July CoroCoro LEAKING! Mega Sceptile, Swampert and more!

 

Scans are surfacing of the latest CoroCoro issue and it’s a doozy! Mega Evolutions of Sceptile, Swampert, and Diancie have all been revealed along with other misc information 🙂

Details

Pokémon

  • Mega Sceptile is Grass/Dragon with the ability Lightning Rod
  • Mega Swampert’s ability is Swift Swim
  • Mega Diancie’s ability has yet to be revealed
  • Groudon and Kyogre’s new forms can be translated to either Primeval or Prehistoric. These forms appear to come from “nature’s energy”.
  • The subtext for Groudon and Kyogre suggests new moves.

Characters

  • New character art for Brendan and May
  • Steven returns and is researching Mega Evolution
  • Archie and Maxie are still leading Team Aqua and Team Magma respectively. Their Admins also return. All have received redesigned character art.
  • Players will still have access to the Acro and Mach bikes (whoo! mach4life)
  • Brendan and May will use the new ‘Mega Bangle‘ that will be used for Mega Evolutions in battle

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1,852 thoughts on “July CoroCoro LEAKING! Mega Sceptile, Swampert and more!”

  1. Ah, so beautiful. Sceptile and Swampert’s Megas look very nicely designed. Good chance Sceptile gets a second typing based on how the design looks. Maybe Get TV will provide us with that. Swampert definitely getting some Def boosts 😀
    As for the characters, Brendan and May have a nice light modernization, as well as Team Magma and Aqua. This is really looking like it’s going to be one amazing remake.

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  2. Ruined Sceptile with Lightning Rod. Awesome design, but why that ability :'( It could’ve been so much better D’: And it appears it’ll still be special based because of that, way to take advantage of that “fantastic” special movepool. Grass/Fighting/Dragon, woo

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  3. I see GaveFreak is changing everyone’s design, so much for “full on remakes”
    I like the new Shelly
    Imagine the new Gym leaders

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  4. Kyogre and Groudon are Prehistoric regressions. Genshi means prehistoric and atom in japanese, in this case it’s clear that it means prehistoric, unless atom carries some prehistoric connotation, which I researched and found was minimum at best.

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    • What could have caused this? Perhaps the orbs that were created for them in ANCIENT times? Detective Chico 1 – Life 0

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    • the most i can relate atom to is Indivisible, Tiny, or (im doubtful about this…) Potential. Nothing relating to prehistoric, unless you want to count the fact that atoms are really really old…

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    • Hmmmm it must have to do the atomic structures of the Orbs and some kind of interference via Aqua and Magma
      I really don’t know what i’m saying but its bound to work!

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  5. Atomic Groudon and Kyogre may be a reference to the Atomic Age or Atomic Era. This age FOLLOWS the detonation of the first atomic bomb, Trinity during World War 2. Dramatic story for the game. 😀

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    • now that you mentioned it…
      i realize that the bars where the pokemon’s level, exp, etc. are is updated & reversed (your pokemon’s bar is usually on the left, the opponents’ on the right). Unless thats b/c the camera reversed it (which i doubt, b/c the numbers aren’t reversed and blaziken’s position isnt reversed…)

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  6. We might be able to do and see:
    Mass destruction
    The Prehistoric Pokemon World
    Be able to ride ships
    Travel to the Hoenn Islands were Steven currently resides
    Ultimate Weapon reference
    Wallace become champion
    Battle Frontier

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  7. WOW THIS WAS UN EXPECTED!!!! BUT MEGA SCEPTILE DARGON/GRASS, AND IT GETS LIGHTNING ROD?! AND THEY MADE SWAMPERT MISERABLY! 5/10!

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  8. Mega Swampert by its look is exactly what I expected… How can you think its ugly, it is supposed to be a POWER TANK, on wheels in the rain (YES!!!) THink outside of the box, we do have an ugly mega in Kalos you know

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  9. If Kyogre/Groudon’s “Mega” evolutions are prehistoric…
    and primal is synonymous to primitive
    “Mega” Dialga (Primal Dialga) confirmed for main game…?

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  10. Is this real life?? I love MegaSwampert!!! And I’m surprised MegaSceptile is actually Grass/Dragon like everyone wished for!!!!

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  11. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN’T STOP CRYING! THIS IS JUST TO BEAUTIFUL AND THAT SCEPTILE AND SWAMPERT THOUGH!!! HOW CAN I GO TO DISNEY LAND TODAY WHEN THIS JUST TO MUCH FOR ME!!! LOL

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  12. Gonna have to run some kind of Substitute set with Mega Sceptile. Worthless fcking ability, guess gotta threaten things out, set up Sub, and try and KO with one of its 3 special moves. Grass/Fighting/Dragon, woo

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  13. But before i go
    I gotta make a super big decision Torchic or Mudkip
    or just Torchic Main Game
    Mudkip Ground Journey

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  14. I’m so happy about this.When I was young, I always wanted a Grass/Dragon pokémon… and now my favorite generation does this. Whoa.

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  15. Mega Swamperts trump card is the rain! get it in that you can’t stop it ;p
    Mega Sceptile, swap it into an incoming lightning attack (with its already boosted Sp.A/Speed) and it will sweep
    And we all know Mega Blaziken -.- (PROTECT SPAM SPEED BOOST HUE HUE HUE HUE )

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    • The thing is, you have to Mega Evolve first to get Lightning Rod, so it’s not like you can just so easily switch on the first Electric attack you see coming. This ability is so fcking bad, I can’t even right now. Of all the things to give it, SERIOUSLY?

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  16. IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE CRYED OVER ANYTHING DIGITAL INCLUDING POKEMON AND MOVIES OMG OMGOGMGOMGOGMGOGMGOG

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  17. I kinda wish that M sceptile got Thick fat.. that would be amazing but we’ll see what lightning rods does to it

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  18. OMG!!! YES YES YES!!!! FINALLY OFFICIAL MEGA SWAMPERT AND SCEPTILE!!!! The abilities could have been better thoush, and we all knew Sceptile would be Grass/Dragon…BUT HORRAY!!!! One question still remains though…how is Mega Sceptile Offensively?

