The Offical Pokemon D/P release date SPECULATION Thread

[Pkmn Trainer Abram]

Since apparently this was oringinally deemed(seemingly) unfit to be posted on the D/P boards at this time, I'll post it here. I spent like 40 minutes on this to let it go to waste.=/

First off, the exact OFFICAL date has yet to be announced in the US. All anyone has to go on is the annoucement made at the Pokemon 10th Anniversary event that D/P would be released in the US in Spring 2007, which could be anywhere from late Febuary to early June.

Second, don't post poorly thought out posts like "I hope it comes out in <blank> 2006 " or "I heard from so and so......" without any effort put into them. Be logical. It takes time to translate, remove bugs, and with the game being WiFi, it will undoubtedly take time to set up the service in the US and make it compatable worldwide, should it be worldwide. Also, take into account the time it will take for the anime and 9th movie dub to reach the US. Nintendo/The Pokemon Company/PUSA has NEVER released a new genreration game without the anime being caught up around the same time frame, which pretty much KILLS any chances of it happening this year. The same applies to the Japanese version, natch. It's all in the advertising folks.=p

For simplicity's sake I am using the US episode numbers on this site.

Also, certain SPOILERS are present and I still cannot get the "SPOILER" tag to work on my PC, so I'll mark a "SPOILER!!!" header where appropriate until I figure it out.

Now then, for MY indepth take.

Now then, if the anime continues at the 2 new episodes a week pace, that leaves about 44 episodes left including the Deoxys Special set to air on the same Saturday(10/28/06) as "Odd Pokemon Out" and "Harley rides Again". So after that week we can break it down like this, assuming that a break for new episodes isn't taken, although it's certianly possible.

11/4/06:
Episodes 437 and 438

11/11/06:
Episodes 439 and 440

11/18/06:
Episodes 441 and 442

11/25/06:
Episodes 443 and 444

(NOTE: I expect an offical release date to be ANNOUCED to the presses around Christmas or early Jan 2007)

12/2/06:
Episodes 445 and 446

12/9/06:
Episodes 447 and 448

12/16/06:
Episodes 449 and 450

12/23/06:
Episodes 451 and 452

12/30/06:
Episodes 453 and 454

SPOILERS!!!!
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(NOTE: This is around the time Aipom joins Ash and around the time the 9th movie was about to be released. It's quite possible that the "2 episodes every Saturday" routine could be altered/temporarily halted for at MOST a month due to prior dubbing in conjuction with the series and release issues to DVD)
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1/6/07:
Episodes 455 and 456

1/13/07:
Episodes 457 and 458

1/20/07:
Episodes 459 and 460

1/27/07:
Episodes 461 and 462

2/3/07:
Episodes 463 and 464

2/10/07:
Episodes 465 and the FINAL AG episode, 466

Now, I doubt that D/P will come out that early, especially considering the time it will take for the anime and movie to catch up, and manufacturing the many copies of the game, making the ads and other promotional issues for retail will need time, probably a month.

Assuming all of that gets done miriculously doing the run of the anime, ASSUMING it doesn't halt, the release date will be around the week of 2/11/06 or possibly around the end of that month.

Realistically, adding the time for production copies of the game and the timing of the anime and movie to tie into the release, add 1 to 2 months to that and the game will see US shores anytime from Late Febuary to Late April.

Again, this is just MY take on it and could be way off on any of this, but this seems to be a logical deduction I've thought about for awhile now.

Discuss.

 

[Pamizard]

I hope its that date your assuming, Thats my brothers birthday and its 15 days after mine. Oh and one day of the episodes is on my birthday January 27

 

[Horn Drill]

Honestly, I don't think having the anime coincide with the release of the games is a good enough reason to potentially postpone DP's release. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't put a surprise Christmas release past NoA. It makes perfect sense:

Pokemon games are quite easy to translate. It really wouldn't take that long due to the simple grammar and vocabulary.

It makes sense to release a global online game everywhere in the world at about the same time. Why would Japan get an online game six months before everyone else? While we're puttering along at the start of the game, they'll have entire collections of level 100s! How fair is that for online play?!

Christmas is the biggest shopping time of the year. It's kind of stupid to release the biggest DS game in a long while in the middle of March or April.

It might be unlikely that DP will come out in time for Christmas, but I can dream, can't I?

 

[OtterPops]

It would be smart for GF to release it around Christmas, to get more sales. However, there are a LOT of games coming out around that time, too, so they will probably delay it a little so they can make money off those games first (Castlevania, Mario, new Phoenix Wright, Final Fantasy-both, Wii, etc.).

