Oct
28

Our Man in Japan – 1

by the Pocket World team

Our Man in Japan - 1From his secret base in Tokyo, our nifty ninja brings you all the latest Pokémon happenings from the Land of the Rising Sun!

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Movie12Figures12th Pokémon movie: Ltd Ed figures!

The Japanese movie website ‘Takarajima’ has posted this exciting collection of Pokémon figures based on the 12th Pokémon movie ‘Arceus: To A Conquering Spacetime’. These figures confirm that Zapdos appears in the movie along with the 493rd Pokémon, Arceus. Of course, why these figures are all green, we just can’t say – perhaps they’re made from some kind of seaweed and are edible… or perhaps not! Cool, though!

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PikaJapanStuffWould you like a pair of Pika-pants?

With the move of the Tokyo Pokémon Center to a larger building, a sleeping Pikachu now appears in the window of the original store. Tagged the ‘Onemuri Pikachu’, it has now been given an entire merchandising range all of its own. Mugs, pants, pyjamas, mouse mats, glasses – you can go sleeping Pokémon crazy! Really cute, eh?

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Picture-61New Pokémon 151 T-shirts!

Fans in Japan have a great range of T-shirts for Pokémon-loving adults – Pokémon 151. It was thought that the T-shirts had stopped as the website had closed down, but no! There are new shirts out now starring Graveler and Tangela!

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Macdo

Nintendo teams up with McDonald’s and NTT

Nintendo of Japan’s aim is to make the DS Lite as indispensable for Japanese citizens as the keitai (mobile phone), and to that end it has just signed contracts with NTT and McDonald’s for location-specific DS content throughout Japan. NTT is Japan’s national telecom company, and the deal between NCL and NTT involves kiosks at train stations, and on board trains, where DS Lites containing information such as local restaurant recommendations and weather forecasts can be freely accessed.

The deal Nintendo has signed with McDonald’s is a bit different: if you visit McDonald’s in Japan and you have your DS Lite with you (and you’ve got it turned on), new menu information will appear on the Lite’s screen and you’ll also receive special e-coupons for food and drink discounts. It’s a bit ironic that Nintendo of Kyoto – a city with legislation in place to force McDonald’s restaurants to drop their garish red facades in favour of a muted brown, so as not to clash with cultural treasures such as temples and shrines – is entering into such a partnership. But that’s business for you.

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Cool movie poster!

The official Japanese Pokémon movie website has been updated with lots of new information on the 12th Pokémon movie ‘Arceus: To A Conquering Spacetime’. Point your browser to www.pokemon-movie.jp and, although it’s all in Japanese, you will find the website quite easy to navigate. There are three trailers in three sizes, the new poster, along with the two original ones and some artwork of brand new characters that appear in the movie.

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PinkPokemonCar

PokéDriving Action!

Wow… they take their merchandising of the Pocket Monsters brand (Pokémon to you and me) really seriously over in Japan. How would you like to add a cool Pokémon car to your collection? Based on Plusle, this car has a cute face and pluses on its cheeks! Just imagine the looks you would get if you took this beauty into town and cruised around!

Life in Japan

Some novel things about it…

1. Heated toilet seats
2. Beer vending machines
3. Rockabilly dancing troupes in the centre of Kyoto
4. Theme restaurants (fancy eating in a prison cell?)
5. Automatically opening taxi doors

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  • 21 Comments »

    • ben said:

      ccccccccccccccccccccccccccoooooooooolllllllllll!wow!pokemon and Macdonald’s!a dream match!

    • Lucario.LV.X said:

      DAMN YOU JAPAN!

    • ss said:

      one word describes it all awesome!

    • Lucario.LV.X said:

      Why does Japan get all the good stuff…*sob*

    • ss said:

      because they made and created it it is a bit unfair though i want that pikachu stuff its so cute and adorable!

    • Toto Totodile said:

      I wish I lived in Japan but the language looks hard to learn.

    • ben said:

      hey!is’nt it racist showing a picture of a ninja as the man in japan?

    • ben said:

      the chicorita in the 12th movie is kotones.the totodile(evolved so i dont get it)is kazunaria.hey if u wonder who they are well they join ash and the gang in a future ep for some time.

    • Toto Totodile said:

      Of course it’s not racist or they wouldn’ put the picture in a nearly world wide magezine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Lucario.LV.X said:

      Cool macdonalds and nintendo

    • ss said:

      i want a pikachu car i dont care what anyone else says about it as long as im happy!

    • gummyliv said:

      lopingop

    • Absolspark6 said:

      for us, the movies called arceus and the jewel of life.
      ps i want an absol car!

    • RioluPikachu said:

      Why can’t we at least get the cool cars because they look like a ton of fun to drive!

      P.S. I either want a Riolu one or a Pkachu one.

    • Arceusgiratinadiaglapalkia said:

      Ha Ive Got PikaPants On Today Not Boxers(BoringBoxers)

    • Toto Totodile said:

      I want a a Totodile one !

    • koopa120 said:

      I want a Wailord/Shiftry/Dragonite car!

    • Poke-Pal said:

      well i like a mew car for me :)

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      OMG THAT IS AMAZING!

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