News Archive - September 2004

Next month at the Pokemon Rocks America events, Nintendo will be given out Aurora Tickets for your FireRed/LeafGreen versions! With the Aurora Ticket, you can now go to Birth Island to catch Deoxys. More on this when I get more information.

Also, the winner of the recent contest has been chosen. Jason Chui, a fellow Pokemon fan, will be getting a Game Boy Advance SP and the two Pokemon video paks!

The Pokemon GBA Video Contest is over! A total of over 90 people have entered the contest. Many were deleted either due to incomplete or untruthful information or double submissions. For all those people who've entered the contest, please check your e-mail. Five lucky people were randomly chosen for a chance to get the prizes, and were e-mailed with information on how to proceed. The e-mail is titled "PokeDream.com's Contest: You've Been Chosen!". If you see that e-mail, open it up immediately and follow the directions. I will soon be announcing the winner...

Today, I've done quite a few things to improve Pokemon Dream. I have recoded the entire Pokemon Picture Archive in PHP, and will soon be adding many new pages filled with images soon. I've taken out a pop-up code on the main pages, so expect few to none pop-ups on the main pages.

Also, thanks to strawhat, Pokemon Dream now has a FireRed/LeafGreen: Changes FAQ. This will tell you what's so special about Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, and how it differs from previous games. I'm still waiting for someone to send in some Pokemon Emerald info...

Tomorrow, Toy "R" Us stores around the US are holding the Pokemon Battle & Trade Day. This is a special event where trainers with Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen can go to in order to trade and battle, and also to get a demo of EX FireRed/LeafGreen. The event will start at 9:30 AM and end at 11:30 AM. If you are one of the first 50 people to show up, you'll receive a FireRed/LeafGreen poster!

The exclusive video clips from the two new Pokemon GBA Video Paks are up! Click here to download and watch them. Remember, sign up for the contest by September 28th for FREE to win a GBA SP and the two new video paks! Over 50 people have already entered! Due to this, I've decided to make winning a tiny bit easier by randomly selecting five lucky people and e-mailing them; the winner will be the one to reply first.

On September 27th, two new Pokemon GBA Video Paks will be released in the U.S. The first video pak contains the two episodes Pokemon I Choose You! and Here Comes the Squirtle Squad. The second video pak contains Beach Blank-out Blastoise and Go West Young Meowth.

Pokemon Dream and Nintendo have teamed up to give away a Game Boy Advance SP and the two video paks to one lucky winner. I have also been provided with exclusive video clips from each of the episodes (to be up soon). For more information, click here.

Yes! For all Aussie's out there, FireRed and LeafGreen are available! At K-mart, you can buy either for $59.95 (introductory price, normally $69.95. Offer expires Thursday 29th September 2004). Or buy it at the standard price of $69.99. Other places like Target and Big-W may sell it at a lower price.

Remember, Pokemon Dream is the place for FireRed and LeafGreen walkthroughs!

Pokemon Emerald, as many of you know, was released on September 16th in Japan, along with several other games. On its first day of release, Pokemon Emerald sold a whopping 372,000 copies, more than any other game released on that day. That just shows how great Pokemon is, and especially Pokemon Emerald.

Also, many of you probably would like some Emerald info. I will be trying to get a hold of some data and pictures to ensure that those Pokemon fans who got a hold of Emerald can play their game nice and happily.

The Nintendo DS, the new handheld game system with two screens, has been set for release on November 14th. That's right, in less than two months, the $149.82 (MSRP) Nintendo DS can be in your hands. Wal-Mart has a page for this new game system for those who want to pre-order it. Check it out here

In site news, I have completed the PokeDex. After a long time of working on it, it's finally done. Now I suppose I can begin adding some Pokemon Emerald info.

It has been confirmed that the Gold and Silver starters (Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile) can be obtained through Pokemon Emerald without cheating or any help from Nintendo. Pokemon Emerald has only been released for a few days, and those folks who took time to go through the entire game (not me, since I had FireRed to play) found out quite a bit about it. Pokemon Emerald is a wonderful third-edition to Ruby/Sapphire, and contains many new things, including the ability to obtain the Johto starters.

After catching all the Hoenn Pokemon in Pokemon Emerald, Professor Birch will let you choose one of three Gold/Silver starters. This is bad news for those who are hoping for a Gold/Silver remake, since this bit of news simply destroys all hope. But even though there won't be a Gold/Silver remake, we can always look forward to the fourth generation games!

Now for some site news. Yesterday, September 18th, was truly a spectacular day. Pokemon Dream had received over 6,300 unique visitors! I wouldn't even have dreamed about it, since the record to break was a bit over 4,400. I never expected to get so many visitors, but we did, and that's a great thing. I hope that today will be even better.