-;179;

I am hoping for a December release so that I can have something to do during vacation. -.-

 

[Pkmn Trainer Abram]

***Honestly, I don't think having the anime coincide with the release of the games is a good enough reason to potentially postpone DP's release.***

That's the way it's been done in the past. The anime is usually aired with the newest saga close to the release of the newest game.

***Pokemon games are quite easy to translate. It really wouldn't take that long due to the simple grammar and vocabulary.***

Doesn't matter, Pokemon games have a large amount of text to translate, although I know if they really wanted it to, a fully translated version could be out by December. Hell, gamebrink had a full guide with translations for most of the story, and that was a week after the game's release.

***It makes sense to release a global online game everywhere in the world at about the same time. Why would Japan get an online game six months before everyone else? While we're puttering along at the start of the game, they'll have entire collections of level 100s! How fair is that for online play?!***

Considering the fact that NoA doesn't care and there is WIFI trading and a level bumper in WiFi battles set to 50 or 100 that TOTALLY negates that point....

***Christmas is the biggest shopping time of the year. It's kind of stupid to release the biggest DS game in a long while in the middle of March or April.***

It's Pokemon. Anytime it's released it may as well be Chirstmas time for Nintendo. And like someone said before, this year the Wii and a crapload of games are set to see release before Christmas. It would be smart to milk the potential of all that for all it's worth FIRST, THEN go after the wild shiny Pikachu, lol.

 

[Yami ookami]

This kinda sux. Why not before Christmas so they make tons of mula fast and so we can get it faster. Same with poke bat revolution

 

[pokefan]

and with the game being WiFi, it will undoubtedly take time to set up the service in the US and make it compatable worldwide, should it be worldwide..

actually it being wifi means the opposite because most wifi games have had a lot shorter time inbetween jap. and us. realease .

 

[DarkBlaizeken]

Well i looked over how long it took for games to be translated an it is like 4-6 months soooooo jap release date september.....ummm maybe jan up to march..... but this is only a guess!!!!!
Personally if it comes to engled in march i can get one for my birthday...an the other with birthday money!!!! i am evil!!!

 

[JONNO.FRESH]

It will be a while before its released so just sit back and wait for it

 

[Locker]

i hope so too

 

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

I think it will be in March because every game that has came out so far has been in March.

 

[Pokemon_trainer_???]

i think your assumptions are right and that in england they will be released 9/07 to 12/07

 

[Nintendo_6444]

I think it will be in March because every game that has came out so far has been in March.

Ranger? MD? Not every pokemon game came out them, FR/LG Came out in semptember, I honestly only remember R/S Coming out in march, Heck, it could come out on halloween for all we know... =P
~~;444;

 

[pokefan]

Ranger? MD? Not every pokemon game came out them, FR/LG Came out in semptember, I honestly only remember R/S Coming out in march, Heck, it could come out on halloween for all we know... =P
~~;444;

do you mean halloween this year or next year. it's not going to be either of those,trust me.and yes your right r/s are like the only pokemon games that came out in march

 

[miiche~]

do they not realise that the rest of the world knows almost everything about DP now, even though NoE have failed to mention a SINGLE THING about ANY new generation of pokemon. As far as they're concerned, Mystery dungfeon was just invented. its not even out here.

but the public knows about ti very much. and we want it. now.

Do these silly little men not realise how blinkered they are not AT LEAST hyping this up? Nintendo have always let us down for release dates and marketing.

 

[Pamizard]

We should let NOA know that we fellow Pokemon fans here in this forums know about the game already

 

[Nintendo_6444]

do you mean halloween this year or next year. it's not going to be either of those,trust me.and yes your right r/s are like the only pokemon games that came out in march

I was tring to say That the games could come out at ANY time...

~~;444;

 

[Dark Elekiburn]

Since they have to translate and fix the bugs (including the Darkrai and Sheimi one) it should be out around April.

If they're too lazy to fix the glitches it could be in March.

 

[Horn Drill]

do they not realise that the rest of the world knows almost everything about DP now, even though NoE have failed to mention a SINGLE THING about ANY new generation of pokemon. As far as they're concerned, Mystery dungfeon was just invented. its not even out here.

but the public knows about ti very much. and we want it. now.

Do these silly little men not realise how blinkered they are not AT LEAST hyping this up? Nintendo have always let us down for release dates and marketing.

I know! NoA's official magazine, Nintendo Power, has only mentioned DP ONCE in the past four months! And they haven't even put it on their list of Japanese releases yet! No previews, no screenshots, no nothing! I don't know how in-the-dark they think we are, but it's really starting to bug me.

I don't care about Mystery Dungeon or Pokemon Ranger- I want my Diamond and Pearl versions!