Clemont actually seems to come from inclement (stormy) weather.

The lemon part seems to be a leftover from his Japanese name. It's kind of interesting how the XY Gym Leaders (and Alexa) seem to keep the plant theme that the Japanese versions use while also still using the type puns.

Finally a special note goes to the Fairy-type which I'm sure will either get a Gym or Elite Four member. I don't know which since they'd probably would want to do it in relation to it being superior to the Dragon-type. If it's a Gym then it'll probably be AFTER a Dragon-type Gym. If an Elite Four member then they may make Dragon-type the last Gym since I hope they continue the idea of you choosing which order to battle the Elite Four (actually I wished they let you choose which order to battle the Gym Leaders but that's another story which will have to wait for another generation).

Pokemon:

Well, it's been a long wait as I gone through all the non-Pokemon (as in the creature themselves) news, but finally I get the one which, let's be honest, is the most important one: the Pokemon themselves! There's a whopping 18 Pokemon to talk about, so let's lets not hold this off any longer:

Pokemon: Xerneas
Type: Fairy
Ability: Fairy Aura (NEW! Makes Fairy-type moves stronger (though how much isn't known) for all Pokemon in the battle)
Species: Life Pokemon
Height: 3 m/9'10"
Weight: 215 kg/474 lbs
Known Moves: Geomancy (NEW! Fairy-type. Xerneas's signature move)
Based On: The letter "X" & a deer.
Name: "X"; possibly "cervus" (Latin for "deer"), Cernunnos (horned Celtic god), & Ceryneian Hind (mythical Greek deer with gold antlers & bronze hooves, caught by Heracles/Hercules as one of his 12 labors).
Triva:
1. Xerneas's eyes have an "X" symbol on them.
2. If looked at from the front with its legs stretched out, it forms an "X" shape.
3. Xerneas's antlers look somewhat like chromosomes.
Thoughts/Opinion:
Some new info has come out about Xerneas, mainy it's type, Ability, species, and signature move. It' finally revealed why they were keeping Xerneas's type secret (and Yveltal's, though not for the same reason): Xerneas is indeed a Fairy-type, a pure one also which to me is odd as I thought it would also be part Steel. More then that, we're told that Xerneas is the "Life Pokemon" so it looks like it have a life & death... oh, sorry, "destruction" theme going on between it and Yveltal, but we'll get to that. I imagine Fairy Aura will probably only be useful to Xerneas, even in Double or Triple Battles, especially if it powers-up Geomancy (which sounds more like a Ground- or Rock-type attack since "geo" means "Earth"). Speaking of which, I'm not to sure what to make of Geomancy, all pictures of it just shows rainbow lights surrounding Xerneas but never the opponent being hit by something so is it a status move? If so, what kind of status move is it? I get Yveltal's signature move since it's an attack of some sort, but I have no clue what Geomancy is suppose to do. Either way, Xerneas is honestly something the Fairy-type needed. Not only does it show that not all Fairy-types will be cute and pink, but also give the Fairy-type at least ONE Legendary (which is one more than Poison-types do, the only type not to have a Legendary with their type aside Arceus holding a Toxic Plate) to represent them in the Uber tier which all the mascot Legendaries go (and considering how many Dragon-types are in the Uber tier, it could really use something to balance things out a bit). Of course Xerneas is only one side of a coin, so let's flip that coin to the other Legendary mascot.