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  19. Hoenn has/is tied for the most Mega Evolutions now! 😀
    Kanto – 12
    Johto – 5
    Hoenn – 12! (14 if kyogre/groudon get Megas [instead of form changes or something else] + whatever new ones we may get [Ludicolo & Shiftry *cough*])
    Sinnoh – 3
    Unova – 0 :c
    Kalos – 1

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  20. Sooooooo
    it’s a sequel then? 😮
    because new grunts
    new legend forms (not megas)
    Steven is doing something different
    Hoenn is my favorite region
    Hoenn

    I love how may looks
    they combined her emerald + ruby outfit
    I love it
    brendan has an awesome outfit
    I love it
    I love it
    Only bad thing and it’s small : sceptile’s ability
    But I love it for who it is
    not the color of its ability

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  21. as happy as I am im even happier that my espeon has all the right moves and ev trained…i have my prioritys out of order

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  22. So what do you think the areas where Prehistoric Kyogre/Groudon are? (you can find screens of the ig battles in the top left and bottom middle of the scan)

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  23. Well, glad to see that we’re getting more news! 😀 But uhm, *twitch* where’s uhmm, *twitch* Mega Milotic? Next Corocoro? *twitch*

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  24. I like everything except
    1. Mega Sceptile ability
    2. Steven Has mega Charizard (no mega metagross or aggron for him)
    3. MAYYYYYY!!!

    Okay #3 isn’t real at all i love may 😀

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  25. Mega Sceptile’s design is soooo good. BUT WHY ;~; Pokemon like Aegislash and Whimiscott and more are gonna wall it so hard, Grass/Dragon gives it a 4x weakness to priority Ice Shard, Lightning Rod is useless in Singles, and it’s still Special based by the looks of it D:<

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    • Uh, maybe as perhaps a positive outlook, maybe this means Tutor will be back since we all know Dragon Pulse > Dragon Breath, or maybe Sceptile can learn it via level-up. Otherwise, that new typing is useless

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      • Doesn’t change the fact that its special movepool SUCKS 🙁 It gets three types on that side, Grass, Fighting, and Dragon. Unless you wanna include Hidden Power, that’s IT :'(

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        • If Troll Freak know what they’re doing they will:
          1. Add more type variety
          2. At LEAST increase its physical attack and it’ll be a mixed sweeper. Leaf Blade, Drain Punch, Dragon Claw. Crunch. X-Scissor. Iron Tail are already some of the cool moves it can get.

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          • They better increase its Physical Attack to the point that it’s useful :'( Ugh, I’m sorry, I just can’t right now. Excited for the news, but Mega Sceptile just crushed it all 🙁

  26. Well Xatu-san, you were right. There really will be a Mega Diancie (for some reason). I still believed you though.

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  27. Normal Groudon and Kyogre are “evolved” forms of Atom Groudon and Kyogre. As time went on, Groudon and Kyogre began to “evolve” to suit their new environment. However, Team Magma finds out that by exploiting this “Mega” energy, they can de-evolve Groudon and Kyogre to their Original Form. Team Aqua finds this absurd and wants to obtain Groudon and Kyogre for something else and not allow them to de-evolve. FUTURE VS PAST begins and it’s your job to see to it that neither team accomplish their mission.

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  28. Oh yeah, small little detail. It says Kyogre and Groudon become Prehistoric through “nature’s energy,” what ever that could mean.

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  29. Is it just me, or does it look like May and Brendan’s eyes got really big? I mean. May’s eyes looks like Shauna’s eyes, but blue.

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    • She does kinda look like Shauna..I don’t really like Brendans new art too much. I mean, his hair isn’t even black anymore ;-; I’ll live though..

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  30. I voted for Mega Diancie because IMO Mega Sceptile = Mega Swampert, Brendan and May’s outfits are the same and other is……. other 😀

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  31. M-Sceptile, 7.5/10, ability could have been better but that’s what makes it unique
    M-Blaziken, 7.0/10, I hate Uber Pokemon 😀
    M-Swampert, 9.5/10, very original and one of those under-rated Pokemon

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  32. As exciting as this Hoenn Hyped Vibe is, Ima flee to have breakfast and think longer about these scans. Also, I’m going to a party. So yeah…

    Probably won’t be back until later this evening.

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    • Absolutely, I was just about to comment on that. Assuming from artwork, it gains bulk but looses speed. Then swift swim kicks in on a rain team and you’re got a real problem on your hands.

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    • It has the potential to be an absolute monster. Already has base 100 HP, base 90 Def and SpDef. Assuming that it will lose some Speed from base 60 to either 40, 45, or 50, it’ll get massive Def and SpDef boosts and probably a small Atk boost. Couple that with Rain Dance to make Swift Swim… just my goodness.

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    • its not overdesigned… White Kyurem is over designed and i dont even hate him. Which mega are you even talking about?

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      • I think all mega evos tend to be over designed. They literally just added new spikes to most of them- Aerodactyl, Lucario, Garchomp, etc. For Sceptile they just added sharper lines and more pods on his back. I just don’t like the direction mega evolution is taking the series in.

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  33. .. OMGOMGOMG HYPEHYPEHYPE
    MEGA SCEPTILE WHHOOOOOO FREAK YEAH. AND MEGA DIANCIE?! TALK ABOUT UNEXPECTED!! OMG I am dead. Just. Dead.

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  34. Mega Sceptile!!!! dsjcxbnxryemn
    But why does it have Lightning Rod? D:
    And of course Steven has a Mega Charizard. Blatant favouritism.

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  35. Let’s think about this. Seems like Steven won’t be the champ since he’s on a mission for some Mega secrets. Assume that Wallace will be Champion. Realize Wallace has Milotic as final Pokemon in party. Remember Diantha had Gardevoir as last Pokemon. Remember Gardevoir Mega evolved. Assume Milotic will Mega evolve. Mega Milotic CONFURRRMED.

