There’s just hours left in the ToonBarn Pokemon Giveaway, where you can win a Nintendo DSi and copies of Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver. The ToonBarn video game giveaways are large and legendary, and this is your chance to join in on the fun and get yourself in on the action. Be sure to click over to the full giveaway page for all of the details, and DIGG that page while you’re there to help spread it around – and help better your chances! Head to the Giveaway Page now! (more… )

From February 27th through March 13th, you’d better be heading to Gamestop! There, Nintendo will offer Pokemon fans a special treat – a rare, downloadable Pokemon. Which pocket monster? The famed wish-granting Jirachi. This isn’t your everyday Pokemon here; Jirachi can not be obtained through regular game play, and the last time it was even available was back in Pokemon Ruby / Pokemon Sapphire, also Super Smash Bros Brawl. If you trade Jirachi to the upcoming HeartGold or SoulSilver, you can unlock a special route in your Pokewalker, allowing you to catch rare and special Pokemon outside of the actual game. Now if only you could get Pokemon HeartGold, Pokemon SoulSilver, and a Nintendo DSi for free…? For now, just head to any Game Stop with a copy of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and download Jirachi for free to your Nintendo DS. Check out Jirachi in action (more… )

It seems that with every passing day, touch screen technology is getting better and better. The response time is quicker, the models are more pleasing to the eyes, and the screens are larger. Cell phones, iPods, tablets, all are constantly upgrading to more advanced versions every few months, with consumers buying every new release. Nintendo hasn’t ignored this touch screen trend. The Nintendo DS has revolutionized gaming, no exception given to the Nintendo DSi. The spring, Nintendo will be releasing their newest DS handheld, a remake of the DSi, the Nintendo DSi XL. The XL’s greatest feature goes past it sleek design—the XL has four inch top and bottom screens, the bottom screen being more sensitive and touch precise than the previous models. The rumored price is well over two hundred dollars, quite a lot for just a handheld. What do you think? Perhaps this could be the perfect system to play the new Pokemon remakes on, or even the new Sonic Collection coming out in March. (more… )

On March 14th, Pokemon fans everywhere will be able to get their hands on the latest and greatest Pokemon games to hit the Nintendo DS; Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver, enhanced remakes of the 1999 video games Pokémon Gold and Silver for Nintendo Game Boy. The games will be available in all the regular toy stores, but… 1 lucky ToonBarn fan will get their own copy of each game for free! What’s better, you’ll also get a brand new Nintendo DSi to play them on! How can you enter for a chance to win? (more… )

Just a few days ago, we caught word that fifth generation Pokemon were to be revealed in the upcoming days. The Gen-5 Pokemon was seen only in a teaser photo that hid its true identity in a silhouette. Now, as detail hunters scoured the Internet, we are able to reveal some early images of the Pokemon. No more waiting fo Pokemon Sunday later in the month, we’re getting the look at this pocket monster immediately! Say hello to Zorua and the larger evolution, Zoroark. These are two Dark type Pokemon that will appear in the 5th Generation of Pokemon role playing games. What do you think? Does he look like you thought he would? (more… )

We’ve had some exciting Pokemon news lately; not the least of which involves the upcoming HeartGold and SoulSilver games. But the teaser image above is possibly the biggest event of the bunch, as it indicates an entirely new breed of Pokemon is on it’s way; the fifth generation Pokemon. The new series of critters, known as GEN 5, is still a mystery, but the details will begin to flow on the February 21st episode of Pokemon Sunday. We have our guesses as to what it is; what are yours?? (more… )

Does the name “Bernie Madoff” ring a bell? He’s not exactly on every cartoon fan’s mind, so we’d understand if not. As a quick sum up, he’s the guy in all the trouble lately because he ran illegal “Ponzi schemes”, stealing millions of dollars from unsuspecting folks. To retrieve some of that money, the government has been auctioning off his belongings, including his luxury penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side of NYC’s Manhattan. Here’s the toon connection: the new owner is none other than the CEO of 4Kids Al Kahn. That explains the sudden influx of “bad dubs, new duds” emails we’ve been getting lately! The New York Post reports the head of 4Kids Entertainment, the man behind Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cabbage Patch Kids and more, bought the 4,000 square foot home for about $8 million dollars. (more… )

That’s right; a Pokemon game within a Pokemon game! As if the already-included bonuses weren’t enough. According to sources at the Official Nintendo Magazine, All English-language versions of the upcoming Pokemon games (I’m looking at you, Europe, North America, and Australia!) will include a brand new mini-game. The object; players must flip over panels in a five-by-five grid. Some panels hide multipliers for the player’s coins, and some hide Voltorbs, which end the round and cause the player to lose all their coins. Numerical clues help you figure out where the Voltorbs are hidden, making the game feel like another Nintendo DS classic, Picross. (more… )