All Aboard the Pre-World Hype Train! Choo! Choo!

smd-postcardsThis is it. Your last day to make predictions before the Pokémon World Championships commence and we either do get a new game announcement or, Arceus forbid, we don’t. So what are you expecting to see? Pokémon Z? X2 & Y2? Pokémon Alphabet Soup?

And of course, there’s more to speculate about than a simple title. Will we be getting new Pokémon such as the mysterious green blob? And how many new Mega Evolutions will be introduced? So many possibilities and so many questions that we won’t even get answered even when a game announcement is made.

Additionally a bundle in Japan for Super Mystery Dungeon features 20 post cards, one of which is mysteriously blacked out. Could it just be regular art? Or could it be hiding the inclusion of the new green Pokémon? Or perhaps even something we haven’t seen yet? Let’s not forget that characters such as Munchlax appeared in Mystery Dungeon before they appeared in the main series!

Let’s ride this train through ’til the end though, so add you two cents (or more) in the comment section below!

<3 PJ

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139 thoughts on “All Aboard the Pre-World Hype Train! Choo! Choo!”

  1. Hoenn confirmed!

    ..sorry the Slowpoke got inside my head.

    In all seriousness though, after more than a year, I’m still betting on XZ and YZ with the Z being stylized so it can be seen as both a Z or a 2.

    Plottwist:
    turns out they announce an e-shop exclusive 20€ pokebank-compatible game where you’re stuck in the Battle Frontier with full character customization :^)

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  2. I hope that they will announce a new Pokemon main game and is either Z or XZ and ZY, it does not matter for me, BUT I will ride this hype train until the end! X3

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  3. A sequel to x and y where you can explore that facility in the desert area and there’ll be an update for them that includes OR AS data. Maybe you take a ferry to a new region based on the UK, like the channel ferry, or is that too farfetch’d

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  4. I refuse to get my hopes up for an announcement because the disappointment has happened too many times before. When has Gamefreak/Nintendo ever delivered big news when we expected them to? They always do it randomly on their own agenda.

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  5. Why do people say it’s 100% sure that the next main series is gonna be revealed on Worlds? I mean, sure. Every clue points towards a new main game reveal. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves until it’s officially confirmed. Technically, the west doesn’t know about the Blob or the silhouette, so they could just “reveal” those to the people of the west, talk about it and be done with it. Do not ride the hype train just yet, the railroads may not be safe.

    As about the Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon games (which I’m super hyped for), the post card being held secret is definitely interesting. It could be that the Blob is in the game. If the Blob is related to Zygarde, that could mean Zygarde plays a big role in PSMD. Maybe he is turning the legends into stone? It would be a better twist then just “Yveltal is turning legends to stone”. =P

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    • Y bother reveal the Blob and Zygarde mega when they’re gonna b the focus next month? Typically CoroCoro reveals them and the Pokemon website of other countries update to match it. So it would make sense for the same to happen next month. The reason people say worlds is bc everyone expects a game reveal b4 the next issue of CoroCoro. Worlds just happens to fit the criteria perfectly to b a big announcement platform. If worlds wasn’t a thing then I suspect people would still b on the hype train about a game reveal sometime in these 2 weeks, but with no clear date for it. Worlds just makes too much sense lol

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      • What you say makes sense. That’s why I said every clue points towards a reveal of a main game.

        But…I don’t know. I don’t like to talk in certainties until it’s actually official. Always did this after ORAS (like the game allot but it was still a massive disappointment when things like the Battle Frontier were deconfirmed because I was certain it was gonna include allot of Emerald) , and I am never hugely disappointed.

        If a new main game does get announced, I’ll be even more hype if I didn’t expect it. If a new main game doesn’t get announced, I’m not majorly disappointed.

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        • No I gotcha. I tend to b more reserved when it comes to stuff like this too. I just like letting myself get excited about stuff every now and then to blow off some steam lol

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  6. Out of all the products and hints we’ve got so far I have to say that this one is probably the least important. I guess I could c it being about the new Pokemon, but I could also c it being about something very generic. Either way I’m crazy excited for tomorrow morning!! I’m gonna wake up early so I can watch the whole thing live! I hope the streams can support the HYPE!!!!

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  7. It seems like we’re dealing with very thin ice right now. We’re relying on a single assumption based on strong hints, and if it doesn’t happen, well…fans are going to be upset. However, the evidence of a new game announcement is certainly piling up. If, under some bizarre circumstance, a game is not revealed, we can still expect it within this year for sure. Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, LET’S GET HYPED!

