Bellevue, Wash.—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 the Nintendo 3DS
family of systems. 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-favorite 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 and Pokémon
Alpha Sapphire news and information that will roll out leading up
to the worldwide launch in November.
Visit Pokemon.com,
Like the official Pokémon Facebook page at Facebook.com/Pokemon, and
follow @Pokemon
on Twitter.
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,
visit www.pokemon.com.
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,
and Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ families 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,
Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy
Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, Super NES™,
Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™ and Wii 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 America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash.,
serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western
Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the
company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.
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