Trainers interested in trying out the augmented virtual reality game Pokémon GO, expected to launch later this year on iOS & Android, can apply to the beta now if they live in the United States.
Let us know if you’re throwing your name in the hat! Unfortunately I wasn’t abl to get into the Japanese field test myself 🙁 Best of luck to my American readers!
<3 PJ
I signed up only when I found it pays..
It pays what? you don’t mean it actually pays money to participate, do you?
Money. Or so I heard from people on facebook. Only the beta
Cool, good to know. That’s a win win for me if I get it~
Already signed up, hopefully I get in. i think this will be fun, because it will get some lazy farts up and moving (including me XD)
I’m signed up! I look forward to giving this a try.
I signed up!!! Excited!
I signed myself up. Since I travel a lot during the summer, I would love to use Pokemon GO. Anyways, could we take a moment to commemorate the amount of detail Pokemon Sun & Moon has. I swear, I was not expecting to see the trainers standing with the Pokemon, the removal of the miniature models for full-scale 3D models, and the complete revamping of the Pokemon World. If Sun & Moon looks like this, image how Diamond and Pearl remakes might look!
Gen 4 was the most nostalgic for me, so reliving it will be great.
Things are truly looking up design-wise. That goes for actual Pokemon, as well as everything else in the Alola region. I think it’s amazing that this step is being taken before an obvious hardware switch. I have to say though, I’m looking forward to seeing the Pokemon world in HD for the 8th generation.
Why would there be gen 4 remakes?
There likely won’t be soon, but there will be eventually as every generation up to 4 so far has been remade.
I do think they are coming next… Like in 2 years..
Ehhhhh I really don’t care for Go but nonetheless I signed up
Same
I signed up but I’ve never tried Ingress, so they probably won’t pick me. It’s worth a shot though: it’s FREE!
Interesting! I signed up, it’ll be cool if someone here gets in. We’ll get some info maybe!
But hopefully this game is aight because I think the idea is great.
I signed up, hopefully we get picked and it takes our minds off this Sun and Moon information and not trolling the internet for leaks.
I am curious, if these “leaks” are true, whose picking what starters?
Litten all the way.
Even if it is ground? If it does turn ground it could be a sabertooth tiger thing… That is what comes to mind
When GF did the job done then will be sure it’s not come to ur mind.
See everyone are Groundaphobes
Popplio
I just know we’ll be a good match (Which is a absolute first since I’ve never chosen a Water for a main game) (ORAS doesn’t count since I didn’t care for it)
What do you have against Swampert, you hated it in spite of being a ground type, preferring Seismitoad over it? 😉
Shiny Buzzard are you readay
I’m super ready.
Here comes the code. Refresh for it.
Got it. Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. Have this cute baby gif. http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Baby-Laughing-Hard-and-Falls-Over.gif
EWWWWWWW
But he took a little tumble c:
That’s not cute. It’s funny.
So I started Uncharted 4 this weekend and I thought about Pokemon when Nathan Drake said “Sun and moon…alchemy symbols for gold and silver”. This could easily point to connections to Gold and Silver that will occur in these games (possibly directly to Johto, or indirectly with Mega Evolutions and such). What I find more interesting is the design choice for Litten…it’s the ALCHEMY symbol for sulfur. Why is alchemy such a large part of these games? I’m going to theorize that it has something to do with the villain team (maybe Team Alchem?) that tries using magical Pokemon in some way. Wikipedia says that alchemy involves the creation of an elixir of immortality, the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease, the creation of an alkahest (a universal solvent) and the formation of a Philosopher’s Stone. I have a strong feeling that these concepts will play into the lore of Sun and Moon.
Don’t forget Azoth as another alchemic reference
Maybe Gold and Silver connections such as Alola being like Johto where you travel to the previous region! Maybe the chance to travel to Kalos when you beat the game! Maybe this gen is in fact 6.5…
*inb4 6.5 triggers people*
Hi everyone. I wanted to let you know I have received notification from gamefreak. I have done beta testing for gamefreak over the past 2 generations, so I am on the shortlist for the first round of enrollments. Don’t worry though, by Friday the rest of the notifications will be sent out to the first 10,000 sign-ups. I am hoping to beta test for gamefreak for Sun and Moon as well. Still waiting on the that though; last generation I received the test game in August. So, I will have info coming in a few months. Enjoy to those who have signed up for PokemonGo!
Can you show us this notification in any way? If it was an e-mail, perhaps posting a screenshot of that and censoring any sensitive information? I’d really like to believe you.
Even if it’s true, I think the info will be under such strict NDAs that it will be hard getting it out.
haha right? Don’t think he can easily ‘leak’ things no, even if this is true. So hard to believe sorry
Cool!
