It has been announced that Japan will get its sixth Pokémon Center and it will open in the city of Sapporo on March 6.
Japan currently has five Pokémon Centers (aka a Pokémon fan’s utopia). Each store sells lots of Pokémon merchandise, including many exclusive products. Click the link below for more info… in Japanese.
In my weekly search for Pokémon on Kotaku, I found out about these pieces of Japanese transportation transformed into something much cooler.
These are regular, every-day commuter trains painted by famous artists to liven up the daily grind. In addition to the snazzy Pika-choo-choos (click the links to see a second one), there are many other anime and pop-culture icons plastered on the transports, including Doraemon, Spiderman and One Piece (my personal favorite). It appears that some of the trains even have appropriately decorated interiors as well.
You can find a complete gallery of the pictures at Pink Tentacle.
[Pink Tentacle] [Kotaku]
Prepare yourself to learn about more super-cool merchandise that will likely never come to the USA or Europe. Ready? OK! Pokémon Center stores in Japan have announced a new line of merchandise involving Eevee and all of its evolution called “Eievui.” The line includes T-shirts, plushies, candy, stationary and more.
In promotion of the new merchandise, the stores will also be giving away Eevees to owners of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum from December 6th to January 12th. According to pokemon.co.jp, trainers who evolve this event Eevee by January 31st will be eligible for another gift from the Pokémon Center stores.
By KC
Pogs have made a comeback…sort of. Don’t worry, this is more than just some slammers with Pikachu’s face on it. Pokémon Battrio (Battle Trio) is a coin-op game—found in arcades, toy stores and shopping malls across Japan—that has become the latest hit for the series.
First released on April 11 of this year, Pokémon Battrio cost about 100 yen (about $1) to play. For that price, players get a pog-like disk with a pokémon’s picture and stats labeled on it. Players can then place up to three of their disks on a special grid that scans information stored inside them. The pokémon, as well as the formation the player placed them, is then transferred onto the game screen. The game lets players compete against the computer or a human opponent in battles that last approximately five minutes.
The rules are only in Japanese so far, but from the few English accounts we can gather, the position players place their team in can grant them certain bonuses, such as attack and defense boosts. Players can also give their team a bonus by using specific type combinations. more…
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