Cockblocked again

What a waste of a Masuda appearance. All they did was promise more regular updates... but Bulbagarden believes they'll just be rehashes of things that will already have been stated by CoroCoro and the official site by then. And I'll trust their judgement over mine any day. So... thanks for... nothing, I guess?

Pokébeach leak saga gets even funnier

SO. MUCH. FAILURE.

What kind of idiot leaves trails like that when leaking information, when your livelihood depends on staying mum, or if you choose not to, at least not getting found out?

Oh hey, there's also WPM admitting he lied to try and protect the source, when it wasn't his responsibility to make up for such idiocy. Sure, he wouldn't have any more info, but it just shows exactly what kind of person the guy is - confirming everything I've said about him before. And furthermore, if you read the thread you'll see people CONGRATULATING WPM for lying and trying to cover his source's ass, and sympathizing with the source, when clearly he doesn't deserve it whatsoever... he brought it all on himself willingly. Gives you an idea of that site's target audience. Lying is good!

Junichi Masuda on Pokémon Smash tomorrow

And I think just by that alone we can draw the same conclusion. If this Sylveon saga isn't over tomorrow night this is going to be the cockblock to end them all, and keep in mind we've had a LOT of them since X and Y were announced.

Did someone really pay to get me 1000 subs?

I know I've joked about it before, but it's looking more and more like it's not just a joke anymore. Let me explain: prior to that unexplained surge, I was at around 9970, and that number had been stagnating for a while. And now, after it, it's hanging at around 10970, and still stagnating. Meaning that I got almost exactly 1000 subs from that surge, and it ended just as quickly as it started. A nice round number like that... let's just say I'm not sold on it being a coincidence.

Just how much do 1000 subs on these shady-ass sites cost, anyway?

Gen 6 starters start with their elemental moves

That's what screenshots on the official site show, anyway. Chespin starts out with Tackle, Growl and Vine Whip, and learns Rollout at some point before level 8, Fennekin begins with Scratch, Tail Whip and Ember and also gets Howl at some point before level 11, and Froakie begins with Pound, Growl and Bubble, and it can also obtain Quick Attack before level 8.

First thoughts: Froakie starts out weak compared to the other two! Remember that Tackle got buffed to 50 power in gen 5, but NOT Scratch and Pound, which are still stuck at 40. Maybe they thought of everything and buffed them to match Tackle, who knows? Bubble is a kick to the face too, why not Water Gun when the other two get Vine Whip and Ember? Of course they could've also buffed Bubble, at which point, why not just give it Water Gun to start with?

Also, looking at the screenshots, you can see Vine Whip now has 25 PP. FINALLY. 10 in the first three gens and 15 afterwards was just silly. On top of that, look at all that room! I can totally see why they increased the character limit for Pokémon and attack names. It wouldn't have been as easy with how little room was provided by the previous handhelds, especially considering everything's already so much longer than in Japanese to start with.

Event Genesect nature fixed + gen 4/5 starter events

A few days ago, I brought up the fact that in addition to Extremespeed, the event Genesect was also going to know Shift Gear and Blaze Kick. Well, as it turns out, its nature is fixed (why do they do that sometimes? A random nature would be more beneficial overall), and fortunately it's the very useful Hasty. Useful on the current sets, that is... I'd say a Genesect using any of these event moves would be better off with Adamant or Jolly.

Also, a series of events has been announced for Japan, featuring the generation 4 and 5 starters. The kicker? The abilities are, thus far, unknown. This means that there's a possibility that the gen 5 starters might finally get their DW abilities, and I don't think I need to spell out the implications of that...

UPDATE: Deeeeeeeeenied! The Empoleon distribution has begun, and it has no special moves and the Torrent ability. Trolololol!

I've been living a lie for the past 10 years

Remember when I said you needed to use New Game + in Wind Waker to complete the Nintendo Gallery of Unparalleled Tedium?

Nope.

Apparently that's what everyone else was thinking, though... I wonder how stuff like this takes TEN YEARS to get to a point that's not even worth calling common knowledge. You'd think that in this era of internet everything would be figured out in two months...

Did they just give Genesect Shift Gear?

And Blaze Kick, too, but Shift Gear... man. There's no way this is coming back to OU in the foreseeable future. Heck, right now it's #4 on the uber ladder. I'm wondering where it'll end up after that...