May 2012 Corocoro cover leaked! New Pokemon forms revealed!!!

The cover for the upcoming issue of CoroCoro has leaked several days early and reveals what appears to be new formes for Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. The new Tornadus forme matches the mysterious bird silhouette from the Pokemon AR Searcher game preview last month - it seems Nintendo was actually trying to foreshadow new reveals when they first showcased the game! The person who posted the scan also stated that the magazine reveals Brock, Bianca, Cheren, and Giovanni will be in Black 2 and White 2, but we'll have to wait for the rest of the magazine to leak to find out what that's about! Update (1:00 AM) - The poster of the scan has revealed more information! First, the new formes for Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus can only be caught in the Pokemon AR Searcher game, which of course can then be transferred over to Black 2 and White 2. Second, Cheren will appear in the games as a Gym Leader. Third, "Pokewood" will replace Black and White's musicals (a combination of Pokemon + Hollywood?); it's apparently the movie theater feature that appeared in several of the game trailers. Update (3:45 AM) - The same source also says that Misty, Green (Gary), Lance, Volkner, and Steven Stone appear in a new facility run by Cynthia where you can battle them. That's probably where we'll see Brock and Giovanni as well. Update (4:00 AM) - Lt. Surge, Erika, and Janine will also be present. Apparently the facility is called "World Tournament." It seems you'll be able to battle all previous Gym Leaders and Elite Four Champions there.

Oddly, there are no placeholders for the formes in Black and White; how this will effect cross-game compatibility is a mystery at this point. Diamond and Pearl had placeholder data for Rotom, Giratina, and Shaymin, and Black and White had it for Kyurem, so it seems these formes were not originally planned and that Gamefreak decided to create them after the release of Black and White (that's not confirmed by any means, but seems to be the case based on the aforementioned facts). If Gamefreak could do this for the Cloud Trio, this means there could be a new forme for any Pokemon now! My fun theory: Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus are all male, right? Well that Tornadus forme above certainly looks like it's a bird wearing a bra. So could these be female versions? That would explain why there is no forme data for them in Black and White: these could be gender differences instead! Or at least, that's how Gamefreak could program them into the new games to trick Black and White into detecting them as normal Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. Guess we'll find out what's going on soon!

‘Evolved Starter’ Boxes in July

Three new "Evolved Starter" boxes will be released this July featuring Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott. Each box will come with a figurine of the featured Pokemon (released in other products before), its respective theme deck from Black and White (Green Tornado, Red Frenzy, or Blue Assault), two random booster packs, and a special holographic promo of its Stage 1 pre-evolution (Servine, Pignite, or Dewott). The only unique aspect of the product seems to be the Stage 1 promos, which will probably come from the National Beginning Set.

First Black Kyurem and White Kyurem plushies revealed!

An image of the Pokemon Center plushies of Black Kyurem and White Kyurem was recently revealed on the Pokemon Daisuki Club web site. This marks the first ever plushies of the two Kyurem forms, and you can expect a lot more plushies, figures and other goods of these two once the games are released. Each plushie will be sold for 3500 Yen and will go on sale on June 23rd, which also happens to be the release date of Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 in Japan.

In related news, the Pokedolls of Cobalion, Virizion and Terrakion went on sale today in Japan. Here they are compared to their Pokemon Center plushie counterparts.

Pokémon Black & White - Japanese Event

A new Japanese local event was announced today. These events provide four Pokémon, with them being paired to do strategies. From May 7th to May 31st, players can go to the Pokémon Centre and receive Ninetales and Chandelure. Ninetales has its Hidden Ability of Drought and the moves: Heat Wave, SolarBeam, Psyshock & Will-O-Wisp while Chandelure has its ability of Flash Fire and the moves Heat Wave, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball and Psychic. From June 1st to June 22nd, players can receive Whimiscott and Lucario. Whimsicott has its normal ability of Prankster and the moves Swagger, Giga Drain, Beat Up and Helping Hand. Lucario has its hidden ability of Justified and the moves Bullet Punch, Close Combat, Stone Edge and Shadow Claw.

