Today I will be studying for AP/IB Bio, which takes place on Monday and Tuesday, but I will be working on scans later tonight. If anyone can provide any other scans from their D/P pre-releases, please tell us in this thread (so that others do not scan the same cards), scan them at 300 DPI, and send them to wpmpb@pokebeach.com. You can see what cards we are missing by viewing the [Diamond and Pearl set list / scan page]. Also, we want to make sure that the card quality is higher this time around than what we have accepted for other pre-release cards in the past, so if you have a scanner that make the cards look distorted (such as scan lines on the cards or discoloration), you do not have to go through the trouble. ^_^; Thank you to anyone who helps out - you will be credited on the main page if your scans are good-quality!
A huge surprise (unrelated to the Modified Card-Dex) will be coming to PokeBeach within the next few weeks! Look forward to it - it's something completely unexpected that will replace something extremely popular.
Diamond and Pearl Set List, Info - Today I spent seven hours in testing (with six hand-written essays and 55 multiple choice questions over the course of an AP and IB exam), only to come home to an e-mail from a classmate telling me that there is a "group" project due tomorrow that I have to work on tonight - what a "fun" day! So, I only have time to post the set list tonight, which you can view by [clicking here]. The set list is also now accessible from the right menu, so you do not have to go searching for this news story in the future to find the link. We also have discovered that the Diamond and Pearl booster packs, which contain 10 cards now instead of 9, have an extra uncommon card as the additional card. The distribution of packs is now as follows: 5 common cards, 3 uncommon, 1 rare (or holo card), and 1 reverse holo. More scans will be posted when I have extra time!
Testsss....... 7... more... dayzzzzz... In the meantime, "The Wi-Fi League is booming, so now its even easier to find people in real-time to battle or trade. Don't forget the normal forums for the discussion of everything else involving Diamond and Pearl, which is also popular." :p
D/P Scans and Info - We have exclusive pre-pre-release scans of Diamond and Pearl, the next TCG set! If you want to participate in a pre-release to play with these cards and own them, you should search for one near you and read what pre-releases are all about. This would be the PERFECT time to get back into the TCG if you have not played in a while, and it is also a good time to force your friends or family to play the game as well. You get to keep your cards, build a 40-card deck, meet other Pokemon fans, and have a fun time playing the game in a tournament (some pre-releases even have other side-events, and since D/P is out for the DS now, some may even have D/P DS tournaments). Pre-releases take place this weekend and next weekend, so attend one if you can! Also note that the TCG now has a few new rules with this new Diamond and Pearl set, which you should learn, understand, and memorize before you attend a pre-release. If you need any help with the new rules, feel free to post on our forums.
As for other items you receive at the pre-releases, everyone will be given 60 card sleeves, featuring Lucario (pictured right - click for larger image). Since these are available at pre-releases, they are probably legal for other Pokemon Organized Play tournaments in the future, although this is not confirmed for sure, yet. The pre-release card you receive for this set is Luxio, the evolved form of Shinx. The reverse holos in this set are like the old EX Ruby and Sapphire reverse holos - everything is holo, other than the picture. Also, is it just me, or are the name fonts, the placement of text (Dusknoir), and the enlarged PokePower and PokeBody fonts (Dusknoir, Rhyperior, etc.) incredibly annoying to look at? It seems like 1st edition Neo Genesis all over again.
Since I have two tests tomorrow, I did not have time to edit the scans to look "purty," so they are only edited for size (some scans look "squished" because I did not edit them, like Elekible - the card's font in real life is not like that). Click the thumbnails below to view! You only need to click one image to view all of the scans - just hover over the right side of the image after it has loaded, and click "Next" to scroll through the remaining scans. If the picture viewer makes your life difficult, you can right-click the thumbnails and open the links of the images. We will have more scans and the full set list tomorrow (which I do not have time to put up tonight), so be sure to check back!
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If you want to discuss this set, post in this thread on our forums.
So even though I have tests, a partially broken website, and a headache, I decided twenty minutes ago that I was bored. In doing so, I made a phenomenal discovery.
- After establishing that I was going to be receiving Diamond and Pearl TCG scans later this week, I decided to go work on [my new, updated layout] (still a work-in-progress) for a minute or two.
