Pokken!

Hello gaming fans! Fencer6 here with a new post! Today we have news of a new game releasing soon: Pokken. This game is like a Pokemon Street Fighters game. It features Pokemon going up against each other and fighting it out with really good graphics. Before I go into it though, you can view the trailers below to get a feel for yourself!

Alright, so now that you've seen that you can now probably see what this game will look like. I'm not the greatest on Japanese, but after getting some more information on it I find it fairly interesting, First off, this is very different for Nintendo. What we usually know is Pokemon is a time based turn-by-turn attack strategy game where players are limited to certain attacks, the same number of turns, and beyond getting the best Pokemon, choosing who will be on your team, and who will attack with what, the game doesn't have a ton of battle variation or combat, making it much more of a strategy game (not that that is bad). But this takes a different spin on things. Instead, you are thrown into a 360 degree arena forced to fight with different, Pokemon melee style. While I most certainly don't want them to scrap the 'classic' Pokemon style, I find this game interesting in that you are actually fighting with the Pokemon in real time hand-to-hand combat, something I've always wondered about. I mean, if Team Plasma really were all that evil, wouldn't they keep attacking you instead of patiently waiting for you to decide what to do next? Additionally, the graphics in this look pretty amazing, with very extravagant-looking realistic attacks and high-resolution action.

Super cool as this game is, it isn't going to be easy for international fans to play. No, this is not a Japan-only Wii U release. Don't relax yet though. It's worse. Pokken isn't even a console game. It is a Japan exclusive arcade game.  

I know Pikachu. My thoughts exactly. They have yet to announce any release for a console or arcade games outside of Asia, so use on the other side of the world may never get to play this game. But, I think it is an interesting decision at least. Arcades are nearly obsolete nowadays, so to have an actual, bona-fide, get out-out-and-play-with-your-friends-in-a-real-arcade-like-the-80's is kind of cool. For most of us, with we have a game at home we either never play it because we know we can whenevery we want, or we obsessively play it to where it has no excitement to it. But with this, it has a real experience going out and inserting quarters into a machine, being an exciting and rare experience. But, I seriously hope they have a Western release. Please Nintendo? We are dying to play your newest game, and are a great audience to make money off of. The only issue is that we don't have many arcades here after the invention of home gaming, so to find a permant home may be more difficult. But, I can see it finding a place in comic/hobby shops, stores, Pokemon tournaments, and Chucky-Cheese. But, I can't really see Nintendo putting in all the work for this game and not letting the whole world play it. But, there are some interesting features to this game's arcade style. To see an analysis of all the details, see the video below (warning: while this channel is fairly clean when just one person is reviewing, I have heard cuss words before and have not watched the video to it's entire end [although I think would suspect it's fine] so proceed with caution).

First of, what I find most interesting, is the Namco Passport. This allows you to make an account and use your login to access your special Pokemon, trainer and stats. This means that no matter what arcade you go to, your info will be everywhere, like the cloud. Secondly, is the characters. Right now, we don't have the best line up. Lucario, Machamp, Pikachu, Suicine, and Gardevoir is all we have. 

                        

I love that they have very detailed Pokemon with unique statistics, attacks, battle styles, and great detailed art, but the amount simply isn't a good representation of the 700+ Pokedex we have. Not only this, but this particular group just seems... weird. I guess it's just the overwhelming presence of cool colors that's making me feel as though this group isn't very diverse, although out of all the popular Pokemon and legendaries, why they choose Gardevoir and Suicine eludes me. Not to insult Nintendo's choice of characters, but I would have added different ones if it were up to me. But, theis most likely isn't all the Pokemon, considering how cool of a game this seems to be and how many open slots there are for more characters. Almost all of these screenshots are of the demo version, and, similarly to Super Smash Bros 3DS, it most likely does not contain all the characters. Additionally, there are other support Pokemon as well, including Froagadier, Eevee, Emolga, and Lapras, Snivy, and Fenniken (all basic Pokemon), which can attacks, slow down your opponent, or aid your attacks.

                                 

Overall, I think this game is super cool, and am really hoping to be able to experience this internationally. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned!

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https://www.youtube.com/user/GameXplain

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Charizard EX Box Opening + Giveaway Results

             

In this video I open up a new Charizard EX, but that isn't all. I also give instructions on how to win the 5 code cards for the Pokemon TCG online in a contest I'm holding! I hope you enjoy the video, and thanks for watching!

