Kanto Starters Mega Evolutions, Pokémon Bank Revealed & A NEW Pokémon!

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Pokémon Direct Summary

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The recently finished Pokémon Direct gave some great new information about Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, as well as shedding some light on a new service being launched alongside the two games called Pokémon Bank.

New Pokémon?

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Eagle-eyed fans have spotted that a new Pokémon makes a very brief appearance in the Direct broadcast. There’s no further information on the Pokémon. But we’ll bring updates when they arrive!

Pokémon Bank

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This service will allow players to store their Pokémon online in a central place and will work across different copies of Pokémon X & Y. There will be an annual fee, but Pokémon Bank will be able to hold up to 3,000 Pokémon and is accessible anywhere you have a 3DS compatible internet connection.

Sorting and moving Pokémon has been made easy with search tools which allow players to look for Pokémon of a certain type or sort them by different criteria.

Mega Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise

Mega Venusaur

“When Venusaur becomes Mega Venusaur, the flower on the Pokémon’s back blooms even more fantastically than before. Its legs and frame become more sturdy to support the weight of the huge flower.”

Mega Venusaur’s type remains the same, but its ability becomes Thick Fat which reduces damage from TWO of its weaknesses: Fire-type & Ice-type attacks. The Mega Evolution also grants it increased Defense and Special Defense.

Mega Charizard

 “When Charizard becomes Mega Charizard, its pointed horns and long tail give the Pokémon a look of sleek sharpness. Mega Charizard is in a league of its own when it comes to flying prowess, able to reach incredible heights.”

Mega Charizard also retains its original Fire/Flying typing (sorry to those of you who wanted Fire/Dragon!), but does get an exciting new ability: Drought!  Perfect for Sunny Day teams! The official site has confirmed that it has improved Special Attack.

Mega Blastoise

“The two rocket launchers on Blastoise’s shoulders turn into a single huge cannon when it Mega Evolves into Mega Blastoise. This cannon boasts a blast range so great that it can strike targets more than six miles away!”

Mega Blastoise, like the rest, retains its Water typing, but gains a new ability introduced in Generation VI: Mega Launcher. This ability raises the power of “pulse” type moves, such as Water Pulse and Dark Pulse.

Pokémon X & Y Special Edition 3DS XLs

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For North American and European Pokémon fans, the two exclusive X & Y-themed 3DS XL models have been announced for sale outside of Japan. They come in a blue or red edition to correlate with the games.

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915 thoughts on “Kanto Starters Mega Evolutions, Pokémon Bank Revealed & A NEW Pokémon!”

  1. I love these megaevolutions!! At first I didn’t really like megacharizard, but then I saw the official artwork and my mind changed real quick. I can’t decide if I like megacharizard or megablastoise better. I think I would go with megablastoise because it looks like a tank and I love it’s little wrist launcher cannons! And quick question, say you pay the $5 and transfer your pokemon over to the bank. What happens to your pokemon when the year is up and you don’t renew your bank account? I’m going to guess they are just suspended and you can’t access them until you pay another $5. I don’t think gamefreak would delete people’s pokemon if their membership thing expired.

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  3. Well, seems like I will have Chespin, Squirtle and Torchic on my team =D But I feel kinda guilty not using a full-Gen6 team… There’s still time to think about that though.

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  4. $5 is extremly cheap than last gens method of having to buy another all new 3ds or ds, but i guess at that point everyone and their mother already had both systems lol, either way 5 dollars for a year is cheap. Just skip out on one thing you buy everyday that you really don’t need (ie: starbucks, candy, etc.) for like a day or two… BAM $5 right there.

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  8. Oh wait.. does this mean Easy access to All starters? You can just start over and chose a new one each time then send them to the cloud =]

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  10. Has no one pointed out how Mega Evolutions will affect the anime? Ash just got his Charizard back not to long ago, sounds like a perfect opportunity

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  11. I think this means that Pokemon-Amie could be connected to Mega Evolution. Your bond with the Pokemon increases the Mega evolving ability so you don’t need a Mega stone! You could have plenty of time to increase your bond with battle, Pokemon-Amie, after traveling with you for a long time, etc. That’s why they used the Mega ring and not the Mega stone. That hidden Pokemon could be a Poodle it has the characteristics but it looks more Pokemon-like. It would make sense since the region is based on France and Poodles came from France and Germany. (+ I would love the idea because I have one in real life and I can act like it’s my real life dog xD)

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Standard_poodle_apricot.jpg

    http://31.media.tumblr.com/74e8499cbf34b3a9d839d7d8e8eef3e6/tumblr_mslrqzakPi1r1alb2o1_500.png

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  12. oh my god… I cant believe I missed all this while at school!!! I hope the 3ds bundles are still available for preorder and don’t sell out like japan… that would be a nightmare

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  15. Sweet. The Xavier and Yvonne has got a 50% Bad-Ass increase! Also, the New Pokemon we saw, might be the Pokemon we saw in the X & Y Anime Trailer! That little White thing near the Airplane! What do you think?