Pokemon: Yveltal
Type: Dark/Flying
Ability: Dark Aura (NEW! Makes Dark-type moves stronger (though how isn't known) for all Pokemon in the battle)
Species: Destruction Pokemon
Height: 5.8 m/19'0"
Weight: 203 kg/447.5 lbs
Known Moves: Oblivion Wing (NEW! Dark-type. Yvetal's signature move)
Based On: The letter "Y" & a bird and/or wyvern.
Name: "Y"; possibly "yvel" (Middle English spelling of "evil"), & quetzal (colorful Central & South American bird).
Triva:
1. When its wings and tail are stretched out, it forms a "Y" shape.
2. Vein like markings appear throughout Yveltal's underbody.
3. The diamond shapes on Yveltal's back create a double helix shape in the negative space.
Thoughts/Opinion:
Since the Mascot Legendaries always have to be opposites of one another, since Xerneas represents life, than Yveltal represents DEATH... oh, sorry, I mean "DESTRUCTION". Now that brings to question what the theme of XY is going to be since recent games always had the Legendaries somehow involved with the story, especially with the syndicate. However, as we saw, XY's syndicate is just a bunch of suits who just want to make money. Now aside from all the jokes you can make involving life, death "destruction", and money; the way they're being presented just doesn't seem to fit. If Team Flare's goal is to get control of Xerneas/Yveltal, how are they going to use them to make money? Does Xerneas control life and can give life? Does Yveltal control death and can stop/use it? With so much power, why would they simply stop at just "making money", the power to control life and death is some serious power you can use to take over the world. Do they plan on selling the Legendary to the highest bidder? Once again, they're practically giving away a HUGE amount of power and I can't see any amount they get from selling the Legendaries will make up for what they could have make from using their power. The pieces just don't seem to fit together now that we know the Mascot Legendaries theme and Team Flare's goal.
Move on, I imagine some people might get annoyed that they kept Yveltal's type secret though in the end it ended up as the same type as the Murkrow family and Vullaby family. However I can understand them keeping the type secret as revealing Yveltal's but not Xerneas would be a huge hint of a new type, so they kept both secret. Present-wise, Yveltal's strong relation to the Dark-type is a strong hint that Dark and Fairy to have a relation that isn't neutral. And being Fairy is already strong against Dragon, and death is the last thing a life wants & will happen to it, I think Fairy might be weak to Dark-types (a bit grim, but hey, THAT'S LIFE! *rim shot*). Unlike with Xerneas, we at least know Oblivion Wing is an attack (and though it sounds Physical, the move animation makes it look like a Special move. It all depends on how it "interacts" with the target) thus can see how Dark Aura can affect it.
And one last thing: YVELTAL IS HUGE! 19 FEET? That's bigger than Dialga, Lugia, Giratina Altered Forme, Kyogre, Palkia, Ho-Oh, Kyurem, Groudon, all of Kyurem's forms, Arceus, Reshiram, and Zekrom! And even if that's only its wing span, then it still beats Lugia, Kyogre, and Ho-Oh since there height would be their wing span as well. The only Legendaries who beats it are Giratina Origin Forme and Rayquaza, but only by a few feet. Talk about the shadow of death "destruction" looming overhead, it's probably blocking out the sun!


Pokemon: Pangoro
Type: Fighting/Dark
Ability: Iron Fist (Increases the Power of Punching Moves by 20%) or Mold Breaker (negate other Abilities effects if they affect the user Move's Power or would nullify the user's Move)
Species: Daunting Pokemon
Height: 2.1 m/6'11"
Weight: 136 kg/299.8 lbs
Known Moves: Parting Shot (from Pancham), Hammer Arm
Flavor Text: The evolved form of Pancham. It's a cantankerous Pokemon, but it has a strong heart and doesn't forgive those who pick on the weak. The leaf Pangoro carries in its mouth can predict its opponent's moves.
Based On: A Giant Panda & a bancho (Japanese delinquent)
Name: "Panda", "gorotsuki" (Japanese for "rogue"), and/or "gorogoro" (Japanese onomatopoeia for rumbling)
Thoughts/Opinion:
Sorry Scraggy family, but this, THIS is a Fighting/Dark-type! This Pokemon looks like it'll beat out your organs just for looking at it the wrong way... except it won't since it's actually a nice Pokemon who defends the weak (Game Freak, you do remember the Dark-type is called the "Evil-type" in Japan, right? Absol and Umbreon are special exceptions to the rule, but something that looks like this ISN'T nice and looks like IT'S the one picking on the weak). It's definitely going to be a physical attacker, being its Abilities are Iron Fist to make its punches stronger (like Hammer Arm) or Mold Breaker to make sure no other Ability keeps it from attacking. It sort of reminds me of Darmanitan actually, in terms of looking like it'll be a brute.


