April 2002

 

  

tuesday, april 30th, 2002
(last update: 0430 EST)

 

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Atelier

no update

posted by warlord

Japanese Promos

new section! woo!

posted by zeo

bonus midday update!!!---card e 3!

well, i'd wondered this, when i was working on coro coro this month...it looked like they were talking about a new card e expansion. so they were! a brand new set, featuring lugia!


the new set appears to be called 'wind from the sea', and the booster pack features lugia. the set is described as dealing with the ruins on the sea floor that stretch along the southernmost continent, and the forest and water nearby. supposedly some new features will be added in the set....whatever could 'e application' be?

 

sale date is listed as may seventh, which is next week. seems like they just barely came out with e 2...oh well! here are a few cards from the set...yay lugia! the card itself looks kind of strange. like there is a pattern on it, but perhaps that's just the gif. lugia has a power and 2 attacks, from what i can see peering at the teeny little picture....looks like another multi energy attack. i hope it does something good. there also is a water card (kingdra? suicune?) and what looks like a bellossom. anways, enjoy! we'll have more information on the set as soon as we can get it.


now back to your regularly scheduled update. :D

 


hey look at that! we have a new section! woooo! go us!!!

marril did a lot of the researching and then i refined it... but we have a list of all the japanese numbered promos, as well as pics of most of them! they aren't the greatest pics yet, but for two days work its a good start :D

we'll be updating this just as the american promo page whenever new japanese promos come out we'll update it.

land of the rising promos

hmm... and also you can help us out too. as you can see a lot of the pics aren't the greatest quality or size. if you have better scans than the ones we have send them in and if we use them, we'll credit you!



Here comes Project Z.E.O. with a new card!Tonight we have the dog Pokemon with the bad rep cause hes always frowning, Snubbull! Thanks to Dreadmon for the art, and to Eric for the attacks, enjoy!

Dont give me any guff!

 

quote of the day:
"that not only takes the cake--
it bakes it, ices it, and throws it out the window"

 

monday, april 29th, 2002
(last update: 0430 EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

a swack o decks!

posted by poinko

Main Archive

april 19th-27th

posted by zeo


well... thanks to some weird ftp glitch at 2am saturday night we were without an update for most of sunday! :O however the streat IS alive andw e DID update... and if you didn't get a chance to see it you can see it now! ...don't worry, you won't miss too much exciting up here :D

today we do have a number of decks over in the atelier (three to be exact) and we don't ahve a new project zeo card because we need more art! so far on the 'force ech to do work' contest kingdra is winning by a landslide! ...kinda scary considering kingdra is hard to draw.. ^_^' [starts working on his 'kindgra hiding in coral' sketch]

anyway, we still need pics of Ivysaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow, Sandslash, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran(M), Nidorino, Clefable, Machop, Machoke, Graveler, Ponyta, Dodrio, Drowzee, Hypno, Exeggutor, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Seaking, Omastar, Ledyba, Ariados, Chinchou, Flaffy, Sudowoodo, Gligar, Granbull, Ursaring, Remoraid, Delibird, and Miltank! Your assistance is much appreciated!



lets see here... we're working on two seperate things too which should be up real soon... the coro coro section for may is almost done (and it has reeeeeeally cool pics) and we're also working on a japanese numbered promo spoiler... much along the same lines as the american ones, so look for that soon too!

 

quote(s) of the day:
"checkmate? what's THAT a quote from? "
"you wouldn't know a quote if it bit you on the arm"

 

sunday, april 28th, 2002
(last update: 0430 EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

nope!

posted by mini

Main Archive

april 19th-27th

posted by zeo


Here comes Project Z.E.O. with 2 all new cards for your veiwing pleasure! First off we got the buck-toothed rat with a pension for looking in people backpacks for food, here's tonights first card, RATTATA!

 

You dirty raaaaaaaaat!

 

Second, we got a new trainer from DarkPoinko, which re-introduces the basic energies in a new light, speaking of light, here's the first "Helper Energy", Lightning! 

And the thunder rolls...

 

Well, that's all for Project Z.E.O. tonight, but they still need your help! If you have any artwork of Ivysaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow, Sandslash, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran(M), Nidorino, Clefable, Machop, Machoke, Graveler, Ponyta, Dodrio, Drowzee, Hypno, Exeggutor, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Seaking, Omastar, Ledyba, Ariados, Chinchou, Flaffy, Sudowoodo, Gligar, Granbull, Ursaring, Remoraid, Delibird, or Miltank, send it in! Your assistance is much appreciated!



hmmm... what else is on our magic updating bag of updating goodness...

well for starters, pure got coro coro yesterday and scanned it all... so now its all just a matter of writing up the info.

there is some cool info this month. some stuff on pokemon advance, the next pokemon movie... pokemon mini and ecard 2 of course... as well as some really REALLY cool pics with celebi, suicune and lugia.

so then, just look for that to be coming in the next couple days... and in the mean time we have a scan of the new pichu brothers promo.. the first baby card to have a TWO enery attack.. of course there ARE two pichu bros...

quote of the day:
"checkmate "

 

saturday, april 27th, 2002
(last update: 4am EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

full of decky goodness!

posted by poinko!


