Pokémemes - Gotta Catch'em All!

According to a blurb from Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara's upcoming television appearance on Japanese TV show NHK Professional: Shigoto no Ryuugi, there is a Pokémon game with Pikachu in development.

"This summer, Ishihara started development on a never before seen game," the description reads. "It's a new game featuring the very popular character Pikachu in a bold way. There is concern, however, that if it's bad the long loved character would lose popularity in the blink of an eye."

Could Pikachu ever really lose its popularity?

On this day in 1998, Pokémon Red and Blue Versions were released in North America. Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version were the first Pokémon games to be released outside of Japan.

The images of a new Pokémon have been revealed by Jeux Video. This Pokémon is said to be the evolution of Amaura and is called Aurorus. Aurorus has a move called Freeze Dry, which is an Ice-type move which freezes the opponent but is said to be super effective against Water-type Pokémon. IGN have also revealed another new Pokémon called Tyrantrum.

According to an interview on Polygon, it has been stated that no Kalos Pokémon will have a Mega Evolution within Pokémon X & Y. Various details are coming in from impressions at the media briefing last week. Pokémon will gain EXP when a Pokémon is captured. The Pokémon Centers not only have the standard PokéMart, but will also have a place for you to change your outfit.

So, it has been revealed officially now, and guess what... Meowstic is the cat Pokémon with gender differences. That means the Pokébeach leaker has been correct about everything. Now all we need is to see the starter's final evolutions.

The English names are cool. Love Tyrunt for the T-Rex!

The middle starter evolutions have been revealed:

First is Hariboogu, Chespin's evolution. It is a pure Grass type and knows the move Mud Shot. Next is Fennekin's evolution, Teerunaa, which is a pure Fire type Pokémon. It knows the move Psycho Cut. Finally, Froakie's evolution, Gekogashira is a pure Water-type and knows Bounce.

CoroCoro lists two fossil Pokémon. First is Chigorasu, which is a Rock/Dragon type T-Rex that knows Crunch and has a new ability "Hard Jaw" that increases attack power of biting moves. The second fossil Pokémon is Amarusu which is a Rock/Ice type Diplodocus that has a new ability called Freeze Skin which turns Normal type moves into Ice type moves and raises their power. It knows Aurora Beam.

There is a white dog called Torimian which is the Pokémon from the Pokémon Direct and is a Normal type. It has a new ability called Fur Coat which reduces Physical Damage. You can also customize its appearance.

Finally, the Psychic type cat called Nyaonikusu has a male and female appearance. Its movepool varies by gender. The male is more of a supporter while the female is more of an attacker with female Nyaonikusu knowing Extrasensory and male Nyaonikusu knowing Miracle Eye. It has either Keen Eye or Infiltrator.

It also lists the Fairy type chart. According to this, Fairy is Super Effective against Fighting, Dark and Dragon and not effective against Fire, Poison or Steel. It also states that it is weak to Poison and Steel while resisting Fighting, Dark and Bug. It is immune to Dragon.

The new Mega Evolution of Mewtwo is exclusive to X and is called Mega Mewtwo X. It is a Psychic/Fighting type and has the ability Steadfast. The previous Mega Mewtwo is Mega Mewtwo Y and is exclusive to Pokémon Y. They use the items Mewtwonite X & Mewtwonite Y to Mega Evolve.

Mega Garchomp is shown and has the ability Sandforce.

You can change your hair and clothes at a Boutique and Salon, reflected in the graphics, with a famous actress called Karune. Team Flare has five scientists, Kuseroshiki, Momiji, Bara, Akebi, Corea. The actress Karena is a trainer you will also have the ability of battling. Team Flare are looking to create a beautiful world.

In addition to this, some anime details were shown. Mega Blaziken was shown on the new anime poster, alongside Clemont and a new female.

Mega Venusaur has the ability Thick Fat, Mega Charizard has the ability Drought and Mega Blastoise has the ability Mega Launcher. You will need to obtain a bracelet called the Mega Ring that holds a mysterious stone called a Key Stone. The Trainer's Key Stone resonates with the Mega Stone held by his or her Pokémon.

There's also a Pokemon Bank, basically a PC box stored in the cloud. You can store and download your mons on your 3DS whenever or wherever. This is their idea for trading Pokémon from previous gens to X&Y. There's a Pokemon Transporter for the same function, and these are still in development. BUT there's an annual fee for the maintenance of your box.