The Band of Thieves & 1000 Pokémon

Pokemon XY The Movie: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie is coming to Japan in July of this year. CoroCoro has revealed that Nintendo will be releasing a free E-Shop game to tie in with the movie’s release.

Japanese gamers will be able to play this game starting on June 5th, which will be free for a limited time, and the Street Pass option will be heavily utilized. The “Thieves” in from the title of the game are Marilyn and Riot, the thieves from The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie movie.

The game’s objective will be to collect Pokemon from Street Pass hits, which will then be used in battle against the thieves. The more Pokemon you have, the better chance you have at defeating them.

While the game is set to be simplistic in nature, it is also serving as promotional materials for the movie’s release in Japan.

No word has been released yet for a US release of The Band of Thieves & 1000 Pokémon , but it will likely be easy to convert to western markets, so stay tuned for more news.