Pokémon 10th Anniversary Tour

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The Pokémon 10th Anniversary Tour is an event held by Nintendo, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the multi-billion-dollar^[1] Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. It celebrates the release of Pocket Monsters Aka and Pocket Monsters Midori, both of which were released in Japan on February 27, 1996.^{[citation needed]}

The Tenth Anniversary Logo, celebrating the game's release in Japan on February 27, 1996.

The tours were held around the world - namely for countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. The event is widely known across the United States as Pokémon 10th Anniversary Journey Across America, which was held in selected states.

The Journey Across America tour in 2006 featured a Pokémon tournament played through XD:Gale of Darkness. The tournament was divided by the cities that the tour stopped in. Two winners from each city, a person from the 12 and under range and 13 and up range would go on to compete at a national level in New York City at Bryant Park. The grand prize winner of the tournament received a trip for four to Tokyo, Japan among other prizes. Other events held at the tour included free Polaroids taken with Pikachu and Munchlax, tables set up for friendly TCG battles, a demonstration on the basics of Pokémon in general, playable consoles featuring XD:Gale of Darkness, and stations where you could receive one of several "one-time-only" Pokémon (like the starters, Eevee, and fossil Pokémon) and Celebi. You could also Download Pokemon Trozei demo onto your Nintendo DS. Journey Across America visited a total of 24 cities.

[edit] List of Cities In "Journey Across America"

(Wed) — Held on a Wednesday. (Sun) — Held on a Sunday

[edit] References

1. ^ Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold. PR Newswire. Retrieved on 2006-02-28.

[edit] External links

• The Pokémon Challenge celebrated the 10th anniversary by holding a video game national championship for the Pokémon games.
• The Pokémon Official Website for the United Kingdom which celebrates the UK's 10th anniversary.
• Official site for Australia's Pokémon Journey Across Oz which celebrates the Australia's 10th anniversary of Pokémon.

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