| .:: Friday - November 19th, 2004 |
No updates again because of school, essays, projects, reports, tests, homework, yada yada yada. The name of the next EX set has been confirmed, and so has the release date. Its name will be just simply “EX Deoxys,” and will be released early February near the release of the Destiny Deoxys movie. You can see the set logo above. Some of the cards you will see in the set are Ludicolo, Jirachi, Metagross, Slaking, Salamence ex, Shining Latios/Latias, Shining Rayquaza, Sharpedo ex, all forms of Deoxys in ex form (Speed may be the only one excluded unless they decide to make the promo card of it as a card in the set), and many other cards! This set was released in summer of last year in Japan incase you do not remember, and you can see some of the Japanese scans we posted then by clicking the thumbnails and links below.        Some more individual scans (click for larger scans)...          Holos, ex's, rares, uncommons, commons, and trainer cards that are in the set. Click the links for the pictures. [Holos / EX's] [Rares] [Uncommons] [Commons] [Trainers] |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Sunday - November 7th, 2004 |
| School has been keeping me busy again, sorry for not updating. Today we have lots of news and some updates. City Championship (CC) Info and Promo  The City Championships are returning again, and we have all the info you need on them. First of all, the City Championship promo card will be the EX Hidden Legends Machop, as seen to the right. Secondly, the CC’s will be running from December to January and there are a handful of locations in each state. This time around, there are more CC’s than ever, so it will be almost impossible to not be able to make one (there are 10 in California just alone, and many in other states). Remember, this time, all City Championships will be absolutely free, which is definitely a plus. For more information on City Championships, including prizes and what CC’s are all about, you can visit the FAQ of them at the Pokemon TCG Organized Play website by [clicking here]. To find a City Championship in your area, you can visit the CC locator by [clicking here].New Japanese Promos Four new Japanese promo cards have been released. The four promos include Speed Deoxys, Rayquaza, Kyogre, and Groudon. It is not known to how these promos will become available in Japan or when they will released in America, but when that info is known, you can be sure you will find it here first. The promos can be seen below (click the thumbnail for a larger image).  New Online PokeDex  Pokemon.com has been updated with a brand new flash-based PokeDex. In the PokeDex, you can find much more info on Pokemon than what the old PokeDex displayed. The PokeDex also includes Deoxys and Jirachi now, so you can check them out as well. To launch the PokeDex, you can [click here].Cartoon Network Stops Airing Pokemon Cartoon Network has discontinued playing their Pokemon episodes. This could be due to several reasons, but the most likely reason to why this happened was because its ratings were so popular that Kids’ WB wanted exclusive rights to air it, which is why they now show two episodes of it during the weekdays. It is not known to if Cartoon Network will be getting the episodes ever again, but until then, you can now only watch Pokemon on Kids’ WB (or through your VCR, DVD Player, or computer) More EX Team Rocket Returns Scans and Theme Deck Lists We have added a few more EX Team Rocket Returns scans, thanks to Roarkiller. To view them, you can [click here]. We have also added the theme deck lists of the set, thanks to $teven and Daddiursa from the PokeGym, which you can view by visiting our [theme deck page]. |
| .:: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Tuesday - November 2nd, 2004 |
| Thanks to Trekiev and P0RYG0N, we now have a few more scans of EX Team Rocket Returns. To view the EX Team Rocket Returns card list and scans, you can [click here]. We will probably have all the gaps filled in by the end of this week, so be sure to keep checking back! |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Sunday - October 31st, 2004 |
| I am incredibly sleepy from working on the scans for eight hours (literally), so I am going to make this incredibly quick. We now have the complete set list of EX Team Rocket Returns, as well as 90 high-quality scans from the set. Special thanks goes to P0RYG0N, one of my PokePals from school, for typing up part of the set list and sending in some scans. To view the scans and set list, you can [click here]. Hopefully tomorrow, we will be able to finish off the set when people send in some scans of the cards missing. PokeBeach is your #1 source for EX Team Rocket Returns [don’t be confused by other websites who claim to be ;)], so be sure to keep checking back here! Everyone have a fun and safe Halloween today! Also, remember to set your clocks back an hour if you live in the United States. [except Arizone and I think Hawaii] :) |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Friday - October 29th, 2004 |