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  36. OMG this is what I’ve been waiting for!!! This is a great way to start my summer 🙂
    I got to say:
    M-Scept – Grass and Dragon finally! Lightning Rod seems like an odd ability but its gonna be good in doubles to ward off T-Wave! 😀
    M-Swamp – love its design! I think im gonna be picking it for Alpha 🙂 another good poke for doubles!
    New designs – Eh to them especially the protags since they stayed the same but I love the updated Steven! Maxie looks like a diabolic scientist… Archie looks pretty good
    I cant wait for ORAS! 😀 and E3!!!!!!

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  37. Mega Sceptile remains a Sp. Attacker, that’s all I’m disappointed about.. And the fact that they had us believe that this was a complete remake.. BS, Nintendo. BS. Hahaha

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  38. hatching the last of these eggs then giving up on shiny treeko… ill go back to training my eevee team….

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  39. OMG :DDDD

    I love what they have done with Team Aqua and Magma (Aqua a little bit more though)! They look soooo much more like pirates with these designs, Magma seem a lot more scientific which is interesting.

    The megas are great!! Mega Sceptile is amazing and ohhh that Dragon Typing!. Mega Swampert is probably the worst design out of the 3 but nothing will stop me using my mudkip <3 and it still looks great in the grand scheme of things. Looks like it will have increased attack and bulk for sure.

    A little confused as to why Mega Charizard X is being showcased as Steven's mega as i thought it would be at least Mega Aggron if not Mega Metagross (pending reveal if it exists)…. i suppose he could have access to more than one. His research could be to do with why you can only have one mega ina team and he may be able to bypass that restriction by the end of the game???

    May and Brendan look great…interesting that they redesigns look similar to their emerald outfits rather than their RS outfits. Looks like they will be taking elements from Emerald so yay for Battle Frontier :DD (although i never doubted it).

    I wonder if Mega Diancie will be in the new movie? It looks interesting but we don't know much about it yet so cant say much really.

    I like the idea of this Reverse evolution for Kyogre and Groudon. The whole Primal/Ancient thing reminds me of Primal Dialga and that thing was BOSS so im psyched for these. It makes sense too since these would be the forms that would have originally crafted the sea and land so in order to alter land and sea they would need to revert to these forms.

    Lastly, ACRO AND MACH BIKES!!! :DDDD I wonder if the rollerskates will return..I HOPE SO!

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  40. Mega Swampert, while not Sap Sipper, doesn’t disappoint.

    Can’t be disloyal to my first Pokemon ever.

    EDIT: I’m a hypocrite though, I voted “Brendan and May’s outfit” in the poll. BWAHAHA.

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    • Same but base 60 speed with swift swim is very underwhelming and I doubt it’s gonna get a speed boost If it looks like that

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      • 480 top speed at lv100 is more than enough.
        It’s faster than Mega Alakazam without losing bulk.
        It’s also faster than Scarfdevoir (particularly good for Doubles matchups).
        And besides, Rock Polish Aggron and Regirock are beasts in singles. I expect no less from Swampert..

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  41. I guess on the bright side, Sceptile will be the fastest Dragon ever (I think). But will STAB Dragon Pulse be enough to OHKO some of those might Dragon types? It’ll get a SpA buff no doubt, we’ll see

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  42. You’d expect Mega Swampert would have an ability which would help its bulk but nah, Swift Swim. Same ability as Magikarp.

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  43. Hoopa will also get a mega evolution guys! I’m calling it now. Its backstory says when it reveals its true power, its rings can extend miles long! And I’m positive they weren’t refering to Hyperspace Hole.

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  44. GIVE US THE OPTION TO RIDE BOATS!!!!!!!! PLEASE GAMEFREAK, THERE! I FINALLY CALLED YOU GAMEFREAK! NOW GIVE US BOATS!!!!!!

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  45. Isn’t Diancie pretty much a Carbink on steroids? Dare I say, Mega Carbink? So does that make this, Mega Mega Carbink? O.O
    My mind literally can’t process anything right now.. #MegaDiancie

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    • Im guessing that these forms were the forms of Groudon and Kyogre that originally crafted the land and sea and so Team Aqua and Magma cause them to revert to these forms in order to change the land and sea.

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  46. Im dying on mega scpetile and hw tsteven looks 0__0

    overworld looks GREAT

    and dont get me started on groudon and kyogre’s sprite 0___0

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  47. My partial review of ORAS:
    Sprites: 10/10
    Mega Evolution: 7.5/10
    Team Omega Aqua and Alpha Magma: 9.5/10
    Dianci: 11/10 XD

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  48. Djja and Wes called it out. Primal being a connection to PMD. Djja said new PMD game. Remember, Phantom Gate was trademarked!

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  49. Please GameFreak, for the love of God, please if you do give Swagold a Mega, please please please don’t fck it up. You ruined Sceptile competitively for me (Design is epic af at least), don’t ruin Altaria 🙁

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  50. It’s official
    Charizard is now my least favorite Kanto Starter, it used to be in second place, but i can’t deal with this love for it anymore

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  51. I haven’t commented on this yet, but STEVEN STONE LOOKS SO FCKING BADASS!!!!!!!! HE BETTER BE THE CHAMP, I GOT GOOSEBUMPS WHEN I SAW HIS RE-DESIGN XD

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  52. I can’t wait to See gym leaders redesigned
    As long as they don’t change their hair styles because they were really cool
    AND FLANNERY GONNA LOOK SO HAWT (pun intended)

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  53. So now we have Prehistoric Pokemon… like we always had, GF had to make it official. Prehistoric Original Dragon would be nice… :3

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  54. Okay for some reason people seem to be having a bit of confusion as to what these are. They are REMAKES… NOT SEQUELS!!

    1) They will follow the same storyline as R/S but will most likely have new storyline built in to the original storyline.

    2) They feature the same characters but with updated designs.