Noticed yesterday, that Lunaala (Moon legendary, assuming thats its name) appears on the Anistar City’s Gym within the cosmos maze. Has anybody else noticed that too?
Do you have a pic?
I wanted to make one, but I couldn’t find my Phone. I saw it by coincedence, I normally don’t pay attention to the ceiling lol.
As much as I enjoy crushing dreams, it’s actually a Lunatone
Earthen’s right, it’s nothing but a Lunatone.
Noooo thanks i will pass on pokemon go
Pokemon go looks pretty lame to me, plus i am against all advances toward mobile devices
But maybe i will still sign up to take away the chance of anyone else getting it…
I signed up, though I do agree with you on the mobile thing. I think if their mobile games outsell their console games, they will put too much of a preference on mobile games, which I would’nt want, since console/handheld games are much better.
You never know unless you give it a try. You shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover.
Pokemon GO seems a joke, at least what I have seen since now doesn’t have the quality I expected for a Pokémon game. It’s not done with the love and care usually Nintendo puts in their titles. Niantic can be good in those kind of games, but seems to not understand the spirit of Pokemon.
I foretell this could either be a big success or a big flop. Time will tell.
As usual “This site is not available in your country.”
Where are you from?
No matter wat country I lived …it’s always the same result.
Again, use a VPN
yeah I read it …but I mean I had been lived in many country but no one of them available.
Use a VPN
What country?
He doesn’t like to say
So what info does everyone want next? We got our starters, protagonists, region, legends, box art and game play. What’s next?
I greatly want to see at least 5 new Pokemon of any of these types
Flying, Bug, Rock, Electric, Rock and Poison
Types for legendaries, some more pokes, a little more GP.
I would like to see the villain team next
It’d be cool to get some info on new Pokemon. Like that bird and that “dog”. Also more info on the rival(s) would be cool. Maybe some gyms too.
It’d be nice to get clarification on the starters final typings too. But I doubt that’ll happen until right before we get the games
Short teaser for the villain team (maybe the male/female grunts and the team name), Region name, Legendaries names, protags, and 3-4 more new pokemon.
We already know the region name. It’s Alola
O yeah, somehow that slipped my mind. Well scratch that then haha
Lol. No worries. It’s not a powerful name like Kalos and Unova so easily forgettable.
It flows and rolls off the tongue. I’m still not sure how to pronounce Unova
I say “you-know-vuh”
I say oo:know:vah
That’s interesting
Hate being that grammer/pronunciation guy but im pretty sure its “you-nuh-vuh”
I’M NOT YOU
Umm…. Well i hope so because im me, and if you’re me, then that means im not me, and thats not good.
That’d be great, now wouldnt it?
Now im confused…
Okay
I agree with this because it’s based off the United States. “You-nited” not “Oo-nited.” :p
I usually pronounce Unova as dis-a-pp-oi-nt-ment
Unova was the best aside from Gen 2
Games were ok, anime was garbage.
The Anime is always trash except for Origins.
Not even the Canalave Gym battle?
Those are the only episodes I’ve downloaded. They’re on my PSP for sexy time
Not really mate, XYZ arc is really good, if you watch the Japanese dub that is. English is garbage yes
The name isn’t dynamic sounding, but it’s not too bad. Just will take some getting used to
I’d like some info on the main focus of the games. Doesn’t even have to be much, just a portion would be nice. Like they showed us a bit about Mega Evolution after they announced X/Y.
I’m hoping something similar for Synchro (currently assuming that’ll be the main focus of gen 7)
Want: of course the evolutions of the starters!!!
Probably get: types of legendary’s and maybe some new early on pokes
I want a battle frontier! That seems like later news, but the earlier i hear about it, the sooner i can feel at ease. Oh and i also want to hear polemonGO was canceled. Thatd be awesome.
Yes deliver this GF plz plz! Omg GF plz
Early Pokemon (normal type, bird pokemon, other stuff), a full map of the region, and maybe a new feature revealed.
I want a peak at the villain team, some early mons, maybe clarification if we go to different islands, I dunno. Maybe a gym leader or two.
Oh, and clarification of Kukui and Hala. From what I’ve seen from everywhere, lots of people have different views about who is who (like Kukui/Hala is professor and Kukui is assistant, Kukui is your other rival, Hala is a village elder, etc.)
So I was wondering about legendary pokemon and their powers and noticed that groudon is apparently capable to control the sun’s intensity, so I then started asking myself why would we need a sun legendary if there is already a legendary for that…does it mean that groudon can control solgaleo? I kept thinking and I believe to have found the answer.
