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18 years ago today, Pokémon Colosseum was first released for the Nintendo GameCube in North America!
The player takes on the role of a boy named Wes, rescuing and restoring Shadow Pokémon in the desolate Orre region.
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Happy Birthday to Diamond!
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21 years ago today, Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei (M03) first premiered in theaters in North America!
It would later release for home media on August 21, 2001.
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Today is the 13th anniversary of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, first released in Japan for the Nintendo DS on April 18, 2009!
The sister game to Explorers of Time and Darkness, it introduced 4 new starter Pokémon and 5 Special Episodes.
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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions were released for the Nintendo DS in North America 15 years ago today!
Along with features such as the GTS and a new physical/special move split. these games began the long-running DS era of the core series titles.
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Happy Birthday to Crystal!
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17 years ago today, Pokémon Emerald Version was first released for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in North America!
It is a solitary version to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and the fifth Generation III core series title.
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Today is the third anniversary of Pokémon Detective Pikachu officially released in Japan on May 3, 2019!
The first live action Pokémon movie, it released a week later in North American theaters on May 10, 2019.
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Today's trivia:
In "Spell of the Unown", Professor Oak has pictures of Unown on his computer which have never appeared in any other media; some resemble letters of the Greek alphabet.
Thus far, these are unknown Unown.
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To be clear, Bulbapedia has no involvement with NFTs whatsoever. If you see any Bulbapedia NFTs, it's not us. If you've bought a Bulbapedia NFT, you've been scammed.
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Happy Birthday to Green (Blue in Japan)!
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Today's trivia:
The recently announced Professor Sada and Professor Turo are the first Pokémon Professors from the core series who do not have a name derived from flora.
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Today's trivia:
Norman is currently the first and only father of the player that has been seen in the core series games.
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Today is the 10th anniversary of Pokémon Black and White Versions 2, first released for the Nintendo DS in Japan on June 23, 2012!
The second and final paired versions of Generation V, they are sequels to Pokémon Black and White, respectively.
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15 years ago today, Pokémon Battle Revolution was first released for the Nintendo Wii in North America!
The first Pokémon game for the Wii, it allows Trainers to battle using their Pokémon from the Generation IV main series games.
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July 7th marks Tanabata, the Japanese Star Festival, celebrated by writing wishes on small paper tags known as tanzaku.
Similar tags can be found on Jirachi, the Wish Pokémon, which has historically been distributed during Tanabata.
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Today is the 16th anniversary of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, officially released in Japan as "The Pokémon Ranger and The Prince of the Sea" on July 15, 2006!
The ninth feature film in the series, it prominently features Manaphy.
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Today is the 23rd anniversary of "Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One" officially released in Japan as "Pokémon the Movie 2000" on July 17, 1999!
The second feature film in the series, it prominently features Lugia and the legendary birds.
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Happy Birthday to Gold!
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22 years ago today, "Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One" was first released in North America!
It is currently the only Pokémon movie to get a North American release in July.
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21 years ago today, Pokémon Crystal Version was first released for the Nintendo Game Boy Color in North America!
The third and final Generation II core series game, it features the first ever playable female protagonist, Kris.
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Happy Birthday to Red!
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Happy Birthday to Satoshi Tajiri!
He is the creator of Pokémon, responsible for the initial concepts which would lead to the metaseries as it exists today. He currently works as the CEO of Game Freak.
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24 years ago today, the Pokémon anime first premiered in North America with EP015: Battle Aboard the St. Anne!
The episode was aired as a "special preview" of the series and later aired in-sequence on September 27, 1998.
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