    3) They will include mostly all of the original features but they will be enhanced and new features will be included.

    4) The story takes place in the Hoenn region and will have the same geographical layout but will most likely feature newly added in areas that were not in R/S- this does not make them sequels!! HGSS had new areas yet they were not sequels to G/S, same for FRLG (ahem the sevii islands) both were FULL REMAKES with ENHANCED FEATURED!

    5) The Battle Frontier WILL be in the game!! To say otherwise is just silly! It was introduced in Emerald and has been used in Sinnoh and even added to HGSS DESPITE Johto previously only having a Battle Tower…. does that remind anyone of Ruby and Sapphire?? So yeah…the Battle Frontier will of course be in the game, why would it not?

    I think people are getting confused about the term FULL REMAKE, this does not mean everything will be remade exactly the same…remake means to update and enhance… therefore a better term for these would be ENHANCED VERSIONS…which is how you would describe both FRLG and HGSS. They are both enhanced remakes of their original titles.

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    • pretty sure they are…
      when x/y info was being revealed they released english versions of everything after the corocoro was officially released c:

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    • As amazing as this would be it is unfortunately not very likely at the moment as the voice actress for May is very unwell and the Japanese do not like to replace voice actors. I vote for Max to come in and battle Ash.. Mega Sceptile vs Mega Gallade :DDD

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  55. Sup everyone govnah is on vacation and comes on to see this I love the idea of the forms of groundon and kyogre and the megas are OK it matches them perfectly but now Archie logo on the website needs to be changed now but all in facts I have announced I’m OK with mega pokemon now

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    • we will get to see may and brendan in action, steven, team magma/aqua, see/HEAR mega sceptile swampert and diancie as well as hear overworld music!

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  56. Sceptile is just amazing to look at :,)
    At first I didn’t like Mega Swampert at all, but hell, it looks threatening and fantastic!

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  57. Ok so i need someone to help me understand are these forms they are showing us a sort of pre evolution of the now non glowwyyy kyogre and groudon cause i am utterly flustered

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  58. “These Pokémon seem to work
    in a similar manner to Mega Evolution through a process called Ancient
    Devolution, and sends the Pokémon back to their prehistoric state.” Omg. this is like proto evolutions from Jade Jungle lmao

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  59. What do you think of Mega Sceptile? I love the design, but it’s ability and most likely stat boosts are a little disappointing. I would have preferred Tough Claws or Protean with an attack raise.

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  60. So much neeeeeeeeeeeews!!! Also Sceptile is the coolest and anyone who disagrees can just die!

    I mean politely disagree….

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  61. If you zoom up on the one image, you can see Steven sending out his charizard X in battle. I hope this is just for maybe when he’s teaching you about mega evolution or something. I want him to have mega metagross @ the end. Because he lives a beldum for you in his empty house in mossdeep post game so that would be the perfect time to leave us a mega stone

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  62. Anyone else feel that Team Magma have the unfortunate downfall of looking too similar to Team Flare..ESPECIALLY Tabitha (how much pokeblocks has that guy been eating????) and Maxie.

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      • I agree that Team Magma have better designs and look great but they look a tad similar design wise. I think its the whole scientific look they seem to be sporting which just reminds me soo much of the Team Flare admins.

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  63. Looking at that one route in the screenshot where we need the Acro Bike. My hopes were answered. The water looks amazing, and the detail just looks superior to X/Y 🙂 Now I await confirmation on SECRET BASES

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  64. im really confused on why they made the mega item the mega bangle tho it isnt 100% the english name

    how is a bangle tied to hoenn?

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  65. I was kinda hoping we could customize what Mega evolution inducing gear we get.. Like Mega Necklace, Mega Earring, Mega whatever..

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  66. Well my Classic Controller donked out right in the middle of a race further proving my point life hates me
    So have we squeezed every drop of info out?

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  67. I love both of the new Mega’s design-wise, their everything I wanted them to be. But I fear they did not get the abilities they required to outshine their standard counterparts. Swampert… maybe? Seeing that powerhouse with an immense amount of speed would be very satisfying. He still requires a rain based team, and his stat boosts would have to powerful enough to compensate for the loss of choice band, but still he could turn out fantastic. Sceptile… is screwed unless he gets an enormous boost to sp atk and a decent one to speed. Its truly a shame, my favorite starter ends up being the exact mega I wanted (even with Grass/Dragon’s six weaknesses and no priority moves) but gets burdened with Lightning Rod one of the most useless abilities any mega could ever have. D:

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    • The Kyogre/Groudon forms are devolutions. As in, those were the forms back in prehistoric times and have obviously mutated after thousands/millions of years. When they mega evolve, they turn back into these new forms. From my understanding.

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  68. This further proves Pokemon supports Darwin’s Theory. As a religious person, I shall not play Pokemon- Oh for heaven’s sake, I don’t care! GO POKEMAN!

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  69. LOVING the evil team redesigns. But I’m sorry, I still give no fucks about Mega Evolution and I’m tired of GF beating it to death. IFormes were never this annoying. know I’m in the minority but it just bores me so much with its Digimon-esque impermanence. Get back to me when old Pokemon have new evos and prevos and maybe I’ll find some fucks to give.

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  70. I made these for you guys, I also tried to cut out the background for the Mega’s so it’s easy to see them in full glory
    Refresh and enjoy my friends
    Oh and if you want me to cut out Anything else just ask 😀

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  71. I don’t understand why people are Okay with Forms but hate megas

    o______________________________________________________________o

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      • I don’t like them in concept, but it’s the only way for Pokemon that have already reached their third stage to reach a “fourth stage”. Otherwise it’s a complete waste.

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      • I hate megas. And I’m okay with formes because formes were (mostly) kept for legendaries, and never interfered with the creative process of actual evolutions for pokemon that needed it; I fear megas will do that.

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        • But that doesn’t mean that a Pokemon can no longer actually evolve. There are pokemon that have megas that could possibly still evolve. There are also pokemon that are fully evolved with megas.

