Jirachi/Night Sky's Edge Wi-Fi Download Redux

From now until July 16, the Jirachi that unlocks the Night Sky's Edge Pokewalker route will once again be available to North American, European, and Australasian owners of Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and Soul Silver. This enchanting path enables you to catch cute Pokemon like Clefairy and Jigglypuff, as well as find rare items like Moonstones. As always, don't miss it!

On a short hiatus...

I'm taking a short break from blogging. You see, on Monday I got attacked by some random vagrant at work who tried to gag and kill me. I have a black eye and some cuts on my hand (from trying to break his knife!), and I won't be able to type much until the latter heals.

The police and my fellow co-workers say I'm a pretty brave lady. Wonder if I'm gonna get a medal?

Anyway, I'm avoiding the scene of the assault for awhile unless I'm with another person. I sure hope they get the perpetrator and give him a long jail sentence.

Winners Path Pokewalker route now available for download!

From now until June 25, 2010, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver players can download the Winner's Path Pokewalker route to their games via Nintendo WiFi! This route contains very strong Pokemon that know moves they normally wouldn't know - a Beldum with Zen Headbutt, a Bronzor with Trick Room (very important combo with Gyro Ball!), even a Magikarp with Bounce. You can also find items like Choice Band and Focus Sash that will prove quite useful in those WiFi battles! A Disc One Nuke for sure!

Download the Winner's Path today, and get walking!

Yellow Forest Pokewalker route available via Nintendo WiFi now!

This is old news, but from now until April 30, the Yellow Forest Pokewalker route is available via Nintendo WiFi. This route will enable HeartGold and SoulSilver player to catch several special Pikachus, including Surfing and Flying varieties that are hard to find anywhere else.

If you really love Pikachu (or even if you can't stand the little yellow rodent!), download the Yellow Forest while it's available!

OMG Canada!

Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been very busy with work and preparing for States. Now if only I could find a ride....

Anyway, another great Winter Olympics has come and gone, and with it its triumphs, trials and tragedies. In the two previous Olympic Games Canada hosted (Montreal 1976, Calgary 1988), Canada failed to win a single gold medal. At Vancouver, she more than made up for it by winning an incredible 14 golds, tying an Olympic record.

And not once did I ever hear a Canadian athlete say "eh". In fact, most English-speaking Canadians have a typical Midwestern-style accent, while the Francophones tend to have a definite French accent.

I (and just about everbody else) was surprised at how poorly the Russians fared. I hope they can get their act together by the time the Olympics come to their country in 2014. Ahh, Motherland....

O Canada, we stood on guard for thee - and it showed! Thanks and merci beaucoup, Vancouver!

YouTube of the Week - Pokemon is Satanic. Riiight.

Well, since this particular YouTube video is spreading like wildfire among the geek community, and since this is a Pokemon blog, I simply had to post and comment on it.

It's a short screed (circa 1999-2000) by a televangelist on the evils of Pokemon. Yes, Pokemon. My comments are below the video.



Anyway, the preacher says that Pokemon teaches children how to use magic powers in real life. I wish it did; it would sure make my life a whole lot easier. Trouble is, the powers Pokemon use aren't even magic; they're fully "natural", just like claws, fangs, and venom in the real world. Also, anything in any imaginary world has absolutely no bearing on the real world; anybody who thinks so is either delusional, lying, or possibly both.

Sure, there may be a Devil, and he wants to mess us up real good, but aren't there better (or worse) things out there the Devil can use for his own ends than Pokemon? Gangs, drugs, war...all those cause far more suffering than a video game.

As for children fighting and killing each other over Pokemon cards, it wasn't the cards that made them do it; those children were probably maladjusted to begain with. If it wasn't for Pokemon cards, those exact same children might have fought each other over basketball shoes or leather jackets.

Russian roulette isn't a game, it's just stupid. Gaaaaahhh. X(

The preacher then goes into the same hackneyed tripe about D&D and rock 'n' roll that was old back in the 90's. It wasn't true then; it isn't true now.

Saying some people can't be saved or can't go to Heaven because of the games they play is un-Biblical. Methinks our preacher would do well to re-read the Good Book a few more times, starting with the fourteenth chapter of Romans.

Well, I've said enough. If there's anything I missed ranting about, please make a comment!

Pokemon.com's New Look + Gamestop Shiny Pichu Giveaway

Go-Pokemon.com and Pokemon-games.com have merged with the main Pokemon.com site! Poemon.com has a shiny new look, and tons of new features. Don't take my word for it, check it out yourself!

Also, from January 30th to February 14th, Gamestop stores throughout the US will have a special Shiny Pichu available for download that will trigger the Spiky-eared Pichu event if traded to HeartGold or SoulSilver (available this March). Don't miss it!