Probably, this forme of Kyurem will be revealed on its movie alongside the three Legendary Swordsmen (or Four, if you count Keldeo).

I can’t wait to see the movie!

And for some TCG yaps. I am amazed that Nintendo finally inducted the Dragon-type in the TCG.

It’s kinda amusing to see those shiny, sparkling, and shimmering cards with Dragon-typing. As you can see here and here, the energy requirements for Dragon-types still are the other present Energy types. Let’s see if a Dragon Energy will come out soon~

After you befriend Arceus, you can transfer it to your Black/White games by using Game Sync.

This Arceus will be only available for a limited time so get yours now!

Official News Link

No deadline date has been announced for this event as of now.

Credits to serebii.net/ for the screenshot

The Apocalyptic Year, you say? Ah, enough of the sad news! Ranger Paul is here to round up the year and give you guys a little something to look forward to in 2012 (in a PokéFan’s point of view, of course)!

1.) Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Remakes and Pokémon Gray

Ah, of course. Everybody is now looking forward to these remakes. Just like in 2009 when Gold & Silver was about to recieve their own DS revivals; PokéFans around the world are now also desperately trying to link and point on different things (like the appearance of Character X in Game Y, therefore explains that an R/S Remake is plausible. Blah blah blah, yada yada…so on and so forth) just to solidify their assumptions that a Ruby & Sapphire remake is now in the works. Speculations aside, there have been no formal announcement from Game Freak and Nintendo just yet so hold your horses for now Blaziken fans!

The Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire 2003 Box Arts

But then again, 2012 might be a good year for RSE Fans, since the spin-off game — Pokémon Rumble Blast for the Nintendo 3DS was a major sales disaster (ugh), and it has already been 9 years since the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire for the GameBoy Advance; just 1 year shy of celebrating Ruby & Sapphire’s 10^th Year Anniversary (by the way, HeartGold and SoulSilver came out 10 years after the release of Gold and Silver for the GameBoy Color).

Wait, did I just say “9 years“??? I suddenly felt very old…

For the mean time, let’s just now wait for the upcoming Pokémon Gray (name still unofficial at this point) which has been hinted earlier  in the movie preview in today’s issue of CoroCoro. More about this in the next topic.

2.) The International Screening of the “Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen” Movie

Pokémon Movie 15: Kyurem VS The Sacred Swordsmen Poster

As a Filipino Pokémon Fan, I still feel very frustrated about the fact that we will never get a chance to watch a Pokémon Movie at a cinema here in the Philippines (but who knows? Miracles can happen!) Good thing, we still have Cartoon Network…which airs the Pokémon series as slow as a Slowpoke and has an unexplained infatuation about THAT teenage boy who can transform himself into different alien beings…*sigh*

If you are an Animé Fan, then 2012 will be a good year to watch these Pokémon Movie right on your very own PERSONAL COMPUTER! *sigh*

Watch out for Kyurem’s Alternate Forme to debut in this movie (CoroCoro revealed this earlier, though still a bit vague at this point)!

Wait…what? GMA 7 will be airing the Tagalized Pokémon Animé Series AGAIN this year??? Well, that’s GREEEEEAAAAT (sarcasm)! I am about to turn 26 next year, and yet, we are still on the neverending Hoenn arc (correct me if I’m wrong…tell me that I lived under a rock and we are now on the SINNOH LEAGUE)! Argh! My goodness… *another sigh*

3.) Ranger Hunt III

Yes. Right. We, I mean “I” am still in need of a “new blood” (spare me the Twilight jokes, please). I’ve already spent 2 years trying to assemble a good Ranger Team, and yet, all I came up with is a bunch of college guys who can’t balance their studies and their responsibilities here at PKMN-ph. Not that I am blaming school for their inactivity. It’s just that, my comrades here might have probably lost that “touch” and are now too old for Pokémon… This might be a rant, but I am opening the doors of PKMN-ph.com once again to those aspiring members who can ACTIVELY support the site with their creativity and perseverance! I am not saying that the past 2 Ranger Hunt auditions were a failure… Why? Because it showed me that there are still a lot of people out there who are willing to support this aging Pokémon Fan Site. And this year, we hope we can finally find the missing piece/s to what could be the BEST RANGER TEAM ever since 2006, on our 3rd Annual Ranger Hunt!

Who will make it to the team this year? Stay tuned!

4.) 4th Official Ozine Fest Meetup

PKMN-ph held an impromptu meetup last December 27 at Trinoma and sadly, only 7 of us have participated in that event (2 Rangers, and 5 members). The number of people who attended the meetup is really a big disappointment (despite of the BIG number of Poll Voters on our official Facebook Fan Page) however, it was still enjoyable and meeting new friends “personally” in our community was such a great experience!

This 2012, we will be having our 4th Official Meetup on the annual Ozine Fest, and…maybe this time, the attendace will double compared to last year’s meetup! So mark your calendar (the event might fall on an April or a May), and wait for that important announcement this upcoming summer so that you can meet and greet (and probably, BATTLE and TRADE) with your fellow Pinoy Pokémon Fans! Check out the photo below and see how happy we were at this year’s Ozine Fest!

