In 1996 Game Freak started a world-wide phenomenom when it released Pokemon Red and Green version for the Nintendo Gameboy. With the game finding instant success in Japan it was soon internationalized as Pokemon Red and Blue. This set of games spawned a franchise that would endure for decades and expand into card games, books,…
Tag: Pokemon
Learning with Pokemon
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…
Luxray and Shinx: A Letter From Home
“I’ll meet you guys at the hotel in an hour. I have to make a stop at the Pokemon Center.” “No problem bro. Don’t take too long or Mike will eat all the good snacks!” I know my friends tease me a bit about my insistence on visiting every Pokemon Center as soon as we…
Banette: A Ghostly Tale
“How did I get here,” thought the small stuffed toy to itself. Quickly followed by another thought, “how am I alive?” . . . . . The doll had become self-aware at some point but it could not fathom when it had happened. It had a series of thoughts and emotions that it believed were…
Pokemon Stories: El Dorado
Pokemon Stories: Feral Sunflora Sunflora is an interesting Pokemon. They are well known for their love of sunlight and water. While they are typically seen to be a fun and loving Pokemon there are always exceptions to every group. In my travels I have unearthed numerous accounts of these creatures. Some have been passed down…
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…
Come check out the Sunny Solrock from the Backward Seven Ranch!
Well summer is officially here and that means warm weather. These Solrocks are Adamant (+Att, -SpAtt) about you having a good time. Solrocks are Rock & Psychic type and all have the ability of Levitate that makes them immune to Ground attacks. In honor of the arrival of summer and of the Gemini Gym, these…
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…