Amazon Pokemon SoulSilver and HeartGold product listings appear, mention PokeWalker

We knew that Nintendo was going to release the latest DS Pokemon incarnations, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver worldwide. The series is one of Nintendo’s most popular franchise. There were just two things we didn’t know – when and if it would include the Pokewalker pedometer peripheral. Thanks to a recent Amazon.com product listing link, we have some answers.

Amazon.com now has listings for both Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver. Both listings provide box art, have March 14, 2010 release dates and are priced at $34.99.

The box art image is what’s intriguing. In the bottom right corner, it shows a picture of the PokeWalker pedometer peripheral that came with every Japanese copy of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Underneath the image it says:

“Take your Pokemon with you! PokeWalker Accessory Included”

The PokeWalker is sort of like the Pokemon Pikachu peripherals released in the US. In the original Pokemon Pikachu pedometer, you’d get watts for walking that you could use to make Pikachu happy. The Pokemon Pikachu 2 could connect to Pokemon Gold and Silver with Mystery Gift to give you special items based on how much you walked. The PokeWalker is similar only in that it communicates with HeartGold and SoulSilver and also uses watts as currency.

The PokeWalker is more about building relationships with pokemon, catching pokemon and finding items. You transfer any pokemon from HeartGold or SoulSilver to the PokeWalker first. Then, you walk around to earn watts. Once you have enough watts, you can use the Poke Radar to try and find pokemon to fight, and possibly catch, or use the Item Finder to find items. You can keep three pokemon and three items, and then must reconnect to the DS game to transfer them. Its a pretty cool bonus feature. Certainly sounds more promising than Personal Trainer: Walking.

Read [Amazon] Via [Joystiq]