Ash Ketchum is once again wandering around the Pokémon-filled wilderness on his way to some battle or other when he and his mates Brock and Dawn decide to call in on Crown City where the Pokémon Backer World Cup is taking place. Crown City is a beautiful place to visit with lots of green spaces and architecture, but all of that is soon spoiled…

Ash is intrigued by a creature that he has never seen before as he explores the city. It turns out it‘s called Zorua, a type of baby fox. The poor Pokémon is upset as it has lost its friend. Of course, before too long Ash has offered his services to find the lost friend.

Just as Ash and his chums are setting to work to find Zorua’s mate, all hell breaks loose in Crown City! After a 20-year absence from the place, the Legendary Pokémon Celebi returns with no warning. As if that wasn’t strange enough, an entirely new menace rears its ugly head – the evolution of Zorua is called Zoroark and can transform itself into any Pokémon it wishes!

Terrorising the citizens of Crown City, and of course making Ash, Brock and Dawn feel a bit sick too, Zoroark transforms into Raikou, Suicune and Entei. As if that wasn’t terrifying enough, the evil fox then goes on to create an evil version of Ash himself!

Luckily, Ash and his mates are not alone in solving the problems of Crown City as a guy called Kurt turns up. He is a newspaper reporter and wears a similar cap to Ash, only with a bat symbol on it! Is seems that time travel might have something to do with the plot of the movie, with Celebi travelling back in time to stop a future problem with the Legendary Beasts!

The movie gets even more mysterious with the arrival of an airship and some evil cackling blokes! What on earth could be going on?

One thing’s for sure – Zoroark is not going to be a pushover for Ash to sort out. This evil fox means business, and those teeth look nasty!

The Many Transformations of Zoroark…

The new Pokémon Zoroark has the ability to transform into any living creature and cause havoc! As Ash, Brock and Dawn look on in horror, they witness the evil fox transform into three Legendary Beast Pokémon before having a go at becoming Ash! Then the strange creature returns to its normal form…

It’s Evil Ash!

When Zoroark starts to terrorise Crown City by transforming into Legendary Pokémon, there is one extra trick the evil fox Pokémon has up its hairy sleeve – it transforms into an evil version of Ash! How will the citizens of Crown City be able to tell the real Ash, who is out to help them, from the evil version? This movie could get very confusing! Of course, they could always just look out for the Ash who has an evil grin and then avoid him!

Human Stars of the 13th Pokémon Movie…

It’s been 12 years since Pokémon the First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back hit cinemas for its Japanese debut. And now, 13 films on, Ash Ketchum is still on his never-ending quest for Pokémon battling supremacy, and he has his trusty chums with him for the ride. Take a look at who is starring this time…

Ash Ketchum
Wherever there is Pokémon trouble, he is always there! With Pikachu not far behind. Will Ash ever complete his journey, we wonder?

Brock
Just like we wonder whether Brock will ever open his eyes! Brock has his Croagunk with him to keep him away from the ladies.

Dawn
Ahh, the lovely Dawn. She carries her little Piplup with her for comfort, and also keeps the boys in check!

Kodai
The arch-villain of the movie, he’s the president of the large Kodai Network company and not someone to be messed around!

Kurt
This chap is a newspaper reporter from Crown City and he always has a camera ready to snap away. He wants to discover the secret of Kodai.

Rioka
She is the secretary to Kodai. She is always cool under pressure and makes sure Kodai has plenty of hot tea and biscuits!

The Two New Evil Foxes…

And there we were thinking that 493 Pokémon were quite enough to keep us all busy when The Pokémon Company goes and invents two more! These two are the first of the fifth generation of Pokémon that will star in the 13th Pokémon movie, and the new videogames coming later in the year. We know next to nothing about them, except that Zorua is the basic Forme of the Pokémon and it evolves into Zoroark. How exciting eh? Just imagine what other weird monsters there may be waiting in the wings. Why not draw what you think they may look like and send it in to Design-A-Monster?