Pokemon Black and White Dream World - Arceus

For those of you with the international Black & White games, the special Arceus download on the Pokémon Global Link is due to end at the end of tomorrow, at 23:58 local time. This Arceus is given away after Arceus won the Vote to Befriend a Pokémon poll back in November. It is Level 100 with no Hidden Ability or special moves, but can be captured in any ball. The password to unlock it is ARCEUSVOTE

Pokémon Conquest Localisation

American magazine, Nintendo Power, has release a new issue with a massive preview of Pokémon Conquest. In doing so, it has revealed a few new localisation details. These details are in regards to various location names, specifically of some regions Hajime Nation is known in English as Aurora Flame Nation is known in English as Ignis Plant Nation is known in English as Greenleaf Spring Nation is known in English as Fontaine Tram Nation is known in English as Violight We'll bring more as they come

Pokémon Black & White - Spring Friendly

For those with the International games, the new WiFi tournament, the Spring Friendly, has been announced. This WiFi tournament is another tournament which runs the same rules as the previous ones. It contains players from everywhere other than Japan and Korea. Registration opens up at 00:00 UTC on May 2nd and lasts until 23:59 on May 9th with the tournament running from May 10th through to May 14th

Darkrai Wi-Fi Distribution Starting May 9th

Pokemon.com has announced a new Darkrai Wi-Fi distribution to begin taking place May 9th to tie-in with the release of Dark Explorers. Beyond that, no other information was released about its moves. The most recent Darkrai given out in Japan was for the airliner ANA from late 2010 to early 2011, so it could match that one, as these English events tend to do. That Darkrai came at Level 50 holding an Enigma Berry and knew Dark Void, Ominous Wind, Faint Attack, and Nightmare. Details of the May 9th event should be announced within the next few weeks!

Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2’s regional Pokedex to include approximately 300 Pokemon

Unlike the first Pokemon Black and Pokemon White games where you could only encounter Pokemon native to the Unova region (until you obtain the National Pokedex), Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 will feature approximately 300 Pokemon in its regional Pokedex! Since the first Pokemon Black and Pokemon White games introduced 156 new Pokemon to the Pokemon world, we can expect about 140 Pokemon from the previous generations to appear in Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2. So far, the official Japanese Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 web site has revealed that the following Pokemon will be appearing in the games: Maril, Psyduck, Buneary, Eevee, Mareep, Riolu, Tyranitar, Lapras, Arcanine, Metagross and Weavile. Including their pre-evolutions and evolutions, that amounts to 30 Pokemon already, and leaves about 110 out of the 463 Pokemon left to choose from. Please note that this is just our speculation. The number of returning Pokemon could be lower than 140 because Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 may feature brand new Pokemon. Remember this post? If you could choose any 10 Pokemon evolutionary lines or single stage Pokemon, including Legendary Pokemon, from the previous generations to appear in Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2, which ones would you choose? Finally, please vote in the poll below and leave a comment in the comment box with your choice and also your top 10 Pokemon you would like to see return in Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2.

Pokémon Tretta

Following the reveal of the machine in the new Battrio set, Pokémon Tretta has had its official unveiling today in Japan. This arcade machine, due for country-wide launch in Japan in July, utilises various discs similar to Battrio in order for play. It has multiple modes using these disks including a Battle Mode, a mode where you can capture the Pokémon using a roulette and a Search Mode which allows you to look for wild Pokémon. You can save a record of your battles on a separate device known as a Tretta Report similar to the Battrio one.

Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 - Pokémon Smash

Following on from the reveal yesterday about next week's Pokémon Smash episode, today's episode has shown a brief part of next week's episode within its trailer, showcasing Keldeo in battle against various Black 2 & White 2 Pokémon including Growlithe and Magnemite. More footage is likely during next week's episode and we'll post any pertinant information that comes

‘Nintendo Direct’ Announces ‘Pokedex 3D Pro’

The sequel to Pokedex 3D was also announced: Pokedex 3D Pro will contain all Pokemon from every generation, not just Unova's like its predecessor. Unlike its predecessor, however, it's not free: it'll cost 1500 yen, or about $18. It will be available for download starting July 14th. A big thanks goes to Gin for all of the translations!

