More news tomorrow!

[.~:Sly Foxx:~.]

Just a quick heads-up that according to the official facebook page we can be expecting a bit more news tomorrow, September 4th! This will be one of the last news updates before the offiical game release, but my bet is that it will be detailing the ins and outs of Pokemon Amie.

[Angelic Lapras King]

Its another Pokemon Direct, and considering the first one gave us the announcement of the games and the very first look, it could potentially have some big details announced. It airs at noon tomorrow UK time.

They do like to surprise us with these Directs, so I'm kinda hoping they announce that mystery HD game at the end, or possibly Pokémon Tretta getting localized as that's gotten a few recent US ratings too.... :3 

[Lord Raven]

Next announcement:  Half-life 3 confirmed.  Just watch

[Liam]

I want to see a couple more Pokémon. I am terribly impatient.

[.~:Sly Foxx:~.]

I'm curious to see the starter evos... But this close to the release of the game, it's unclear if we'll see them before release at all.

[Sappy]

So far there's Pokebank, which is like Pokemon Cloud which confirms transferring too. But it does have an annual fee, if anyone saw at the bottom.

Mega Blastoise
Mega Charizard
Mega Venasaur.

[RocketMember002]

Digivolving kanto starters...memories tainted forever.

[Angelic Lapras King]

Special edition 3DSs coming on the 27th too (The blue one Japan got and a red variation as well!).

Not much today, but interesting none the less...

[Sappy]

A notable thing was, one of them does drop the comment; "I'm looking forward to seeing how all Pokemon Mega-Evolve."

I might not have quoted it perfectly, it was a live stream, but it was something along those lines. However, it hasn't been out and out confirmed all Pokemon have mega-evolves.

[Richard and Blaziken]

PokeBank is a little bit of excitement but also I don't want to pay something annually on top of everything else Pokemon takes from me. x_x

Mega Evolutions of Kanto starters look pretty alright. Digging Blastoise especially. Charizard looks a bit more Dragon-esque. I could not be more excited for these games!

[Sappy]

Note Charizard is still Fire/Flying (Pokemon.com), it gets drought and its Sp. Atk is improved.
Venasaur's deffences improve and it gets Thick Fat.
Blastoise gets Mega Launcher so moves like Dark Pulse and Water Pulse become even stronger.

PokeTransfer is free
PokeBank isn't, but has a free trial anyhow.

There's also a new video up.

[Joeno]

So you'll now need to buy PokeBank to transfer Pokemon between generations now.

That's going to be a nice way for them to make some extra money. Especially when certain Pokemon won't be easily available. All those legendaries? Oh, just pay some money each month to transfer them...

With how there are already faked alternatives for the GTS (and giveaways through them), I wouldn't be surprised if the PokeBank will be emulated in a similar way, at least to allow generation transfer. Can't say I'd blame anyone who'd try.

[Angelic Lapras King]

A notable thing was, one of them does drop the comment; "I'm looking forward to seeing how all Pokemon Mega-Evolve."

I might not have quoted it perfectly, it was a live stream, but it was something along those lines. However, it hasn't been out and out confirmed all Pokemon have mega-evolves.

It be quite the task designing new Mega forms for all current Pokemon AND designing all the new Mon at the same time as well. True, some designs are simple but you still need to work out stat boosts and new abilities for every single one. Could happen, but yeah.

Oh well, it'll ultimately pay off when the Pokemon Centers in Japan sell Mega Evolution plushies soon.... XD

[Sappy]

So you'll now need to buy PokeBank to transfer Pokemon between generations now.

Nope, Poketransfer is a separate thing to download and is free. Source: Pokemon website.

[Richard and Blaziken]

Charizard not gaining Dragon type is a bit disappointing, really. But Drought? Ugh... they're going the wrong way with this... we're going to have even more weather wars this coming generation. OTL

Even so! I am bouncing off the walls with all of this new excitement! With 2 starters PLUS Torchic, I seem to have all of the best options! But... which 2 to pick? D: