Wednesday, 06.30.10  Over the next couple of weeks, we're revisiting some old trainer cards we haven't looked at in a while in our COTD section.  Today's Card of the Day is Good Rod from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 06.29.10  Over the next couple of weeks, we're revisiting some old trainer cards we haven't looked at in a while in our COTD section.  Today's Card of the Day is Energy Returner from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Willy, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Monday, 06.28.10  Over the next couple of weeks, we're revisiting some old trainer cards we haven't looked at in a while in our COTD section.  Today's Card of the Day is Dual Ball from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Friday, 06.25.10  Today's Card of the Day is Minun from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 06.24.10  Today's Card of the Day is Carnivine from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 06.23.10  Today's Card of the Day is Torkoal from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 06.22.10  We received a Press Release from The Pokemon Company today about the next TCG expansion.  You can find images and more details in our Pokemon News Section today:  "Pokémon trainers get ready for the ultimate challenge with the release of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG): HS-Undaunted. This all-new expansion features a special preview window and includes Legendary Pokémon teamed up in pairs like Kyogre & Groudon and Rayquaza & Deoxys! The new amazing Pokémon Prime cards will also help in the biggest battles.  What's more, the all-new theme decks Daybreak and Nightfall come with bonus booster packs!  HS-Undaunted will be available on August 18 in theme decks ($12.99) and booster packs ($3.79)."

Today's Card of the Day is Steelix from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku, Mad Mattezhion & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Monday, 06.21.10  Today's Card of the Day is Primeape from the HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

After months of intense head-to-head tournaments, some of America's best Pokémon video game and Trading Card Game (TCG) players will be crowned National Champions this weekend-June 25-27-at the 2010 Pokémon Video Game and Trading Card Game National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Full details in Today's News.

Friday, 06.18.10  Today's Card of the Day is Larvitar from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Mad Mattezhion & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 06.17.10  Today's Card of the Day is Onix from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 06.16.10  Today's Card of the Day is Crobat Prime from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Mad Mattezhion & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 06.15.10  Today's Card of the Day is Poliwrath from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Also, congratulation to COTD reviewer Baby Mario who captured First Place in the Senior Division of the UK Nationals over the weekend!!! Gratz!!!

Monday, 06.14.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ninetales from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime sent us some images from the new HGSS10 & 11 blister promo packs he found at Target.  Check out Today's News for the images.

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• 7 new Pokemon, new professor and gameplay details leaked in CoroCoro scans Plus new Pokedex and random Wi-Fi battle matcher - GamesRadar
• New Pokemon Revealed For Pokemon Black & White -
  The lineup grows. Plus, online and wireless details. - IGN
• Pokémon Elements Collection: Part 1 on DVD - IGN

Friday, 06.11.10  Today's Card of the Day is Lucario from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• Pokemon storyboard writer leaks anime spoiler: Brock and Dawn axed? - Guy who works on Pokemon Black and White anime blogs about brand-new heroine - GamesRadar
• Snorlax dress is super effective! - A wild Snorlax dress appears with an impressive Ultra Ball brooch - GamesRadar
• IGN has an updated SoulSilver walkthru for those of you still needing to get through the game. - IGN

Thursday, 06.10.10  Today's Card of the Day is Lanturn from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, 06.09.10  Today's Card of the Day is Kingdra from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, 06.08.10  Today's Card of the Day is Floatzel from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Monday, 06.07.10  Today's Card of the Day is Fearow from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• Defense Of Pokémon, peacekeeper - Louisville Courier Journal
• Pokemon Gets Elemental - Freezing on DVD this summer - IGN

Friday, 06.04.10  It's HS Unleashed Supporter's Week in our COTD section this week.  Today's Card of the Day is Judge. Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Don't forget ... the 13th Season of the Pokemon Animated Series starts tomorrow on Cartoon Network.  More details in our News section. 

Thursday, 06.03.10  It's HS Unleashed Supporter's Week in our COTD section this week.  Today's Card of the Day is Interviewer's Questions. Baby Mario, virusyosh, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today.

