Psypoke's Great Pokemon Character Tournament - Round 3 :: Group 2
Cynthia	Lance

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GPCT 3-1 Results, New TCG Set, New Cat Pokemon and BW Rumors - Starter Evos [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 4 Sep 2010 at 3:46pm PDT Updated on 8 Sep 2010 at 9:41pm PDT
Let's start off with the facts: the final HGSS TCG set will be called HS Triumphant; featuring more than 100 cards from the Japanese Lost Link and Clash at the Summit Sets, it will be available in stores on November 3rd. Next, voting for the first one-on-one match of GPCT2's third round has concluded and, much like at the end of Generation I's games, Red has defeated Blue to advance to the finals. Red garnered 71.1% (11585 votes) of the total compared to Blue's 28.88% (4706 votes). This week's seminfinal match is Lance vs. Cynthia, and the winner will face Red in the final match next week. On to some rumors. As you know, we generally avoid posting rumors and speculation on the main page. Not too long ago, pictures of alleged evolutions for the Black and White starters hit 2ch, and the rumors have been flying ever since. However, it's now been suggested that these evolutions are indeed credible. A few different sources are reporting these pictures as legitimate. Most notably would be Pokexperto, whose source has a strong track record with Black and White info leaks. Given that, we'll go ahead and post them. The following has NOT been confirmed by any official sources. It should be treated as rumor only. Once again, we stress that these evolutions are only rumored. In addition to these evolution rumors, there is also an image going around claiming that Yanappu is part of a trio of monkey Pokemon meant to demonstrate the new Triple Battles. The blue form of Yanappu is supposed to be a Water-type called Hiyappu, and an unseen Fire-type variant called Baoppu would round out the trio of Triple Battle Pokemon featuring the new Acrobat attack. While this image is said to be taken from the back of the Black and White game box, we stress again that these other Yanappu-like Pokemon are not completely confirmed yet. In other Black and White news, I have reformatted our FAQs page for the games to answer some more questions. If you have other questions that you think should be included, I'm collecting a list of them in our forums, as it's difficult to make up questions when I already have the answers. Finally, on Monday, September 6, a promo for a BW special aired that had a small picture of new cat Pokemon in the background. It's shown next to Yanappu here: Tabunne, the rabbit-based Pokemon from the BW demo tours that was reported previously, also appears elsewhere in the background, confirming it as real.
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Team Rocket in Isshu, Zelda Informer's Pokemon League [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 3 Sep 2010 at 3:16pm PDT
The official site for Best Wishes! has been updated again with everyone's favorite trio; Team Rocket. Jesse, James, and Meowth are back with a new style and a new mission - take over the Isshu region. Of course in true Team Rocket fashion, they're unlikely to have much of a plan to carry out Giovanni's orders. Giovanni himself also sports a new character design, so he may have a bit more of a screen presence in the new series. Those of you interested in competitive battling may remember that we recently partnered with Zelda Informer because of their Pokemon tournament. You can read more about the tournament and sign up via the above link to their Pokemon forum. A quick overview of the tournament: The League currently has eight Gym Leaders for participants to challenge for their badges. Once participants win all eight, they have the chance to challenge the Elite Four. If they're able to defeat all of the Elites, they will either become the first Champion or get to challenge the current Champion. If they are able to defeat the Champion, they will take over the roll as Champion. Defeated Champions return to the beginning of the Elite Four Challenge. So, what do you think of Team Rocket's new black uniforms? And what about Giovanni's new military-inspired look? Should Giovanni be a more prominent character in the anime? And are you interested in competitive battling? Going to sign up for Zelda Informer's tournament?
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Corocoro, Sweepstakes, and BW Videos [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 1 Sep 2010 at 2:18pm PDT
Sorry for being a little quiet lately; I'm still settling into my apartment. On to the news. First off, a small scan from the October 2010 Corocoro Special has been leaked via 2ch and Twitter. The scan shows something called Combination Attacks, which can be used in the triple battles. By executing certain attacks in the correct order, there will be additional effects on the battle. The scan shows the use of the starters' unique attacks. Fire and Water makes a lucky rainbow to boost additional effects from your Pokemon's attacks. Water and Grass trap your opponent in a wetland, reducing their speed. Grass and Fire results in a firestorm that will affect the battlefield. Next up, the official Pokemon site has announced a new sweepstakes. Only US players may enter. The contest runs until September 19th, with 3 drawings for winners (one per week). Each week, there will be 101 winners. The grand prize each week is a DSi XL, HeartGold and SoulSilver, 36 HGSS Undaunted boosters, 3 TCG collector tins with Entei, Raikou, and Suicune, and a pair of strategy guides. 100 runners-up each week will also receive one of the 3 TCG tins. Lastly, the "Everybody's Nintendo Channel" on Japanese Wii consoles is showing a bunch of new Black and White ads. There are several things worth noting; a fair bit of new footage, the fact that Iris (from the BW anime) can be seen, as well as Dento's Gym.
