Super Pokemon Rumble, Ahoy!

Avast mateys, we be goin’ with a’pirate theme today! You scallywags look’n forward to the troves of Rumble news we be get’n soon enough? It comes ashore on the ‘morrow here on the great island of Japan.  Us landlubbers will be grabbing copies as soon as we can.  Yarr! I may buy Scramble + Japanese … Read more

Dae asks: Most favorite Pokémon name

It’s been a long while since I did a proper post, mostly because Paul has been doing lightning fast updates, so kudos to him! Anyway, my question for today is a bit unusual, because many people need to think deeply to answer it. Here it comes: What is your coolest, prettiest, weirdest or just most … Read more

3DS Price Drop, Rumble Delay Makes Sense

The newest Nintendo handheld, the 3DS, will receive a substantial price drop on August 12th. The American price is being cut by $80, going from retail of $249.99 to $169.99 and Japanese price from ¥25,000 to ¥15,000. This drop is probably to spur on lagging sales and increase the console’s adoption rate. Will I get … Read more

Hands on with “How to Play DS” (TCG)

Recently, I got my hands on the new “How to Play” DS game which comes with a starter set of TCG goods in Japan. Perhaps some of you have been wondering what it was like and whether it was a dry “tutorial” or more of an actual game. Basically I got to play through the … Read more

Pokémon Rumble Blast: Gallade Password

I happened to be browsing through the latest Famitsu issue tonight at a convenience store while waiting for a fax to send and happened across the password for Gallade in PRB: 9616-8485. Guess living in Japan does give me an edge in news (but very rarely :p).  Also of interest to you maybe the the … Read more

Pokemon Rumble Blast To Get A Late Release

The official Japanese site of Pokemon Rumble Blast has announced that the game’s release date will be delayed by 2 weeks, giving the new release date of August 11th, 2011. No news as to why the delay was made, or if this will ’cause a delay in the English release date of October 24th, 2011, but we’ll bring more … Read more