We have a second update today since this is breaking and exclusive news to our site. If this is your first time visiting PokeBeach today, be sure to read the previous news story. You will not see the info or the scan we have today anywhere else. (read the first paragraph from the previous news story so that you understand the risks of reading and distributing this info) We will still have an update tomorrow for the EX Team Rocket Returns scans and set list, so be sure to drop by PokeBeach! We have now confirmed that the pre-release promo is Dark Houndoom. As usual, the prerelease promo will have a golden stamp in it that states that it is a pre-release promo (click the thumbnail on the right for a larger scan). With this card scan also reveals how many cards will be in the English set, which will be 109. This does not include secret cards such as Shining Mudkip, Shining Treeko, Shining Torchic, and the Charmeleon box topper, so the set will probably have about 113 cards if those are the only secret cards.Ok, that’s it for now! This is only the second time I have done two updates in one day since I opened my site. Be sure to come back tomorrow night or Sunday morning since we will most likely be the only site with any scans, as well as them being high-quality and a lot of them. PokeBeach has, is, and will be your #1 source for EX Team Rocket Returns, so keep checking back! |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Friday - October 29th, 2004 |
 Today we have some very exclusive information regarding the EX Team Rocket Returns set and pre-releases, which you will only see here first! Before you read on with the news, read the following warning. If you DO NOT want to be spoiled on info from the set before the pre-releases happen, DO NOT read on. Also, if you choose to post this info on a forum where others may read the info, you are responsible for what happens to you and with who gets mad at you. To be cautious, it would be best not to post this info on a forum since there are many people out there that may accidentally read the info and who would become angry with having this info spoiled to them.Anyways, on with the info! The info in this paragraph has been confirmed by our sources, and should be 100% true. First of all, the box topper for EX Team Rocket Returns will be a Charmeleon with an attack of Smokescreen (who wants to bet the boxtopper for the next set will be Charizard?). Secondly, the holo style for reverse holofoils has changed. Reverse holos will now have the name of the card in golden letters, along with a golden imprint of the set name on the card. According to our sources, the reverse holos in this set are the best yet and are totally cool then any previous set! As with the last set, the holofoil style on the cards will still be the same. With all the improvements that are being made to reverse holofoil cards, they will probably be more sought out then regular holos! The info in this paragraph is unconfirmed and may not be true. We know that there will be a pre-release promo as there always has been for the set, but are unclear on to whether they will be different in anyway. Our sources hinted at that the promos would be different in some way, but we are unclear to what they meant. The card may not be from the actual set this time, but this info was not confirmed and may be wrong. Now for the tournaments themselves. This info is 100% confirmed and is factual. Winners in each age category will receive a large pin for winning their age category, which did not happen before. It seems like Nintendo and POP are working really hard to please everyone who attends pre-releases, and we should be thanking them for everything they are doing compared to Wizards of the Coast! Anyways, that’s all the info we bring to you today, one day before the pre-releases start. Remember, we will have card scans of the set up on Saturday night or Sunday morning as we have in the past, so be sure to keep checking here since we will probably be the first website to have them up! |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Monday - October 25th, 2004 |
| Sorry that I have not updated in over a week. This week I had the most homework, tests, reports, readings, and essays I have ever had in my life, so I did not have any time to even attempt to do an update. This is kind of an “I am still alive” update, and I will hopefully be able to do a real update tomorrow or some time soon. Hopefully this weekend, we will have up most of the English EX Team Rocket Returns scans as we have done with most of the past EX sets, so you can look forward to that. |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Saturday - October 16th, 2004 |
| Today we have some exclusive images that you will not be able to see on any other website. World Championship Decks - Soon Available Thanks to monkeycat who sent us these images, we now have your first look at some very special Worlds theme decks. The winners of the Pokemon TCG World Championships each had their theme decks made into real theme decks, and you will soon be able to buy them in stores. The theme decks contain most of the cards from the players’ decks, such as Gardevoir, Blaziken, and Swampert (except they are non-holo versions), and all the cards in the decks have the players’ signatures in the bottom right corners of the cards. Expect these decks to hit stores in a while, and when they do, we will be sure to tell you! To see an exclusive image that you cannot see anywhere else of the decks, you can click the thumbnail below.  Also today, we have exclusive images of the booster box and theme deck designs of the English EX Team Rocket Returns set. To see larger images of them, click the thumbnails below.   In Japan, you will be able to get a Pokemon TCG tin which features Rayquaza and Deoxys’ newest form, Speed! In the image below, you can clearly see a Speed Deoxys card as well as another Rayquaza card! To see a larger version of the image, click the thumbnail.  |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Wednesday - October 13th, 2004 |
