Australia gets in on the flood of Event Manaphy
If you collect “Event” Pokémon, you’re no stranger to Manaphy. You may already have a plethora of Manaphy, including the Tokyo Fair, Palcity, TRU, NWS, and E4ALL variations. Maybe even the Pokémon Ranger one. Another event is about a week away, but you can forget about Shaymin, Arceus, or even a non-Japanese Darkrai – we’re getting Manaphy again.
If you know someone in Australia, start being nice to them. From November 7th through November 13th, they’ll be able to go to their nearest JB Hi-Fi store to pick up what looks to be the exact same Manaphy in celebration of the exact same release of Pokémon Movie 9: Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. Oh, joy.
Details after the break.
Australia, 31 October, 2007 – For one week only, consumers will have the opportunity to use their Nintendo DS® in JB Hi-Fi stores nationally to receive the sought after Manaphy Pokémon® character.
The Manaphy distribution celebrates the release of Pokémon Movie 9: Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, which stars mysterious Manaphy, and will be available in JB Hi-Fi stores from 7 November.
Manaphy has an exclusive move called Heart Swap, which switches healing effects with other Pokémon. To add to the excitement, Manaphy will appear inside the elusive Cherish Ball, a special Poké Ball only available through character distribution at events.
To receive Manaphy, consumers can visit any of the 78 JB Hi-Fi stores around Australia during the 7 – 13 November 2007. Consumers must also bring a Nintendo DS and a copy of either Pokémon® Diamond or Pokémon® Pearl, and must have obtained the Pokédex.
Once in JB Hi-Fi, consumers need to follow the simple instructions which can be found on http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php. JB Hi-Fi staff will also be available to assist any consumers with the character distribution.
Coming 22 November is Pokémon® Battle Revolution where Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl players can copy their Pokémon characters from the DS games into a spectacular 3D environment on the Wii™ and battle players around the globe via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Pokémon Battle Revolution is the first game to link the Nintendo DS and Wii systems.
For more information on Manaphy, visit the official Manaphy website www.manaphy.com or www.pokemon.com. For JB Hi-Fi store locations visit http://www.jbhifi.com.au/.
