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SITE NEWS

Stealing Thunder - Jigglypuff at 9:44 pm PST 27 Jun 2009
Hooray for updating right after Frost does.

For the moment, at least, the server issues we've been suffering from seem to have been resolved. Thanks again to GameSpy for working hard to get that taken care of.

In the mean time, I've gone ahead and updated the HeartGold and SoulSilver FAQ page with some more questions we've been getting, and more new info. There's a few more things I'm going to add to the list shortly once I get some confirmation from some additional credible sources. Similarly, I've got a few additional pages for the section. I'll see about working on those tomorrow.

Finally, to comment on Idol. It is worth noting that a certain Pokemon happens to be in this week's round, and I would be terribly disappointed if it doesn't advance. Just saying. Go VOTE!

Group 7 Results - Frost at 8:37 pm PST 27 Jun 2009
This week in PsyPoke Idol, the top ten advancing Pokemon are Darkrai, Sceptile, Leafeon, Pidgeot, Eevee, Shaymin, Totodile, Ampharos, Pikachu and Mudkip. For reasons unknown to man, Shelgon also came in at #19, which I can't explain. The five Pokemon who just missed out were Miltank, Forretress, Gligar, Ledian and Weezing. (Apparently, a generic cocoon is better than all of these Pokemon because it's Dragon-type and evolves into Salamence or something, I dunno.) Also, Bibarel amazingly did not come in dead-last, unlike Bidoof, but it only beat out Barboach. Full results are up on our forums and the next round is now up here. There are only three more groups left in Round 1 (including Group 8), so pretty soon we'll be done with this part and have our top 200!

Round 6 Results - Frost at 8:37 pm PST 20 Jun 2009
Another week, another round of Idol results. This week, the top ten advancing Pokemon were Zapdos, Dialga, Alakazam, Glaceon, Kingdra, Deoxys-Speed, Rapidash, Grovyle, Froslass and Marowak. Pokemon just missing out included Phione (for some reason), Porygon, Seviper, Camerupt and Torkoal. And my second favorite Pokemon, Jynx, went ahead and bombed the round and finished at #41 out of 51 to nobody's surprise, really. As usual, full results are up on our forums and the next round is now up here.

Like Jigglypuff, I also apologize for ongoing maintenance. This is Gamespy-wide maintenance and not something we particularly have control over, which is unfortunate, so we're sorry.

Addressing Issues - Jigglypuff at 8:20 pm PST 17 Jun 2009
My sincerest apologies for the site downtime as of late. We're working on getting that taken care of, and we thank you for your patience.

Due to all the downtime, it's been rather difficult to work on the site. It also doesn't help that we all took a nice little vacation this last weekend. However, I have managed to complete a basic FAQ for HeartGold/SoulSilver for the time being.

Hopefully things will be more stable tomorrow and I'll be able to upload more to the HeartGold/SoulSilver section. Thanks for your patience again.

Idol Round 5 Results - Frost at 9:01 pm PST 13 Jun 2009
Another round of Psypoke Idol 2 has successfully completed, with Round 5's top 10 being Mew, Latios, Salamence, Raikou, Lucario, Venusaur, Celebi, Empoleon, Arceus and Staraptor. Just missing out were Electabuzz, Toxicroak, Cloyster, Porygon2 and Monferno.

As usual, the forums have the full results. The voting for round 6 is already open, so make sure you and all your friends vote!

Idol Round 4 Results - Frost at 8:54 pm PST 6 Jun 2009
The fourth round of PsyPoke Idol 2 has finished and the results can be found here. The voting dipped this week, but that's okay because the has been up and down due to Gamespy maintenance for the last few days (in case you couldn't figure it out, we have no control over our site staying up when Gamespy, our web host, is up and down for maintenance).

Round 4's top 10 Pokemon included Suicune, Milotic, Blaziken, Vaporeon, Latias, Arcanine, Giratina, Palkia, Gardevoir and Quilava. Just missing out were Tropius, Manectric, surprisingly Torchic, Kingler and Tauros. The Idol 2 forum topic has the rest of the results. Unfortunately, the totally awesome Politoed did not advance. :(

Round 5, which includes PsyPoke Idol 1's winner, is now up for voting as well.

Idol Round 3 Results - Frost at 9:04 pm PST 30 May 2009
The results for the last round of PsyPoke Idol 2 are now up here and Round 4 is now underway. Keep voting, it's appreciated!

Round 3's top 10 Pokemon were Dragonite, Origin Giratina, Umbreon, Torterra, Dusknoir, Absol, Jirachi, Houndoom, Rhyperior and Regigigas. The five Pokemon who just missed the cut-off this time were Xatu, Slowbro, Rain Castform, Furret and Slaking. But, most importantly, DEWGONG ADVANCED :D!!! As usual, you can view the full results on the Idol 2 forum topic.

~ Frost ~

PsyPoke Idol 2: Round 2 Results - Frost at 8:57 pm PST 23 May 2009
The results for Round 2 of PsyPoke Idol 2 are live on this page and voting for Round 3 is now live. As usual, voting will last all week. Round 2 didn't get as good of a turn-out as Round 1 did, but hopefully more people will vote in Round 3 so we can rebound!

