Unboxing HUGE Pokemon Merchandise Package Imported from AmiAmi Japan (Pics + Videos)

Hello guys, this is the main post for a huge Pokemon merchandise that I just received from AmiAmi. I will be doing a video upload for each and every items on YouTube. That's not all! I will also keep on updating this post for more pictures as supplements to the videos.

Don't forget to subscribe and enjoy Pokemon as always!

YouTube Uploads

These are a list of videos that I uploaded with my purchase:
Unboxing Huge Pokemon Merchandise Package from AmiAmi (Japan)

Unboxing Pokemon Phantom Gate Japanese Booster Box (1st Edition)
- and more to come!

Package from amiami

Special token of purchase from amiami :-]

amiami

Thank you for shopping with us! :-]

Japanese Pokemon booster boxes, special collecton card deck and card storage box

Time to arrange the items :-]

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My First BCBM Pokemon Cards Opening (Pics + Video)

A video of me unwrapping three BCBM (Buy Cards By Mail) from an eBay auctions that I won last week.

They were shipped around January 22 from the United States via USPS First Class International Mail and delivered to my home after a week. Very surprise to get them on time! Each mail only cost around USD $10.

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My Purchasing/Buying Experience from AmiAmi (Japanese Character & Hobby Online Store) for Pokemon TCGs and Items from Malaysia Using PayPal

Thought that I would like to share my first oversea purchase from the nation of the rising sun, Nihon or Japan!

I had to admit, being a young adult, having a hobby like CCG (collectables card games) is usually frown upon by parents. And that is so true in my case. Regardless, I earned my own money and my wallet answers to no one but myself, or at least that is the case for now.

Anyways, I might be the latecomers when I say that I am purchasing some Pokemon TCG Gaia Volcano/Tidal Storm (or also known as Primal Clash in English) Booster Boxes since it was released roughly one or two months back.

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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Quick Guides

Before I begin, I'm sure many PokeFans had grabbed their hand on Pokemon Diamond/Pearl just as I did. Those who played Pokemon Diamond/Pearl will surely go to GameFaqs to search for topic related to their questions such as version exclusive pokemon, where to catch, how to catch, where to evolve, etc..

However, the board topics in GameFaqs is just totally huge. Most of the time you won't be able to find your answer there though. So I had decided to spent some of my free time compiling those information for sharing purpose.

* If you have any question, feel free to leave comment and I'll reply to your answer as soon as possible.

Index
A. Version Exclusive Pokemon
B. Most Requested Pokemon Catching Location
C. Side-Quest
--> 1. Swarming Pokemon
--> 2. Pokemon Mansion
D. Most Requested Item Location
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A. Version Exclusive Pokemon------------------------------------
Diamond Exclusives:
Seel
Dewgong
Scyther
Murkrow
Scizor
Larvitar
Pupatar
Tyranitar
Poochyena
Mightyena
Aron
Lairon
Aggron
Kecleon
Cranidos
Rampardos
Honchkrow
Stunky
Skuntank
Dialga

Pearl Exclusives:
Slowpoke
Slowbro
Pinsir
Slowking
Misdreavus
Houndour
Houndoom
Stantler
Spheal
Sealeo
Walrein
Bagon
Shelgon
Salamence
Sheildon
Bastiodon
Mismagius
Glameow
Purugly
Palkia

Third Generation Exclusives:
Bulbasaur
Ivysaur
Venusaur
Charmander
Charmeleon
Charizard
Squirtle
Wartortle
Blastoise
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Mewtwo
Mew
Chikorita
Bayleef
Meganium
Cyndaquil
Quilava
Typhlosion
Totodile
Croconaw
Feraligatr
Raikou
Entei
Suicune
Lugia
Ho-oh
Celebi
Treecko
Grovyle
Sceptile
Torchic
Combusken
Blaziken
Mudkip
Marshtomp
Swampert
Regirock
Regice
Registeel
Latias
Latios
Kyogre
Groudon
Rayquaza
Jirachi
Deoxys

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B. Most Requested Pokemon Catching Location
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For the location, I just list down the location where you'll most likely meet them just as I did.

