Pokemon Moon & Sun Announced

Morning readers,

Very late getting this post out but some things came up which could not be helped. So the Pokemon Direct happened on Friday and it was a bit of anti-climactic in my book concerning the announcement. 

 

So Pokemon Moon & Sun are real, its 100% happening so the leak was true and this is great. But we saw nothing really at all about the games from the trailer that was aired, it was nice seeing some old memories but only getting a few seconds of concept art was the wrong way to go. 

 

Concept Art Shown In The Trailer

Only real thing we know is this is a new generation thanks to how they showed it off in the trailer. They went through all the generations and years released then announced Moon and Sun for this year.

Guess we going to have to wait and see what CoroCoro shows off and probably the E3 Nintendo Direct. Concept art looks good; well what bits they did show anyway. Really hoping the graphics are getting closer to a full console release because we need that to happen. 

Concept Art Shown In The Trailer

That’s it for now, what was your thoughts on the direct? Needed more? Happy about a new generation? Drop a comment.

Iznic

New Pokemon Rumour & Mew Code

Morning folks,

So tomorrow is the 20^th anniversary for Pokemon and I feel very old when I say that. Cannot believe it was that long ago, I remember watching the show before it became popular and the games hit the store. I remember importing most of the Pokemon games so I could get them months in advance. Trying to find Mew under the lorry in Pokemon Red, the Pikablu rumour and so much more.

To celebrate the anniversary there is a lot happening tomorrow, twitch streams and new products throughout. Several stores across multiple countries are giving out codes for Mew in Pokemon X/Y/OR/AS. The biggest thing is that Pokemon Red/Blue and Yellow will be on the 3DS virtual console tomorrow to download. Really cannot wait to replay them but I’m still stuck on which one to get though. Thinking Red at the moment since that was the very first Pokemon game I ever bought. 

Anyway the main for this post is the lastest announcement and rumour that happened last night.

So Nintendo have confirmed that today at 3pm GMT there will be a Nintendo Direct for five minutes concerning Pokemon. I’ve been thinking for a while it would be the announcement of the next generation of games since the latest movie has a new Pokemon not part of this generations list. 

Well yesterday a lot of domain names got registered by Nintendo for Pokemon Sun & Moon. Plus, we have logos trade marked as well, fingers crossed we going to see a new game announcement this afternoon. If this is a hoax then its a really good one because those logos look amazing.

 

I will be doing another blog post later this afternoon with the outcome of the Nintendo Direct. But for now here is a Mew Picross code for Europe thanks to the Nintendo Europe twitter account. Also here is the link for the Direct later on.

   

~Iznic

Source: 

Mew Picross Code - Nintendo Europe Twitter

Pokemon Rumour - Serebii.net

Summer Time

Good morning gamers,
It's been a while since I've done a post and in fact it was before E3 the last time. The words busy cannot describe what's been going on and I won't go into the details but I'm hoping to get back to posting again. There has been a lot of changes since the last time we spoke and I really do not know where to begin with all this.

Biggest changes would probably be the best place to start I guess so let's start with the fact I hit over 160,000 gamer score finally last week. Clocked it without realising thanks to Valiant Hearts which by the way is amazing, graphics style is beautiful and the story gets to you. I'm about half way but I've had a few days off from playing video games since of work and being tired. Anyway back to the gamer score and it has been a long time earned, should have hit this months ago if not a year ago. Still hoping to hit a great score by the end of the year, will it be 200,000? doubt it but that would be awesome on so many scales.

Second biggest thing to happen would have to be me owning a Wii U, yes folks I did buy one in the end and it was just after E3 has well. Mario Kart 8 was calling to me and I did want to get Monster Hunter later on as well, the free game with Mario Kart was a nice bonus. E3 was not that bad either for the Wii U and I did like the look of Zelda and Splattoon, still think there could be more made for the console. But yes it was look appealling but what made me get it in the end was the fact HMV knocked the price down to £130 when I went in. I've seen preowned units going for £190 so that was a bargain and it included Nintendoland as well so yeah bought it straight away. Picked up Mario Kart 8 a day later and got Monster Hunter for free using the promo code.

So am I enjoying it? yes and no, not put that much time on it due to fact the last two weeks have been crazy, think I've clocked two hours on it so far but from what I've played I love it. Mario Kart 8 is awesome and would recommend it to anyone, my girlfriend has taken over it right now and clocked more time on it then me. I love the fact we can put the game onto the pad so we can watch TV still while playing, just makes life so much easier.

So other than those two there has been a few things but I won't cover those in this post today. I will promise to get some more posts done soon, it's just getting the time and not having writers block. Also really want to do some work on the layout and change the blog a bit to make it bit more appealing, so fingers crossed while we in the summer where there is less games coming out I can get all this done.

