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SITE NEWS

Update on Downtime - Jigglypuff at 8:10 pm PST 25 Oct 2009
This is just a quick update to let you all know that we are aware of the downtime and site issues that you've all been experiencing. The new server still has a few bugs that need to be ironed out. Hopefully the downtime itself is over. However, as of right now the site itself isn't fully functional. Many pieces of the Psydex are still offline, but we hope to have them repaired soon.

Thank you for bearing with us as we work with the hosting guys to get this all sorted out. We should be back up and running again in no time!

PS: In the downtime, we've managed to collate some game maps from Pokemon Platinum. At the moment we have maps for Mt. Coronet and Victory Road, but Stark Mountain is also on the list of things to do. Since the layout between Platinum and Diamond/Pearl is so similar, we've placed the game maps page in both sections.

HeartGold, SoulSilver, NewServer - Jigglypuff at 12:23 pm PST 22 Oct 2009
Hello again.

As you may have noticed, the site was down for maintenance for quite a while yesterday and early this morning. Our apologies. The reason we were offline was so that IGN could switch us over to a new server that should be much better equipped to run our site and the others hosted on it. The should not only improve site stability (so no more worrying about the site randomly going into maintenance) but also the overall speed, especially for complex pages like the Psydex.

To celebrate, I've got another video of HeartGold and SoulSilver to share with you all. This one is of the Violet City gym. Check out the new layout, the new music, and the gym battle itself. As an added bonus, you can also sample the new evolution music after the battle!

Want sneak peaks of what we're up to? Subscribe to our official YouTube Channel to get access to videos the minute we post them; before they get posted here on the site! And, coming soon, even more ways for you to be informed of what we're up to between posted updates!

More Rebuilding of Basic Site Features - Jigglypuff at 9:45 pm PST 12 Oct 2009
It has been brought to my attention that it has been nearly 2 weeks since I last posted an update. My apologies; it's midterm season.

Anyway, since then, you may have noticed many changes all over the site. One of the most obvious is the changes we've made to the PicDex to now include the second frame of Generation 4 back sprites, and all the Overworld sprites, both in the menu screens and when following your character around in game.

For the rest of the Psydex, we've added all of the HeartGold and SoulSilver Tutored Moves as well. This rounds out the HGSS moves, save for a few special cases which will be addressed later.

We've got a few more things almost ready to show you, so stay tuned!

More Changes for Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum - Jigglypuff at 1:19 pm PST 30 Sep 2009
Unfortunately, the surprise I mentioned last update has been delayed due to some unforeseen issues on my end. But, I do bring good news related to another previous update.

Since there's currently a Shaymin Event running for everyone playing Pokemon Platinum, we've compiled a page to document WiFi Events in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. This page exists in addition to the Legendaries Pages already posted for those games (which have themselves been updated). For non-WFC events, you'll still want to check the Legendaries page for your corresponding game, but for events like this one that involve downloading an item over Nintendo WFC, you may find the Events Page to be more useful!

Edit: Added the Toys R Us Regigigas that unlocks Regirock, Regice and Registeel in Platinum.

More Heart Gold and Soul Silver Updates - Jigglypuff at 2:18 pm PST 27 Sep 2009
Shifting gears again, we've got some more stuff for HGSS to talk about.

First, we've added the spites for the Notched-Ear/Spikey-Ear Pichu to the Picdex. The rest of the Psydex has been updated to include the Locations for all the wild Pokemon in HGSS.

As far as content for the games themselves, we've added a list of all the TMs and HMs in HeartGold and SoulSilver to the site. There have also been a few changes made to how some Pokemon are captured. These locations are also shown in the PsyDex and have been collected for you on one page which also explains how they work.

Keep an eye on this spot. I may have another surprise for you in the next 24 hours.

Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, and Mystery Dungeon News - Jigglypuff at 10:35 am PST 24 Sep 2009
First up, a bit of news for Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. If you missed out on your chance to receive a Shaymin at the last event, you're in luck. Starting on September 28th, through November 8th, there will be a WiFi giveaway. Full details can, as usual, be found on the official Pokemon Platinum site. I've summarized them for you here.