Hey look, Project Z.E.O. is back with a new card! This time around we have Persian, the ill-tempered evolution of the rather free-spirited Meowth. With some cool art donated by Agent006 and rather nasty attacks supplied by mister Mewtwo himself, here's tonight's card!

 

Babies? Who needs babies??

 

Yeah, so they got a new card out, but Project Z.E.O. still needs so art! So if you have any art around of the Ivysaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow, Sandslash, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran(M), Nidorino, Clefable, Machop, Machoke, Graveler, Ponyta, Dodrio, Drowzee, Hypno, Exeggutor, Weezing, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Seaking, Omastar, Ledyba, Ariados, Chinchou, Flaffy, Sudowoodo, Politoed, Gligar, Granbull, Ursaring, Remoraid, Delibird, or Miltank, send it in!



and lets see here....

over on
wizards they have posted an article that pure did about the rochester draft from the east coast stadium challenge last month! its a really well done article that you should definatly check out.

rochester, new jersey?

and as well there is also a new single card article over on wizards dealing with (in my opinion) a very useful stadium.. energy stadium. its great to have in low energy decks (which a lot seem to be lately)

energy to burn

snugglebunny of the day:
"You are Hoppy Bunny. You like to have fun and hop.
You are the hoppiest bunny around. You like to hop and hop all day.
Special Ability: Hop. You are the bestest hopper in
Snugglebunnyland. You can avoid combat if you want to. "

 

friday, april 26th, 2002
(last update: 3am EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

no update

posted by ---


woo hoo!

the pokemon chats are back online and better than ever! check out all the new rulings made this week like...

[looks at the list] metal zapdos?!? didn't we rule metal zapdos to death like 6 months ago?!

[checks again] ...ok.. no ditto questions... more on the self referencing rule... man....

aaaaaaanyway....

pure was at the chat last night and she has a complete and formatted log up and ready for your viewing delight!

what the HECK is a multipass?!


and we also have a special article from peeptoad! (hah! betcha you didn't know you'd be writing an article for zeo tonight peep! >:D)

in the latest issue of nintendo power they have some cool pokemon advance info! here's what peep had to say (with pictures!)

coming [not so] soon to a gba near YOU!




and we still need art for project zeeeeeooooo.....

Ivysaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Rattata, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow - Sandslash, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran(M), Nidorino, Clefable, Persian, Primeape, Growlithe, Machop, Machoke, Graveler, Golem, Ponyta, Dodrio, Cloyster, Drowzee, Hypno, Exeggutor, Weezing, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Kangaskhan, Goldeen, Seaking, Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Meganium, Ledyba, Ariados, Crobat, Chinchou, Flaffy, Sudowoodo, Politoed, Gligar, Snubull, Granbull, Ursaring, Corsola, Remoraid - Delibird, Kingdra, Phanphy, and Miltank aren't THAT hard to draw! so come on...
send em in!

also, if you submit art from now until may 1st, send along the name of one of the above pokemon you would like to see the echster draw... and whichever has the most vote, i will be made to draw! what could be more fun than THAT! [checks to make sure dunsparce is not on the list] yup! what could be more fun! :D

quote of the day:
"pegasus! I will win the match! Just believe in me molly!"

 

thursday, april 25th, 2002
(last update: 3am EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

no update

posted by ---


[looks frantically around for update fodder]

...

wow... the world of pokemon seems pretty dry. they need to release a new pokemon or something :D

lets see... there MIGHT be a wotc chat tonight, but i'm not 100% sure... they haven't relaly announced that it would be back.... um...[ thinks more]

ah HAH! here's some cool news!

there IS a new game for pokemon mini... its called.... um... well.. pokemon mini race. but it looks really great!


the worst part about this is that there isn't a release date yet :(



and... what do we have from project zeo?

[looks over at poinko who holds his hands open defeatedly]

ooookay... we got nothing! hmmm.... lets see here. it appears as tho we are ALL OUT OF ART for project zeo! [crowd gasps]

wow... thats right... we NEED your art! in fact... every submission or art you give, we will give you a check for FORTY DOLLARS
(disclaimer: checks will NOT be honored)

ok.... aside from the paying people to submit art, we still DO need it... badly! so if you can draw a Ivysaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Rattata, Raticate, Spearow, Fearow - Sandslash, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran(M), Nidorino, Clefable, Persian, Primeape, Growlithe, Machop, Machoke, Graveler, Golem, Ponyta, Dodrio, Cloyster, Drowzee, Hypno, Exeggutor, Weezing, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Kangaskhan, Goldeen, Seaking, Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Meganium, Ledyba, Ariados, Crobat, Chinchou, Flaffy, Sudowoodo, Politoed, Gligar, Snubull, Granbull, Ursaring, Corsola, Remoraid - Delibird, Kingdra, Phanphy, or Miltank then PLEASE send it in! we neeeeeed it!

