So to catch 'em all, pending XY additions, would be 326,000 yen (649 Pokemon + gender differences + alt forms + shiny versions * 200). That's ~$3400 at current exchange rates, which is a fully loaded iMac or Mac Pro.


Better than a new car, but still, the obsessives are going to need to take out a loan.

I hope it stays limited to six figures. I'm having flash backs of the Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards.

Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards? What are those? Haven't seen any so don't really know what you are talking about there.  #StillBitter




Pricing surprises me. I thought Nintendo would charge more and/or try a blind booster tactic to boost sales... but I guess it's already a money-printing machine so there may be no need to bleed consumers further.


Does anyone really think that there will be 649 Pokemon available though?  I expect that number will be trimmed down to something much more manageable - still a few hundred perhaps, but much smaller than Shaymin's estimate - long before considering gender/alt form differences.

Since I doubt Nintendo will provide alternate figures for genders, we can rule that out. Shinies probably wont happen (if they do, only a few select ones will be done, likely as promotional deals). And I doubt alternate forms will. Still, based on the current conversion rate, it would cost about $1,336 to but all 649 figures if every Pokemon gets one (649 x $2.06 = $1,336,94).

Honestly I be impressed if Nintendo did Release all of them.  I be more impressed if they also worked for Multiple Games.

Guess my count was a little off. :(

It doesn't sound like the figures will be necessary to unlock those Pokémon in the game, so I don't think it's quite the same as Skylanders. I'm not clear on that though, so we'll see what happens when the game comes out.

I'm sure they'll release legendaries as figures for this, depending on how popular it is. And maybe instead of a figurine for each pokemon they wanna add, maybe they'll be like a statue of Brock, and you get a selection of rock types.

I liked the WiiWare game, but not enough to buy the DS (3DS?) game. Maybe this will be better?

Nintendo loves the smell of money... fresh from the print.

That's not too far off from all the Skylanders figures...