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.
I love how they're adding to the concept of triple battles with combination attacks rather than just making it a worse version of the double battle system.
I'm not so sure about the combination attacks...just imagine:
Jirachi or Togekiss (or any other Serene Gracer) somehow coming into the rainbow effect. I'm pretty sure a 60% flinch rate is bad enough, thank you very much.
I also noticed that when Mamepato (I think that's his name...the Water starter) used some sort of slash/cut attack, his shell appeared in the attack. Do you think that is an attack for him only, or will there actually be variations in the attack sprites?
And I'm going to re-iterate. I want to be a Machop.
on a more related topic... that shell move that mijumaru has better be good cuz shells r sharp... ive cut my foot on a shell twice this yr... ive been at the beach 4 times
i like how the badge looks for dento's gym! i also noticed in some of the other stuff they showed the gym itself had a theme and it was a restuarant for dento, thats wwhy he had a pad, he was taking some kind of order for ash! i hope they come out with more pokemon soon!