Quick update! Laptop still being fixed, too.

Pokemon Ranger Dub Voices - Toonami Jetstream has a preview clip up of the dub version of Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, showcasing the English voices for the Pokemon Ranger, Jackie, the pirate, Phantom, and the Pokemon parrot, Chatot. To view the clip, click "Search," type in "Ranger," and play it! The movie premieres on Cartoon Network on March 23rd at 7:00 PM, so be sure to catch it!

Battle Revolution Release Date - Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Nintendo Wii will be released on June 25, 2007, in America. The date was officially revealed by a Nintendo press release today. Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS will be released two months earlier on April 22nd.

Need a Car? Like Pokemon Cards? - A user on eBay has submitted his PokeMobile for purchase. It is not one of those Pikachu beatle cars everyone has seen a million times - it's actually a unique creation, using Pokemon cards protected by a layer of... something... to prevent the cards from damage. It also has a Base Set Mewtwo in the front, psychically protecting the car from car crashes and forming a deflector shield around the car. Click here to view the unique car!

I haven't been updating because the repair store lost my laptop and I have been trying to track it down for the past week! After yelling at the top of my lungs on the phone to seven people (literally!) over the course of the past four days, I finally found out that my laptop is in Mexico, when it should be in Texas being fixed. -_- I finally made it through to the corporate office and talked to a representative who was extremely rude to me, even though I was courteous (funny how kids act better than adults at times). I tried to explain my laptop was central to my work, including school (!!!) and my Pokemon website, and that they should have fixed it a long time ago, and the man said "Who the [bleep] even likes Pokemon anymore? (he was annoyed with me because he thought I was acting like a know-it-all in explaining what was wrong with my laptop and in knowing how their company works with repairs - they don't like it when you know more than them, even when you are being nice about it)" I was totally blown away by what he said and demanded to talk to his boss, and he transferred me. Twenty minutes later, I talked to a very nice woman and she told me what I needed to know after calling a couple of other people/places, and she even apologized to me about the man. So, I will not get my laptop back until probably a week or so from tomorrow. This isn't the first time something like this has happened - three years ago, my old laptop was sent to England via a plane when it should have remained in the store near my house (which is in CA). Joy. :D

Quick News Tidbits - I don't have any major news stories right now because of a lack of time, so I'll just give the cold, hard news without any fluff (some of the news is old since I have not had time to post it recently). The Diamond and Pearl English booster packs will have 10 cards in them instead of the usual 9 (and old 11), and the set will feature three theme decks instead of the normal two. Meowth346 (the webmaster of the old Pokemon website, PokeFor) and I are working on the next version of the Modified Card-Dex (details later), which will feature new improvements and interactivity. Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea airs on Cartoon Network at 7:00 PM on March 23rd, Friday, and the movie trailer can be seen on the front page of PokemonCenter.com. (spoilers) Brock is going to obtain a Happiny and Ash a Buizel before the 10th Pokemon movie comes out in Japan, as revealed by an official Dialga vs. Palkia movie poster recently uploaded to the internet. Hmmm, what else? .... I think that's it! Don't forget that TCG States will continue next weekend! PokeBeach's podcast has been delayed because of my laptop, so we will probably not have the first episode until two Saturdays from now (that is the... 24th, the day after Manaphy airs on CN). If you want to be a call-in guest or a regular on the podcast, please post in this story's news thread! To be a regular, you will need to know everything about Pokemon (the games, TCG, and Anime). Post your experience in the thread (your personality, knowledge, etc.)! We will probably only select one person.

EDIT #1: All translations, except Croconaw, are now available for viewing by [clicking here]. Thanks go to Bangiras and nimonosandes for making them!

So sleepy.... Since this was a big update tonight and I did not have enough time to write other news stories, I will try to do so tomorrow, or by Friday.

DP2: The Mystery of the Lakes Scans (115) and Translations - Thanks to nimonosandes, we now have 115 Mystery of the Lake scans before the set has even been released! You can view the scans by [clicking here]. Translations for most of the cards can also be found by [clicking here], and were created by Bangiras. With several poison-type Pokemon in this set being classified as psychic, as was the case with the first Diamond and Pearl TCG set, we can now officially say that poison-type Pokemon (such as Crobat, Drapion, Croagunk, etc.) in the TCG are psychic-types now (justification: purple is the color of poison in Pokemon - purple is the color of the psychic symbol - I don't know :p). Thanks also goes to Porygon for creating the list for me, since editing the 115 scans took forever and I could not do everything at once. The list is organized by type and is alphabetized, is not complete, and is not in the correct order of the card numbers - there was no time to work on it, so the links are just there for the scans we have and are not in any official order. Tomorrow, if I have time, more scans will be put up, as well as more translations and information.