1. Make sure you've defeated the Champion and obtained the National Dex
2. Make sure you've activated the WiFi Mystery Gift at Jubilife TV station (answer "Everyone happy" and "WiFi Connection" when you talk to the Producer on the third floor).
3. When you start your game, pick Mystery Gift, then Receive Gift, and finally Via Nintendo WFC. Accept Oak's Letter. Once the game starts, head to a PokeMart and receive the letter, then save your game.
4. Head to Route 224 through Victory Road and take the newly opened path
5. At the end of Route 224, meet up with Oak at the stone tablet and head off with him to the Flower Paradise to capture Shaymin!
6. To change Shaymin's Forme, place it in your party and head to Floaroma Town. There, you will receive the Gracidea Flower.
7. To change back to Land Forme, either wait for nightfall, allow Shaymin to be frozen in battle, or deposit it into your PC. You can reuse the Gracidea Flower as many times as you'd like.

For our Pokemon Mystery Dungeon fans, more good news for you! A new game, Explorers of Sky, has been announced. You can find all the details at the official site. It releases in the US on October 12th. Most importantly, Wigglytuff plays a prominent role in this game, and I think we can all agree that this can only be a good thing.

Four New Amnesia Attacks - Krisp at 7:14 pm PST 23 Sep 2009
Hey everyone, as a result of the fun-filled trivia last Saturday, we've decided to create four Amnesia Attacks for each generation's set of TMs and HMs! Check them out here. Enjoy!

Psypoke Idol Winner - Frost at 9:04 pm PST 19 Sep 2009
From a pool of 512 Pokemon across 4 generations, you, our faithful visitors, have decided on a single Pokemon who is worthy of being crowned the second Psypoke Idol winner.

See who won Psypoke Idol!

More HeartGold and SoulSilver Stuff - Jigglypuff at 12:38 am PST 17 Sep 2009
I hope you've all been enjoying the opening videos I posted below. I'll have some actual gameplay footage to post soon, once school work calms down a bit, so keep an eye out for that.

More importantly, thanks to Eevee at veekun for decoding them, we now have all the HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokemon sprites added to the Psydex. These sprites follow Generation 4 conventions with alternative sprites for some female Pokemon and two frames of "animation," all of which you'll find in the Psydex.

And for the curious, over their debut weekend, HeartGold and SoulSilver managed to sell 1.4 million copies in Japan.

Keep an eye here for more updates in the days to come. We've got a lot more in store already.

Edit: As promised, a bit of gameplay. Your first Rival Battle in HeartGold:

Idol Semifinals COMPLETE; FINAL ROUND NOW UP! - Frost at 8:44 pm PST 12 Sep 2009
Well, voting has closed on the third and last group of the semifinals. The last batch of ten Pokemon that are making it to the finals are Lugia, Mew, Umbreon, Blastoise, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Blaziken, Espeon, Metagross and Salamence. Latios caught a particularly unlucky break and missed out on the top ten by having an average only 0.005 points lower than Salamence's. The other Pokemon that just missed out were Lapras, Latias, Darkrai and Jolteon.

This means the VOTING IS NOW OPEN for the final round of PsyPoke Idol!!! We have thirty finalists and the Pokemon with the highest average at the end of the week will be declared the winner. Who are the finalists? Well, let's take a look at them!

To break down the Pokemon by the region, the finalists clearly represent a nostalgia-fest...
-Kanto (9): Charizard, Blastoise, Arcanine, Gengar, Articuno, Zapdos, Dragonite, Mewtwo, Mew
-Johto (11): Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Espeon, Umbreon, Scizor, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Tyranitar, Lugia, Ho-oh
-Hoenn (8): Blaziken, Gardevoir, Flygon, Milotic, Absol, Salamence, Metagross, Rayquaza
-Sinnoh (2): Lucario, Origin Giratina

To breakdown the finalists by types, we get...
-Flying (9): Charizard, Articuno, Zapdos, Dragonite, Lugia, Ho-oh, Salamence, Rayquaza.
-Fire (6): Charizard, Arcanine, Typhlosion, Entei, Ho-oh, Blaziken.
-Psychic (6): Mewtwo, Mew, Espeon, Lugia, Gardevoir, Metagross.
-Dragon (5): Dragonite, Flygon, Salamence, Rayquaza, Origin Giratina.
-Water (4): Blastoise, Feraligatr, Suicune, Milotic.
-Dark (3): Umbreon, Tyranitar, Absol.
-Steel (3): Scizor, Metagross, Lucario.
-Ghost (2): Gengar, Origin Giratina.
-Fighting (2): Blaziken, Lucario.
-Electric (2): Zapdos, Raikou.
-Rock, Poison, Bug, Ground, Ice (1): Tyranitar, Gengar, Scizor, Flygon, Articuno respectively.
-Grass, Normal (0)!