- When I added in a new section to the top-link bar on the new layout, "Wi-Fi League," I decided it was time to show the layout to my forum members, who could comment on it. So, I posted this thread on our forums, asking for opinions on it.
- I then decided to go on AIM and ask a classmate about our AP Gov test tomorrow, so I was distracted for a few moments from Pokemon.
- When refreshing my forums, there was a new post in the thread I had just posted, so I visited the thread, read the post, and went back to working on the layout.
- In working on the layout, I became bored again, so while randomly scrolling down on the page, I clicked "[Old News Archives]" in the left menu and began reading old news I posted years ago.
- Okay, I'm bored again, especially with having to read all of that light blue background behind black text that was burning my eyes.
- Hey, let's go to the newer old news archives, which are the numbers down on the bottom of the main page! In doing this, I came across the April Fools joke I made two years ago about the Pokemon named "Chance." I thought of how funny it was and how some people believed it.
- Again, I became bored. So then, I just rolled back in my chair and started thinking about my tests. Then my mind drifted to the Pokemon, Giratina, and how I thought it was scary, since I associate it with testing time (don't ask why).
- Hey! People made April Fools jokes this year, too. One was about a "Pokemon Opal," which featured Giratina.
- After thinking about this, I randomly and suddenly typed "PokemonOpal.com" into Firefox.
Say what?!?! PokemonOpal.com actually exists?!?! And what's more - it actually redirects to Nintendo.com, the distributors of the Pokemon games?
Wow, could this actually be reserved by Nintendo because a fourth generation game, Pokemon Opal, is coming out in the future, and they don't want anyone taking the domain name? Just to be sure, let's check out who "PokemonOpal.com" is registered to.
Registrant:
Nintendo of America Inc.
4820 150th Ave NE
Redmond, WA 98052
US
Domain name: POKEMONOPAL.COM
So there you have it, folks. Could this be the next Pokemon game, since there is already a website reserved for it? Only time will tell - this does not mean it is "for sure," so don't take it as fact just yet, or as proof that Pokemon Opal is the next game. Nintendo could just be reserving anything Pokemon-related, although this is very coincidental and suspicious.
EDIT: In doing further research, it appears that PokemonTopaz.com and PokemonAmythest.com are also registered. These two names, along with Opal, were registered in October of 2002, meaning that Opal being the next game holds much less merit due to the year it was registered. This might just mean that these COULD be future Pokemon game NAMES that Nintendo wanted to reserve in case they ever used them. A while back, when FireRed and LeafGreen were released, Pokemon "Water Blue," or something similar to that name was discovered registered in a Japanese trademark database, but that game or name never came to be. Still, even though this seems now to be disproved, it's interesting that Nintendo would go out of their way to reserve those website domains.
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Okay, now back to studying for AP Gov and IB Math tomorrow. I am going to bomb IB Math. :D
EDIT: This is the latest message from Dreamhost: "It appears that your web server has also been the victim of a few networking issues (in addition to a dramatic increase in visitors). Should these problems persist, let us know and I will check into transferring your account to a different server." I "let them know" and asked them to move the site, so hopefully, this problem will be fixed soon. ;)
Sorry about the server craziness. Our host and the amount of visitors trying to access this site broke it, so our host is working on fixing the problem. In the mean time, if you refresh any page multiple times, the site will work!
EDIT: Added D/P Blister pack news story (the first news story).
Ahhh! My first IB test is Thursday, and it involves analyzing a poem or prose passage! Worst part is, I can only study for it by reading other poems and prose passages to gain experience, and I suck with both! Ahhh! My English teacher also threatened to kill me today if I did anything Pokemon-related during these exams, so I am updating my website in high hopes. Just kidding. ;) On a lighter note, PokeBeach will be having at least two surprises before summer, although one is, as of now, "not-for-sure." I'll call the first one "Project Arena" and the second one "Project DP." Although the Modified Card-Dex still has not been upgraded, as I have promised constantly for the past few months, it will be sometime soon, with new features. Can't wait!
On two final notes, our Diamond and Pearl Wi-Fi League still exists (yes, I will continue to harass everyone about it), and is a very huge success, so if you want to see what it is all about, you can read this thread, then join our forums if you want to be apart of the League. Also, although I posted a few days ago that I have added transparent Diamond and Pearl Ken Sugimori images, people seemed to have, for some odd reason, missed the update, sending me e-mails asking me when I am going to put them up. Well, they are up! You can view our Ken Sugimori gallery by [clicking here]. To view the Diamond and Pearl images, click "Pokemon Images," and go to the fourth column for all released and transparent Diamond and Pearl images!
