[RECAP] October Corocoro, Official Site Update & More

Recap of the week

After almost a week of server issues, we’re back! And hopefully better than ever. As you were all hopefully aware we were using a specially created PokéJungle tumblr in order to deliver you news as quick as possible, and despite having to use a different platform we still got you news faster than other sites! Now that we’re back at our usual home we thought we’d give our readers a recap of what’s happened in the Pokémon World of the last week…

Special Broadcasts & Announcements

  • The Pokémon Company announced that on Monday 16 September they have a surprise announcement for Pokémon fans. It seems as though it’s related to the accidental trailer uploaded to the Official Pokémon YouTube channel earlier this week, advertising the website GottaCatchEmAll.com
  • Pokémon Smash will finish at the end of September. The show will resume airing again under the new name of Pokémon Get☆TV on October 6, and will feature the return of some fan favourite hosts, as well as some new but familiar faces!
  • Pokémon: The Origin will broadcast in Japan on October 2 at 7pm and will run for approximately an hour and 50 minutes, if possible we will provide a live stream of the special broadcast, stay tuned!
  • On September 23 a special broadcast will be made in Japan focusing on the Pokémon X & Y games, XY anime and Pokémon: The Origin. Stay tuned for more details on our coverage of this!

Pokémon Smash X & Y Special

Yesterday we covered the Special XY Episode of Pokémon Smash, for our brief write-up, please click HERE!

Official Pokémon Site Update

The official update with new information about some of the Pokémon revealed in the recent CoroCoro leak! First, the starter evolutions:

  • Quilladin is the evolution of Chespin “When Chespin evolves into Quilladin, the hard spikes on its body grow even sturdier. Despite its prickly appearance, Quilladin is considered a gentle Pokémon that avoids battle.”
  • Braixen is the evolution of Fennekin “Once Fennekin evolves into Braixen, it no longer eats branches. But it still keeps a tree branch in its tail, which seems to calm the Pokémon.”
  • Frogadier is the evolution of Froakie “Frogadier evolves from Froakie, and when it does, its jumping skill improves. During battle, Frogadier confounds its opponents by leaping about the ceiling or into trees.”

Next, some of the others who were revealed!

  • Furfrou is the mysterious white dog from earlier this month. Its hair can be styled
  • Meowstic, just as Beach’s leaker said
  • Tyrunt is the mini t-rex. It has the Strong Jaw ability
  • Amaura is the Rock/Ice fossil Pokémon. It has the Refridgerate ability
  • Pyroar has distinct gender differences

In addition, a NEW feature has been revealed!

  • Trainer PR Videos allow you to make 10-second clips of you and your Pokémon!

Pyroar Reveal

IGN.com exclusively revealed the Royal Pokémon Pyroar earlier this week, after a few issues with the Pokémon being leaked early that is!

October Corocoro

As we predicted, Corocoro began leaking on the 11th of this month, and provided a bucket load of new Pokémon X & Pokémon Y information, more on that follows!

New Pokémon and Mega Evolutions

  • Mewtwo will receive two Mega Evolutions:
    • Mega Mewtwo X receives Psychic/Fighting typing, along with the Steadfast ability
    • Mega Mewtwo Y is Psychic Type and learn Hypnosis
    • Mewtwonite X and Mewtwonite Y are the two Mega Stone used to Mega Evolve Mewtwo
  • Evolutions to the Kalos Starter Pokémon were revealed:
    • Hariboogu the Thorn Armour Pokémon. The Pokémon is 0.7m tall and weight 29.0kg. Hariboogu has the Overgrow ability and is Grass Type
    • Tērunā the Fox Pokémon, is a height of 1.0m and weighs 14.5kg. The Pokémon has the Blaze ability, it is Fire Type
    • Gekogashira the Bubble Frog Pokémon is 0.6m tall, weighs 10.9kg and has the Torrent ability. It is Water Type
  • Garchomp receives a Mega Evolution, it has the ability Sand Force
  • Torimian is the Pokémon we saw in the Pokémon Direct broadcast. It is Normal Type and has the Fur Coat ability that halves the damage done by physical attacks. Tormian learns a Fairy Type move called Baby-Doll Eyes. You are able to trim and style the fur of the Pokémon
  • Chigorasu is a Rock/Dragon fossil Pokémon, it has the ability Strong Jaw which increases the attack power biting attacks
  • Amarusu is a Rock/Ice fossil Pokémon
  • Nyaonikusu is a Psychic Type cat Pokémon, that has male and female forms, and has either the Infiltrator or Keen Eye ability. The male uses Miracle Eye, while the female uses Extra Sensory
  • Flabébé changes the colour of the flower it holds according to where you are

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644 thoughts on “[RECAP] October Corocoro, Official Site Update & More”

  1. I am so excited for this!!!! I am getting both versions instead of just one of them this time! I am loving every new Pokemon confirmed for this so far, and nothing is going to stop me to love anymore of them on the way! I love Pokemon since 1999 or 2000, and Pokemon Gold was the first game I played. So many memories :’) And of course, I truly love every single Pokemon and every single generation.

