Tag: pokemon

  • Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver – Your Guide to the Pokeathlon

    When I was a little kid the USA Network used to re-run old cartoons from the 1960s and 70s on a show called Cartoon Express. One of my favourites was a show called Laugh-A-Lympics where Hanna-Barbara characters would compete against each other in comedy versions of Olympic events. You’d have Scooby-Doo Vs. Yogi Bear, Hong…

  • Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver – Your Guide to the Pokewalker

    When the original Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal, you were able to buy an strange cross between a pedometer and a Tamagotchi virtual pet known as the Pokemon Pikachu 2 GS. This digital device could be clipped to your belt and would count the number of steps you took. These steps could then be traded…

  • Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver: Race For the First Badge!

    Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver has just been released. As with the original version of the game, your first Gym Leader is Falkner of Violet City. He has two Pokemon, a Level 9 Pidgey and a Level 13 Pidegotto. We’re going to take a look at the Pokemon you can collect before you face…

  • Which Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver Starter is Right For You?

    Like with any of the core Pokemon games, Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver offers you a choice of three Starter Pokemon. There is Chikorita, the Grass Type, Cyndaquil, the Fire Type and Totodile, the Water type. Now back in 2000-01, I chose Totodile first for Gold because I thought he was the cutest and…

  • Review: Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver Developer: Game Freak Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 03/14/2010 Well, it’s finally here – the day I know most of our readers have been waiting for: the release of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. As most of the audience here at Diehard GameFAN know, I’ve…

  • Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver Strategy Guides: Kanto Gym Leaders, Johto Gym Leaders and Elite Four Lineups!

    To kick off Pokemon Week and to celebrate the remakes of the Johto Generation with Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, we’ve prepared strategy guides for you on the Johto Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, and the Kanto Gym Leaders. Click on any (or all) of the three topics below to see what each Trainer…

  • Pokemon Rumble – EIGHT More Passwords!

    I hope you’re all having a great Thanksgiving. To celebrate this holiday, Diehard GameFAN is providing you a collection of EIGHT more Pokemon Rumble passwords. For those of you that missed the first six passwords collected, here are links to them. Eevee, Blastoise and Cherrim Turtwig, Blastoise, and Mew Now without any further ado, let’s…

  • Pokemon Rumble – Next Three Passwords Revealed!

    Just like yesterday’s Pokemon Rumble Password update, we have three more passwords for you to unlock some special Pokemon for your game. This time it’s Turtwig, Blastoise and the Legendary Pokemon, Mew! 1. Turtwig (8672-1076) This password is courtesy of IGN and gives you another 4th generation Pokemon to add to your collection. Usually you…

  • Pokemon Rumble – First Three Unlockable Pokemon Passwords Revealed

    For those of you who purchased Pokemon Rumble today, you’ll notice there is a section where you can enter passwords to unlock various Pokemon. Below are the first three passwords that have been revealed. Please check back on this page, as when more are revealed, we will add them here, including the upcoming Charizard with…

  • Review: Pokemon Rumble (Nintendo Wii)

    Pokemon Rumble Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Ambrella Genre: Beat ‘Em Up Release Date: 11/16/2009 Back on June 10th of 2009, I received a gift from Ambrella for my Nintendo Wii. It was the yet-to-be-released Melee! Pokemon Scramble for WiiWare. It turned out to be a fun little game that reminded me of a weird mix Dynasty…

  • Screens: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Nintendo DS)

    Screens: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (NDS) Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Genre: RPG Release Date:

  • Review: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Chunsoft Genre: Roguelike Release Date: 10/12/2009

  • Review: Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver (NDS Import)

    Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Game Freak Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 09/12/2009 (Japan) As most of our readers here at Diehard GameFAN know, I’ve had copies of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver for a quite some time before the Japanese release date. I was the first to break…

  • Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver: Kanto Gym Leader Lineups

    All right. Tuesday we covered the Johto Gym leaders and yesterday we looked at the Elite Four. Today we’re going to look at the Kanto Gym Leaders. After beating the Elite Four for the first time, your character will be able to go from Johto to Kanto and collect all eight badges there as well.…

  • Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver: Elite Four Lineups!

    Yesterday we covered the eight Johto Gym Leaders and the differences between their original Pokemon Gold & Silver appearances and those in the recently released Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Today we’re going to look at the Elite Four (and the Pokemon Champion) and show you the differences in their Pokemon and their respective…

  • Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver: Johto Gym Leader Lineups!

    On September 12th, 2009, Game Freak and Nintendo released Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver. This marks the first return to Johto in nine or ten years (depending on which side of the Pacific you are on.) To commemorate the remakes of the most beloved generation of Pokemon games so far, we’ve provided you with…

  • Pokemon Platinum: Mastering the Moveset – Espeon and Roserade

    This month it’s two different requests from two different people. The first is a fellow staffer over at Diehard GameFAN who requested a moveset for Roserade. The other is a reader who called himself “RISK.” He writes, Ok, I’d like a strong Psychic type on my team, but I’m not too enthused about using Alakazam…

  • Pokemon Platinum: Mastering the Moveset – Ninetails and Sandslash

    About a month and a half ago I did a feature on building movesets for two Pokemon – Garchomp and Dusknoir, by the request of one of my writers. It seemed like a fun idea and little did I know that this one-off would become one of our twenty most read articles of all time.…

  • E3 2009 Screens: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Nintendo DS)

    Developer: CHUNSOFT and The Pokémon Company Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Dungeon Role-Playing Game Release: Fall 2009 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is the newest installment in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon video game series. The game expands on the fun found in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. Players…

  • Pokemon – A Return To Johto!

    On Friday May 1st, 2009, the official Pokemon web site made an announcement that on Sunday, May 10th, the newest Pokemon game would be revealed to the world. The announcement will be made on the Japanese TV show Pokemon Sunday during the Pokemon Game Arena segment. You can read the announcement (if you can read…