Pokemon: Inkay & Malamar
Type: Dark/Psychic
Ability: Contrary (Reverses stat changes to all battling Pokemon) or Suction Cups (Negates opponent's moves which forces the user to switch out)
Species: (Inkay: Revolving Pokemon)(Malamar: Overturning Pokemon)
Height: (Inkay: .4 m/1'4")(Malamar: 1.5 m/4'11")
Weight: (Inkay: 3.5 kg/7.7 lbs)(Malamar: 47 kg/103.6 lbs)
Known Moves: Topsy-Turvy (NEW! Dark-type. Reverses stat changes of the target), Hypnosis
Flavor Text:
(Inkay: Transmitters above Inkay's eyes have the ability to drain the will to fight from other Pokemon. It uses this skill to run and hide when attacked by stronger enemies. The transmitters are also used to communicate with other Pokemon of its kind.)
(Malamar: The evolved form of Inkay. Malamar wields some of the strongest hypnotic powers of any Pokemon and can make its opponents bend to its will. There's never a shortage of humans attempting to use it to achieve their own nefarious purposes.)
Based On: A squid, possibly deepsea squids.
Name:
(Inkay: "Inkfish" (other name for cephalopod (octopus, squids, etc.))
(Malamar: "Mal-" (bad) & "calamari" (seafood made from squid))
Triva:
1. Inkay & Malimar were rumored long before they were revealed. The rumor also said they way to evolve Inkay to Malimar is to flip your 3DS upside-down (the 3DS has a gyroscope thus can detect if its upside-down)
Thoughts/Opinion:
Hey, a new type combination (and a rather popular fan one too, though not quite this way)! Ignoring the Fairy-type for now and assuming the type chart won't change, Inkay and Malamar will have a quadruple weakness to Bug, an immunity to Psychic, and no resistances. While having no resistance is a bit of a downside, having a lone weakness isn't bad (even if its a quadruple weakness, though Bug isn't a common attacking type unless you're facing a Bug-type or a Pokemon who can learn Megahorn or X-Scissor), and immunity to Psychic is a nice bonus.
As for the Pokemon themselves, they sound just like how a Dark-type should be, especially ones with psychic powers. Also if Team Flare wasn't revealed I'd think these would be XY's syndicate main go-to Pokemon (some members may still use it, but it'll clash with their fire theme a bit). As I mentioned, Inkay and Malimar were rumored before as well as a method of evolution. At first when I heard the evolution method I immediately thought this was a fake rumor. But now that not only were the names spot on but also their theme is about revolving... well it's looking more plausible. However what's keeping me from believing it is that the evolution involves the use of hardware which who knows will be in the predecessor of the 3DS. What if it's decided to save some money Nintendo removes the gyroscope since it was barely used as anything but a gimmick? Now there's no way to evolve Inkay to Malimar without them creating a new evolution method. And before you say that won't happen, may I remind you of the story of Feebas and Milotic? Feebas evolved to Milotic by maxing out its Beauty stat for Pokemon Contests in Gen III and IV. But then Gen V took out the Pokemon Contests thus those stats as well meaning they had to create a new way to evolve Feebas to Milotic (this time its Feebas holding a Prism Scale while being traded. Also Milotic were catchable in the wild). And that was a software decision which Game Freak decided to remove, they have no control over what Nintendo may do with the next handheld systems hardware. Also, what if your gyroscope is broken or is off kilter? Your 3DS still works fine, it's just that one piece of hardware and now we have a Pokemon which NEEDS it to evolve! It just seems like a bad evolution gimmick, it honestly reminds me of all those fake rumors on how to catch a Mew or Celebi which involved doing something physical to your game, except with the 3DS it's now may hold some merit!
Move and Ability-wise, I can see them becoming interesting support Pokemon. Not only do you have the Ability Contrary (no one is going to use Suction Cups) which will reverse any stat changes, but the move Topsy-Turvy guarantees that the opponent always get stat downs while your allies get stat ups. Hypnosis could be helpful for stalling and pulling these tactics off, all these Pokemon need now is decent defensive and HP stats.