Until then my readers have a good day and I will catch you later.
~Iznic

Pre-E3 Announcements Part Two

Afternoon gamers,
It's time for another update although I will warn you that I am really tired right now, lack of sleep and having to get up early for yesterdays expo (UK Games Expo - Board/Card/Dice Games) has left me needing some sleep. So I thought before I try to do some gaming today that it would be a good idea to do a blog post or two, catch you up with my gaming and of course talk about the latest announcements.

So welcome to the second part of my Pre-E3 Announcements posts, in the first one I talked about Batman Arkham Knight, Farcry 4, Halo 5 and a possible HD collection for the Halo series (post can be found here). To start this post off I thought I would begin with the latest announcement and go with the new Lego Batman 3 game. We all knew there would be a new Lego game this year and possibly be even two but it was a guessing game. I'm still holding out that they will do a Lego Simpsons game which would be my game of the year if they did it (please please please make it!!!) but anyway last week the Lego Batman twitter account started teasing some pictures. Didn't take too long to work out it would be a new Lego Batman game but the real question was what would the story be. Still early days but check out the trailer below and it seems to be we going into space and if you listen careful you can hear the Joker laughing, really thought we would have the Lantern Corp. storyline or something but oh well still going to be great.



Guess we should expect to see more at this E3 which is only a week away now! seriously shocked how fast time does fly. So with Lego out of the way let's talk about the latest leaked game and that's Battlefield Hardline. It's a shame this got leaked because I don't think anyone would had seem this game coming. Hardline is cops vs. robbers with the Battlefield engine, it will have a singleplayer campaign that will act like a TV episode show with cliff hangers at the end of levels. Multiplayer looks intense with bank robbies, hostage rescue and a lot more. This could do really well if it's pulled off right and not just a general standard shooter.

Well this information was from the leaked game play trailer that had been taken down so I cannot link it to let you watch, the trailer was for internal and several months old so it could be all changed by now. Either way if it's done right it will be on my want list this year and hopefully I can rope a few friends in to play. Let's end this post with one more game that was announced a few weeks back and of course that was the new Pokemon games.

Although they technically not really new since it's the remake of Ruby and Sapphire, no game play has been shown just yet though. Going to have to wait until E3 I'm guessing for that along with any information of the game since Nintendo have only shown the cover art and that the release is November 2014 worldwide. I really thought we would be seeing the third instalment for X and Y since every other game set has one, well technically Black/White had a third instalment split but it was still the the third for that series.

So there we have it for this post, two great games lined up for this year and a possible new type of Battlefield from EA this year that could be amazing if it's done right. Could be a great E3 this year!! just hope no more push backs to 2015's with the game launches.
~Iznic

Pokemon Shiny Event

Folks don't forget that in the UK right now is the shiny legendary event, I say this now because the first Pokemon is about to end on Friday so it's your last chance.

Shiny Dialga is the current Pokemon you can gain right now and then on Friday it will switch over to Palkia, later on and finally Giratina. Not sure how to get your hands on these Pokemon well pop into your local GAME retail store and bring your copy of Pokemon White/Black/White 2/Black 2 along with your DS/3DS.

Just boot the game up and load up mystery gift then check out the wireless connection, all the stores should have a DS in store distributing the Pokemon over a wi-fi channel. It's that simple so don't miss out while you still can get them, don't forget the chances of getting a shiny in the game is something like 1 in 8,000+.

~Iznic


P.S. Gamestop in North America is running this event as well but using a different times and dates so check out your local store for details. Same for any other countries around the world, check out your local major retailer for information or serebii.net will have the answer for you.

Pokemon Event and X/Y Preorder Bonus

There as been quite a bit of information released for Pokemon over the last few days so I thought it be wise to do a post around it in case someone misses it. First off there is a giant Pokemon event happening soon where you can download three shiny legendary Pokemon for Black 2 and White 2.

For those in the UK it's a GAME event and all stores will be taking part (that I can see), it starts 30th August with Shiny Dialga and will end on 12th September. Then the day after 13th September you will be able to download Shiny Palkia up until 26th September. Finally on the 27th September Shiny Giratina will be up for download until th 12th October.

As you can see this all tied into the release of Pokemon X and Y, they have also announced in the UK that GAME will have a exclusive pre-order bonus. A Pokeball 3DS cartridge holder which can be seen below.

Very cool and I better start working on finishing Black 2 ready for X and Y, think I've got 6 of my 8 badges so far so not long now. One last thing was mentioned last night on the GAME twitter account that over the next few weeks there will be some Pokemon news worth checking back for. Really hoping it will be the announcement of the themed 3DS XL's that Japan is getting. Now before I go I have posted the dates for the North America download below which is being run by GAMESTOP, check with your local store to make sure they taking part.

