PRA'06

Pokémon USA has announced 2006 will see many tours across the USA, whose purpose is to distribute selected Pokémon to players.

To commence the campaign a poll has been put on the official Web site, allowing players to choose the Top 20 Pokémon they would like to receive from the aforementioned tours. The exact nature of these tours has yet to be clarified, and whether they will follow the same formula as Pokémon Rocks America cannot be inferred until further details are made clear. However, since the list includes evolved Pokémon as well as legendary ones, it is evident that the downloads will be directly performed through stations, as was the case with events at the time of the older games. This serves as an alternative to wireless communication downloads, through which FireRed, LeafGreen and Emerald players can receive special items and Pokémon Eggs.

The list excludes 10 Pokémon which many would deem valuable to obtain -- Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi and Deoxys. By no coincidence, these Pokémon are those ineligible to enter Ruby and Sapphire's Battle Tower, Emerald's Battle Frontier and XD's Orre Colosseum (entering them to Colosseum's Battle Mode results in PokéCoupon deduction). Further, the same rules have applied to most official tournaments.. Read more here.