The latest issue of Nintendo Dream has revealed some Black and White details, though much of it is speculation on the magazine's part. All translations below are courtesy of Yaminokame and the scans originate from RPGLand. Click them for larger images. The first page is translated word-for-word below and the second scan is merely a close-up of the first (of the Isshu map).

The third scan below reveals details on the new Illusion ability; it states that it will cause Zorua and Zoroark to take on the appearance of the second Pokemon in your party. This means if you have a Squirtle in your second slot and send out Zorua or Zoroark, it will look like Squirtle and be named Squirtle. Additionally, there is a flyer that people are receiving for downloading the shiny Legendary Beasts that reveals details on the Zoroark you can encounter in Black and White. It states that the Zoroark will transform into Raikou if you trade over Entei, to Suicune if you trade over Raikou, and to Entei if you trade over Suicune. Once caught, however, its Illusion ability will function like described in the first part of this paragraph.

Thirteen mysteries from the full map of the Isshu Region!

The new adventure is to take place in the Isshu Region. Here is the announcement of the full map!! It is not an independent island like Hoenn or Sinnoh, but it is thought to be a part of a continent somewhere. There are places here and there with clouds covering them; it appears that there are further mysteries hidden below the clouds. The details of the map are completely unknown, but let's check some points of interest based on the thus-far revealed screen shots.

1) A blast furnace? There is something like melted iron.
A building with the unique shape of a bee's nest. It looks like there is a lava-like material here and there... Also, if you look at the full map, there is a place where you can see what appears to be something like red lava! It's man-made, so maybe it's a type of blast furnace for melting iron.

2) A town at the mouth of a river with a drawbridge.
There are many bridges around the Isshu Region which is abundant with rivers. The red drawbridge in the picture also stands out pretty well on the map. At the base of the bridge is something that resembles a crane and also a lighthouse, so this place could be a port city.

3) A theme park-type facility.
There is a facility that looks to be a theme park with a Ferris Wheel?

4) A sand storm raging in a desert?
A place like a desert with blowing sand. It's hard to see far due to the sand, but there appear to be trainers here and there. If you look a little below center of the map, there is a vast desert. Maybe this could be it. There appears to be a ghost town buried in sand on the map, could this also be a place in the adventure!?

5) An airfield?
There is a runway on the left side of the map!? Could it be an airfield? Maybe you can get on an airplane and enjoy an adventure in the sky. Also, directly above that is a building that looks like a tower. The tower has a spiral staircase and gives off an old-fashioned feeling.

6) Two windmills?
Around where the land looks like a staircase, there are two buildings with　the same shape. If you look good at them, there are propeller-like things attached to them making them like windmills. A very relaxed scenery, could they be generating power?

7) Two-tone color town.
A little above the center of the map is a little strange place. Looking at it, the two-tone color town is separated into left as brown and right as light blue. You can also see a big majestic building in the center... What could this place be?

8) Ancient ruins?! There is a building that could be some ancient ruins on the place that looks like a rock mountain at the farthest top of the center of the map. On the staircase shaped rock mountain you can see several cave-like holes. Maybe the inside is a complicated maze.

9) What's in the center?
There is a lake at the center of the map with a big island at the center of it. If you look really closely you can see that the outsides of this island is jagged and looks like it's man-made. At the center we can see something in the shape of a spiral, but what could it be...? It's a place full of mysteries.

10) An abandoned factory?
It's hard to see it on the map, but if you look reaaally closely you can see that the walls and ceilings are broken. Last month there was a picture of an abandoned factory that was revealed, could this be it? What sort of Pokemon could be here?

11) The beginning town?
The small town that can be seen in the bottom right of the map. It's as if we've seen this blue roof and the road going around it somewhere before... That's right, it was one of the game pictures during the first announcement! Let's predict that this is the starting point of the adventure and the house with the blue roof is the main character's house!!

12) Sky Arrow Bridge?
"Sky Arrow Bridge" is no doubt the giant bridge that stretches to the city thought to be Hiun City. It seems like this picture is looking towards Hiun City from the eastern opposite bank.

13) The giant city, Hiun City
Hiun City is lined with skyscrapers. Even when looking at the full map, the city's grand appearance stands out. However, directly above this giant city is a ghost town and a vast desert. The contrast is quite interesting.

A holographic Electabuzz (069/L-P) and Indigo Plateau (070/L-P) promo will be given out at Japan's "Pokemon Center Open Battle" tournaments and July's Gym Challenge tournaments. Both cards will be part of the upcoming Clash at the Summit set, which will be released on July 8th; they are stamped with the set's logo. Translations of the cards are below courtesy of Bangiras.

Electabuzz - Lightning - HP70
[C] Toss - 10 damage.
[L][L][C] Shock Bolt - 60 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, discard all Lightning Energy attached to Electabuzz.

Weakness: Fighting x2
Resistance: Metal -20
Retreat: 2

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Indigo Plateau - Stadium
Each Legendary Pokemon in play (both yours and your opponent's) get 30 more HP.
You can only play 1 Stadium card next to your Active Pokemon during your turn. If a Stadium with a different name comes into play, discard this card.

