The official Japanese website has announced that players with any of the fourth generation games will be able to download a Scizor over their Wi-Fi connections from June 18th to July 14th. It can also be obtained from McDonald's Nintendo Zones. The Scizor is owned by Kodai's bodyguard, Goon, in The Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark.

In addition to Scizor, players can also obtain a shiny Entei, Suicune, or Raikou for each movie ticket they preorder, a Celebi at the actual movie screenings that activates an event in HeartGold and SoulSilver where you battle Giovanni, and a Zoroark once Black and White are released in September and you are able to trade your shiny Legendary Beast over.

Scizor (Swarm) @ Starf Berry - Level 50
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
Inside a Cherish Ball with a Classic Ribbon
~ X-Scissor
~ Swords Dance
~ Iron Defense
~ Agility

Watch, no news this week, and then late next week the flood gates will open. Too bad it's during my FINALS WEEK!! Ugh - I'll have to stay up all night waiting for the CoroCoro scans. Por Dios. Though if it hadn't been for Reshiram and Zekrom, there'd almost be no news. Seven more days until the end of my third year of college and twenty-one more days until my second Japan trip (and for some of you, Nationals!).

As was obvious, the Nationals 2010 promo is a reverse holo reprint of the Garchomp from Supreme Victors. Click the thumbnail below for a larger photo; thanks goes to Lugia for taking it. You can get your Garchomp promo at the Nationals tournament between June 25th to 27th in Indianapolis, Indiana. The card is free but the trip will probably cost you a few hundred. Poor collectors... :(

Rest in peace my nana.

Over a day ago, Pokemon Sunday host Shokotan posted a small post on her blog stating her love for the design of the Pokemon Trainer she is voicing in The Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark (the Trainer loves Electric-types and dresses like a Magnemite fangirl). Shokotan loves Electric-types herself, having voiced Spiky-Eared Pichu in the Japanese Arceus and the Jewel of Life movie. However, her blog post originally had an additional sentence at the end that has since been removed: "I want Zekrom because Electric-types are cool!" The sentence could have been removed because she realized she was leaking information that has not been revealed yet or simply because she was mistaken, but considering she is the host of Pokemon Sunday and they film their episodes in advance (sometimes up to two weeks), it's possible what she said is true.

In terms of speculation, Zekrom's generator-esque tail seems to give credence to it possibly being an Electric-type. Additionally, if you look at its head appendages, it seems the tip of the one we can see is actually glowing blue, similar to an LED light. This may explain why the rest of its body has some blue lighting on the edges - perhaps it is reflecting the light. Not to mention the fact that the appendages look vaguely similar to lightning bolts. As for Reshiram, as we pointed out the other day, it looks like its tail is made to resemble a torch, complete with a symbolic flame coming out of it. So, it seems we have several theories to explain what Reshiram and Zekrom are - Dragon / Light or Dragon / Fire, and Dragon / Darkness or Dragon / Electric? Hopefully we'll find out soon, but it's fun to always speculate!

Update (1:00 AM): Added more evidence to suggest these games will have a lot to do with the sky.

As we posted yesterday, Reshiram's name comes from "shiro," which means "white" in Japanese, whereas Zekrom's comes from "kuro," which means "black." But as it turns out, the names also originate from the Japanese words "shiramu" and "kuromu," which mean "to grow light" and "to grow dark." Specifically, these words are used to refer to the sky becoming light and dark. Like we pointed out a few weeks ago, "hiun" in Hiun City's name can mean "clouds being blown by the wind." In addition to this, the bridge connected to Hiun City is named "Sky Arrow Bridge." So, we obviously have a sky theme going on in these two games in addition to the possible lightening or darkening of it. Thanks goes to Yaminokame for researching these name meanings.

What do these tidbits and the names of the Legendary Pokemon tell us about Black and White's plot? This is just speculation, but perhaps the games will involve a story related to making the sky night or day, similar to the whole land and ocean dichotomy in Ruby and Sapphire. Or, as many fans have hoped for years, could we finally be getting a Light-type to oppose Darkness as possibly indicated by Reshiram's name? Could Reshiram be Dragon / Light and Zekrom Dragon / Darkness? It seems like the Pokemon Company is trying to keep their full types secret for now, so is this the reason why? As fans it is obviously our God-given right to speculate about every little thing, no matter how outlandish, so I thought I would just throw those theories out there. :p Perhaps this is why Reshiram's tail looks like a torch with a flame. Maybe Zekrom's tail is a... night generator? Or something? Speculate on our forums!

Update (4:30 PM, Saturday): Pokemon Sunday just aired and revealed Reshiram and Zekrom in full. However, they did not reveal any new information.

"At least 150, but more to see! To be a Pokemon Master is my... destinnnny!" [Nostalgia!] So we have now reached the 500 mark after 14 years! 493 + Zoroark + Zorua + Tsutaaja + Pokabu + Mijumaru + Reshiram + Zekrom = 500 Pokemon! How exciting! And so many of us know all of their names... crazy.

The Daisuki Club on the official Japanese Pokemon website is now calling Reshiram and Zekrom the "Legendary Dragon Pokemon," meaning they will at least be part Dragon-type like Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Their second type, if any, is not yet known at this time.

Larger versions of Black and White's box art have been released, revealing that both games will have enhanced features for the Nintendo DSi (click the thumbnail below for a larger image). If you look at the bottom right of each box, you will see their game code. The first part of the code - "TWL" - is Nintendo's way of denoting that the games are enhanced for the DSi. Most DS games are labeled "NTR," meaning there is no difference in their features when playing them on the first DS, the DS Lite, or the DSi. So, what will these enhanced features be? Well, we don't know yet obviously!

