Pokémon Festa

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Pokémon Festa (Japanese: ポケモンフェスタ Pokémon Festa) is an annual convention held throughout various locations in Japan. It is sanctioned by Nintendo and features events, games, shopping, and previews of upcoming games and movies.

Pokémon Festa 2002

The 2002 event gave further information about the games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Those who came to the event were given the opportunity of playing through a demo of the games. The features of this demo were limited however, for example the Flower Shop was always closed.

Pokémon Festa 2003

Pokémon Festa 2003 featured a distribution of the Negaiboshi Jirachi.

Locations and dates

Region	Location	Dates
Hokkaido	Sapporo Community Dome, Sapporo	July 19 to 20
Chūbu	Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya	July 26 to 27
Kansai	Intex Osaka, Osaka	August 2 to 3
Kantō	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama	August 6
Kantō	Pacifico Yokohama, Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama	August 9 to 10
Shikoku	Sun Messe Kagawa, Takamatsu	August 13
Tōhoku	Sherukomu Sendai, Sendai	August 16
Chūgoku and San'yō	Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima	August 20
Kyushu	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka	August 24

Pokémon Festa 2004

Pokémon Festa 2004 featured a distribution of the first Tanabata Jirachi and a distribution of the MysticTicket.

Locations and dates

Region	Location	Dates
Chūbu	Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya	July 17 to 18
Shikoku	Sun Messe Kagawa, Takamatsu	July 18
Chūgoku	Convex Okayama, Okayama	July 25
Kansai	Intex Osaka, Osaka	July 31 to August 1
Tōhoku	Dream Messe MIYAGI, Sendai	August 4
Kyushu	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka	August 7 to 8
Hokkaido	Sapporo Community Dome, Sapporo	August 7 to 8
Kantō	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama	August 12
Kantō	Makuhari Messe, Chiba	August 14 to 15
Kantō	Pacifico Yokohama, Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama	August 14 to 15

Pokémon Festa 2005

Pokémon Festa 2005 featured distributions of a Wobbuffet, Metang, another Tanabata Jirachi, and the Old Sea Map. A demo of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness was featured, and players who completed the demo could receive a Metang.

Locations and dates

Region	Location	Dates
Kantō	Tokyo Big Site, Odaiba	July 17 to 18
Kantō	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama	July 23 to 24
Chūbu	Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya	July 23 to 24
Hokkaido	Sapporo Community Dome, Sapporo	July 30 to 31
Kansai	Intex Osaka, Osaka	July 30 to 31
Kantō	Makuhari Messe, Chiba	August 6 to 7
Chūgoku	Convex Okayama, Okayama	August 13 to 14
Kyushu	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka	August 13 to 14
Kantō	Pacifico Yokohama, Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama	August 20 to 21

Pokémon Festa 2006

Pokémon Festa 2006 featured a distribution of an Electabuzz and a Magmar. Electabuzz was distributed to Pokémon Pearl players and Magmar was distributed to Pokémon Diamond players.

Pokémon Festa 2007: Pokémon PalCity

Pokémon Festa 2007: Pokémon PalCity hosted the Pokémon League 2007 (a game tournament), a TCG tournament, as well as giveaways of PalCity Mew, Manaphy and Lucario that have learnt special moves. There was a scaled-up version of the safari attraction from PokéPark, where participants can capture Pokémon using Safari Balls in the Great Marsh. There was also an interactive theater, Alamos Town Fireworks Display, where the story changes in accordance to the votes of the audience.

Locations and dates

Pokémon Pal City toured six locations throughout Japan. The event was be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on all dates.

Dates	Location	Prefecture
July 15 to 16	Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome	Fukuoka
July 28 to 29	Tsudōmu	Hokkaido
August 3 to 5	Makuhari Messe	Chiba Prefecture
August 10 to 12	Nagoya Port Messe	Aichi Prefecture
August 17 to 19	Pacifico Yokohama	Kanagawa Prefecture
August 31 to September 2	Kyocera Dome Osaka	Osaka Prefecture

Pokémon Festa 2008

Pokémon Festa 2008 was held from August 9 to 14, 2008 at Pacifico Yokohama and from August 23 to 26, 2008 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka. Due to security concerns after TCG events received threats, the event was only open to Pokémon Daisuki Club members. Attendance required payment and there was a bag check upon entry. A trailer for Pokémon Platinum was unveiled at the event.

Pokémon Festa 2009

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