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INTRODUCING POKÉMON OMEGA RUBY AND POKÉMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE, AN EPIC ADVENTURE LAUNCHING WORLDWIDE IN NOVEMBER 2014

INTRODUCING POKÉMON OMEGA RUBY AND POKÉMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE, AN EPIC ADVENTURE LAUNCHING WORLDWIDE IN NOVEMBER 2014

May 7, 2014— The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced today that Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire will launch worldwide in November 2014, exclusively for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS. Pokémon fans will collect, battle, and trade Pokémon in a new adventure.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire are a fresh take on Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, which launched in 2003 and were fan-favourite hits on the Game Boy Advance system. The new titles promise to take players through a dramatic story within a spectacular new world.

Be sure to visit Pokemon.com frequently for more Pokémon Omega Ruby andPokémon Alpha Sapphire news and information that will roll out leading up to the worldwide launch in November.

Visit Pokemon.comLike the official Pokémon Facebook page atFacebook.com/Pokemon, and follow @Pokemon on Twitter.

For further details:
Nintendo 3DS Guided Tour: http://guidedtour.nintendo.co.uk
Nintendo 2DS Website  http://www.nintendo.co.uk/nintendo2ds
Nintendo 3DS (UK) on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo3DSUK
Nintendo UK on YouTube  http://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK
Nintendo of Europe on Twitter  https://twitter.com/nintendoeurope
Nintendo UK on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendouk

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About Pokémon
The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visitwww.pokemon.co.uk

About Nintendo:
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii U™ and Wii™ home consoles, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.2 billion video games and more than 669 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance™, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™.  A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in Europe.