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      • Thanks guys! I am new here so it took me a bit of time to view those replies lol 🙂 I will never stop loving Pokemon, and I strongly believe that the franchise will carry on until the end of time 😀 And I just don’t see Pokemon as competition and battling, but also as developing an undying friendship between you and your creature, and the growing bond inbetween when the journey advances! This is why Pokemon is one of my most favourite game franchises of all time :’)

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      • Thank you all so much! I truly appreciate all the kindness so far :’) And you guys are all true fans too, it is you guys that keep the franchise alive 🙂

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    • 😀 Heya! And I’m getting both too! Get both doses of adventure (plus, I can’t decide between legnedaries, want both fossils, Spritzee, and so much more). I also happen to like most of the designs (some more than others….) and I know I will love the ones I will find in these games. I played Yellow around 3rd gen (my bro had them, but lost R and S…he sucks) and I’ve played ever since. And you seem like a true fan to me! 😀 I may not care for some Pokemon, but I don’t blindly hate them. I just don’t like them as much and I avoid using them (and some I used and turned out to really good and become one of my favs 😀 Like the Zubat line) And every single generation brought something that I can’t bear to hate any.

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  2. Guys! Who wants a Pokemon X and Y Release Party? In PJ and we should have an article dedicated to it with cool banners and try to set a PJ record!

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  3. Has anyone actually memorized who each TF admin is yet? I can only remember who Aliana, Mable, and Xerosic are; I can’t even remember the names of the others. >.<

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  4. Anyone else wish Time Machines were invented so we could just go 27 days into the future, by X/Y for all of us, and then come back and play it!

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  5. I don’t know about you but I’m going to have so many pokeballs since you never know when a good pokemon or the legendaries could pop up

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  6. How would you guys feel about having Starter Pokémon in the wild… Ash seems them frequently. But the catch would be there would only be 1 of each in the wild and can be found Anywhere in the game and no tracker like they did for the legendary’s in past games

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  7. You know how Geomancy and Oblivion Wing were announced as Fairy and Dark-type respectfully, now classified as ???-type moves, do you think that dual-type moves are a thing now? Just look at Geomancy, it’s sparkly and erupting from the ground around Xerneas. Oblivion Wing looks sinister as Yveltal shoots it after flying to the skies.

    Could they be typed for STAB, but actually do Ground-type (Geomancy) and Flying-Type (Oblivion Wing) damage? I have a strong Feelinara about this, and it ain’t no joke, I think this is going to happen.

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  8. Worst moment when playing pokemon mine was when I finally beat Whitney in SS but I didn’t save and I had to start the whole gym over again ( this is the reason why I save after every gym battle )

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        • Well I’ve been thinking that Oblivion Wing, the signature move for Yveltal, could be Dark or Flying. It may change based on what it’s fighting, maybe dealing Dark damage on what it is super effective on, or dealing flying damage what it is super effective on, not factoring in the other damage type. This would maybe mean that a Fairy/Ground Geomancy might ignore the Flying Immunity against Yveltal and strike it’s Dark type with the fairy aspect instead. Or, I could be COMPLETELY off.

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    • Whatever they do they better not make it possible to have dual STAB 8x super effective.

      Edit: for example ludicolo uses grass water move on golem.

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  9. As everyone wonders why Flareon never got flare blitz, I wonder why Forretress gets volt switch but NOT u-turn???? This just made no sense to me…I mean forretress rolls like a ball, why can’t it learn u-turn???

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  10. At this point in time Beach’s rumors is pretty much confirmed. Whatever, Dark/Psychic/Fighting is an AWESOME trio; I’m looking forward to how happy Chespin turns into a (hopefully) Tyranitar-like monster!

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  11. I feel a bit fickle, but after the evolutions were revealed I hopped on the Froakie bandwagon. Fennekin used to be my favorite, but I didn’t expect it to turn out the way it did when it evolved. It’s good GF threw us a curve-ball, but I was kinda hoping for a fast, four-legged magical fox. Froakie was actually my least favorite at the beginning, but after awhile I started realizing how cool he is. It makes sense that I like him because I really like fast, acrobatic pokemon. But I still like all the Kalos starters, even if in a weird way, I hope GF/Nintendo don’t reveal the final stage evolutions so we can discover them for ourselves…

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