September 2010 Corocoro, Pokemon Sunday 303[permalink]
Posted by Frost on 7 Aug 2010 at 6:12am PDT Updated on 9 Aug 2010 at 3:22am PDT
September 2010's Corocoro is said to have a lot of information about Black and White, and it's starting to leak today because the issue is being released earlier than usual on August 11. So far, we don't have much in the terms of new information, but keep your eye on this spot as more pictures leak.
So far, we have a picture of Shikijika's three season forms. The regular Sugimori is pink, for the spring. The three shown here, from right to left, are green for summer, orange for autumn and brown for winter. Shikijika's species is the Season Pokemon, it is 0.6m tall and weighs 19.5kg, and its abilities are Chlorophyll or a new one.
Also, a picture of Aloe. It's the same Sugimori art we've seen before, but we now know she is the Gym Leader of "Shippou City." Some early reports are naming her as the Grass-type Leader. We've also learned that Dento is the first Gym Leader, of Sanyo City, and that three characters (you, Belle and Cheren) begin in Kanoko Town, while Team Plasma is first encountered in Karakusa Town.
Moguryuu, the Mole Pokemon, is the mole we saw from behind on Oha Suta a long time ago. He is a Ground-type with two new abilities related to sand, and he is 0.3m tall and weighs 8.5kg.
Mamanbou leaked in some Oha Suta gameplay footage a couple of weeks ago. The Nursing Pokemon is a pure Water-type who stands at 1.2m and weighs 31.6kg. One of its abilities is Hydration, while the other is new.
Kurumiru is the new caterpillar Pokemon whose Sugimori art leaked last week. Its species is the Sewing Pokemon, and it is a Grass/Bug-type who stands 0.3m tall and weighs 2.5kg. Its abilities are Swarm or Chlorophyll, so it seems like a pretty regular early-game Bug-type to me.
Also Swanna (pronounced Swan-a) is the name of the new swan who was shown in the latest Oha Suta trailer. The Swan species Pokemon is a Water/Flying-type whose abilities or either Keen Eye or Mamepato's new ability. She weighs 24.2kg and is 1.3m tall. Miruhoggu is the evolution of Minezumi, as shown at the end of the same Oha Suta trailer. The Precaution Pokemon is a Normal-type who stands at 1.1m and weighs 27kg; its abilities are Keen Eye or Illuminate.
All of the new Pokemon were shown on a page together. Note that all of these have been seen before through various leaks, so none are technically "new."
Some other tidbits include: there are rotating platforms available in some 3-on-3 battles, adding a dynamic of having to predict which Pokemon you'll be attacking and defending against. Also, once players acquire a certain key item, they can agree to allow the use of items in a Wi-fi battle. Finally, the Battle Subway is a new spin on the Battle Tower in which you can fight seven consecutive battles.
The Psydex has been updated with this information, as well as our lists of new Pokemon.
Finally, Pokemon Sunday showed a small clip of footage of battling Bikutini, including a new Berry-destroying attack:
............... Not what i was expecting, but point taken.
Anyway I was thinkin about what some peole were saying about seeing fossils in the first release of aloe, maybe, just maybe, this time around the fossils of this gen, IF any, may a combo type of something OTHER than rock. Possibly....GRASS?
ohhhhhhhhhhh!!! i thought i needed glasses when i saw that the sprite was tan and the pic was pink XD And i don't that "thing" has anything to do with stantler (Thank Arceus)
@Frost as long as "First!" isn't the only thing he's saying, he has the right to mention that he's first.
The cool thing is that if you look at the overview of the map by the sugimori art of the fawn is that the whole map changes with the seasons. I'm not much for speculation but I think they'll only allow certain pokemon to appear depending on the season (Ursaring for example would probably hibernate during the winter).
I like B-mac's speculation about some pokemon being unavailable during certain times of the year...maybe lakes in the region will even freeze over during the winter, that would be interesting. And maybe we'll have moving weather patterns instead of it ALWAYS RAINING ON THE SAME ROUTE. I mean, jeez, how annoying would that be to live in?
I hope that Pokemon are NOT exclusive to particular seasons. Going several MONTHS without being able to catch a Pokemon would be a nightmare, just like winters in Animal Crossing when there's nothing to do.
According to several other sites including serebii.net, each season only lasts 1 month so there is a chance that certain pokemon only appear in certain seasons. and i agree with b-mac. even if it was actual season times, you could just change the date.
Personally, I think that if seasons are relevant in capturing Pokemon, they ought to raise or lower the prevalence of certain Pokemon according to the season, but you should still be able to catch the same kinds of Pokemon in each area - even if each season does only last one month.
E.g. - one Pokemon appears 5% of the time in summer but 40% in winter - another Pokemon appears 30% of the time in spring and 10% of the time during fall... same Pokemon available, but different encounter rates. I believe it would be fairer that way.
@infernape--- I doubt they would change a pokemon's evolution method for a game. They probably will just make you trade the pokemon to the game where the method is possible and try it that way.