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[[File:10th Anniversary logo.png|thumb|right|The 10th anniversary logo]]
The entire year of 2006 was celebrated as '''Pokémon's 10th Anniversary''', as '''February 27, 2006''' marked the tenth anniversary of the [[history of Pokémon|original Japanese release]] of [[Pokémon Red and Green Versions]], and therefore the tenth anniversary of the [[Pokémon]] media franchise as a whole.

==Netherlands==
The [[Pokémon Day (the Netherlands)|Pokémon Day of 2006]] celebrated the 10th Anniversary with a possibility to choose [[List_of_English_event_Pokémon_distributions_in_Generation_III#Top_10_Distribution_Pok.C3.A9mon|three Pokémon from a list of ten (Lugia, Ho-oh, Entei, Latios, Latias, Charizard, Articuno, Raikou and Pikachu) to download it to a GBA cartridge]].

==Journey Across America==
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A series of events were held across the United States throughout 2006 under the title "Journey Across America". The events showed previews of ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'' and had [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] and {{Trading Card Game}} tournaments.

==The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon==
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A special episode of the [[Pokémon anime]] was made in the United States, first broadcasted on April 29, 2006.

==Perdue Farms promotion==
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In the summer of 2006, {{wp|Perdue Farms}} distributed one million promotional mini-discs in packages of Perdue Chicken Breast Nuggets. The discs contained exclusive Flash-based Pokémon games, a Pokédex, and a Pokémon Trading Card Game "Learn to Play" demo. Beating the games on their highest difficulty allowed the player to view an exclusive 10th Anniversary music video, featuring the song {{so|Pokémon Go!}} and clips from the [[Pokémon anime]].

==Music==
On March 27, 2007, five days before the tenth anniversary of the [[Pokémon anime]], a new music CD was released in the United States titled {{OBP|Pokémon X|CD}}. The CD included songs from the English dub of the {{pkmn|anime}}, as well as new songs.

In Japan, another CD was released on October 28, 2006, titled [[10th Anniversary Pokémon Happy Birthday Concert]].

==Merchandise==
Several merchandise items were made in celebration of Pokémon's 10th Anniversary, many of them available on {{OBP|Pokémon Center|store}}'s online store. Some examples include [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} DVD set, which began as ten DVDs in celebration of the 10th Anniversary; [[Pokémon jewelry#10th Anniversary Pikachu Fossil watch|a limited edition Fossil watch]] featuring {{p|Pikachu}}; and [[Pokémon Top 10 Collector Cards|a 10th Anniversary trading card set]] by [[Topps]].

A [[Pokémon 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition Complete Pokédex|10th Anniversary Pokédex guide]] was published by Prima Games. This book contained special artwork by [[Ken Sugimori]] and Pokédex information for each Pokémon in the [[National Pokédex]] up to [[Generation III]], including {{p|Jirachi}} and {{p|Deoxys}}.

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File:Pikachu Fossil watch.jpg|The special edition Pikachu watch made for Pokémon's 10th Anniversary 
File:Prima Official Strategy Guide 10th Anniversary.png|Pokémon 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition Complete Pokédex
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==Related articles==
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* [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary]]
* [[April Fools' Day 2007|April 1, 2007]] - The date that marks the ten-year anniversary of the [[Pokémon anime|Pokémon TV series]].

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