English names for the Monkey Trio

Serebii was recently sent English promotional materials and they named the monkey trio, as well as confirmed that ‘N’ would be keeping his “name” (duh?).  Here’s the breakdown: Yanappu = Pansage (Sage is a plant) Baoyappu = Pansear Hiyappu = Panpour Aaaaaaaaaaaand what do you think? Any guesses about their evolution? (I’ve updated the English … Read more

Ash’s Pikachu comes to America

Toys ‘R Us has announced the giveaway of Ash’s Pikachu (the Japanese version of which is part of our Xmas Xtravaganza Giveaway) at American locations January 30th through February 5th.  If you need a refresher as far as the details go you can check out our original post for the Japanese one here. This PKMN … Read more

PJN in JPN: ガチャガチャ

My boyfriend and I were out and they had the little capsule vending machines [ガチャガチャ – GachaGacha] at Tsutaya (DVD Rental) so when I saw Pokemon Black and White ones I had to give it a shot :3  Sadly I ended up with a crazy-eyed Minezumi and his older brother Miruhog.  Was really hoping for Munna/Musharna … Read more

Dream World Adjusted

The online “Dream World” component for Black and White works on a point system which allows you to access new things.  These points can be gained by doing activities in the Dream World and later redeemed for unlocking new areas.  Recently Nintendo has lowered the amount of Dream World points needed to unlock the various … Read more

Shiny Beasts @ Gamestop

Pokemon.com has announced that the 2nd Generation trio will be available to download at GameStop (in the US) starting soon!  It’s exactly the same as the Japanese giveaway; they’ll all be shiny, know special moves, and unlock the ability to battle Zoroark in your Black or White game.  These can be downloaded to all 4th … Read more

Mystery Egg Download! (UPD)

It’s been revealed that Kibago, Yanappu, and Mamepato can hatch from the egg you receive.  For those of you who get Mamepato: SUCKS TO BE YOU 🙁 Kibago would be nice… I don’t like Yanappu to be honest.  If you haven’t noticed this correlates with Ash (Mamepato), Iris (Kibago), and Dento (Yanappu) in the anime. … Read more