By Jeremy Sheer
Since 1999, Pokémon movies have made fans storm the theaters and search for the adventures of Ash Ketchum and his friends on DVD.
The newest entry in the series, Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai made its world premiere on Cartoon Network February 24, at 7 p.m. EST after debuting in Japanese theaters on July 17, 2007.
As with previous Pokémon movies, one can expect lots of action, special FX, and good story and The Rise of Darkrai doesn’t disappoint. The story starts out with Ash, Brock, and Dawn continuing their adventures with their Pokémon. They travel to a place called Allamo Town, which is filled with wonder, peace, and many Pokémon battles. But our heroes find themselves in the middle of a Battle between three powerful new Pokémon. The mysterious Darkrai, Dialga, and Palkia These Pokémon make their animated debuts in this movie). When their fight within another dimension threatens the entire town, three new characters named Alberto, Tonio, and Alice, come to aid Ash and his friends help save the day. more…
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.
