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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.

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.

I found these pictures on Serebii. Apparently the Player Search System revealed earlier looks like it'll replace the C-Gear. The new battle screens look pretty cool in my opinion. What do you think?

Source: Joystiq

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.

All hail shiny Charizard!

Starting on February 27th, an identical re-print of the original set of Pokémon trading cards will go on sale in Japan. The cards will come in a pack of sixty with a coin and player's manual for 1,300 yen. 

Unluckily for the rest of us, this release is so far only planned for Japan, as it coincides with the anniversary of the original card game's release in Japan in 1996.

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:

Via: Determined Lizard


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Via: Alola Airlines






Oh, and then this happened:

Game Freak's official website has posted this strange image, accompanied by the text "This classic game played all over the world will be reborn from a surprise collaboration." While the horse-like image could be from Rare's Viva Piñata (To which Nintendo recently acquired the rights), the "collaboration" could possibly be with Pokémon, seeing as how it has played an important role in Game Freak's history, not to mention it's also "classic." All this is just speculation and the image may not have anything to do with Pokémon at all.

What do you guys think? The gym leaders were revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, when hundreds of players also gathered with high hopes that a legendary might be unleashed...no such luck, unfortunately. Some other details covered:

• There are easter eggs that nobody's discovered yet
• They’re planning ways to customize Pokestops
• Pokemon Centers are coming
• There will be more functionality added to gyms, though the specifics aren’t clear
• Niantic says the game is at about 10% of what they want it to be
• They’re still discussing breeding, but nothing concrete in the works yet
• The legendary birds are tied to teams in some way, as the original designs implied
• Yep, they know about the three-step glitch.
• It sounds like we can’t expect legendaries until after the game has been released on all regions, which makes sense

IT'S HAPPENING! Whatever it is, it's happening.

The Pokémon Company has announced "a special video presentation with big Pokémon news" for this Friday at 7 am Pacific. If you need to figure out what time that is where you are, head here.

Will it be Pokémon Z? Rainbow? Just some Amiibo? Only time will tell.

New Pokémon, new gameplay, new moves, new things!

• Professor Platane = Professor Sycamore.
  
  
• Gym Leader Shitoron = Clemont. He has a sister, Bonnie.
  
  
• Gym Leader Zakuro = Grant.
  
  
• Team Flare = Team Flare.
  
  
• Shushupu = Spritzee. "Spritzee is a Pokémon that can be found in the wild only in Pokémon Y. It emits a unique fragrance from its body, and any who smell it fall under its spell. Spritzee's fragrance changes based on its diet."
  
  
• Peropuff = Swirlix. "Exclusive to Pokémon X, Swirlix loves sweets and eats nothing else, making its body as sweet and sticky as cotton candy. In battle, Swirlix shoots out strings of candy-like sticky thread to bind its opponents. Swirlix's Sweet Veil Ability is new to X/Y. It keeps Swirlix's Pokémon teammates from falling asleep."
  
  
• Maika = Inkay. "Transmitters above Inkay's eyes have the ability to drain the will to fight from other Pokémon. It uses this skill to run and hide when attacked by stronger enemies. The transmitters above Inkay's eyes are also used to communicate with other Pokémon of its kind."
  
  
• Karamanero = Malamar. "The evolved form of Inkay, Malamar wields some of the strongest hypnotic powers of any Pokémon and can make its opponents bend to its will. There is never a shortage of humans attempting to use Malamar to achieve their own nefarious purposes."
  
  
• Goronda = Pangoro.
  
  
• Drain Kiss = Draining Kiss.
  
  
• Turn Over = Topsy-Turvy.
  
  
• Geo Control = Geomancy.
  
  
• Death Wing = Oblivion Wing.
  
  
• Miracle Trade = Wonder Trade. You can trade for a Pokémon and you won't know what you'll get in return.
  
  
• Holo Caster = Holo Caster. A new feature called Photo Spots allows you to take pictures of yourself.
  
  
• You will be able to trade for Pokemon not in your Pokédex through the GTS.

It's practically a give at this point that your Pokémon GO! adventures will take you off the beaten path, and maybe even tempt you to go exploring your neighbors' properties with the utmost caution...naturally, this pisses the hell out of some folks who just want to be left alone like this chick...



Well, not Matthew Beaman. Beaman's been busy depositing 3D models of Pokémon for players at Poké Stops around Ikfracombe, Devon. He wanted to leave players souvenirs that'll last off their screens.



"I thought rather than leaving it just to chance I should let people have some fun with it.



"I've had people shouting thank you at me in the street."



Damn right. You are the MAN.

The Karos region will be called Kalos region in English. The central city is called the Lumiose City, where you can make use of Gogoat to get around quicker. Like Unova, and unlike Hoenn and Sinnoh, the route numbering system has reset, starting once again at Route 1.

1. Goronda, the Aggressive Pokémon. Goronda is the evolution of Pancham and is Fighting/Dark-type. It has the ability Iron Fist. It knows Hammer Arm.
   
   
2. Maika, the Rotation Pokémon, is Dark/Psychic-type. It has the abilities Contrary or Suction Cup. Its evolution is called Karamanero.
   
   
3. The pink bird is called Shushupu and is Fairy-type. It is the Perfume Pokémon and has the ability Healer. It knows the move AromaTherapy. It is exclusive to Pokémon Y, along with Skrelp.
   
   
4. Peropuff, the Cotton Candy Pokémon, is Fairy type. It has the new ability Sweet Bell which prevents it from falling asleep. Peropuff also knows a new move called Drain Kiss. It's exclusive to Pokémon X, along with Clauncher.
   
   
5. Yveltal is Dark/Flying and Xerneas is Fairy. Yveltal has the ability Dark Aura, which powers up Dark type moves and Xerneas has Fairy Aura, which powers up Fairy Type moves. Yveltal's Signature Move is called Death Wing and Xernears' is called Geo Control.
   
   Misc: There's a new Gym leader, with the robot arms, called Shitoron while the other Gym Leader is called Zakuro. Prof. Platane is the new Professor, and he may battle you. Team Flare/Flair are the new antagonists, they aim to steal money. There is a new mechanic called "O-Power" which can help you throughout the game, similar to Pass Powers.