|
|
Manga Updates
Manga Updates
Pokemon Manga will be made available for download to registered users in early January. The following manga will be (eventually) made available for download: Pokemon Movie Manga Adaptations, Pokemon Adventures, Gold and Silver, Ruby and Sapphire, Battle Frontier mangas. To see the full list.
Anime Episodes
Next in Japan
The Stray Child Wailmer!
Airdate: January 8th, 2009
Next in USA
Camping it up!
Airdate: January 3rd, 2009
Network News
In the Community
Scheduled maintenance on Shingetsu was completed on November 2nd, 2008.
Several new mods have been installed:
Mods Installed:
- attendance mod
- custom rank
- user reputation
- wall mod
In Partner Sites
Cyengine.net, one of our affiliates, has released their new pokemon mmorpg. With the "full release" their pokemon mmorpg will make Region 1 available to players and run in an episodic fashion. To read their full post: Cyengine.net
PokeSocial Updates
Launching?
PokeSocial, an exclusive pokemon social network, like facebook, was launched on New Years Day of 2009. Only on Pokemonfan.net it shares many similarities with facebook and myspace but is clearly designed with pokemon fans in mind. That and the fact that it's tucked nicely into the rest of the site should make it a worthy addition to our community.
Current Activity
Today
|
Piplup-Princess vote for amity-square on Eeveeshq.com's Contest :D |
02:02 AM |
Happy New Year everyone! Just to let everyone know we've had a couple things going on throughout the latter half of december which have finally come to fruition. First off, the entire member system has been redone with tons of new features, with the centerpiece being our premier new social network, PokeSocial. PokeSocial is the only true social networking system for pokemon fans on the internet, with groups, friends, private messaging, photos, blogs, events, and videos. Even better, the user base of Pokemonfan.net has been synchronized with our forum, Shingetsu, and thus you now only need one account to access everything on Shingetsu and Pokemonfan.net, including PokeSocial. With all this good new stuff for registered users, we also have a nice big chunk of new content that's been created and more which should be coming in the next week or so. Updated pages include: New pages include: Currently working on: - Fundamentals
- Other various types in Type Divisions
- Metagame basics
- Event pokemon
- Contests
- Advanced Metagame (as well as the overviews for FRLG and Emerald)
- DP Metagame
- Changes in Platinum
- Shiny Pokemon
- Feebas and Mirage Island
- Seals and Capsules
Also, as has been mentioned, and is on the manga updates tab, we'll begin scanning pokemon adventures manga pretty shortly, I'm hoping for the week after next week, since I'll be going on a cruise line next week. :P |
It sounds like somebody at Circuit City was messing with us recently. Just last week they mentioned in an online ad that Pokemon Platinum would be released to the North American fans on March 22nd, 2009. So we can probably expect to see a release of Giratina and the Sky Warrior in North America prior to that. Several changes have been made for the english version of Pokemon Platinum: - Pluto, the team galactic scientist, has been renamed "Charon", similar in fashion to the way that Team Galaxy was renamed Team Galactic.
- The "detective handsome" has been renamed "looker."
- The "distortion world" had originally been known as "the torn world" in japan.
Furthermore it sounds like Viz will be rereleasing Pokemon Adventures/Pokemon Special in the US once again. Viz had previously attempted to publish Pokemon Adventures in the US back in 2000 and had published up to volume 7 but due to poor reception had ceased publishing them. We'll also be releasing pokemon adventures on pokemonfan.net in january, though I think I'll be starting with volume 8, since volume 1-7 are in pretty decent circulation on the net already. In any event, volume 1 and 2 will be released on June 2nd and August 4th, respectively, so we'll be waiting a while for them. Both volumes have an expected retail value of 7.99. Regardless of whether or not we have the manga on pokemonfan.net, I strongly would recommend regardless picking up copies for yourself as reading them online is fun, but it's still another thing to have a copy for yourself in print. ;) With any luck Viz won't stop this time at volume 7, it would be fun to see the rest of them get circulated in the US. Of course I'm not holding my breath, Viz isn't exactly known for being reliable. Regardless though, Pokemonfan.net will have them for you. Look for em' in january. ^^ Credit to pokebeach.com for the heads up on the pokemon adventures and platinum news. |
|
Sup all? Looks like Nintendo is releasing new Nintendo DS bundles for Black Friday and the thanksgiving holiday. The new IceBlue DS, which is actually a color that was used for a special edition gameboy pocket as well, will be launched along side a Mario DS. Each of the bundles will be 149.99 and available for sale starting on Black Friday. And as you can see the IceBlue one even comes with a little carrying case, snazzy. And is it just me or does that Mario DS look like it came straight out of a Club Nintendo vault in Japan. Some of that limited edition Club Nintendo merchandise I've seen on ebay looks awfully like that Mario DS. Which is epic if Nintendo's finally opting to give us some of the epicness they've been dishing out to japan. I tell you, if the club nintendo stuff on ebay wasn't so expensive I would have it all. :O
Props to Joystiq.com for the heads up. 
|
| Sup folks? PokeBeach reported on Friday that the location of the U.S. National Championships for the tcg will be moving for this coming POP season. Previously the tournament had been held as part of the Origins Gaming Expo in Columbus, Ohio. Now though POP has opted to move the tournament to St. Louis, Missouri. "Pokémon is pleased to announce that, due to overwhelming success and growth, the Pokémon TCG U.S. National Championships will be moving to St. Louis, Missouri! Events will be held at America’s Center, in the heart of downtown St. Louis, from Friday, June 26th, through Sunday, June 28th, 2009. - Events taking place during the three days include:
- North American Professor Cup on Friday, June 26th
- The U.S. National Championships on Saturday and Sunday, June 27th & 28th
Side events beginning Friday, June 26th. We would like to thank the Origins Game Fair and GAMA for their unwavering support of the Pokémon TCG over the last decade. Please check back in the coming months for more details, including special room rates that will be available at area hotels."
In a way this is probably a good move by POP. I actually attended the Origins gaming expo and participated in Nationals back in 2005, and that was a lot of fun. So I'll always have fond memories of it. But despite nostalgia, with POP's move of the national tournament this will hopefully mean that more people will be able to attend the tournament. After all, it's kinda the same premise as having Nintendo World just in NYC, it's not centrally located in the US, which means fewer people will be able to go. While Ohio isn't a terrible place to have the tournament, Missouri represents a much more central location, they could probably have done better by moving it out west a little more, but I suspect they chose Missouri because there's a larger number of players in the east then in the west, and therefore it would have been advantageous to move it into a position where most |
|
|
|
|
North America:
Japan: