but you can re-use the item)… and then there is Rotom

Rotom has 5 new forms it can transform into, all of which are hidden in a secret room in the building Team Galactic made its home in Eternia City. You’ll need the Secret Key to get it, America just finished up thier event that allowed them to download the key via Wi-Fi recently and now its been dated for the European versions. Head onto Wi-Fi between June 8th and July 19th  to get your Key.

That’s all for now, back later when we know something else

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

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

Release Schedule

Here at The Pika Club, we like to try and keep you informed of things happening in the Pokemon world. So we present to you a quick list of important dates for the next month or so:

 

Sunday 8th February – Saturday 14th February: Shaymin available for download from Toy’s R Us stores in the United States… see Pokemon.com for more details.

 

Wednesday 11th February: New TCG (Trading Card Game) Set Pokemon Platinum is released

 

Saturday 14th February: Pokemon Movie 10: The Rise of Darkrai will air in the UK on Jetix channel at 11am (Repeated Sunday 15th at 4pm)

 

Sunday 15th February: Pokemon Movie 11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior will air in the United States on Cartoon Network – Check you TV guides for start times.

 

Sunday 8th March – Saturday 21st March: Special Regigigas available from Toys R Us in the United States. This is the Regigigas that when transferred to Pokemon Platinum, will be able to unlock Regice, Registeal and Regirock for you to capture. This is the ONLY Regigigas that will allow you to be able to do that (it’s the same one that was given away in Japan last year)

 

Sunday 22nd March: Pokemon Platinum for the DS is released in the United States.

 

Tuesday 31st March: Pokemon Movie 11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior will be released on DVD out in America according to Amazon.com. This date could change as there is no official word on its release yet

 

Currently we still don’t have a release date for the UK/European release of Pokemon Platinum on DS. A rumour going around suggests it’s released at the end of July, which is when several Pokemon games have been released over here in the past. If true, they I’d personally guess that it would be the 24th or 31st of July, but that’s only a guess on my part and not in anyway official. As soon as we get an official date, we’ll post it here.

Brand New TPC News Blog

The 4th version of The Pika Club’s website has been in development for a while now, and it’s still in development. This is not v4, just to clear things up. However, while we wait for development for v4 to finish, we’ve thought we’d put something kind of content for people to view.

 

So here’s our News Blog. In it, we’ll try to bring you all the latest news that’s going on in the Pokemon world… like when Pokemon Platinum will be released in America (March 22nd) and Europe (TBA), about the new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game announced (Explorers of the sky, due out sometime this Spring in Japan, no release plans for other regions), new Trading Card Game set, called Platinum, being released 11th February, and the 11th movie, Giratina and the Sky Warrior being released on DVD in America in spring (no specific date yet. Also don’t bother asking for European release dates, we’re still waiting for the 7th movie to be released over here)

 

Well, they’re just a few examples of the kind of news we hope to bring.

 

And on a side note, a couple of years ago, we used to use the web address thepikaclub.com, then due to circumstances beyond our control we lost that one and had to use our current one of thepikaclub.co.uk. Well, the good news is that we now own thepikaclub.com again. Both links will lead to exactly the same site (currently .com redirects to .co.uk) but its good to know that all our old links out there on the web now work again and point back here.