Pokemon: Swirlix
Type: Fairy
Ability: Sweet Veil (Prevents the user's allies from falling Asleep)
Species: Cotton Candy Pokemon
Height: .4 m/1'4"
Weight: 3.5 kg/7.7 lbs
Known Moves: Draining Kiss (NEW! Fairy-type. Does damage while healing the user some HP)
Flavor Text: Swirlix loves sweets and eats nothing else, making its body as sweet and sticky as cotton candy. In battle, it shoots out strings of candy-like sticky thread to bind its opponents.
Based On: Cotton Candy, also known as "Fairy Floss".
Name: "Swirl" & corrupted spelling of "Licks".
Triva:
1. Swirlix is exclusive to Pokemon X.
Thoughts/Opinion:
No, you're not seeing things. This is a cotton candy Pokemon, that's even its species name. Here when you thought they couldn't get any more ridiculous than an ice cream Pokemon, Game Freak proves us wrong! Oh, and it's also an exclusive Pokemon for those who get X version (but don't worry, people who get Y version get something just as insane). However, we all made fun of the Vanillite family and in the end they came out alright so I don't think we should be quick to judge (I'll admit it's insane, but not stupid). And honestly out of all the pink Fairy-type Pokemon, as a boy I wouldn't be embarrassed using one of these since for some reason pink colored food is less emasculating than pink colored animals (of course, I'm getting Y version...). It's description makes it sound like its sort of a trapping Pokemon, its Ability also indicate it may have a supporter role as well (though Sleep isn't really that common of a status condition), and if Draining Kiss is as good as Giga Drain it may also have a staller role. Only one last thing I can say is that I hope this thing gets Self-destruct or Explosion. Just when you thought it was safe to eat sweets... EXPLOSIVE DIABETES!

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Pokemon: Spritzee
Type: Fairy
Ability: Healer (Has 30% of curing adjacent allies status ailments at the end of each turn in Double and Triple Battles)
Species: Perfume Pokemon
Height: .2 m/0'8"
Weight: 0.5 kg/1.1 lbs
Known Moves: Draining Kiss (NEW! Fairy-type. Does damage while healing the user some HP), Aromatherapy
Flavor Text: Spritzee emits a unique fragrance from its body, and any who smell it fall under its spell. Its fragrance changes based on its diet.
Based On: A bird (possibly flamingo) & perfume. Its face looks like a mask which are worn by "plague doctors" who would store perfume in their masks (FUN FACT: The "Black Death" was mainly caused by the pathogen Y. pestis. And during those times, plague doctors were popular)
Name: "Spritz", possibly also "chickadee".
Triva:
1. Spritzee is exclusive to Pokemon Y.
Thoughts/Opinion:
And here's Y (and thus my) Fairy-type version exclusive: a little, pink, perfume bird. I don't really need to say anymore, do I? Well, its Ability is a bit more handy then Swirlix and even if an ally isn't healing you can use Aromatherapy to instantly cure them. This gives it a possible better position to be a supporter than Swirlix does, it even also gets Draining Kiss. Of course, one thing I didn't bring up is the question of if these Pokemon can evolve. While I have no idea what direction a Swirlix evolution will go, Spritzee sort of looks like a flamingo if you got rid of the long neck & legs and fused its head with its body. Thus I can see a Spritzee evolution looking like a proper flamingo. Of course it'll still be a pink perfume bird, or rather a long, pink, perfume bird. Also, why isn't this thing part Flying-type? It's a bird and its obviously flying!

Pokemon: Honedge
Type: Steel/Ghost
Ability: No Guard (In Battle: All moves used by the user will hit the opponent and all moves used by the opponent will hit the user)(Outside of Battle: If leading the party, increases encounter rates by 150%)
Species: Sword Pokemon
Height: .8 m/2'7"
Weight: 2 kg/4.4 lbs
Known Moves: Sword Dance
Flavor Text: Honedge comes into being when a departed spirit inhabits a sword that once belonged to humans. It can use the blue cloth attached to its hilt as nimbly as an arm. If you were to carelessly take this blade in hand, you may find that blue cloth wrapping around you... draining the energy from your body!
Based On: A sword.
Name: "Hone" & "edge"
Triva:
1. When entering battle, Honedge will use its blue cloth arm to unsheathe its blade and hold the sheath.
Thoughts/Opinion:
Another new type combination that's popular, and while many did imagine a soul possessing a piece of medieval equipment, it was thought to be a knight's armor instead of just a sword. Like we did before (not factoring in Fairy-types or other type chart changes) we have a Pokemon with a weakness of Fire & Ground; resistance in Dragon, Flying, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Rock, Steel, & quadruple resistance of Bug; and an immunity for Poison, Normal, & Fighting. A load of resistances as well as a handful of immunities is very nice, though a Ground-type weakness does hurt (which is kind of odd for a Ghost-type not to have Levitate). Though even then if this was used as a defensive Pokemon it would do a decent enough job, maybe it'll need an Air Balloon but at least it's immune to Fighting-type attacks and Toxic. Of course, you don't think "defense" when you see a sword, now do you? To further this point, it has the Ability No Guard which assures every attack hits (including the opponent's) and learns Sword Dance (sadly a lot of people who wanted a Steel/Ghost type wanted something defensive instead of offensive, something to help with the power creep that's been going on these past few generations).
Unlike the Pokemon which are cotton candy and perfume, Honedge is an "object" Pokemon I can get behind with it being a sword who needs no wielder. It fits well with the lore of Ghost-types, that eye on the hilt and cloth arm giving a rather normal sword some creepy qualities. And of course it removing its sheath is just another way for the animators to show off the games are now in 3D and are using models. While I don't think Honedge will evolve, I do wonder if it has a shield companion or maybe other possessed weapon friends, for not every warrior swung a sword as their choice of weapon.