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          • We might have to wait until the 7th gen to see whether old pokemon will actually get new evos anymore, or just megas. In the meantime watch GF spew megas all over Hoenn…

  72. Looks like they gave two shots of an in-game area. Seems to be the route on the right of Fortree City (you’re crazy if you think I can remember the name). And from what I can tell, the graphics are slightly sharper, just as I had hoped.

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  73. Actually i dotn think that charizard is stevens I’m positive about it

    that charizard si lv 100

    no ingame trainer EVER has a lv 100 (nt including battle facilities)

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  74. Everyone is so hyped about Sceptile’s predictable Mega typing, and I’m just sitting here thinking about its new x4 weakness to Ice.

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  75. OMG OMG OMG i just looked up close on stevens pic

    on his hand he has 2 RINGS 2 mega rings :O :O
    i know its highly not possible, but if he has mega charizard, he could still have mega meta

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  76. So Mega Swampert is pretty much the new Mega Ampharos, with all the memes and stuff.. No one takes them seriously haha xD

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  77. Mega Blaziken, Uber
    Mega Sceptile, OU –> Uber (Once people know how to utilize him)
    Mega Swampert, UU –> OU

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      • It’s Atk stat will probably skyrocket as well as it’s Def and Sp. Def but it’ll have decreased speed.

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        • Maybe i’ll breed that Mudkip after all
          But what moves
          I want to try a Counter Mirror Coat set but still deciding

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        • Normal swampert is better, it can absorb water attacks with damp however the true thing is this. With base 60 speed under rain it’s pretty underwhelming and if it gets lowered to let’s say 50 speed, it’s even worse. It will always be a bulky attacker but giving him swift swim was a TERRIBLE mistake game freak could have made, I have no way of seeing getting ANY faster

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  78. One thing. Maxie looks so badass, I didn’t think he could get more badass…..but he just got more badass.

    Also did team Aqua go black?

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  79. Lightning Rod for Mega Sceptile….seems odd. But come I on an electric attack, get the +1, then proceed to wreck shit.

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  80. EMEGRESHHH!!! MEGA SCEPTILE!!!! MEGASSSZZ I FREAKIN OUT!!!!!………ok….im good now…This is awesome….I herd you leik murder…

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  81. I wonder if Team Aqua and Team Magma will appear in the Anime again. It was unnecessary for Team Rocket to appear in AG and DP because, well, they were already there.

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  82. Do you know what I like most about Mega Swampert’s round design?

    It’s plush is going to be sooooo squishy! XD

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  83. I want trailers of walking around in beautiful tropical 3D Hoenn soon. Those teeny screenshots are such a tease.

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  84. I am actually glad Steven wasn’t redesigned too much. He already looked perfect. And it seems he has a more active role.

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  85. Did anyone notice that Mega Sceptile has an X on his Chest ???
    I’m hopeful that Mega Sceptile will get another mega evolution because GameFreak can’t only give Charizard two Megas and it seems the most pokemon to get two because we already know Blazekin’s stone is named without x or y and Mega Swampert keeps it’s typing and it looks good.
    Also that Mega Charizard X is not Steven’s it’s lvl 100 come on people.

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  86. Steven’s so badass, he has 5 Mega Rings. 2 on both his arms and 2 on 2 of his fingers. Where’s the other one, you may ask? Lolol

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  87. So everyone we now announce mega sceptile with dragon grass typing and new ability lightning rod with it’s amazing move pool of four types!
    I’m sure you’ll be able to use this pokemon with sheer unpredictability and make it one of the most used pokemon

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  88. So if Omega has the good version exclusives
    so for Alpha i guess
    Swampert
    Camerupt
    Whiscash
    Claydol
    Flygon

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  89. Ima speculate like Troll Freak to not get my hopes up.

    Mega Flygon
    Ground/Dragon
    Levitate
    Higher Speed and Attack

    That’s it.

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    • Its bound to learn D-Pulse via level up like Ampharos
      And could already learn Dragon Claw via TM
      And seriously Ice Beam, not happening pal

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  90. I’m probably going to have the unpopular opnion but idgaf since I’m not a follower. Mega sceptile looks amazing but it’s ability is dumb and very random! IMO. It should had got tough claws. Mega swampert looks disproportional and way to muscular plus I think it ability isn’t good as well. Swampert is slow as dirt and I feel like when it mega evolves it loses speed and gains bulk. I think it should had got regenerator or sheer force. The new May looks more basic than the last one. Mega diancie is cool but random. The new forms for groundon and Kyogre look dope. Also what’s with the hate on blaziken? I never understand people who join the bash bandwagon just because a Pokemon is more popular the others. Seems like following crap to me. I’m just glad we got news this time and didn’t get tricked.

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  91. So I wonder what Swift Swim for mega Swampert opens up.
    I hope a for stat spread of: 100/160/100/95/100/80.

    That would make a great rain sweeper. My only fear is that because of the weather nerf it won’t be as good as it could be.

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  92. I honestly don’t want to speculate Megas anymore. I’m pretty dissapointed in Mega Sceptile. It needs another Mega.

    Kyle signing off.

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  93. I think M sceptile is peretty cool but M swampert…ehhh not the biggest fan. tho im sure it will be a big Sp.Def tank.

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  94. I find it hard to believe after my legacy of making earthen rage dump and then I made memes, people still carry on my legend :’D
    THANKS GUYS’!

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  95. I wonder if Swift Swim Mega Swampert could even outspeed Mega Sceptile xD Can’t even imagine how fast Sceptile will be xD

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  96. HOLY F***!!!!!!!!! YESYESYYEYYSYSYEYYSYEYS!!!!!!! I woke up to texts that CoroCoro leaked with Mega Swampert and Mega Sceptile, and OMFGGG!!!!! MEGA SWAMPERT LOOKS AMAZING IT LOOKS LIKE A TANK!!! WHICH IS WHAT IT’S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKEEE!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH! THANK YOU GAME FREAK!!! THANK YOU OUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE! Mega Swampert is going on my team ASAP!