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Legend has it that should the balance of power between the three bird Pokémon be destroyed then chaos will come to the forces of nature. The only way that calm will be restored is by the appearance of the ‘Great Guardian’ Pokémon Lugia who will rise from the depths of the ocean to end the destruction of the world with help from ‘The Chosen One’.

Enter Pokémon collector Lawrence III, who knows the legend well. His ambition is to capture Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, hoping that they will lead him to the ultimate prize – ‘The Beast of the Sea’, Lugia.

Lawrence III rides on a giant flying fortress and sets about making his wishes come true by capturing Moltres from Fire Island. True to the legend, the world’s climate starts to change for the worse with heavy rain beginning to fall in the middle of summer. This alerts many of the Pokémon and humans around the world, including none other than Professor Oak himself. He sets off with Professor Ivy and Ash’s mum, Delia Ketchum, to the Orange Islands using his helicopter.

The freak storm catches Ash, Misty, Tracey and the captain of their boat, Maren, off guard and they head for the shelter of Shamuti Island. They dock and are freaked out by the appearance of chanting villagers in animal costumes. It’s okay though, Maren recognises her friend Carol among them, and it turns out that there is a festival taking place, and being the first Pokémon Trainer to arrive on the island during the festival, Ash is declared ‘The Chosen One’.

Ash’s mission is to travel to the bird’s islands and collect three glass balls representing the elements, then bring them back to the island shrine where the Festival Maiden will play a song to end the task. Ash is eager to get started, but Pikachu is a bit more cautious.

Back out at sea with a fresh storm raging, Ash and Pikachu soon crash onto Fire Island and easily pick up the first glass ball. An aerodynamic boat turns up carrying Misty, Tracey and the Festival Maiden Melody, who feels guity for sending Ash off in such terrible weather. Before they can say too much, Zapdos appears and has a word with Pikachu through lightning communication. Team Rocket have caught up with Ash, but they are the least of his worries – Lawrence III appears and captures Zapdos along with Ash, his gang and Team Rocket, too!

Inside the flying fortress, Ash manages to free Zapdos and Moltres and the two Legendary birds start fighting. This causes havoc and the flying fortress is soon out of control, crashing into Lightning Island. As the gang all rush to escape, Ash takes the opportunity to grab the lightning ball to continue his mission. As they all jump on board Melody’s board, a typhoon starts up around them. It turns out to be Lugia and it carries them all the way back to Shamuti Island.

Here Ash meets a Slowking, who turns out to be the guardian of the Shamuti Shrine. When Ash gets over the surprise of the Pokémon talking to him, he gets his instructions of what to do with the glass balls he has collected.

Now it’s Lugia’s turn to have a chat with Ash, and the Pokémon tells him to go to the Ice Island where he will find Articuno’s glass ball. The Legendary Pokémon also reveals that Ash is the actual chosen one that the legends foretold!

Ash’s journey to the Ice Island is helped along by Charizard, Squirtle and Bulbasaur who try to help the hero get across a frozen ocean, but all the time the Legendary birds try to stop him in his tracks. Racing through the island’s foliage, Ash manages to pick up the Ice ball and a fight ensues between the birds with Articuno knocked unconscious from the sky!

Bizarrely, Ash, Pikachu and Team Rocket escape from the island on the back of Lugia, but the weight is too much, so Team Rocket jump off ‘to save the world’. Lawrence III reappears, this time with Lugia in his sights. Lugia hits Lawrence with a massively powerful attack, but is weakened and plummets into the sea, taking Ash and Piakchu with it. Rescued by Misty, Ash and his Pokémon scramble back to shore.

With the final ball placed into the shrine, Melody plays her song and Lugia is rescued from the depths along with the three birds. This rights all the wrongs and the climate returns to normal. Lugia takes Ash and Pikachu for a triumphant ride. Ash is soon brought back down to earth, though – his mum turns up and tells him off for worrying her so much!