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  18. Pokemon finally stopped hacked and cheated Pokemon! Pokemon with fake abilities (a ability that the Pokemon cannot get natural), Hacked Moves, etc. cannot be sent with PokeTransfer! Now Nintendo + Pokemon finally put a stop to cheating! ;D

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      • I do wonder what steps they will take to ensure hacking can’t take place within Gen VI itself. Obviously hacked Pokemon would be stuck on the cartridge, unable to go into the Bank, but I wonder if there will be measures to actually prevent them from even being created. Regardless, that is good, you have to have your high IV and perfectly trained Pokemon by actually doing it, not plugging in numbers.

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    • “You may find yourself unable to use Pokémon Bank or Poké Transporter to deposit any Pokémon created illegally by software unauthorized by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo into your online Boxes.”

      Do you think that created part just means like Pokegen or something? I wonder if Action Replay Pokemon will be blocked as well. I’ve only ever used it to get the Manaphy egg because I don’t play Pokemon Ranger. And that’ll suck in completing my Pokedex in X and Y because I’ve used that one Manaphy for Pokedex data everywhere xD

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    • The only Pokemon I’m really worried about is the shiny mew someone traded me over the GTS. There’s almost no way that thing isn’t hacked, unfortunately… it’s information seems like it could be legal, but the odds of my having received a legitimate shiny mew over GTS are highly unlikely. All I really wanted to do with it was pet it in Pokemon-Amie, too… ah well, I guess I’ll try to import it anyway when the time comes and if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. At least I do have a regular Mew that I got from an event, so I’ll be able to import that one.

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      • I’m really worried about this I hope it’s like: if you try to send a pokemon and it isn’t legit, you just can’t send it, no other reprocursions because I have some pokemons whos legitemecy I doubt that were traded to me by an aquaintence at a party, and also one or othe gts doubtfull trade and it scares me that there are any reprocursions.

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      • Maybe just something in the data identifies them as being generated by an outside source instead of in game. We will just have to see what they allow in and what they don’t allow in.

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        • Don’t take my word for it but in my understanding any pokemon that isn’t legit should also get noticed if you try to use it in online battles, I’m not sure but maybe you can try that

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  21. Now that we have had some time to look at them, I’m going to kind of analyze some design details of these Mega Starters, just for fun.

    Well, first thing is that these guys don’t drastically alter as much as some of the Megas, at least in terms of color. I actually was kind of expecting more colors to be added… I guess subconsciously, I was kind of expecting them to take some details from the Clone Starters on them, with the darker stripes and blotches.

    Venusaur seems to take a more natural progression, with things getting bigger, like the flower now almost like a miniature jungle on his back. The flower on his forehead is a tad random, it fits in the terms he’s always had something cover his forehead, but why that leaf evidentially got trimmed and that grew, I don’t know. I’m also expecting bringing it down to be a challenge, it’ll it will just be able to take so many hits.

    Charizard… Did not do what I expected. I was among those somewhat anticipating the Fire/Dragon Mega evo. They didn’t, so that changed entirely the image I was expecting. What’s funny is it really did the exact OPPOSITE of what I was thinking. As I was thinking it was going to be a Dragon type, I was expecting his wings to diminish in importance, and probably gain more powerful looking arms… like Zekrom or Black Kyurem. Instead, they GAVE the wings more emphasis, being larger, and in general more impressive wings, further emphasizing it’s Flying type, and actually made the arms more simple and smaller…… Like Reshiram or White Kyurem. In fact, Mega Charizard’s wing arms look a LOT like White Kyurem’s arms. So, I think that means Charizard’s Mega Stone is the Light Stone, and he is in fact eating Reshiram for his giant power boost XD. The fact it has Drought though… This actually gives a level of strategic planning to him. Because, as he doesn’t activate drought when he comes into battle, but when you transform him, you can effectively use an infinite Sunny Day AND attack at the same time, while canceling out whatever weather was going on. Plus, instant Solarbeams.

    As for Mega Blastoise, I find it kind of funny they did what is probably the most common thing to do with a fake Blastoise evolution. Have one single giant cannon on it’s back. The Wrist Cannons, I wasn’t anticipating, and I actually thought it would be on all fours due to a giant cannon. It is appropriately hunched over though. In general, I do think that Blastoise probably got the best look out of the three, all the elements seem to mesh really well. It’s also gotten me thinking what we can expect out of the other Mega Starters… and what abilities they might get. Obviously they will not all be using their Dream World abilities, so there is a lot of potential in terms of gameplay, not just design. I think that at the least, Typhlosion will probably become more fiery, maybe even part of it’s design modifying that it’s flames are more akin to lava. It IS the Volcano Pokemon. Also, I have in the back of my mind of a majorly cruel joke…. Swampert….. With Sap Sipper. I CAN JUST SEE IT.

