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I’m still playing my Pokemon White game.  Trying to catch all that I can between the game and the Pokemon Global Link which allows me to catch even more Pokemon.  But then I got thinking… when X and Y come out… will I be able to send my Pokemon over to that game?  Will I be able to send over the new ones back to White?  Probably not, which kind of sucks since my whole collection is on my White version.  Ugh… I hope this isn’t for naught.  It’s going to suck if I have to start over again and still not have the option to get rare ones, like freak’n Pikachu.  I’m just going to push forward and if I’m lucky it’ll all work out in the end… I hope.  I can’t see Nintendo screwing over players of it’s largest franchise.

I got a package in the mail today.  It was my free gift for being a platinum member at Club Nintendo’s reward program.  It works like this, every time you buy a Nintendo developed/produced/endorsed product you get a code.  You sign in at the site and enter your code to get points.  Those points tally up and once you get over certain amounts, you get a rank.  Over 300 gets you gold status and over 600 gets you platinum status.  You can also use those points to get free Nintendo things. Continue reading