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This page is updated at a minimum once daily.
Editors: Jaxel, Iyse, BulbaGarden, Hiperu

Monday, February 21, 2000

New Episodes all week!!

4:42 AM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Iyse

We had a new episode this morning at 9:00am - "Snack Attack." Ash and the gang head to Grapefruit Island, which isn't what it sounds like... There are actually 7 islands. Heh. There are some really funny bits in this episode and a very surprising element, but you'll have to wait for me to get those episode guides up. Tomorrow we have "A Ship full of Shivers" and the day after that we have "Meowth Rules". This sudden outburst in new episodes is going to make me have episode guides up very soon!
 

Sunday, February 20, 2000

Characters from Pokémon Adventures

6:56 PM - EST

Source: Viz Media

Editor: Hiperu

GreenThis is not really Pokémon news, but information about characters from "Pokémon Adventures", a manga/comic book series based on the game. Do not continue reading if you don't want to be spoiled. Anyway, see if you can compare the characters from the comic book series to the anime series. "Pokémon Adventures: Part 2" is 32 pages with a soft cover. I guess Viz decided to lose the 46 pages with a cardboard cover format from Part 1. Bah! Everything is getting chopped up! -_-
  • Red (Ash): Trainer from Pallet Town who started with a Poliwag. He received a Bulbasaur from Professor Oak and was soon chosen to complete the Pokédex. He later caught a Pikachu.
  • Blue (Gary): Trainer from Pallet Town and grandson of Professor Oak. He received a Charmander and was one of two trainers chosen to complete the Pokédex.
  • Green: A girl who steals and sells phony items. She stole Professor Oak's Squirtle.
  • Yellow: A boy who looks like Red. However, he is blonde and wears yellow clothes.
  • Brock: Pewter City Gym leader. He wanted to compete with the formidable opponent Red.
  • Misty: Cerulean City Gym leader whose Gyarados was brainwashed by Team Rocket. Misty followed Red to retrieve the Moon Stone before Team Rocket arrived.
  • Lt. Surge: Vermilion City Gym leader who evolves stolen Pokémon to sell off by storing them on SS Anne.
  • Ninja Koga: One of Team Rocket's Elite Triad.
  • Team Rocket: An organization known for experimenting with brainwashing and evolving stolen Pokémon. They're trying to retrieve a disk that contains the location of Mew in order to catch it to complete the clone Mewtwo.

 
Battle For a Badge or For Love?

6:09 PM - EST

Source: Viz Media

Editor: Hiperu

Click to Enlarge!This is not really Pokémon news. It is an interesting scene in the newest issue of "Pokémon: Surf's Up, Pikachu" that I want people to notice. If you don't want to be spoiled, do not continue reading this. Jeremy, the Gym Leader of Citron Gym, has a sister named Mary who wanted a big sister like Misty. Therefore, Jeremy was planning to marry her. All of a sudden, Ash came up and stated, "If you want Misty, you have to go through me first!" Anyway, Misty started blushing as a reaction to this. ^^ This may be a hint to people thinking that Misty and Ash have some kind of a relationship. Well, Ash then cleared everything up by saying that he wanted to battle him for a badge. (Awww...) Anyway, Ash won a badge, and Jeremy changed his appearance to look like a woman to please Mary.
 

Saturday, February 19, 2000

The Pillow Got the Best of You...

8:15 PM - EST

Source: Charles Manderi

Editor: Jaxel

Jaxel is gay gay gay gay....
 
New Episodes and Video Clips

8:07 PM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Jaxel

Well today there was no new episode, a change from the last few weeks. Of course if that wasn't bad enough, Kids WB is back to it's old and stupid theme weeks. Next weekend is a show-wide "in the beginning" theme, every show will show it's first episodes. Lucky for us, Kids WB is being lenient and we will get one new episode next week. But what happened to that lost episode "Shell Shocked"? Will the WB remain stupid enough to skip that episode and never play it again? On another note. We have four new video clips up; used with strict permission from the Caterpie Forest. The first is "Ok!", sung by Matsumoto Rika; it's the Jolt League opening for the anime. The next two are ending videos for the Japanese episodes. And the final one is another commercial for Mabaroshi No Bakutan Lugia Pokemon [English: Revelation Lugia]. Again, deep thanks to the Caterpie Forest.

File Additions: japanese3.rm, japend5.rm, japend6.rm, pokexcomm1.rm
 

Friday, February 18, 2000

Staff Expectations

10:23 PM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Jaxel

Both Iyse and Hiperu want to do more for this webpage, so hopefully we will have more stuff soon. Hiperu wants to run the Fanart and Fanfics section, where as Iyse wants to run the TCG section; and I must admit, they are sections that I need help on. Also tommorow expect a few video clips. The Caterpie Forest has been kind enough to let us archive a few of their clips since their host Fairgame no longer allows them to have video clips.
 

