Pokemon.com has announced a special downloadable Darkrai mission for Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. American and European Rangers can download it through Nintendo’s Wi-Fi service from December 1st through January 31st. The “Liberate the Tower” mission will not be playable until the end of the game is reached. Once completed, the Darkrai is transferrable to either Pokémon Diamond or Pearl.
To download the special mission, go to “Ranger Net” from the main menu and connect via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Once transferred, the Darkrai is at level 50 complete with the move “Dark Void,” which it cannot normally learn until level 66.
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By Justin V.
The time has come! After many months of anxious anticipation and patient waiting, the legendary pokémon Darkrai will finally be available to the general public! On May 31st (Saturday) and June 1st (Sunday), every participating Toys R Us will be handing out “Inn Keys” that will help you unlock the highly desired Darkrai in-game. From Noon to 4 pm, Toys R Us will be handing out these “Inn Keys” in order to promote the release of the newest Pokémon DVD on May 27th: The Rise of Darkrai.
Darkrai is a purely Dark-Type pokémon that has a particularly high stats in Special Attack and Speed. His special ability is “Bad Dreams,” constantly reduces a sleeping opponent’s HP. This ability compliments his signature technique: “Dark Void”, which has 80% accuracy (10% higher than Hypnosis), and automatically puts every opposing pokémon to sleep.
So, for all you virtuous non-hackers out there, you can finally get your hands on this master of nightmares!
By Jowy
On January 29th, Nintendo has officially revealed pokémon #491, Darkrai to the US. For the past few weeks, we’ve been teased with this pokémon’s silhouette on the front page of Pokemon.com, but its mystifying appearance has finally been exposed to the public for all to see.
Akin to the launch of Manaphy and the 9th Pokémon movie, Nintendo has created a website dedicated to this frightful pokémon (appropriately named darkrai.com). Although the site does not yet provide a way to get your own Darkrai, it does display a gallery of his various appearances through in-game screenshots and movie stills, as well as card scans from the upcoming “Great Encounters” TCG expansion set.
To coincide with the sudden surge of Darkrai information, Cartoon Network had finally announced the official name of the new movie: “The Rise of Darkrai”. They will be airing the movie “months before it plays in theaters” on February 24th at 7pm EST. “The Rise of Darkrai” will be released straight to DVD.
Hopefully, all this Darkrai media would lead to the eventual release of this highly sought-after pokémon.
