"stating that they're showcasing 'never before seen Pokémon'"
...But we have seen Groudon and Kyogre before. New forms =/= completely new Pokémon. Now, I'm not saying that they can't be getting new forms or mega evolutions, but the wording here that TPC is using.....
lol, as if those 2 needed more power (holy crap the stats on those Megas). But they did give Mewtwo 2 mega evos and #GameFreakLogic, so it could happen....
But I have to agree, more intense story is needed.
This is the same wording that was used not only for Mega Mewtwo Y, but also for Black Kyurem and White Kyurem. I remember this exact wording had caused some people to debate whether or not Black and White Kyurem would be their own Pokémon with their own PokéDex numbers. We all know how that turned out in the end. They could very well be referencing the Kyogre and Groudon we see on the boxart with that statement.
And including the legendaries as Megas would definitely spice up the story, and make Team Aqua and Magma seem more powerful and threatening for being able to awaken and possibly even control them for some moments.
I'd say it will be revealed that the orbs are actually their Mega forms, and the reason they wake up is because the orbs send them Mega.
I agree with this idea. Perhaps the team leaders' have Mega Rings and use the (Mega Stone) Orbs to awaken the Pokémon as Megas, when you fight them. You were unable to capture Kyurem the first time around in B2W2, so a similar thing could very well be done here, where the legendary is under the control of the team leader. This way they can still be Mega even though they are "in the wild."
Actually, RSE has no place in the Timeline yet. People just put it alongside Red and Blue because the Remakes were in Gen 3.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so! The games have made reference to Hoenn, but nothing that places it in a concrete place in the timeline, the way gen 2 and gen 4 lock themselves together, and gen 1 in relation to gen 2, etc. I usually say it takes place at the same time as gen 1 for simplicity's sake, but some real concrete evidence would be more than welcome.
Groudon should get Solid Rock...oh and become Ground/Fire.
But Solar Power!
As fitting as I think Ground/Fire would be, I personally do not want Groudon to have such a huge weakness to Kyogre's Water-type.
"There is still much we do not know"
So, he could not know there's megas outside of Kalos.
Professor Oak didn't even realize that
there was an entire region literally steps away from the Pokémon League in Kanto.
Adding Megas does not mess with the series continuity, because ORAS is going to essentially replace RSE in the continuity. And the only reason why Sycamore says that Megas are only found in Kalos is because up until XY, they
were only found in Kalos. Mega Evolution is a major new feature that is used in competitive play. Unless every game from now on is going to be set in Kalos (no, please!) they have to include Mega Evolution outside of Kalos eventually.
Now is as good a time as ever to start. Lots of gen 3 Pokémon got Mega Evolutions and I'm sure we'll see at least a few more (starters, please). I have nothing against formes, but why make the "new" Kyogre and Groudon formes when Megas are fresh off the press? It already works very well with the fact that they're awakened by orbs (the orbs that "awaken their true power," similar to Mega Stones already, so hopefully their new abilities would be actual permanent weather, exclusive only to them).
