JR Campaign - March 20, 2009 to April 5, 2009
JR東日本キャンペーン ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊
JR東日本キャンペーン ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊
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This campaign consisted of two courses, one by Tokyo metropolitan area and another by Shinkansen (bullet train). There were gifts and lottery prizes given away to those participating.
The courses were as follows: Touch with Suica! "Adventure as a Piplup!" This course took place in the metropolitan area and was limited to children of elementary school age. There were a total of five touch stations utilizing Suica, a rechargeable smart card used as a fair card for certain train stations in Japan. It's presumed each station would grant an original PMD sheet (seal). If all four different sheets are collected, a participant could go to one of the goals set in two places to receive a campaign-limited seal. Touch Station (10: 00-16: 00): Shinagawa Station, Shinjuku Station, Ikebukuro Station, Ueno Station, Matsudo Station Goal (10: 00-17: 00): Akihabara Station, Pokémon Center Tokyo (the nearest station is Hamamatsucho Station)
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To Catch a Bullet Train! "Chase the Bandit Grovyle!"
The course was open to everyone of any age-it was not limited to children of elementary age or younger. If the participants spend 500 yen or more on the JR East bullet train, they would receive a special Pokemon Shitajiki (underlay). There were only 120,000 underlay made available to those participating. There were 150,000 Piplup sun visors given to participants as well.
The course was open to everyone of any age-it was not limited to children of elementary age or younger. If the participants spend 500 yen or more on the JR East bullet train, they would receive a special Pokemon Shitajiki (underlay). There were only 120,000 underlay made available to those participating. There were 150,000 Piplup sun visors given to participants as well.
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If participants applied for the "Piplup Prize" by placing the application sticker to a special pamphlet, 50 people would be selected to win a copy of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky. If participants complete the course "Catch the Bandit Grovyle" and complete the "Become a Piplup Adventure!" goal, they could apply to win a prize awarded to 50 people by lottery.
A Course (10 people): Nintendo DSi + 6 original PMD seals obtainable in the "Piplup Adventure" course, including 6 variations of PMD seals. B Course (40 people): Gift certificate + 2 original PMD seals obtainable in the "Piplup Adventure" course [1].
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Pokémon Stamp Rally "Do Your Best! Custom Expedition Event" (がんばれ！みならい探検隊イベント)
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This was a stamp rally notebook distributed to customers in Japan nationwide beginning Saturday, April 18th 2009. The event was titled "がんばれ！みならい探検隊！" Customers were given a sun visor (Pikachu, Eevee, and Riolu) and provided a hint on where they needed to go to find the various stamps [2]. This was a free event and as a reward for collecting all stamps customers were given a promotional Explorers of Sky DVD as a prize[3].
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Pokemon Pal City (2007)
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Pokémon Pal City or Pokémon Festa 2007 was an event held at 6 venues nationwide in Japan. Attractions included "Pokémon League DP 2007" which was a district tournament where TCG players could compete. The event began July 15th and ran until September 2nd. In addition to the TCG League district tournament, there are other various attractions, distributions, and demos. Visitors could receive a special Mew, Lucario, and Manaphy if they had their copy of Pokémon Diamond or Pearl. Admission to the event was free and it was held during the hours of 9:00-17:00 with the final admission allowed no later than 16:30 [4]. The schedule for the travelling event went as follows:
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Excerpt from Game Watch website: ""Pokémon Pulcity" has a lot of free contents to enjoy, but various attractions are also available. In order to enjoy these attractions, you can purchase a prepaid card called "Pal Point Card" and use it to enjoy each attraction. Each attraction is designated as "5 pal points," and each time you use an attraction, you will be drawn from the pal point card. By the way, 1 pal point is 100 yen (tax included). 10 pal points (1,000 yen) cards and 20 pal points (2,000 yen) cards are sold at the venue." [5] |
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Among the attractions at Pal City was a walk-through tent set up as a replica of Wigglytuff's Guild "ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 時の探検隊・闇の探検隊 すすめ! みならい探検隊!". The attraction acted similarly to a "haunted house" maze except rather than frightful encounters, participants would encounter attacking Pokémon on a screen. Upon entering the tent, participants would hold their hand over a PC to check their "aura" much like in the actual Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games. They would then be assigned a Pokémon and were given a visor of that same Pokémon to wear as they maneuvered through the attraction. According to a blog post on Charinco blog, in order to defend against attacking Pokémon throughout the maze, participants would need to shout out attack moves [6]. |
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Once the goal was reached, participants would choose one out of a dozen keys to attempt to open a treasure chest. If they chose the correct key, they would be given a badge. However, if the participants chose the wrong key, they would instead be given a "certificate" (see below photos of certificates/cards). |
One of the expedition cards given out which displays Piplup (Piplup, Munchlax, and Pikachu)
Back of the expedition cards promoting Explorers of Time/Darkness
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One of the expedition cards given out which displays Munchlax (Piplup, Munchlax, and Pikachu)
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Quick Trivia!