Pokemon: Litleo
Type: Fire/Normal
Species: Lion Cub Pokemon
Height: .6 m/2'0"
Weight: 13.5 kg/29.8 lbs
Known Moves: Noble Roar (NEW! Lowers opponent's Attack and Special Attack), Flamethrower
Flavor Text: The hot-blooded Litleo is always ready for a good fight! Its mane blazes with heat during battle, burning hotter and hotter the stronger its opponent. In the wild, it will venture out on its own to make its way in the world.
Based On: A lion cub
Name: "Little", "lit" (set on fire) & "leo" (Latin for "lion")
Triva:
1. Litleo has "Normal" as a secondary type, something not scene until Gen VI. It shares this trait with Helioptile.
Thoughts/Opinion:
Calling it now, its final evolution has a fire mane. Actually, I think that might be the only reason this Pokemon exists, a designer went up to other designers and said "a Fire-type lion who's mane is made of fire" and the sheer awesome imagery made all the other designers instantly agree with him. Of course it would be odd to just has an adult lion without it at least having a cub form so here's Litleo, the only thing between you and a lion who's mane is made of FIRE.
I don't really see the point of it having the Normal-type, but I guess you can say the same thing about Helioptile. Noble Roar which I'm surprised doesn't exist yet, well at least in a form which doesn't faint the user. Though in-game it'll probably see little use since the time spent roaring at the opponent is time spent not just knocking it out. Metagame I guess it can be used to try and stall and force your opponent to switch, though in the process of doing so they'll probably knock Litleo's evolution out. Remember folks, a good Fire-type is usually one who follows the nature of its type: quick to cause destruction and easy to put out. If you're trying to use a slow and/or defensive Fire-type YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.


Pokemon: Flabebe
Type: Fairy
Species: Single Bloom Pokemon
Height: .1 m/0'4"
Weight: .1 kg/.2 lbs
Known Moves: Fairy Wind (NEW! Fairy-type. Does damage)
Flavor Text: Flabebe clings to a flower early on, and then cares for it for its entire life. Because of this, Flab?b? may be found holding flowers of different colors. It can draw forth the power that lies within flowers and use it freely in moves.
Based On: A flower & possibly pollen.
Name: "Flower" & "bebe" (French for "baby")
Triva:
1. Flabebe is the first Pokemon to have a diacritical mark in its English name.
2. Flabebe is tied with Joltik as being the smallest Pokemon, though its unknown if Flabebe's height also includes the flower it rides on (if it does, it may mean Flabebe is the smallest Pokemon).
3. Flabebe is tied with Ghastly & Haunter as being the lightest Pokemon, though its unknown if Flabebe's weight also includes the flower it rides on (if it does, it may mean Flabebe is the lightest Pokemon).
4. However, Flabebe is the only Pokemon which is both the smallest and lightest.
5. Flabebe will have different Forms by riding on different colored flowers.
Thoughts/Opinion:
It's like they were trying to make the most pathetic thing possible just to taunt Dragon users that even Dragons fear something which they could accidentally eat by breathing normally. And just to be extra annoying, I technically didn't spell Flabebe's name right since TV.com doesn't like diacritical marks.
Being it has the french name for "baby" in it, I'm going to guess it does evolve. It having different forms by riding different flowers make me wonder if it'll have a sort of Burmy family gimmick where you can change between forms and when it evolved it'll have specific stats relating to the form it was upon evolving. Also, like with Spritzee, shouldn't Flabebe have a secondary typing, specifically Grass-type?


