Pokémon Database - News & Updates
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On this page below you'll find the recent Pokémon news and updates to this site. Delve deeper using the menu above to find detailed Pokédex entries, attack stats, evolution chains and our thriving community of awesome Pokéfans who'll answer your questions. And much more besides!
New Pokémon trademarks registered: Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon!
Pokemon Sun & Moon — 25 February, 2016
Two new Pokémon trademarks have been discovered and were recently registered. They are Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, and come with logos:
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon logos
This comes ahead of a Pokémon Direct to be broadcast tomorrow (Friday) at 7am PST / 10am EST / 3pm GMT, on the eve of Pokémon Day,
the 20th Anniversary of Pokémon this Saturday 27th.
However, as we have reported in the past, the existence of a trademark does not mean there will be a game of that name. Potential domain names like pokemonsunmoon.com are not registered to Nintendo or their usual PR firms. [Edit: it seems there are some domains registered to Nintendo, such as pokemon-sunmoon.com]
The Pokémon Direct tomorrow should bring more information!
New retro design to celebrate Pokémon's 20th anniversary!
Site Updates — 19 February, 2016
On February 27th, Pokémon will be 20 years old! The very first Pokémon games, Pokémon Red & Pokémon Green, were released in Japan on that date in 1996. Since then the franchise has continued to grow, through color, touch screens and now into 3D. I've been playing since I could first get my hands on the games in 1999 and have been addicted to Pokémon ever since!
So today I'm proud to unveil our special retro design! It features graphics and sprites from the original Western releases, Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue (although the sprites have been colored!). And in the spirit of PokemonDb's history we've gone back to a Scyther in the header :)
Hope you like it! If you find any problems please report them here.
'Magearna' officially revealed
General News — 15 February, 2016
The new Pokémon shown in CoroCoro a few days ago has been officially revealed as Magearna in English. It is known as the Artificial Pokémon
, is 3′3″ tall and weighs 177.5 lbs. The official artwork is shown to the left.
It will appear with Volcanion in the next Pokémon movie, Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna
.
New Pokémon 'Magiana' revealed by CoroCoro!
General News — 10 February, 2016
Japanese magazine CoroCoro has revealed a brand new Pokémon! It is named Magiana
and is said to be made by humans 500 years ago. It will feature in the next Pokémon movie alongside Volcanion.
The new Pokémon, Magiana
It is apparently a completely new Pokémon, although it does bear some resemblance to Diancie and Klink. No word yet on its type or how it fits with other recently-revealed Pokémon and Formes, in terms of potential new Pokémon games. Note that a new Pokémon does not necessarily mean that the next game will be a new Generation, as Gen 4 Pokémon Munchlax was revealed before Emerald was released.
Pokémon's 20th anniversary Super Bowl ad released
General News — 25 January, 2016
TPCi have revealed their advert, celebrating 20 years of Pokémon, that will run during this year's Super Bowl 50.
The ad was shot in Rio de Janeiro and explores ambition, drive, and training, concepts that every Pokémon Trainer is familiar with.
It features the tagline Train On
. There are also lots of neat references to Pokémon's history throughout the video - can you spot them all?
Pokémon celebrates its 20th anniversary with special events in 2016
General News — 13 January, 2016
On February 27 this year, the Pokémon franchise will be 20 years old! The Pokémon Company has announced that there will be lots of celebrations during 2016.
First up is the re-release of the original Pokémon Red/Blue on 3DS via Virtual Console as previously reported. Several other new games are due for release in 2016 too, including Pokémon Go and Pokken Tournament.
New events are scheduled for 2016 too - every month from February will see the release of a mythical Pokémon! In order they are Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Darkrai, Manaphy, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Genesect and finally Meloetta in December. They will be available in Gamestop stores in America. No details about other locations just yet.
Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow to be released on Virtual Console!
General News — 13 November, 2015
Big news coming out of tonight's Nintendo Direct. The Pokémon games that started the franchise, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow, are to be relaunched in the 3DS eShop! They will use the Virtual Console and stay true to the originals with the monochrome palette, same as other Game Boy games in the eShop.
Not only that, it was announced that as well as fixing some issues with the games, trading will be possible using wireless communication on the 3DS. That means players really can catch all the original 150 Pokémon! (No word yet on whether #151 Mew will be available.)
Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow will be released on February 27th 2016, exactly 20 years to the day that the original Pokémon Red & Green were released in Japan. Check out the announcement trailer:
Pokémon Picross announced
General News — 12 November, 2015
In today's Nintendo Direct a new Pokémon game was announced - Pokémon Picross, to be released in December in the 3DS eShop for free.
In Picross, also known as Hanjie or Nonagrams, you have to fill in certain squares to create a picture - in this case different Pokémon! Numbers on the side of the grid tell you how many squares are filled in each row or column.
Trailer and screenshots below!
Shadow Mewtwo officially revealed for Pokken Tournament
General News — 12 November, 2015
Pokken Tournament - the cross between Pokémon and Tekken due for release on Wii U in 2016 - has a new trailer released a few days ago. It showcases lots of footage and also reveals some new additions, including Pikachu Libre, the Cosplay Pikachu
variant featured in Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.
And at the end of the video we get a brief glimpse of Shadow Mewtwo
an alternate version of Mewtwo that calls back to the Shadow Pokémon
from Pokémon Colosseum. Here's the trailer:
Official art of new Zygarde forms
General News — 21 September, 2015
The new Zygarde forms were officially revealed by TPCi last week (apologies for the delay, pretty busy these days). They pretty much follow what we already know, the main difference being that Zygarde's perfect
form is officially known as Complete Forme.
Here are all the Formes:
Zygarde Cell - single cells that make up Zygarde. They cannot use any moves.
Zygarde Core - part of Zygarde's brain. They are known to take action when the ecosystem changes.
New Zygarde Formes revealed
General News — 12 September, 2015
Japanese magazine CoroCoro has leaked and reveals multiple new Formes for Zygarde!
Going from left to right, the Formes are as follows (translations, not necessarily the final English names).
- The flat green blob is known as Zygarde Cell.
- The green blob that we have seen before is known as Zygarde Core. When it merges with Zygarde Cell it becomes the brain of the larger forms.
- The dog-like form is Zygarde 10% Forme. It has high Speed.
- The regular Zygarde from Pokémon X&Y is known as Zygarde 50% Forme.
- The large human-like monster is Zygarde Perfect Forme, and is much more powerful than Xerneas and Yveltal.
No announcement of the next Pokémon game is provided, however the magazine does state that the next series of the anime will be called Pokémon XY&Z
.
Nintendo announces Pokémon Go, an augmented reality smartphone app
General News — 10 September, 2015
At a business strategy press conference today, The Pokémon Company revealed a new game in conjunction with Nintendo and Niantic (developers of Ingress). It is an augmented reality game for smartphones, where players can catch 'em all
in the real world!
Players explore real world locations to battle, catch and trade Pokémon. An additional Bluetooth device will also be available, shown to the right, which will alert players to nearby events such as Pokémon in the vicinity.
The game will be free with in-app purchases. Here's a promo video for the game:
