Pokémon Gray Domain Name Registered

[Jeff]

According to Nintendo Buzz (http://www.nintendobuzz.com/pokemon-gray-domain-registered/) via IGN (http://m.ign.com/articles/1210117), the domain pokemongray.com (http://www.pokemongray.com) has recently been registered through the same company that Nintendo registered pokemonblackandwhite.com (http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com) through.

However, this doesn't necessarily mean much. Nintendo has been known to set up dummy domains in the past, such as the infamous pokemonwhitegold.com (http://www.pokemonwhitegold.com) in order to throw off fans. IGN has stated in their post that they'll look into this. We'll let you know of any more info as it becomes known.

UPDATE:
There's a possibility that the domain wasn't registered by Nintendo at all. The domain is registered under a single person, rather than Nintendo of America, and the address given is for a stripmall in Kerrville, Texas. Whether this is Nintendo trying to obscure registration information, or someone who registered the domain hoping to sell it to Nintendo, remains to be seen.

[Magmar]

This Internet address is being managed by Melbourne IT DBS for one of the world's top brands. At the present time there is no active Web Site for the address. It may be under construction, or the owner may have reserved the address for future needs.

Enterprises of all sizes rely on Melbourne IT DBS to provide the services and tools needed to manage and protect their online digital assets.

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Do you think Melbourne IT DBS just bought the domain and then cyber-squatted (I know it's a silly name but that's... what it's called) before selling it to Nintendo?

[Jeff]

It's a domain name registration company. So whoever registered the name (Nintendo, presumably), did it through them, and just hasn't started actually using it yet.

[Magmar]

Ah, I see. Nevertheless that's pretty interesting. I wonder if a game called "Pokemon Gray" would've generated as much hype 13-14 years ago, before it became such a huge franchise.

Neat news!

[Greyfox]

I'm gonna call shenanigans on this one. In the past, the Pokémon websites have all been registered by NoA, including pokemonblackwhite.com. However, this one is registered to a single woman (not a company) in Texas:

Domain Name.......... pokemongray.com
Creation Date........ 2008-11-19
Registration Date.... 2010-09-11
Expiry Date.......... 2012-11-19
Organisation Name.... Sandra Fordham
Organisation Address. 317 South Sidney Baker St.
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Kerrville
Organisation Address. 78028
Organisation Address. TX
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

[Jeff]

The address is for a stripmall in Texas.

Nice sleuthing work.

Edit: Not sure if it means much though. To me, it just means that someone either registered it with the hope of selling it to Nintendo, or Nintendo intentionally obscured the registration information.

[Greyfox]

It's the former, most definitely. If Nintendo wanted to hide something from us, they would've just not purchased the domain at all. It's not like they can't register another similar one (like pokemon-gray.com) when they're ready to.