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Today’s Your Last Chance To Grab Meloetta, The Last Mythical Pokemon To Wrap Up #Pokemon20!

by Josh Jackson

Pokemon trainers, today is the day! After a year of Mythical Pokemon giveaways, which started with Mew back in February, now is your last chance to pick up Meloetta for your X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire games. The fourth Mythical Pokemon from the Black and White generation of games is here to entrance you with its song, thanks to its two unique formes.

Multiple formes have been nothing new when it comes to Mythical Pokemon. If you recall from our previous coverage, Shaymin could switch by using an item outside of battle, while others like Arceus and Genesect could change types based on what item it’s holding. Yet, Meloetta is unique as the only one that can change mid battle using a specific move. Continuing the trend that Mew started, Meloetta is a Psychic type, being the first Pokemon in the Mythical line to be both Psychic and Normal. Using its signature move, Relic Song, not only does it have a power of 75 with a 10% chance of putting the opponent to sleep, using it switches the Pokemon from its default Aria Forme to its Psychic/Fighting Pirouette Forme. This versatility helps it keep its opponents on their toes, all while holding the constant threat of sleep. Don’t let its opera theme fool you, this Mon is dangerous.

Also unique to generation five’s last Pokemon, Meloetta isn’t featured in its own movie. Instead, it was the first Mythical Pokemon to have a reoccurring role in the main anime. Following Ash, Iris and Cyan at points across their travels across Unova, it gained plenty of screen time to make up for its lack of a feature film. On the card front, check out Meloetta’s featured pin and card below, complete with two more Pokemon Generations booster packs to fill out your collection.

Now that we’re wrapping up an incredible year for the Pokemon fandom, we’ll hand the final comments over to you. What are your thoughts on Meloetta, and how do you think it compares to the rest of the Mythical line? Did you manage to grab all of them throughout the year, and which ones are your favorites? Comment below, and share your Pokemon highlights with us as we move on past 20 years of Pokemon. Here’s to another 20!

June Is Manaphy Month As The Latest Mythical Pokemon Becomes Available For Download

by Josh Jackson

It’s another month, which means it’s time for the next Mythical Pokemon to become available for download on your copies of Pokemon X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Making its debut as a special egg that could be transferred from the excellent Pokemon Ranger to copies of Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, Manaphy is a water type Pokemon that fits a similar role as Mew, Celebi and Jirachi before it. Manaphy’s signature attack, Heart Swap, allows it to switch stat increases and decreases with its opponent, allowing it to absorb any boosts its foe might have built up over the course of the battle. Its ability, Hydration, removes any negative status effects it receives at the end of each turn in the rain, giving it even more of a benefit on top of the attack boost rain already provides to water types. As the only Legendary Pokemon to be able to breed, pairing it with Ditto is still the only way to obtain Phione, a standalone Pokemon that does not evolve into its parent species. As a Pokemon of more than one firsts, Manaphy is also the first Mythical Pokemon to have to share the spotlight with a group of other Mythical types, being somewhat overshadowed by the eventual release of Shaymin, Arceus, and last month’s featured Pokemon, Darkrai.

Despite this, Manaphy has still made multiple appearances since its debut, being featured in Super Smash Bros. Brawl  and 3DS/Wii U as a rare Pokemon that uses Heart Swap to switch which player controls which character mid match. Its movie, Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, has been digitally remastered and made available to download alongside Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and is rounded out by the release of the Manaphy Pokemon TCG set, which comes with two Pokemon Generations booster packs, a promotional Manaphy card, and a collectible pin.

This has been a big week for Pokemon, with Sun and Moon details showing off its new legendaries and Pokedex. Check out the Manaphy trailer below to keep up on all the releases featuring the water type, and check back with more details on #Pokemon20 as they’re available.

Geekscape Games Podcast: Level 3 – The Evil Within Smash Bros.

by GeekscapeStaff

We’re a day late and a Derek short, but Josh, Juan and Shane are here to bring you up to speed on everything we’re hype for this week in games!

This Week

Nintendo Direct for Smash Bros.

Capcom Investor Report: Games need to sell 2 million copies to warrant a sequel.

Hatred’s controversial announce trailer.

Rob Riggle as Frank West in the Dead Rising Movie.

Developer for Paranautical Activity threatening Gabe Newell on Twitter.

Shane’s PSN account gets HACKED!

The Evil Within.

Smash Bros.

Hyrule Warriors and it’s skimpy character clothing.

Dust: An Elysian Tail.

Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

This Week’s Listener Mission Objective

What is your proudest gaming achievement?

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E3 2014: ‘Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’ Shows Off New Mega Evolutions!

by Josh Jackson

It looks like new Mega Evolutions are on their way!

