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POKÉMON ANNOUNCES EX DELTA SPECIES PRERELEASE TOURNAMENTS

Players to Participate in Exclusive Card Preview Tournaments

BELLEVUE, Wash. – September 30, 2005 – Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced the upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) EX Delta Species Prerelease tournaments. EX Delta Species Prerelease tournaments provide players the opportunity to preview and play with unreleased cards from the upcoming EX Delta Species expansion.

The Pokémon TCG Prerelease tournaments are held during the weekends of October 22^nd and 23^rd and October 29^th and 30^th. The official release date for the EX Delta Species expansion is October 31. Players are divided into three age categories: 10 and younger, 11 to 14, and 15 and older. An admission fee of $20 per player is charged for entry and includes six booster packs of the Pokémon TCG EX Delta Species, from which each player will build his or her deck. All participants will receive a Pokémon TCG EX Delta Species Prerelease Promo card and an EX Delta Species pin, while supplies last. As a participation prize for completing the tournament, players will also receive four Pokémon TCG EX Delta Species booster packs and two POP Series Two 2-card booster packs. Pokémon Organized Play (POP) provides players the opportunity to succeed at an intellectual sport and build their Pokémon TCG skills, strategy, and creativity.