A new in-school program uses basic characters and themes from Nintendo’s popular Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl video games for Nintendo DS to teach elementary and middle school students about science. Nintendo of America, Inc., The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) and Nortel LearniT, have teamed up to make it fun for students to learn…
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Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG): Rumble
On December 2, 2009 Pokemon International released the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG): Rumble to coincide with the release of the Pokemon Rumble game on WiiWare. This game combines TCG strategy with a board game presentation, is fully compatible with all of your existing Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) cards and can be played with…
September Farm Report
I have been getting a lot of questions from my readers about the status of the PokeFarm site. No, I’m not going to move the content back here! All I can say is that September was an awesome month for the Farm and October is looking to be even better! As you can see from…
Reporting from the Farm
‘Last month I broke away most of my Pokemon content onto a new site called PokeFarm. I lamented the loss of traffic over here at hmtk.com. Are you wondering what happened to the farm? The above chart shows visitors to the site as recorded by Google Analytics over a one month period. The average for…
The PokeFarm is growing!
As you all know I moved nearly all of my Pokemon content to a new site called PokeFarm on Aug 3, 2007. Some of you may have also noticed the drop in traffic HMTK.com sustained because of the content move. I have no doubt that the traffic levels here will rise again just as they…
Forums Launching
I have noticed that a lot of people are leaving comments on old farming articles that are no longer valid. Because I this I have begun throwing some forums up on forum.hmtk.com. The forums are currently geared towards Pokemon but more can (and will) be added later. Why not go there and register?
10 facts about Nintendo’s first half of 2007
10 interesting facts about Nintendo in the first half of 2007 Through the first half of 2007, the total Wii hardware sell-through in the United States and Canada combined is more than 2.3 million units (2.1 million United States, 222,000 Canada). For the first half of 2007, Nintendo represents nearly 70 percent of the industry…
Pokemon Battle Revolution: First Glance
I just picked up my copy of Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Wii and I’m reading through the instruction manual. I have not played the game yet so this will just be a “first glance” article where I cover things from the instruction booklet that I feel will interest you. On the back of the…
Pokemon Battle Revolution is out!
Today’s launch of Pokémon® Battle Revolution heralds a number of firsts for Nintendo’s hot-selling Wiiâ„¢ video game system. Pokémon Battle Revolution is: The first online Wii game in the Americas. The first Pokémon game for Wii. The first Wii game to wirelessly link to Nintendo DSâ„¢. The first Wii game that lets players use their…
Wii Preview: Pokemon Battle Revolution
Are you ready for some Pokemon? Nintendo has just released some new screen shots and information on the American release of Pokemon Battle Revolution! With a release date of June 25, 2007 and 1-4 player battle modes (I’m not sure about 3 player) it’s looking like time to start hunting for those pre-order deals. This…