As we reported yesterday, Achroma’s (Akuroma)  name most likely comes from “Achromatic”. Meaning ‘colourless’.

Here is what the official site has to say about the mysterious researcher who is going to play an unknown major role in the events of BW2:

Achroma
A figure of mystery who you can’t quite put your finger on.
He is studying the secrets behind a Pokémon’s strength.
Along the journey, he also helps out the protagonist from time to time.
  “What is it that draws out a Pokémon’s strength?”

His other quotes include “Oh how rude of me! I am Achroma, a scientist” and “With the tool that I created that ‘activates’ Pokémon…”

We’ve known since the CoroCoro leaks that the rival character has strong thoughts on a “Pokémon’s strength”. Does this coincide with Achroma’s research somehow? The site says there is  a reason behind this, and trails out slowly when talking about the rival’s sister. Is the rival’s quest for strong Pokémon somehow related to an experience he has had involving his sister? Just where is his sister now? Is it a character we already know or someone missing?

The site has this to say about him:

Rival
“A childhood friend to the main character who lives in Hiougi City”. (Notice it says only “live” and not “from” which is less common in Japanese) It seems there is a reason behind his strong feelings towards Pokémon and Pokémon battles.
He also has a caring side towards his little sister…”

Homika is one of the new Gym Leaders and is set to make an anime appearence on June the 14th. How it is that there can be new Gym Leaders entirely unrelated to the types of Gyms from Unova of two years ago is still a mystery! She has only two Pokémon suggesting that she will be an early Gym Leader, most likely the first. Upon further inspection she actually has freckles! Here’s what the Japanese site has to say about her:

Homika
“One of the new gym leaders.
Her base guitar is her trademark, and her gym is actually a rock stage! She specialises in Poison Pokémon.
“Here I go! I’ll make you go crazy!!” (lit: send your rationality flying)

Shizui is one of the new Gym Leaders.  He has a strange dialect which made many other translators run miles away from his quotes. Pictures show a sunny beach area meaning that the town he is in may well be near Undella Town. There are wooden buildings and platforms built over lumps of sand and shallow waters similar to that seen to the right of Undella two years ago. What do you guys think, is this possible?

Here is what the official Japanese site has to say about him:

Shizui
“Yet another new Gym Leader.  He is cheerful and does things his own way but gives advice to the main character at times. He seems to specialise in water Pokémon.” “The strength of your conviction gives power to you and your Pokémon!”

His other quotes include “I was out swimming with my Pokémon but it just felt so good that I floated out way too far”. “Listen up, you gotta have faith!”. “After all, the ocean excepts all rivers as it’s own…”