As expected, the official Pokemon movie blog has announced that something related to The Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark will be shown during the children show Oha Suta tomorrow morning in Japan (which is around 2:00 PM later today in California time). It is almost guaranteed to be a new trailer of the movie, as the blog stated last week that the trailer was almost finished; the Arceus movie trailer also aired exactly a year ago today (or tomorrow in Japan time). An announcement made yesterday on the blog also mentions that the movie website will be redesigned this weekend, which generally only happens when new trailers are released. When the site is redesigned, we should learn the first substantial plot details as well. Be sure to check back here later today for the latest scoop on the trailer immediately after it airs!

Yesterday it was February 27th in Japan, meaning Pokemon Red and Green for Gameboy just turned 14! The two games were originally released in 1996, with Pokemon Blue following suit in October of the same year. Pokemon's been going strong ever since, and we will soon even see the fifth generation at the end of this year! Will Pokemon ever end? Of course not! Not as long as fans keep supporting it. :D

As expected, Gabite from Supreme Victors will be the 2010 State Championship promo following Gible's usage as this year's City Championship promo. Click the thumbnail below for a larger image. Don't forget that America's State Championships take place the second and third Saturdays of March (the first Saturday of which is the last day to download Jirachi from Gamestop).

The new league season has started and is named after Tower Tycoon Palmer, the head of Sinnoh's Battle Frontier and the leader of the Battle Tower. For the next several weeks at Pokemon League, you can earn up to four copies of Dragonite FB from Supreme Victors and Roseanne's Research from Secret Wonders if you play enough battles. Click the scans below for larger images; thanks go to Shakespeare for scanning the cards and Duane and Trevor from the Winamac and Plymouth Pokemon leagues for providing them!

The Jirachi download began today at Gamestop, but if you haven't already gone there yet, you still have until two Saturdays from now to do so (March 13th). The Jirachi knows Wish, Confusion, Rest, and a move it cannot normally learn - Draco Meteor. It is at level 5, has a random nature, holds a Leichi Berry, and is inside a Cherish Ball. When traded to HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Jirachi can unlock the Night Sky's Edge PokeWalker course.

If you ever need to check the date of an upcoming event, be sure to check out the calendar in our right menu! It has all of the dates for American and Japanese events that the general Pokemon fan would be interested in.

The Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark will be featured in the next issue of CoroCoro Special, which is a magazine released every other month as an extension of the regular CoroCoro. The first image below is of the magazine's cover, while the second image shows new anime artwork of Zoroark and part of its movie 13 poster. The final image is cut and enlarged out of the second and shows two of the movie's characters. Click the thumbnails for larger images.

The movie poster for Arceus and the Jewel of Life was first spotted on February 27th last year, which would be tomorrow. March 5th and 6th were when the movie trailers and plot information were first released for the Arceus movie, so if history repeats itself, as it so often does, we should have the first substantial Zoroark trailer and details next week! The Japanese Pokemon movie website mentioned they were almost finished with the trailer too.

The Nintendo Summit was held in San Francisco today, and while the rumored DS successor was not addressed, Nintendo did announce the North American release date for the DSi XL. It will be released in the United States on March 28th for a price tag of $189.99.

The fourth DS incarnation features a screen that is 93% larger than the current DSi as well as a jumbo stylus. On its launch date, the DSi XL will be available in either a burgundy or bronze color and will come pre-installed with two DSiWare Brain Age games, Photo Clock, Flipnote Studio, and the DSi Browser. The system was originally released in Japan on November 21st and was called the Nintendo DSi LL.

Bangiras has translated the FAQ from the official Japanese Pokemon website for the Revived Legends set. It should help with understanding how a lot of the new cards work both on their own and when interacting with cards from previous sets. Check it out! The link to the FAQ has been added to the Revived Legends page, which you can access in the future under "Japanese Sets" in the left menu.

With the latest in Sony Blu-Ray 1080p Dolby surround sound Lucasfilm THX Real-D prettiness technology, Shakespeare has scanned in all of his HeartGold & SoulSilver cards with his high-quality scanner, replacing the scans everyone kindly sent in during the prereleases. Check 'em out! If you see any of the old scans, try clearing your cache. Sadly, I doubt we'll ever see Shakespeare's other scans (such as promos) because I have no programmer to help me make a Card-Dex (well, we have had a few programmers, but none of them could ever finish the projects they started, leaving me with half-completed Card-Dexes and tons and tons of wasted time). I think I'll be done with this website before we ever get a good one.

Promo week!

The Spring 2010 tins are now available at some Target stores; each comes with a reprint of the Pokemon Prime Feraligatr, Meganium, or Typhlosion from HeartGold & SoulSilver. The card artwork is exclusive to the English TCG right now, though Japan may eventually get the cards like they did with our once-exclusive Shaymin, Mewtwo, and Regigigas LV.X card artwork. Click the thumbnails below for larger images, which are provided by Caprod.

HGSS Promos

1. Ho-Oh
2. Lugia
3. Pikachu
4. Wobbuffet
5. Hoothoot
6. Noctowl
7. Feraligatr (Prime)
8. Meganium (Prime)
9. Typhlosion (Prime)