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A special ticket will be attached to one copy of the January issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro, the holder of which will be be given the privilege of receiving copies of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl upon their release date, as well as proposing his ideas for the two upcoming games.

The January issue of CoroCoro will be published on Dec. 15, 2005. With this in mind, it is safe to expect more coverage than in previous months.

Nintendo Japan has issued a recall notice for two of its latest DS games, the Chunsoft co-developed Mysterious Dungeon spin-offs, Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon Blue/Red Rescue Team.

We picked up on unconfirmed reports last week that data was being corrupted or lost at various points in the games, with the all-important data-transfer elements being the most dangerous times to lose game progress and Pokédex.

Nintendo has confirmed the fault today, announcing a recall of the games and offering a free exchange of the first-generation of cartridges for revised versions it is currently manufacturing.

The problem stems when the cartridges are exchanged between Nintendo DS units. From what we can gather, the power being left on (as per the game’s instructions) flashed the game cartridge, resetting it completely and leaving thousands of Pokefans hours of lifetime in the red.

Pickachu Was In The Parade And Here Is What The Hosts Said:

Matt, "Okay Poké-Fans, Once again the Macy*s Parade makes "The Big Catch" as Pickachu, the adorable mascot for Pokémon fans in over 65 countries, returs to Herald Square to kick of the 10th worldwidanniversaryry of Pokémon in 2006."
Al, "Pickachu has been the loyal companion and best friend of Pokémon trainer, Ash, and is the star feverythinghing games to movies, to a TV show, now in its 8th season."
Katie, "Pickachu is only one foot, four inches tall, the perfect size for his best friend Ash to carry around on his journey through the Pokémon universe. Happy 10th Pokémon!"

I took these pictures with my own camera:

P.S. It's snow outside in Suffield!

We're setting up! NO ONE CAN GET A XBOX360!