PJM 2014 – Art Contest

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This post officially closes the Writing Contest. Winners will be announced Sunday 23rd.

And with this post also begins the Art Contest, yay! This one will be held in one round and will be open for everyone. I will put the rules in a Q&A fashion, as that it easier to read and comprehend. On we go.

What is the Art Contest?

The Art Contest is your chance to show of your drawing abilities and to get featured into the first PJM issue! The big winner will also receive a free copy sent to his home.

What do I have to do?

You have to submit a fairly large drawing intended to be fit alone on an A4 sheet of paper. It can be any style, anything you want, as long as it has to do with Pokémon. It should also have zero to little text, as it should be an artpiece and not a comic.

Where do I send it to?

You can email me at ‘magazine at pokejungle.net’ with an at-sign instead of at.

Technical details?

These are important. If you don’t submit it like it is said here, your entrance may be invalid. I’ll mail you back if that is the case however. The picture itself has to be around  2480 x 3508 and must closely maintain the aspect ratio of 1:1.41 (width:height). I’ll only accept uncompressed .png, no jpg, gif or Photoshop formats. Your image is best zipped to a zipfile and attached as an attachment to your mail, in order to avoid compression by mail services. Certainly don’t use an image host to sent it to me, their results are horribly compressed.

How much time do I have?

The contest’s closing date will be announced at a later date, but you have plenty of time.

Can I include my signature?

You not only can but you have to include your artist’s signature so we and everyone else know it is your work. Keep in mind you’ll still be the owner of the artpiece, but you have to give us a free license to allow your work being published in the magazine, in exchange for a copy of the magazine itself.

I’ve got some questions not mentioned here

You can always mail me at the email address given above. Note: I do not give free personal interviews. Contact my agent for that.

Update:

Of course it can (and should) be a digital drawing. Who still uses manual tools when we’ve got a whole range of electronics to aid us. Besides, a direct image is always in higher quality than a scan or picture :).

 

I’ll be sure to write a reminder the coming weeks. Now I have to tackle writing some additional for PJM, work never seems to be done, ugh. Luckily I have two free weekends coming up! 😀 Happy commenting!

P.S. I need sleep. I hate waking up at 6 am in the morning in the weekends.

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  17. For those of you who cannot access my Pokemon X2 and Y2 page, here is a copy:

    Pokemon X2 and Pokemon Y2

    Pokemon X2 and Pokemon Y2 are the much anticipated sequels to Pokemon X and Pokemon Y for the Nintendo 3DS. Pokemon X2 and Y2 will be released on the Nintendo 3DS as one of its final games in mid-2016 worldwide. There are many new additions in these sequels, including the most amount of Pokemon introduced to a region than ever before (yes, surpassing Unova’s 150+) and new locations discovered in the Kalos Region.

    Kalos… Three Years Later

    Three years after the events of Pokemon X and Y, Kalos has grown to be a much larger location, almost twice the size it was three years back. Your journey begins with Serena being your only companion. You begin in Crashnaw City, a huge location in eastern Kalos. Crashnaw City is a very rocky, steep location, and to no surprise, is the location of the game’s new first gym- a Rock-type gym led by a new gym leader- Kyle.

    Ramos, Wulfric, Valerie and Olympia are no longer gym leaders.

    Ramos and Wulfric have both retired of old age.

    Valerie now runs an All-Girls Trainer School in Laverre City.

    Olympia is now part of the Kalos Elite 4, which I’ll get to in a minute.

    Malva and Diantha are no longer part of the Kalos Elite 4.

    Malva has taken upon a massive role in Team Flare, alongside Diantha, who has done the same.

    Olympia replaces Malva, as a Psychic-type Elite 4 Member, and it currently cannot be revealed who the champion is, but it is not Diantha.

    Some changes in gym order have occured. The order is as follows:

    Kyle, Viola, Stephanie, Grant, Mark, Clemont, Vakoma, Korinna.