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• Pokemon Trainers Tear Up Texas Tournament - Don't mess with Texas trainers - IGN  (Nice to see a 42 year old finishing in the top 4!)  Over 2,000 people turned up for the event. 
• The Videos for the Jr & Sr divisions from the Video Game Championships in Phoenix have bee uploaded. - Pokemon
• The Videos for the Jr & Sr divisions from the Video Game Championships in Dallas have bee uploaded as well. - Pokemon
• The Pokemon Co. also has an Official US Black & White website now - Pokemon

• The Video Game Championship battles head east to Atlanta this weekend for the second-to-last event before the U.S. National Championships! - Pokemon

Wednesday, 06.02.10  It's HS Unleashed Supporter's Week in our COTD section this week.  Today's Card of the Day is Engineer's Adjustments. Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

The Pokémon Company International and Cartoon Network announced that the 13th season of the Pokémon animated series, Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors, will debut Saturday, June 5th at 7 a.m. EST/PST. The new season introduces Pokémon never before seen in the animated series and marks the final chapter of the Pokémon Diamond & Pearl storyline. - More details in Today's News!

News from around the globe:

• A wild UW student appears - Students looking to trade, battle and discuss all things Pokémon-related now have an outlet to do so on campus. - U. of Washington Daily
• Pokémon goes Black and White next Spring in the U.S. - Geek.com
• Pokémon Interview with J.C. Smith May 31, 2010 - We talk with Pokémon's spokesperson about the franchise, tournaments, and phenomenon that is Pokémon. - NintendoWorldReport
• Davis home to its own Ash Ketchum - Student to compete in national Pokémon tournament next month - California Aggie
• Replay: Pokémon Snap - Game Informer
• Meowth swag takes over the world - Kitty kat springs from high-tech ball, saturates fan-made market - Game Informer

Tuesday, 06.01.10  It's HS Unleashed Supporter's Week in our COTD section this week.  And since yesterday was a holiday, you get a twofer today!  Today's Cards of the Day are Cheerleader's Cheer & Emcee's Chatter. Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Friday, 05.28.10  Got a little busy with real world stuff, so I didn't get around to posting the COTD.  So you get a twofer today!  Today's Cards of the Day are Blastoise and Crobat from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

News from around the globe:

• PokéPark Wii: Pikachu‘s Adventure launches in Europe on Wii on 9 July. Expect American release date announcement at E3. - bgchartz - thanks to ohamanime for this news tip
• How to make Sexy Pokemon Fan Art - GamesRadar

Wednesday, 05.26.10  Today's Card of the Day is Beedrill from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

News from around the globe:

The Pokemon Video Game Championship regional events roll through Dallas this weekend. "The competition is sure to be as fierce as ever!" - official site

"Trainers Brave the Heat for Pokemon Tournament - Can't stand the heat, stay out of the Pokemon tournament." - IGN

Tuesday, 05.25.10  Today's Card of the Day is Sudowoodo from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Monday, 05.24.10  Today's Card of the Day is Octillery from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, Otaku & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Loretta found new Pokemon items on Store Shelves.  Check out the toys, plush and books she's found for you today in Today's News.

"Arizona supports strong Pokémon fan base" - Arizona Republic

Saturday, 05.22.10  Omahanime sent us this link to a rare Pokemon Card For Sale on Ebay. "Pokemon 1997 Pikachu Illustrator Trophy Card THE RAREST Pokemon Card in the World. Only 6 Exist!!!!" Wouldn't you think this card would be graded authentic or something?

Friday, 05.21.10  Today's Card of the Day is Shaymin from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Mania has a link to a Japanese video of the voice actress for Pikachu.  Short but cute. 

Thursday, 05.20.10  Today's Card of the Day is Mismagius from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• San Francisco Pokemon Tournament Winners Announced - The second tournament sees our first female finalist! - IGN

Wednesday, 05.19.10  Today's Card of the Day is Metagross from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• West Regional Results Final Matches Videos - Official Site
• The Pokémon Video Game Championships continue across America! The action heats up in the desert this weekend when the third regional competition begins in Phoenix!. - Official Site
• Pokemon Black & White battle footage. Now with animated sprites! See Zoroark and the three new starting Pokemon battling and moving all at the same time - GamesRadar

• "Pokemon tournament pics, plus hot Pikachu dance video
  - We came, we saw, we downloaded our shiny Eevees" - Games Radar on the SF Vid Game Championhips

Tuesday, 05.18.10  Today's Card of the Day is Manaphy from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Monday, 05.17.10  Today's Card of the Day is Jirachi from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Loretta found new Gold & Silver Toys on Store Shelves.   Check out what she's found for you today in Today's News.  

Friday, 05.14.10  Today's Card of the Day is Tauros from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, 05.13.10  Today's Card of the Day is Torterra from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & Mad Mattezhion have reviews for you today. 

"Pokemon Black and White starters revealed in full color!  Thanks to an image published in latest issue of CoroCoro (via The Escapist), you can now choose between the (formerly silhouetted) Pokémon Black and White starters based on which one you think it the cutest -- which is really the most important metric, isn't it?" - Joystik

Wednesday, 05.12.10  Today's Card of the Day is Wartortle from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario has a review for you today.  We also welcome Mad Mattezhion to the review crew today!

Tuesday, 05.11.10  Today's Card of the Day is Magmortar from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario  has a review for you today. 

News from around the globe:

• Black & White's new starter Pokemon (sort of) revealed - Pokemon Sunday has released three silhouettes of the the first Gerneration 5 Pokemon starters - Games Radar
• Pokemon: Kristine Catches 'em All - We need your help, and we'll make you super famous for it! (This is an interesting Diary by Kristine who's trying to catch all 493 Pokemon)- IGN 

Monday, 05.10.10  Today's Card of the Day is Xatu from the new HS Unleashed expansion.  Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today. 

News from around the globe:

• Pokemon Trainers Battle it Out in First Tournament - The first regional tournament is over, and the winners have been crowned!  - IGN
• Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver reaches 8.4m sold; other Nintendo million-sellers revealed from last fiscal year - Joystiq
• Pokémon players get game face on for regional contest at Exhibition Hall - SeattleTimes
• 'Pokemon' alive and well at Seattle championship - KomoNews
• Pokemon pastime - Brothers play card game with their parents - Forsythe News
• Pokemon: Kristine Catches 'em All - We need your help, and we'll make you super famous for it! (This is an interesting Diary by Kristine who's trying to catch all 493 Pokemon)- IGN 
• Black & White's new starter Pokemon (sort of) revealed - Pokemon Sunday has released three silhouettes of the the first Gerneration 5 Pokemon starters - Games Radar

Saturday, 05.08.10  Three cards have been added to the list of errata for the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Lucky Egg (Platinum—Arceus, 88/89), Onix (HS—Unleashed, 56/95), & PlusPower (HS—Unleashed, 80/95).  More details on the official site.  

Friday, 05.07.10  Today's Card of the Day is Typhlosion from HGSS.  Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

News from around the globe:

• Pokémon fans, start your DS systems - Expect lots of excitement at the Pokémon Video Game Championships at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall on Saturday. - Seattle Times
• Nintendo profit drops for 1st time in 6 years - Richmond Times

Thursday, 05.06.10  Today's Card of the Day is Sandslash from HGSS.  Baby Mario has a review for you today.

Wednesday, 05.05.10  Today's Cards of the Day are preview cards from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD's are the Suicune & Entei Legend cards.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & KFT have reviews for you today. 

A Press Release we just received today:  Pokémon and Nintendo Offer Special Pokéwalker Route Distribution for a Limited Time - The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo of America Inc. will distribute the Winner's Path Route for the Pokéwalker accessory via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service beginning Thursday, May 6.  More details in Today's News.

I ran across this new YouTube Video today, and it make me chuckle: "Pokemon Healthcare: A Psychology Test"

Tuesday, 05.04.10  Today's Cards of the Day are preview cards from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD's are the Raikou & Suicune Legend cards.  Baby Mario, KFT & Willy G. have reviews for you today. 

Monday, 05.03.10  Today's Cards of the Day are preview cards from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD are Entei & Raikou Legend cards.  Baby Mario, Jason Klaczynski, KFT & Willy G. have reviews for you today. 

Family bonds over boy's love of Pokémon competition - Lancaster Oline

Friday, 04.30.10  Today's Card of the Day is Persian from HGSS.  Baby Mario has a review for you today.

omahanime sent us some images from new HS Trainer Kit (2 Player Starter Set) he found at Wal-Mart that contain Gyrados and Raichu Promos.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

Pokemon News From Around the Globe:

• Never too old for Pokémon He's master of the cards -- and his girlfriend thinks it's cool - An article about TheJWittz! - Chicago Sun Times Media (you have to scroll down below a few ads)
• New Pokemons You Can Cuddle - Kotaku

Thursday, 04.29.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Ursaring (Prime).  Baby Mario & Willy G. have reviews for you today.  I also sweet-talked Two-Time Pokemon World Champ Jason Klaczynski into reviewing today's card. 

Pokemon News From Around the Globe:

• What We Want: Pokemon Black & White IGN's biggest Pokemon fans, reader and editor alike, sound off on what they want changed. - IGN
• Pikachu: Officially sexy-cool - Plus 9 more ways to take your Pokelove a little too far - GamesRadar
• Poke Ball or Japanese municipal flag? You know you've been playing too much Pokemon when... Japanese flags look like Poke Balls - GameRadar
• Newsmakers: Youth third at state Pokemon tournament - Livingston Daily
• Stars of the next Pokemon Movie revealed Man's best friend? These menaces are a shape-shifting nightmare - GamesRadar
• Quincy brothers advance to national Pokemon championship - Patriot Ledger

Wednesday, 04.28.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Lanturn (Prime).  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Willy G. have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 04.27.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Roserade.  Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Loretta found new Pokemon Plushies on Store Shelves.   Check out what she's found for you today in Today's News.  

Monday, 04.26.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Politoed.  Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Friday, 04.23.10  Today's Card of the Day is Meganium HGSS.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

GamesRadar has a funny article today titled: "The most disturbing Pokemon of all time - Cringe in horror at official in-game descriptions of these tiny terrors"

Thursday, 04.22.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ledian from HGSS.  Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 04.21.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Tyranitar Prime.  Baby Mario, Willy G. virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

"Yes, There Are Actually Pokemon Batteries - On May 25, these Maxell Pocket Monster batteries go on sale in The Land of the Rising Sun. Thunder Pokémon Raikou and thunderbolt Pocket Monster Electivire appear on the dry cell batteries, while Pikachu and Piplup appear on the packaging". - More at Kotaku

Tuesday, 04.20.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Steelix Prime.  Baby Mario, Willy G. virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Monday, 04.19.10  Today's Card of the Day is a preview card from the upcoming HS Unleashed expansion.  Today's COTD is Kingdra Prime.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today. We also welcome Willy G. to the review crew today!

Pokemon News From Around the Globe:

• Japanese Pokemon Black & White Gameplay Video hits YouTube.
• Ash Ketchum and Pikachu set to be killed off in Pokemon TV series? New Pokemon Black and White TV show set to scrap original cast - GamesRadar
• Pokémon game popular among brainy kids, teens and adults - Tampa Bay Online
• US games industry on the mend with Nintendo's games platforms, new Pokemon games and Sony's God of War III all doing well. - TGDaily

Friday, 04.16.10  Today's Card of the Day is Lapras from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Silver Beats Gold! - Pokemaniacs prefer souls to hearts. - IGN

Thursday, 04.15.10  Today's Card of the Day is Granbull from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Pokemon News From Around the Globe:

•  First direct-feed screens of Pokemon Black and White.  Pokémon Black and White will be released this fall in Japan. - Joystiq
• Nintendo puts stop to fan-made Pokémon MMO, Pokénet - Geek.com
• The hidden secrets of Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - Follow our guide to uncover the mystery goodies in Johto and Kanto - Games Radar
•  Pokemon mothers unappreciated, similar to real life - University of IL
• Confessions of a teenage card shark - The Gazette
• Boy to attend national Pokémon competition - The Dispatch
  
• Mandeville teen a major Pokemon player - St. Tammany News
  
• Nintendo DSi XL, ‘Pokemon’ pair: Big winners - Boston Herald
• Funny title of a business article on APP - "Pikachu! Madoff pad goes to Pokemon magnate"
• It's in the cards for Pokémon champion - Chattanooga Times

Wednesday, 04.14.10  Today's Card of the Day is Growlithe from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

The day is finally here!  The Pokémon Company International has announced the schedule, prizes and new rules for one of the biggest video game tournaments of the year - the Pokémon Video Game Championships.  Using the best-selling Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version titles released in March for the Nintendo DS™ family of hand-held systems, the tournament kicks off in May and is bigger than ever with more chances for competitors to enter in order to become the World Champion!  We have more details in Today's News.

Tuesday, 04.13.10  Today's Card of the Day is Girafarig from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Friday, 04.09.10  Today's Card of the Day is Wigglytuff from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  kentuckyfriedtorchic & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 04.08.10  Today's Card of the Day is Slowbro from the new HGSS Arceus expansion.  kentuckyfriedtorchic, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 04.07.10  Today's Card of the Day is Miltank from the new HGSS Arceus expansion.  kentuckyfriedtorchic, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 04.06.10  Today's Card of the Day is Feraligatr from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  kentuckyfriedtorchic has a review for you today.

Monday, 04.05.10  Today's Card of the Day is Farfetch'd from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  kentuckyfriedtorchic & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Friday, 04.02.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ho-oh Legend from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today. We also welcome kentuckyfriedtorchic back the review crew.

Thursday, 04.01.10  Today's Card of the Day is Typhlosion Prime from the HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Today is the day you can download the Yellow Route for your Pokewalker on HGSS.  Check out the details here. 

Wednesday, 03.31.10  Today's Card of the Day is Exeggutor from the new HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 03.30.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ariados from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario has a review for you today. 

Monday, 03.29.10  Today's Card of the Day is Shuckle from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario has a review for you today. 

Friday, 03.26.10  Today's Card of the Day is Professor Oak's New Theory from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario has a review for you today. 

Thursday, 03.25.10  I took a holiday yesterday, so you get a twofer today.  Today's Cards of the Day are Sunflora and Hypno from the new HGSS Arceus expansion.  Baby Mario has reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 03.23.10  Today's Card of the Day is Raichu from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Monday, 03.22.10  Today's Card of the Day is Quagsire from the new HGSS Arceus expansion.

Friday, 03.19.10  Today's Card of the Day is Heracross from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• Second Opinions: Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver What do IGN editors think of the new Pokemon and its PokeWalker? We catch em' all to find out. - IGN
• Look, Kids: A Way to Slip Pokémon Past Mom - NY Times

Thursday, 03.18.10  Today's Card of the Day is Delibird from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Pokemon News from around the globe:

• Pokemon still going strong! - More than 100 competitors show up for card game’s Nevada championships - Las Vegas Sun
• Pokemon Games Aid Fitness - NY1
• Pokemon Tells You to Take a Walk -This remake of the Game Boy classic is dangerously addictive.  We've warned you. - UGO

Wednesday, 03.17.10  Today's Card of the Day is Hitmontop from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Washington University has Pokemon Pickup lines in their School Newspaper today. 

You know these types of articles will be popping up around the Internet.  Not sure why anyone would be this desperate ... but it's still funny:

• How to Cheat Your Pokéwalker - UGO
• Cheating the Pokéwalker with a Phonograph - YouTube (time to hit garage sales I guess.  Do kids even know what a phonographs is these days?)
• FYI ... for those that don't want to cheat.  Want to wear your Pokewalker correctly?  Find the part of your waistband or belt that is directly over your knee, and secure the pedometer at that exact location.

GamePro has a review of HGSS for the DS today. 

Tuesday, 03.16.10  Today's Card of the Day is Clefable from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Today The Pokémon Company announced their Pokémon Trading Card Game: HS-Unleashed. An expansion of the Pokémon TCG: HeartGold & SoulSilver, HS-Unleashed features Legendary Pokémon like Entei, Raikou, and Suicune and will be available in theme decks and booster packs on May 12. More details and several images in Today's News.

We added a handful of new Forums to the Message Boards dedicated to Heartgold/Soulsilver to help you out:

•  HeartGold and SoulSilver Gossip
• HeartGold SoulSilver Help Forum
•  HGSS Wi-Fi Trading
•  HGSS Team Building / Team Rating Forum
•  HGSS War Stories
•  HGSS Wi-Fi Battle Request Forum
•  The Pokewalker
  

IGN posted a detailed Guide/Walkthrough to HeartGold/Soulsilver.

GamesRadar has a funny article titled: "Is it possible to look cool with a PokeWalker?"

IGN also has a review of HGSS as well.    

Pokemon Ranger Tops the Japanese Charts, selling over 160,000 copies - story here. 

A note from Otaku:  "GameFAQs is doing one of their character battle contests... and Charizard actually made it through to the Quarter Finals! If I read the schedule right (they do two votes a day, from 9 AM to 9 PM and then 9 PM to 9 AM the next day) and it looks like Charizard is up against Mario next."

Monday, 03.15.10  Today's Card of the Day is Azumarill from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime sent us some images from new Heartgold & Soulsilver Promo Packs he found at Wal-Mart that contain HGSS03 and HGSS04 Promos.  There's also an image of the Target's HGSS Reservation Cards.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

Friday, 03.12.10  Today's Card of the Day is Pokemon Communication from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 03.11.10  Today's Card of the Day is Pokemon Collector from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 03.10.10  Today's Card of the Day is Pokegear 3.0 from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 03.09.10  Today's Card of the Day is Fisherman from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Monday, 03.08.10  Today's Card of the Day is Copycat from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Loretta has found new Pokemon Plushies on Store Shelves.   Check out what she's found for you today in Today's News.  

Friday, 03.05.10  Today's Card of the Day is Wobbuffet from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 03.04.10  Today's Card of the Day is Noctowl from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 03.03.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ninetales from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 03.02.10  Today's Card of the Day is Gyarados from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario has a review for you today.

Monday, 03.01.10  Today's Card of the Day is Arcanine from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime sent us some images from new Heartgold & Soulsilver Promo Tins he found.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

Loretta has been busy shopping for Pokemon item.  Check out what she's found for you today Today's News.

GameSpot has a hands on review of HGSS.

NintendoWorldReport also posted video of some hands on play of HGSS.  It's 8 min if you want a sneak peek. 

Friday, 02.26.10  Today's Card of the Day is Meganium Prime from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 02.25.10  Today's Card of the Day is Feraligatr Prime from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 02.24.10  Today's Card of the Day is Donphan Prime from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today. And they all like this card.

Tuesday, 02.23.10  Today's Card of the Day is Blissey Prime from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

Monday, 02.22.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ampharos Prime from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, virusyosh & Otaku have reviews for you today.

The Pokémon Company International has announced today the free-of-charge distribution of the all new Pokémon Jirachi at more than 4,300 GameStop stores located throughout the US and Puerto Rico. From Saturday, February 27, throughout Saturday, March 13, fans will have the extremely rare opportunity to receive the character that cannot be acquired through normal game play on their Nintendo DS. Additionally, this Jirachi holds a strategic secret that will be revealed in the upcoming Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version game out March 14, 2010. More details in Today's Pokemon News.

Friday, 02.19.10  Today's Card of the Day is Smoochum from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 02.18.10  Today's Card of the Day is Igglybuff from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime sent us some images from new Heartgold & Soulsilver Poster packs he found.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

Wednesday, 02.17.10  Today's Card of the Day is Tyrogue from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, Otaku, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

For those of you interested in photos of new Pokemon Figures being shown at Toy Fair, Loretta found a link to a site with a plethora of photos.  Enjoy. 

Tuesday, 02.16.10  My daughter and I were visiting University of Iowa yesterday for their college visit day, so I missed posting the COTD.  So today you get a twofer Tuesday.  Today's Cards of the Day are Cleffa and Pichu from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Friday, 02.12.10  Today's Card of the Day is Butterfree from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 02.11.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ampharos from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime wanted me to remind everyone that if you reserve a copy of HG or SS by March 14th, you'll get a Lugia or Ho-oh figure.  More details available here.  

Wednesday, 02.10.10  With the Heartgold & Soulsilver prereleases taking place recently, we finally have some new cards to review in the COTD section.  Today's Card of the Day Jumpluff from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today, and they all like this new card.

The Pokemon Trading Card Game: HeartGold & SoulSilver In Stores Today!  We have a Press Release from the Pokemon Company in Today's News.

Tuesday, 02.09.10  With the Heartgold & Soulsilver prereleases taking place recently, we finally have some new cards to review in the COTD section.  Today's Card of the Day Slowking from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Monday, 02.08.10  With the Heartgold & Soulsilver prereleases taking place recently, we finally have some new cards to review in the COTD section.  Today's Card of the Day is the Secret Rare Red Gyarados from the new HGSS Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime sent us some images from a new Heartgold & Soulsilver blister promo pack he found at Target with new Hoothoot and Noctowl promos.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

Loretta has some Valentine's Day ideas for you in Today's News.

Friday, 02.05.10  Today's Card of the Day is Shelgon Lv. 34 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 02.04.10  Today's Card of the Day is Makuhita Lv. 21 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

TheJWittz has two new videos on his Pokémon YouTube Channel - Prof-it!. 

• HGSS Legendary Pokemon
• & HGSS Pokemon Prime Review (the 6 new Prime cards)

Wednesday, 02.03.10  Today's Card of the Day is Beedrill [G] LV.56 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, virusyosh & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 02.02.10  Today's Card of the Day is Graveler LV 37 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

omahanime sent us some photos from a new Platinum Series Collection Box he found at Comic Book Store.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

Monday, 02.01.10  Today's Card of the Day is Bronzong LV 45 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Friday, 01.29.10  Today's Card of the Day is Sceptile LV. 57 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 01.28.10  Today's Card of the Day is Raticate Lv. 31 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 01.27.10  Today's Card of the Day is Raichu Lv. 46 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

COTD reviewer Guy, has a new Featured Article for you today with a detailed look at a Salamence Deck. 

Press Release to us today: "The Pokémon Company International has announced today the free-of-charge distribution of the Pokémon Pichu™ at more than 4,300 GameStop stores located throughout the US and Puerto Rico. From Saturday, January 30, throughout Sunday, February 14, fans will have the extremely rare opportunity to receive the character free of charge that cannot be acquired through normal game play on their Nintendo DS. Additionally, this Pichu holds a strategic secret that will be revealed in the upcoming Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version game out March 14, 2010." More details in Today's News. 

Tuesday, 01.26.10  Today's Card of the Day is Pichu Lv. 9 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Monday, 01.25.10  Today's Card of the Day is Omastar Lv. 55 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Friday, 01.22.10  Today's Card of the Day is Manectric Lv. 46 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

SuperSlowpoke has a new Featured Article for you today:  The Top 10 Trainers/Stadiums/Tools in the current Modified Format.

Thursday, 01.21.10  Today's Card of the Day is Lopunny Lv. 40 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 01.20.10  Today's Card of the Day is Glalie Lv. 46 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 01.19.10  Today's Card of the Day is Cherrim Lv. 33 from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario, BoDragon & virusyosh have reviews for you today.

Monday, 01.18.10  Today's Card of the Day is Ultimate Zone from the Arceus expansion. Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Friday, 01.15.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We're down to the top 5 this week. Today we finish up with #1. Today's Card of the Day is Luxray [GL] LV.X.  Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

TheJWittz has two new videos on his Pokémon YouTube Channel - Prof-it!.  Today Josh has part 3 of his "Guide to SP pokemon decks".

• Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjzuxQf0-Mg

Thursday, 01.14.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We're down to the top 5 this week. Today we continue with #2. Today's Card of the Day is Crobat [G] Lv. 44. Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

TheJWittz has two new videos on his Pokémon YouTube Channel - Prof-it!.  Today Josh has two of three parts on a "Guide to SP pokemon decks".

• Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2U34YL1wM4
• Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRXQZx9Csk 

If anyone else has blogs or video-blogs they'd like us to link to, feel free drop us an email. ;-).  We'll be happy to link to your content as long as it's clean and informational. 

Wednesday, 01.13.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We're down to the top 5 this week. Today we continue with #3. Today's Card of the Day is Flygon Lv. X. Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 01.12.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We're down to the top 5 this week. Today we continue with #4. Today's Card of the Day is Cyrus's Conspiracy. Baby Mario, virusyosh & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Monday, 01.11.10  Our friend Jason "Ness" Klaczynski (Two-Time Pokemon TCG World Champ) stops by with a new featured article.  Today's article is titled:"The Top Cards in Modified".

We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We're down to the top 5 this week. Today we continue with #5. Today's Card of the Day is Dialga G lv. X. Baby Mario, virusyosh & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

The Pokemon Company sent us a press release today announcing: "The Pokémon Company International Re-Launches Pokémon.com".  More details in Today's News.

Friday, 01.08.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We'll count them down from 10 to 1 over the next two weeks. Today we continue with #6. Today's Card of the Day is Broken Time-Space. Baby Mario, virusyosh & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Thursday, 01.07.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We'll count them down from 10 to 1 over the next two weeks. Today we continue with #7. Today's Card of the Day is Expert Belt. Baby Mario, virusyosh & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Wednesday, 01.06.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We'll count them down from 10 to 1 over the next two weeks. Today we continue with #8. Today's Card of the Day is Spiritomb Lv. 39. Baby Mario & BoDragon have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, 01.05.10  We continue to countdown the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We'll count them down from 10 to 1 over the next two weeks. Today we continue with #9. Today's Card of the Day is Team Galactic's Invention G-105 Poke Turn. Baby Mario, BoDragon & Guy have reviews for you today.

The Pokemon folks sent us a Press Release with details and images of the new HeartGold/Soulsilver TCG booster expansion that will be hitting stores on February 10, 2010.  More details in Today's News. 

Monday, 01.04.10  Just like in previous years, we are counting down the Top 10 Pokemon cards of 2009. Our COTD reviewers created their own Top 10 Lists, and we weighed their votes and assembled an overall Top 10 List. We'll count them down from 10 to 1 over the next two weeks. Today we kick things off with #10. Today's Card of the Day is Garchomp C Lv. X from the Supreme Victors expansion. Baby Mario & Guy have reviews for you today.

TheJWittz has a new video on his Pokémon YouTube Channel - Prof-it!.  Today Josh has a video review of the the new "Pokemon TCG: Rumble Game".  I was going to make a write up and take photos.  But I couldn't even come close to doing as well as Josh does here.  We will link to more of Josh's videos in the future.

Geoffrey Koester is back with a new Nintendo GBA/DS Pokemon of the Week.  Today it's Castform.

omahanime sent us some photos and card scans from new Promo Holo Boxes he found at Target.  Check out Today's News for the images. 

If anyone else has blogs or video-blogs they'd like us to link to, feel free drop us an email. ;-).  We'll be happy to link to your content as long as it's clean and informational.