Pokemon: Noivern
Type: Flying/Dragon
Species: Sound Wave Pokemon
Height: 1.5 m/4'11"
Weight: 85 kg/187.4 lbs
Known Moves: Boomburst (NEW! Normal-type. Hits all Pokemon, includin allies, in the battle), Dragon Pulse
Flavor Text: Noivern is extremely combative toward anything that wanders too close to it. It flies through even the darkest nights using ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears. This Pokemon loves fruit, and feeding it fruit will keep it calm. The waves it emits from its ears are strong enough to reduce large boulders to rubble.
Based On: A fruit bat, wyvern, & loudspeaker.
Name: "Noise" & "wyvern"
Trivia:
1. Noivern is the only dual-type Pokemon to have Flying-type as its primary type.
Thoughts/Opinion:
THIS THING LOOKS AWESOME! Despite all their pushing that the Fairy-type is super effective against Dragon-types, despite them having revealed a lot of Fairy-types, despite them making Dragon-type the secondary-type to a type which itself has always been a secondary type, the first and only Dragon-type they have revealed just blows most if not all the Fairy-types we've seen out of the water (or maybe I should say air). And Noivern doesn't even look like your normal dragon to boot, it's more of a bat which is probably why it's Flying-type its primary type. However I think that's something which goes for Noivern than against as it has something unique compared with its other dragon-type brethren. However that doesn't mean when push comes to shove it doesn't know how to throw down like a true dragon... as long as there isn't any fruit around (though I imagine you probably shouldn't take its fruit away from it).
There's only one thing which bothers me about Noivern though: Boomburst is normal-type. Now while it hasn't been confirmed or denied that Boomburst is going to be its signature move, it will be the move most closely related to it since its the one which showed it off. Also, Noivern will soon be making a cameo debut in the anime so watch out for that.


Pokemon: Talonflame
Type: Fire/Flying
Species: Scorching Pokemon
Height: 1.2 m/3'11"
Weight: 24.5 kg/54 lbs
Known Moves: Flame Charge (from Fletchling), Brave Bird
Flavor Text: An evolved form of Fletchling, Talonflame is a Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon that gains a whole new level of speed and firepower. It dives at foes, and then attacks with devastating kicks. When the battle heats up, flames will pour from its body as it zooms through the sky.
Based On: A Japanese robin & a hawk.
Name: "Talon" & "flame"
Triva:
1. Talonflame if the first Pokemon who's Japanese name is more than five katakana characters long.
Thoughts/Opinion:
What a boring name. They didn't even try here, they just combined the words "talon" and "flame" and called it a day. Despite the lackluster name, TalonFlame looks pretty awesome. It sounds like a real fast physical attacker if the flavor text is to be believed. Also note how it says it's "an" evolution of Fletchling and not just the evolution. Sounds to me to be confirmation of the Fletchling family being a 3-stage evolution, TalonFlame probably being the last stage. Who would have thought that the gimmick of Fletchling knowing Flame Wheel would actually result it into evolving to a Fire-type... well, a lot of people actually, but still. Now I wonder how many people are going to name their TalonFlame "Fawkes"...


Pokemon: Clauncher
Type: Water
Species: Water Gun Pokemon
Height: .5 m/1'8"
Weight: 8.3 kg/18.3 lbs
Known Moves: Crabhammer, Swords Dance
Flavor Text: Clauncher is easily recognizable by the oversized claw on one of its arms. This useful claw can seize prey and shoot water at others as a projectile! Its enormous claw can also crack boulders when the Pokemon is at close range.
Based On: A snapping shrimp.
Name: "Claw" & "launcher"
Triva:
1. Clauncher is exclusive to Pokemon X.
Thoughts/Opinion:
I'm getting mixed messages here. On one hand Clauncher is the Water Gun Pokemon and is said to shoot prey with water indicating it'll be a Special attacker. But its appearance and attacks tell me it's more of a Physical attacker. I suppose it could be both, it just seems odd they're having different parts of Clauncher advertising it in opposite ways. Otherwise Clauncher looks alright, it'll get along well with the Krabby family and Corphish family.


