A few weeks ago, Frost sat down (virtually) with Johto Times to talk about Psypoke's history, his TCG collection, and more. You can read the interview here, as well as check out their other interviews chronicling the history of Pokemon fan sites. We're all very honored that after all these years fans still remember us fondly, and grateful to Johto...
Pay no attention to the man behind the server[Expand]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 18 Oct 2024 at 5:05pm PDT
As in our previous update, our hosting company was doing server shenanigans. They should be done now. Anyway, back to not doing whatever it is we don't do around here anymore.
Posted by Elite4 Admin on 10 Apr 2019 at 8:19pm PDT
We had some domain name problems but now we're back to being completely idle
TCG Giveaways, Tournaments, 3D Updates, and Twitter[Expand]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 13 Oct 2011 at 5:55pm PDT
News has been pretty slow lately, which is fine by me because I've been incredibly busy. First up, the 3D Pokedex app has been updated for those of you who have a 3DS but haven't checked in a while. The update adds more functionality to the AR Viewer, but you have to manually run the update. Next up, our friends at ZeldaInformer are running another...
The 3rd year of Psypoke Idol has ended. First, it was Mew. Then it was Lugia. The third Pokemon to claim victory in Psypoke Idol is... Typhlosion with 3.7036 stars. The rest of the round broke down as follows: Charizard with 3.6902 stars, Dragonite with 3.6686 stars, Umbreon with 3.6371 stars, Tyranitar with 3.6249 stars, Mew with 3.5934 stars, Arcanine...
In the final semifinals group of Idol 3, the top ten advancing Pokemon were Dragonite, 3.9502 stars; Arcanine, 3.8518 stars; Lugia, 3.7805 stars; Blaziken, 3.7698 stars; Mew, 3.7512 stars; Lucario, 3.7491 stars; Scizor, 3.7416 stars; Gengar, 3.6984 stars; Sceptile, 3.6368; and Lapras, 3.6346. As is typical in later rounds, all of the advancing Pokemon...
Psypoke Idol is nearing the finish line. Here's the results from Round 3 Group 1. Only 10 Pokemon move on to the final round next month. Overall, the Top 5 saw an average decrease of 0.09692 stars compared to their Round 2 showings. In a move that can't possibly surprise anyone, Charizard took first with 4.1546 stars. Rounding out the Top 5 were Tyranitar...
EDIT: Now that I've got a bit more time (and for the first time in nearly two months, sort of a desk!), here's your missing Psypoke Idol results from the last two weeks. For Round 2 Group 4, we saw an average decline of 0.1243 stars in the Top 20 compared to their showings in the previous round. However, 6 of the 54 Pokemon did show improvement, including...
Here's the results from last week's round of Psypoke Idol. In a strange twist, one of the Top 20 moving on has actually improved in score compared to Round 1. Overall, the Top 20 was still down 0.2073 points on average, but your winner for Group 3, Lucario, was up to 4.0675 stars (from 4.0485). The rest of the Top 5 were Mew with 4.0624 stars, Flygon...
First off, Idol Round 2 is still underway. Last week's results still show a downward trend in scores, with an average of 0.2238 fewer stars across the Top 20. Our Top 5 last week were Charizard at 4.2339 stars, Blastoise at 4.0111 stars, Blaziken at 3.9158 stars, Metagross at 3.9075 stars, and Scizor at 3.8638 stars. The rest of the Top 20 were filled...
Frost is right: I've been incredibly busy at work. Thankfully, news has been rather slow. The Japanese release of Super Pokemon Scramble was pushed back to the end of this week, and I'll let Frost talk about some TCG things if he cares to, but not much else has really been going on. EDIT: Frost has posted the ninth part of the BW walkthrough. As far...
I guess Jiggz has been pretty busy at work because I just noticed that the results for last week's group were never posted. The current round ends tonight at midnight but, regardless, here's the results for Round 8: This week's top five included Lugia with 4.2723, Zoroark with 4.0525, Hydreigon with 3.9836, Articuno with 3.9067 and Absol with 3.9028....