Abra, ???????, Alakazam? - While there are Abra and Alakazam in this set, from looking at the OFFICIAL set list, unless there was a huge oversight, there is NO Kadabra card. The scans also suggest that there is no Kadabra, since we have most of the uncommon and common cards, and Kadabra is missing. When I talked to one of the Pokemon Card Game Japanese creators at Worlds 2006 and asked her about Abra and Kadabra, I wrote up a story:

Abra and Kadabra - Not on Cards for an Unknown, Real Reason - I must have walked all over the entire room asking PCL members about why Abra and Kadabra do not have cards yet (in the EX blocks), showing them the Japanese text for their names so they knew who I was talking about. None of them really knew until I talked to the last girl. When I asked her, she said she knew what I was talking about, and that they knew they had not made them into cards yet. When I asked her WHY they were not made into cards, she laughed and said she could not tell. I asked if it was because of a magician (the Yuri Gueller guy or whatever his name was who got mad over Kadabra), but she did not know what I was talking about (probably because I messed up the guy's name), so I asked again, and she made a "my lips are zipped motion" and laughed (so giggly these Japanese fellows are). I had talked to her before about different Pokemon-related topics, and she had never tried to hide anything from me, but when it came to this particular topic, she zipped her mouth (literally). So, I suppose there is a reason why they never made them into cards, since she did acknowledge that they knew they had not made them (which means they did not just forget about them), but that reason is still unclear, and most likely will never be revealed to us - unless I get it out of one of them tomorrow. :p

It seems as if Kadabra will never be made into a card again. At this point, it only appears that you can get from Abra to Alakazam with Rare Candy or by using one of Abra's attacks that allow it to evolve directly into Alakazam (see translations above).

If (IF!) I have time tonight when I get home, I will have a largeeeeeeeee update (covering everything I have missed since Friday and new stuff). Also, there will be a side-dish of laptop and school drama. Stay tuned (but remember - IF I have time, which legally does not punish me if I do not have an update at said time :p)!

My laptop is supposed to be fixed in two weeks at the most. I may also get a new one, since my warranty states that if a part fails three times (my hard drive has had to be replaced three times), they replace the entire machine.

DP 2: Mystery of the Lake Images - New and larger images have been released for The Mystery of the Lakes, which you can see by clicking the thumbnails below. We should have translations later today. As you can see, Buizel has a built-in Pokemon Tool, and many other Pokemon should have one too. If I have time over the weekend, I will make a page on the new set containing everything we know about it.

EDIT #1: Since I was in a rush this morning and did not post the image containing the names, you can view it by clicking here. Thanks goes to ASMzine for sending me the image yesterday (I would have put it up the news yesterday, but since my laptop is busted, I do not have regular access to my computer now and did not know they had sent the image to me until I checked my e-mail this morning at school). :p

With my laptop in the shop right now (and it supposedly will be for several weeks), updating is going to be hard and not as frequent.

Roserade and Others' Official Name - As we stated a few days ago, Pokemon.com would reveal new official D/P names today, and now they have! Pokemon.com has revealed that Roserade's name is just that... Roserade. It has also confirmed the starter Pokemon names, as well as Buizel and Mantyke's name. More official names should be revealed soon as well!

Additionally, a higher-resolution image from the New York Toy Fair has revealed the following new Pokemon names:

• Bipper - Bidoof
• Korinku - Shinx
• Subomi - Budew
• Fuwarido - Driftblim
• Pinpuku - Happiny
• Scorpi - Skorupi
• Greggle - Croagunk

Turtwig
Type: Grass
Ability: Overgrow
Height: 1'4"
Weight: 22.4 lbs.
PokeDex Entry: Turtwig is a tough Grass-type Pokemon with an earthen shell that hardens when it drinks water. But what happens to the sapling on its head when it evolves?

Chimchar
Type: Fire
Ability: Blaze
Height: 1'8"
Weight: 18.7 lbs.
PokeDex Entry: Chimchar is a nimble Fire-type Pokemon that likes to jump off cliffs and even live on them! Its attacks are pretty tough, too, growing stronger in a pinch.