Click here to see this video on YouTube.

Note that this description is from YouTube. The contest is now over! Aaron Stewart is the winner! To see the drawing for the winner, see the video below.


                             

A few weeks ago, I posted a video of me opening the charizard EX box, and said that the code cards from that video will be available in my giveaway, as long as we had 20 entrants. But then I decided that it was going on too long and i set the date to July 5th, and now its finally that time! Watch LIVE as I randomly select the winner to ensure that it is as fair as possible. Thanks to all the entrants, and please enter next time! Thanks!

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Diancie, Hoppa, and Volcanion news revealed!

Hey guys, Fencer6 here with some exciting Pokemon news! Lately we've been doing a lot of Pokemon TCG news, but today I have some new news for the video game! And no, it isn't Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. We finally have more news on Pokemon X and Y! Over two and half months ago we did a post on Diancie, Hoppa, and Volcanion (which you can view by clicking here), and finally some more news has emerged. A few months ago, hackers broke into Pokemon X and Y's coding and reveled Diancie's unique move Diamond Storm, as well as revealing that Diancie will be a mystery gift, both of which you can see in the videos below.

But this isn't the only news. There is a lot more recent news that has only been recently revealed. Hackers from pokeproject.org revealed new information regarding the new legendary trio. The newest of which is Hoopa's event. Below we have a transcript of the conversation you have with a man in the Parfum Palace with a 'special Hoppa' in your party. You can see the transcript below.

"The Pokémon called Hoopa is linked to many of the unexplained supernatural events that have occurred in this world. My search for Hoopa has led me to this library."

"No way! Could that be the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa that you have there with you?" Options: Yes | No

No: "Oh, I was mistaken? Sorry about that..."

Yes: "Whoaaa! I can’t believe it’s true! See, I travel around the world, trying to solve its many mysteries. I’ve been researching supernatural events that have occurred over the last 100 years. One thing I’ve found is that the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa is connected to many of these strange events! I’ve also managed to come across some information about the mysterious power that Hoopa appears to wield. So, without further ado, I’d like to share my findings with you! After all, you’re actually traveling with Hoopa--the very subject of my research!" Options: Its                                                                                               mysterious rings | The secret of its lair | Its deeds and                                                                                     exploits | Nothing

Its mysterious rings: "It’s said that Hoopa can use the power of the three rings it adorns itself with to move objects about as it pleases... That’s not all! I’ve also heard that when Hoopa unleashes its full power, the size of the rings can grow up to multiple miles in length! With such massive rings, apparently it can transport even entire islands!"

The secret of its lair: "It’s said that Hoopa’s lair is overflowing with the objects and treasures it nabbed over the years, claiming them for its own. Rumor has it that there are mountains of gold and silver treasures that it took from ancient kings and wealthy land barons. I hear that Hoopa’s lair is in an oasis in the desert, but no one’s been able to find the place!"

Its deeds and exploits: "There’s a tale about an organization that tried to manipulate Hoopa’s power for their own benefit. After a while, certain objects that belonged to the organization mysteriously began to disappear. Everything from weapons and vehicles to money... It all began to vanish one by one. The organization got scared and decided to hole up inside of their headquarters. Once they did, things stopped disappearing! Just like that! Relieved that it was finally over, the organization finally decided to step outside. It was then that they discovered their headquarters had been transported wholesale to somewhere in the middle of a desert! Terrified of what they had unleashed, the organization promptly disbanded."

"Whether Hoopa becomes a trustworthy partner or ends up bringing about great misfortune depends entirely on the Trainer. I hope you don’t forget that. I think Hoopa’ll turn out right as rain with you at its side, though! You look like a Trainer who knows how to take care of his Pokémon and treat ’em right. Well, I hope you end up having lots of fine adventures with Hoopa! Have fun!"

Also, Volcanion and Diancie have had their event revealed as well, which you can see below.

Finally, I got to know our editor in chief. She finished her research about the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion and came back to the office.

Whoa! S-sorry! I was so surprised! I’ve been looking for Volcanion for 15 years. And finally, finally, I met a Trainer who’s traveling with it! I traveled everywhere to gather the information about Volcanion and put together a memo. I’ll let you read the memo. But just for you, because it’s top secret. Do you want to read the top-secret memo about Volcanion? Which part of the memo do you want to read?