‘Nintendo Direct’ Announces ‘Pokemon AR Searcher’

Nintendo Direct has just announced Pokemon AR Seacher, a new eShop game for the Nintendo 3DS that will come out on June 23rd, the same day Black 2 and White 2 will be released in Japan. Using the 3DS's camera, you scan the real world by moving your 3DS around and will sometimes see Pokemon hiding (apparently as silhouettes). When you see them, you thrust your 3DS around and try to capture them with a beam of light, as you can see in the screenshot below with the bird Pokemon. Anything that you catch, you can send to Black 2 and White 2 (seen with Ralts). The announcement stated that you will be able to capture very rare Pokemon this way. It also stated the game is meant to "expand on the fun of B2W2," so perhaps it is this generation's version of the Pokewalker. It will cost 300 yen, or about $4.

We should note that the silhouette below does not seem to match any current bird Pokemon (thanks goes to Gin for making that image above). This may be because the game will not be easy like "Who's that Pokemon" - they may actually try to make it a challenge to identify silhouettes (if identifying silhouettes is a component of the game as it seems to be, that is). Who knows - maybe we already suck at the game! Or it could be a new Pokemon who may appear in the Keldeo movie or Meloetta mini-movie. After all, the game does come out before the movie debuts, and if there are going to be new Pokemon in it, this would be the opportunity to advertise them. Guess we'll find out soon! ;) It's so obvious they went out of their way to show us that silhouette - they want us to endlessly speculate about it. Pokemon sure knows how to market itself.

Pokémon Smash - Black 2 & White 2 Keldeo Announcement

The summary of the episode of Pokémon Smash due to air on April 29th has come out and has revealed that the episode, which focuses upon Keldeo, will showcase some use of Keldeo during the early parts of the Black 2 & White 2 games, and show some strong Battle Scenes with it. It's currently unknown whether there will be anything new showcased within this segment, but we'll inform you as and when the episode airs!

BW6 ‘Freeze Bolt’ and ‘Cold Flare’ Booster Packs Revealed!

The booster packs for BW6 Freeze Bolt and Cold Blast have been revealed, as you can see below. As posted earlier today, each set features either Black Kyurem or White Kyurem. They will be released in Japan on July 13th.

‘Forces of Nature Collection’ Promo Scans

The "Forces of Nature Collection" is now available at stores like Target and Wal-Mart for $11.99. It comes with BW41 Thundurus, BW42 Tornadus, BW43 Landorus, and three random booster packs.

New Japanese Sets Revealed - Freeze Bolt and Cold Flare

Japan's BW6 sets will be named Freeze Bolt and Cold Flare and will be released on July 13th, the day before Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman debuts in Japanese theaters. Each set will contain 59 cards (excluding secret rares) and will feature either Black Kyurem or White Kyurem. The sets are named after the signature moves of Kyurem's two formes, which are called Freeze Shock and Ice Burn in the English localizations of the games. At present, no other information is known about the sets but we can assume Pokemon that appear in the film will appear in the sets.

To further celebrate the Kyurem movie, the day the set hits store shelves, a new Movie Commemoration Pack will be released featuring a holo Keldeo promo as well as a Freeze Bolt, Cold Flare, Dark Rush, and Red Collection booster pack.

Later on August 3rd, two "Premium Special Packs" will be released with the previously English exclusive full art versions of either Reshiram-EX or Zekrom-EX. Each pack will cost 1,280 yen and will also include several booster packs.

New Pokemon to be revealed in next month’s Corocoro!!!

A preview of the next Corocoro has been released and has announced that a new Pokemon will be revealed in the next issue of Corocoro, due May 15th!

What do you think will be revealed? A new Pokemon form, Genesect or a brand new Pokemon?

Just one more month to go until the next Corocoro leaks!

Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Pre-order Leaflet

A leaflet about reservations for Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 has stared to appear on various Japanese forums and showcases several of the screenshots we see in CoroCoro. It notes that reservations for the game begin tomorrow. However, the noteworthy part of this poster is the showcase of various other old Pokémon and new Pokémon that are shown to be in the game; Marill & Volcarona and showcases the Unova starters: Snivy, Tepig & Oshawott with the trainers, potentially indicating that they remain the starters in the game, but the placement could just be coincidental. For more on Black 2 & White 2, check yesterday's update !

Pokémon Black & White - C-Gear Skins

The official site has updated detailing the new C-Gear skins they are posting for the Japanese games. To tie in with the Japanese Spring Cup WiFi tournament, all users are able to receive these C-Gears which are based upon Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion. No password is required for these C-Gear skins and they run from April 25th 2012 to May 31st 2012. We'll inform you when they're live