Today I've made a huge update to the Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen Walkthrough which is about 95% done. All the Sevii Islands are completely covered. The only thing missing right now is the guide for the Unknown Dungeon and the Naval and Birth Islands. These will be completed as soon as possible. Also, I've typed up a FireRed/LeafGreen Review, discussing my opinions on these new games.

Availble now, in Australia, GBA SP's are now priced at $149.95!That's a whopping $50 off! To those who don't know, the GBA SP is available in (colours) Silver (Platinum), Black (Onyx) and Blue(Cobalt).

So now the hottest portable video game system in gaming history is getting the best price for the upcoming holidays and Christmas!

Yes, for those who can't be online all the time (^_^), Prima has now released their guide internationally for Poke-fans. Expect to pay $14.99 in the US, $21.95 in Canada, and £12.99 in the U.K. . It dosen't say about in Australia, unfortunately, for all Australians out there, but expect to pay the usual price of approximately $24.95 AU. Prima says that their book has (quote):

Extensive strategy for new and veteran Pokemaniacs
Massive walkthrough with stats on every enemy
Exclusive maps to help you navigate each area
Detailed battle tactics for dominating your Pokemon® Ruby & Sapphire—playing friends!
Essential PokéDex, featuring stats and how to catch
Exclusive tactics on breeding the Pokemon in your collection!

You can buy the book online at: http://www.primagames.com/strategy/book/6922/
or buy it in your local Nintendo outlet in the GBA section!

The day us Australian Pokémon fans is just over a week away. As of September 23, we will be able to purchase pokémon Fire Red and Pokemon leaf green from our friendly retailers. Prices are recommended for 69.95, however if you get into your local Toys'r'us you can pick up either version for 59.99 ^_^ also if you pre-order your copy through toys'r'us you will receive a pokémon pouch.

Suprised? This is Pokemon Dream's new layout, after having the old one for only more than a month. Why was that layout taken off? Well, I've been getting quite a lot of complaints from many visitors either saying that the old colors hurt their eyes or the words were too hard to read. Thus, I decided to make a new layout that's more eyeball friendly. As you can see, this new layout is based on FireRed and LeafGreen. I hope you enjoy it!

Due to the recent release of Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen, Pokemon Dream's unique visitor count has shot over 4,000 for the second time ever. Today was an amazing day with tons of updates, and at one time when over 50 visitors were online. I have played Pokemon FireRed all day, and have added Pokemon locations to most of the pages in the walkthrough. I have also added a World Map and Help Features to the Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen section. In addition to that, I have added a new game to the Arcade, Skateboard Pikachu. May visitors continue to rise!

After watching the premier of Pokemon Advanced Challenge on Kids' WB, I have typed up the lyrics of the theme song, which can be found on the Main Lyrics page.

In addition to that, I have continued to play my Pokemon FireRed, and am continuing to update the walkthrough. That's all for now.

Hi, sorry, I haven't posted for a while, I had a music exam end etc.

Tomorrow, in the US, Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green is to be released! Officially, that is, as NY pokemon center has had it for a while. Also, check pokemon.com for all the cool images of the release at NY PC (that's New York Pokemon Center, to those who are wondering!).

For the past few days, I have been playing the English version of Pokemon FireRed and rewriting the walkthrough to match the English version. PD's Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen Walkthrough now has the only high quality and original screenshots from the English games. I will continue to train my Pokemon and rewrite the walkthrough, in addition to recoding the PokeDex. Whew!

The Emerald section at the Nintendo Japan website has been updated with new info and screens. The new areas of the site take a look at the Battle Frontier and a look at an updated Gym. Pokemon Emeral will be released in Japan soon. We'll keep you updated with the latest Emerald news and info.

Check it out: http://c.nintendo-news.com/email_domains/nio/1052/hosted/nio_1052_hosted.html

Many updates today. On the main page, as you can see, there is a poll regarding FireRed/LeafGreen, a topic that is currently most viewed by visitors. I've also added a border around the whole page and made text a bit darker, thanks to suggestions from our newest news poster, Kylej. Also, I've added a Pokemon Advanced Challenge page in the Episode Guide. Advanced Challenge is the new season of Pokemon, scheduled to air on September the 11th.

Currently, I haven't been able to get new episode guides from Audrey. This could mean no episode guides for quite a while. Hopefully, I'll figure out a way to get new guides soon.

It's a new month, and school has probably started (or will start soon) for most Pokemon fans. That maybe means a decline of visitors to the site. Currently, Google has not indexed most of PD, and when Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen comes out, that could mean disaster. We currently have the BEST Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen Walkthrough, but if no one can find it on Google in a few days, then PD will be losing a lot of visitors, and the visitors will be missing out on a lot of the best details. So please help us out, and tell all fellow Pokemaniacs to come to PD, because after all, this is the only place to be.

IGN has released a very in-depth preview of both FireRed and Leafgreen, complete with box photos, cartridge pictures, and more.

Check it out: http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/543/543438p1.html