My top-secret memo about Volcanion... If you’re Volcanion’s Trainer, I wouldn’t mind you reading it.

A memo marked as “Top Secret” is on the desk.

On the XXth day of the XXth month at the Pokémon Day Care on Route 7: About the extraordinary power that Volcanion is said to possess. Discussed it with a top Breeder who’s very familiar with the ecology of Pokémon and drew the following deduction. In order to cause a steam explosion powerful enough to blow up mountains, the Pokémon must have an organ with extremely high temperature that can instantly vaporize water to steam. That kind of organ is unheard of in the ecology of Pokémon, but Volcanion may have it...

On the XXth day of the XXth month at the Pokémon Center in Camphrier Town: Interviewed a Trainer who says he witnessed a Pokémon that could be Volcanion when he was stranded in a mountain. According to the Trainer, a huge Pokémon’s shadow appeared suddenly. Two huge armlike limbs that could crush even the land extended from its back, and from their tips, something that looked like smoke belched out and made the fog around the Pokémon even thicker. The Trainer said the Pokémon’s shadow slowly disappeared into the fog.

On the XXth day of the XXth month at Café Kizuna in Lumiose City: In the southern part of the Kalos region, there seems to be a custom to revere Volcanion as a nation-building Pokémon. People seem to believe that a steam explosion caused by Volcanion created the plain where they live. As a matter of fact, a huge mountain range suddenly disappeared due to an unexplained explosion in that part of the region in the past...

If you feel like reading my memo, come visit me anytime. Volcanion seems to trust you. I want you and Volcanion to travel together as good partners to each other!

Finally is Diancie, even though this was revealed a while back:

Please wait, (sir/miss).

I apologize for stopping you suddenly. But the Pokémon you just received is surely the Mythical Pokémon Diancie, isn’t it?

Diancie... A sudden mutation of a Carbink. The probability and mechanism of its origin are still veiled in mystery.

The Pokémon Diancie is synonymous with beauty. Its body absorbs light with a perfect balance and gives off a radiance that looks like nothing in this world.

In order to see that beauty, our master has been looking for Diancie for a long time. We are also very keen on taking Diancie to our master... That desire kept us going and led us here. Let me get straight to the point. Would you kindly give us your Diancie?

No way! All right...

Is there some way we can persuade you? Hmmm... Is there any way... Oh! I’m so glad you’re so understanding. Then... Wait. M-master?! I’m sorry for troubling you.

You... I truly appreciate your efforts in seeking Diancie for me. But...

What you can truly value is not something you can get by depriving somebody of a relationship. You should get it by your own actions, by your own efforts, or sometimes simply by your own luck. Then it will have true value.

To be honest with you, I envy you. But more importantly, I’d like to congratulate you on meeting Diancie and becoming travel partners. Congratulations.

Legend has it that Diancie protects its travel partners from accidents and illnesses. I wish you good luck and hope you can keep traveling together.

You two... Sorry, I shouldn’t keep relying on you, but please help me find my Diancie.

Information from: Hoopa’s Lore Finally Revealed: Hoopa Event Uncovered in X/Y Coding and Hacking Reveals Diancie Mystery Gift Event + Diamond Storm

Rising Fist cards revealed!

We have some new news on the cards in rising fist! First off, we finally got a picture of the Rising Fist Packs! The art design includes a Hawlucha, M Heracross, M Lucario, and Tyrantrum (YES!).


Aside from the pack art (which does look pretty cool), lots of cards have just been officially announced! Below are the EX Pokemon and their translations!

Hawlucha-EX - Fighting - HP130

Basic Pokemon

Ability: Retribution
If this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon and is damaged by an opponent's attack, put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokemon.

[F][C][C] Moonsault Stomp: 60+ damage. This attack does 40 more damage if there is a Stadium in play.

When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
                                                             Retreat: 2




Lucario-EX - Fighting - HP180
Basic Pokemon

[F] Scud Jab: 30 damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Resistance.
[F][F] Screw Blow: 60 damage. You may draw cards from your deck until you have 6 cards in your hand.
[F][F][F] Somersault High: 100 damage.

