News Archive - October 2004

Released last month, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen sold very well according to video game sales charts. In fact, in September, Pokemon FireRed was the best selling video game of the month while Pokemon LeafGreen came in third place. They sold 684,283 and 556,065 copies in September, respectively.

In other good news, Tsunekazu Ishihara, president of Creatures Inc., has confirmed Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl to be the true successors of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. These games will be on the Nintendo DS, the dual-screened, hand-held video game system to be released in North America very soon next month.

Thanks to ButtonBasher, who wrote our Move Tutor Guide, Pokemon Dream now has an Attack Guide. This is a complete list of all the Pokemon attacks in all the Pokemon attacks, organized in a very nice way and made beautifully. Not all the attacks are completely up, and not all links work correctly in the guide, but everything will work out perfectly soon. Once again, thanks to ButtonBasher!

The English title of the 7th Pokemon movie has been revealed - Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys. This movie is based on Deoxys, the DNA Pokemon. It also features a fourth generation Pokemon, Munchlax (Japanese name, Gonbe), the pre-evolution of Snorlax. This Pokemon will also be seen in Pokemon Dash (see last news post). Once again, thanks to Silver Lugia for this information.

Thanks to Silver Lugia, I finally have some news. Three new Pokemon games for the Nintendo DS have been announced! The first game is called Pokemon Dash, a Pokemon racing game where you control the Pokemon with the stylus. A screenshot is found on the left. This game is set for release in Japan on December 2, 2004.

In addition, two Pokemon RPGs, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl were announced. However, no additional information or images was released. These are, in fact, real games that will be released, not to be confused with the fake Pokemon Diamonds a few years ago. More information when I get it.

Since their release on the 7th of last month, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen have sold over 1 million copies! The two games have also recently been released in the UK, and will definitely sell well also. If you haven't bought your copy, you can do so online right here for only $29.99!

I have some more information on the Pokemon Rocks America events, where Nintendo will be giving away Aurora Tickets for those who want to catch Deoxys. The events will be held in three cities on three different dates, each event goes from 10 AM to 4 PM. Here are the dates and locations that the events will be held at:

Atlanta
Saturday, October 9th
Lenox Square

Minneapolis
Saturday, October 16th
Mall of America

Seattle
Saturday, October 23rd
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall