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From September 9 until September 29, Pokéfans can visit their local GameStop to pick up a special shiny version of the legendary Pokémon Palkia.

This marks the second leg of a promotion in which GameStop is offering gratis shiny, legendary Pokémon to build hype for the October 12 release of Pokémon X and Y. During August GameStop offered players a shiny Dialga, while October will see the store handing out shiny Giratinas.

To earn your new shiny Palkia, you must show up at a GameStop location with either a Nintendo 3DS or DS, and a copy of Pokémon Black, White, Black 2 or White 2. GameStop reminds players to ensure that their game has fewer than 11 Wonder Cards collected, as the Palkia transfer will require at least one free Wonder Card slot.

- mission at the World Hobby Fair 2013, from June 29th to September 16th
- mission involves running around and battling strong trainers
- receive Max Ether or Rare Candy depending on how well you do
- more events at Pokemon Center
- July 13th to July 26th will feature a Funfest Mission allowing you to get Eevee and its evolutions
- this mission puts those Pokémon into the Hidden Grottos throughout Unova
- from July 27th to August 16th, a Funfest Mission allowing you to buy the Water Stone, Fire Stone and Thunderstone will run
- From August 17th to September 6th, a mission that will put Poliwag, Chansey, Togetic, Magneton, Dragonair or Shelgon into the Hidden Grottos will run
- from September 7th to September 27th, a mission to find berries will run
- feature rare berries such as Pomeg Berry, Hondew Berry and Kelpsy Berry

Deoxys

- distribution is now live
- special Level 100 Deoxys
- comes with the moves Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse, Recover and Psycho Boost
- comes holding the Life Orb
- comes in the Dusk Ball
- live until May 31st

New Pokémon Dolls

- released on the Global Link
- dolls don't seem to have a running theme
- dolls include Koffing, Altaria, Absol, Salamence, Piplup and Timburr
- furniture page has been updated with them and their costs
- available for Pokemon Black/White and Pokemon Black/White 2

In the world of Pokémon, you go into tall grass to search for new creatures in the wild. In the real world ... GameStop. From March 4 to March 24, you can bring your DS and your copy of Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, or White 2 into a participating store to receive Meloetta, a Melody Pokémon who can change Formes mid-fight, using a move learned at Café Sonata in Castelia City.

To learn more about Meloetta, you can see the "Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade" short through the mobile Pokémon TV app. We're reasonably certain that's the only time we're going to refer you to a cartoon for information. We're not making any promises.

Japan's list of best-selling games in 2012 is full of national pride, including titles from Capcom, Nintendo, Namco Bandai, Square Enix and Sega, among a few other Japan-based publishers. The top game of 2012 in Japan is Pokemon Black and White 2 for Nintendo DS, which we found to feature a "world that feels larger and more interesting than ever."

Black and White 2 is followed by Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS, New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS, Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D for 3DS and, breaking the pattern in more than one way, Resident Evil 6 for PS3. Check out the entire lineup below, as compiled by Siliconera from data on 4Gamer.

Add the strength and resolve of the Mythical Pokémon Keldeo to your Pokémon Black Version 2 or Pokémon White Version 2 game in a special distribution event via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection! Keldeo will be available from January 25th to February 12th, 2013. This powerful Keldeo will know the moves Sacred Sword, Hydro Pump, Aqua Jet, and Swords Dance.

Once you have Keldeo in your party, complete an in-game event that will teach Keldeo its signature Secret Sword move and reveal a new Form for the Pokémon! Get all the details on how to change Keldeo into its Resolute Form.

Remember, Keldeo is available only from January 25th to February 12th, 2013 so don’t miss this chance to get this awesome Pokémon!

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- Deoxys will be available from December 15th – 23rd
- available at various events such as Jump Festa 2013 and the “Team Plasma Control Event”
- will be a level 100
- will include Psycho Boost, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse and Recover
- will also have the Pressure ability, which increases the PP usage of the opponent Pokémon
- comes holding the Life Orb item, which increases attack damage

The Pokémon Company has officially brought the Pokémon Pokedex to iOS. The app allows users to browse various Pokémon, check out their stats, learn where to find them, how to evolve them and more.

The $1.99 purchase of the iOS Pokédex will get you access to Pokémon from the Unova region. The four remaining regions can be purchased for $5.99 each. In other words, topping up the entire Pokédex will run you about 26 bucks. It seems really out of character for a Pokémon product to support such obsessive-compulsive purchases, but there you go.

2012 MASTERS DIVISION CHALLENGE
World Champ Ray - Tyranitar, Garchomp, Cresselia, Hydreigon, Rotom, Metagross
World Runner-Up Wolfe - Hitmontop, Cresselia, Thundurus, Terrakion, Heatran, Exeggutor
World Finalist Abel - Thundurus, Hitmontop, Latios, Cresselia, Metagross, Tyranitar
World Finalist Joe - Excadrill, Tyranitar, Gastrodon, Salamence, Rotom, Cresselia

2012 SENIORS DIVISION CHALLENGE
World Champ Toler - Garchomp, Ludicolo, Cresselia, Hydreigon, Rotom, Metgross
World Runner-Up Jaime - Thundurus, Tyranitar, Metagross, Hitmontop, Latios, Swampert
World Finalist Nitesh - Heatran, Cresselia, Amoonguss, Metagross, Gyarados, Gastrodon
World Finalist Henry - Tyranitar, Excadrill, Thundurus, Volcarona, Latios, Hitmontop

