Today Nintendo of America has released the Oak’s Letter WiFi event for Pokemon Platinum, which is available until November 8th 2009. This event allows you to capture a Lv. 30 Shaymin in it’s Land Form, and change it into it’s Sky Form. To receive Oak’s Letter:

• Select ‘Mystery Gift’  on the boot menu.
• Select ‘Receive Gift’
• Select ‘Get Via Nintendo WFC’.
• Opt to receive the gift.
• Pick up the gift from any pokemart’s delivery man.

I’ll let serebii.net explain how to activate the event:

“Once picked up at the Pokémart, go to the Route 224 and make your way to the very end of it. You will see that the area has turned to be filled with flowers as opposed to the muddy rockface area it was beforehand. Professor Oak and Marley soon come up and say that you’re meant to write down what you’re most thankful for by the stone. Once done, Shaymin will appear and run up north to the Flower Paradise. Once you make your way up there, you will find Shaymin in its Land Forme ready to be captured. However, this Shaymin will also activate the Glacidea Flower and, if you already have it, it is transformable.”

Seems like Nintendo is trying to push out all of the WiFi events in a hurry, to make room for Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver.  The only one remaining for the US is the Jirachi event.

[Via Serebii]

A couple days ago we talked about the rumor involving Pokemon Gold and Silver getting remakes, and it turns out it was true. Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver are expected to be out by Autum of 2010, as part of their tenth anniversary. The original Gameboy Color  exclusive sold over 23 million copies, can the remakes do better? Perhaps it will be a DSi exclusive this time around? Taking advantage of the extra processor power and RAM to make the game a bit more aesthetically pleasing may not be a bad thing. Battle animations anyone?

[Via Yahoo! Japan]

If most predictions are correct, yes. That’s what thousands of Pokemon fans are expecting after a surprise announcement mentioning a new Pokemon game heading this way, after last weeks episode aired in Japan (with a certain gold and silver atmosphere). This seems like the most likely possibility, as Fire Red and Leaf Green were remade for Game Boy Advance, and the DS has yet to see any remakes. It would be interesting to see what new features are added into the game, and if there will be DSi support.

We will know on May 10th, when the next episode airs. Although a remake of a great game is always welcome, Nintendo may be shooting themselves in the foot if they use the Diamond and Pearl engine again, as they did with Platinum. I think both fans and casual players are looking for something new, and it would be wise for Nintendo to deliver.

Update: The rumors are true! Read here.