PokéNews 20/8/2013

[LuciferIX]

Well I joked that I would put myself as the admin and thus lead of this board with Pichu earlier so I might as well go with that somewhat.

Hey all! LuciferIX here to bring you a couple new pieces of news that have gotten thrown under the rug with the new reveal of Pokémon: The Origins.

First is one that most of us can appreciate, the Pokémon X&Y release event Pokemon have been announced. From now until the release of the much anticipated Pokémon X&Y (slightly after for US residents) three different Pokemon will be given out at participating stores across the world. As with most of these events each will be given out via Wi-Fi Mystery Gift and it will only be available to Black/White 2 owners. Presenting three of the oldest Pokémon in existence, the Creation Trio, shiny version.

Each is level 100 and the Dialga has been confirmed to have the ability Pressure along with Dragon Pulse, Draco Meteor, Aura Sphere, and Roar of Time as its attacks. So sadly no hidden ability it look like and nothing special for the move set.

I'm getting some conflicting dates and locations, so Canada might be following the US's dates and locations. Though the official site is naming what I have down.



Shiny Dialga



US Residents: Aug. 19 - Sept. 8 (Game Stop)

Canada Residents: Aug. 30 - Sept 17 (EB Games)

United Kingdom Residents: Aug. 30 - Sept. 17 (GAME)

Europe Residents: Aug. 30 - Sept. 17 (Participating Stores)

Australia/New Zealand Residents: Aug. 30 - Sept 17 (EB Games)


Shiny Palika



US Residents: Sept. 9 - Sept. 29 (Game Stop)

Canada Residents: Sept. 13 - Sept. 26 (EB Games)

United Kingdom Residents: Sept. 13 - Sept. 26 (GAME)

Europe Residents: Sept. 13 - Sept. 26 (Participating Stores)

Australia/New Zealand Residents: Sept. 13 - Sept. 26 (EB Games)


Shiny Giratina



US Residents: Sept. 30 - Oct. 20 (Game Stop)

Canada Residents: Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 (EB Games)

United Kingdom Residents: Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 (GAME)

Europe Residents: Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 (Participating Stores)

Australia/New Zealand Residents: Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 (EB Games)


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And time for the second piece. Recently it has been revealed that The Pokémon Company in the US has registered trademarks for Pokkén Fighters and Pokkén Tournament and later found variations of this in the Japanese copyright database. This combined with an image shown during the Pokemon Game Show in Japan has led people to believe that there is a chance of a Tekken type of fighting game with Pokémon. There isn't much else out besides these facts as Pokémon Company has yet to respond to requests for further information. But if this is true it'll go to show that the makers of Pokémon are trying to get a larger audience with the future games and that they aren't going to give up the popularity of the Pokémon franchise without a fight.

Anime aside, it looks like we just might have Pokémon last even longer than anyone could have ever expected.




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Well that's it for this post. While Origins will still be the highlight for a while these two shouldn't be overlooked. Just remember, US residents the Shiny Dialga is already being given out at Game Stop stores nationwide so pick one up to transfer over to X&Y for the big release.

Until the next PokéNews, this is LuciferIX signing off.

[Deleted]

You should take over Pichu's job.

[PichuAuraGuardian19]

I actually want to thank you for doing this one, Matt. With me back in school, I haven't had time to post any news at the moment. Thank you very much. I will try to get back onto this next week.

[Deleted]

I have bad news for the image:

So here's the official word from The Pokemon Company on that mysterious Pokemon image that seemed to tease a Wii U game: "There is nothing to announce at this time. These are merely conceptual images." Okay. So what are these new trademarks that Siliconera has unearthed, Pokkén Fighters and Pokkén Tournament?

Could be anything. We've asked The Pokemon Company and are awaiting comment, but right now, "Fighters," obviously, sounds like a fighting game. Might not be that at all, of course! It just seems curious that we'd see an image that seems to tease a game—an image in which two fighting Pokemon are about to brawl, and there's a the fighting type symbol on the top right corner—and then have these trademarks by The Pokemon Company pop up.

We'll update you as soon as we know more.

Source

[LuciferIX]

Aug 20, 2013 14:15:27 GMT -8 @thatwiseguy said:

I have bad news for the image:

So here's the official word from The Pokemon Company on that mysterious Pokemon image that seemed to tease a Wii U game: "There is nothing to announce at this time. These are merely conceptual images." Okay. So what are these new trademarks that Siliconera has unearthed, Pokkén Fighters and Pokkén Tournament?

Could be anything. We've asked The Pokemon Company and are awaiting comment, but right now, "Fighters," obviously, sounds like a fighting game. Might not be that at all, of course! It just seems curious that we'd see an image that seems to tease a game—an image in which two fighting Pokemon are about to brawl, and there's a the fighting type symbol on the top right corner—and then have these trademarks by The Pokemon Company pop up.

We'll update you as soon as we know more.

Source

Not really bad news per say, just that they are not confirming anything as of yet and that it's simply a possible idea for the future. So in other words, don't get your hopes up for it and if they do plan on going through with this idea it might be a while before it goes into alpha or beta.

[LuciferIX]

Aug 20, 2013 14:12:47 GMT -8 PichuAuraGuardian19 said:

I actually want to thank you for doing this one, Matt. With me back in school, I haven't had time to post any news at the moment. Thank you very much. I will try to get back onto this next week.

No problem, just saw these a little before posting so I figured I could quickly post it since the Diagla is already being offered.

[PichuAuraGuardian19]

Oh, yeah, another piece of news about the current anime: We might finally have an end for the Unova Saga! They announced an episode today called "Best Wishes! Until the Day We Meet Again!" that's set to premiere in Japan on September 19, 2013. It hasn't been confirmed as the last episode just yet, but based on the title, I'm thinking we might have finally reached the end of Unova. And with the new Origin special looking so good right now, there might just be hope for the Kalos Region.

[Kudo]

And have the rumors about Ash being switched out as a protagonist died down?

[PichuAuraGuardian19]

Yeah, considering the fact that it's confirmed he's going to Kalos in the Pokémon X and Y anime. We're not losing him yet.

[Thanos]

I'm neutral on that prospect. My reaction to his appearance in the XY series will depend on how he's portrayed. If his maturity takes a good rise again and he gets an awesome female traveling companion even though I kinda like Iris, then I will be pleased. If he takes an even worse turn than in BW, I swear to God that even in space will people hear me scream.

[PichuAuraGuardian19]

As long as this new female companion is better and not as annoying as Iris, I'm good.

[Thanos]

Yup.

[Kudo]

That reminds me - what happened in the league? Has it not begun yet, or did he lost it all again?

[PichuAuraGuardian19]

Aug 25, 2013 0:57:21 GMT -8 Kudo said:

That reminds me - what happened in the league? Has it not begun yet, or did he lost it all again?

Ash got Top 8. He lost to a guy who only had five Pokémon with him at the time because his Riolu partner evolved into Lucario and beat up Pikachu and Snivy.

[Kudo]

Aug 25, 2013 4:19:53 GMT -8 PichuAuraGuardian19 said:

Aug 25, 2013 0:57:21 GMT -8 Kudo said:

That reminds me - what happened in the league? Has it not begun yet, or did he lost it all again?

Ash got Top 8. He lost to a guy who only had five Pokémon with him at the time because his Riolu partner evolved into Lucario and beat up Pikachu and Snivy.

... Really? Is Ash getting worse...?