so yeah... we need art.. any art... you can draw art... any art... so what's the hold up?! :D in fact to make things more interesting... here's what we'll do... for the next week, everyone who sends in art gets to vote on which pokemon they would like to see ME draw for project zeo. yeah... even i wont be immune to the project zeo submissions. so then, if you submit art from now until may 1st, also send along the name of one of the above pokemon you would like to see the echster draw... and whichever has the most vote, i will be made to draw! what could be more fun than THAT! [checks to make sure dunsparce is not on the list] yup! what could be more fun! :D

quote of the day:
"eeeeew. I'm not drinking jolt...
that's disgusting... what are you going to
do, put him in a blender?"

 

wednesday, april 24th, 2002
(last update: XXam EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

no update

posted by ---


HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGURIS!!!!

and as a 'birthday present' we're letting HIM update!


[ang] o_o' THATS NOT A PRESENT!!! THATS A PUNSIHMENT!!!
[ech] happy birthday buuuuuddy. [ech walks off and locks ang in the updating room]



[grapples with the door for a moment] lousy ech...locking me in here...one of these days i'm gonna hur...oh. hey. uh..boy oh boy do i have an update in store for you guys! and its better for you than Sour Yogurt Drink!

Okay! Mars has some stuff for us, looks like some...tea...uh...yeah...

mmm...weird liquid...

POINKO IS DEAD! More Tea?



Now, we have some stadium reports from last weekends Stadium Challange: Central at the rosemont holiday inn, in chicago.

Firefighin' in Chicago

Speed Drafting and other Tales

Mid-West-ier!



Low and Behold! Some fake Cards! These two that are just kinda random and wierd..

Cursed Colors never match...

And i figured i'd do this one since its my birthday and all and now you can all make your friends the greatest birthday cards ever!

Broiling Birthdays!



And whats this? Gym Islands work again?! we may just actually finish before the decade is over.

Ghostly Gastly Gone Goalie Grapes!

Check out the keen Ghost Neo Gym Blank. Haunter has one too...he should be up in the next couple days.



Well....thats about all i have.

[tugs on the door some more]

let me out! i updated! i was good!

[slumps down on the floor]

hello...what do we have here?

[picks up a comic book on the floor]

The Adventures of Dane Chi: Master of Disaster # 246...oh well could be worse...

[reads comic quietly]

quote of the day:
"I'm afraid this conversation can serve no
further purpose. Good Bye, Dave"

 

tuesday, april 23rd, 2002
(last update: 2.5am EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

no update

posted by ---


yaaay! pure finally made it back home... no worse for wear, but terrbly tired. we didn't get much of a chance to talk today cause she was really tired and just wanted to sleep... poor thing. the bus was totally packed on the way back to ny so she didn't get any rest at all... :(

just a couple things in the wide wacky world of pokemon today... and all from the fuuuuuuture.... ooooooooooh.

but first! the card of the day!



Flappin' your way is today's Project: Z.E.O. card! It's the toxic spittin, poison flyin, psychic weak-to Zubat! Yay! Finally, a GOOD Pokémon makes it's way onto the roster! Woohoo!! *Gets chased down by rabid Tyranitar and Charizard fans* GAH!!

full metal BAT-ket

And yes, we need plenty of art still, so check out our MIA list to see what we need and if you can supply it!



and now.... for your viewing pleasure we have some shots from pokemon 2002!

[poinko] hey ech... can i look too?
[ech] you've already done your part of the update
[poinko] awww... but i want to help look at the pictures...
[ech] fine... just dont do anything stupid...
[poinko stops chewing on the couch] ...wha?
[ech] ..roll the tape.


[ech] alright... here we obviously have an underwater orb of so...
[poinko] i bet it has something to do with rateisou and rataisou!
[ech] ...


[ech] aww... i wanted hoeruko to be GIANORMOUS!!!
[poinko] comeon.. you really thought that a blueberry with wings is going to be bigger than a steelix?
[ech] ...yes.
[poinko] NOTHING IS BIGGER THAN STEELIX!!!!
[ech] o_o'


[ech] heh... rateisou is saying 'great... first i'm awaken from my sleep by the orb and now there's an electric rat on my back...
[poinko] ...its a pokemon ech... it can't talk.
[ech] ¬_¬


[ech and poinko] yaaay! its the skeletal kabutops!