Pokemon: Skrelp
Type: Poison/Water
Species: Mock Kelp Pokemon
Height: .5 m/1'8"
Weight: 7.3 kg/16.1 lbs
Known Moves: Sludge Bomb
Flavor Text: Disguised by its shape, Skrelp pretends to be a piece of seaweed. When prey gets too close, Skrelp bathes it in poison to keep it from struggling.
Based On: A weedy seadragon.
Name: "Scrawny" (weak) & "kelp"
Triva:
1. Skrelp is exclusive to Pokemon Y.
Thoughts/Opinion:
Now this is actually a bit unique. Sure we had a seahorse Pokemon before, the Horsea family, and we've had plenty of Water/Poison-types, however the presentation is something new as it's a predatory poisonous seahorse which uses ambush tactics to capture prey. Sure it's mostly cosmetic and might not effect how it plays, but in order to make that decision you do have to use it and I say it grabs enough of your attention that you'd be willing to try it out for a little while.

Pokemon: Scatterbug, Spewpa, & Vivillon
Type: (Scatterbug & Spewpa: Bug)(Vivillon: Bug/Flying)
Species: (Scatterbug & Spewpa: Scatterdust Pokemon)(Vivillon: Scale Pokemon)
Height: (Scatterbug & Spewpa: .3 m/1'0")(Vivillon: 1.2 m/3'11")
Weight: (Scatterbug: 2.5 kg/5.5 lbs)(Spewpa: 8.4 kg/18.5 lbs)(Vivillon: 17 kg/37.5 lbs)
Known Moves: String Shot (from Scatterbug), Protect (from Spewpa), Struggle Bug (from Vivillon)
Flavor Text:
(Scatterbug: The Bug-type Scatterbug resides mostly in forests and wild plains. It uses the fur around its neck to control its body temperature. It can survive in any area, regardless of climate. After it has reached a high enough level, it will evolve into Spewpa.)
(Spewpa: Spewpa is the middle Pokemon of this evolutionary chain. It gains a stiff carapace once it evolves from Scatterbug, so less forceful attacks will hardly make a scratch. With enough experience gained from battle, it will eventually evolve into Vivillon.)
(Vivillon: In its final Evolution, in addition to becoming stronger, Vivillon also changes its type. You can continue to level up the Pokemon to make it even stronger! After evolvin from Spewpa, it gains beautiful wings. It can use its wings to blow up a strong wind attack)
Based On:
(Scatterbug: A caterpillar(?))
(Spewpa: A cocoon(?))
(Vivillon: A butterfly)
Name:
(Scatterbug: "Scatter" & "bug")
(Spewpa: "Spew" & "pupa")
(Vivillon: "Vivid" & "papillon" (French for butterfly))
Thoughts/Opinion:
Really, what more can be said at this point? It's another iteration of the Caterpie family like the Wurmple that evolves into Beautifly. Even if we don't go by expy there's plenty of other Bug/Flying-types that if you're note a different kind of bug you're asking to fade into obscurity, isn't that right Masquerain and Mothim (bet you forgot those Bug/Flying moth/butterflies Pokemon existed)? Sewaddle brought something new to the table thus you can actually talk about how unique it is. But here? I'm not to sure what to say which can't also be slapped onto the Caterpie and Wurmple family. Well actually, when I first saw Vivillion I actually thought they were going to do some kind of "computer bug" Pokemon being it looks like its digital, but as it turns out that's just a style choice. Its not like they could do anything with that fur/dust thing Scatterbug and Spewga has since it loses it upon evolving to Vivillon. Actually I'm more interested in Scatterbug and Spewga than Vivillon since it sort of sounds like they're going to evolve into a Bug/Ice type which would have been a nice new idea. But no, it's Bug/Flying, what else do you want me to say?


Pokemon: Oorotto
Based On: A tree
Thoughts/Opinions:
... Let me explain. As some of you may know, the 16th Pokemon Move, "ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens" has been released in theaters. Along with the movie comes along a trailer for XY which doesn't really show anything except for one thing: A new Pokemon called Oorotto which is a walking tree. Now you'd think by now we'll have at least a photo someone took of the Oorotto from the trailer, but no, all we have of this Pokemon is a fan interpretation which you're seeing above. It looks like an interesting Pokemon and I'm hoping we soon get more information on it so I can actually officially comment on it. In the meanwhile, I'm going to guess it's Grass/Dark.

