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PokéLand Gets New Alpha Test, Screenshots

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Japanese gamers will have another chance to test the mobile version of Pokémon Rumble, called PokéLand, starting tomorrow until October 27th on Android devices. The test will include up to 30,000 players. It will eventually be released for both iOS and Android and appears to be a freemium title with optional in-app purchases. Rewards come in chests … Read more

New Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Trailer Shows off New Rotom Dex Features

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The information from CoroCoro about new features in Pokémon Sun& Moon has been released in a new trailer!
Here are the main takeaways from the new information:

  • Necrozma, and its Dusk Mane/Dawn Wings Formes, can learn a new Psychic-type attack: Photon Geyser! It will use either Attack or Special Attack… whichever of Necrozma’s stats is higher!
  • Dusk Mane Necrozma and Solgaleo can use the new Z-Move Searing Sunraze Smash by powering up Sunsteel Strike and holding Solganium Z
  • Dawn Wings Necrozma and Lunala can use the new Z-Move Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom by powering up Moongeist Beam and holding Lunalium Z
  • Both new Z-Moves ignore the target’s ability when attacking
  • Rotom Dex can be communicated in more ways and the way you do so can change its personality
  • A new feature, the Roto Loto, grants new items which can increase EXP, prize money or other factors for set amounts of time
  • Befriending the Rotom Dex will eventually allow you to use multiple Z-Moves during battle, but probably not in competitive matches

Pokémon GO Holding AR Photo Contest

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They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but it could also be worth the top prize of Pokémon GO‘s latest contest! Niantic is looking for the best Pokémon photos taken from their hit mobile game using the AR Camera function and will award ten winners a Pokémon GO Prize Pack which includes a Pokémon GO Plus, … Read more

November CoroCoro Leaks Reveal New USUM Info

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Japan’s monthly comic magazine, CoroCoro, has once again covered the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon games with a large spread revealing new information! Necrozma’s new forms, Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings, will both be getting the ability Prism Armor Necrozma can learn a new attack, Photon Geyser (Psychic-type/Sp. Atk), which appears to be usable by … Read more

New Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Trailer Reveals New Ultra Beast

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Following on the heels of today’s earlier trailer released on television in Japan, more information has been revealed in a new English trailer. Details Player will be able to traverse an Ultra Wormhole on the back of Solgaleo or Lunala in a mini-game of sorts You’ll be able to battle Ultra Beasts at their home … Read more

Oha Suta Drops New Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Trailer

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The final countdown is on until new footage is shown of Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon on Japanese children’s show Oha Suta!

We’ll be covering it live with information added to the bullet list below (refresh page to update):

Live Coverage

  • 07:05 – The program has now started
  • 07:06 – Hosts are visiting Pokémon Company’s headquarters
  • 07:08 – Taking a look at the various Pikachu goods
  • 07:12 – Showing off Pokémon decor
  • 07:13 – Showing off new merchandise and plushies
  • 07:14 – Taking a look at all the Pokémon game boxes
  • 07:16 – The Pokémon Company has Usain Bolt jersey and shoes which were a gift from the athlete after working on commercial together
  • 07:17 – A brand new trailer is being shown!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqY9IgZM0zc

Translations

  • New mysterious character shown with the moustache’s name is Shionira
  • The text interspersed throughout the trailer reads “There has been a sign of darkness. This is no longer the Alola you know”
  • 0:08 – Kukui: “Yeah! It’s said that long ago when Alola was covered in darkness the people and Pokémon of Alola vanquished the darkness with light.”
  • 0:15 – Burnet talking about how rare it is to see cracks open up in the sky (Ultra Wormholes). This scene was in Sun & Moon.
  • 0:22 – Shionira: “Necrozma, the Pokemon that controls light…does it plan to steal Alola’s light?”
  • 0:58 – Guzma: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend, huh?” (literal translation: “It’s ‘keep the enemy alive, so we stay alive too, huh?”)
  • 0:59 – Gladion: “If mom dies as well…!”
  • 1:00 – Lusamine: “Get out of here…He’s…He’s a monster!!”

Don’t know about you guys, but this trailer has convinced me: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon is going to be epic!