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- Mega Evolution can only occur when the trainer and Pokemon have a strong enough bonds.
- Kanto Starters have Mega Evolutions
- Starter Pokemon to be given by a friend, Professor to give you a Kanto starter
- Annual fee to cover maintenance of the Pokemon Bank system and future compatibility with title.
- Pokemon Bank is a paid service which stores Pokemon in an online “Box”. Another app called “Pokemon Transporter” will allow Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 will allow for Generation V games to upload to it.
- Discussing link cable in original Gameboy games before the internet
- Mr. Ishihara is hosting today
- Pokémon Direct is starting shortly
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Featured Thread: You are now a gym leader by butsukoy
Were the Kanto starters mega forms shown? If so, please post!!
Yep they were, there are some pics up on other websites at the moment, but waiting for better ones/ an upload of the direct video!
Yes, and they’re awesome…someone should be able to post
Kanto Starters Mega Evolutions!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5fGijuHel4
That was incredible! I want to give Masuda a hug <3 nothing will please me when it comes to news these days, but this was good enough. But it still feels like I have to wait a year for them to come out.
The pokemon bank annual fee is a huge buzz kill.
I squeaked at the announcement of MegaCharizard. Annual fee for Pokemon Bank? Hmmm… I guess it depends on how expensive it is. If it’s anything like the apple apps for the Pokedex then, I won’t be getting it. I kind of hoped for more announcements I guess.
Nah, bro it’s all about that Mega Blastoise Swag.
It does look pretty cool but, it won’t be my first choice.
There’s official art of the Mega Evolutions for the Kanto starters on the official Pokémon X and Y website!
Thank you! 😀
Mega Charizard looks amazing <3333
Mega Venusaur has Thick Fat, Mega Blastoise has Mega Launcher, and Mega Charizard has Drought!!!
Mega Launcher’s new right?
Mega Launcher apparently powers up Pulse moves like Water Pulse and Dark Pulse according to XY Website.
yea, looks like Blastoise can learn Dark Pulse in xy. Probably Dragon Pulse as well but unlikely.
Thank God! Thick fat is a real saver for Venusaur! I’m sensing it becomes more of a tank than ever!
D-D-Drought?! *faints*
I’m sensing an insta-Megacharizard Smogon ban :p
i know it’s a little off topic, but i’ve never understood why smogon can say certain things are banned? isn’t it a fan run site?
Yeah but it’s rules are generally followed by most tournaments so it’s pretty important
oh, alright 🙂 thank you
MEGACHARIZARD aka best looking dragon ever!!
Too bad he’s not dragon type
MegaCharizard is Fire/Flying….What a letdown
Yeah, I would have though they’d change it… At least on the plus side, that means he’ll completely resist Fairy moves, as it were.
Given that it’s got the Drought ability plus the likely increase in power and speed, I think the dragon typing would be too much in this case. At least stealth rocks will help prevent the overuse of this pokemon
Sceptile looks very epic!
little dissapointed that you have to pay an Anual Fee for Pokemon Bank…
They are preparing you for real life :p
It’s won’t be too high xD
Info on the Poke Transporter:
“When you download Pokémon Bank, you can also download the linked application Poké Transporter! When you insert a Pokémon Black Version, Pokémon White Version, Pokémon Black Version 2, or Pokémon White Version 2 Game Card into a Nintendo 3DS system, you’ll be able to use Poké Transporter to transfer Pokémon from these games into their own online Boxes. Then, you can easily transfer those Pokémon into Pokémon X and Pokémon Y usingPokémon Bank!
Poké Transporter is a free downloadable application for the Nintendo 3DS system that will be available along with Pokémon Bank. Note that Poké Transporter cannot return Pokémon toPokémon Black Version, Pokémon White Version, Pokémon Black Version 2, or Pokémon White Version 2 after they have been stored in an online Box.
Note: 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, or to move these Pokémon between online Boxes.”
So it’ll be a good way to find out which of my beloved Pokes that I got from people are “fake”
Yeah, no more cheated Pokemon.
And I know my Sceptile is real ^_^
who’s gonna use the kanto starters in hisher team? ;D
Me!
Count me in!
I guess this pretty much confirms Megacharizard appearing in the new origins anime
Not really, they said in the stream that you need one of those fancy mega-ring thingies, that it’s one of the mysteries of the KALOS region and the fact that Origins is based on Pkmn Red and Green.
Mega Blastoise new ability Mega Launcher powers up Pulse Moves (Dark and Water Pulse eg.)
Well, Pokebank having an annual fee is a let down, makes sense though.
Anybody remember the pokebeach rumor saying Sycamore was a separate professor who gave you the kanto starters?
Also, Mega Charizard and Mega Venusaur are kind of disappointing, I guess Mega Blastoise is okay.
All about that Blastoise swag.
MegaLauncher improves the power of pulse moves such as water pulse and dark pulse.
Ughhh…I guess I have to pretend to be a grown-up now and go to work.
Ofiicial Images from the Pokemon SIte!
Kinda guessed that the Kanto starters’d be getting Mega Evos
Blastoise looks amazing, followed by Charizard (ha-ha for the Fire/Dragon fans, too bad), then Venasaur (I do like the ability though, great addition and the flower looks sweet)
The annual charge is a bit of a bummer, depends how much it is, cause if you don’t pay for it, then you won’t be able to transfer from the old games, would’ve been easier if it was through the PGL, even if it was only one Pokemon at a time
Annual fee is 500 Yen/per year.
Is that for PokeBank only? Or is Transporter part of it?
Transporter comes free with it, so I think it’ll cover everything.
transport is free with the bank
which is like five dollars us right?
So if it’s like 5 dollars do we pay monthly or yearly.
Yearly.
Yes, around 5 dollars. And it’s yearly.
Yeah, £3 annual is buttons.
I would gladly pay $5 a year to transfer
Yeah, 5 bucks for an entire year is nothing. It’s a meal at McDonalds, if that’s it, then yeah, I don’t have a problem with it really.
Ah that’s not too bad, I guess with all the people that are gonna use it, it’s gonna take in quite a bit for them
they know that we want to transfer our old Pokémon bad enough they the can make money off it.
How does Game Freak do it making over 600 Pokemon then, giving some Pokemon new forms and idea’s it must be hard to think about new idea’s
Pokemon Bank will have a free trial period 🙂
Look forward to a free trial period after the launch of Pokémon Bank. Be sure to try out the software for yourself during this time to see everything that Pokémon Bank has to offer!
this would be great
I think that if the price is reasonable that I will be getting it
funny that it is going to weed out the fake Pokémon since I bet their is a lot of them still floating around
Yeah, I imagine that it would. I’ll probably just get it the day I get the game and be done with it until October 2014 XD
I’m going to make a prediction. This “bond” that you have to have with your Pokemon to mega evolve has to do with Pokemon Amie. It was said that Amie had something to do with battling. Ding ding.
Aime does give you a better chance of critz, evasion, and healing from status condition’s.
I don’t think thats all though. Pokemon Amie just seems something would tie in to that.
But in the demo, Mewtwo mega evolves despite it not turning to the trainer at the start of the battle which would signify that it has the pokemon-amie bond with the trainer. Of course that was just a demo so the final game could be different.
…. that video. They touch the Mega Ring…
Xavier/Yvonne: ITS MORPHIN TIME!
YES!
YES YES!!