    Kyle- Kyle is a Rock-type gym leader, and resides in Crashnaw City. He is originally from the Sinnoh region, and hints towards having a partnership with Looker. It is still unknown how the two, and if the two are even related.

    Viola- Viola is a returning gym leader from X and Y, and is still a Bug-type gym leader. She is still located in Santalune City, but her gym has been redesigned.

    Stephanie- Stephanie is a Fairy-type gym leader, residing in Anistar City. She is the sister of Kyle, and the two are very close together. You fight them in a double-battle postgame.

    Grant- Grant returns from X and Y, but completely redesigned. He is now a Water-type gym leader, with a brand new location in Coumarine City. He has completely new clothing and a new and improved gym, as well. He appears to be in a relationship with Viola.

    Mark- Mark is a Fire-type gym leader, residing in Starburn City. He is originally from Unova, and was a huge star at Pokestar Studios. He owns Starburn Productions alongside Brycen from Unova, who makes a cameo in X2 and Y2.

    Clemont- Clemont returns in X2 and Y2, residing in Lumiose City, as an Electric-type gym leader. Similar to Tate and Liza in Hoenn, he leads the gym alongside Bonnie, who is now grown up and has her own Pokemon. You battle both at once.

    Vakoma- Vakoma is the last new gym leader in X2 and Y2, and resides in Lumiose City as well. Her gym lies underground, in the sewers of Lumiose, but without the filthy smell and horrible look. She is a Poison-type gym leader, and has lived in the Unova Sewers for quite a long period of time. Iris had found Vakoma in the sewers, allowing Vakoma to persue her gym leader dream in her home region of Kalos.

    Korinna- Korinna is the final recurring (and official) gym leader in X2 and Y2. She specializes in Mega Pokemon, as she wields an item allowing her Pokemon to all Mega Evolve in the same battle. She gives you this item, the Mega Capsule, once you defeat her in Shalour City. Only the player character, Korinna, and the Champion wield this unstoppable power of Mega Evolving all 6 Pokemon. There are four additional Gym Leaders in Pokemon X2 and Y2, of unknown names and locations, BUT, their types have been discovered:

    Dark (FINALLY), Fighting, Ice, and Grass.

    The region’s professor remains Professor Sycamore, but there is a large plot twist when it is revealed that Sycamore (with Diantha subsequently revealed) works for Team Flare. He keeps this a secret at first, but many clues are hidden throughout the first part of X2 and Y2 that make it impossible to not guess.

    There are a total of 38 accessible cities and towns in Pokemon X2 and Y2, with an additional 4 of them having gym leaders unconfirmed as of February 16th, 2014.

    There have been some new additions removed in past games that will be returning to Pokemon X2 and Y2:

    Pokemon Contests from Generation III will be returning.

    The Battle Frontier from Generations III and IV will be returning.

    Seasons from Generation V will be returning, and will have effects on Pokemon seen and gameplay.

    In addition, there will be some things removed that appeared in past games:

    The Battle Chateau, Battle Maison, and Battle Institute from X and Y will be removed to make way for the Battle Contests.

    TBD

    Gameplay Enhancements:

    The Gogoat ridable in Lumiose City can be ridden freely throughout the city.

    The Lumi Cab will have cutscenes available.

    The frame rate when battling in 3D has been fixed. NO MORE LAG!

    Rollerskates are now optional.

    All Pokemon now have anime cries, similar to Pikachu in XY.

    Camera Angles can be adjusted.

    HMs are now learned by type of Pokemon. For example, all Water-type Pokemon can use Waterfall and Surf, all Normal-type Pokemon can use Cut, etc. These HMs will not take space as part of your moveset, so your Lillipup can still learn 4 additional moves besides Strength and Cut, two HMs that it already knows.