Diamond and Pearl Blister Package - A new blister package will be released in June, featuring two Diamond and Pearl booster packs, an EX Power Keepers pack, a Palkia coin, and a Chimchar promo (it is unknown if this card will be holographic). The blister pack will go for around $14.00, and you can view a larger image of the packaging by clicking the picture to the right.
New Diamond and Pearl TCG Rules - Over the weekend, the official Pokemon TCG website updated with new TCG rules that will go into affect when the first [Diamond and Pearl] set is released this month. This is similar to when EX Ruby and Sapphire was released four years ago, and Pokemon Organized Play made new rules, such as that only one Pokemon can be retreated during a turn and you cannot draw a card on your first turn (wow, FOUR years already?). You can view the new rules by clicking here. It is highly suggested that if you play the game, you learn the new rules for when the set is released.
Arceus, the Alpha Pokemon - Many people have been wondering what Arceus looks like, since the only pictures that are available of it are its [in-game sprites], which are not very detailed. Thanks to a few hackers, two pictures of Arceus have been posted on the internet, each from Pokemon Battle Revolution (the Ken Sugimori image probably will not be released for a while, since Arceus is not legally obtainable at the moment). Click the thumbnails below for larger images.
Sources of images: Game Radar, PokePoek
Old Movie Trailers - In celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pokemon and Pokemon's past, the official Japanese movie website has posted old movie trailers from movies one through eight. All of the trailers contain scenes that were made only for the trailers, and were not included in the actual movie. It is also worth mentioning that these were not the only trailers made for each movie - each Pokemon movie has at least three different trailers made for them over time, with each trailer being released as the movie comes closer to completion (we already have two trailers for the 10th Pokemon movie, Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai, and there is bound to be at least one more before it is released in July in Japan). The trailers on the website appear to be the second trailers released for each movie, not the first or the last, so there are scenes that were made for the movies in them, and scenes that were not. To view each trailer, click the links below.
1: Mewtwo Strikes Back
2: Revelation Lugia
3: Lord of the Unknown Tower
4: Celebi, a Timeless Encounter
5: The Water Guardians of Altomare
6: Wishing Star of Seven Nights
7: Visitor of the Space Fissure, Deoxys
8: Mew and the Aura-Guiding Hero, Lucario
Funny how Ash is always screaming "Pikachuuuu!!!!!," Pikachu is falling, or Pikachu is crying. Such drama.
A New Affiliate! - I usually refuse to affiliate with other websites, since I do not believe in affiliation (that's another story), but I came across a new website that reminds me of Meowth346's old Pokemon Forever. The webmaster is making a sincere effort to present Diamond and Pearl in-game data, and has already created an IV Calculator and downloadables to help people with Diamond and Pearl. I contacted him over the weekend to affiliate, since he reminds me of both myself when I was first starting my website and Meowth346 with his in-game data, so here we are! His website is MetalKid's Gaming Resources. It looks like it will become a promising Pokemon game website.
*goes back to studying*
If you have Diamond and / or Pearl and have not joined our Diamond and Pearl Wi-Fi League, you are officially missing out.
I am now entering study mode, which means I will have less time for this website until around May 23rd (I will get in an update whenever I can, although they will not be as frequent). Since people keep e-mailing and PMing me with "WHY YOU NOT UPDATEEEEEE?!?!" and "OMGGG!!! Where is the news?!?!" I have produced my schedule below for the next four weeks in the hopes that you all understand why I need to focus on studying, even though I am pretty sure I have alluded to this time period over the past month or two in my updates. I only have one period of time in which I can earn my IB Diploma and test well to receive it, plus all of the extra AP junk I have devoted myself to, so I must spend my time in books rather than here for now. Afterwards, I will have a free 3.5 months (excluding vacations) to work on this site and make it even better.