A new trailer for the highly anticipated Pokemon remakes, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire surfaced during E3, giving us a glimpse at the remade Hoenn, shots of the new trainer designs, the confirmed return of Steven, the original generation III champion, and the revamped looks of Team Magma and Team Aqua, including the apparent return of each team being exclusive antagonists to each version.

Of course, all of that plays second fiddle to the new forms of some of our favorite Hoenn Pokemon. Joining the already released Mega Balziken, fellow starters Swampert and Sceptile are each getting new forms as well, complete with boosted stats and the Swift Swim and Lightningrod abilities respectively. Sceptile even loses its dark type in favor of dragon, doubling its resistance to electricity at the expense of gaining a double weakness to ice. It will surely be a valuable asset in double or triple battles, especially since electric doesn’t have too many weaknesses.

But you didn’t think the starters would be the only gen 3 Pokemon to get Mega forms, did you? Shortly afterwards, Nintendo revealed that Sableye and the as of now unreleased Diancie would be the next one to get mega treatment. Then of course, there are the cover legendaries, Groudon and Kyogre, who are being classified as taking on “primal” forms, which may or may not be different from full on Mega Evolutions. Not much is known on what might change, but we do know that Groudon will gain fire typing while Kyogre will grow twice as big with a Special Attack boost to boot. As if these monsters weren’t strong enough already!

The Pokemon series didn’t have a huge presence during Nintendo’s Digital E3 Event, but the information we did get was pretty big for those who follow the series. Now Blaziken isn’t the obvious favorite as the only Hoenn starter to have a mega form, the announcement of Sableye promises that it’ll be one of many new generation 3 Pokemon to get a mega form, and while it’s strange that Diancie will have a mega before she’s even released officially, it’s good to know that gen 6 is getting some representation considering it was the gen that started Mega Evolutions. Now, where’s my Mega Volcarona?

What other gen 3 Pokemon do you expect to get new forms? Breloom? Swellow? Tropius? Primal Rayquaza? I’d say Metagross is a sure thing since Steven is back, but what do you think? Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will arrive on November 21st.

Nintendo Registers Trademark For ‘Pokemon Delta Emerald’, What Does It Mean?

by Josh Jackson

Late last week, Pokefans were shocked when Nintendo officially trademarked the name Pokemon Delta Emerald. An obvious reference to the recently announced Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire remakes, this information has led to speculation that a third version will eventually be made.

Whether or not this is actually the case is yet to be revealed, but as far as I can tell, it’s safe to say that nothing will come of this. Why? First of all, it’s not out of the ordinary for companies to trademark names that they never use for the purpose of keeping others from using the name while simultaneously owning it in case they ever do decide to make something out of it.

What would be out of the ordinary however, would be for Nintendo to make a third version of a remake, Pokemon is somewhat notorious for milking their main games with extra versions, starting with pokemon Yellow. Every generation has had a third version, (assuming you count Black 2 and White 2), but no remake has ever taken the plunge. FireRed and LeafGreen never had a LightningYellow or whatever. HeartGold and SoulSilver never saw a version of Crystal. So what would be the reason to do so now?

And lastly, it wouldn’t make much sense. For the most part, third versions would refine the game play and make small changes to the story while usually integrating exclusive aspects of the first set of games into one nifty cart. The remakes however, have traditionally been closer to the third versions than the original two that they’ re named after, making FireRed and HeartGold feel mostly like Yellow and Crystal respectively. Why would this be any different this time around? I fully expect a showdown between Kyogre and Groudon. I would be surprised if you don’t battle both Team Magma and Aqua, And most of all, I’d be surprised if Rayquaza doesn’t swoop down to stop it all like he did in Emerald. Coming up with a third version just to retread content ‘that was already a retread to begin with sounds highly illogical.

Having said that, I’m excited to see what kind of changes await our return to Hoenn, regardless of how many versions there are. Would you like to see Emerald remade, or are two versions enough? Be heard, Pokefans!

Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Announced With This Teaser Trailer

by Shane O'Hare

No fanfare. No lead up. No hilarious vid featuring Reggie Fils A Mech. Just this very innocuous and to the point trailer.

Announcing Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! Prepare for an epic adventure exploring a world filled with Pokémon!

Pokémon fans first enjoyed Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version when it launched in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. Now, a whole new generation of Pokémon fans will experience the dramatic storyline that unfolds in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.

Look forward to Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire when the games launch worldwide in November 2014!

They’re really following their formula quite well right here. Make great Pokemon game > Make the third for that generation > Make next generation > Remake last generation.

This isn’t really a “SURPRISE” in anyway, but it is still great news none the less. Sapphire was my last and favorite Pokemon game, and it looks like I am going to be getting Alpha come this November.