When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2





M Lucario-EX - Fighting - HP220
Mega Evolution - Evolves from Lucario-EX

When 1 of your Pokemon becomes a Mega Evolution, your turn ends.

[F][F][F] Rising Fist: 140 damage. Discard 1 Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokemon.

When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
                                                             Resistance: none
                                                             Retreat: 2






To start off, I think that Hawlucha-EX looks extremly epic, but just isn't that powerful. Its only attack does a mere 60 damage (+40 if there's a stadium) for three energy, which pretty much sucks. And it's ability is the same as Bouffalant, so that was a bit of a downer too. Although, I'll cut it some slack since it is the promo for the Lucario box. As for Lucario-EX I found him fairly interesting because that he had three attacks. We haven't seen that in years, so to see them bringing it back is pretty cool. It's attacks are fairly good- nothing ground shattering to the TCG as we know it, but at least it can attack good without having to be mega-evolved. Speaking of M Lucario, I think it is fairly good, but not as good as M Charizard X and Y. Sure this guys better than M Blastoise and M Venusaur, but since it's non-mega version seemed so good I was expecting a little bit more. Plus he was one of my favorites. But he may become even better because of the below supporters/stadiums/energy.

Strong Energy - Special Energy

This card can only be attached to a [F] Pokemon. As long as it's attached to a [F] Pokemon it provides 1 [F] Energy. Attacks from the Pokemon this card is attached to do 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokemon. Discard this card if the Pokemon this card is attached to is no longer [F].







Fighting Stadium - Trainer
Stadium

The attacks of each player's Active [F] Pokemon do 20 more damage to Active Pokemon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card.





Korrina - Trainer

Supporter

Search your deck for 1 [F] Pokemon and 1 Item card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).








These cards, which aren't great on their own, work together perfectly. You can attach the 'Strong Energy' to M Lucario, put 'Fighting Stadium' into play, and M Lucario's attack does 220 for three energy! And, if you add in a muscle band and do even more, especially if they do end up coming out with a M Ampharos, which would be weak to fighting! And of course if you need a trainer card or more energy you can play Korrina, which is basically a Skyla and Energy Search combined, even though it can only search for fighting energy! Put all of this together and you could have a pretty sick fighting deck.

Overall I think that this news is very promising and I hope we continue getting good cards for the next set. Until then, you can see my last post where I talked about the Rising Fist set announcement and the new Lucario box that will be coming out soon! Also, I have included Pancham and Pangoro, which aren't that good so I decided not to discuss them thoroughly but are still cool, of course (#Avoidinghatercommentsfrompancamlovers).


Pancham - Fighting - HP60
Basic Pokemon

[C] Rowdy Evolution: If you have a [D] Pokemon on your Bench, search your deck for a Pokemon that evolves from this Pokemon and place it on top of this Pokemon. (This counts as evolving that Pokemon.) Shuffle your deck afterwards.
[F][C][C] Moxie: 30 damage.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1







Pangoro - Fighting - HP100
Stage 1 - Evolves from Pancham

Ability: Skin of the Leader
While this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, its maximum HP is increased by 20 for each of your Benched Pokemon.

[F][F][C] Crazy Knuckle: 80+ damage. If this Pokemon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 40 more damage.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3







Thanks to PokeBeach for the translations! Information from: ‘Rising Fist’ Officially Announced, Several Cards Revealed!

Rising Fist Set Announcement!

We have a lot of new news on the next set of X and Y. As you know, Flashing Fire was just released, but of Pokemon's already advertising their next set. The set, called Rising Fist, obviously has a fighting theme to it, and will be released June 14th. In Japan and August in Japan.



The crazy thing about that release date is that it's three days before worlds! Obviously this set will come out with some good cards that many players will want to use but it would be extremely hard to get the cards and put them into their deck while knowing how to use them well all in THREE DAYS! The question now is while the people with the most experience with their deck win, or the ones who have teched in these new cards? I guess we'll have to wait and see. Also on June 14 in Japan they are releasing a Lucario box.

