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Nintendo can celebrate a double triumph this morning with confirmation from UKIE GfK Chart-Track that Pokemon White and Pokemon Black have claimed first and second spots respectively in the UK charts. It’s the biggest release ever for a Pokemon title and the second biggest launch ever for a DS game. …

The stars of next month’s highly anticipated Pokmon games are already on shelves – in trading card form. Released earlier this week, the Zoroark: World of Illusions gift box marked the beginning of a major retail marketing drive for Pokmon Black and White. The company behind the Pokmon Trading Card …

The Nintendo Wii will not be home to a traditional Pokmon RPG game any time soon. The series’ developer GameFreak has said that core Pokmon titles will continue to be released on handheld consoles only. An announcement made during a Nintendo investor call last month said that new Pokmon games …

3DS may be mere weeks away, but Nintendo certainly hasn’t forgotten its established formats. The platform holder’s latest release schedule lists some of the key new titles for Wii and DS, encompassing a mix of first-party and third party games, according to CVG. Wii highlights include Kirby’s Epic Yarn and …

Nintendo’s latest Pokmon duo will be released in the UK on March 4th. The date for Pokmon Black and White means the two games will hit the High Street two days before their US debut, according to Official Nintendo Magazine. More than 2.6 million copies were sold between the titles …

Nintendo’s cult gaming IP Pokemon continues to endure in Japan with news that the latest release in the series has set a new sales record for the brand. Andriasang reports that between them Pokemon White and Pokemon Black sold a massive 2,637,285 copies in their first week of release in …

Having kept pretty quite about the game since it was first unveiled in October last year, Nintendo has announced that PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure will be released in the UK on July 9th. Players take control of recognisable series’ mascot Pikachu in what is described as the first Pokemon adventure …

Though the latest Pokemon titles have only just hit UK shores, a Japanese teaser site has offered the first glimpse of the next instalment in Nintendo’s series – Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. Details are scant for now, though Joystiq reckons that Nintendo has promised plenty of innovation in this …

Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find the definitive guide to some of the biggest titles heading to retail in the coming weeks. This week, we take a look at Nintendo’s Pokmon HeartGold and SoulSilver – the DS remakes of two of the most popular …

Development kits for Nintendo’s successor to the world-conquering DS handheld not only exist, but they’re also in the hands of key Japanese studios – that’s the claim being made by CVG. The website states that The Pokemon Company, amongst others, was the first outfit to get their hands on the …