[ech] hmmm... maybe kabutopseses really aren't extint... maybe they just like to pretend to be so that they aren't disturbed.
[poinko] no... i dont think so. that 'kabutops' is over 8 feet tall.
[ech] uh... so?
[poinko] kabutops max out at around 4'3".
[ech] -_-


[ech] aaaah!!! the remoraids are going to get them!!!
[poinko] its a DREAM SEQUENCE ech
[ech] . . .
[poinko] dont you see the little wavy lines?
[ech] are you TRYING to annoy me?
[poinko] ...yes.


quote of the day:
"the picture I took of the kabutops makes
it look like it has bubble gum in its hair ^_^"
-magmar2000

 

monday, april 22nd, 2002
(last update: 3am EST)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

FIVE DECKS!

posted by poinko

Main Archive

apr. 14th - 21st

posted by ech


well, if you've been keeping track we had a few problems this weekend... nothing major, except for the fact that it seemed to corrupt pages whenever we tried to ul them... (hence the blank page on the site all weekend with no 'explaination' if we had tried to explain then we would have corrupted more... and more!!!) kudos to vash who actually sat on hold for 54% of his weekend dealing with tech support... heh... i think that technical support is glad it was him too... [whisltes innocently]

so then... lets see what we have here....

i talked to pure sunday morning before she went off. her and anguris went to this really big japanese shop before heading off sunday morning and pure got rations for her journey.... but unfortunatly the bus was full and she was delayed 5 hours (at least!) hmm... sound familiar? anyway, i haven't been able to talk to her again... (as the voicestream operator so kindly tells me that she's out of service range...) but i'm sure that her trip is going smoothly and she should be home soon.. albiet tired.

anguris got back late last night and was working on a report for us but had to get some sleep... (man... what IS it is everyone and this SLEEP thing...) and we have had yet to hear from other zeo notibles from this weekend... HINT HINT guys... ;)

we do have a couple of quick notes from the event tho that pure told us about... attendence in the main events were a bit lower than in jersey, but the interest in the professor rochester draft was much greater, which i thinkcould be a good sign. anyway, san diego is the next event and then from there its worlds or bust!

and lets see... peep toad has a purity sighting in one of the pictures posted over at wizpo... hmmm... can everyone spot our purity in
this pic? :D

and finally.... (i'm not sure if i'm alowed to do this... but too bad cause i am!) we have the desktop art of this weekend's stadium promo... PUPITAR! (betcha no one saw pupitar coming, huh?) hmmm... and if you look closely at it perhaps you can see how it kind of joins up with the
larvitar desktop too... hmmmmm....

quick! to the pupitar cave!


thoughts on making the quote of the day:
"how about 'crikey! she's a beaut!' "
"....no.... i dont think so."

 

sunday, april 21st, 2002
(BEGONE VILE CORRUPTION)

 
woooo... we're back!

after some problems with our host, (as well as very LITTLE help from them resolving it) we are now back and just as good as before! ;)

anyway, since i really don't feel like redoing the update for today, check back in a few houds for monday's update... full of stadium goodness!


quote of the day:
[recording] thank you for calling technical support.
your call is very important to us....
so important that rather than letting you talk to one of our technicians,
we will let enrique iglesias tell you about being your hero for 47 minutes.
any attempts to hang up will result in your hosting being immediatly terminated under paragraph 7 section b of your contract...
[ech] o_o'...
[enrique] "oh.... i will be your heeeero baaaaaaaaybeeeeeeeee!"

   

saturday, april 20th, 2002
(stadium day number 2)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

FIVE DECKS!

posted by poinko



the perils of mapquest...

poor pure got to chicago friday afternoon and followed the directions mapquest gave her... eh heh heh... yeah... damn mapquest.

anyway, she ended up at o'hare and then took the service shuttle to her hotel... kinda the long way of doing things, but hey, if it works. poor anguris had even worse luck tho as the three hour trip took him 6 hours thanks to weather and everything.... bleh. anyway, i talked to pure for about 20 minutes on the phone last night and she sounds like she's having a great time... and the event hasn't even started! her and anguris were tweaking decks and such, and there was a lot of ruckus going on the background (...this was at 11.. and pure said it had died down a LOT @_@)

the pre-event staff meeting went really really well she said too. they clarified some of the most common mistake rulings and everything, and everyone seemed to be doing pretty good too. and whats even cooler is that they brought someone in to report so pure might actually get to PLAY this time! <gasp> wouldn't that be something, huh? :D

so then tomorrow is the big event and if you're there, make sure to say hi to pure and get one of the new zeo promos... just like the larvitar, these are only available in chicago and only available tomorrow... so don't miss your chance! hmmm... and perhaps if i'm feeling particularly devious i will have a scan of it up for you all tomorrow.. along with a desktop pic... but until then you'll have to wait. >:D



goooooo kecleon!

aaaaw man... i didn't even know they were showing pokemon on ytv again... and not only that, but they showed the cool new kakureon episode... which means we can't call him kakureon anymore either... his OFFICIAL english name appears to be......