Short answer: No, groudon does not control solgaleo
Long answer: I can’t fully prove this since we know nothing about solgaleo but I think that groudon doesn’t actually control the sun, I think groudon just controls the conditions in the atmosphere (humidity, winds, etc) to make the sun seem more intense and make the heat more extreme. As for solgaleo I think he just exists to keep the sun in balance with the moon along lunaala
Well anonymous, May Groudon possess the ability to summon intense Sunlight, his Dex entries clearly state that it raises continents and evaporated water with “intense heat” not specifically sunlight because one could easily agree Groudon’s immense body heat could perform such a feat
But we still have nary a drop of information on Solgaleo and Lunalaa’s powers, they might not have dominion over the sun and moon, but they could draw great power from the, and must remain equal or the planet will crumble
So yeah
I think Legendiarrheas have their myth according to their region. So Hoenn believes in Groudon’s powers, while this Lolala region believes in Pyroar’s powers.
Here’s Rowlett vs Litten old gen style ? (refresh for image)
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/118/039/fe1.gif
Owl’s can’t turn their heads 360 degrees.
That Rowlet is dead.
Jeez thats sick.
Lunaala wings stretch when she prepare for attack ..that’s not the only different though did notice some changes in gold pieces shape ?..can u find it ?
we still didn’t see her from the back ….I am looking for another color though. http://www.pokebeach.com/news/0516/Lunaala-1.jpg http://www.pokebeach.com/news/0516/Lunaala-3.jpg
The gold is a different color because of the night
I am not talking about the color look closely at these 4 small gold pieces shape in those pic ….make a comparison.
Do I need to do something special for the unown mirage cave to appear in ORAS..? I’ve been soaring for the past 2 weeks and it hasn’t appeared.
I always thought the mirage island stuff appearances were random, so I dunno.
I thought so too. Some do have to be triggered but I didn’t think the unown one was one of them.
Really? I never knew xD Maybe Serebii or Bulbapedia explain how to trigger them?
Yeah like some of the legendaries do and stuff 😛 I can’t find anything on the unown one, so I guess it’s random. Maybe I just have bad luck
Well, I knew the legendary ones do, but I disassociate them from the other mirage islands I guess.
Hopefully you’ll get it sooner or later. 🙂
Yeah I’ve completed the National Dex except for Manaphy and Shaymin so I figured I’d give capturing all the unown a shot
Good luck 🙂 I did that once with Platinum cause I was bored.
Yep, that’s me right now xD
Ladies and gentlemen direct your attention to the center ring as I David the ringmaster I’m about to show you 3 Pokemon that are about to do some amazing best tricks ever,and I’ll direct your attention to Ring #1 where you will see Litten the Fire cat Pokemon is about to attempt a very dangerous act,jumping through a hoop of Fire! don’t try this at home.
So, I believe we may have gotten a reveal of about half of the early route Pokemon: the red-crested cardinal/woodpecker and the kurī. We usually get three to four so 2/3 or 2/4 have been teased.
– Red-crested cardinal, Flying/Normal –> Flying/Normal –> Flying/Fighting
– Kurī, Normal/Ghost –> Normal/Ghost
What do you think/want their typing and evolution to be?
Why would a cardinal/woodpecker be a fighting type?
Like all birds it’s going to end up Normal/Flying, but I bet we might get a 2 stage bird
But a a Normal/Ghost would be interesting but I don’t know how far they would go for the extinct poi dog theme
But still a Normal/Ghost type would only fear dark types
If you research the characteristics of the red-crested cardinal and woodpecker species, they are IMMENSELY territorial and can be very aggressive. Thus, a Fighting type would suit them best but yes, I do believe they’ll stay Normal/Flying. However, that would be a truly saddening detraction from the advances they were making with Talonflame.
I swear Talonflame should’ve been named Scorchawk
Maybe flying/fighting cardinal and flying/dark bluejay
Fighting/Flying and Dark/Flying
It’s the rules
I dunno about a fighting type for the bird. I either see it as Normal/Flying, or another type plus flying.
But I really want that Normal/Ghost typing so bad. Maybe, though, it starts off as Normal, and evolves into Normal/Ghost? I can just imagine the Pokedex entry about it, something about how it became that way, I dunno.
Why do you believe we’ve got a reveal about early route pokemon
Friends and losers rejoice!
GameXplain has made a part 2 of a trailer analysis and it is chock full of details
https://youtu.be/G0gAnN183oA
Yesss, I love GameXplain. 😀
As do I
Also Lunalaa’s official art is shown on a poster
Screenshot please ?!