5.) Support for the TCG Community

When PKMN-ph was still new way back in 2006 (still under the name “pkmnph”), our ex-Rangers were actively participating in Pokémon TCG tournaments left and right across the country; doing news coverage all year long. Sadly, those times are gone. These past few years, the Pokémon video gaming scene suddenly exploded with the introduction of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl; along with its Wi-Fi capabilities that enabled players to play online with one another despite of their geographical differences. Since then, it was all VIDEO GAMES for PKMN-ph…

Our very own Ranger Deric (the one wearing an orange shirt) playing Pokémon TCG last December 30. Credits to stephen for the photo.

This upcoming year, we would like to go back to where we’ve started. The times when good old friends meet — shuffling their own decks, flipping coins, and duking it out on the play mat until a certain player scratches his head after a loss and ending it with a firm handshake with the other player. Expect to see PKMN-ph participating in those events next year, and who knows, you might get featured on our homepage after your tourney win!

6.) Now, where do we go from here?

Whew, that was a long chatter up there! I have enumerated all the possible things that a PokéFan like me (and you) could expect this coming year. However, I still believe that there are other things that I didn’t write about – the UNEXPECTED changes. As we all know, PKMN-ph.com is now the most resilient Pokémon Fan Site here in the Philippines – spanning 5 years of dedicated service to our fellow Pokémon Fans. We have undergone several major changes, and we have surpassed those other communities who have come and gone already. But we are now running out of gas. Some of THEM believed that 2012 must be our “last hurrah” and may now be on the verge of shutting down the site for good… But like I have said before: As long as there is a single Pinoy Pokémon Fan on the Internet, PKMN-ph will still be there! No matter whether you are a registered forum member or just a random Fan Page Liker — you are already a part of our community!

Nope. Let me correct that.

As long as you are a FILIPINO and you love Pokémon…then you are already a part of Pokémon Philippines!

Expect a lot of changes this 2012, and let’s all hope that these changes are for the good!

Welcome 2012! Happy New Year to all of us!

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There are some news that appeared in Japan, specifically, shown in the bimonthly CoroCoro Mag.

Well, the news was about the 15th Movie posted some time before (scroll down) but there are some captions like: “What mystery is hidden in Kyurem?” and “Kyurem’s unseen power will be revealed!”

Hmm. I’m assuming that the 15th Movie, like any other movies in the present time, will release an event exclusive Kyurem with its signature moves: Cold Flare/Ice Burn and Freeze Bolt/Freeze Shock.

They may also release the three Legendary Swordsmen with a “special-unobtainable-moves-unless-you-get-to-watch-the-movie-and-obtain-a-movie-exclusive-event-ticket.”

As for the RS remakes, let’s speculate that the games will be released in the near future. November is the month RS games were released so we can speculate that they will release the remakes on this time period: Fall 2012.

And for Gray version, it’ll be at the middle of the year or maybe during the start of Japan’s 2012 fiscal year. No one knows.

Thanks to PokeBeach for the image.

Dengeki Online’s twitter account shows some images on the Jump Festa booth with “Pokemon + (Plus) Nobunaga no Yabou (Ambition)” for NDS as an SRPG genre. Images reveals Oda Nobunaga with Zekrom as his Pokemon, Uesugi Kenshin with Mewtwo and Takeda Shingen with Groudon.

The game releases somewhere 2012 and this is a joint collaboration of Koei Tecmo Games and Game Freak.

Image credits to DengekiOnline

Source: Dengeki Online’s Twitter

Here is the video:

or you can view the HQ video on Filb.

Remember guys, Coro Coro should start to leak starting on Saturday for some possible news and Jump Festa will start on December 17 and 18 which The Pokémon Company will be attending for the first time, and they said that they will have a surprise announcement, possibly the reveal of a new Pokémon game or the revelation of Keldeo or even both.

Source:
http://pokemonblackandwhite.net
http://filb.de

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Now is your chance to befriend your favorite Pokemon!

The official Pokemon webpage is now holding a voting poll until November 30th. The Pokemon with the most number of votes will be made downloadable for Pokemon Black and White versions of the game franchise!

So what are you waiting for?
Go to  http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/pgl_pokemon_vote-2011-11-01/ for more details and vote for your favorite Pokemon now!

There’s an evidence, though, which might possibly confirm that the new Pokémon game is that from the main series. An upcoming National Pokédex guidebook will reveal the Dream World or Hidden Abilities of all the 646 currently revealed Pokémon which hints at a Dream World expansion which will include all the Pokémon from Generation V, which would only be possible after the next main series Pokémon game is released.

Remember, the said game announcement is not yet fully confirmed since it is not listed on the details on Nintendo’s official website. If this is confirmed though, we might possibly get an announcement of the new game on around November or December: November with the December 2011 issue of Coro Coro, and December with the January 2012 issue of Coro Coro and the Jump Festa event which is said that The Pokémon Company is also involved in the said event.

Sources:
David Gibson’s Twitter account
Pokémon Japan’s official website

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And since Halloween is approaching near, our very own Ranger konrei-sama has just cooked a nice, spooky site banner for us! I’m pretty sure you’ve noticed that even before reading this post! Thank you very much, kon-kon!

School days have come to a halt. Let us all enjoy this sem-break (at least, for you guys out there since “sem-break” is not in our vocabulary) by getting that Pokémon Rumble Blast 3DS game this week!

Credits to Bulbapedia for the US Box Art image.