Upcoming News to Watch: Nintendo Direct & Pokémon Smash!

Tomorrow, April 21st (12:00pm Japan time), there will be another Nintendo Direct event hosted by Nintendo President Iwata. Although it’s slated to focus on Wii/3DS news we will be doing a live translation of any relevant information.  NL will be with us for that 🙂 Then… April 29th (7:00am Japan time) will be the a … Read more

AU Lucario & JP Ducklett C-Gear!

  And, for today’s “WiFi Downloads” post! Australian users get a Lucario (password: LUCAEUROGAMERNET) which is the same one that has made its rounds in other regions, it has the ability ‘Justified’ and the attack ‘Bullet Punch’. Next, Japanese B/W owners get to download this adorable Ducklett C-Gear Skin! Maybe not my cup of tea, but … Read more

Nintendo Direct Press Conference Tomorrow!

Tomorrow Nintendo will host an online press conference and we’ll be there with our two in-house translators, Kriff & NL! This is not a Pokemon event, they’re likely going to cover Fire Emblem 3DS, Kid Icarus, and maybe Nobunaga’s ambition. Nonetheless, we’ll be right there to cover anything interesting that pops up 🙂  I’m also a huge Fire … Read more

Klink C-Gear Skin (JP) & Arceus (English)

Alas, yet another Japan-only C-Gear skin!  Those of us with English games will just have to wait it out… I still want my crustle!  I do think this is a pretty well done skin though, lends itself nicely to the whole c-gear concept as well 🙂 If you have the Japanese game, you can download … Read more

Rayquaza Conquers All

Last year, Japan had a big vote to decide which main game mascot was the best, that included all 15 Pokémon, from Green (Venusaur) to White (Zekrom). As you can probably guess from the title, Rayquaza came in at #1! Starting Feb 10th (and running through the 27th), Japanese BW owners can get the legendary … Read more