The Power of One Facts…
• This is the second Pokémon movie made, and while the title cashes in on the fact it was the year 2000, the true title is The Power Of One.
• In Japan, where their titles are often more literal, the movie is known as Mirage Pokémon: Lugia’s Explosive Birth.
• Brock is the only main Pokémon character that isn’t in the main movie, but he makes a cameo appearance in Professor Ivy’s lab. This is because Brock was written out of the Orange Islands story for fears that his character might offend people!
• The Pokémon Slowking, Lugia and Articuno make their debuts.

And here’s a ScreenBurst of images from the movie, click on an image to see a larger version…

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A Tale Untold. A Legend Unleashed.

Since we discovered the Legendary Pokémon Dialga, Palkia and Giratina in the Pokémon adventures, the journey has taken us through time and space and into distorted worlds and alternate dimensions. Now he head off to an entirely new arena – the ancient past to help the final Pokémon in the National Pokédex – Arceus.

The town of Michina has existed for a very long time, but unknown to many of today’s townsfolk, it has a dark history that involves Arceus – the Legendary Pokémon that is thought to have helped shape the world. Many, many years ago Michina was a town in need of help. Arceus came to the town’s rescue and granted it a portion of its own power in the form of the Jewel of Life. When it came to giving the Jewel back to Arceus though, the town betrayed the Pokémon and attacked it, sending it into a deep sleep.

The leaders of Michina know that they must make amends with Arceus for their ancestor’s mistakes, and as the Pokémon is set to return soon, they make plans to appease the Legendary monster. Arceus’s return causes ripples in the Space-TIme continuum which affect Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, and it’s not long before the plans of the people of Michina start to go wrong, enraging Arceus even more and threatening all of existence!

Meanwhile, Ash, Dawn and Brock arrive and promise to help their new friend Sheena in her quest to solve Michina’s problem. They have one chance of putting everything right, and it involves using Dialga’s time traveling powers to go back in time and confront the people who betrayed Arceus in the first place. When they arrive there they soon realise that the truth doesn’t match the history books, but can they fix history before there’s no world left to worry about?

Get To Know the… Pokémon

ARCEUS
Many Pokémon experts believe that Arceus helped to shape the world, and this Pokémon certainly helped to restore the town of Michina when it created the Jewel of Life. It was betrayed by the townspeople though, and fell into a very deep sleep. It is now set to return for revenge, and could threaten the fabric of time and space!

SPIKY-EARED PICHU
This little Pokémon loves to help people in trouble. It lives in the Michina temple, and wanders around wherever it pleases, being perky and cheering people up. It has distinctive spiky ears, setting it apart from a regular Pichu.

DIALGA, PALKIA & GIRATINA
The return of Arceus to the real world has caused a conflict between the worlds of Dialga and Palkia. It wasn’t long before Giratina was drawn into the battle too. Now it might be that the only way to resolve this colossal problem is to use Dialga’s time travel abilities!

Get to Know the… People

DAMOS
Many years ago, this guy saved Arceus’s life, and in return he was granted the Jewel of Life to help him save the ravaged land of Michina. When it came to returning the Jewel of Life though, instead of handing it over to the Legendary Pokémon he attacked it!

MARCUS
He is the assistant to Damos, and has his own team of strong Pokémon at his command, including a battle-ready Heatran and Bronzong. He will do anything to protect the land of Michina in the hope of seeing it continue to flourish.

SHEENA
She’s a smart girl. She knows that her ancestors did Arceus a great wrong and she wants to see the Jewel of Life returned to the Pokémon. She has the power to touch Pokémon’s hearts and ask them for help, and she works to protect the ancient ruins of Michina.

KEVIN
He is Sheena’s partner and helps her to guard the ruins of Michina, keeping a sharp eye on the Time-Space Axis, looking for disturbances between the various worlds.

