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The days of Professor Sycamore have apparently come and gone (queue the outrage from the loyal fans, of course). Sycamore really got the people going with his long and dark, luscious locks:



It seems that the Pokemon Game Freak developers decided to further up the ante, and thus introduced Sun and Moon's very shirtless Professor Kukui:

Some might argue the dude's shirtless cause it's Hawaii, and the humidity's probably through the roof, but I'd have you refer to the present lab coat...Annd now the reactions:

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Oh, and then this happened:

It is a Rock/Fairy-type Pokémon and it stars in the movie now titled Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie.

This morning's Pokémon direct announced the arrival of a new set of Pokémon games coming to 3DS later this year. The games will be available in Japanese, English, Italian, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

The presentation also announced that the recently re-released Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow for 3DS will utilize the Pokémon Bank, allowing players to transfer their Gen 1 Pokémon into Sun and Moon.

The host of Pokémon Smash! played the X&Y copy Masuda lent them. They covered some early areas and they chose Froakie as a starter.

1. Fletchling was found, battled with Froakie and caught in the first route.

2. Fishing returns! The hosts fished up an Octillery, battled it with a Honedge (Honedge used what seemed to be Aerial Ace and Shadow Sneak) and caught it too!

3. Surfing (HM?) returns and items hidden as Pokéball on the ground also returns.

4. Inkay was found on tall grass in a small island and was caught with a Great Ball.

The next batch of CoroCoro information has been posted to Japanese forums and this batch showcases more information about the upcoming game Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.

This leak reveals Mega Altaria, who is Dragon/Fairy with Pixilate and Mega Lopunny who is Normal/Fighting with Scrappy and Mega Salamence is also confirmed and has the ability Aerilate.

It also confirms that when you change your Pikachu's clothes for contests, it gets special moves. Pikachu Rock Star gets the move Meteor Mash, Pikachu Ph. D. knows Electric Terrain, Pikachu Pop Star knows Draining Kiss, Pikachu Belle knows Icicle Crash and Pikachu Libre knows Flying Press.

Contests were also detailed. With you meeting a Contest Idol called Lucia, who will give you special clothes for participating in Pokémon Contests. You will also receive a shiny Beldum through an event, where it holds its Mega Stone

First you've got Rowlet. This starter Grass Quill Pokémon can launch a soundless attack, and twist its neck at around 180 degrees to peer behind itself.

Next you've got Litten. A fire cat Pokémon that can attack with, wait, wait for it, flaming hairballs!

Lastly, you have Popplio, the Sea Lion Pokémon.

Hey, look! Ash and Pikachu are confirmed too! Who could ever have predicted that? The series will start on October 17 and Ash will go to Lumiose City first, instead of Vaniville Town.

The Pokémon Company has announced the US names of the latest Pokémon. First, Gogoat shall still be known as Gogoat. Elikiteru will be known as Helioptile, Yayakoma will be known as Fletchling and Yancham will be known as Pancham.

The Karos Region shall be called Kalos and Miare City shall be called Lumiose City. The move Parting Remark will be called Parting Shot and Parabola Charge will be Parabolic Charge.

The Pokémon Company also confirms that at certain points you'll be able to get new outfits and accessories for your Trainer! They also confirmed diagonal movement.

The official Japanese Pokémon website has revealed that a special called "Strongest Mega Evolution - Act I" to be aired on April 3. The special will focus on Mega Evolutions and will star an original main character named Alan: "This tale centers on the development of one young trainer, Alan, and his partner Charizard. The goal of Alan's Journey is to to master Mega Evolution, challenge every Mega Pokémon, and to stand as the strongest on top. Their journey unfolds with them battling many Mega Evolved Pokémon. And then battling the Elite Four's Zumi. Zumi's Mega Evolved Pokémon is? What's Alan's reason for being so obsessed about Mega Evolution? The outcome of this journey will be? Points of Note: 1. The entrance of a completely original main character 2. Charizard mega evolves into Mega Charizard X 3. Alan has the Mega Ring like in the games. He has a hero like catchphrase to introduce mega evolution 4. Big battles with Mega Absol and Mega Garchomp! 5. Zumi appears in the anime! Transcendent battle between Mega Charizard X and Mega Blastoise." This is one of two specials to air this spring.

Gary Dear, owner of Mad Hatter's Ice Cream in Anacortes found himself situated in the middle of a maddening Pokémon GO mecca. Eager players have flocked from miles and miles away to his shop, where there are three Poké Stops located nearby---many end up getting ice cream after their journeying around.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expected it to end up like this," said Dear. "I've never seen anything take off like this."

Dear even estimates that his store's sales have doubled, if not tripled, on certain nights when the Poké Madness runs wild.

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.

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.