Or, you might attempt to find meaning through arbitrary titles that Nintendo and fans have slapped onto the Pokemon (please don't):
-"Legendary" (11): Articuno, Zapdos, Mewtwo, Mew, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-oh, Rayquaza, Origin Giratina
-"Starter" (5): Charizard, Blastoise, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Blaziken
-"Pseudo Legendary" (5): Dragonite, Tyranitar, Salamence, Metagross, Arcanine
-"Eeveelutions" (2): Espeon, Umbreon
-"Other" (7): Gengar, Scizor, Gardevoir, Flygon, Milotic, Absol, Lucario
-("Uber" (6): Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-oh, Rayquaza, Origin Giratina)

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES! PSYPOKE IDOL ENDS AT 12:00 AM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH!

Heart Gold/Soul Silver Moveset Changes - Jigglypuff at 4:04 pm PST 11 Sep 2009
Following the video below, we've made some more updates to the site. We've added in all the Level-Up and Egg Moves for the new games to the Psydex. For those of you interested in just what's changed, look no further than the Moveset Changes guide.

Keep watching for more updates!

Edit: The rosters for the Johto Gym Leaders, Kanto Gym Leaders and the Elite 4/Champion have been posted, as well as their second encounters. Thanks to Eevee of veekun for the trainer sprites!

Heart Gold Introduction Video - Jigglypuff at 10:54 am PST 10 Sep 2009
I've been rather quiet as of late. I'm sorry; I've been quite busy. Today, I hope to make amends for that. I present to you the following presentation of the Pokemon Heart Gold introduction video. Please, enjoy. I've swapped the original HQ file out for a longer, but smaller YouTube file for your convenience.

Round 3-Group 2 Result - Frost at 8:26 pm PST 5 Sep 2009
The ten Pokemon from Group 2 heading into the finals are Dragonite, Lucario, Arcanine, Scizor, Milotic, Flygon, Raikou, Feraligatr, Entei and Absol. Kyogre, Vaporeon, Dialga, Eevee and Venusaur came up just short of the top ten, particularly Kyogre and Vaporeon whose averages were only 0.01-0.02 points lower than Entei's. And I hope all of you people who give 1s to Legendary Pokemon just for being Legendary Pokemon are satisfied because Jirachi, one of the site's mascots, did way worse in this round than previous ones. >:(

Anyway, the third and last group of the semifinals is now up for voting. After this week, the top thirty will compete in the final round and the winner of PsyPoke Idol 2 will be determined at the end of September 19th.

KEEP VOTING!!!

Semifinal Group 1 Results; DeckDex Updated - Frost at 8:34 pm PST 29 Aug 2009
The ten Pokemon advancing into the Finals from the Semifinal round's first group are Tyranitar, Charizard, Typhlosion, Suicune, Ho-oh, Articuno, Zapdos, Origin Giratina, Gengar and Gardevoir. Gardevoir, Alakazam, Swampert and Moltres were deadlocked for most of the week but Gardevoir just pulled through with an average that was 0.01 higher than the rest of that foursome. 14th and 15th place went to Gallade and Empoleon, respectively.

Round 3's second group is now up for voting here. Once again, the ten Pokemon with the highest averages out of the next group of thirty will join Group 1's ten advancing Pokemon in the final round in two weeks.

Additionally, I went ahead and updated the DeckDex with the cards from the Supreme Victors expansion set that was released in North America last Wednesday (the 19th). Supreme Victors features the Platinum Frontier Brains and their Pokemon. The next English TCG expansion, Platinum: Arceus, comes out at the beginning of November and will introduce cards of the final Sinnoh Pokemon, the eponymous Arceus, to the game.

And Round 3 is underway - Frost at 9:04 pm PST 22 Aug 2009
The final group for Round 2 saw Lugia, Mew, Typhlosion, Rayquaza, Articuno, Lapras, Salamence, Milotic, Blaziken, Darkrai, Torterra, Luxray, Jirachi, Cyndaquil and Kabutops progress into the semi-final round, Round 3.

Once again, voting is open for the first of three groups this round. Keep on voting and making sure your favorite Pokemon get to the finals!