Looong update today. Sorry for the recent lack of updates - I broke my laptop cord, and since it is a "special" type of cord that you can't buy in stores (so that you can pay Toshiba more money if it breaks), I had to order a new one. I have been using my mom's computer, but since I have two other brothers who are in school right now and constantly need it for homework, it's hard to use. College starts in exactly three weeks! :D

Redshark Mysterious Treasures Patch - Redshark now has a Mysterious Treasures patch available for download! To download the patch, [click here], and to read the release notes, [click here]. You simply need to install the download and move any of your deck files from the old Redshark directory into the new one (as detailed in either the release notes or the main Redshark page).

Future GTS Trading Website - The official Pokemon Game website has announced an upcoming Pokemon Global Trade Station (GTS) website that will provide real-time statistics on Pokemon traded around the world via the GTS. Such statistics will include which Pokemon are traded the most, as well as the most common Pokemon traded for in individual countries. The website will not open until "later this year."

The announcement also states that visitors can bookmark their favorite Pokemon and find out if they are "available," including from which countries. This could possibly mean that players can somehow organize a trade through the website (what would be the point in finding out if a Pokemon is available, including where it is available from, but not be able to trade for it?); however, the article itself is vague in describing the main aspects of the future website, and no further details are currently available on any specifics. We will just have to wait and see if the website is more than just Pokemon statistics for satisfying one's curiosity!

Too bad the website didn't open a few months ago. Perhaps if Nintendo saw the sheer amount of trades involving Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, shiny Pokemon, maxed IV'd Pokemon, Starmie with Pressure, Gengar with Wonder Guard, hacked Pokemon in general, etc., they would have done something about all the cheating. I am sure they know about all of the cheating going on, but you would think that by now, they would have the ability to at least block trades involving obviously hacked Pokemon...

"Updated" Diamond and Pearl Tins - Remember those three tins we posted back in July, featuring the regular Torterra, Infernape, and Empoleon cards from the Diamond and Pearl set? Apparently, the cards featured in those tins have now changed, and definitely for the better!

The tins now feature Torterra Lv.X, Infernape Lv.X, and Empoleon Lv.X, each from the Diamond and Pearl set, but with different (and much cooler) artwork! Each of the cards are labeled as Diamond and Pearl (DP) black star promos, numbered DP09 through DP11. The tins will officially be released in about a week for $16.00 each, and will contain four Diamond and Pearl series booster packs, in addition to one of the Lv.X promos. Some stores already have the tins, so check your local store to see if they have any!

Thanks to bretthll, Shukuen Shinobi, and Uzumaki Naruto, we also have pictures of the cards and of the tins. To view the tins, click the thumbnail above and to the right. To view the new Lv.X cards (which, again, are just reprints of the D/P set's, but with different art), click the thumbnails below.

Pokemon Stadium 2 SSBB Stage - The Super Smash Bros. Brawl website has a new update regarding a new Pokemon stage in the game. The stage will, at first, appear like a normal Pokemon Stadium, but as time passes, it will transform into four types of fields - "Electric," "Ground," "Flying," and "Ice," while different Pokemon appear in the background of each type of field (such as Dugtrio appearing on the Rock stage in the ground). The Rock stage will cause a mountain to spring up in the middle of the field, the Flying stage will increase the jumping power of every character, and the Ice stage is going to be extremely slippery, causing characters to slide all over the place. Click the thumbnails below for larger pictures of each stage.

The website includes pictures and descriptions of each of the types of fields, spare one - the electric stage. Wonder why...

Time for a site status update, since there seems to be no Pokemon news at the moment! Luckily for me, my first year of college does not start until September 20-something, so I still have some time to finish the projects I have been working on since before summer started. :D

Chat Room Quiz - Today at 4:00 PM, PSD (California time), we will be conducting a Pokemon quiz in the PokeBeach chat room. If you want to compete with many other PokeBeach members to test your knowledge in the three main Pokemon fields (TCG, Anime, Games), feel free to join in!

