Global Link, Black and White, Movies, and more! [permalink]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 5 Oct 2010 at 11:54am PDT Updated on 5 Oct 2010 at 9:11pm PDT
Time to catch up on news and other developments.
First off, Black and White are still going strong in Japan, having nearly 3.4 million copies since their release. The games are, by all accounts, a huge success.
Next up, a 14th Pokemon movie has been announced. It's the first of what will likely be many done in the new Best Wishes! series. You can see the official trailer here.
The last bit of major news is that the once-broken Global Link is now up and running again, but only for users of Black and White, and only for an hour a day per unique game. This is to help with the massive server load that originally brought the website down when it launched.
As for us, Frost has been exceptionally busy. He's filled in translations (which may change with official translations pending) for Abilities, as well as descriptions of what they actually do. I've also restyled the Dream World abilities to stand out a little more, and sort differently for readability. See for yourself.
Now that some testing has been performed on existing and new attacks in Black and White, some information in the TechDex has been updated. One important change is that Selfdestruct and Explosion no longer halve the target's Defense when used, meaning that the moves are essentially half as powerful as in previous games. Tail Glow also boosts Special Attack by THREE stages now, which is good news for Manaphy and Volbeat.
Our biggest development, however, is that in addition to our video guides to Black and White, Frost has also begun writing up an in-depth Walkthrough for the games.
First off, Black and White are still going strong in Japan, having nearly 3.4 million copies since their release. The games are, by all accounts, a huge success.
Next up, a 14th Pokemon movie has been announced. It's the first of what will likely be many done in the new Best Wishes! series. You can see the official trailer here.
The last bit of major news is that the once-broken Global Link is now up and running again, but only for users of Black and White, and only for an hour a day per unique game. This is to help with the massive server load that originally brought the website down when it launched.
As for us, Frost has been exceptionally busy. He's filled in translations (which may change with official translations pending) for Abilities, as well as descriptions of what they actually do. I've also restyled the Dream World abilities to stand out a little more, and sort differently for readability. See for yourself.
Now that some testing has been performed on existing and new attacks in Black and White, some information in the TechDex has been updated. One important change is that Selfdestruct and Explosion no longer halve the target's Defense when used, meaning that the moves are essentially half as powerful as in previous games. Tail Glow also boosts Special Attack by THREE stages now, which is good news for Manaphy and Volbeat.
Our biggest development, however, is that in addition to our video guides to Black and White, Frost has also begun writing up an in-depth Walkthrough for the games.
