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New Pokemon Silhouette!

As previously announced, Gamefreak director Junichi Masuda visited today the popular japanese TV-show Pokémon Sunday and revealed the silhouette of a new Pokémon which will apparently have a key role in the upcoming movie "Phantom Champion Z". CoroCoro magazine also displayed the silhouette on a teaser in their website which is also availale on our Flickr.

In other news, Serebii seems to have revealed the Pokéathlon events' names, from the english version of HeartGold & SoulSilver.

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All Fired Up!

At long last and as promised the Elements article regarding the Fire Type is finally here! Read it while it's hot!

There might be a few things missing and therefore I will be checking the article every now and then as I polish it up. On a side note, I have added and corrected a few things on Normal Type as well. Feel free to leave your interesting suggestions and responses in the comments section.

The next article will concentrate on the Water Element, as voted by our forum members. If you wish to participate in similar polls, do not hesistate joining our forums.

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Finals of Greek Championship!

The second Greek Pokemon Championships organized by Nintendo.gr and Legendary Pokémon has a new champion! Congrats to both our forum members Adk (champion) and GeorgeSlayer for their amazing performance! Check the videos on our YouTube channel or after the jump!

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Entirely new Pokemon games within 2010!

Just a few hours ago, The Pokemon Company (headed by Tsunekazu Ishihara) announced that Gamefreak, maker of the canonical Pokémon RPG games, is working on a brand new game for the Nintendo DS which is set to be released within 2010:

We inform you the Pokemon Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Tsunekazu Ishihara) is developing the latest work for the RPG series "Pocket monsters" (Development: Gamefreak Ltd.: Nintendo Ltd.) that is the original Pokemon series for the Nintendo DS which is to be released within 2010. …

… The "Pocket monsters" series for the Nintendo DS makes the best use of the dual screen, touch and Wi-Fi capabilities of the Nintendo DS. This completely new game, four years after "Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl" (17.150.000 copies worldwide with over 5.800.000 in Japan), will feature new gameplay, new Pokémon and provide a reformation reborn of the series.

Please expect a future press release with more information on the content of the game.

The explicit mention of new Pokémon and of a schedule reformation of the series, makes us think that this is confirmation of Generation V games. It is also possible that these new games (or game) are related to the rumors of a successor to the Nintendo DS in late 2010. Perhaps the February edition of CoroCoro will reveal more information on the matter.

In other news, fansite Pokébeach [article now removed for some reason] reports on a possible new forme for Celebi, set to appear in the upcoming Pokémon movie, Phantom Ruler Z. However such claims with no official confirmation are to be taken with a grain of salt.

Apparently, Gamefreak director Junichi Masuda is visiting the Pokémon Sunday TV show on February 7th, planning to reveal more information.

What is more, pre-orders for HeartGold and SoulSilver have begun in Greece and orders include matching Pokémon memorabilia.

In an unrelated note, Legendary Pokémon is now a national partner of the United European Pokémon Communities, a new initiative based on the principles of "Unity, Community, Participation". Make sure to read their constitution and if you do live in Europe, support their effort.

Sources: Pokemon.co.jp, Oricon, Gpapa

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Support UNICEF's relief work in Haiti

At times where tragedy strikes, it is our duty to help those that desperately need our support. Our heart goes to the people in Haiti and especially the children who have become separated from their families. These people need our help, they need food, medication and accommodation; even a small donation of either 1 dollar or euro can make a difference. If you can spare that much, please consider supporting UNICEF's humanitarian work.

Notice for our Greek visitors: Για εμάς που βρισκόμαστε στην Ελλάδα, λειτουργεί ειδικός αιρθμός της UNICEF, για δωρεά με SMS. Συγκεκριμένα στέλνοντας μήνυμα με τη λέξη ΑΙΤΗ στο 19454 χρέωση 1 ευρώ + ΦΠΑ ανά SMS (ισχύει από τις 6 το πρωί της Πέμπτης 21 Ιανουαρίου έως τα μεσάνυκτα της Τετάρτης 27 Ιανουαρίου).

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Elemental Rebirth

It is certainly not the title of the upcoming movie featuring Celebi and it is definitely not a side game. It is the revival of the Pokémon Elements articles!

Many of you asked for an update on my first part of Pokémon Elements, which concerned the Normal Type, as it was written back in Generation III. While it took a while for me to get a grasp of the new generation, I decided to reopen this project and start working on it anew. My first priority was to bring the Normal Type up to date before I started focusing elsewhere; many things were revised, added and swapped around.

I proudly present to you Pokémon Elements: Normal Type, now updated to Generation IV games! I hope that you will enjoy reading through it once again and leave me any comments, corrections and suggestions that you can think of.

However, do not worry as I do not plan on letting things heat off again! The Fire Element is next and will be available to you in less than two weeks!

I must thank Arty2 for his impecable work on the Pokédex as well as our affiliate, Bulbapedia for bits of valuable information that were required for this update.

Enjoy!

Jan. 19th: Thank you for the e-mail and comment responses for this update. It really means a lot to see you are interested in such trivia. Your suggestions and corrections are being taken into consideration, and some will soon be applied as I keep reading through the article to polish it up. Also, based on comments, I decided to tag the older articles of PotW as RS in order to avoid confusion between Generation III and Generation IV metagame.

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