Diamond, Pearl to hit EU July 27

Manaphy also set to be revealed to UK and European public

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Originally reported on www.pokecharms.com

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Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will hit European shelves on the 27th July, Nintendo has announced today. The Dialga/Palkia stylus pre-order bonus will also be available when you pre-order the games at GAME, Dialga for pre-ordering Diamond and Palkia for pre-ordering Pearl. You will receive these with your game when it launches

If that wasn't enough, June 2nd will see Manaphy being 'released' into the UK wilderness. If you take your copy of Pokemon Ranger to any GAME store on the second of June, you will receive a limited edition chocolate Pokeball which will contain the code to unlock the Manaphy mission in the game - as well as an A3 Pokemon Diamond and Pearl poster to stick up on your wall.

The official Manaphy website has also updated to include new information about the Pokemon - as well as the airing dates for the 9th Pokemon movie on UK Cartoon network (Thursday being the premier on "Cartoon Network Too"). The "Get Manaphy" link is currently saying simply "Coming Soon" still - this will presumably update on June 2nd with the European Manaphy code.

Now that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have been officially announced in Europe, Battle Revolution is expected to be announced and dated very soon.