    Characters from Past Regions:

    Brycen from Unova

    Colress from Unova

    TBD

    The Mascots:

    Pokemon X2 will be featuring Mega Xerneas, a Grass/Fairy Pokemon that is all about regenerating life and helping the environment and ecosystems. Mega Xerneas has more energy tubes (its colorful horns) attached to it, and will take upon a more green-ish color than before. The Lumiose City sewers will be nothing like they were before once Mega Xerneas’ energy is transmitted to that location. The Xerneasite is found and dropped after you encounter Xerneas in a battle in X2.

    Pokemon Y2 will be featuring Mega Yveltal, a Dark/Flying Pokemon that is all about destruction and wreaking havoc on the world. Mega Yveltal will take upon a darker color and a larger form. The Yveltite can be found after encountering Yveltal in a battle in Y2.

    Villainous Team:

    Team Flare will be returning, just as fashionably, in Pokemon X2 and Y2. The leaders are Sycamore and Diantha, with Malva as Head Admin. Along the way, you will meet up with Xerosic and Colress, two brothers from Kalos and Unova, respectively, who will help you take down Team Flare. The four girls from Team Flare are now undercover waitresses in a Striaton City-like restaurant in an unknown city, and Lysandre’s role is unconfirmed. These four girls are like the Shadow Triad, but are named the Flaming Four, and are undercover, secretly following you around on your journey and even battling you every now and then. After a few encounters with Team Flare, you’ll know much more about these girls and their relationship to Team Flare.

    AZ:

    AZ’s backstory, personality, and just how he became the Pokemon League Champion in three years will all be revealed in X2 and Y2.

    Pokemon Move Changes

    A move can have two types now. For example, Scald can be both a Fire and Water-type move. However, it is decided by the first type, if it is an HM, what Pokemon automatically learns the HM. For example, say Scald was an HM, and we were unsure whether or not to give it to Chimchar or Oshawott. If Scald was a Water and Fire move, then Oshawott gets it, and vice versa.

    Pokemon Type Changes

    The Fairy-type is now weak to the Fire-type.

    Rock-type Pokemon are no longer weak to Ground-type Pokemon.

    Grass-type Pokemon are no longer weak to Bug-type Pokemon.

    Elite Four

    Wikstrom, Siebold, Olympia, Drasna, and AZ.

    Wikstrom uses Steel-types.

    Siebold uses Flying-types. His entire Elite 4 room is a giant birdcoop, and his face and clothing appear after a flock of all of the regional birds move aside, allowing him to give his speech.

    Olympia uses Psychic-types. She was given the opportunity to become an Elite 4 member by showing wisdom and power, the qualities all Elite 4 members must have. Out of all 8 gym leaders in Kalos from X and Y, Olympia was unlike any other, and she could not give up this opportunity. Once the Elite Committee had found out that Malva was a resigned Team Flare member, she was immidiately kicked out, and replaced with the first trainer on the waiting list, who was Olympia. The Elite Committee are groups of top-notch trainers who choose who to be placed into the Gym Leader and Elite 4 position in every generation. The panel members are still unconfirmed, but will be revealed in Pokemon X2 and Y2. It is said that Red and Bill are part of the panel, but that’s for me to confirm later. 😛

    Drasna uses Dragon-types.

    AZ uses an unknown combination. He uses his Black Floette and possible Mega Pokemon as well, but his entire team is unconfirmed.

    New Items

    Mega Capsule- A Mega Capsule is an item that is slightly larger than a Mega Stone, and allows a Mega Stone to be placed inside (one mega stone per capsule) to allow that Pokemon to be Mega Evolved in the battle. If you have a team of 6 Pokemon, you would need 5 Mega Capsules in order to allow your other 5 Pokemon to Mega Evolve in the battle. 5 Mega Capsules are given to you by Korinna after she is defeated, and others can be bought from the Battle Frontier or through PokeTrade, available in PokeMarts, where you will place something to be traded, and the equivalent of that in another item will be shown (i.e Place one Ultra Ball for sale, get 6 Pokeballs back, since each Pokeball is worth 200, and it costs 1200 for an Ultra Ball).

