Pokémon (Series)

[Mr EliteL]

Pokémon Day 2024 | Pokémon Presents Summary



Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Events
Mighty Venusaur, Might Blastiose and a returning Mighty Charizard will each have a Tera Raid event. Mighty Venusaur's week begins tomorrow February 28th until March 5th, Mighty Blastoise is from March 6th until the 12th, and finally Mighty Charizard starts March 13th and ends on the 17th. As Mighty Charizard was available in a previous event plus you can own only one of each, you cannot catch Mighty Charizard again if you caught it last time, but can still earn the rewards for participating.

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Pokémon Go
Pikachu wearing Cap's hat which knows the move Volt Tackle will make it's debut along with Ceruledge, Charcadet and Armarouge. Liko and Roy who appear in Pokémon Horizons The Series on Netflix (March 7th) can show up in the Snapshot mode.

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Pokémon Sleep
Raikou, Entei and Suicune are coming to Pokémon Sleep, Raikou is set for March and the other two will follow after. You can also claim a gift of 10 Poké Biscuits and 1,000 Diamonds by logging in. The Gift distribution period will last to April 30th 18:59 UTC.

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Pokémon Masters EX
To celebrate 4.5 years Geeta & Glimmora (Feb 28th), Silver & Tyranitar (Mar 1st), Master Sync Pairs Gladion & Magearna (lasts until April 1st), Lillie & Lunala (lasts until Mar 23rd), Lusamine & Necrozma (lasts until Mar 25th) will all appear. Also the photo creator mode is coming, complete an in-game event before March 31st for the chance to have Riley & Lucario join your team and log in right away to receive a gift of 3,000 gems!

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Pokémon Café Remix
Complete puzzles for Gimmighoul coins, choose between Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly in special chef outfits to add to your café staff, join bingo events for a chance to also add Koraidon or Miraidon to your staff.

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Pokémon Unite
Miraidon, Falinks and Ceruledge join the fray. A special event where you can earn the Miraidon's Unite license is under way today until March 23rd. Falinks is due for April, Ceruledge later.

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Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
A new digital way of experiencing Pokémon TCG on your phone. Collect and open packs for chances to get them shiny cards! Viewing on your phone allows you to move the card around for a 3D like effect or jump into the illustration of the Pokémon itself for a more immersive feel. Also play Quick Battles to see if your chosen deck can come out on top. Open two packs a day at no additional cost.

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Pokémon Legends Z-A
The Pokémon Company revealed the next Pokémon Legends which looks to be set in the Kalos region, and will be released next year, 2025.


Well that was fun thinking the TCG game was the final thing when the chat was commenting on how much time was left and then they squeezed in that final announcement. No remake exactly though this time like most people were thinking it would be. More of a short and sweet Direct than last year's which was 25 minutes long as opposed to this 12 minute Direct. Wonder if Z-A will give improvements or add to the Legends gameplay style.

[Moonface]

Only curious about the Pokémon Legends: Z-A so just checked out the trailer for that. Definitely takes place in the same region as X/Y does, and the Z is clearly for Zygarde. I don't know off the top of my head what the A is standing for though.

Edit: I closed the video when the logo appeared stupidly thinking there was nothing after it and completely missed the reveal that Mega evolutions are coming back. I wonder if we'll get any new ones or if it'll just be the same lineup XY had.

Also shoutout to Gen 5 just being ignored for any remake or new entry in favour of skipping right from Gen 4 to Gen 6.

[Dragon Lord]

I think Gen 5 remakes will still be on the way eventually. Maybe not this year or next year, but I'd say I'd be surprised if we didn't hear about Gen 5 Remakes by 2026.

I'm definitely down for another Legends game though. Granted I still have to go back and actually finish Legends Arceus, but they definitely laid down the foundation for something great and I hope to see them build on that instead of taking a big step back like they have been with the main Pokemon games for a while now.

I hope that if this game does well, they'll be more motivated to continue the Legends series further and some day we might see a Legends game taking place in Jhoto.

[Moonface]

Poké Transporter GB - A Fan-Made Gen I/II to Gen III Transfer Tool Using Original Hardware
A new fan-made tool has made it possible to transport Pokémon from the Game Boy games forward into the Game Boy Advance games using original hardware, which isn't a standard feature for the games from that era of Pokémon. The tool, known as Poké Transporter GB, is the work of Austin Weber a.k.a. The Gears of Progress. Weber began the project to address the problem it resolves, with V1 being released this week after the project's initial release eight months ago.

Poké Transporter GB is a transfer tool for created to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal to Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald. Poké Transporter GB is designed to emulate what Game Freak may have released should they pursued it. Many inspirations were taken from the Pal Park, PokéTransfer Lab, and PokéTransporter to keep a "Game Freak" feeling.

Poké Transporter GB WILL modify both your generation 3 and generation 1/2 save file. The program is designed to not corrupt anything, but if you do not wish to modify your save file then you should bypass this experience.

The process was documented on their blog, but there is also a video that quickly breaks down the development process:



Anyone wishing to use the tool themselves can obtain it from the projects official GitHub page: https://github.com/GearsProgress/Poke_Transporter_GB
If you're not planning to use it but want to see it in action, you can do so here: Poké Transporter GB - Video Demo

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I doubt anyone will have a use for this but I still think it's cool and wanted to share it.

[ShiraNoMai]

From what I remember when they were going to shutdown Pokémon Bank, folks were trying some wild shit to get their mons over, and I think the only method that "worked" was to rewrite the Virtual Console G/S/C game's save with the cart dumped save file.

I mean this is technically just as hacky as that method but it's wild that it's like, actually in-software made. The folks that have a handle on GameFreak's engine do some absolutely MIND blowing stuff with the toothpicks and earwax that shit is built on.

[Moonface]

Game Freak Suffers Massive Leak
Game Freak has suffered from a massive data leak after an employee fell victim to a phishing scam that allowed an external party to gain access to Game Freak's development databases. The company has since released a statement addressing the matter:

October 10, 2024
Game Freak Co., Ltd

Notice and apology regarding the leak of personal information following unauthorized access
GAME FREAK Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Satoshi Tajiri; hereinafter referred to as "our company") has discovered that personal information of employees and others was leaked in connection with unauthorized access to our server by a third party in August 2024. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused to all involved.

1. Leaked personal information
Personal data regarding our employees, etc.
Items: Name, company email address
Number of items: 2,606,
*Our employees and contract workers (including former employees and ex-employees)

2. Responses to individuals whose personal information has been leaked
We are contacting the affected employees individually. For those who cannot be contacted individually due to resignation or other reasons, we will notify them through this announcement and set up a contact point to respond to inquiries regarding this matter.

3. Measures to prevent recurrence
We have already rebuilt and inspected the server, and will strive to prevent recurrence by further strengthening our security measures.

4. Inquiries regarding this matter
If you are affected by this matter, please contact the following office for inquiries:
[Inquiry form]

There was an incredible amount of content leaked, and I'll try my best to categorize it all in a way that makes it easy to get a gist of what was leaked even if you don't want to outright view any of the actual contents. Obviously leaked employee information is not going to be included and under no circumstances is anybody allowed to post any such content.

• Gen 3 Prototypes Google Doc
  Contains all discovered prototype and beta Pokémon designs for Gen 3, including names, images and descriptions.
  
• Character Bios/Reference Materials for Gen 4 and Gen 5
  Seems to be sheets that Game Freak used to put together a general idea of certain human characters before their actual designs and characters were finalized.
  
• Gen 3 Beta Pokémon Sprites #1
  
• Gen 3 Beta Pokémon Sprites #2
  
• Gen 3 Beta Pokémon Sprites #3
  
• Gen 3 Beta Pokémon Sprites #4
  
• Beta Artwork #1
  
• Beta Artwork #2
  

There is probably considerably more than this since this is just links to beta content that isn't probably going to ever get used, but I haven't taken a look around for every single thing out there yet. I have seen that apparently the source code for Legends Z-A was grabbed, which if so that is incredibly bad news if that actually gets shared. I would hope that if that was in there that whoever accessed this data doesn't release that and only hands out things from older games that's all just scrapped content and ideas.

[queenzelda]

I've seen these leaks all over twitter and I'm clicking on nothing. All I wanted to see was the art work that wasn't used and I find it funny that we almost had a water bunny instead of a mudkip.

[Moonface]

I'm pretty sure any of the links in my post above don't contain anything that is for upcoming projects, although as far as I know the only image of something new that was shared is a still from an upcoming animated movie.

And yeah, that water bunny we never got is so insanely popular with people where I think it's probably the highlight of the leaks for most people. With how well its design has been received I wonder if Game Freak will consider revisiting it and introduce it officially in a future game. I bet if TPC announced merch for it it'd become a best seller before the end of the day.

[ShiraNoMai]

#NotAllTyphlosions

Seriously, a case of "someone wildly misinterpreted a translation and yelled their results on a loud speaker" if I've ever seen one. Calling and comparing a fictional monster/creature as akin to real heinous crimes, mostly I think for lulz, but it's really messed up and gross we jump to these conclusions from what I find to be the most tame story of a mythology I've ever read:

Let me know what you guys think. The lore is based off the Japanese "yokai" folklore.

[Mr EliteL]

Didn't look at all the links, just the first beta sprite set and the two Beta Artworks. Yeesh some of those sprites look very oof, not a loss there really in that they weren't finalised versions. Gen 3 at least had well designed sprites that were better than the Beta ones. The ones in the artwork that got my attention were the skeletal-like Metagross looking one and the...forgot what the Pokémon's name is but it looks similar, these two artworks had them looking more menacing, horrific even. They would've been great. The water bunny is also good, nice to see many others are liking it too.

[queenzelda]

And Gamefreak tried to get you back into playing Pokemon Sl/Vl by offering you a shiny Melowetta by completing your Pokemon HOME pokedex, plus the dlc pokedexes. 

Which I did, & it was a lot of work just to make sure I got her. AND I DID.

my shiny prize