Last month, Nintendo released the soundtrack for Pokémon X and Y on iTunes and promised more games in the series would follow. Today, the company has released the soundtrack for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

The 90-track album is on sale for $11.99.

The following soundtracks are planned for release some time next year.

• Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver
• Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire
• Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl
• Pokémon Black and Pokémon White
• Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2

Source: Apple.com

Nintendo isn’t just content splitting the Pokémon games in two, they’re extending the practice to their hardware bundles.

New Pokémon X and Y 2DS bundles will be coming to North America tomorrow, December 6, but they will only be available at Target and Toys “R” Us.

Target will get the red 2DS bundle that comes with Pokémon X pre-installed, while Toys “R” Us will get the blue 2DS bundle that comes with Pokémon Y. Each bundle has a MSRP of $149.99.

Source: Press Release

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Pokémon X & Pokémon Y: Super Music Collection, the complete Pokémon X and Y soundtrack, is on iTunes for $10. That’s more than 200 tracks from the game and, as an added bonus, it includes songs from the Pokémon Origins anime.

The album is the first of several Pokémon soundtracks planned for release on iTunes. The following soundtracks are slated for release next year.

• Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen
• Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver
• Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire
• Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl
• Pokémon Black and Pokémon White
• Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2

Source: Press Release

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A new Pokémon spin-off for the 3DS has players partnering up with a Pikachu to solve mysteries.

A rare Pikachu serves as the game’s antagonist, and there’s also a blue Pikachu that has the ability to talk.

Nintendo has yet to officially announce the title, but it’s expected to be released in 2015.

Source: Serebii

Now that you’ve regained the ability to save in the outskirts of Lumiose City, you can get back to focusing on catching ‘em all.

To make that task a little bit easier, Redditor Bobdor put together a map showing the locations of all the pokemon in the Kalos region along with the areas where they like to hide. The map is pretty extensive, even including pokemon only available through evolution and the post-game Friend Safari.

Source: r/Pokemon [via My Nintendo News]

Players affected by the Lumiose City save error in Pokémon X and Y can now download a patch to repair their save data and allow for saves in the city.

The patch also addresses some issues with the Global Trade Station.

Since the 3DS doesn’t have automatic software updates like the Wii U, you’ll have to download the patch from the eShop by using the above QR codes or using the eShop search bar for Pokémon X or Y. However, before you do, Nintendo cautions that you should first make sure your 3DS is running the latest firmware (6.3.0-12U).

Once downloaded, the update will be installed automatically. If you did it correctly, the game should say “Ver.1.1″ in the lower right corner of the Continue screen.

Source: Nintendo Support

Nintendo has confirmed that saving and quitting in the outer ring of Lumiose City (the area denoted in blue) in Pokémon X or Y, may cause the save data to become corrupt upon reloading.

A fix is being worked on, but in the meantime, if you really need to save in Lumiose City, Nintendo recommends doing it buildings, like Pokémon Centers.

If you’ve already been affected, the fix will apparently repair your save. However, you will have to wait until it’s released and Nintendo hasn’t given an ETA.

Source: Nintendo.co.jp [via @Nintendaan]

During its launch weekend, Pokémon X and Y sold more than four million copies worldwide, according to internal numbers from Nintendo.

To put that into perspective, that’s already more than one-third of FireRed and LeafGreen‘s total global sales.

Previous games’ total global sales numbers:

• Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl – 17.63 Million
• Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire – 16.22 Million
• Pokémon Black and Pokémon White – 15.42 Million
• Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver – 12.67 Million
• Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen – 12 Million

Source: Press Release

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The next generation of Pokémon games aren’t supposed to launch worldwide until tomorrow, but many retailers in the UK are breaking Pokémon X and Y‘s street date a day early, going so far as to announce early sales on Twitter.

A representative for the retail chain GAME explained that they are selling the game early because “a competitor broke street date – so other retailers can now sell this title.” However, they wouldn’t disclose which retailer broke the date, only recommending contacting Nintendo for that information.

This comes shortly after Nintendo warned Brazilian retailers that breaking the street date for Pokémon X and Y would result in them not getting future Nintendo products until after their launch date.

Source: MCV [via Polygon]

The Pokémon Company CEO and Pokémon series producer Tsunekazu Ishihara confirmed that there’s a new Pokémon game in development that’s going to star the series’ mascot Pikachu.

The game will be about a boy who takes on the world using “playfulness” as a weapon. According to Ishihara, work on the game began this past summer. A platform hasn’t been specified.

Source: Shacknews