Busy at work, etc, but here's the results from last week's Psypoke Idol. Top 5 honors go to Mew at 4.1206 stars, Lucario at 4.0485 stars, Zekrom at 4.0275 stars, Lapras at 3.8638 stars, and Sceptile at 3.8505 stars. Rounding out the Top 30 are Samurott, Nidoking, Deoxys (Speed), Shaymin (Sky), Emboar, Mamoswine, Regigigas, Bayleef, Sawsbuck (Winter),...
Idol Round 1, Group 6 has come to a close, despite the server issues we faced shortly after it's start. It brings to the table a Top 2 that anyone could have seen coming. The Top 5 of the week were Charizard, at 4.4346 stars, Metagross, at 4.097 stars, Moltres, at 3.9774 stars, Alakazam, at 3.9533 stars, and Snorlax, at 3.9356 stars. Rounding out your...
Thanks for bearing with the server trouble over the past week. The current Group of Psypoke Idol will continue until Saturday night, and the next group begins Sunday morning.
Group 5 of Psypoke Idol, the half-way point of Round 1, has concluded. Here's a breakdown of the results. Our Top 5 were Dragonite with a 4.3458-star average, Suicune with a 4.1689-star average, Latios with a 4.1318-star average, Ho-oh with a 4.1136-star average, and finally Mewtwo with a 4.0841-star average. Rounding out the Top 30 were Umbreon, Gengar,...
Meant to post this the other day, but I guess it can lead off a new update. As is tradition, there will be some Jirachi-themed giveaways in Japan for Tanabata. Cellphone backgrounds and other little freebies will be available. Now that I've actually had a few days to stay in one place, I've also gone and updated our Black and White Videos page with...
Here are the results from last week's Psypoke Idol. The Top 5 this week were Zapdos (4.1089 stars), Scizor, Espeon, Milotic, and Glaceon (3.895 stars). The remainder of the Top 30 were Serperior, Kingdra, Cyndaquil, Giratina (Altered), Chandelure, Crobat, Palkia, Shaymin, Magmortar, Virizion, Vulpix, Growlithe, Golurk, Mismagius, Sandslash, Hitmonlee,...
Posted by Jigglypuff on 16 Jun 2011 at 10:48am PDT
Sorry for being so late in posting this, but things have been busy. Anyway, for all you statistics-oriented types out there, here's the round up from Idol Round 1 Group 3 last week: Our Top 5 were Swampert with a 4.1779-star average, Blaziken with a 4.0523-star average, Darkrai with a 3.978-star average, Aggron with a 3.9552-star average, and Houndoom...
Owners of the 3DS are reminded to update their system. Nintendo has provided a summary and a guide to assist users in the process. Simply connect to a WiFi network, open the System Settings, and from the Other Settings menu, select System Update. The update adds more online functionality, including an internet browser and the eShop store. As part of...
I've made a few performance tweaks around the site, and added some more Events to the list. I think I'm going to completely redo how we handle them to make them a bit more accommodating, though. Anyway, Group 2 of Psypoke Idol has ended, and the voting for Group 3 has begun. Here's how last week's 2000 votes broke down. Last week's Top 5 were a group...
Before that though, I've made a change to how the BW Walkthrough displays Wild Pokemon. You can now decide which season(s) to display, to keep the tables from getting overwhelming, especially when Sawsbuck and Deerling are involved. Let me know if you encounter any problems with it. Now then, Round 1 Group 1 of Psypoke Idol has finished, and voting...
Black and White Walkthrough Update, Psypoke Idol R1G1[Expand]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 28 May 2011 at 11:19pm PDT
After a considerable amount of work, Frost has completed all the necessary revisions on Parts 3, 4, and 5 of our Black and White Walkthrough. The incredibly lengthy Part 8 has also been posted, covering all the events up through the final Gym. There are only about 24 hours left to vote for Round 1, Group 1 in Psypoke Idol 2011. Of the 81 Pokemon there,...