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    • Dude, imagine using a solar power charizard (and assuming mega-pokemon change back to normal upon switching out), lead w/it, change to mega, drought effect, switch. No need for ninetales…(that is assuming your charizard survives and you have a rapid spinner)…
      And dat Sap Sipper Swampert (dat alliteration too)

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  22. OMG. My theory was right! Trevor and Tierno do not get the starters! They have already obtained there own before You, Calem/Serena, and Shauna! They highly have different Kalos Pokemon! Also, if you noticed you couldn’t battle them in the demo. Also, if you guys remember there was a rumor on PokeBeach that said Prof. Sycamore will give you the Kanto Starters. Now that is true! I will believe X & Y Rumors a bit more now! As you know Inkay, Malamar, and Pangoro were rumors too! ;D

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    • i had a feeling something like this would happen, it’s basic math: 5 people and 3 starters, then 2 people don’t have an starter

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      • I think I have a solution to that.
        Considering they’re with you when you go to Professor Sycamore, maybe he gives the other 2 one of the kanto starters.
        What do you guys think?

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        • I personally think the fat boy owns a Vanillite. (introduce us to its new Ice/Fairy typing). I mean the starting town is called Vaniville Town, and he has a Vanillite on his shirt.

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      • I hope not. This doesnt make any sense. Why would you give away your pokemon / friend? Well maybe there is an important reason in the story but knowing pokemon’s stories there can’t really be anything too dramatic to justify that.

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        • First of all hello to everyone, its nice to be part of this

          it does sound rather stupid but just hopefully this becomes the case. Although this wont be such a big problem since you can get all three starters by placing them in the pokebank.

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    • that’s awesome that you found this, but i don’t know if they will have different pokemon could be like B2/W2 where your rival already had there pokemon

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    • I have a question (sorry to hijack your comment Afarr lol) does anyone know if we cantrade from X to Y without using the Pokemon Bank system? I know it would seem like a no brainer but this is something of concern to me since I usually purchase both titles and trade to get all three Starters on each game.

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      • I’m worried about that too. The apps are going to be released two months after the games release! That is a long time and then I can’t use my soon to be hatched shiny Mudkip for my playthrough of the game D:

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        • I know right! The Pokemon Direct said that you can deposit Pokemon into Pokemon Bank from Pokemon X, Y. And the picture shows you can transfer these Pokemon to either game. But is this the only way we have to transfer between X and Y? I’m hoping Not and that I’m just jumping ahead but it’s kind of a big deal.

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          • There should be also for the people who don’t have money to buy a $20 E-shop card when there needs to be bills paid, etc. Right now this seems to be the only flaw I’m finding in X & Y 🙁 It is a very big issue!

          • For the people who don’t have money, there is a 30 Day free trial of using Pokemon Bank/Transporter.

            There is NO OTHER way of transporting your pokemon to X and Y from 5th gen games. The app will be the only method. It will be a measly 5 bucks-a-year to continue to own the app.

            You guys have to think. Not only can you store up to 3000 pokemon in this “cloud” service, but it also prevents hacked Pokemon from EVER entering 6th gen, and also gives you the ability to pick a starter, store it in bank, start the game over, pick a new starter, access bank, and claim all the starters that way.

          • Forgot to mention, the game will be able to trade from Pokemon X and Pokemon Y will be able to trade with other X and Y’s, but you will not be able to trade with 5th gen games until December.

          • I’m not against it I have $40 in my E-Shop account ready to use Pokemon Bank for 8 years. I love the idea, I’m talking for all the people who can’t get the game until a later time or they can’t get E-Shop credits, etc.

          • I’m just concerned if you can trade between X and Y without the Pokemon Bank (don’t want to wait until Jan), I’m on board with paying the 5 bucks for a year to have access to trading between X, Y and the 5th gen games.

          • I doubt that there is any way around it either. and for those that can’t afford the 20 dollar cards there’s always X-Mas and Birthday money lol (I’m thinking those currently unemployed, unable to work or not old enough to have a job).

          • Exactly! The funny thing is that fake “leakers” were talking about an app for for the E-Shop that imports Pokemon. If fake “leakers” can make it up I think Game Freak could have thought of that, too. If they would have actually thought about it since the announcement and before the announcement of the game Pokemon Bank and Transporter maybe would have been released earlier..But who knows maybe they did?

          • What if the “leakers” inspired Game Freak to make the Pokemon Bank and Pokemon Transfer apps when they were still trying to find a ways to deal with transfers from the 5th to the 6th gen games. Probably not, and they had that idea way before though.

          • No surely can trade normaly they’re just trying to say that if you several copies of the game you don’t need a pokebank for each but to trade you can surely trade, but with this you need only one nintendo to move pokemon between your games

          • It’s the most likely scenario, I’m just being a bit paranoid. The reason I was freaking out is the I’m getting both games and plan on trading between them to get all Kalos and Kanto starters, so I didn’t want to wait until Jan to do that.

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