Ooh, Pokémon! And a DSI to boot!

Do you want to rock the socks off of your nearest 11 year old? Easy: Pokémon™ + Nintendo DSi™. Late last year, I got to wear my Nintendo Enthusiast hat and take my sister and my nephew to an event at the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Center, celebrating the release of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky – a new game for the DS™/Nintendo DSi systems. Alex met Pikachu, stumped a gaming expert, and was given a copy of the new game and its 720 page strategy guide. Meanwhile, my sister and I wandered around the store, played Wii, admired the cunning little DS accessories, and waxed nostalgic over the museum-like display of a historical sequence of Nintendo handhelds – Pinky had a Game & Watch back in the early 80s.

Afterwards, Nintendo treated us to lunch at the Brooklyn Diner where Alex descended deep into the strategy guide, raising his head only for occasional sips of his egg cream. A few days later, he sent me his review of the game:

I recently obtained the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky video game for Nintendo DS and a strategy guide to go with it. I started playing it and went pretty far. Then, something in the strategy guide caused me to reset it so this overview is going to be mostly about just that. Anyway. The strategy guide provides a particularly special inside look at the game. It shows you what enemies you’ll encounter, what items are possible to obtain, and what traps to look out for. It even tells you tips on how to defeat bosses. I highly recommend this game for kids about 8-13.

So. You have a kid you need to please? Do you secretly want to play Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky yourself? You are in luck – I’m giving away a copy of the game AND a Nintendo DSi to go with it! Entry is easy – just leave a comment on this post by Monday, April 5th at 9:00 PM EST - but family members aren't eligible.  The next day, I’ll use a random number generator to pick the winner and I'll contact the winner by email!  Make sure I know how to contact you: embed your email address in your profile, or include it in your comment. I'm looking at you, Anonymous.

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Disclosure: No one paid me to write about this event or the game. However, Nintendo did provide a free copy of the Pokémon game (which I gave Alex as his birthday present), and treated all three of us to lunch. Nintendo is also providing the DSi and the Pokémon game for my giveaway.