2012 JUNIORS DIVISION CHALLENGE
World Champ Abram - Cloyster, Thundurus, Volcarona, Landorus, Tyranitar, Hitmontop
World Runner-Up Brian - Sableye, Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Metagross, Hitmontop, Rotom
World Finalist Brendan - Metagross, Tyranitar, Hitmontop, Cresselia, Zapdos, Gastrodon
World Finalist Kippei - Garchomp, Tyranitar, Scizor, Thundurus, Hitmontop, Cresselia

The 2012 Masters Division Challenge distribution, which allows players the chance to battle against the exact same teams used by the top four Masters Division finalists at this year’s Pokémon World Championships, including three-time champ Ray Rizzo, rounds out three now live distributions players can get to test their mettle against some of the world’s best Pokémon video game players. The 2012 Junior Division Challenge and 2012 Senior Division Challenge distributions via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service are already available. In order to get the distributions, players must have a copy of Pokémon Black 2 or Pokémon White 2, broadband Internet service, and have made it to the Pokémon World Tournament located in Driftveil City.

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A portion of a Another Castle review...

As the life of the regular Nintendo DS comes to an end, Game Freak has sent it out with a bang. Pokémon Black and White 2 are solid sequels and a fantastic final addition to your DS collection. There’s more than enough content here to keep you playing for at least 100 hours, but I guess you can say that for any Pokémon title.

Full review here

A portion of a Vooks review...

Game Freak will have to impress us again next time around, because for everything new that added here there’s an equal amount of things that haven’t changed.

Full review here

Who's up for 32 pages worth of free content on Pokemon Black/White 2? Nintendo has put out a special 'launch guide' that gives you gameplay details, some fresh screens and even a comic! Check out the link below to read the virtual magazine.

A portion of an NWR review...

Pokémon White 2 is meant for fans of the series, obviously, but if you have been looking for an entry point into the series, it works. You may be overwhelmed with options and confused by the story, but the core game is as complex and fun as ever. There are more options than ever before for assembling and growing with your team, making Pokémon White Version 2 a deep and rewarding experience.

Full review here

This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to offer.
My first experience with Pokemon was on Christmas Morning 1998. I was visiting my Grandmother in Minot, North Dakota, and there was nothing to do but play as much Game Boy as humanly possible (it's true - I've never been very social, even with family).

I was rolling right along with my Charmander until I ran into Brock - the franchise's very first gym leader. For those wielding a Squirtle or a Bulbasaur, he wasn't much more than a speed bump. For a novice trainer with an under-leveled fire-type, he and his Onix were nigh invincible. I beat my head against that stone for an entire morning, only stopping when I was finally dragged out to breakfast.

I eventually defeated Brock and collected all eight badges. Then I did it again and again. If I'm not mistaken, there are 48 badges in all now. Forty-eight gym leaders! All of them different; all of them serving as the backbones of their respective games.

Gym leaders serve all sorts of different purposes. In the fiction, they are sort of like the town sheriff, serving as both a pillar of the community and a bulwark against troublesome villains like Team Plasma. Frequently, they help to advance the story in some way by helping the player solve a problem. In gameplay terms, gym leaders are convenient bottlenecks that keep players advancing through the game at the pace Game Freak prescribes.

A portion of a Siliconera review...

Basically, Pokémon Black 2 is a game for people who already like Pokémon, are familiar with the world and want another, more challenging, go at the Unova region. The best way to describe it is that Game Freak has given us more of what we already know we like, and it’s up to use to make the most of it.

Full review here

A portion of a Nintendo-Gamer review...

The greatest Pokémon adventure yet, but only because it's ever so slightly improved on the previous Black and White. Think long and hard about whether it's different enough to justify starting all over again.

Full review here

A portion of a Shacknews review...

Maybe as a series veteran I've become prone to franchise fatigue; the series has already lived this long by constantly introducing itself to new generations. Every Pokemon is someone's first -- but if you've played any of them before, especially Black or White, this version can be safely passed over.

Full review here

A portion of a 1up review...

I have no idea where Pokémon goes from here; obviously to 3DS, but where beyond that? Game Freak seems reluctant to impose true innovation upon the series. But for now, at least, Pokémon Black & White 2 is as good a Pokémon game as you could ask for: A massive role-playing game whose solo play is finally as engrossing as its competitive design.

Full review here

In celebration of Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 launching yesterday, animal-rights group PETA today released Pokemon Black and Blue, a parody game with the tagline "Gotta free 'em all." Pokemon Black and Blue has players embody Pikachu as he fights against trainers for liberation from what PETA sees as a torturous, imprisoned life.

"Much like animals in the real world, Pokemon are treated as unfeeling objects and used for such things as human entertainment and as subjects in experiments," PETA writes. "The way that Pokemon are stuffed into pokeballs is similar to how circuses chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods."

This isn't PETA's first foray into activist gaming; in December 2010 it released Super Tofu Boy, a parody of Super Meat Boy. Team Meat responded to PETA by including Tofu Boy as a playable character in a Steam update of Super Meat Boy.

Pokemon Black and Blue demonstrates that while it's terrible to punch, kick, cut or hit fictional animals with bats, it's perfectly acceptable to electrocute humans. Also, words can hurt just as much as quick attacks. And hugs. Give Pokemon Black and Blue a shot in the embedded game below (Warning: It has music and will auto-play).

- links up Black and White to Black 2 and White 2 for special events
- characters will reminisce about what happened between Black, White and Black 2, White 2
- carries over items such as your prop case
- also carries over Dream World creations from Loblolly
- battle a stronger Bianca and Cheren depending on starter picked in Black and White
- allows you to catch N's Pokemon

This trailer for Game Freak's first special distribution creature in Pokemon Black and White 2, Genesect, shows off its exclusive Techno Blast move. Genesect can be downloaded for free in the game until November 12.