| More Japanese EX Team Rocket Returns ScansToday we have even more Japanese EX Team Rocket Returns scans! Some scans include Dark Sandslash, Dark Octillery, Dark Electrode, Dark Slowking, Azumarril, and Darkness Metal Energy (a combined energy card of both Darkness and Metal) To see them, click the links below. We are the #1 site for EX Team Rocket Returns on the web, and have the most scans out of any other website, so be sure to keep checking back here all the time for the latest news! We will most likely be the first site to have complete high-quality English scans of the set, and are planning on having those scans up on October 30th, so you definitely want to check back then! [Set 2] [Set 3] [Set 4] [Set 5] The EX Team Rocket Returns pre-release locator is now up! To find a pre-release near you, you can [click here]. Pre-releases will be taking place during the weekend of Halloween and the first weekend of November. |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
| .:: Monday - October 11th, 2004 |
| Sorry for not updating yesterday. My parents got tickets to go to Knott’s Berry (Scary) Farm at the last minute, so I decided to go and left to go to the theme park at 6, and got home at about 2 in the morning. I had a blast, except for the dead bride that was following me for two hours trying to scare me. She finally gave up when I turned around and yelled at her to leave me alone since she was scaring my youngest brother, and her act was getting old to me (all she did was scream in my face and run in front of me and stare at me). You can imagine how boring that gets after two hours. And no, Knott’s is not actually a berry farm (although it used to be), it is an amusement park that is two times better than Disneyland and Six Flags, and is a theme park that California is known for, especially at Halloween when they turn the whole park into a haunted place with monsters running around. :) Anyways, enough about me, on with the news! Dozens of Japanese EX Team Rocket Returns Scans Thanks to the Japanese E-bay website, we now have a couple dozen pics of EX Team Rocket Returns cards. Some cards include Rocket’s Hitmonchan ex, a different kind of Dark Houndoom, Rocket’s Snorlax ex, Togetic, Kingdra, Shining Treeko (look at the previous news story for the two other shinings) and various other cards. Click the links below to see the sets of images. [Set 2] [Set 3] [Set 4] [Set 5] [Set 6] [Set 7] [Set 8] [Set 9] [Set 10] Thanks to Team Nature Trainer, we have scans of the Kids’ WB Create-a-Card Contest promos. The cards have not been released yet to the general public, and it is not known when they will be, but when they are, we will be sure to tell you! All five scans of all five promos are below, as well as the booster pack they come in. (click the pic for a larger image)  POP Professor Test The Pokemon Organized Play (POP) website has put up the professor test at last! If you are 15 or older and have a My Pokemon account, you can take the test. Apparently, if you fail the test, you will have two weeks to re-take the test, but if you fail that one, you have to wait another whole year! So, before you take the test, be sure to read up on the rules of the Pokemon TCG! For more information on the test and the benefits of being a professor, as well as where you can take the test, you can [click here]. Gonbe  At Pokemon Rocks America, it was revealed to people the English name of the Pokemon, Gonbe. Incase you do not know who Gonbe is, it is the pre-evolution of Snorlax, is not one of the 386 Pokemon, and is a 4th generation Pokemon that will most likely be in Pearl and Diamond. Anyways, people were told that English name of it was Munchlax. “Munch” meaning it likes to, well, munch on food (or trash in its case), and the lax coming from its Red and Blue evolution, Snorlax. We will keep you updated on any new Pokemon that are released in the upcoming months.7th Pokemon Movie - Deoxys Also at Pokemon Rocks America, there was a poster floating around with the name of the 7th Pokemon movie and its released date. The name of the 7th movie is “Destiny Deoxys,” and it will be released on DVD/VHS on February 11th, 2005. Incase you did not know, the Deoxys movie features both the DNA Pokemon, as well as Rayquaza and the pre-evolution of Snorlax, Munchlax. I know I will be the first one in line to get this movie, because it is so good that it even rivals Pokemon 2000! The movie is also the first one since Pokemon 3 that is nearly an hour and a half, meaning it is not as short as Pokemon 4Ever, Pokemon Heroes, and Jirachi Wishmaker, and is long as Pokemon the First Movie, Pokemon 2000, and Pokemon 3 (and is even better or as good as the latter three). We will keep you updated on any more goodies that are released between now and February on the movie! |
| .:: By: [Water Pokémon Master] |