#117 SeadraPrevious Evolution: Horsea
Evolve into: Kingdra (Item: Dragon Scale)
Rarity: Common
Location: Route 226 (Fish with Super Rod)

#120 Staryu
Evolve into: Starmie (Item: Water Stone)
Rarity: Uncommon
Location: Sunyshore City (Fish with Super Rod)
Location Info: Fish at the sea (north) of the city

#175 Togepi
Evolve into: #176 Togetic (Happiness) -> #468 Togekiss (Item: Shiny Stone)
Rarity: Rare
PokeRadar Required
Location: Route 230

#215 Sneasnel
Evolve into: #461 Weavile (Time: Night / Item: Razor Claw)
Rarity: Common
Location: Snowpoint Temple (accessible after getting National Dex)

#343 Baltoy
Evolve into: Claydol (Lv.36)
Rarity: Rare
PokeRadar required
Location: Route 206

#355 Duskull
Evolve into: Dusclops (Lv.37) -> Dusknoir (Item: Reaper Cloth)
Rarity: Rare
PokeRadar required
Location: Route 224

#371 Bagon
Evolve into: Shelgon -> Salamence
Rarity: Rare
PokeRadar required
Version Exclusive: Pearl
Location: Route 210 (North)

#425 Drifloon
If you visit Valley Windworks on every Friday after obtaining two badges, you'll find Drifloon (appeared as a sprite) standing outside the building entrance during daytime

#443 GibleEvolve into: #444 Gabite (Lv.24) -> #446 Garchomp (Lv.48)
Rarity: Rare
Location Info:-Gible is located in Wayward Cave near the Cycling Road in Route 206. Please note that there are two entrances to the cave. After going south on the Cycling Road, head east and use Cut on one of the two bushes in your way and then head north until you see the first entrance to the cave. Now, go UNDER the Cycling Road and keep pressing up/moving over until you find the SECRET, un-seeable, entrance. Once inside you will need to use the HM Strength (requires 6th gym badge) and then go down the stairs. Gible is located in this area, however, it is uncommon so you may need to walk around for a while before encountering one.

#460 - Abomasnow (Rare)Upon reaching Mt. Coronet Top. Use Rock Climb at the right side and you'll find a patch of grass with a single stone at the center of the right. Just keep running at the grass and eventually you'll find it

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C. Side-Quest
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1. Swarming Pokemon
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After obtaining the National Dex, return to Sandgem Town and enter your other
rival's house. If talk to her sister, she will tell you about the location
where rare Pokemon are appearing in large numbers. Both the Pokemon and the
location change every day. The full list of possible Pokemon is below.

#016 Pidgey
#081 Magnemite
#083 Farfetch'd
#084 Doduo
#096 Drowzee
#098 Krabby
#100 Voltorb
#104 Cubone
#108 Lickitung
#114 Tangela
#177 Natu
#206 Dunsparce
#209 Snubbull
#220 Swinub
#222 Corsola
#225 Delibird
#231 Phanpy
#238 Smoochum
#263 Zigzagoon
#283 Surskit
#287 Slakoth
#296 Makuhita
#299 Nosepass
#300 Skitty
#309 Electrike
#325 Spoink
#327 Spinda
#359 Absol
#374 Beldum

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2. Pokemon Mansion
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You can visit the mansion any time after seeing your Rival in Hearthome City.
To get there go south of Hearthome City onto Route 212.

In the back of the mansion there is a trophy garden. You can find several
Pokemon in the grass, but none of them are too rare. Once you obtain the
National Dex, return to the mansion and speak with the owner. He will tell
you of a rare Pokemon that can be found in the garden. The Pokemon will
change everyday. Up to two rare Pokemon can be in the garden, and everyday
you speak with him, one of them will change. The complete list of possible
encounters is below.

#035 Clefairy
#039 Jigglypuff
#052 Meowth
#113 Chansey
#133 Eevee
#137 Porygon
#173 Cleffa
#174 Igglypuff
#183 Marill
#298 Azurill
#311 Plusle
#312 Minun
#351 Castform
#438 Bonsly
#439 Mime Jr.
#440 Happiny

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Most Requested Item Location
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Super Rod
After getting your National Dex, fly to Battle Area. Head east a bit then head north until you see a fisherman standing at the front of the entrance.

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Tips
-> Adventure Tips
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1. Before you begin your adventure, just like all the previous PKMN version, you'll have the option to choose one pokemon from the three starters. For beginner, I suggest you to choose Chimchar as it's final evolution which is dual type (Fire/Fight) will get you through the entire game with hasty speed without any problem.

2. Leveling your starter PKMN in the early stage of the game is highly recommended if you do not plan to level up your PKMN in the later stage, which could take more time. You should train till at least lv 10 with your starter PKMN before advancing to Sandgem town. It might take 5-10 minutes but it's worth it.

3. For multi-purpose HM PKMN, try and capture Bidoof (Cut), Marill (Surf/Waterfall) and Geodude (Rock Climb, Strength, Rock Smash) as soon as you meet them as they're a helpful to learn those HM and easy to find.

