I was at the Pokemon Center in Tokyo yesterday and they were handing out Reshiram and Zekrom keychains to people who preorder the games - each keychain plays the respective Pokemon's in-game cry. I was in a rush and the line was too long, but maybe someone from Japan will post their cries soon.

Pokemon Sunday has revealed the full character designs of Iris, the new female companion to Ash, as well as a new male character, Dento; both will appear in Best Wishes, the next "season" of the anime that will take place in the Isshu region. Iris is confirmed to have a Kibago as seen in the character sheet leaked a few weeks ago, but nothing is known about Dento at this point in time. Click the screenshots below to enlarge them.

During one of the segments, the Pokemon Sunday crew was able to get inside the new Black and White tour buses that will be traveling around Japan this month. They tried out the game demo inside, battling Belle, Cheren, and encountering a wild Shimama on a rainy route. It is interesting to note that Shimama's mane was white during the first part of the battle, but once it used an Electric-type attack, the mane started to glow yellow... could we have varying animations like this with other Pokemon? [I was watching a low-quality video when I wrote that originally - it glows yellow before and after the attack.] Next week, the show promises to reveal more details on Victini.

Update (6:00 PM) - TV Tokyo has uploaded 5-second clips of Tsuutaja, Pokabu, Mijumaru, and Reshiram. They are presumably from the first or so episode of Best Wishes, which probably means one of the characters sees Reshiram for an instant like Ash saw Ho-Oh and Dawn say Mesprit.

Update #2 (6:30 PM) - The TV Tokyo website also posted biographies of the characters. For Iris, they say, "Her specialty is tree climbing, she makes good use of berries for herself, and she is a girl with very wild behavior. For some reason, she is traveling with the Dragon-type Pokemon, Kibago." For Dento, the new male, they say he is "A Pokemon Sommelier (waiter) who is a source of abundant knowledge and experience, diagnoses the compatibility between Trainer and Pokemon, and gives advice on how to befriend. Is this really, in fact, true?!" My theory based on the biographies: Iris replaces Dawn (obvious to anyone) and Dento replaces Brock or is just a rival in Pokemon Contests. Thanks goes to KurowaSan from our forums for the translations!

Update #3 (6:45 PM) - Higher-quality videos of the anime preview and game footage added below thanks to our friends at Filb.de.

Update (5:30 AM) - News story completely rewritten with new translations below. Sorry for the delay - I was at a school event here in Japan all day.

Today's Oha Suta revealed three new Pokemon: a deer Pokemon, Shikijika (シキジカ); the evolution of Minezumi, Miruhoggu (ミルホッグ); and a swan Pokemon, whose name is currently unknown. The show also confirmed that the evil team in the game is named Team Plasma, as the rumors from earlier in the summer stated. Images of the new Pokemon and Team Plasma are below.

You can watch two video clips of the show below courtesy of Filb.de. The first clip has bullet points below it which explain important information. The second video clip, which is further down, shows Black City and White Forest, each of which are version exclusives.

A press release from TPCi has announced that the Enigma Stone will be available through Wi-Fi download starting this Saturday, as you can read below. The item allows you to encounter Latios in HeartGold and Latias in SoulSilver, and then itself changes into the Soul Dew.

Beginning this Saturday, July 31, through Friday, August 27, players of Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver Versions who have wireless broadband Internet access can receive the Enigma Stone for a chance to catch the amazing, yet elusive, Legendary Pokemon Latias or Latios.

Similar to the other half of the Legendary pair that can be caught normally during gameplay, the Pokemon encountered with the Enigma Stone will be at Level 40. In exchange for the Enigma Stone, Pokemon fans will also get the Soul Dew, a held item that powers up the Special Attack and Special Defense of Latios and Latias. Only Pokemon players who have beaten the Elite Four, claimed the National Pokedex, and have two or fewer Wonder Cards can solve the riddle of the Enigma Stone.

A new Summer Battle Campaign will begin in August in Japan where players will have the opportunity to win Porygon (077/L-P) and Porygon2 (078/L-P) promos. To win them, you will need to get a "Points Card" from participating stores: every time you play a TCG game in a Gym Challenge (Japan's Pokemon League) or buy a LEGEND-era booster pack, you will earn a stamp. However, you can only earn 10 points in total by buying booster packs and only 10 points per day for participating in TCG matches, though you can also earn an extra point per day if you make a new friend (awww). To obtain a Porygon promo, you need five stamps, whereas for Porygon2, you need 15. The campaign will stop at the end of August, though the promo cards can be redeemed up until September 15th. Translations of the two cards are below courtesy of Bangiras. If you put the two cards together, their artwork forms one image!

Porygon - Colorless - HP 50
Basic Pokemon

[C] Ball Up: During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokemon by attacks is reduced by 20.
[C][C] Version Up: Show a Porygon2 card from your deck to your opponent, and put it in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Porygon2 - Colorless - HP 80
Stage 1 Pokemon - Evolves from Porygon

Poke-Body: Short Cut
Each of your Porygon, Porygon2, and Porygon-Z in play has its Retreat Cost reduced by 1 Energy.

