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[Britney's Circus]

Any Pokemon can follow you then!, Jigglypuff is going to follow me!!!

 

[Ryanniny]

The new area next to Cianwood City seems to be human made and all. Possibly evolution area for the different stuff like the moss rock ice rock magnetic field and such?

ah yeah
that'd be really cool!
either that or they'll just include these at random points in the story
Moss rock in ilex forest, electric field in mt mortar, and icy rock in ice cave. (i think thats its name)
and i can't think of the other specific ones?

 

[jakeandhissuperdogsam!!]

Blantantly Obviously Pal Park

One guy talked about the clouds covering up the Battle Frontier, so what's that new area in Cianwood? I guess it doesn't make sense that cianwood would host a battle frontier anyways. Maybe it's like a new facility?

I'm sorry, but how can nobody else notice this? What else do we know (from Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) that has six areas of different terrain. Yes. The Pal Park. And is that a desert above Ecruteak?

 

[Mitchman]

If I had a dime for everytime the Enju Trees were called a desert or orange mist today I would be rich.

 

[billi1000]

now thats some thing we can use as a news source, hopefully it will update regularly, this way we wont have to wait for corocoro to come out or pokemon sunday to air to get he good peices of info, about the sprites, ya well 2 new sprites in clear resolution came out (pikachu, mareep) well just hope we can compile a reasonable amount of sprites before the games are released in september, well ya it seems there's a new tower in Goldenrod, just imagine wat it could be...

 

[Samme!]

If I had a dime for everytime the Enju Trees were called a desert or orange mist today I would be rich.

OH! They're trees! That makes a lot of sense now XD

 

[Mitchman]

Yaminokame can you translate?

 

[.inLOVE]

That new bag is nice. It's refreshing and new, and 3D, which I LOVE.

 

[altaria221]

Look to the left of Cianwood and do you see an area resembling a battle frontier of sorts?

 

[Jorah]

The artwork for Ecruteak looks so beautiful! It's really amazing. And it's great that we can finally use the touchscreen for the menu, I find it pretty annoying having to use the buttons now. Pikachu's sprite looks all right, it looks cute but it looks a bit boring, too. It kind of makes it look a bit generic.

That was the word 図鑑, I am almost 100% positive. The Pokedex is a picture book (Encyclopedia) of Pokemon :P It just means Pokedex

Yeah, that's right ^^ For some reason, the people who translate/edit the text decided to change and add "Poke" to a lot of words when they weren't like that in Japanese haha. Not that it really matters.

 

[Artemis]

That new bag is nice. It's refreshing and new, and 3D, which I LOVE.

Yeah, they are really trying to make the new 3D appearance come to the DS. I would say it needs some more work on, but seeing it is a first try to portray the character and his/her bag in the 3D style, it is pretty good. I forsee this being extended to future Pokémon games as well. Almost everything about this game however is very refreshing and all so new compared to the original. Even though it is different, it hasn't altered the storyline which is a plus.

Look to the left of Cianwood and do you see an area resembling a battle frontier of sorts?

It is hard to see, as it is being overshadowed by a large cloud. Like said, something that was done to the Platinum Map when the Battle Frontier was coming, but we'll see what it ends up turning into. It makes me wonder though, if it is a new Battle Frontier will it be the same as Platinum or will it be its own. If it is the same as Platinum it'll be kind of odd seeing as Johto and Sinnoh run at the same timeline and people really cannot be in two places at the same time.

The artwork for Ecruteak looks so beautiful! It's really amazing. And it's great that we can finally use the touchscreen for the menu, I find it pretty annoying having to use the buttons now. Pikachu's sprite looks all right, it looks cute but it looks a bit boring, too. It kind of makes it look a bit generic.



Yeah, that's right ^^ For some reason, the people who translate/edit the text decided to change and add "Poke" to a lot of words when they weren't like that in Japanese haha. Not that it really matters.