Thursday, February 17, 2000

Pokémon at The Toy Fair 2000

9:13 PM - EST

Source: Pokémon.com

Editor: Iyse

The other day was the event of the Toy Fair 2000, and Pokémon brought the house down with new toys and games from Hasbro. Presented with a 20ft soft Pikachu, the new merchandise has been scheduled to be released very soon. These include Dexter, the new electronic talking Pokédex, and Action Combat Figures which concentrate on an attack of a Pokémon.

The most spectacular toy was the Battle Stadium figures which contain something called a Think Chip. These figures will actually be able to battle with each other and the Think Chip records the number of battle the Pokémon has won and lost, and therefore, it's strength and attacks. When released in August, there will be 7 figures, two of them being Squirtle and Geodude. Using Dexter, aforementioned, you will be able to view the Pokémon's experience, level and attacks. I must say, that these look absolutely awesome!

Also revealed were plush toys of Togepi and Mew that can move about, talk and respond to how they are treated!! More stuffed toys will be released, and other merchandise like Pokéball shaped CD players and walkie-talkies are on the list too. Even the TCG was given a show at the fair due to it's one year anniversary. The official announcement of the Team Rocket edition showed an 82 card set, and Wizards are releasing a new version of the Base Set. This is probably what Base Set 2 will be. But we are all waiting to find out!!
 
2 New Video Clips

8:34 PM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Jaxel

Today we have two new video clips for you to download. The first is a clip used by permission from the Ultimate Pokemon Anime; in it we see exactly why "Legend of Dratini" was not aired in America: because the Safari Warden goes gun-toting mad! The other clip we have is yet another fan-made clip from Jason Leung. He decided to stay with his Team Rocket theme and remade the Double trouble Video clip. The Legend of Dratini clip is found in the anime section, but the Double Trouble clip is in the news/misc. section.

File Additions: 35-2.rm, doubletrouble.rm
 
No Cantonese Release of Polygon Epi

7:45 PM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Hiperu

Our hopes for a Cantonese release of ?Electric Soldier Polygon? on VCD are gone. It was a while ago that I went to a store that sold Japanese and Cantonese music CDs and VCDs. They released new episodes ranging from ?The Bridge Bicycle Gang? to ?Who Gets to Keep Togepi?? I searched through the VCDs, and guess what?they skipped the episode too!!! I expected them to show all the lost episodes, but I guess they wanted to be on the safe side. However, they did release ?Holiday at Acapulco? and ?The Legend of Dratini.? I made video clips that highlights the important scenes of these two episodes. The Realvideo clips I made of ?Holiday at Acapulco? are available on UPNetwork. However, the video clips of ?The Legend of Dratini? were deleted along with most of my other video clips, and I don?t have backups!!! Well, more on that later.
 

Wednesday, February 16, 2000

Return to the Barren Desert...

10:19 PM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Jaxel

Well I guess there is no news today; oh well....
 

Tuesday, February 15, 2000

Pokemon Trading Card Game GB

8:38 PM - EST

Source: Nintendo of America

Editor: Jaxel

We all know about the upcoming Pokemon Trading Card Game for the Gameboy, but now we have more information! The game will start out as you meet with not Professor Oak, but Doctor Mason! Throughout the game will will go around battling trainers and gym leaders in hopes of creating a perfect deck; a deck you can use to battle the elite four of the Pokemon Dome! The game will include many of the cards from the Base set and other exclusive cards. Using a link cable you can also battle your friends, but can you trade...?
 

Monday, February 14, 2000

A Day to Celebrate!

6:27 PM - EST

Source: Not Available

Editor: Jaxel

Today we don't just celebrate Valentine's day, but an even more important festivity! Today is the one year anniversary of the Universal Pokemon Network! That's right, exactly one year ago today we opened up the UPNetwork at [pokemon.gzero.org]; three days later we moved to this domain. It is hard to believe that a site this big could be so young... Happy birthday UPNetwork! And happy Valentine's day to everyone else.
 

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Jp - No Plans
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GB: Card
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En - Apr 10, 00

GB: Gold/Sil
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En - Sep 16, 00

GB: Online X
Jp - Future
En - No Plans

64: Stadium 2
Jp - Released
En - Mar 6, 00

64: Dechu VRS
Jp - Released
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Flik: PRL-PEP
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En - No Plans


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