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  97. Now that I know Mega Sceptile will be a special attacker, I’m off to go breed a Shiny Timid one without Hidden Power Ice this time. Now it seems breeding those 4 naive ones was a waste of time xD

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  98. If you want the honest truth. I king of expected new abilities for Mega Swampert and Sceptile. Kind of like Blastoise with Mega Launcher.

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  99. I think this is on of the Pokemon games that I don’t really care for re-designing my trainer! I think Brendon looks cool! But, May is a bit to basic! Customization my come back! But if it doesn’t come back, I hope for other skin tones!

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    • They can legit put effects like if i chose darker skin, the skin of the parents would also become darker or lighter depending on the skin tone i chose.

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  100. The only competitive viable grass type moves Sceptile could learn are Giga Drain and Solarbeam.. And without the Giga Drain TM, it couldn’t learn it at all as a Sceptile.. The Physical route is where they should’ve went with but eh, we’ll see in a few months

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  101. Great. Sceptile now has 6 weaknesses and can be one hit ko’d by anything with ice shard. Aswell as that, its ability boosts sp atk even though all of its best attacks are physical. My favourite pokemon ever will never be good competitively 🙁

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  102. So Diancies rock evolves into a Diamond. Nice.

    Also no one speculating this Prehistoric Kyogre and Groudon. Wonder of these will work just like Megas.

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      • The name change is probably for story purposes. It’s actually interesting to note, that the prehistoric versions will technically be stronger than the modern ones. Seems evolution went backwards.

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          • It isn’t confirmed, that could be just a cinematic for when they change form. Stop assuming everything is a mega evolution. It is known as a fact that a mega evo is when the bonds between humans and pokemon connect with friendship to unleash their hidden power. MELOETTA isn’t a mega and neither is giratina so just take it as a form change and not a evo or mega.

          • Straight from serebii. Nowhere does it mention form. “Groudon & Kyogre’s new “Mega Evolutions” are known as Primal/Prehistoric/Primeval Groudon & Primal/Prehistoric/Primeval Kyogre and are said to be a regression called Ancient Devolution.”

  103. I like Mega Sceptile the most designwise, but…that typing…why? It’s weak to Flying, Poison, Bug, Fairy, Dragon, and a 4x weakness to Ice
    And Lightning Rod seems really purposeless since Grass/Dragon would 4x resist Electric anyway

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  104. I’m interested in seeing mega diancie ability and stat distrubition. I wonder if any more malls Pokemon will get mega’s

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      • But…we got 3 new megas…new character art for over 10 people, a few screen shots, confirmation of bikes, mega evolution, and de evolution…that’s not satisfying?

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    • This has been a VERY EARLY leak…there may be more, in the past when corocoro has leaked this early…more pages have leaked a day or two later. If not then E3 and GetTV will undoubtable have some footage. I think the leaked E3 game list the other day mentioned a trailer and gameplay footage for ORAS so i think there will be some more..and this is coming from someone who likes to be cautious with optimism 🙂

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  105. I don’t know why Steven Stone should get a charizard x. He should have a mega metagross or something.

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  106. So in that one Steven shot, where do you guys propose that is. I can’t quite place it, but looks like Fallobar Town

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    • i would assume route 120…(its one of the few places you meet Steven Stone that has grass…)
      The only problem is there appears to be a river in the scan, but no river in route 120 :c

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  107. Thanks to Heavvy now I’m going to have a shiny team in ORAS too. I only have Natu. Mudkip is the next <3

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  108. Okay, we’ve moved past analysis of the leaks and have gone straight to speculation and hopes. I’m gone…… for now lol

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  109. (Read this in Lumpy Space princess’s voice while looking at my profile pic)
    But the story might still change!!! Serebii has leaked a photo that hasn’t been leaked on pokejungle, which is a closeup image of steven and it shows him using a mega charizard x! hopefully that was the trainer’s pokemon and not his … :/

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  110. I think I might be picking Swampert for my Playthrough. I actually love that Mega design. One of the better ones in my opinion.

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          • It should have got an immunity to ice moves and an increase in attack when hit by one. New ability would have been great.

          • grass/dragon has to be one of the wonkiest typings ever
            sceptile REALLY needs an immunity to ice, anything with ice shard will destroy it

          • I completely agree xD Scroll back a ton for my feelings on it. I was sad and pissed off earlier xD Unfortunately I have to accept it and find a way to make Mega Sceptile work well in Singles. Probably running a Substitute set

  111. Is this the end of the leaks for this issue? 😮
    I’m content with what we’ve got but I’m just wondering if there’s like ONE other page that shows us getting Johto starters as well or something.

    Remember that we got Johto starters for Completing the Hoenn Dex in the original RSE.

    Also, Mega Swampert’s sprite is around 35% done.

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  112. well i guess that silences those who thought they be no mega evolutions.groundon and kyorge prehistoric forms makes sense and so obvious

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  113. Upon closer inspection, HOLY MAGICRAP!!! The battles look like X & Y, but they actually look like a field! And Brendan/May are throwing the Pokeball! THEY LOOK AMAZING OMFG I WANT NOVEMBER TO BE HERE ALREADY

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  114. Imagine Mega Swampert paddling in the water with those teeny tiny legs swimming swiftly straight at you.. I don’t know whether to laugh or be afraid

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  115. Guys… This means that… We’re getting a trailer in a few days!!!! WITH THE BATTLES IN ACTION AND EVERYTHING!!! HYPE TRAIN WOOT WOOT

    #inlovewithmegaswampert

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  116. Mega Swampert hmmmmm! I expected more. Maybe the actual spirit will be better.
    Mega Sceptile looks neat.
    May and her Boytoy look good aswell.
    Love the Team Magma/Aqua spirits.

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  117. I hope they add some more move’s to swampert and sceptile move pool like blastoise . I Think sceptile should get seed flare imo.