[C][C][C] Assault: 50 damage. This Pokemon does 10 damage to itself.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Update #3 (5:45 PM) - Couldn't get the video clips to upload to YouTube, so I uploaded them to our server instead and posted them below. If they start to take forever to load again, there's isn't much I can do about it.

Pokemon Sunday just finished airing and revealed the new Black and White Legendary Pokemon that was shown in the advertisement following The Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark movie: its name is Victini, which is likely a portmanteau of "victory" and "tiny." It is number 000 in the Isshu PokeDex and players will be able to obtain it once a new Liberty Ticket (リバティチケット) item is distributed to Black and White via Wi-Fi, DS Stations, and Nintendo Zones from September 18th to October 18th. Pokemon Sunday also showed footage from a 3-on-3 battle as well as a short preview of the upcoming Best Wishes anime season, which you can watch below. Large screenshots from the Victini video are also below.

Update #2 (3:30 PM): Oha Suta just finished airing a triple battle, but it did not feature anything new. It was Gochiruzeru, Hihidaruma and Shimama vs. Musharna, Wargle, and Rankurusu. The show had teased that they would be showing-off the apparent Luvdisc evolution (Mamanbō), but it was nowhere to be seen in the triple battle. | Update: Due to our new server being unable to handle the amount of people watching the videos, I have uploaded them to YouTube and posted them below.

The current issue of Dengeki Nintendo DS magazine contains an advertisement DVD with new Black and White video footage, and thanks to an armed robbery at their printing plant an anonymous Japanese PokeBeach reader, we now have the video to share with everyone! The first video below shows part of the game's intro followed by you, Cheren, and Belle opening the present from Professor Araragi and picking your starter Pokemon. You then battle them, destroying your room in the process. The second video shows several battle scenes between most of the recently revealed Pokemon. Enjoy!

Be sure to check back here later today as well! This afternoon (in U.S. time), a new triple-battle will be shown on Oha Suta. The battle may contain new Pokemon or reveal some new information, and whatever is revealed will be posted here!

A new Play-Doh toy set will be released on October 30th in Japan in commemoration of Black and White; the product features pieces of Pokemon Play-Doh that you assemble to make several Pokemon, including Pikachu, Zorua, Tsutaaja, Pokabu, Mijumaru, and Mamepato. However, its product listing also mentions two unknown Pokemon: Onokkusu (オノックス) and Burokko (ブロッコ). Since the product listing is official, these will be two new Pokemon. Onokkusu's name is very similar to Ononokusu (オノノクス) revealed on Oha Suta several weeks ago (the gold-gray-red dragon-ish Pokemon), so it is probably its pre-evolution.

Tomorrow morning in Japan (or this afternoon in American time), a new triple-battle will be shown on Oha Suta. The battle may contain even more new Pokemon or reveal some new information, so I'll get up bright and early to record it and post it. Check back later!

I have a lot of stuff to talk about later, but right now I have to post this first before I go to class!

Today's Oha Suta just revealed a pink new Pokemon from Black and White, Mamanbō (ママンボウ). It was shown in a triple battle, and although we can only see its back sprite, we still get a pretty good look of it (doesn't it look like a Luvdisc evolution?). The battle also revealed that the Pokemon to the left of it, which was revealed a few weeks ago, is named Gigaiasu (ギガイアス). Thanks goes to Filb.de for the screenshot below!

The official Black and White website has updated with clearer screenshots and artwork of the images that were in the leaked CoroCoro magazine scans the other day. I have cut them all out below. Additionally, we have received some new information:

• Gochiruzeru is exclusively found in Pokemon Black.
• Rankurusu is exclusively found in Pokemon White.
• A new Poison-type move called Coil (とぐろをまく) was named; it has 20 PP, but nothing else is know about it.
• With regards to the Pokemon Global Link website, to get an Eeveelution to transfer to Black and White, you need to play a "Pokemon Labyrinth" mini-game. Depending on how far you progress in the game will determine the Eeveelution you receive.
• The next issue of CoroCoro magazine will be released on August 11th, which is a few days earlier than usual. It will contain a Black and White "Master Document," which will contain new Pokemon as well as a ton of information about the games.

Sorry for the lateness with some of these card images; they've been sitting on my Desktop for several days now waiting to be posted, but Black and White news stories and other things kept getting in the way!

We have obtained low-resolution card images of HS - Undaunted's Forretress, Honchkrow, Legend Box, and Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND. The prerelease goods have also been revealed: Leafeon from the Japanese Expert Deck Leafeon vs. Metagross is the set's prerelease promo whereas Espeon and Umbreon are featured on a purple background for the prerelease sleeves. HS - Undaunted's prereleases will take place on August 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th and the set will officially be released in stores on August 18th in America.