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DID YOU KNOW? The Wigglytuff statue featured in the Wigglytuff Guild attraction actually survived for several years after Pal City 2007-until at least 2014! After the event, it was gifted to an outdoor activity organizer in Kyoto, Japan called Actpal Uji. A fellow collector living near Kyoto actually visited the facility and spoke with an employee. According to the employee, the statue was on display at the facility for awhile, but once photos of it went up online, they realized it probably wasn't good to have it for legal reasons. It was eventually removed and disposed of. For what it's worth, at least Guildmaster Wigglytuff got to make a lot more kids happy for just a bit longer! |
Now back to Pal City...
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Along the side of the attraction there was a demo station where visitors could play a demo of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time or Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. There were 100 demo DS stations that would allow each person to play a 10 minute demo of the new games. Special postcards were given to presented to those who play the demo [7]. |
Pokémon Day Germany 2006
Pokémon Day 2006 was held from September 24th to November 5th. The event took place at local McDonalds in the following areas [19]:
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress - Sunday, September 24th
Koblenz Castle Square
81825 Munich (McDonalds) - Saturday, October 14th
Wasserburger Landstrasse 52
70327 Stuttgart (McDonalds) - Sunday, October 15th
Heiligenwiesen 31
60389 Frankfurt (McDonalds) - Saturday, October 21st
Friedberger Landstrasse 291
51069 Cologne (McDonalds) - Sunday, October 22nd
Bergisch Gladbacher Straße 1005
13507 Berlin (McDonalds) - Saturday, October 28th
Berlin Street 1
22529 Hamburg (McDonalds) - Sunday, October 29th
Kollaustrasse 25
90480 Nurnberg (McDonalds) - Sunday, November 5th
Regensburger Straße 416
Several activities took place, including fans being able to play demos of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team [18].
Video online of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1w2PZMLRQ
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress - Sunday, September 24th
Koblenz Castle Square
81825 Munich (McDonalds) - Saturday, October 14th
Wasserburger Landstrasse 52
70327 Stuttgart (McDonalds) - Sunday, October 15th
Heiligenwiesen 31
60389 Frankfurt (McDonalds) - Saturday, October 21st
Friedberger Landstrasse 291
51069 Cologne (McDonalds) - Sunday, October 22nd
Bergisch Gladbacher Straße 1005
13507 Berlin (McDonalds) - Saturday, October 28th
Berlin Street 1
22529 Hamburg (McDonalds) - Sunday, October 29th
Kollaustrasse 25
90480 Nurnberg (McDonalds) - Sunday, November 5th
Regensburger Straße 416
Several activities took place, including fans being able to play demos of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team [18].
Video online of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1w2PZMLRQ
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Pokémon Day Netherlands 2006
Pokémon Day 2006 was held from October 21-22nd and celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Pokémon. Several activities took place, including fans being able to play demos of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team [8].
Pokémon Day Tour Germany 2008
Pikachu bus
Overview of the stage
Overview of Wigglytuff's Guild and Explorers of Time/Darkness demo stations
Der heiße Plinfa-Draht
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Pokémon Day Tour was an event held in Germany from September 6th, 2008 to November 2nd, 2008 at 17 stations in 16 major cities. These annual events were organized by Nintendo and usually held in (or near) McDonalds restaurants [9]. They would be held from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The scheduled events ran as follows: Berlin - Saturday September 6th, 2008 Halls at the Borsigturm McDonald's Berliner Str. 2 13507 Berlin Hanover - Sunday September 7th, 2008 McDonald's Hildesheimer Str. 216 30519 Hanover Frankfurt - Saturday September 13th, 2008 McDonald's Heinrich-Lanz-Allee 1 60437 Frankfurt Stuttgart - Sunday September 14, 2008 McDonald's Heiligenwiesen 31 70327 Stuttgart Oberhausen - Saturday September 20th, 2008 Centro McDonald's Centro-Allee 78 46047 Oberhausen Cologne - Sunday September 21st, 2008 McDonald's Rolshover Str. 380 51105 Cologne Bremen - Saturday September 27th, 2008 McDonald's Borgwardstr. 1 28279 Bremen Hamburg - Sunday September 28th, 2008 McDonald's Kollaustr. 25 22529 Hamburg Augsburg - Saturday October 4th, 2008 City-Galerie McDonald's Willy-Brandt-Platz 1 86150 Augsburg Munich - Sunday October 5th, 2008 McDonald's Wasserburger Landstr. 52 81825 Munich Leipzig - Saturday October 11th, 2008 McDonald's Miltitzer Str. 13 04178 Leipzig Dresden - Sunday October 12th, 2008 McDonald's Hansastr. 56 01079 Dresden Nuremberg - Saturday October 18th, 2008 McDonald's Regensburger Str. 416 90480 Nuremberg Wurzburg - Sunday October 19th, 2008 McDonald's Faulenbergstr. 1 97076 Wurzburg Kassel - Saturday October 25th, 2008 McDonald's Leipziger Str. 289 34123 Kassel Mulheim - Sunday October 26th, 2008 McDonald's Heifeskamp 24a 45475 Mulheim Frankfurt - Sunday November 2nd, 2008 McDonald's Friedberger Landstr. 291 60389 Frankfurt |
Little is known about this event until we can find someone willing to translate several German Pokémon wikis and online boards. Each annual Pokémon Day would feature a downloadable event Pokemon-2008's event Pokémon was Darkrai.