North America Pokemon Download Event - GAMESTOP
19th August - 8th September Shiny Dialga
9th September - 29th September Shiny Palkia
30th September - 20th October Shiny Giratina


see you soon folks,
 ~Iznic




Source of Story: serebii.net
Source of Image: GAME Digital Twitter Account
Source of Story: GAME Facebook Account

New Pokemon 3DS XL Consoles

About a week ago it was announced in Japan that there was two new special edition 3DS XL's coming out for the Pokemon X and Y launch. Of course at the time no pictures appeared and since then I've been keeping my eyes open for them. Well they arrived yesterday and my god they look awesome, out the two I have to say the Gold one is my favourite. But if I can get the funds together I would get both of them for my collection.

Just look at the amazing artwork on it, I love the forest and cloud effects on both sides. At this point in time both consoles are only for Japan so far, waiting for confirmation for a UK/Europe/USA launch. This Gold one can only be ordered from the Pokemon Centres in Japan.

I was a bit worried at first when I saw this blue thanks to the white outlines, I thought it be like the Fire Emblem or Pokemon White DSI's where the lines was too thin so the picture does not stand out. But I don't think I need to worry from the looks of it, I love the black on the Y Pokemon and I really need to learn the new names. This one is going to be available from all major retailers in Japan and both come with a digital copy of the new Pokemon game, although one will have Y and the other X. Pretty sweet if you want both then you can have both copies of the game as well.

Anyway I've got my fingers crossed that these beautiful machines will arrive in the UK, would love to have one of them or even both for my collection to go along side my Pikachu and Toad console.
~Iznic

One More Special Edition Mii

That's right folks another special edition Mii is up for downloading on your 3DS, this time it's Hayashida and again just pop on over to the Mii Plaza. This should be the last one since E3 is ending today but you never know.

If you not downloaded any before today then it is worth it, make sure you connected to the wi-fi and pop over to Mii Plaza on your 3DS. The special edition Mii will unlock an achievement if you not met one before, in Puzzle swap they will have all the pieces so it's a great way to get those missing rare ones. Finally they also automatically level 5 in StreetPass quest so you have a nice warrior to progress with.

Anyway I'm off again to go play some games and watch the Simpson's, don't worry I've not forgotten the E3 posts just having a bit of writers block with them.
~Iznic

Another Special Mii

Very quick note folks but you can get another special edition Mii character on the 3DS through spotpass. Just like yesterday this could be a one day only deal so just connect to the Internet with your 3DS and pop on over to the Mii Plaza to get a visit from Konno.

Great thing about the special edition Mii's is they have all the puzzle pieces unlocked for Puzzle swap, great way to get your missing rare ones. Plus they also automatically level 5 for StreetPass Quest so a nice advantage there.

So don't miss out and got to say cheers to Dragaknight my mate for making me aware both times of this.
~Iznic

E3 Downloads and Freebies

Right folks not sure how long these will be up for so make sure to download them today while you have the chance. First up on the 3DS you can get a special Mii character through spot pass, make sure you connected to your wi-fi and load up StreetPass Mii Plaza. Might have to leave your 3DS on for a while to pick up the spotpass first though. Anyway you get Iwata dressed up in a Luigi outfit for your trouble and of course if you not had a special Mii you will unlock the achievement as well, added bonus is that he has all the puzzle pieces so if you missing a super rare one here is your chance.

Now for a freebie, you can get Fable 3 on Xbox Live for free right now! not sure if this is a mistake or not but just search it on xbox live. There are cases that you have to click "add points" option to get it to appear up as a free purchase download. Great game just a shame the ending was not up to par with the rest of the game but still worth a download, cannot complain about it being free.

~Iznic

Phoenix Wright 5 Coming to the West

This news made my day the other night when Capcom finally confirmed the newest Phoenix Wright will be coming to North America and Europe. The Ace Attorney series on the DS are brilliant and I would buy a DS just to play them, although I will hang my head in shame since I still need to finish the third one in the series Trials and Tribulations plus the fourth one I never started Apollo Justice. Not to mention the spin off series as well around Miles Edgeworth. So yeah I better dig them out and start playing them to see how the story ends ready for this one, check out the trailer below for the teaser.



So far Capcom have confirmed it will launch some time in Autumn and that it will only be digitally released. Unsure about that since Nintendo in the past sucked when it came to downloads, no transfers and if you console went faulty you had to re buy the games on your new one. I have heard things have changed since then but still left a bitter taste though. But Phoenix Wright is amazing so I will be buying it anyway no matter if it is a digital release.

Seriously cannot wait to play this! I did tell you guys we will be seeing quite a few new games this year. Of course I was not expecting to see this though, this is just the icing on top of the cake for me and in 3D as well! oh man I'm too hyper now.
~Iznic


P.S. What would be amazing if they confirmed the release of the crossover game with Phoenix Wright and Professor Layton for the west, dream come true!