ASH
We all know Ash, the brash young Trainer from Pallet Town with his trusty Pikachu by his side. His aim is to be the best Pokémon battler around, and his record proves this! He has a knack for befriending Pokémon, which is useful when it comes to dealing with situations like this one with Arceus.

DAWN
Just like her mother before her, Dawn wants to be the top Pokémon Co-ordinator around. She has a Piplup she takes everywhere with her and has had lots of adventures with her friend Ash. The best time she has had is with Shaymin.

BROCK
He’s the former leader of the Pewter City Pokémon Gym, he has been by Ash’s side through many adventures since the Kanto days. He loves being around pretty girls and that draws him to Sheena when she needs help in the movie.

The Arceus Pokémon movie debuted in Japan on 18 July and is due to release on DVD in the USA Springtime 2010, but lucky Pokémon fans were able to catch it over in Australia in an exclusive showing last Friday, 13th November! Cartoon Network viewers in the States will get that pleasure on 20th November, with us UK Pokémon fans left wondering!

In the movie we discover that the struggle of time and space is about to head in an entirely new direction – into the ancient past! The movie starts in a place called Michina Town. A town steeped in history, but with its own secrets and dark shadows and a place linked to Arceus, a Legendary Pokémon that people say helped to shape the world itself!

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Many years ago, Arceus gave part of its power to help Michina when it needed it most – when it came to giving the power back, Arceus found itself betrayed and attacked too! The Legendary Pokémon disappeared to decide what to do to exact revenge, and is set to return very soon, causing ripples in space and time – it’s not going to be a good time to be in Michina! Arceus’s return is also causing trouble for Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. If Arceus is not appeased, the resulting fury could threaten all of existence!

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Luckily Ash and his gang are on hand to help out, and will be using the special powers of some of some of the most famous Pokémon to right the wrongs of the past. This movie is looking fantastic, we just can’t wait to watch here at Pokémon World! In the meantime, here are some stills…

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The DVD is a special episode of the Pokémon anime based on the new DS games of the same name. Nintendo and Pokémon Company have certainly been getting their money’s worth from it – it was first broadcast in Japan on 9 September 2007 as part of a special Pokémon Sunday, and then streamed online. It was also part of a special Limited Edition Onyx DS pack in the States released on 17 August 2008, given away at the Woolworths events and then aired on Cartoon Network on 1 September 2008 as part of a Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension marathon!

The story begins with Grovyle stealing the Time Gear, which makes time completely freeze! We then see Chimchar trying to put together an Exploration Team at the Wigglytuff Guild until he is scared away by a booming Hyper Voice from the guild. On arriving at the beach, Chimchar bumps in to a Piplup who claims to be a human who has turned into a Pokémon! Chimchar persuades Piplup to join his Exploration Team so that they can find out what has happened to him together. They set off for the Wigglytuff Guild again.

On entering the guild, the duo cause a bit of a stir as they are mistaken for intruders, but things soon settle down and Chatot, Wigglytuff’s trusty assistant, explains a series of strange goings on around the world – it appears it’s all down to the Time Gear being stolen! Our exploring duo then receive an Exploration Team Start Kit and some Rescue Team badges as their new team, Team Poképals, is officially accepted into the guild.

After spending a restless night at the Wigglytuff Guild, Chimchar and Piplup receive their first rescue mission. They have to travel to the Labyrinth Cave and find a Gabite Scale so that the sister of Shinx can be cured of her sickness. They need a third member for their team, though, and they are joined by a veteran member of the Guild – Sunflora. Before setting off, they know they must stock up on items that they’ll need, so they visit Kecleon’s shop and buy a Joy Ribbon, Defense Scarf and Power Band.

It’s not long before these brave Pokémon are entering Labyrinth Cave and things starts to go wrong, big time! They are being followed by Team Razor Wind who thinks that Team Poképals is far too inexperienced for such an important mission and decide to go after the Gabite Scale themselves. Chimchar is scared to pieces when it is attacked by a Golbat swarm not far into the cave. Sunflora attacks the Golbats with her Razor Leaf move and explains how useful the items are to Chimchar and Piplup, who obviously don’t know what they’re doing. The Defense Scarf saved Chimchar from being injured and the Power Band made the Razor Leaf attack stronger than usual.