Forums - If you have Diamond and Pearl, you should definitely check out our highly active PokeBeach Wi-Fi League. In the League, you can post a "My Player" forum thread containing Pokemon you want to trade and Pokemon you are looking for (instructions). Usually, someone will request to trade with you within a day at the most! You can also setup battles with other people. If you are more of a TCG player / collector, you can check our our Deck Garage forum (for posting decks to be fixed by other members) and Trading Corner (for trading cards). To do anything on our forums, you will have to register first, though!

"Stupid, Time-Consuming Layout" Update - You don't have to read this - it's just an informal "what I have been doing and why the new site layout is not up" update for anyone interested. Remember how I said I was making a new layout almost six or seven months ago, posted a preview of it, and then constantly stated I was working on it? Well, I still am, and that's all I have been doing this entire summer (I have no life anymore).

When I say "layout," I do not exactly mean the layout-layout - I am also referring to the new website content and features, which are actually the aspects of the new site that are keeping the layout from being put-up (if that makes any sense).

The new Modified Card-Dex, which I have only been working on with Meowth346 for what seems like the past year (almost literally), is still not done because it is jam-packed with so many new filtering and searching features (the reason I have not updated the old Card-Dex in months is because I have been working on this). It is essentially the "core" of the new site, since the set scan pages draw from it, the tournament-legal card listings draw from it, and the new "search for a card" feature draws from it. Without "it," the "core" of the site will not exist, and that's no way to open the new site! You can't open a new project with less features than it previously had. When it is done, though, I think every player will find some good use for it - I myself have been using it constantly, even though it's still not complete. We also have another secret project in the works, which is now one month old, but I doubt it will be ready until 2030 or so. :p

During this summer vacation, I have also been experimenting with a content management system (a way to easily post news and content pages through a program that manages everything, rather than making every page individually using pure, cold HTML and coding). With it, posting pages and news will be much easier, and when it comes time to college, "easier" is what I will need. This is also holding me back from getting everything together and up - there is just so much that needs to be done to have it completely ready for me by the end of the summer.

Unfortunately, I start my first year of college in only a few weeks, so I am scrambling to finish everything - the Modified Card-Dex, content pages, working on the new CMS, etc. At this point, I know that everything I wanted to be available by the end of the summer will not be posted in time, so it seems that I will have to add new pages during the school year instead. I honestly, honestly wish I could clone myself to finish everything faster, but I am only one (crazy) person.

Anyways, I plan to have the "core" of the new site up and running by whenever the week before I start college is, even though not everything I planned to have ready will be. Yes, I do not know when I start college - I don't even know what today's date is - all I know is that I have to finish this layout before summer ends!

PokeBeach Strategists Chosen! - After almost two weeks of careful consideration and debate, we have chosen ten new PokeBeach Strategists! If you were chosen, please check your private message inbox on PokeBeach's forums immediately. Congratulations to all!

• Burninating_Torchic
• Dendrobatida
• EspeonShock
• Krucifier
• Muffins
• Red5bv06
• smacktack15
• Teddiursa
• TylerM
• Woody
  

SSBB Pokemon Trainer's Moves - In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Pokemon Trainer character controls three Pokemon, each capable of different attacks (movesets).

A few minutes ago, the official SSBB website revealed some of the attacks for each of Pokemon Trainer's Pokemon. Squirtle can use Waterfall and Withdraw, Ivysaur knows Bullet Seed and Vine Whip, and Charizard can perform Rock Smash and Flamethrower. Each of the Pokemon will have one more Pokemon attack, but the website did not reveal which (anyone want to bet Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon, and Frenzy Plant, and as final smashes for each corresponding Pokemon?).

For details of the attacks and which buttons on the Wiimote activate them, visit the front page of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl website.