4. Do not run away from Trainer battle. If you meet a trainer, fight him/her. You could gain money and experience by battling them. Besides, you can complete your Sinnoh Pokedex by battling them as each trainer uses different type of PKMN, thus make you to get National Pokedex even sooner. Note that the requirements to get a National Pokedex is to meet all 150 PKMN in the Sinnoh Pokedex. If you battled every single trainer throughout the game, you'll find yourself to have met 149 PKMN in your Sinnoh Pokedex. For the #150, simply fly to Celestial Town and talk to a grandmother in the northern side house and you'll see a picture of Dialga (for Pearl) or Palkia (for Diamond)

5. Depend on your playing style, training one PKMN (starter) is sufficient enough to beat Elite Four (lv 65+) with the help of Full Restore and Max Elixer/Ether.

6. Do not waste your Masterball on version exclusive PKMN such as Dialga (Diamond) and Palkia (Pearl) as their catching rate is higher than other legendaries.

7. Always equipped yourself with Antidote, Burn Heal, Paralyze Heal (each 5) to save your time for going to PKMN center just to heal those status effect.

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-> Battle Tips
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1. In order to win a battle with the short amount of time possible, always choose a move that will gain 'super effective' hits to them. You can learn more about each type weaknesses at gamefaqs.com

2. Stat raising move such as Defense Curl, Agility may be useless for many novice PKMN players at the beginning stats. However, those effect may just turn the tide of the entire battle if the PKMN had reached LV 100.

3. Nature, Individual Values (IV) and Effort Values (EV) are the three most important aspect for raising a good PKMN. Refer to gamefaqs for more information about that.

4. Always make use of the Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB) move as it will give you 1.5x more attack power if the type of the move match the type of the PKMN.

5. Held Items, especially Berries will be able to change the result of a battle.

6. When battling an opponent, you must be very good in predict which move will they use to counterattack in order to strive. Switching PKMN will sometimes proof to be an ideal choice when the foe's PKMN seems to be a disadvantage to your current battling PKMN. And most importantly, never underestimate your opponent. You'll never know what can a Pichu do :P

7. Even if a move does not count towards STAB, it may sometimes necessary to learn just to counter your foe's PKMN. For example, it's never wrong for Tyranitar (Rock/Dark) to learn ThunderFang as your opponent may use Water type PKMN to counter your PKMN. Even STAB does not apply to that move, you could somehow lower your foe's HP to a considerable good amount of HP left.

8. In the fourth gen, all move set had been arranged in a new way, which include an special icon behind each move set - Physical and Special. For Physical move, the attack base value is count towards the Attack stats for a PKMN and for Special move, the attack base value is count towards the Special Attack stats for a PKMN.

9. Always use a move that utilize the highest stats for you PKMN. E.g. - it's a 100% bad choice for Alakazam to learn Thunderpunch, Icepunch as the attack value is count towards the Attack stats. It's a bad choice as Alakazam has the highest stats on it's Special Attack value compared to it's Attack value.

10. Try and make a team consisting of one or two defensive PKMN just to inflict status effects upon your foes. A Physical/Special sweeper team will likelihood to lose very easily without a defensive/tanker.

11. Your team should not consist with only one type. Try and make a team with a combination of all different type.

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-> PKMN type
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1. Dual Type PKMN is good as there can have at least 2 STAB move set with them. However, they'll also seems to have double weaknesses at the same time.

2. Dual Type PKMN can somehow cover their other type weaknesses, thus making a super-effective hits (2x) for one of it's type covered. As a result, it will count as normal damage (1x). For example, Metagross. As we all know, Psychic PKMN is weak against Dark attack and will get super effective hits from Dark attacks. However, with it's Steel type covered which Dark move will get Not effective hits with, the damage will count as Normal damage (1x). Isn't it just cool?

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PokeSav

If you had bought an original cartridge for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, I'm afraid the following content may be not suitable for you to view as ruining your mood and craft a deep scar inside your head skull.

PokeSav, also known as Pokemon Cheat Editor, is a program developed by a hacker from Nintendo. It's just a rumor about the developer and I had not yet gain extra information about it.

Before you trying to use PokeSav, you will need to extract your Pokemon D/P .sav file to your computer, then open it by using PokeSav. In other words, unless you're using flashcart to play Pokemon D/P, you are unable to use PokeSav to modify your pokemon data.