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    • Exactly, if it happens to be no main series game announcements, people with the expectations of a main game announcement are gonna be pissed, and possibly blame everyone but themselves, while really It’s people’s own fault for expecting things that are not 100% true, even if everything points towards it.

      Sorry for sounding like a boring ass or something =P. I’m just trying to be realistic. Now to optimistic things, I’m so looking forward to Worlds =D.

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  8. Would be funny if it was just Pokken Tournament being localised and coming to NA/Europe
    I hope we do get some new information tho, it makes me smile when I go online and see something new and I’m like ‘yay’

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    • Well Pokken tournament is coming to Dave and Busters some time in the fall I believe so I doubt they’d say anything about that hahaha. Either way I’m still routing for hilarity that it would b if they just started releasing info without an actual game announcement lol

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  9. I know something Kalos-related is a bit more likely, but screw it, it’s the 20th anniversary, and I still say they’ll want to take us back to where it all started. My bet remains on Pokémon Inferno Red and Forest Green!

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  10. My prediction: 16 new megas, eastern and southern kalos open up, allowing access to volcanion in southern kalos. I don’t see them adding very many new pokemon, but a few with new forms of current ookemon, such as new forms of klefki. And I think the green blobs will be to zygarde, as people theorize ditto is to mew.

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  11. So, guys what time do u think they’ll make the announcement? Could be usa time… I want to watch the streaming…. Is gonna be steamed right? I remenber last year that i watched the semi finals or something like that live…
    Im hoping for a new game… Its time! Want my battle factory back again….
    (With the trainers being able to mega evolve too)

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  12. It may be good to have some time in between new generation. I feel like I’m spoiled about Pokemon. I need years to be excited about it again. I hope they announce sequels now and wait like 10-12 years to announce new generation.

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  13. I might be jumping the gun here, but a trademark for Pokken Tournament and NFC compatibility was just filed in Europe not too long ago. I wouldn’t be surprised if, considering the fact that there will be actual tournaments going on at Worlds, Pokken Tournament would be announced for the US and Europe alongside Amiibo support. Whether this is too much having been given the new green blob Pokemon and an assurance of more information in next month’s CoroCoro is probably so, but there’s not too much longer before we find out.

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    • Ah man, I really hope not. We have so much evidence going towards a new game, but that’s much more logical. However, it should be considered that Pokken Tournament is a spin-off game, and in all past years we’ve had main series-related announcements. I just don’t want to wait any longer, because it’s so difficult to pinpoint what they’re going to do next.

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      • As you and TheOmegaMonster stated, there are some loopholes in my theory and a main series game is much more likely. I, myself, wouldn’t want the announcement to be Pokken Tournament related either, but I just thought it would be nice to get some opinions on the matter.

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    • I believe Pokken Tournament is coming to Dave and Busters not too long from now. I feel it would b a little weird for them to say that and then turn around and say it’s going to the Wii U. I think we’ll have to wait a little while b4 that happens. I’d say it’s more likely that the new game is announced rather than a game that has already been announced, released, and slated to release.

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      • That’s true, they only said that they’re testing the game, and that was a little under a month ago. It just doesn’t seem like the right time to talk about it again. I’m still sticking with Pokemon Z/X2/Y2 until the very end.

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        • Yeah and considering it’s only been out in Japan for a couple of months so far I feel like they’d need more time with it in arcades b4 moving it to home console. It will likely b announced for Wii U in Japan b4 it’s announced for it in any other country.

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          • Oh, I thought we were talking about the announcement of the game coming to arcades. There’s basically no chance of hearing an announcement relating to Pokken Tournament if it’s reliant on the Wii U. Also, how lame would it be to “announce” an arcade game for the West when they already acknowledged it in the West a whole year ago?

          • Oh no we were. I was just saying it wouldn’t make any sense for them to say anything about it as it’s already been talked about for a west release in some fashion. lol It moving to the Wii U is the next step, BUT only after it’s had it’s time in arcades.

          • I suppose they could just “update” us on the progress of the game, but still, that would go against all of the evidence of a main game. I can’t think of a reason why Worlds (with its new tradition of announcements), the biggest CoroCoro of the year and the Act IV teaser would happen practically within a month and not have a new game snuck somewhere in there. Once again, the worst case scenario is that it’ll be announced in the aforementioned next CoroCoro, the one following that in October, or just independently in late October/November. Even with this, the game(s) will still be coming out around the first half of 2016, breaking the Gen 6 streak of October/November releases. There must have been some kind of internal delay, either intentional or not, which caused this.