Sorry for the lack of updates - I have been working on the new layout and content, as usual (and yes, six months have probably passed since I first started :p). I am sloooow, but I want everything to be perfect. ;)

Mysterious Treasures Theme Decks - Thanks to Shakespeare, we have both theme deck lists for Mysterious Treasures. Since I am re-doing all of the content and don't feel like putting the theme decks on to an "old" type of page that is going to be re-written anyways, I'll just copy and paste them below:

Armor Fortress

• 1 Bastiodon 21/122 (Special Holo)
• 2 Shieldon 63/122
• 2 Totodile 106/122
• 4 Bronzor 74/122
• 4 Doduo 50/122
• 2 Dodrio 46/122
• 4 Spheal 102/122
• 2 Sealo 62/122
• 1 Walrein 39/122
• 1 Mantine 29/122
• 4 Armor Fossil 116/122
• 1 Quick Ball 114/122
• 2 Fossil Excavator 111/122
• 2 Bebe's Search 109/122
• 2 Potion 118/130
• 2 Energy Search 117/130
• 8 Metal Energy (setless)
• 16 Water Energy (setless)
  

Skull Charge

• 1 Rampardos 33/123 (Special Holo)
• 2 Cranidos 43/123
• 4 Geodude 84/123
• 2 Graveler 51/123
• 3 Spinarak 103/123
• 1 Ariados 20/123
• 4 Surskit 104/123
• 2 Masquerain 55/123
• 3 Kricketot 86/123
• 1 Kricketure 27/123
• 4 Skull Fossil 117/123
• 1 Dusk Ball 110/123
• 2 Fossil Excavator 111/123
• 2 Bebe's Search 109/123
• 2 Potion 118/130
• 2 Energy Search 117/130
• 10 Fighting Energy (setless)
• 14 Grass Energy (setless)

Riddle "Translation" - The riddle I posted a few weeks ago was originally a warning that the Japanese were going to play a "secret deck" at Worlds, but in writing the riddle translation and reviewing AIM conversations I conducted with Japanese players, I discovered that Yamato's Empoleon / Infernape deck was almost told to me and I did not realize it. You can read the riddle translation article and explanation by clicking here. It's a long read.

Manaphy TRU Giveaway Update - When you go to Toys R Us on September 29th to receive Manaphy, it will be available via wireless download (Mystery Gift).

Unlike the Mew giveaway last year, which had HUGE lines at some Toys R Us stores due to the manual trading people had to do with employees, obtaining Manaphy should not be too time-consuming or difficult, since everyone can download Manaphy at the same time (there may not even be any lines!).

Although I am not completely sure, downloading Manaphy from a wireless signal at Toys R Us could either allow you to only download one Manaphy or download a few. When downloading surfing Pikachu from Pokemon Battle Revolution, you can only download it once per Diamond and Pearl cartridge per the account you are using in Pokemon Battle Revolution. However, if you try Mystery Gift on another account in PBR to get Pikachu, it will allow you to receive the Mystery Gift again, but only a few times more (through the method of using different accounts). Thus, if the Toys R Us wireless signal is the same throughout the event, you will most likely only be allowed to download one Manaphy per cartridge, but if it alternates, you may be able to download more than one Manaphy. Guess we will have to wait and find out what their plan is!

Your Ponyta for My Psyduck - From Sunday, August 26th to Thursday, August 30th, GAMEFREAK employees Ken Sugimori (artist), Junichi Masuda (director), and Shigeki Morimoto (battle director) will be trading their Japanese Psyduck for your American Ponyta. However, they will only be trading 30 Psyduck each, and thus, chances of making a trade with one of them are very low.

If you want to try anyway, deposit your Ponyta into the Global Trade Station (GTS) during the period of time mentioned above, and request for a Psyduck (with no preference for gender or level). If you are lucky, you may receive a Psyduck from one of them in exchange for your Ponyta, and Psyduck's PokeDex entry will be completely in Japanese text! To check if you receive one of their Psyduck, Ken Sugimori's trainer ID is 38793, Junichi Masuda's is 05458, and Shigeki Morimoto's is 53473.

