Pokémon Database - News & Updates
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So, apparently some new Pokemon games were released or something...
Site Updates — 17 March, 2011
Ha! It's been a little quiet here for the last few days. As you can probably guess, since Pokemon Black & White were recently released, I've been quite busy playing! I have Pokemon Black and it is excellent - a lot of the gameplay is familiar but the adventure has a little more 'epicness' to it. There are lovely touches to the graphics, music and other details throughout the game. Game Freak put a lot of effort in this time.
Most of my time on the site has been spent handling the massive surge in traffic we are experiencing at the moment. Visitor numbers have quadrupled since the games were released, and are even higher at weekends. We've got a grasp on everything now, but if the site gets a bit slow at times, please bear with us. Thanks for choosing Pokemon Database as your information source! :-)
On to the actual update - I've added two new pages to our Black & White section. The first describes some of the changes in wild encounters - most notably the shaking spots
that you see sometimes. The second is a guide to the new seasons mechanic, explaining what changes between seasons.
I have also been making several changes to ability and move descriptions to add more detail and clarify points. As usual, if you spot any mistakes anywhere on the site, please let me know on meta-Pokebase here.
Black/White Attack and Ability English names revealed!
Pokémon Black & White — 02 March, 2011
Copies of Pokemon Black & White have hit some places early and now all the official English names for the new moves and abilities can be revealed! (UPDATE: also added the Pokedex 'flavor' entries and species to the Pokedex.)
If you want to see the Japanese names as a reference, we list them all below...
Pokemon Black & White locations now online
Site Updates — 01 March, 2011
First, a belated Happy Birthday to Pokemon! The very first games were released 27th February, 1996 - making them 15 years old last Sunday! Here's to another 15 years of fun.
Now onto the main update. Earlier this week I quietly added Pokemon location data for the Unova region from the imminent games, Pokemon Black & White. I have spent the last few days working on improving the section as a whole and can now unveil the new guide!
Instead of the hard to read tables of just Pokemon and encounter rates, we've merged much of it into one table. Most tables now only list the Pokemon once, displaying all the relevant conditions such as game version, time of day or season. Check it out and let us know what you think.
P.S. Pokemon Black & White are released this coming Friday in UK/Europe, and Sunday in USA/Canada! If you get stuck during the games, drop by our popular Q&A section PokeBase, where you can get your questions answered by our expert users.
Gym leaders and town names for Black & White revealed
Pokémon Black & White — 11 February, 2011
We're a bit late with this news, but the gym leaders and Elite Four character names have been revealed, as well as most of the town/city names in Unova. The town names are all based on cloud formations!
Gym leaders:
- Cilan (Grass), Chili (Fire), Cress (Water) - you fight one of them depending on your chosen starter.
- Lenora (Normal)
- Burgh (Bug)
- Elesa (Electric)
- Clay (Ground)
- Skyla (Flying)
- Brycen (Ice)
- Shaga or Iris (Dragon) - former is in Pokemon Black, latter in Pokemon White
More attack and ability names revealed, plus Twitter
Pokémon Black & White — 08 February, 2011
First, a quick reminder that the wi-fi event to obtain Raikou, Entei and Suicune is now underway! This week you can get a shiny Raikou in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver by selecting Mystery Gift from the title screen, then Nintendo WFC. The event is open to America, Europe and Australia. It may also be available in other areas too so give it a try!
Second, if you use the social networking site Twitter, you can now follow us @pokemondb! I will post regular Pokemon news updates, particularly small newsbites that aren't major enough to do a post on the front page. Plus any random facts or Pokemon goodies I stumble across.
And the main part of this update - more move and ability names have been confirmed by various sources:
Vengeance is now Retaliate
Boiling Water is now Scald
Evil Eye is now Hex
Healing Beam is now Heal Pulse
Sing A Round is now Round
Electric Ball is now Electro Ball
Wood Horn is now Horn Leech
Cheer Up is now Work Up
Flame Burst and Dragon Tail stay the same
Tension (ability) is now Unnerve
Regeneration (ability) is now Regenerator
Brand new sprite gallery added
Site Updates — 06 February, 2011
Today I am proud to unveil another new extensive section here at Pokemon Database - a brand new sprites gallery! Although we've had sprites for a while now, the section has been a bit lacklustre and sorely needing updates.
