From May 8th through 31st, Deoxys will be distributed over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to English Pokémon Black, White, Black2, & White2 games. The Deoxys is Lv. 100, and is suspected to be similar to the Masuda Deoxys that was distributed from March 20th through May 5th in Japan. Although the item and moveset for the English Deoxys has not been confirmed yet, we assume that its item will be Life Orb and its moves may be; Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse, Recover, and Psycho Boost. If you're interested, check out our article on the original Japanese event for more information.

The English Events page has been updated to include the .PKM and .PGF files for the Plasma Deoxys. Huge thanks to KrisTami for providing the files!

A few hours ago, Pokémon Rumble U was released in Japan. For 1,800 yen (roughly $20 USD), the game is available for download on the Wii U. Rumble U is the third installment in the Pokémon Rumble series, and the first of many games to make use of the NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities of Nintendo's Wii U console. NFC is used to transmit Pokémon data between the Wii U GamePad and Toy Pokémon figures. A second set of NFC figures is scheduled to be released May 25 for 200 yen each (about $2 USD). This new set includes Eevee, Mewtwo, Croagunk, Zoroark, Litwick, and Genesect:



It was recently announced that passwords can be used to unlock additional Pokémon. Passwords will be revealed in issues of Corocoro and Famitsu, as well as being aired on the Pokémon Smash! TV show. Pictured at the right is the screen where 8-digit numerical passwords are input in-game.

Shown below, several legendary Pokémon such as Celebi, Meloetta, and Rayquaza appear throughout the game, not wanting to return to the Toy Pokémon shop:

For English Black2 & White2 games, the first of three Pokédex skins featuring Hugh, Bianca, and Cheren is now available. To get the Hugh Pokédex skin pictured at the right, visit the promotions page on the Global Link site, and fill in the missing word in a quote from Hugh.




To commemorate the 2013 Japan Cup tournament over PGL, Black Kyurem and White Kyurem C-Gear skins will be available for download to Japanese Black2 & White2 games from April 26 to June 11. If you have an account on the Japanese Pokémon Global Link site, don't hesitate to grab these awesome skins!