Pokémon Day (the Netherlands)

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A Pokémon Day was an annual event organised by Nintendo that took place in the Netherlands. It was originally held at a theme park, Avonturenpark Hellendoorn, and was moved to Walibi World in 2008. During each Pokémon Day (except for 2010), event Pokémon or items were given away. At every Pokémon Day there were several other things to do. You could test the newest Pokémon games, one could shop in one of the Pokémon Shops. They sold Pokémon Trading Card Game Booster Packs and other Pokémon products like plushies and Poké Balls. At every Pokémon Day one could view the newest movie.

In 2010 it seemed that the Pokémon Day was not held, because the same year Disney XD had taken over Jetix. At the last moment, two weeks before the Pokémon Day was held, it was announced on television.

In 2010, the last Pokémon Day was held. A Pokémon Day was planned on August 27 and 28, 2011 but cancelled because PS-Games, the sponsor and distributor of the Pokémon Day in the Netherlands, was declared bankrupt. The company saw the profits fall with 3,9 million euro to 5,6 million euro and was indebted with 2,2 million euro.

The official website of the Pokémon Day was http://www.pokemonday.nl/ *

A similar event is held in other countries as well.

Pokémon Fan Days 2006

Pokémon fan days were being held in the TV Toys Museum organised by RCV Entertainment, Jetix Magazine, PS Games and Nintendo on 25, 26, 27 and 28 May 2006. You could get Deoxys, watch the Dutch premier of Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, play a demo of Pokémon Trozei! and get a picture with Pikachu. There was also a swap meet for all sorts of Pokémon merchandise, on May 28 the Open Nederlandse Kampioenschappen Pokémon Kaartspel (Open Dutch Championships Trading Card Game) was held. The three winners (in different age groups) would go to the Pokémon World Championships in the United States.

Pokémon Day 2006

Pokémon Day was held from 21 to 22 October in 2006. It celebrated the 10th Anniversary. Pokemon movies 4, 5, 6 and 7 could be watched. And you could choose three Pokémons from a list of ten Pokémons (Lugia, Ho-oh, Entei, Latios, Latias, Charizard, Articuno, Raikou and Pikachu) that could be downloaded to your Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Sapphire or Ruby cartridge. You could wait in a long line to get it downloaded to your GBA cartridge or sent it to Nintendo. Demos of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team could be played, Pokémon Trading Cards could be traded, a special Pikachu promo Trading Card was given away and you could participate in a coloring competition with a drawing that could be download at the Nintendo site beforehand.

8,000 visitors were expected but 16,000 came. A segment of the show Kassa on Dutch public television (October 28, 2006) about the event featured complaining parents because of the crowds.

Pokémon Day 2008

Pokémon Day was held from August 30 to 31 in 2008.

The event Pokémon of the year was Darkrai. The Dutch dub of The Rise of Darkrai was shown for the first time, and DVDs were sold.

There was a possibility to play and exchange Trading Cards and there were stalls where one can buy Pokemon items. At the entrance visitors got a 'goodie bag', containing among other things a stamp card for events and a special Pikachu Pokemon Day trading card. There was also one free Pokémon Trading Card Game card: Pikachu Pokémon Day TCG Card.

Pokémon Day 2009

In 2009, it was held from August 29 to 30.

During the event, the Pokémon Regigigas was distributed. The Dutch dub of Giratina and the Sky Warrior was shown as well. As in the previous year, a free Pikachu trading card was distributed.

Regigigas

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
REGIGIGAS			Dex No.	0486	Random nature.	Steel	Iron Head	None
Lv. 100		Type			Rock	Rock Slide
		Normal		Unknown	Pokémon Event	Ice	Icy Wind
		OT	EUSMR09	Apparently had a	Normal	Crush Grip
		ID No.	07189	fateful encounter at	This Pokémon was available in the Netherlands from August 29 to 30, 2009.
Item		Ability		Lv. 100.
Custap Berry		Slow Start
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from the Poké Mart.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: PBR Ranch Ra SoA GS Distribution
Please go here to see this Pokémon's in-game effect.

Pokémon Day 2010

The Pokémon Day 2010 was held from August 28 to 29.

The Dutch dub of Arceus and the Jewel of Life was shown, and like always, visitors could pick up a goodie bag, which contained a Pikachu TCG promo card and other Pokémon merchandise. There wasn't a download this year, for unknown reasons.

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