If you've been following along on our Facebook page, you'll have already heard plenty about this. As summer sets in, it's time for another contest. With a whole new region to explore, it's time once again for Psypoke Idol! 649 Pokemon just wasn't enough though. We've included alternate forms for Pokemon where the sprite actually changes between forms,...
Community Reshuffling, More on Black and White[Expand]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 22 Mar 2011 at 10:58pm PDT
Spring has sprung (at least in the real world - not so much in Black and White). It's always such a busy time of year, isn't it? First off, I was finally able to fix forum registration once again yesterday. The downside is that applying a new theme to the forums takes a really long time, and I'm still not done. So, you'll notice that the forums might...
Posted by Jigglypuff on 12 Mar 2011 at 11:54pm PST
And there's still so much to do... Before we begin, though, our thoughts/prayers/hearts go out to the Japanese people in the wake of this devastating earthquake and tsunami. You may have heard some terrible rumors flying around, but rest assured that Nintendo of Japan and all its staff are safe. Back on the homefront, things have been busy as ever....
It's been a busy two weeks for us, especially this past week. Here's a breakdown of what's happened. We've invested in our own server. You'll notice that IGN's ads are gone now. As the owners of our new server, we have a much greater degree of control over the website. Of course, this hasn't been without its own set of challenged. We've spent the...
Posted by Elite4 Admin on 4 Mar 2011 at 12:15am PST
Hello everyone! Black and White are out in Europe now. The Psydex has been updated with a wealth of information from the English versions of the games. There's still so much to do of course. Our server is still quite overworked. We're doing our best to adjust things. For right now, leaving the forums offline actually makes a huge difference. The other...
Hello everyone, I apologize for the fact that the site is running so slowly today. We're in the process of getting that fixed up, but it takes time. You may have noticed a few changes around the site. I won't go into details now, but we've been keeping busy. Regretfully, due to the current server issues, I had to close the forums back down after having...
Japanese Updates, English Characters, Site Status[Expand]
Posted by Jigglypuff on 22 Feb 2011 at 4:49am PST
The Official Japanese Pokedex has now been updated to include all Pokemon up through Kyuremu (キュレム). This update does not include the three event-only legendary Pokemon who follow in National Dex order. Another article from Official Nintendo Magazine UK discusses some aspects of the Battle Subway, and names it's bosses;...
Posted by Jigglypuff on 18 Feb 2011 at 10:50am PST
Sorry for being so quiet this week; I promise, there's a good reason, and you'll find out soon. Official Nintendo Magazine UK has posted a few more articles and videos, as well as some concept art. We can now confirm the names of Skyarrow Bridge, Driftveil City, and the ocean liner Royal Unova. The folks at IGN have interviewed Junichi Masuda, and...
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! Thank you to all who voted!
Idol Semifinals COMPLETE; FINAL ROUND NOW UP![Expand]
Posted by Frost on 12 Sep 2009 at 5:44pm PDT
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...
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...
Semifinal Group 1 Results; DeckDex Updated[Expand]
Posted by Frost on 29 Aug 2009 at 5:34pm PDT
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...
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...
Going through this week are Dragonite, Charizard, Suicune, Mewtwo, Flygon, Metagross, Origin Giratina, Venusaur, Pidgeot, Absol, Gallade, Celebi, Arceus, Dusknoir and Wartortle. The last group of Round 2 is live here, so be a good visitor and vote, mkay?
Yeah, I'm not Frost, but you'll have to settle for me this week. Top 15: Scizor, Zapdos, Gengar, Latias, Entei, Gardevoir, Dialga, Sceptile, Glaceon, Feraligatr, Garchomp, Quilava, Dragonair, Houndoom, Shaymin (Sky) Group 4 is up, don't forget to vote *coughforseadracough*.