KECLEON!
(keh-CLEE-on)

now the question is, do i want to get up at like 3:30 am in order to SEE the kecleon episode again... dontcha just LOVE time zones? ZZZzzz.....



magic can't save THIS product

eh heh heh... whooops. seems as tho halmark kinda made a biiiig mistake. see.... they had a harry potter keychain that had a cute little magic potion bottle thing at the end.... complete with liquid. yeah...

well see, the thing is they found out (AFTER it was released mind you) that the contents of the keychain could... well kill you.

hmmm... i mean at least this makes more sense then the mew/superball eating frenzy a few years ago... i mean i could actually SEE people drinking this magic potion. well... i could more seem them drinking that than eating a superball... but then thats just me.



 Here comes the big green Project: Z.E.O. dinosaur, Meganium! Art and attacks by EspeonX, this Meganium has hidden strength you don't want to tangle with!

poinko NEVER gives me a link name... NEVER!

 


We still need art, and only art, please. Check out the MIA list to see how you can help Project Z.E.O. as we wind down to the last Pokémon of the set!
...or not.

quote of the day:
"error: unable to write file
disk quota exceeded"

 

friday, april 19th, 2002
(last update: 12:30 am est)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

no update

posted by dug



[flops into updating arch]

o_O

Er...hello, it's me, Elroy, and I'm your guest updater...let's get started, I guess!

Oh, of course, pure is well on her way to chicago, and she'll be there this weekend! That's exciting! Especially if you're IN Chicago!

[presses "NEWS" button] [nothing happens]

...

[smashes "NEWS" button with a hammer]

 



First off, we have a card from Eric, and the team over at Project Z.E.O.!! Isn't that GRAND?! It's a Voltorb!

 

how shocking!

 


Poinko has an...interesting card that I've decided to include in the update! BECAUSE I HAVE ALL POWERS!
[ech peeks head in and glowers at elroy]

...or not.

 

call me now!

 



..I...er...can't really think of anything to make your updating experience more exciting...

So I'll give my shout-outs...thanks, ech, for the 'opportunity'...thanks, emerald, for the wife-ness...thanks, rivers cuomo...zeochatbot, you will be remembered always...jaden, how come you're not wearing your tracking device?!

-Elroy

quote of the day:
"you should really have that removed"

 

thursday, april 17th, 2002
(last update: 12:30 am est)

 

Section Updates

Atelier

1 deck

posted by mini



pure is off to chicago tomorrow for the next stadium challenge... make sure to say hi to her if you see her! also in attendence will be anguris neo and pkmnx from the forums.. so make sure to say hi to them as well!

anyway. to start off the day we have a couple of really cool new images that ratisu2 directed us to. the one is a poster and it has pokemon represented from all five movies in japan! we're trying to get a bit more infomation on this, but there are some dates given as well as prices... hmmm... where's your translator when you need them...

and the second pic is actually just a scene from the mini movie included in the fifth movie, but it has that scary looking bug thing and the cute as a bug ghost thing... both of whom appear to be in the show. :D


looks like those dastardly pichu brothers are back, huh? just can't seem to avoid them....

OH!

and SPEAKING of the pichu brothers... guess who is getting thier own gamecube game apparently.

scheduled to be announced at the E3 next month is pichu brothers: party panic. hmmm... sounds to me like it could be something along the lines of mario party... but then again we already know that mario party 4 is going to be released on the big blue cube... and nintendo wouldn't release two similar games in such close proximity... would they?

anyway, whatever it is, its almost assuradly NOT stadium advance (take THAT mechachu! hah!) but its also not a pokemon rpg either most likely... oh well, i gues its not TOO long to the E3..... [sets his clock and plops down in the chair to wait]



Watch out, here comes Primeape and he's pretty mad! This Primeape will lay the beat down on your opponent's Pokémon and will barrel through your bench like a bullet train! It only has one tiny weakness, an Achilles' Heel if you will... Fabulous art by Agent006!

going bananas

 

And yes, we do need pictures, lots of pictures! Check out the MIA list to see how you cna help us finish Project Z.E.O.!

quote of the day:
"i can only whisper innocently so many times"

 

wednesday, april 16th, 2002
(last update: 4:30 am est)

 

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did you remember to do your taxes?!

[remembers that a majority of the site viewers probably dont have to worry about taxes yet]

...

...uh.... did you remind your parents to do taxes?! eh heh heh... anyway, in this week's lycos top 50, pokemon was absent yet again (second week in a row too.. :( ) and the irs and taxes claimed the number one and two spots. i guess people want to find out about taxes and then what the irs will do to them if they DONT do their taxes... or something.

um yeah...

so this week's top ten was finished off by dragonball z, the big game, kazaa and morpheus, with the pga masters inbetween.... britney spears, tattoos, and rounding off the top ten was star wars episode two... when clones attack. er... or attack of the clones... or something to do with clones and attacking and all that...

pokemon was at 57 and harry potter was still strong in the top 50 at number 30


Aww, what a cute Growlithe... and it can turn nasty if you become frivolous with your trainers... It's quite easily powered up, but it'll have to wait to attack, but once it does, you're opponent is in trouble if they like playing their trainers....

 

man's best friend... UNTIL HE ATTACKS!!!!