Additionally, the Daisuki Club sent out an e-mail to its members stating some basic factoids about the version differences between the two games; thanks go to Yaminokame for translating it below! What could the bold statement be referring to?

What are the differences between Pocket Monsters Black and Pocket Monsters White?

Other than how to meet the legendary Pokemon Reshiram and Zekrom, things like encountered Pokemon and Pokemon encounter rates differ between the two versions! You can enjoy trading Pokemon that only appear in one version by using the local wireless and Wi-Fi connections with your family, friends, and players from all over the country! There is another big version difference as well, which we will reveal later! We'll keep showing you detailed information on the Pokemon Daisuki Club website! Don't miss it!!

And last but not least, Zoroark.com was registered back in late February and now redirects to Pokemon.com. This pretty much confirms that Zoroark will keep its Japanese name for the English games. Like Manaphy, Darkrai, Reshiram, and Zekrom, special or popular Pokemon are always made into .com's and redirected to the English Pokemon website.

Update #3 (12:00 AM): The Daisuki Club on the official Japanese Pokemon website is now calling Reshiram and Zekrom the "Legendary Dragon Pokemon." So it seems they will be part-Dragon type and most likely something else as well (Light and Darkness?). I also forgot that we now officially have 500 Pokemon! Yay! | Update #2 (12:30 PM): Clean artwork of the two Pokemon are now below. In case you only checked this story when we first posted it, you should reread it for new information and translations.

About an hour ago, the official Japanese Pokemon website and Pokemon.com simultaneously revealed the Legendary mascots of Pokemon Black and White: they are to be named Reshiram (レシラム) and Zekrom (ゼクロム) for both the English and Japanese games. Reshiram's name comes from "shiro," which means "white" in Japanese, whereas Zekrom's comes from "kuro," which means "black." Contrary to their color schemes, Reshiram is Pokemon Black's mascot while Zekrom is White's, as you can see on the official Nintendo DS box art below. According to the Japanese website, "Reshiram, with a pure-white body, will be in Pocket Monsters Black, while Zekrom, with a lacquer-black body, will appear in Pocket Monsters White. Each of them are Legendary Pokemon that have a big connection to the history of the Isshu region and hold the important key to the story." The games will hit store shelves in September for Japan whereas Americans will see their release sometime in Spring 2011. Click the first two images below to enlarge them.

Both Pokemon are such awesome-lookin' legendaries - they kind of look like angels! Their designs are far more detailed than any previous Legendaries - check out those tails! They do have some slight familiarities though - Zekrom seems to have Palkia's legs whereas Reshiram has a lighter version of Palkia's whitish-pink color scheme. In terms of their names, they both end in either "ROM" or "RAM," which are computer terms; it's probably coincidental, though. In late June I will be going to Japan for over a month and plan to hunt down news on these games and on Pokemon in general as I did with HeartGold and SoulSilver and Arceus and the Jewel of Life last summer. We'll see what happens, so stay tuned!

The official Pokemon Card website unveiled a new Shuckle and Victory Medal promo tonight and also added a recent Lapras promo to their database that they first revealed several weeks ago. Translations of the cards are below, courtesy of DorianBlack. All three promos can be earned at "Open Challenge" tournaments held inside Japan's Pokemon Centers.

Lapras - Water - HP90
Basic Pokemon

[W] Collect: Search your discard pile for a Supporter card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand.
[W][W][C] Surf: 40 damage.

Weakness: Metal (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

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Shuckle - Fighting - HP60
Basic Pokemon

Poke-Body: Fermented Liquid
Whenever you attach an Energy card from your hand to Shuckle, draw a card.

[G][C] Jar Strike: 20 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, Shuckle receives no damage from attacks during your opponent's next turn.

Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Victory Medal - Trainer
Flip 2 coins. If one of them is heads, draw a card. If both are heads, search your deck for any 1 card, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck afterward.

Wow, almost no news this week - pretty rare. Oh well, sometimes everyone needs a break. In other news, 15 more days until my third year of college ends and 29 more days until I go to Japan again!

According to various online stores like this one, eBay auctions like this one, and Australian Toys R Us ads, the long overdue Arceus and the Jewel of Life DVD will be released in Australia next week on June 2nd. There have been no signs of when the American DVD will be released, but it will probably be any time soon now. Thanks goes to our forum mod Xous for pointing this out!

This year's fall tins will feature Entei, Suicune, and Raikou... in their alternate-colored shiny forms! While the artwork below is different from the recently announced shiny Entei, Suicune, and Raikou Japanese promos, the cards are probably the same, just with new artwork for countries outside of Japan. The tins will hit store shelves in mid-September to coincide with the release of the next English set, which we do not know the name of yet, but will most likely consist of cards from Lost Link and Revived Legends. Click the thumbnail below for a larger image.

Promo Tuesday! The Lati@s promo story counts too since it was almost midnight. :D

In addition to the three-pack blisters with Latios or Latias, there is now also a two-pack Unleashed blister available at stores like Wal-Mart and Target. Each blister comes with a booster pack of Unleashed, a POP 9 pack, and both a Cleffa or Smoochum promo; the promos are holographic reprints of the rares from HeartGold & SoulSilver. Click the thumbnails below for larger scans, which were sent in by PokeDan23.

HGSS Promos

1. Ho-Oh
2. Lugia
3. Pikachu
4. Wobbuffet
5. Hoothoot
6. Noctowl
7. Feraligatr (Prime)
8. Meganium (Prime)
9. Typhlosion (Prime)
10. Latias
11. Latios
12. Cleffa
13. Smoochum