          • Yeah it just all seems to b lining up the right way. I feel like even without Worlds there would b an announcement in these few weeks b4 the next CoroCoro anyway. This way we just have a specific time to look for rather than it coming out of almost no where.

  14. > In before absolutely nothing gets confirmed tomorrow.

    Or better yet….

    > In before Pokken Tournament gets an official US announcement tomorrow.

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    • no pls

      And apparently I can’t take IB Mathematics SL with AP Calculus BC, because at my school there’s some stupid rule that says the pre-requisite of AP Calculus BC is the completion of IB Math SL. So I may end up being put in AP Chemistry, even though I got a 7 (highest score) on IB Chemistry SL, simply because most colleges don’t give credit for SL courses. Hooray for 3 years of Chemistry?

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  15. Hello everyone! Thank you for attending the pokemon world championships! Before we start I have something to tell all of you. Introducing…. Pokemon…

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    Dash Remake

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  16. Boy, I really hope that we get a game announcement for PJ’s sake. He’s getting mixed responses on the Internet, and I don’t know when we’ll hear the end of it if it doesn’t happen. These clickbait titles were either a really good idea or a really bad one. But it’s going to happen…right?

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    • I’m not entirely certain that it’ll be a game announcement (it’s likely, but I think there’s still a chance that they might not fully announce it). My feeling is that they’ll announce that there will be big news coming next month (similar to the December announcement before X/Y were revealed in January) and indicate that the blob and new Zygarde Mega/Forme will have something to do with it.

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    • If there’s no full-fledged game announcement, it’s gonna happen in one of three places. CoroCoro, Pokemon Get TV (highly unlikely) or a Nintendo Direct. The latter’s probably gonna happen regardless of a new Pokemon game announcement since Nintendo probably wants to shed more light on their Fall/Winter lineup and what they have in store for early 2016.

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    • Pokemon Director Shigeru Ohmori will be attending this year’s Pokemon World Championships alongside former director and current composer, Junichi Masuda. it will be Shigeru Ohmori 1st time at worlds. and for having them both at worlds might mean a new game announcement as Shigeru Ohmori doesn’t work on spin off games or talks about them

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  17. I’m still in shock! My R/B/Y and G/S/C games came in today! The guy even sent a 1999 Poliwhirl plush keychain. What a thoughtful person.

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  18. My thoughts?
    No new game revealed it hasn’t happened before, but it just doesn’t seem like the time, although I hope I am wrong, but I don’t see a game revealed

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  19. Pokemon Director Shigeru Ohmori will be attending this year’s Pokemon World Championships alongside former director and current composer, Junichi Masuda. it will be Shigeru Ohmori 1st time at worlds. and for having them both at worlds might mean a new game announcement as Shigeru Ohmori doesn’t work on spin off games or talks about them omg

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    • “Finally , 10 hours after after ! That I Nippon 22:00 start wonder if also watch WCS of opening ? I want you to look . > [ Niko-sei ( 2015-08-21 22:00:00 start ) ] Pokemon World Championships 2015 DAY1”

      Oh my goodness.

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      • What does this even mean? lol The translation is so broken I’m not sure what he actually said and in what context it’s being said in. hahaha

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        • Okay, so apparently he’s telling his Japanese followers to tune in to the Opening Ceremony at around 11PM their time. That’s unusual. Something is going to happen.

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          • I guess that makes sense lol I just needed someone to confirm what I was thinking hahaha Well it’s certainly very interesting. Time for me to go to bed so I can wake up in time to c the entire thing!!!!! SUUUUUUUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!

          • I can’t WAIT to get up at 5:30 and see all of this happen live. I really hope I don’t get tons of lag in the stream, I want PRIORITY! 😛

          • Oh sheesh 5:30……….I’m on the east coast so it’s 12:37 right now and the stream will b at 9 for me…..sorry bud lol

          • It’s alright, school starts on Monday and I usually get up at 6:15 or earlier for that. There is now a 98% chance this will be more than worth it. I’m about to faint from the hype already.

  20. Hey all! New member here 🙂 I would just like to say that I’m stoked for the potential announcement and I can’t wait!

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  21. Pokemon Zygarde’s Spectrum
    Visit all 6 Regions,
    Choose the player character you want and the starter you want.
    Coming February 27th 2016
    *wishful thinking cheers*

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  22. The only thing i can see being announced is the blob’s name and typing.

    Hopefully I’m wrong and a new game is announced.

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