You make a good point. Looking back at DPPt and seeing this now, it makes the buttons look old fashioned in a way. I mean, right now, it looks a little confusing on how it may all be used, but still, it is all so new and neat looking that it makes you think how much better suited it is.

 

[Mitchman]

If a frontier were to be added, next to Olivine is the most logical area and the cloud being there supports that theory.

 

[Kyledove]

How come the girl has a marill following her? Surely it should be [Totodile]? I'll be really sad if the third starter doesn't get used again! poor lonely pokeball.

 

[Ineffable~]

Holy crap, I almost peed myself when I saw this!!!!!! (But I didn't. That's the important thing.)
Let's speculate about Johto here... The area north and west of Cianwood City... everyone thinks it's a Battle Frontier, but it may be something much more sinister... As for that mist there, it most likely is the true Battle Frontier. And the tower to west of Goldenrod? Hard to tell, really. Maybe a Battle Tower (hope not, as I want a Frontier), maybe the new Radio Tower, maybe a tower to catch another legendary (?), maybe contests, maybe something brand new! :o And... yeah... I AM ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Samme!]

I'm still puzzled about what the area to the left of Cianwood is...? It doesn't look like it would be a battle frontier because you can't see any prominent buildings... Do you think it could be like a Safari Zone of some sorts? It looks as if it has different types of land split up into 6 sections......... And then there are those 2 parallel rivers......

 

[Ineffable~]

Yeah, at first I thought it was a Battle Frontier, but then I didn't really see any buildings, so... yep, the mist is the Battle Frontier, or possibly a Safari Zone. If the mist is a Battle Frontier, the big Cianwood area is the Safari Zone. I think the latter is a much more likely option. I mean, the mist could be a Safari Zone, but then the tower west of Goldenrod would have to be the Battle Tower, and the big Cianwood area would have to be Pal Park... and that's not very fun or space-consuming...

 

[Samme!]

The only thing is that I really don't believe that there will be a Pal Park because many people now have the DSi and since that there is no GBA cartridge thingy then many wouldn't be able to transfer there pokemon over from another game.

 

[Ryanniny]

How come the girl has a marill following her? Surely it should be [Totodile]? I'll be really sad if the third starter doesn't get used again! poor lonely pokeball.

i dunno, i thought that.
but maybe the character you don't choose will have a different pokemon
if you choose chikorita, they get marill
if you choose cyndaquil, they get sunkern
if you choose totodile, they get slugma
they're just ideas, cos i think its too early to make an educated guess.
i suggested them 'mons cos they're all 2-stage families, which i based off the marill.

edit: i fail, the marill family has 3 stages.
so maybe it'll be hoppip or oddish, and magby? :S

 

[Artemis]

i dunno, i thought that.
but maybe the character you don't choose will have a different pokemon
if you choose chikorita, they get marill
if you choose cyndaquil, they get sunkern
if you choose totodile, they get slugma
they're just ideas, cos i think its too early to make an educated guess.
i suggested them 'mons cos they're all 2-stage families, which i based off the marill.

edit: i fail, the marill family has 3 stages.
so maybe it'll be hoppip or oddish, and magby? :S

Lol, the thing is Hoppip, Oddish, and Magby all have three stages in evolution too. Anyway, it is a little too early to assume if she may get the extra starter. I do admit though, it should be taken by her instead of it being left alone for someone else to steal. Although, the new female may have one of the starters, but the game makers probably chose not to show it as her following partner. They could either have done this to allow the player to know that any Pokémon besides their starter may follow them, or simply because they chose to add a difference. However, I suggest we leave that be until later on. It is interesting on how they chose to show Marill though, but we'll see how the game plays out with the new female being a supporting role.

 

[Ineffable~]

Well, the Marill family has three stages, but one of them is Azurill, so really there's no difference because either way it will evolve once. Anyway, yeah, like f l a s h said. The Marill is probably just another Pokémon she caught.