And that's it! We've covered all the newly released Pokemon up to this point. However, we're still not exactly done. There's still some videos to watch and I have tidbits of information that was heard at the Pokemon XY roundtable at E3. So by tomorrow I think I'll be all caught up.

*sigh* I should really stop giving myself deadlines. Sorry it's taking long for me to post my trailer observations, somethings have turned up and I had to deal with them. However some interesting news just came up that I think some of you will be interested in:

X & Y Cartridge Free:

With the massive success of the Wii's Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo decided that in addition of having the Wii U having the service's successor, the Nintendo eShop, that the 3DS will also have it. For those who don't know what that means, you can now download games and save them onto a 3DS's SD Card without needing to physically going to a store to buy the cartridge. Many big released have given the customer's the choice whether to buy a physical cartridge or to simply download a digital version. A big question concerning this and Pokemon is if Pokemon will ever do this with a main series game (they've already done it with a Mystery Dungeon game and Pokedex 3D App) and how would this effect one of the major features of Pokemon: Trading Pokemon? Well today we got our answer:

It's only a card, yet the picture is obviously that of the box. Why not just use the box art alone?

For those who don't know what these are, they are download cards. They're sold in Japanese stores and when you buy it it'll give you a card with a QR code for your 3DS to scan and it'll download the game from wherever it is locked on the eShop. I'm not to sure if they're sold in the U.S., all download card I've seen have always been shown in Japanese packaging (my guess is that we don't bother with it and just have the customer directly go to its spot in the eShop to download the game). But either way, it's confirmation that X & Y will have digital versions! Now for some specifics:

* A LOT of space is required on the SD card, a single games takes up 1.7GB, approximately 14,000 memory blocks (the 3DS measures memory space in blocks). Now the SD card that comes with your 3DS is only 2GB, so if you already gotten a bigger/another SD card already you may to buy for X and/or Y if you're going to get the digital version, especially both!
* Thanks edmasterchaos for correcting me: If you have both games on one SD card, they'll be UNABLE to communicate with each other. So if you still want to trade you'll still need two 3DSs. But with the PSS Global Trade Station you no longer need to know someone else with a 3DS so really the trading thing isn't that major any more (except if you need something to evolve via Trading).

Now personally I prefer having physical copies, sure a digital copy will ensure I don't have to worry about losing a small cartridge or physically damaging it, but I'm WAY more weary of digital version of things as they're more susceptible to glitches and data corruption if they didn't download right. But of course it's not likely that is to happen so if you want the digital version that's not really much of a con but a cautionary tale.

To physical or to digital, that is the question.

Well, that's all I got for now, hopefully when I get things together I'll be able to get those trailer observations done!

Hey, Pikachu, it says on Serebii.net that the games won't interact with each other if you have them downloaded o3o;

Anyway, for me it'll have to be digital to avoid taxes and be able to buy it in the comfort of my house without needing to cross the border. -v- man, i just keep forgetting to check this site...

Going to try and add Oorotto to my team anyone else see the resemblance between Oorotto and Woodmon from digimon ?

Image Woodmon http://dma.wtw-x.net/dexwood.shtml

Well looks like the new CoroCoro scans were released. They revealed three new Pokemon, the gym leader, Koruni, and finally Mega Pokemon. MEGA Pokemon. Seems kinda familiar...

Anyhow, they've revealed that Blaziken, Lucario, Absol, Mawile, Ampharos, and Mewtwo. Looks like the Awakened!Mewtwo is just MegaMewtwo. It's kinda a mix; some of these Pokemon are getting retyped while they all get "new" abilities. As many were expecting, sorta, Mawile will be getting re-typed as Steel/Fairy, but as MegaMawile. And Ampharos is going to become a Elec/Dragon in its digivolved evolved form. While Blaziken gets its Hidden Ability, Speed Boost, looks like the others are getting completely different abilities. It also says the new gym leader will be "the key" to understanding these Mega Evolutions.

I'm not quite sure how to feel about this at the moment though. I guess it hasn't completely sank in yet, but I'd like to wait till they reveal a bit more information first.

*Play digivolving music* Pokemon warp digivolve to...

MEGAPOKEMON!

Also... Pikachu adds to his army...

Welcome new brother...