This because will include a holo Hawlucha-EX, 8 booster packs from Rising Fist, 10 fighting energy, two brand new special energy called 'Power Energy' with a Shauna and Tierno. Additionally, this box will include a players guide and storage box as seen above which is pretty cool. This will be selling for 1480 yen, which is around the same as $15, the same price as our tins. But this is worth way more than tins. Tins have one promo and 4 packs random sets. This thing has a Hawlucha-EX, several cool promos, a guide, a storage box, and 8 packs from the same pack, which our tins don't have. I hope they don't increase the price in America, because I want this. It gives out as many packs as a pre-release for half the price! The packs alone would be worth $40! This is INSANE! Also, Lucario sleeves, which we don't have a picture of, will be released in Japan for 362 yen, around $4.

   

What really caught my attention was the new 'Strong Energy'. This is the first time that we've seen a special energy that isn't a colorless by default since HGSS, and even then they weren't common. This obviously appears to be a fighting by default, although what it will be remains a mystery because of the tiny size it is in the picture. My guess is that it will be something fighting related, like that all attacks would do 10 extra damage or something similar. Also, this set is obviously based around fighting, and the last around fire. Could this mean that we have a set based around a Mega Evolution? And since this set had a special fighting energy, could all of the sets have a special energy around their base type? Just a thought, but it would be awesome if it were trure.

Information from: June’s XY3 Set Announced: ‘Rising Fist’ + ‘Mega Lucario Box’

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Footage!

Hey Pokemon fans! In my last post I was telling you that Pokemon TV would be releasing footage on Saturday of the new game. Well, now it's here! In the YouTube video, you can see the cinematic scenes shown in the teaser trailer!

  

  Now, this trailer didn't reveal much, but from it is obvious that they will be using the X and Y engine with the much improved graphics, which is nice. We can't tell much more, except there does appear to be a lot of water. It looks as if Kyoger can summon a snow/rain storm and Groundon can summon a meteor and a bunch of fire from the sky, but that's it. They didn't even give us any sound effects from the game!!! But we still have a while until the game is released, so stay tuned for more! Until then make sure to check out my first post on this game, because there is lots of info and speculation in it!

 

By the way you can check out the Pokemon T.V. live stream below filmed by Pokebeach to see it as it happened.

 Information from: First ‘Omega Ruby’ and ‘Alpha Sapphire’ Footage Revealed on ‘Pokemon Get TV!’ and PokeBeach’s Live Steam of Pokemon Get TV’s ‘Omega Ruby’ and ‘Alpha Sapphire’ Footage!

New Pokemon game confirmed!

BIG NEWS! Pokemon has just announced the next Pokemon game AND IT'S COMING OUT THIS YEAR! Very little is known about this new game, but I'll tel you what has been confirmed. The name of the game is omega ruby and alpha sapphire! 

 

Of course this game will be featuring Groundon and Kyoger, but they look different this time. Speculation is that this may be a mega evolution, or some other addition form like Girantina Origin Form from Pokemon Platinum. This game is going to be released in November Worldwide! 

But, my question is, why so soon? X and Y just got started this November, and I was surprised a new game would be released so soon. For example, for the past few games, they've been released every two years. But these games will be released less than a year apart from X and Y. And, if anything, I would expect them to make a Pokemon Z like everyone speculated with Zygarde as the main character. Or, if they were to release a new game, I thought it would be the Pokemon Plus and Minus that that one guy leaked. I guess he was lying. Either way, it looks like this is really going to happen. This is what Nintendo said in a press statement: "Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire are a fresh take on Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire... The new titles promise to take players through a dramatic story within a spectacular new world." 

That only leaves one question. What Pokemon will be in this game? He said that it was a 'fresh take' on Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. Does this mean it's basically just a remake of the game, with only the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire had in it, like Fire Red and Leaf Green? But he did also say it was a 'spectacular new world', so I'm really not sure. I'm just wondering if there will be new pokemon, because I don't know just how ready we are to get a new set. Could the TCG catch up so quickly? And would the X and Y sets be rotated out in a single season???!!!

Well, whatever they decide to do, I hope Nintendo doesn't screw up it's franchise. Other than that though, I am really excited to hear that the new game will be coming out soon since I've really done all there is to do in X and Y. Other than that I have posted the Nintendo YouTube trailer for you to check out. Oh, and don't forget to head over to the Pokemon Forums to talk about the HUGE announcement by clicking here! I can't wait! 

P.S. 

And yes, it will be in 3D! :)

Information from: http://pokebeach.com/2014/05/omega-ruby-and-alpha-sapphire-releasing-november-2014