My vacation is over. :( I'll post the riddle translation tomorrow or the day after for sure.

Manaphy TRU Giveaway - The latest issue of Nintendo Power has confirmed a Toys R Us Manaphy giveaway for the United States, similar to the Mew giveaway last year. Manaphy will be inside a Cherish Ball and holding a Red Scarf, and will be available on September 29th from noon to 3:00 PM at participating Toys R Us stores. More information should be available on the official Pokemon game website and Toys R Us' website within the next month.

If you never played (or finished) Pokemon Ranger, this is a great opportunity to obtain the Seafaring Pokemon, and eventually, the Sea Drifter Pokemon as well!

EDIT on Saturday morning:ALL of the [Mysterious Treasures scans] are now up! Thanks goes to DocRobot for sending us the missing Feraligatr scan! Enjoy, and remember to refresh the page several times or clear your cache if you cannot see the updated page with the Feraligatr link!

Sorry for the downtime yesterday and today - our host was having serious issues with their servers (maybe they spilled water on them). If you experience any downtime or errors today (which is more than likely), try to refresh the page you are on several times. If you go to the forums, make sure to copy your posts before you submit them, since due to the problems with the host, errors are happening everywhere and you may lose your post when submitting it!

ALL Mysterious Treasures Scans - We now have all of the [Mysterious Treasures scans], with a huge thanks going to Leo Orta for sending in the missing images as of our previous update. If the set list does not show links to the newer scans, it is because your browser is showing you an older version of the set list page. Try refreshing the page several times or clearing your cache to solve this problem.

New Lucario Tin - A new Lucario tin will be available in stores on December 3rd, featuring a holographic Lucario Lv.X that is exactly the same as [its Mysterious Treasures counterpart], except that the card features alternate Lucario artwork. The tin will contain the holo Lucario Lv.X card, three Mysterious Treasures booster packs, and one Diamond and Pearl booster pack. In terms of cost, it will most likely range from $20.00 to $25.00, depending on where it is purchased. Click the thumbnail to the right for a larger image of the tin.

PokeBeach Strategists - Do you love helping your friends with building and discussing decks, strategies, and cards? Do you take enjoyment in fiercely debating the pros and cons of single cards, and why certain cards will work and others will not? Are you the local TCG know-it-all who bequeaths his or her knowledge to others on a constant basis, and is always the one yielding advice and help?

If any of the above describes you, perhaps you would like to join our PokeBeach Strategist program, which serves to deliver card reviews to visitors of this site. Working on a team with two other members, a PokeBeach Strategist writes a comprehensive review on a card of choice (such as [this review on Salamence d] or [Tyranitar ex d]), usually only once per week, to cover every aspect of a good (or bad) card. The reviews are then posted on this page (the main page) for thousands of visitors to read. A Strategist reviews a card that will help visitors in various ways, whether it comes to building a deck based around a certain card (or cards), learning the weaknesses and strengths of a card and how it is used in combination with other cards, or perhaps how a card functions in the current metagame.

The workload of a Strategist is not intensive, especially since you are on a team with two other people, reviewing only one card per week (however, it does require you to be dedicated to your job - we do not want anyone reviewing only a few cards, then quitting within a few weeks or months). Currently, we are only accepting twelve people, from which four teams of three people will be formed. We will choose people based on how well they have performed in tournaments, as well as grammar and spelling skills. If you feel you are qualified for the job, including that you will be willing to write a card review article of sizable length every week with your team mates (the job of a Strategist), you can sign up in this forum thread with your tournament record, and anything else you want to tell us about yourself. Thank you to all who try out - we appreciate anyone's help in trying to help others in the TCG community!

Still on vacation. I know I promised the "riddle" translation the other day, but I keep having to edit Mysterious Treasures scans, which takes up a lot of my time. So, I am going to have to wait until after we finish all of them off to post it (which should be either tomorrow or the day after).