Our top 15 for group 2 are Tyranitar, Blastoise, Lucario, Vaporeon, Arcanine, Latios, Moltres, Groudon, Alakazam, Kingdra, Leafeon, Snorlax, Meganium, Charmander and Ampharos, with Pikachu, Aerodactyl, Crobat, Haunter and Cresselia just missing out. Keep on voting, there's not too long to go before the end of the second Psypoke Idol!
With voting for the final group of Round 1 completed, this week's top ten is Blastoise, Feraligatr, Espeon, Gengar, Garchomp, Gallade, Infernape, Scyther, Kabutops and Deoxys. Just missing out on the top twenty this week are Drifblim, Heat Rotom, Omastar, Metang and Persian, however, we've decided to advance ten wild cards into the second round. These...
Well, Group 9's results are in, and this week's top ten features Typhlosion, Rayquaza, Ho-oh, Mewtwo, Jolteon, Scizor, Squirtle, Nidoqueen, Machamp and Rotom (Frost). The Pokemon who just missed out in this group were the utterly hideous Cradily, the "Why the hell does it change into Bug/Flying type upon evolution" Masquerain, Butterfree's counterpart...
While I am deeply saddened by the results of the most recent round of Psypoke Idol, the show must go on. ;.; I've once again updated the HeartGold and SoulSilver FAQs Page to reflect some more questions we've been seeing all too often. Remember, everyone, these games are remakes of Gold and Silver; you shouldn't expect anything from those games to...
Group 8's top ten is Tyranitar, Lapras, Dragonair, Moltres, Swampert, Entei, Groudon, Deoxys-Attack, Charmeleon and Wailord. Just missing out were Shiftry, Crawdaunt, Kirlia, Floatzel and, unfortunately for Jiggz, Jigglypuff. Luckily for the staff, some of our personal favorite Pokemon (including Dragonair, Wailord, Togekiss, Honchkrow, Slowking, Sneasel...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
So, Pokemon Platinum was released in the US today. We'll be adding more content to the Platinum Section in the coming days. Guides will be written, etc. The PsyDex has all the Platinum data already, so feel free to make use of that. The biggest change to the site, as you can see, is our new layout. This layout has been in the works for months, undergoing...
I know, I know, it's been a while since I posted an update. We're not dead, we're just busy. And with the Platinum Section up and running for a few weeks now, there hasn't been much to report on. That being said, we've been keeping ourselves busy. There have been several bug fixes around the site in the past couple weeks. In addition to that, I've...
But before I get to those, here's what else I've been working on. Firstly, lingering errors with the moves learned in XD have been ironed out in the Psydex. They SHOULD all be taken care of now. In addition to those errors, there was an error with the Stadium 2 Gym Castle that has also been resolved. And, of course, I fixed up some various typos on...
Hey all, This update is mostly just to say that I've pretty much finished settling back into things at home and will hopefully be able to get back to some more regular updating of the site soon. Hooray! In addition to that, a quick recap of what's been going on around here lately. There've been numerous little fixes all over the place; mostly typos...
Posted by Jigglypuff on 28 Apr 2008 at 12:49pm PDT
No. No one likes Mondays. Over the past week, most of the work for the site has been more little bug changes here and there. Keep sending those reports in. This weekend I also went and added Frost's explanation for IV Inheritance to the Breeding Guide in the PsyLab. Yay Frost! Oh, and I went and upgraded the forums to the most recent version of phpBB...
Posted by FireStarter on 28 May 2007 at 10:03am PDT
Starting Saturday, June 2nd and ending Friday, August 31st, we will be hosting a series of Pokemon trivias! There will be special forum and chat-related prizes given away for each weekly trivia, with a secret (and tangible) prize for the person with the most total points after the last trivia! For more information, you can click here for the forum thread...
Posted by FireStarter on 20 Apr 2007 at 8:35am PDT
I would like to invite all of you to take part in our very own Psypoke Trivia! If you would like to put your Pokemon knowledge (and to some extent, your typing) to the test, join us tomorrow (Saturday, 7 PM EST) at #psypoketrivia on irc.darkmyst.org For more details on the rules and how to get there, you can click here or click here. Hope to see you...