PokeSav seems to be gaining popularity over the Internet because of the fact that you can edit EVERYTHING regarding your .sav file. For example, you can modify your pokemon IV, EV, nature, moveset, captured date, captured place, obtained ribbons and so many more. It's not only limit to those though, you can modify your own trainer name, money and even event flags. Nothing is impossible to modify with PokeSav!

However, PokeSav seems to be causing an uproar anywhere in the Net. The arguing is even worse among original Pokemon D/P cartridge user as they cannot seems to tolerate with such cheating device. About 40% of the original D/P user claimed that they're afraid to trade at WFC via Wi-Fi as they scared to be trading with a hacked pokemon.

To cope with this problem, Nintendo had took step, minor step to be precise. User can only trade LEGIT pokemon among each other. Legit is pokemon that had correct information about captured location, trainer information and correct moveset that can be learned by it (egg move included). In other words, you cannot trade Raichu with Hydro Pump as one of it's moveset with another user as it will be considered as NON-LEGIT.

When Wi-Fi battling, you can still use those Pokemon which you modified by using PokeSav with one condition - All moveset, pokemon information are LEGIT. (Thanks Phx_Cyp for the info)

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Pokemon Facts, or perhaps it is?

Before you read, I must clerify that the facts below are solely written by me for humor purpose. Do not take it seriously. However, if there's any reason that the fact below is correct, leave a comment here to share your thoughts.

P/S: The chronology below may also occur in your own life, :P
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Around the people worldwide (regardless of age):

90% know what is Pokemon
80% played Pokemon
70% know the effective and weaknesses for each type of pokemon
60% know the right combination of moves/combo moves for their pokemon
50% know that lv 100 pokemon will always beat pokemon (which is the same type as it) with lower LV than it, which is WRONG
40% know the importance of Natures.
30% know the existance of IV, EV training
20% search the Net for Natures, IV and EV training after know that they're actually exists!
15% know the true secret behind Hidden Power
10% trying their best to find the right value for their Hidden Power
5% trying to improve their battle strategy by considering and utilizing the knowledge of Nature, IV, EV, held items, pokemon type (or dual type) and moveset.
0.5% trying to exploit weaker trainer while wi-fi battling

and that leaves only YOU, which is counted as the final 0.5% for trying to ... ?

A) Become a Pokemon Master
B) Think that Pokemon is still childish, but change your mind after figure out the secret behind Pokemon games, which is indeed a great game developed by great company. Not a game with just choosing attack, watch foes hp to drop down, or KO them
C) Waiting for the next release of Pokemon title, probably Pokemon Topaz & Garnet?
D) Trying to recall the last pokemon game you had played, experience you had gained, etc..

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Pokemon Zircon announced in Japan!

Like the previous Pokemon generations, it looks like the fourth generation of Pokemon games - Pokemon Diamond and Pearl - will have a third version associated with it.

The game is titled Pokemon Zircon (Jirukon in Japanese, which translates to Zircon), and although all the details are not yet known, some information about the game has been released:

• Unlike previous third versions, which left the plot of the game primarily the same, Zircon will feature several large changes to the plot and adventure to enhance the story.
• Giratina will play a much larger role in Zircon, and you will be able to encounter it before fighting the Elite 4. (How this will work exactly is unknown, because it isn't on the Sinnoh Dex... maybe you won't be able to catch it? maybe it will just have "???" for its number?)
• There is a new area to the Northeast Island called the "Challenge Area," which will contain simulation fights similar to Pokemon XD, as well as some competitive-style battles with twists thrown in. (Sort of like the Battle Frontier from Emerald, I'm guessing.)
• New applications for your Poketch!

Information is very limited at this point, although I am sure we'll be hearing more about Pokemon Zircon in the upcoming months before its release date, which is scheduled for Fall '07 in Japan.

April Fools!

Yes, as I'm sure many of you figured out, the box art for Pokemon Zircon was a fake. I tried to make it as believable as possible, and I've gotta say I don't think I did half bad.

Although I think some of the features I mentioned would be neat, no third version to the D/P series has been announced, not even in Japan. Throughout this whole thing, it really did make me wonder how the third version (if they do make one) Legendary will work, since the only other Legendary in the Sinnoh Dex is Manaphy, and you get that in a different way. Curious...

I apologize if I upset or mislead anyone, and I hope you enjoyed this year's April Fool's Day surprise! It's all in the spirit of fun...

Also, a quick REAL update: a bug in the size comparison feature of the Pokedex has been fixed. Now, smaller Pokemon should be displayed at their proper height rather than look reaaaallly tiny.

*All content are adapted from Pokemon Marriland

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