A history of Gengar sprites
The pages have been redesigned with a neater table layout and we have sprites from every game, right back to Pokemon Red & Blue! You can follow the link from each Pokemon's pokedex page as normal, but we also have a new homepage
for the sprites where you can choose your Pokemon:
Complete Pokemon learnset guide now online!
Site Updates — 27 January, 2011
It's been a long time coming but finally we can unveil a big new section to Pokemon Database! On the moves section of every Pokemon's pokedex, you will see links to different generations under each table. This will take you to the appropriate page for that Pokemon.
So you can now, for example, see Generation III moves for Swampert if you are playing Emerald, or the scant 30 attacks that Golem can learn in Generation I.
Like the main Pokedex page, each table is tabbed where appropriate, if Pokemon learned slightly different moves across different games. For example, Dugtrio learned Tri Attack in Crystal but not Gold/Silver.
Last but not least, I have taken Diamond/Pearl moves off the main Pokedex pages to clean up the page a little, since most people will have now moved on to HG/SS and soon Black/White. In many cases they are identical to Platinum which is still listed for now.
Victini event on Black & White release
Pokémon Events — 26 January, 2011
The legendary Pokemon Victini is to be available over wifi from the day of release of Pokemon Black & White! You can receive the Liberty Pass
item from March 4th to April 22nd which you can use in Castelia City to capture Victini.
Note: You don't need to get to Castelia City by April 22nd, you just need to receive the item, then you can get Victini in your own time.
And if you like in the UK/Europe, don't forget that the legendary beasts event for generation 4 starts in just over a week's time on February 7th.
Video of new Pokemon English names
Pokémon Black & White — 18 January, 2011
I decided to put together a nice little video showcasing all the new Pokémon from Pokemon Black & White, with their English names that were leaked at the weeked. Evolutionary branches are also noted with arrows. Enjoy!
I'm hoping to create some more videos in the future, so you can subscribe to our new YouTube channel, PokemonDbNet
to keep updated.
Dates for European legendary beasts event
Pokémon Events — 15 January, 2011
Details on the European event for Raikou, Entei and Suicune have been released. Each one will be available over Nintendo WFC for a week in February. They are the same Pokemon currently available in USA/Canada - not only are they shiny, they also come with new moves they don't normally learn!
All three have Extremespeed.
Raikou has Weather Ball and is available from February 7th-13th.
Entei has Flare Blitz and is available from February 14th-20th.
Suicune has Sheer Cold and is available from February 21st-27th.
They are available for all fourth-generation games, so if you have multiple games (e.g. Diamond and HeartGold) you should be able to get them multiple times! The process is the same as usual - simply go to Mystery Gift in the very first game menu, Receive Gift, then pick it up from the delivery man in the PokeMart.
Some official English names revealed, possibly the whole lot!
Pokémon Black & White — 14 January, 2011
Nintendo has revealed more Pokemon names from Black & White. But there has also been a leak of the supposed full list of English Pokemon names, though not 100% confirmed.
Confirmed Pokemon:
- Desukaan is now Cofagrigus, from
coffin
andsarcophagus
or maybeegregious
. - Mogurew is now Drilbur, from
drill
andburrow
. - Kibago is now Axew, a pun on
askew
withaxe
referring to its tusks. - Koromori is now Woobat, because it's a bat (duh). It seems to have some love connection, hence the
woo
in the name and its move, Heart Stamp. - Minezumi is now Patrat, a pun on
packrat
. - Gothiruselle is now Gothitelle, from
goth
andelle
, a common suffix meaning feminine. - Ranculus is now Reuniclus, possibly based on
homunculus
describing humans. - Wargle is now Braviary, from
brave
andaviary
(bird enclosure). - Musharna keeps its name.
Confirmed ability names:
- Dust-Proof is now Overcoat.
- Sand Power is now Sand Force.
- Sand Throw is now Sand Rush.
- Mummy keeps its name.
Confirmed move names:
- Double Chop is now Dual Chop.
- You First is now After You.
- Free Fall is now Sky Drop.
- Heart Stamp keeps its name.
Continue for the rumoured list of all English names...
European wi-fi event: shiny Raikou, Entei or Suicune
Pokémon Events — 13 January, 2011
A new event is coming to Europe to obtain the legendary beasts. They are the same shiny Pokemon currently available at Gamestop in the US, but will be distributed over wi-fi, from February 7th.
No word yet on exactly how the event will run but we'll keep you posted. Remember, when you transfer them to Pokemon Black or Pokemon White you are able to catch Zoroark.
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