===THIS WEEKEND===
Thursday, May 3th - IB English (12:00-2:30)
Friday, May 4th - IB English (8:00-10:30)
===NEXT WEEKEND===
Monday, May 7th - AP Gov (8:00-11:00)
Monday, May 7th - IB Math (12:00-2:00)
Tuesday, May 8th - IB Math (8:00-10:00)
Wednesday, May 9th - IB History (12:00-3:30)
Thursday, May 10th - AP English (7:30-11:00)
Thursday, May 10th - IB History (12:00-3:00)
===WEEKEND===
Monday, May 14th - AP Bio (7:30-11:00)
Monday, May 14th - IB Bio (12:00-3:45)
Tuesday, May 15th - IB Bio (8:30-10:45)
===WEEKEND===
Wednesday, May 23rd - IB Spanish (12:30-3:30)
At 3:30 on May 23rd, my year will basically be over, since I will have only three finals and a few weeks of school left (if you take AP/IB tests at my school, you don't usually have to take a final for that class). On that day, I will bolt to Target and get Diamond and / or Pearl, which is my ultimate goal for this month!
The fourth generation is officially released today! And people say Pokemon is dead...
Join the PokeBeach D/P Wi-Fi League - Our forums have been re-designed to celebrate Diamond and Pearl, and if you went to the store this morning to get your copy of one or both of the games, you should join our Wi-Fi League on our forums along with many other players! In our Wi-Fi League, you can negotiate trading of both items and Pokemon in your very own "My Player" thread, setup tournaments, and battle others instantly by making a thread every time you want to start a battle (with your own rules and without the clutter of a dozen or so people talking in a chat room all at once)! The advantage to joining our League is that you can search through other player threads to find Pokemon you want, or you can specify Pokemon you are looking for, since the Global Trade Station within the two games only allows you to trade Pokemon you yourself have encountered in the wild or Pokemon that you own (for example, if you have not come across a Darkrai in D/P, but you want one, you cannot trade for one with the GTS). It is also much easier to find shiny Pokemon, since many players have posted what shiny Pokemon they have. You can also specify how you want to battle beforehand, plus search for people to battle with! It is extremely easy to join this league and to make your own thread (or topic) - it literally will take you under three minutes, so what are you waiting for? To get started, register on our forums (if you are not already a member), read this thread, and you will be up and running within minutes!
Ken Sugimori Diamond and Pearl Images - It has taken me about two weeks, but I finally finished making all of the Ken Sugimori Diamond and Pearl Pokemon images transparent. The only two Pokemon missing are Shaymin and Arceus, since those two images have not officially been released yet. You can view all of the Diamond and Pearl Pokemon images, along with all of the official English names, by visiting our Ken Sugimori Pokemon page (the old, large images that were not transparent have been removed for now). Please note that these images are for private use only (such as in your signatures and avatars, your own self-created images, etc.), so please do not steal them for your own website or web page and place them in a gallery such as the one above or on your pages, since they took me several weeks to work on (however, feel free to make your own). If you do use them, please be sure to provide credit to us. Thank you! Next, I will be working on the shiny versions of each of them, so stay tuned!
Diamond and Pearl Episodes for Viewing - If you missed the three Diamond and Pearl episodes that aired as a movie together on Cartoon Network this past Friday, you can now watch them here temporarily! You can view them by [clicking here]. All three episodes are together, and since I started to record them about 30 seconds after the whole thing started to air, I missed the entire intro song. However, someone has posted it on YouTube, so you can watch it here. The episodes will be taken down within the next few days, so watch them while you can!
A very quick update!
New "Dialga vs. Palka vs. Darkrai" Trailer - The official Japanese Pokemon movie website has updated with a new trailer for the 10th Pokemon movie, Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai. The entire first half of the trailer contains scenes from the first trailer, but there are now new scenes featuring Darkrai, the characters of the movie, and Ash riding a Pidgeot (hmmm...). To view the trailer page, you can click here.
Pokemon D/P Airs Tonight - Cartoon Network will be airing the first three episodes of Diamond and Pearl tonight at 8:00 PM, where we will finally hear Dawn's dub voice and watch Diamond and Pearl in America for the first time! If I have not fallen asleep after coming home from school, I will record the episodes and post them later for a temporary time to view, in case anyone misses them. Remember, Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS come out on Sunday, and if you buy them, be sure to check out PokeBeach's Wi-Fi League, where you can arrange trades, battles, and tournaments for Diamond and Pearl!