The event would begin by having participants either queue in line to download Darkrai or being the Pokémon course of activities [10]. There were a total of five stations that made up the course [11]:
Station 1: "Start"
Station 2: "The Hot Wire"
Station 3: "The Tastbox"
Station 4: "The Wheel of Fortune"
Station 5: "The Game Station"
There were stamps you could collect at each station and if you collected them all, you could go up on stage to receive a T-shirt. There was also face painting, TCG events, and an area where you could create your own Pokémon buttons.
The event would begin by having participants either queue in line to download Darkrai or being the Pokémon course of activities [10]. There were a total of five stations that made up the course [11]:
Station 1: "Start"
Station 2: "The Hot Wire"
Station 3: "The Tastbox"
Station 4: "The Wheel of Fortune"
Station 5: "The Game Station"
There were stamps you could collect at each station and if you collected them all, you could go up on stage to receive a T-shirt. There was also face painting, TCG events, and an area where you could create your own Pokémon buttons.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness advertisements
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Inside the Pikachu bus
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Station 4: "Wheel of Fortune"
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Pokemon Day 2008 advertisement
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness demo station (Station 5)
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon gachapon available at the pop up Pokemon Store
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Pokemon Day 2008 flyer (front)
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Pokemon Day 2008 flyer (back) where stamps for each station were placed
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Pokemon Day Italy 2008
According to Bulbapedia, this event was organized by Nintendo and held at the Mirabilandia amusement park, near Rimini. The event was held from July 12th-13th in 2008 [12]. Darkrai was again the distributed Pokémon similar to Pokémon Day 2008 in Germany. The 10th movie was also aired during this event [13].
According to Italian site Pokémon Times, there was a DS and Wii Download Room where you could play Pokémon Battle Revolution, Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness. There were many activities held, including a DS Diamond and Pearl tournament. Copies of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness were given as prizes to those who won a tournament [14].
According to Italian site Pokémon Times, there was a DS and Wii Download Room where you could play Pokémon Battle Revolution, Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness. There were many activities held, including a DS Diamond and Pearl tournament. Copies of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness were given as prizes to those who won a tournament [14].
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Pokemon Day Netherlands 2008
Pokemon Day 2008 was held in Walibi World in 2008 (originally the annual event was held at a theme park, Avonturenpark Hellendoorn). It ran from August 30th-31st in 2008. Like Italy and Germany, Darkrai was distributed at the event. Among the events there, participants could compete in a Pokemon Battle Revolution competition on stage, play the demo for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, battle against others through Pokemon Diamond and Pearl at the Nintendo Gaming Area, play and exchange TCG cards, and purchase Pokemon items [15].
Videos online of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPLkxZfaLrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70aVfiT8Ck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnHpjqfHkqw
Videos online of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPLkxZfaLrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70aVfiT8Ck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnHpjqfHkqw
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Pokemon Day 2008 banner
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TCG Area
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Pokemon Shop
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon gachapon capsules for sale in the Pokemon Shop
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Pokemon Day 2008 Activities board
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Pokemon Day 2008 stage
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Pokemon Live UK 2008
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In August of 2008, Pokemon Live began touring, coming to Woolsworth stores across the UK. Here, Pokemon fans were able to play demos of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness as well as receive a Darkrai through Mystery Gift. That wasn't all either-fans could battle each other in either Diamond and Pearl or Pokemon Battle Revolution. There was also face painting, balloon modeling, and a sneak peek at the new exclusive WiiWare title Pokemon Ranch [16]. The first 50 people to enter Woolsworth for the event were given a goodie bag full of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon goodies among other Pokemon merchandise [17]. Dates and locations [17]: August 6 - Edinburgh August 7 - Glasgow August 8 - Newcastle August 9 - Stockton on Tees August 10 - Liverpool August 12 - Hanley August 14 - Chesterfield August 15 - Staines August 16 - Milton Keynes August 17 - Norwich August 20 - Exeter August 21 - Bristol August 22 - Gloucester August 23 - Newport August 24 - Swindon August 27 - Bromley August 28 - Bexleyheath August 29 - Beckton August 30 - Basingstoke August 31 - Portsmouth |
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