Continuing on into the cave, it’s not long before Piplup teeters on the edge of a pit, but is saved by Chimchar grabbing his hand. It appears that Piplup has visions of the future, and one of these shows a bridge collapsing, so when Chimchar comes to a bridge and wants to immediately cross, Piplup stops him in his tracks. Good thing too, because sure enough, the bridge collapses right in front of their eyes!

It’s not long before the exploring trio stumble upon a bruised and battered Team Razor Wind. They explain that when they tried to take the Gabite Scale from Gabite, he challenged them to a battle and they lost. This could be Team Poképal’s chance to shine, so they find Gabite and Piplup decides to take him on in battle for the Scale. Kicking off with a Sand Tomb move, Gabite is a formidable opponent for the team. Chimchar retaliates with Ember, but this fails to make an impression on Gabite. Piplup uses his Bubble move, but Gabite’s Dragon Claw knocks both Pokémon to the floor and leaves them stunned. Sunflora doesn’t stand for this and uses Razor Leaf again, which is strengthened by the Power Band. She then tries to follow up with a Petal Dance, but Gabite retaliates with an Attract move and leaves her unable to fight at all! Piplup is furious and uses Peck on Gabite, but Gabite only laughs at the pathetic power of the Pokémon! With both friends down, Chimchar goes crazy with Fury Swipes. While the massive Gabite is dealing with this, Piplup comes back into the fight with what it thinks is Bubble, but it’s not, it’s BubbleBeam, as Piplup has increased experience by using the Joy Ribbon. Another BubbleBeam move later and Gabite has been knocked out by the Pokémon that he was laughing at only moments ago! As Team Poképals recovers from its ordeal, Gabite starts to come around – oh no! The three Pokémon are weak and can’t possibly manage another battle with the giant Pokémon again so soon!

Just as they were preparing to attack once more, Gabite stops them and tells them not to worry. He has had an enjoyable battle with them and presents them with one of his scales as a reward. Hooray! Team Poképals first mission has been completed! They head back to the Wigglytuff Guild and hand over the booty. Shinx is over the moon that his sister can now get better and gives the team a Luxray Fang as a reward for their bravery. Before they can enjoy their winnings, though, Chatot whips the prize away and informs them that it’s Wigglytuff Guild rules that all rewards go to the Guild. As you can imagine, the two Poképals are not very happy with this, but they don’t have much time to argue about it before Loudred, another member of the Wigglytuff Guild, charges into the room and informs everyone that another Time Gear has been stolen by Grovyle.

With a successful mission under their belt, Chimchar and Piplup start talking and Piplup says that he would like to stay on Team Poképals if that’s okay with Chimchar. The Pokémon hopes to find out more about what has happened to him, and calls Chimchar his partner. The two Pokémon shake hands and Chimchar is excited about the adventures the two of them will have together.
Will Piplup ever find out how he turned from a human into a Pokémon? Will Team PokéPals complete all their given missions and become heroes of the Wigglytuff Guild? Well, you will just have to watch more Pokémon to find out!

SPECIAL DVD FACTS!
• The animation team behind this is called Team Ota. The last feature the team worked on was an episode of the Pokémon anime called ‘All That Glitters Is Not Golden’.
• The music in this DVD is mostly taken from the videogame score, giving both Pokémon products a kind of synergy! It was composed by Arata Iiyoshi.
• Continuing the mystery theme, this special episode of the anime ends with ‘To be continued…’ but we don’t yet know whether further Mystery Dungeon specials will be released on DVD.