Round 2's top 10 in this round included Lugia, Articuno, Flygon, Kyogre, Luxray, Snorlax, Meganium, Nidoking, Regice and Wartortle. Pokemon that just missed the top 20 were Houndour, Vespiquen, Dodrio, Prinplup and Misdreavus. For complete rankings of every Pokemon, check out my latest post in the PsyPoke Idol 2 thread on our forums.

Side Note: the 512 Pokemon in Idol 2 - Frost at 12:25 am PST 18 May 2009
People keep asking where we got 512 Pokemon from. This is the last time I'm going to explain it:

There are 493 Pokemon according to the Pokedex.
494 - Attack Deoxys
495 - Defense Deoxys
496 - Speed Deoxys
497 - Ground Wormadam
498 - Steel Wormadam
499 - Origin Giratina
500 - Sky Shaymin
501 - Fan Rotom
502 - Frost Rotom
503 - Heat Rotom
504 - Mow Rotom
505 - Wash Rotom

All of these extra Pokemon have their own slot in the game's internal code, so they were easy choices to include. The rest were:

506 - Hail Castform
507 - Sun Castform
508 - Rain Castform
509 - Ground Burmy
510 - Steel Burmy
511 - East Shellos
512 - East Gastrodon

These extra Pokemon forms are, other than Unown, the only ones that have distinguished forms/cards in the TCG. As for Unown, the 28 different letters/symbols of Unown aren't that different from each other, plus how many people care about the 28 different Unowns in the first place? Other than that, Overcast Cherrim is pretty much ignored by every aspect of the franchise, so it was expendable. And we certainly weren't including 18 different Arceus that look exactly the same, other than typing and some minor color changes, nor were we including Pokemon with even less important alternate "forms" like Spinda or the Pokemon with gender differences.

So there you go. 512 Pokemon.

Round 1 Results; Round 2 Now Up - Frost at 9:05 pm PST 16 May 2009
The results for Round 1 of PsyPoke Idol 2 can be found here, and you can start voting for Round 2 at that page too. Voting, again, is open all week. Round 1 had a pretty decent turn-out, with 1775 votes cast altogether.

The top 10 in this round included Charizard, Metagross, Skymin, Cyndaquil, Ninetales, Electivire, Magmortar, Flareon, Heatran and Crobat. Pokemon just missing the top 20 advancement cut-off were Cacturne, Octillery, Wigglytuff (:(!), Cherrim and Hariyama. For complete rankings of every Pokemon, checkout the PsyPoke Idol 2 thread in General Discussion on our forums. Speaking of the forums, also check our cool new forum banner featuring Slowpoke, Slowbro and Slowking. :3

Rising Rivals added to DeckDex - Frost at 8:47 am PST 11 May 2009
Well, at least it didn't take 3 years this time. I finished transcribing the new cards in the Rising Rivals TCG set, available May 20th, and added them to the DeckDex.

Rising Rivals is the first English TCG set to feature Gym Leaders' Pokemon since Gym Heroes/Gym Challenge, the first English set to feature the Elite Four's Pokemon ever, and the first TCG set in general to feature either since the Japanese-only Pokemon VS. I was actually rather disappointed to see that the cards of the new Rotom forms, a.k.a. the main reason I was waiting for this set, were made into a special rare holos that a lot of sellers will probably confuse for Super Rares, leading to inflated prices. Bummer. Still, many of the cards have nice art and are powerful in duels, so TCG fans don't have much to complain about.

Also, keep voting on PsyPoke Idol 2! Voting for each round is open for a week, so you have until Saturday night to vote for the current batch.

PsyPoke Idol 2 - Frost at 9:04 pm PST 9 May 2009
The new activity is now up: PsyPoke Idol 2.

We had the first PsyPoke Idol back in 2004, before the fourth generation Pokemon had been revealed (except for Munchlax), and now that the fourth generation has been around for awhile and we still don't have any new Pokemon from the fifth generation, we thought it would be a good time to hold a second competition. In 2004, Mew was our official PsyPoke Idol with Charizard serving as the runner-up. Who will win this year? Vote for each Pokemon on a scale of 1 to 5 and we'll find out by the end of the summer!

First Look at HeartGold and SoulSilver - Frost at 5:11 pm PST 9 May 2009
These screenshots are from the episode of Pokemon Sunday that aired in Japan today.


The remakes have DPP-style graphics and, for at least a part of the game, it looks like your starter will follow you around. I would assume for the first task where you go to find Mr. Pokemon, although it could be for longer.


Also, it looks like we're finally getting updated Sugimori art of the Generation II Pokemon after they were skipped in FRLG. All three of the starters look adorable.

(Pictures taken from "CactuarJoe" on Photobucket as well as an unknown Livejournal user. Thanks to forum user Jamie for pointing them out.)

Also, be sure to check back tomorrow to find out what our new activity will be!

New Activity Coming Sunday - Frost at 4:15 pm PST 8 May 2009
Amidst the excitement of the Gold and Silver remakes being confirmed, Psypoke will be starting a new activity this Sunday. So check back then to find out what it is!

Frost.... out. :O

What Frost really meant to say was... - FireStarter at 7:37 pm PST 7 May 2009
...that we are excited to bring you the news about the newest Pokemon games, Heart Gold and Soul Silver, which are, according to the Japanese Pokemon website, slated to be released Fall of 2009 in Japan.

I'm sure that's what he really meant. ¬.¬