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  118. I think Mega sceptile will be OU despite the ice shard and gale wings talonflame. Lot’s of OU pokemon have 4x weakness ( dragonite) and sucky ability(florges) but there still good 🙂

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    • True.. But not a mixture of both bad ability and meh type combo. It’s limited assets of special attacks is a problem too

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    • Well, Dragonite has MultiScale.
      That’s the only reason it’s OU.
      Mega Sceptile is going to be mainly used in doubles, due to Lightning Rod.
      And also, it’s speed will put it in OU.

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  119. My team for AS is
    Sceptile (Mega)
    Milotic(mega when it comes out)
    Flygon
    Gardevoir(mega)
    Meditie(mega)
    Skarmory

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    • these are consider leaks, this mag is for Japanese only, probably a few only got the book before its fully out to the Japanese public which is off a few days, so yea these are leaks

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      • Exactly. The magazine is only available in Japan. So, the rest of the world technically shouldn’t know about this. There is new information, new megas and screenshots. Not to mention that the magazine is not publicly released in Japan yet.

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        • i mean i know we live in the world of the internet and all, but some people(especially japan) still like to keep things for them and them only and the rest of the world finds out when they ready to show it,it just sucks when things are revealed way before it should sometimes

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          • If it’s corocoro, i understand. If it’s someone who has early access to the game and leaks. It’s hard to avoid.

  120. Type: Water/Ground

    Classification: Mud Fish Pokémon

    Height: 1.9m

    Weight: 102.0kg.

    Ability: Swift Swim

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  121. Mega Blaziken still looks amazing even after almost a year of being revealed.. Hands down, one of the best Megas designed.

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  122. Well at least mega sceptile can’t get paralyzed like other fast glass cannons. just gotta watch out for talonflames

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  123. I hope good move tutors are added. A lot of Pokemon would benefit from them. E.g. Drain Punch Chesnaught, Elemental Punch Pangoro, Delphox with a plethora of new moves, and Mega Sceptile which will hopefully get Dragon Pulse again as well as Earth Power as TC suggested.

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  124. well now that mega sceptile has been announced, I migh replace roserade on my team with it. Even though i’ll have 2 mega’s

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  125. Team Aqua’s members look much more interesting than Magma’s. I have to know more about the games to decide which to go with. Since this will be my first time playing Hoenn.

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  126. Wow, the evil teams’ admins can use Mega Evolution? 😮
    Diancie looks like a true princess now.
    Grass/Dragon is awesome, though Lightning Rod is sort of unnecessary since this type combination resists Electric…
    Mega Swampert is so bulky. 😀
    Pirates!!!
    Brandon and May! Wonder if you can customize them…

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  127. I must confess i somehow hated Mega Evolutions when they were first announced. Now that I think about it seems a logical way to keep things fresh. We all know, they can’t or won’t announce new Pokemon unless new generation is announced. All we can get is new forms or whatever. Now that we have megaevoultions since there will be no distrubtion in the national pokedex, we expect “new evoultions” with this remakes.

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  128. I really want all the male feebas to be able to have an evolution + a mega evolution as in two seperate mega stones for female and male would be pretty good in my opinion

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  129. I guess our pokemon probably won’t be following us in this game. I feel that would’ve been one of the first things that would have been released. It probably would’ve been really difficult to do for these games though. Of course none of the screenshots really disprove it, but still. All well! Maybe one day again.

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  130. There’s so many pokemon I wanna use with so little space in my team.
    Lucario
    Flygon
    Dragalge
    Sharpedo
    Seviper ;-;

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    • Take out Lucario and Dragalge and then add a fire type, an electric, and maybe a flying. Swellow, Manectric, and Blaziken, maybe? I’m assuming this would be your ORAS team?

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  131. So many ways to play around with a Substitute set on Mega Sceptile. Could run mixed, possibly Iron Tail to surprise Fairies, Hidden Power Ice or Fire (My Shiny one has Dark, so that’s not half bad either). Rock Slide is still an option especially if Attack gets buffed a bit too. Giga Drain of course to replenish Substitute health. There’s a lot to play around with. Threaten things out, Sub, and get some nice hits in xD

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  132. Yay! With Lightning Rod and Grass/Dragon typing, Mega Sceptile will stop that annoying thing known as Rotom-W.

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  133. http://i.imgur.com/lnd1ZPP.png

    What the Mega Swampert sprite CURRENTLY looks like. Ignore the partially visible arm o_o It’s another layer in the picture. The Vibrant colors on the outline are only being used to keep track of where the different parts separate/meet.

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  134. Was mega dance really necessary ? It’s not like we could even use regular Diancie in competition even if we wanted to …

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  135. Wait i just realized something, anyone suspect that mega diancie might be shown in the diancie and the cocoon of destruction 0___0
    this reminds of a time when we saw the trailer and thought we saw diancie was gonna mega evolve, maybe it actually will!

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    • LOL WELL DUH!! THIS is why I was going crazy all this morning saying I called it two months ago. My avi is the screen shot from the trailer that I said Diancie was mega evolving in the movie and everyone tried to say it was using diamond storm

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  136. Didn’t game freak said they watch the national finals and input things in the pokemon game to balance it out? (i.e. Fairy to balance out dragon) So maybe mega Sceptile is game freak way of balancing out Rotom wash since it’s one of the most used pokemon

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  137. So Diancie is Kalos’ first Mega Pokémon.. interesting…
    Wonder if there will be any from Gen 5.
    Mega Zekrom and obligatory Mega Reshiram. :p

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  138. So, i was wrong. It might be Steven’s. What threw me off was the shading on the HP bar. Which made it look like an extra letter so i assumed it was EXP.

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      • …except for the part where it’s near identical? I mean, is this sarcasm? lol

        The only change is they removed the second pants he was wearing, which was the dumbest thing ever.

        The only other changes to his design:
        -His polo is button up now, like how it appears in Ruby instead of Emerald
        -His face looks different, because it’s been twelve years and the art style has drastically changed in the time since. Grey eyes for character customization.

