ADVISORY/Tens of Thousands of Costumed Kids Across the Nation Expected to Line Up for Unveiling of Pokemon: Team Rocket Trading Cards.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (April 22) --(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) Widely Anticipated Pokemon Trading Card Game Expansion Expected to Draw Monster Crowds at Pokemon Trading Card Game League Stores
WHAT: Encouraged to dress as their favorite Pokemon
characters, tens of thousands of kids across the
nation are expected to line up at their local
Pokemon(TM)(1) Trading Card Game League stores to be
the first to see the newest and largest expansion of
the Pokemon trading card game to date -- the Team
Rocket(TM) card set.
Something has gone wrong with some of the usually
adorable Pokemon creatures. Having been captured by
bad-guy duo Team Rocket, these Pokemon have missed out
on the proper love and attention any good, responsible
Pokemon trainer would have given them. Lacking that
care, these poor creatures have evolved into naughty,
mischievous Pokemon that have now found their way into
the Pokemon trading card game via the Team Rocket set
(due in stores April 24). This is expected to be the
largest Pokemon event of this century!
Wizards of the Coast Inc. has issued a "call to arms"
to tens of thousands of Master Trainers from all
corners of the nation to come to the Mall of America
in Minneapolis to win back the Pokemon trading card
game cards that were taken by those nasty no-gooders
Team Rocket early last week. And for the trainers who
can't make it to Minneapolis, local league stores will
host a variety of activities in celebration of the
launch of the Team Rocket card set. At each store,
every child will receive a new Dark Gyarados card from
the Team Rocket set and will have the opportunity to
trade and battle with other Master Trainers.
WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: For a list of league stores in your area, please visit
www.wizards.com, click on "League Play," and use the
Store Locator
WHO: Wizards of the Coast Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro Inc.
(NYSE:HAS), is the worldwide market share leader in
the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game
categories. Wizards of the Coast is a leading
developer and publisher of game-based entertainment
products, as well as the owner and operator of one of
the nation's largest specialty game retail chains. The
company holds an exclusive patent on the play
mechanics of trading card games (TCGs) and produces
games such as the Magic: The Gathering(R), Legend of
the Five Rings(TM) and Pokemon TCGs. Wizards of the
Coast is also one of the world's leading fantasy and
science fiction book publishers and is a publisher of
adventure games, family card and board games and
electronic media products. The company's retail
locations, many of which provide game-play areas,
include a growing number of Wizards of the Coast(R)
specialty game retail stores as well as 53 The Game
Keeper(R) stores. Headquartered near Seattle,
Washington, Wizards of the Coast has international
offices in Antwerp, Paris, Milan, London and Beijing.
For more information on Wizards of the Coast, visit
the company's website and electronic retail store at
www.wizards.com.
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