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Pokemon Best Wishes! Debut Approaching [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 26 Aug 2010 at 10:46am PDT Updated on 26 Aug 2010 at 7:09pm PDT
The first episode of the new anime series, Pokemon BW (Best Wishes) will air on September 23rd, the week after Pokemon Black and White hit stores. The official site for the series sheds some light on what we can expect to see. Much like Black and White are a revitalized beginning for the games, Pokemon Best Wishes! is meant to be a fresh start for the anime as well. Ash and Pikachu move on to the Isshu Region to continue their quest to become the greatest. They're a long way from home and will make several new friends on their journey. Little is known about exactly who Iris is, but she is described as the "action girl" of the series with a penchant for climbing trees with her Kibago. Dento is the first Gym Leader of the Isshu region, and an expert on determining if a Pokemon and their Trainer are working together as an effective team. Dento joins Ash on his journey and leaves his Gym behind (effectively dropping him into the Brock archetype). It has now been officially confirmed that Dento will have a Yanappu. Shooti is a Pokemon Photographer who will be chronicling his journey throughout Isshu. He comes from the starting town in Black and White. He is a strong and driven trainer seeking to win the Isshu championship, dropping him nicely into the rival role. Lastly, the official site also updated with two new teasers for the series, which we've reproduced here for your convenience. They are largely the same, though one is twice the length of the other and adds a little more content. UPDATE: At the request of a YouTube subscriber, I've also gone ahead and compiled the 21 different 5-second teaser clips into the second video above. A few of them were already featured in another of our videos, but they should look a little smoother now. Are you excited about the new anime series? What do you think of the fact that Ash appears to be the only human carryover (though it looks like Professor Oak will at least make a cameo)? Do you think rebooting the anime at the same time as the games is a good idea for the series, or is this "breathing new life" approach the worst idea ever? Let us know!
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Pokemon Sunday Reveals "New" Pokemon Yanappu [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 21 Aug 2010 at 4:28pm PDT Updated on 21 Aug 2010 at 5:12pm PDT
Pokemon Sunday has just revealed a "new" Pokemon. At last, the Pokemon first seen as a figurine has been confirmed, though it looks a bit different than the figurine had implied. To be fair, so did Kibago. Yanappu is a Grass Monkey, has Gluttony, stands at 0.6m tall and weighs in at 10.5kg. In addition to this, there have been other changes since the last news post. The official site for the BW anime has updated with a character profile for Shooti, a Pokemon Photographer from Kanoko Town, the hometown of the player character in Black and White. A promotional trailer also showed new nurse and police officer designs. Our Black and White section is currently being overhauled to be a better collection of what we know so far. Expect many more changes to that part of the site in the coming days. The next video in our HGSS series has also been added, Celadon City Gym: And, don't forget to vote in this week's round of the GPCT! Voting for the current round ends in just under 4 hours. Finally, we are continuing to expand our efforts in social media. You'll notice there are now links to our Facebook and Twitter pages accompanying the RSS feed icon at the top of the main page. We encourage you to take advantage of both of these. The Facebook page includes reminders about ongoing contests and other quick notes from the staff. The Twitter account can be used to let you know when a news update is posted to the site - it automatically updates the moment we post any news - and also to further interact with the staff. You'll also notice a new button next to the Facebook Share button on our news posts. If you have a Twitter account of your own, you can authorize our Twitter app to allow you to send a tweet about any of our news updates. After authorizing the app (a link will open to Twitter where you have to confirm), the Log In button will be replaced with two buttons - Tweet and Log Out. Clicking the Tweet button will update your Twitter with the title and link to the news post you were viewing. And, don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for videos from Pokemon Sunday and HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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More Black and White Leaks, TCG [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 18 Aug 2010 at 3:35pm PDT
A Japanese Blog has posted some pictures and video taken from the Yokohama Pokemon Center. They show Tabunne from a previous leak, as well as two new Pokemon. The pictures are rather low quality, so it's hard to tell what we're actually looking at. In addition to this, Frost has also provided an update to the TCG with the HGSS Undaunted set. A few other changes you may have noticed - the US release dates for Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs and PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure were posted the other day - October 4th and November 1st, respectively. Lastly, because the Global Link will be launching soon, the official Pokemon GTS website will be closing on September 14th. The GTS itself will remain functional for all Gen IV games, of course.
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