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          • loooool

            So what you’re saying is, even though the design itself is near identical, you’re taking umbrage with, what? The fact he drew it again? That he can’t afford a time capsule to ask 12 years ago Sugi to do it instead?

          • I’m hardly irritated by the fact. I just don’t like it, as simple as that. Whether it’s down to a complete design change or a style change makes no difference. If I think the design is bad, I think the design is bad.

          • This isn’t a “your opinion is wrong” deal. I’m not saying you’re not entitled to your opinions, I’m just saying you’re making very little sense.

            Little has changed in the design. The only way to fix what you have now specified as what makes it “easily the worst male trainer design” is time travel, meaning your expectation is unrealistic. Meaning the design was doomed to fail no matter what.

      • Yeah I’ll admit Brendan and May’s new outfits are a bit lackluster.

        On the potential bright side, they keep clothing customization? Fingers crossed.

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  139. @miniryu_ninja:disqus @heavymetallamb:disqus @slipperysceptile:disqus @TheHipsterNatu&Liza I think we should wait until we get the official art so I can make your avatars because these pictures are too low quality. And it’s only like 3-5 days before we get official information revealed internationally. I hope you guys don’t mind 🙁

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  140. In shining day, In darkest night
    No rotom shall escape my sight
    Those who worship rotom’s might
    Fear my power! Mega Sceptile’s light(nigning rod)!

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    • *Let those.

      Green Lantern.

      In scary house, in raging night.
      With our Luvdisc full, our souls pignite.
      When all seems lost in the battle/fight.
      Look for Jirachi
      Hoppip burns bright 😮

      Blue Lantern

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  141. Incidentally Delibird is the only Pokemon that can actually miss Ice Shard…because Hustle = Best ability ever.

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    • But they wouldn’t put a mega in a game that comes out before it is even playable right? Like, Mega Sceptile comes out in Nov, after Smash 3DS.

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      • Who knows. They’ve showcased new Pokemon before being playable, like in Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness, it showed Gen 4 Pokemon.

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  142. AS
    Swamp – mega
    Kyogre – form/mega
    Altaria – ?
    Shiftry – ?
    Camerupt
    Shedinja
    OR
    Sceptile – mega
    Flygon – ?
    Aggron – mega
    Gardevoir – mega
    Exploud – ?
    Groudon – form/mega

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  143. If Wallace is the champion, he should have Mega Milotic (Water Fairy), and then Steven can be the strongest trainer in the game and have Mega Metagross. That would be awesome.

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  144. So Ancient Devolution is the new mechanic as opposed to Mega Evolution. I wonder if this was the new thing that was set to change the battle scene, and how many other Pokemon will get ancient devo’s? Dialga (primal form), maybe Bronzong? (According to its dex, In ancient times it uses to reflect like a mirror). I think the title “ancient” and going back further supports XY getting a prequel game. Ancient Devo for Zygarde? I think yes.

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    • i say wait till they announce the stats or more details on it caus ewe arent 100% sure its sepcial

      like the cliche goes,” Dont count your chickens before they hatch!”

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  145. OK, MEGA- SCEPTILE’S ABILITY IS “LIGHTNING ROD” I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BECOMING A DRAGON TYPE, BUT WHY DOES IT GET THIS ABILITY. BOTH GRASS & DRAGON ALREADY RESIST ELECTRIC TYPES, AND IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN A GOOD ABILITY LIKE SHARP CLAWS, UNBURDEN, OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED IT

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  146. Those re designed main characters looks awful…it’s first time when I literally hate main protagonist’s design… bueeh they looks cartoony and creepy and ugh…seriouly I want spew…sorry…Im fighting but I can’t like them…GF destroyed old characters

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  147. This past month, I have not gotten to enjoy anything Pokémon related. I ve been working two jobs, and I lost my Pokemon Y. However, these news makes it all a little better. Thanks, GF.

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  148. For a Steel master, Steven uses an awful lotta Rock types -_-
    Brendan & May… What can we say…?
    Brendan’s hair is now visible, but the hat looks stupid & he looks like a lifeguard…or just a swimming instructor
    May looks okay…up until her bag
    Worst protagonists ever (least they don’t have stupid names like Hilbert & Hilda)
    Glad my Poke childhood is not ruined cause I didn’t start with this Gen ^^

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    • Im seriously questioning people’s common sense. Game Freak will obviously bring back customization and all that jazz, so just change your character to how you want them to look, its called a DEFAULT.

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  149. Oh my gosh!!! I’m so happy this was leaked early!!! Started off my summer break really well!! Kinda feel stupid though that didn’t come to the site earlier today but still, it’s always nice having discussions here!! Anyway, so glad i chose Sceptile to be my starter for alpha sapphire, because now i have a dragon type for my team!!

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  150. Why.
    Lightning Rod is absolutely useless. Nobody will use an electric move if Sceptile is alive. And you have to reveal it to mega evolve it.

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  151. I have returned!!! And as I predicted, no one’s here. What did I miss, besides the new juicy info I found out this morning?

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  152. So…is Mega Diancie a Mega Mega Carbink? Watch her Atk and Sp. Atk. increase by 50pts each…AGAIN!!!

    Good night everyone.

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  153. Just an idea but maybe you go back in time to prehistoric hoenn ” whole new world” with archie or maxie depending on the game and find old pokemon which could be more gen 6 pokemon since b4 said many were wiped out and with the Prehistoric thing
    Just an idea

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  154. Well im fine with mega swampert ability swift swim but I dont think it would be useful in link battles(who would use rain dance often there…) so I think sceptile is more menacing in mega evo still the combination of grass and dragon has given way to way more type weaknesses… well still we got nice art

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  155. Maxie really reminds me of the albert wesker design in resident evil 5. Not that I mind, wesker is one of the greatest villains of all time.

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  156. I NEEDZ help with pokedex in xy. My fc is 3454-1050-6177. If you have any event legendaries like deo or shaymin then please trade me. THX.

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