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Let’s face it, life without Pokemon would be GHASTLY! Take no CHANCEYs and get all over these fab new releases today! A massive part of our childhood was dedicated to these little critters; the trading cards caused temporary insanity in kids and were the newsagent’s dream, we pretty much all had the wallchart and had SMTV’s Pokérap nailed down to a t. And, if we’re going to be honest 5 with ourselves here, the dream
of Pokémon never really left. Move over Mr Tiddles, who wants a cat when you could have a pet Pikachu following you around and zapping your enemies?! This is why the release of Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver looks set to be the best news we’ve heard since all those extensions we got on our coursework during the snow! Crammed with exciting new features both games allow hands-on training with the use of the DS stylus and touchscreen and come with a Pokéwalker pedometer (as shown above) allowing you to transfer your fave Pokémon to follow your steps in real life! Every step you take contributes to your Pokémon’s evolution and the more points you collect the more mini games you can unlock, - clever huh? Can you sense the procrastination potential as much as we can?! Totally revamped and enhanced by amazing new graphics, the new games even allow multi-player mode where you and up to three friends can
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embark on your Pokémissions. Another super cool extra to the new games is a little feature called VS recorder where you can record your Pokébattles and replay them later! That epic win against Gyrados will never grow old! The games mix in a selection of the old skool Pokémon with others from the various versions Matt Barks, a student at the released over the years, with new trainers, new University of Glamorgan: missions and new areas to explore. Keeping up to “My favourite pokémon is Bulbasaur date with the times, you also use Pokégear in the - the first one i ever had. It shared extreme risks with me as we tried game which acts like a smartphone and allows you and failed in trying to pass Mount to collect information about Pokémon but also the Moon hidden in my tray in Year phone-numbers of the trainers you battle who, if you Seven!” beat them, could call at anytime to demand a rematch! (“Erm... wrong number, sorry!”) Charlene Walton, a graduate The game can provide hundreds of hours of play from the University of (a.k.a. procrastination central) in a lovely blend of Chester: “My favourite pokémon were the best bits of Pokémon, what’s not to love?! Critics Rapidash and Ninetails, - bit have complained that there isn’t really much of an lame but they were my evolution in the storyline from HeartGold and favourite animals at the time... I was only 11!” SoulSilver’s predecessors, but in a story just so darn good does there need to be?! Put your Heart and Soul into these amazing new Jack Atkins, a student at Liverpool Hope University, had a games, both released 26/03/2010 few choice words to say about and available at Game Magikarp: for the DS and DS Lite “Ah Magikarp, the prepubescant at a cheeky reduced ball of bridled rage, He does f**k price of £32.99! Don’t all but sulk, hits puberty/evolves, turns into Gyrados and kills MUK about!
It’s not just us geeking out over this news, you guys were more than eager to share your nostalgia...
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