Mysterious Dungeon is pretty much confirmed for the states.

[ProtoManEXE88]

I could be wrong, but according to the new Pokemon event, this could mean Mysterious Dungeon in the USA.

In the new tour's prize information (www.pokemon.com) it says that some of the later prizes will consist of 5 upcoming Pokemon games (I'm implying these games as Diamond, Pearl, Red Rescue Force, Blue Rescue Force, and Ranger).

Though I may be wrong, this seems like the most knowledgeable guess... and Pokemon.com already said on their 10th anniversary page, that we'd be getting Ranger.

Yay.

 

[Ethereal]

I'm not getting why this is in this section.

*moves*

 

[ProtoManEXE88]

I put it in the completely wrong section >.< I think I put it in the D/P instead of path to D/P.

Sorry >.<

 

[Ethereal]

Since you technically were talking about all Pokemon games, I put it here. ;/

 

[YoshiAngemon]

Hmmm. That MUST be good. Of course, it could take MONTHS to get them all!

 

[TRJessie579]

Of course, Pokemon Link could be one of the five, since that's already confirmed to be coming out here.

We're still not sure if they're going to make BOTH Dungeon games, the DS and the GBA one...unless they make both and not Ranger.

Or I'm just thinking too much into this. XD

 

[Kein]

Indeed, the reference to five future games discloses more information than merely the list of tournament prizes. In my rundown of the tournament details, I wrote the following:

Particularly interesting is the fact there are five new games scheduled for release. It is unknown whether this takes Pokémon Trozei into account, which will have been available for five months by the end of the Championships. If not, the five games in question must be Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Ranger, as well as Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Ranger has been confirmed in the context of a stateside release, and the Mysterious Dungeon games have just recently been referenced by the Nintendo UK Web site. However, with little news on their state in Japan, Diamond and Pearl may very well not be released in the United States until after the year has passed. This gives way to the possibility that Trozei will be included in the list after all, followed by Ranger and Mysterious Dungeon, but with a yet unannounced game.

If to expand, Diamond and Pearl will be released in Japan by the end of the year, but that might be so late that the English release will be pushed to 2007's agenda. One would think the prizes would be given to the winners on the spot.

The question to be kept in mind is whether it is plausible for Trozei, which for the time being falls under the category of future games, to be handed out as a prize five months after its release. I would be the first to admit that the game could very simply be passed off as a normal puzzle game, were it not for the icons that are supposed to represent all 386 Pokémon characters. That said, the fact remains that Trozei constitutes as one of the four Path to Diamond and Pearl games, to the extent of being compatible with Mysterious Dungeon Blue. Further, its lifetime has been prolonged owing to the use of special Nintendo DS stations at Pokémon Center stores and other reserved places across Japan. Apparently, the same stations will be implemented in retail stores across the United States.

In light of the above, I find that Trozei is much more likely a candidate than Diamond and Pearl. Of course, this begs another question to which the answer is not as simple - the fifth game that has been unheard of in Japan.

 

[ProtoManEXE88]

Indeed, the reference to five future games discloses more information than merely the list of tournament prizes. In my rundown of the tournament details, I wrote the following:

If to expand, Diamond and Pearl will be released in Japan by the end of the year, but that might be so late that the English release will be pushed to 2007's agenda. One would think the prizes would be given to the winners on the spot.

The question to be kept in mind is whether it is plausible for Trozei, which for the time being falls under the category of future games, to be handed out as a prize five months after its release. I would be the first to admit that the game could very simply be passed off as a normal puzzle game, were it not for the icons that are supposed to represent all 386 Pokémon characters. That said, the fact remains that Trozei constitutes as one of the four Path to Diamond and Pearl games, to the extent of being compatible with Mysterious Dungeon Blue. Further, its lifetime has been prolonged owing to the use of special Nintendo DS stations at Pokémon Center stores and other reserved places across Japan. Apparently, the same stations will be implemented in retail stores across the United States.

In light of the above, I find that Trozei is much more likely a candidate than Diamond and Pearl. Of course, this begs another question to which the answer is not as simple - the fifth game that has been unheard of in Japan.

It only says 5 upcoming games, and seeing as how the finals are in Japan (does japan have a tournament like the USA? or any other countries?) because if that's the case, I'm sure that Diamond/Pearl would be the ones given out, and not Trozei.

 

[Kein]

It only says 5 upcoming games, and seeing as how the finals are in Japan (does japan have a tournament like the USA? or any other countries?) because if that's the case, I'm sure that Diamond/Pearl would be the ones given out, and not Trozei.

The Web site is very specific about the process by which the winners will be determined; the finals will be held in New York City, the ultimate prize being a trip to Tokyo. I fail to see how the National Championships can be resolved in Japan. For the record, yearly tournaments have been conducted in Japan since 2003, without the United States having to follow up till now. If you are alluding to a Global Cup, that is an entirely separate option whose feasibility remains up in the air.

Either way, the problem of Diamond and Pearl's release cannot simply be ignored. A month ago, it might have been reasonable to expect the two games soon after the peak of the summer, around August. By now even that seems overtly optimistic, as we are still not at the point of holding solid impressions of the game content. Besides, even if the games were to be released in August, it would only apply to Japan - I find it dubious that the Japanese copies would be given as prize in an American tournament.

If the number of future games were stated as being four - it would obviously pertain to the current four Path to Diamond and Pearl games. If it were six, then Diamond and Pearl would have to be counted as well, as illogical as that would be. But the number is indisputably five.

The reason for my insistence upon this fact goes beyond pedantry with numbers. The 10th anniversary of Red and Green's release is a week away, and yet there are more signs of the event's commemoration in the United States than there are in Japan. Suffice to say, the release of Diamond and Pearl would serve this role more than well, but instead we are left with Ranger, which is clearly not meant to represent the special occasion. On the other hand, if a surprise announcement revealed that another game had been planned all along, everything would finally be put into perspective.

 

[Solar Crimson]

Also, In Nintendo Power's announced game list, there's a game under Nintendo DS announced called Fushigi no Dungeon by ChunSoft. To my understanding, that's the japanese name to Mysterious Dungeon.

I really want this game to release here, as long as they take that GBA-erasing glitch out.