 

And we still need art! check out the MIA list to see how you can help contribute to the project!

quote of the day:
"when clones attack irs agents! coming up next on fox!"

 

tuesday, april 15th, 2002
(last update: 4:30 am est)

 

Section Updates

atelier

no update

posted by warlord

project zeo

MIA List

posted by eric



hmmm... lets see if we can do a 20 minute challenge and get some unsispecting person to add to the update....

[grabs peeptoad]

o_o'

hey, peeptoad here. ech has just informed me that I have 20 minutes to come up with something so...
lets see, I have my report from the Stadium Challenge! that's update material, right?

[insert link here]

 

lhmmmm... I've never done this before.... how about something about Legendary Collection (formerly known as champions). DMTM has said that there will be a blastiose, a charizard, and a venasaur in the set, just not which ones they will be. there is also a good chance that there will be a new type of trainer introduced in the near future called a suport trainer. the rule will be that you can play one support trainer per turn.

that's about all I can come up with on such short notice... now back to your regularly scheduled update.



ooooh... checking out pokemon.com there is something that they haven't done before. they actually have information on the fifth movie in japan.

thats right, they actually have a press release on the english pokemon site about the next movie.



First Details of Fifth Pokémon Movie Revealed

At a gala news conference in Japan bustling with celebrities and guest appearances by performers dressed as Pikachu, the Pokémon Co. of Japan revealed details of the fifth Pokémon movie.

Tsunekazu Ishihira, the president of Pokémon Co. and producer of both Pokémon games and movies, said the all-new Pokémon game for Game Boy Advance is on track to be released in Japan in late fall. Millions of Japanese Poké-fans are eagerly setting aside plenty of playing time for the still-unnamed game. No U.S. launch plans for the game were announced at this time.

The movie, whose Japanese title literally translates as "Guardian Spirits of the Water Capital: Latias and Latios," takes place in a mysterious city on water. A baffling maze of canals and alleyways provides the glamorous setting for the continuing adventures of Ash and his Pokémon.

Think of Venice, with all the unique thrills and challenges of Pokémon. In fact the filmmakers prepared for the animated feature by visiting and painstakingly studying the world's most famous water-bound city.

Latias and Latios are the Japanese names of two Pokémon introduced in the still-secret story-line. Latias, a female, is a red Pokémon who is smaller than big, blue Latios, who apparently is her brother.

Curious gamers might cross the Pacific to www.pokemon2002.jp. Because this Flash-enabled site is in Japanese, exploring it requires a spirit of adventure. However, you can find some real treasures here, including exclusive wallpaper, big pictures of the all-new Pokémon and a QuickTime of the movie trailer.

As with previous Pokémon movies, "Guardian Spirits of the Water Capital: Latias and Latios" will be preceded by a short, here called "Pika Pika Starlight Camp." Debuting in this mini-adventure is a pre-evolved form of Wobbuffet. In Japanese, the new Pokémon's name is Sohnano. A photo of Sohnano appears on the official web site.

"Guardian Spirits of the Water Capital: Latias and Latios" is scheduled to hit movie screens from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan on July 13. The date, a week before most Japanese schools let out for the summer, is always one of the most popular movie-going weekends of the year.

While no U.S. release date for the movie has been announced, be sure to check back at pokemon.com often for all official Pokémon news.

-source,
pokemon.com

 

now while the news itself might not be new... the fact that it is on the american site is new... and i think its also a good sign that the fifth movie will be coming here too!

...and just a reminder, celebi a timeless encounter will be in theaters this fall/winter. :D


Hey look, it's another Project Z.E.O. card! This time around we have CLOYSTER, the hard shelled evolution of Shellder, with art provided by Rataisu2 and attacks by RockyR, here's tonight's card, enjoy! Be careful tho, those onery Cloyster like to raspberry people then shut their shells before the victims notice...hey, that sounds like some cool PokéDex data...

 

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

 

Well, there's another card finished, but just because that's one more down doesn't mean we don't need your art! So check out the M.I.A. Listing to see what Pokémon still need it and send us your stuff! Your help is VERY appreciated, believe me!

quote of the day:
"oh its a good day! cause mewtwo didn't kill me!
oh its a goooood day! my mewtwo's gonna thrill me!
its a good goooood goooood gooooood good day!
and we're going.... to... sing... the day away!
"

 

monday, april 15th, 2002
(last update: 2:30 am est)

 

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american promo

SCYTHA!

posted by zeo



hey, a new season is approaching us in the pokemon aleague and we have new promos too!

first up, the classic promo is.... well... eh heh heh. it was SUPPOSED to be eevee, however somehow it ended up being scizor instead. kinda weird, huh? its even more weird cause if you remember last season there was a mixup with the igglybuff and scizor. hmm... almost makes you you wonder if scizor is cursed, huh?

anyway, thanks to peeptoad we have a scan of the new promo card... SCYTHER! its also hightly playable with a recycle energy.... niiiiiice.

ninja magic!