    Type Extender- The type extender allows a certain group of Pokemon to have an additional third type added on. For example, giving Yveltal a Type Extender will give it the Dragon-type, and giving Xerneas the Type Extender will give it the Electric-type. These are the only two Pokemon thus far that can have the Type Extender used on them, but there will be between 50 to 100 Pokemon with this addon available.

    Genetic Mixer- This item will allow three Pokemon lines in particular to become one. For example, using a Genetic Mixer on two Carbink will result in two Carbink’s genetics being mixed to create Diancie. This will be the case with Mew and Mewtwo. Mew’s genetics mixed will create Mewtwo. Phione and Manaphy follow the same fashion. The downside is that you would need two of the same Pokemon, but the upside is that you are able to recieve a rare Pokemon in return.

    Express Ticket- This ticket will take you across Kalos at Lumiose Station and Sunacre Station, across “main Kalos” and “future Kalos.” Lumiose Station’s train will take you to a part of Kalos unaccessible in X and Y, and Sunacre Station’s train will take you back to X and Y’s original Kalos. However, original Kalos does have some drastic changes done to it.

    EvoBall- When catching a Pokemon with this PokeBall, it automatically evolves into its second and third stage. It is optional, however, as you can halt the evolution, whether it is the first or second. For example, if you catch a Pidgey with an EvoBall, it will have the option to evolve into Pidgeot if you wish, no matter its level. You can keep it as a Pidgey, or just a Pidgeotto. This is up to you.

    Elite Committee

    This is a group of trainers who are known for picking the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 for a region. This panel consists of 5 members from different regions.

    Bill from Kanto

    Lance from Johto

    Wallace from Hoenn

    Cynthia from Sinnoh

    Alder from Unova

    They are all battable postgame, with Mixed, Dragon, Water, Dragon, and Mixed teams respectively.

    Main Kalos and Future Kalos

    The 16 cities and towns accessible in Pokemon X and Y are dubbed as Main Kalos.

    The additional 22 cities and towns accessible in X2 and Y2 are dubbed as Future Kalos. Future Kalos has an additional 4 gyms that you can battle, and then go back to Main Kalos for the Elite 4. The Elite Committee resides in Future Kalos, but are met at the Pokemon League in Main Kalos. A lot of Team Flare’s plot happens over in Future Kalos, given the immense number of cities and towns, in addition to 16 in Main Kalos. In this game, every Gym Leader and Elite 4 member are met beforehand and have something to do with the plot one way or another- whether it is simply greeting you, or helping you take down Team Flare. The Team Flare plot is in NO WAY rushed like it was in X and Y, as it is a very detailed adventure into the evil plot of Team Flare, and the help from friends and even family as well.

    Trivia/Notes

    Pokemon X2 and Pokemon Y2 are the first Pokemon games to have two gym leaders able to be battled in the same city.

    Pokemon X2 and Pokemon Y2 have the most number of new Pokemon introduced to a region than ever before, at 196.

    Pokemon X2 and Pokemon Y2 have the most number of additional Pokemon added to a third game or a sequel, at 127.

    Pokemon X2 and Y2 have the most new locations (cities/towns) available to access in a third version/sequel, at 22.

    Pokemon X2 and Y2 have the most gym leaders able to be battled in one region, at 12.

    Pokemon X2 and Y2 have the most new gym leaders added to the original recurring roster, at 8.

    Pokemon X2 and Y2 are the first games to have the Professor be a part of the region’s villainous team, as well as the Champion be a part of the region’s villainous team.

    Pokemon X2 and Y2 are the second games to have a Gym Leader from the previous version appear as an Elite 4 member in the sequel/third version, behind Pokemon R/S/E’s Juan/Wallace and Steven/Wallace. However, that was a swap from a gym leader to a champion, this is a swap from a gym leader to an Elite 4 member.

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  24. Thanks to everyone’s feedback on my Pokemon X2 and Y2 post. I’ll be removing the Mega Capsule and AZ as Champion of Kalos (still need to think).

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