April 19, 2007

Pokemon Fans Worldwide Invited to Virtually Attend Launch Event

While Thousands Gather in NYC’s Rockefeller Plaza to Celebrate Arrival of Pokemon Diamond & Pokemon Pearl, Millions More Can Join the Excitement at pokemon.com

Nintendo and Pokemon USA celebrate the launch of the new Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl games for the hand-held Nintendo DS with an afternoon of festivities for gamers and Pokemon fans of all ages. The games have already sold millions in Japan, and pre-orders have already topped 500,000 in the U.S. Based on these numbers, Nintendo expects Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl to be among the top-selling games for 2007. Thousands of Pokemon fans are expected to attend this fun-filled event in NYC, and millions more are invited to log on to www.pokemon.com to catch all of the day’s excitement via a live webcast to run throughout the entire event.

Pokemon fans unable to make it to NYC can log on and watch as the world-famous Rockefeller Plaza is transformed into a Pokemon universe. Featured at the event will be interactive game play stations showing off the brand new games, a fun-filled stage show with prizes like action figures and Pokedex interactive games from JAKKS Pacific, a Pokemon Trading Card Game play area, a movie lounge featuring the new Pokemon movie, Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and a special Kids Zone for younger fans. Plus, demo Pokemon Learning League, the online educational suite of animated, interactive lessons in language arts, math, science, and life skills for children 8-12.

The webcast will be broadcast live from the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Plaza, NYC from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST Sunday, April 22, 2007 at www.pokemon.com.

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