 


hmm... not really too much to say on this, but it seems as tho there is a little bit of pokemon advance info out there... as well as some pics too!

although coro coro isn't due out for another few days, there is a topic on the forums that has some really great looking pics of pokemon advance, including new battle scenes and overhead maps too.

good evening... i hope you're feeling advanced

 


Watch out, Project Z.E.O. is back with another card for you to check out! Tonight we got the strictly female version of the Nidoran, with the card done entirely by Kyattsaui, here's tonights P:Z.E.O. dose, NIDORAN(Insert Female sign here)!!

 

Some Nidoran are from Venus...

 

Hey, Project Z.E.O. still needs your artwork! So do them a big favor and check out the M.I.A. Listing to see what they need! Your help is much appreciated!!

quote of the day:
"look ash! i actually THROW the pokeballs in MY game!"

 

sunday, april 14th, 2002
(last update: 3:30 am est)

 

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man... i've had this stuff for a week, but kept on forgetting to scan it... silly silly ech. ^_^'

anyway... today we have a treat for you... its...

JAPANESE PROPOGANDA!

thats right! thanks to 'frank' from my league, we have some flyers straight from the pokemon center in osaka japan!

lets see... first up we have a cool playmat featuring the rules of the game straight from the mc donalds promo cards given out at... well... at mc donalds

aaw... lookit all the 3d pokemon...

and i KNOW everyone will love this! its the amazing.. wonderful... essential (and probably wrongly translated)....

COIN FLIPPING TUTORIAL!

and fortunatly ech here can translate it for you! [gets out echidna's big book of japanese translations that he made up and are not to be taken seriously EVER, volume 3 and starts reading]

1. place hand that is not left hand onto table with green mat. you may attempt to use other color mats however any coin flipping action with these mats is purely coincidental and must not be used as a binding contract.

2. a magic purple coin will then appear in your hand. scientists have determined that this purple coin, while being magical is NOT edible... we repeat, do NOT eat this coin. (you may however attempt to get your opponent to.)

3. thrust thumb out from its safe resting place nestled in the cavity of your hand that is not your left hand. the coin shall then go pummelling through the airspace into your opponent's forehead region rendering them unconcious or angry. (actual milage may vary. see instruction manual for complete details)
 

wow! bet you never knew that flippin a coin could be so demanding, did you?! well... now you know and the world will be a better coin flippping place because of it.

....next up on the japanese raod of propoganda is... pokemon mini game teasers! now then, we've seen most of these but maybe not all...

party mini
pinball
zany card!
puzzle

...but what's this?! could it be... a NEW pokemon mini game? ...hmmm... if i hadn't have used all my translation magic on the coin flipping tutorial (man, it was so involved... @_@) i might have hedged an attempt at translating this too!

i will call it... mini racey gamey thing


wow.... thats about all... and i kinda got so wrapped up in this i missed eric and the card of the day!

hmm... well, you could go read the coin flipping tutorial again, or check out (AND SEND IN!) atelier decks!

book of the day:
"echidna's big book of japanese translations that
he made up and are not to be taken seriously EVER, volume 3
"

saturday, april 12th, 2002
(last update: 3:30 am est)

 

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Hey everyone, It's hackman updating today. It's been a while, but hopefully once I finally get all this college prep stuff out of the way, I can do a bit more... but enough of me. So without further adieu... (looks at zeo outbox) ...we have some stuff to update with. (picks up a piece of paper) So let's begin.


 
I can draw a Snorlax too...

Wizards has finally posted the 20 randomly-selected finalists for the Create-A-Snorlax-Card contest, and you can vote on which one gets printed on a promo card. Below is the link, behind it is another, bigger link. If you follow the directions you shouldn't get lost...

maybe they'll draw like pure someday

Rate all of them 1-5, then I guess best score wins. Certainly simple enough... imho, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16 and 20 seem to be in good running. =)


And then there's Project Zeo with another excellent card. Today it's Dark Golem... unfortunately I can't tell you much about it. It looks good, except the text is all blurry on my browser. =(

I guess you have to look at it for yourself...

project zeo dark golem link

And while we're on the topic of Project Zeo, we still need more art! Can't finish the set without art... so check the MIA List and start drawing.



Enjoy your Saturday, and till next time! (gives microphone back to ech)



hmmm.... just HAD to give the mic back to me, huh? guess that means i should add something to the update.... um.... [thinks]

alright, i got it.

Now, there seems to have been alot of 'rumors' about the next few promo cards being released, but unfortunatly no one could really comment too highly on these, however they say a picture is worth roughly 999 words (give or take) so lets let these pics from
fK talk for us....



Here are the photos confirming the rumours on WizPog - all were taken April 7th 2002 at the UK Challenge in Rainham, Kent UK

The MTMMew photo shows MTM playing an opponent before the main tourney - notice the two Mews he has in play (one in his hand)
<gasp> unreleased promos!?