Mysterious Treasures Set List and More Scans - The [Mysterious Treasures set list] is now up! Thanks go to BenLugia and DocRobot for helping to fill in some of the missing blanks on the list, and GL Mo for scanning in more cards for us, bringing our total amount of card scans to over 90. ALL of the missing scans will be up by either tomorrow or the day after, so be sure to check back for them!

Next League Season (POP 6 Confirmed) - The next Pokemon League era will feature Diamond and Pearl cities, starting with the Oreburgh City season. Participants will have the opportunity to earn their Coal Badge, POP 6 booster packs, and holographic Fighting energy cards. The Oreburgh City season will start on September 15th and will conclude on October 20th. One can assume that the Eternia City season will start right after (Perhaps with holo Grass energy?). In terms of POP 6, we will bring you more information on what cards are within the promo set within the next few weeks!

Battle Revolution Creators Interview - Pokemon.com has posted an interview with the creators / makers of Pokemon Battle Revolution. The interview gives insight on how the game was made, the ideology behind it, and an extremely interesting question-and-answer session that covers a variety of details related to working on the game over a 10-month span. (Could some of the ideas that were scrapped from PBR, due to time constraints, make it to the next Wii game for Pokemon? Hmmm...).

There is a ton of news today (or, rather, at 12:30 AM on Monday morning)! If you have not been here since four hours ago, please read the previous update.

More Mysterious Treasures Scans - Thanks to Torterra Chips and Crazy Weavile, we have 31 more Mysterious Treasures scans, bringing our total to 76 (look two news stories down for our first batch of scans). Click the thumbnails below for larger images, and hover over the left or right of the window that pops up, clicking "Next" or "Previous" to scroll through the scans like a slide show. If you have any cards that we do not have, we would appreciate it if you could scan them in to your computer at 300 DPI and send them to wpmpb@pokebeach.com. I did not have time to make a set list yet, but when I have the chance to, I will!

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Pokemon Trainer Character in SSBB - If Super Smash Brothers Brawl wasn't awesome before, this has to take the cake - could this game honestly be anymore detailed or jam-packed? Masahiro Sakurai just updated the Super Smash Brothers Brawl website with two Pokemon updates, highlighting the new "Pokemon Trainer" character, who is an actual playable character in the game. However, since we all know Pokemon players do not actually participate in Pokemon battles in the games (as in, physically fighting alongside their Pokemon), the same will apply for this character in SSBB - he will use either Squirtle, Ivysaur, or Charizard to battle in the rounds against other Nintendo characters, as he sits in the background (lazy human). The trainer can change between the three Pokemon by using the Down + B Special, causing the Pokemon to rotate in this order: Squirtle, Ivysaur, and then Charizard, which all have their own movesets that can be used against other characters. The three Pokemon share the same damage meter as well, so switching out does not remove damage when playing during a round. The Pokemon also have a special stat called "stamina," which has negative effects (currently unknown) if the trainer keeps them in battle too long or they are switched out too frequently (a Pokemon trainer needs to know when to switch our their Pokemon, so this stat will keep the Pokemon trainer experience in-check). Pictures of the above descriptions can be seen below (click for larger images).

And now for the news stories I wanted to post the other day...

Mystery Dungeon 2 Commercial - The sequels to the first Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, Time Expedition and Darkness Expedition, now have a commercial running in Japan to advertise their September 13th launch. Click the play button below to watch the commercial. In case you do not know about the two games, allow me to quote our May 13th news story: "The two games will be different from the previous Mystery Dungeon series in that the player must join a guild to train and become more powerful, with the guild leader being Wigglytuff, and its right-hand Pokemon being Chatot. This time around, however, the purpose of the games will be to explore and find treasure, rather than to rescue, as with the previous Mystery Dungeon games. The player will also be able to choose their character from either Munchlax, Pikachu, Piplup, Chimchar, Turtwig, as well as 11 other Pokemon not yet known."