CHARACTERS IN THIS DVD…
There are a whole host of Pokémon starring in this Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time & Darkness DVD. Just check this lot out… Team Poképals – Piplup, Chimchar • Wigglytuff Guild – Wigglytuff, Chatot, Corphish, Diglett, Loudred, Bidoof, Chimecho, Croagunk, Dugtrio, Sunflora • Team Razor Wind – Zangoose, Scyther, Sandslash • Treasure Town – Shinx, Kecleon, Duskull, Gabite • Thieves – Grovyle, Drowzee, Sharpedo, Weavile, Gyarados • Others – Golbat. Gabite actually makes its movie and DVD debut in this action-packed adventure!

We rejoin Ash and his travelling gang at the start of his Advanced Generation adventures. This time they are visiting a carnival that has been arranged to celebrate the appearance of the Millennium Comet. This comet appears in the night sky for seven days once every thousand years. The Pokémon Trainers are soon making friends with a Jirachi – a Pokémon that only wakes up when the Millennium Comet is around so that it can absorb its energy. It’s not long before Max has become firm friends with the Jirachi after hearing it talking from inside a rock at a carnival magic show. He knows that Jirachi will grant wishes so Max wishes for lots and lots of sweets! Suddenly he is surrounded by sweets of all kinds! But there are others about who have their eyes on the mysterious Pokémon.

He may look like a regular carnival magician, but the guy in the snazzy clothes is actually an ex-Team Magma scientist called Butler. He has a plan to use Jirachi’s power from the comet to bring forth Groudon and then use this Ground-type Pokémon to get his revenge on Team Magma!

Ash and his team know that something serious is going down when an Absol appears, as this Pokémon is known to only turn up when a disaster is close! Absol leads the Trainers, along with Jirachi, to Forina to be safe. Forina is a place that grows up from the energy Jirachi places into the Earth. Unfortunately though, Butler is one step ahead of them and sets a trap to get his hands on Jirachi!

Butler does his magic spell, but it fails to bring out a true Groudon and instead a crazed Groudon-like monster is created, hungry for power, and it rampages around, scaring everyone! This mad monster absorbs all the Pokémon around it, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. It doesn’t stop there, though, and it’s not long before the crazed monster has captured Brock, May and DIane – Butler’s assistant in his magic show and the love of his life! Suddenly Butler realises just what he has done in creating this Groudon beast – he has endangered his girlfriend! Butler does everything he can think of to stop the monster, reversing the spell, but as he tries he is captured himself! Now what?

Jirachi realises that its powers are needed and halts the monster by absorbing all the energy from it back into itself. The monster is stopped in its tracks. It does the job and all the Pokémon and humans are released as the monster is destroyed. Sadly for Max, the energy absorbed causes Jirachi to transform too and the Pokémon turns into its stone Forme, saying goodbye to Ash, Max and the gang just before it changes. It will take another thousand years before the gang can see Jirachi again… perhaps they should just continue their adventure?

POKÉMON MOVIE NUMBER 6!
• ‘Jirachi: Wish Maker’ was the first Pokémon Anime movie of the Advanced Generation. It was first shown in Japan on 19 July 2003.
•In Japan this movie is known as ‘Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi’!
•This Pokémon movie was the first one in America to go direct to video, missing out on a cinema release.
•The happenings in the film take place between episodes ‘Having a Wailord of a Time’ and ‘Win, Lose or Drew!’
•In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, there are two Ace Trainers on the south of Route 229 that have the same Pokémon as Diane and Butler in this movie. In the Japanese games they had the same name as in the movie, but the English translators obviously failed to see the movie tie-in when they translated the names.
•Strangely, Treecko and Mudkip appear on the DVD box of the movie, but they don’t actually appear on screen at all!

We like to keep our eyes on the Japanese Pokémon cartoon here at Pokémon World as there are often little nuggets of Pokéinfo given out after episodes. We were certainly not disappointed recently, as a preview of the forthcoming 12th Pokémon movie showed Pikachu standing next to a mysterious pointed ear electric Pokémon. While many speculated it was a fifth-generation monster, sadly it’s not, it’s actually a unique evolution of Pichu with a notched ear. You can see this new Pokémon in the poster here, it’s female and is fond of eating Grepa Berries! More info on this exciting new Pokémon as we get it!