MewPromo shows the best pic I could get - it's blurry but the power prevents the attack from evolutions while Psyshock is a standard 10 attack with Paralysis flip

mew!


BuzzPromo show the new Electabuzz - with a Lightning Rod attack first - attach to any one of your opponents. The two Lightning attack is 'does 20 damage to all POke with rod attached'.

get a buzzzzzzz!

Purity - this is in return for the favour w.r.t. the Sneasel picture.

The promo numbers I believe are 46 for Buzz and 47 for Mew although I have forgotten. Both have yet to be released globally.

Enjoy =)

-fK


quote of the day:
"wooo! i have all five body parts! i win!"

 

friday, april 11th, 2002
(last update: 2:30 am est)

 

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the weekend is upon us and that means that the last of the gym challenges before the stadium challenge will be taking place in orlando tomorrow and then its on to the first central stadium challenge in windy ole chicago illinios! it's certainly shaping up to be a great event just like the eastern stadium so time will only tell how it goes attendancewise...


 
the expansion set formerly known as champions

awww... they changed the name of champions.... BUT! its for the better i think. the new set will be called.... LEGENDARY COLLECTION..... oooooh doesn't it sound.... legendary?



The set that was known as "Champions" has had a name change.

The official name is now. "Legendary Collection"

This name will not change as it is final.

Just thought I would bring you all up to date.

There will be two theme decks released sometime after the set releases. They will be called "Magma" and "Storm"

DMTM


 


wHey, it's another one of those Projecty Zeo-y card dealies! Today's card is Smeargle, the artistic Pokémon. Look at him wiht his tail that oozes fluid. Thinks he's so big. I'll show him. I'll show them all! Bwahahah!

and then the linky

And don't forget, we need all you little Smeargle-ites out there to get cracking for Project Z.E.O. cuz we need art, bad! Check out the MIA list to see how you can help!


quote of the day:
"
bliiinghty bliigng blllibbbgh BLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGNGNGNGNGGGGGGG "

 

thursday, april 11th, 2002
(last update: 2:30 am est)

 

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tournament info

origins page

posted by pure

well, looks like you're stuck with ech again updating. oure did a great job for the past couple days, and she's taking a break before getting set for the next stadium challenge in chicago... yikes... just 10 days away.  


 

Watch out, here comes Project Z.E.O. with another new card for your veiwing pleasure! This time around we got the deep sea flood light with the name like a lamp! With some great art and attack provided by EspeonX, here's tonights card, LANTURN!

 

Let me light your way...

 

Hey, Project Z.E.O. still needs some artwork! So please check out the M.I.A. Listing, and send them some of your artwork, they will really appreciate your help, espeically with only around 50 Pokémon left to do!


while adding the new professor info last night, pure updated the origins page as well! thanks pure!

take a look and see what you can expect at the premier gaming event this summer. man... i wish i could go to origins... it sounds really great, and thats just lookin at the pokemon aspect!

point of origin

and finally... mtm has posted another article about the rochester draft of the last stadium challenge. the rochester draft was really well done for them holding it for the first time ever in such a large scale. as it says in the article pure and i are doing some writeups about the rochester as well as everything else at the stadium.... you'll probably be able to see those after mtm gets back from europe... which offhand i'm not sure when it is, but rest assured... he will come back! (unless he doesn't)

where'd they get the name rochester anyway?

thats about it. sorry for the extremely lame update... hopefully i'll have my scanner working again so i can have something cooler to update with.

quote of the day:
"...ok, seriously i can't think of a single bloody quote"

 

wednesday, april 10th, 2002
(last update: 12:30 am est)

 

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pure here, once again. well FINALLY it was springlike out here. i went into the city to day to see a film premiere, and decided to swing by the pokemon center. woo! there's a sale going on...hang on while i get the flyer they graciously provided me. through april 30th, you can enjoy the following savings...$3.00 of videotapes, $5.00 off dvds; the pokemon center gameboy is reduced to $69.95; t shirts are 25% off, ALL plush is now 30% off (meaning that tyranitar i want so much is now sixty dollars cheaper! woo! only $240!! .... wait...there's nothing only about that :( oh well. no one needs a three foot tall tyranitar...not that much...) ; 25% off koba sunglasses (some of those are kind of keen, by the way); 50% off boxed chocolate--whoa! i didn't see that at the store! and 50% off exclusive japanese collectables. mainly the cooking with pokemon stuff. i mean, pokemon cooking club. geez, it sounds sort of cruel any way you say it...

anyways trot on over if you get the chance. i talked to jeff, the design guy, again, he said last week's promotional event went over great, and that sounds good for business. get machine is still giving out eggs tho. :/ and no firm start date for league.


news! yes! we have news! it's old news tho sorry. i haven't been keeping track of things over at wotc lately. but, information has finally been released about the origins pokemon professor championship. looks like this one's a challenge all right....modified, booster, and rochester draft! go check it out on their site....

professor championship

while we're on the subject, i added some new writeups