Piplup
Type: Water
Ability: Torrent
Height: 1'4"
Weight: 11.5 lbs.
Additional Information: Piplup is a proud Water-type Pokemon who won't even accept food from Trainers. It has a soft downy coat, but its Ability, Torrent, means its a tough customer in battle.

Bonsly
Type: Rock
Ability: Rock Head / Sturdy
Height: 1'08"
Weight: 33 lbs.
Additional Information: Bonsly may look like its always crying, but its really just shedding excess moisture. This teary-eyed Pokemon is easier to find in Pokemon Pearl.

Mime Jr.
Type: Psychic
Ability: Soundproof / Filter
Height: 2'00"
Weight: 28.6 lbs.
Additional Information: Mime Jr. loves to mirror the movements of its foe, mesmerizing the opponent so that it cannot look away. You'll find this performer more often in Pokemon Diamond.

Chatot
Type: Normal-Flying
Ability: Keen Eye / Tangled Feet
Height: 1'8"
Weight: 4.2 lbs.

Buizel
Type: Water
Ability: Swift Swim
Height: 2'4"
Weight: 65 lbs.

Mantyke
Type: Water-Flying
Ability: Swift Swim / Water Absorb
Height: 3'3"
Weight: 143.3 lbs.

Roserade
Type: Grass-Poison
Ability: Poison Point/Natural Cure
Height: 2'11"
Weight: 32 lbs.
Additional Information: Roserade may smell sweet, but the poison thorns hidden on its body will take down any foe! Under the right condition a Roselia will evolve into a Roserade.

Pochama's Name Officially Confirmed - Nintendo Power's website has confirmed Pochama's name to be Piplup. On the left menu, click "Current Issue," then "Creature Feature," and the name is shown in the article, along with Turtwig and Chimchar. Thanks to LaprasBoi from our forums for the news!

Quick update since I have a ton of homework (and will have a ton for the rest of the week). I have a great deal of news I wish I could have put up this weekend from the past week (since school took up all my time last week), but I don't have the time to write it now, so I'll write it sometime this week if I have time.

PokeBeach Podcast Intro Episode - We completed the podcast Saturday night, and edited it Sunday. This podcast's purpose was to show that we could do one - an experiment, so to say, where we got a feel of how we would make future ones. We covered extremely general topics, such as the Pokemon movie pros and cons (mostly cons), the English D/P Pokemon names, Diamond and Pearl and Pokemon Battle Revolution, a few questions about Pokemon and PokeBeach, and general D/P TCG comments (with a lot of music!), so this podcast was covering all of "the bases" so that we could set the ground base. Future podcasts will cover specific topics depending on the previous week, and will most likely range from 30 minutes to 45 minutes, not a little over an hour like this one. The podcasts will not be as general as this one either, and we will talk much more in depth about other topics, especially the TCG (we talked completely in general for the TCG portion of the podcast because we were tired and this was only an intro podcast - not an actual episode). To listen to the MP3 of the podcast, [click here]. PokeBeach Podcast Episode 1 will take place this Saturday night, and if you want to sign up to be a call in guest (which means you need a computer microphone, high-speed connection, and Skype), post in this story's news thread.

Official English D/P Names Coming - An official Pokemon source has informed me that Pokemon.com will reveal official English D/P Pokemon names sometime this week. The date is supposed to be on Thursday (February 22nd), but it could be anywhere around that date (like Wednesday or Friday). Can't wait for Pochama's real name (if that is one of the Pokemon names they reveal)!

EDIT: The podcast was completed last night, and should be up later tonighttomorrow sometime soon. I also recorded the newest Pokemon episode on Saturday with Regice, and that too will be available for temporary viewing later tonighttomorrow sometime soon.

PokeBeach will have its very first podcast today. If you want to be a call-in guest, you will need a computer microphone, a program called Skype (plus an account, which is easy to setup and is free), and you will need to be in our chat room around 8:00 PM, PST (California time), for instructions. Call-in guests can ask questions about Pokemon, PokeBeach, or make comments (to generate discussion!).

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Mystery of the Lakes lv.X's - The official Japanese Pokemon website has updated with three pictures of each of the Level X Pokemon in Mystery of the Lakes, which are Electivire lv.X, Lucario lv.X, and Booburn lv.X. You can view the images on this page!