Promo Tuesday! Again! I don't know why this always happens. Also, thanks go to Xous for drawing the Pokemon in the new Christmas banner!

The new league season has started and is named after Cynthia, the Elite Four Champion of Sinnoh. For the next several weeks at Pokemon League, you can earn up to four copies of the much-coveted Great Encounters Claydol and Cynthia's Milotic C from Supreme Victors 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! As a side note, if you ever find any promo cards we haven't posted, scan and send them to us and you will be credited here!

Super Smash Bros. has now been released on the Wii's Virtual Console. You can download it from the Wii Shop Channel for 1,000 points, which is $10.00. It was first released for the Virtual Console in Japan this past January, so North America is getting it almost a year later.

The game is the first incarnation of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series and was released on the N64 in North America in 1999, followed by Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Gamecube in 2001 and Brawl for the Wii in 2008. Pikachu and Jigglypuff are the only playable Pokemon characters in the game (Jigglypuff is hidden but later unlockable), though like all incarnations, the game also features Poke Ball Pokemon.

The Speed Gamers held a monumental Pokemon marathon - they earned over $18,000 for Ally's House, which will benefit Oklahoman cancer patients and their families. The group also reached their goal of obtaining all 493 Pokemon in 72 hours; the last Pokemon they needed was Meganium, which they obtained by evolving Bayleef just before the 72 hours was up. Congratulations to the Speed Gamers and of course all of the Pokemon fans who donated to Ally's House! Donations can still be made up until Christmas Eve. As for their next Pokemon marathon, the group has stated that they will not hold another one until the fifth generation is released.

EDIT: All 493 Pokemon was caught within 72 hours, 8 minutes. Over $18,000 raised for Ally House charity.

The Speed Gamers are a Texas-based group that has raised approximately $100,000 for various charities and organizations by playing 72-hour game marathons. Last December, they held a Pokemon marathon for ACT Today, an Austism organization, where they attempted to capture all Pokemon except for Shaymin and Arceus; donors sent in about $6,000.

In a few hours the Speed Gamers will attempt to capture all 493 Pokemon to raise money for Ally's House, an organization that helps Oklahoma children with cancer. They will be using Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, Diamond, HeartGold, and SoulSilver to accomplish this goal and are expecting to finish in three days. You can watch a live feed of the event below (click the smaller play button) or on their website - it will begin at 4 PM PST, 5 PM MST, 6 PM CST, and 7 PM EST. If you wish to donate money, you can do so through their website as well.

This is the fifth time in two days people have IM'd me about this, so I figured I would post it since it's apparently going around. It's an old video from probably 1999 or 2000 in which a religious speaker makes some rather hilarious claims about Pokemon. I follow Christian values and even I think this guy is out of his mind, but it nevertheless makes for great entertainment. When watching the video, remember that this is just one (misguided) man speaking on one issue and that it is in no way a reflection of the views of religious people, adults, or even parents.

Sorry for the lack of updates. There hasn't been any news, I'm dealing with a few issues at school (despite being on Christmas Break now), and I've been trying to get our revamped forums up for the past two months.

Most of season one and over half of season two of Pokemon have been posted on Cartoon Network's website. A couple of episodes from season one have been skipped (see below), and all of them have been stretched, but this is still a great way to watch most of the early episodes in one place if you haven't seen them in a while (or ever). There are 97 episodes spanning from Pokemon! I Choose You all the way up to Charizard Chills, which is more than half-way through the Orange Islands season. Once the above page loads, you can click "Full Episodes" to see the list of uploaded episodes.

Season One Episodes Missing

• 3. Ash Catches a Pokemon
• 4. Challenge of the Samurai
• 8. The Path to the Pokemon League
• 37. The Battling Eevee Brothers
• 38. Wake up Snorlax!
• 40. The March of the Exeggutor Squad
• 52. The Breeding Center Secret

Update (11:00 AM, Monday): Nintendo has confirmed the March 14th date in a new press release.

Continuing from our previous news story, Amazon.com has just updated with the English box art for both HeartGold and SoulSilver. The images confirm the English games will contain the PokeWalker, though there wasn't much doubt they wouldn't. Click the thumbnails below for larger images. Seeing as Amazon posted a release date of March 14th the same day they received the official box art, it's probably safe to assume it is the correct date, especially since it's a month after the TCG set of the same name will be released and because previous games have also been released on Sundays.

Amazon.com is now listing HeartGold and SoulSilver as having release dates of Sunday, March 14th. Previously, the site did not list any date, so perhaps they have just received official confirmation from Nintendo. Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum were also released on Sundays. Additionally, Amazon sent out an e-mail to those who pre-ordered the games stating that the estimated delivery date is between March 14th and 16th (the date depends on where you live).

The March 14th date also fits the theory posted yesterday that Nintendo is using the HeartGold & SoulSilver TCG set to advertise the games in February, and will then release them in March for maximum sales, as was the case with some TCG sets in the past. Of course, until an official source confirms the March 14th date, we cannot know for sure if it is tentative or not. Stay tuned!

New HeartGold Collection and SoulSilver Collection "special packs" will be released in Japan on January 1st for 945 yen each. Both blister packs will come with a Latios and Latias promo. The HeartGold blister pack will contain two HeartGold Collection booster packs and one SoulSilver Collection pack while the SoulSilver blister will have two SoulSilver and one HeartGold pack. Thanks go to Bangiras for translating the cards below!

Latias - Colorless - HP80
Basic Pokemon

[C] Energy Assist: 10 damage. Attach 1 Basic Energy card from your discard pile to one of your Benched Pokemon.
[C][C][C] Dream Wind: 40 damage. If any Latios is on your Bench, restore 20 HP to each of your Benched Pokemon.

Weakness: Colorless x2
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Latios - Colorless - HP90
Basic Pokemon

Poke-Body: Luster Float
If you have any Latias in play, this Pokemon has free retreat.

[C][C][C][C] Dream Wing: 80 damage. Discard 2 Energy attached to this Pokemon.

Weakness: Colorless x2
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Update #2 (8:30 AM, Friday): The movie website has updated with the trailer, downloadable wallpaper, and the movie poster. | Update (3:00 PM): Added movie poster below thanks to Heerosferret.

The movie 13 trailer just aired in Japan - the title of the film is "The Ruler of Illusion: Z." The movie will debut in theaters on July 10th in Japan. The trailer shows Suicune, Entei, Raikou, and Celebi. After showing the legendaries, we see Ash with a surprised expression, and the camera pans to another Ash grinning evilly. Could "Z" be the first letter of a new Pokemon's name? Who knows! Thanks go to Heerosferret for the translation and uploading the trailer literally seconds after it aired! Expect a higher-quality trailer tomorrow on the official movie website.