The gang were all on their way to another Pokémon Contest, with Ash leading the way as usual, when they stumble upon a place called Alamos Town. Roaming the streets, they meet a young girl named Alice who kindly gives them a tour of the landmarks of the town – the wonderful gardens filled with water features and lush greenery and the Space-Time Tower. While on their tour they discover that part of the gardens has been destroyed by someone – or something!

Suddenly, a man called Baron Alberto appears. He’s an influential man of the town and he’s adamant that this devastation is down to the mysterious Legendary Pokémon Darkrai. Just as he’s making these accusations, Darkrai himself appears before them all as if to confront them about Baron’s theory! None of the gang had ever come across Darkrai before – just who is he and what does he want? There are so many questions that need to be answered about
this Pokémon!

Before anyone can find out we see Dialga and Palkia fighting a vicious battle in space. The ferocious Pokémon are so powerful that they tear a hole in Space-Time and Alamos Town can clearly be seen through it. A deep, dank fog slowly descends on the town, trapping all the townfolk so that they are mysteriously unable to leave!

Alice’s childhood friend, a boffin called Tonio, soon realises that Alamos Town is in the grips of some kind of Space-TIme phenomenon, and analysing the data he discovers that the destruction of the gardens was down to Palkia arriving in town after suffering terrible injuries in his fight with Dialga. As this giant among Pokémon takes refuge, it’s not long before Darkrai senses its presence and goes in for the attack, causing yet more devastation to the poor town and sending the people
running for cover. Then, to make matters worse, Dialga appears from the other dimension, looking for his foe to continue the fight. When the two god-like Pokémon meet face to face with Darkrai, the battle between them isn’t pretty!

Shockwaves rattle out around the town as the giant Pokémon savage each other. Before too long, the town is nearing complete collapse and a prediction written in the diary of Tonio’s great-grandfather and the architect of the Space-Time Tower, Godey, could be coming true! It reads, “When space and time come together, a great wrath will engulf the world. An eternal never-ending battle of gods… a hope is left: Oración…”

Can Ash and his mates save Alamos Town from the wrath of these monstrous Pokémon? Can they trust Darkrai, or is he an enemy? Grab a DVD to find out!

10th Movie Facts!
• The setting of Alamos Town in The Rise Of Darkrai is based on Barcelona in Spain. The movie’s creators visited the city many times in the making of the anime. The Space-Time tower in the movie and the Oración are actually modelled on the Sagrada Família and the Park Güell in Barcelona, created by architect Antoni Gaudí. The names Tonio and Godey in the movie are a homage to this famous architect and his work.
•The Rise Of Darkrai, called Dialga Vs Palkia Vs Darkrai in Japan, was a big success in cinemas over there. It topped the box office charts when released and was seen by 1,074,000 people in the first three days!
•The movie was more successful than the previous one, Pokémon Ranger And The Temple Of The Sea.
•The English version of the movie was shown exclusively on Cartoon Network in the States on 1 February 2008 andcame out on DVD in the UK on 29 September 2008, courtesy of Network. Grab a copy down the shops as soon as you can! It’s only £12.99 and comes with an exclusive limited edition Pokémon Trading Card Game card – cool!

Pokémon making their debut in this movie…
One of the most exciting things about a new Pokémon movie is that they often contain the debuts for many Pokémon on the big screen. The Rise Of Darkrai is no exception. See if you can spot all of the following Pokémon when watching the movie…

•Darkrai
•Infernape
•Empoleon
•Torterra
•Lickilicky
•Chingling
•Finneon
•Lumineon
•Gallade
•Drifblim
•Tangrowth
•Yanmega
•Luxio
•Luxray
•Gible
•Bronzor
•Bibarel
•Honchkrow
•Purugly
•Eastern Shellos