Players who live in America, Europe, and Australia can download a Jirachi via Mystery Gift from June 26th to July 16th, which unlocks the Night Sky's Edge route on HeartGold and SoulSilver's PokeWalker. America and Australia already received the Jirachi earlier in the year (the former through Gamestop), but Europe has not yet. While the event has not officially been announced on Pokemon.com, players in America and Australia can still download it since all three of the aforementioned regions connect to the same servers. It is also worth noting that this Jirachi has a OT ID of "SMR2010" and an ID of "06260" while the Gamestop one's was "GAMESTP" and "02270."

Jirachi (Serene Grace) @ Liechi Berry - Level 5
Random Nature
Inside a Cherish Ball with a Classic Ribbon
~ Wish
~ Confusion
~ Rest
~ Draco Meteor

Sorry for the lack of updates this week! You guys (hopefully) know I never miss news stories unless something major comes up. I've been packing for my trip to Japan (going today!) and there was a major emergency in the middle of this week with my 90-year old aunt that delayed a lot of what I had to do before going (took her to the emergency room, got thrown up on there... smelled minty, stayed there until 4 AM in the same room my nana was in before she died... very nice memories :/, took her to our house to watch over her for a few days, sleep schedule was completely wrecked, emotionally and physically drained, etc.). Needless to say, I had more important things to worry about this week, so I hope you all understand! :)

I'll be getting on the plane in 10 hours and the flight lasts for 12 hours, so I'll arrive in Japan on Saturday afternoon their time. I have a lot of news I need to post, but I obviously haven't had the time to write it, so I'll try to post on Saturday night or Sunday. Hopefully I'll be able to get free Internet in the hotel; I ain't payin' 2000 yen a night for Internet! As for what I plan to accomplish, while I'm not expecting to replicate the success of last year's trip with the early game footage and early movie screening, I'm going to actively be on the hunt for Pokemon news opportunities (that's the main reason I'm going on the trip, after all - I'm not even getting credit for the classes I'm taking since they're the same as last year's). I'm doin' it all for you guys!! Hopefully I'll get some cool Black and White news. If I can't find any I'll go punch it out of someone. I know where you're located, Gamefreak. :D

Oh, and I don't have time to write down a will and all my passwords like I was able to do last year for my first trip there, so if I die for some reason (plane crash, Godzilla attack, Third Impact, angry Pokemon officials, etc.), the site goes to Bangiras, Shakepeare, and Shining Raikou. My mom's got my (outdated) passwords in a vault somewhere (as well as Firefox profile backups on external hard drives with all the passwords), so hit her up if something happens you guys! Sell the site and I'll kill you, merge the site with another and I'll kill you, let it die and I'll kill you. >:D But I myself don't plan to die since I have too much to live for, so no worries anyway! /just-in-case-paragraph

Ja matta ya fuels!

Clarification (Sunday): When I said "This means the honey building is the first Gym," what I meant was that it is the first Gym they've shown us from the games, not that it is the first Gym you encounter in the Isshu region. Sorry for the confusion.

Update (6:00 PM): Our friends at Filb.de have posted higher-quality video of the footage.

Pokemon Sunday just showed several videos of the Black and White screenshots that were leaked in CoroCoro magazine last week. Among the videos were settings from the Isshu region, two short battles between Zorua and Zoroark, and wild battles with the seven new Pokemon. You can watch low-quality videos of the footage below.

Our recording of the first video started after the honey building was featured (due to technical difficulties), but I heard Gym music playing in the background as they showed the male character trying to break through a wall of honey. This means the honey building is the first Gym revealed and that it most likely specializes in Bug-type Pokemon. Also, if you watch the battle against Munna in the third video, you will see the male character's back sprite and how Pokemon are released from their Poke Balls. The Trainer throws the ball into the air, the Pokemon is released in mid-air, and then it lands on the ground. You can faintly hear Mijumaru's cry when it is released from its Poke Ball in the Munna battle and you can hear Tsutaaja's when it is Knocked Out by Meguroko. Pokabu's cry is missing in action. Chiraamii lets out its cry when Professor Araragi releases it from her Poke Ball in the first video.

We have obtained product images of HS - Undaunted, as you can see below (click the thumbnails for larger images). The booster box reveals that in addition to Houndoom, the set's other three booster packs will feature Rayquaza, Skarmory, and Jolteon. As you can see by looking at the theme decks, they will now have a window so that buyers can see what the featured card is. Other changes to theme decks are that they will contain an extra booster pack as well as a deck box, which we revealed earlier. The set's three-pack blister will feature a holographic Lapras card, and since Shuckle was released alongside Lapras in Japan, we can probably expect it to be its other promo. This only leaves the two-pack blister and its two promos unaccounted for, but we'll post its contents as soon as we find out!

If all goes according to plan, there will be a cool surprise on the forums sometime this weekend. Also, I leave for Japan this Friday!

As posted back in April, a new Pikachu World mini-set will be released in Japan on July 8th. Pokemon Centers have just started to advertise it, as you can see on the poster below (click it for a larger image). Each Pikachu card features a different country in the card artwork and is translated into the country's main language, though each card is of course drawn by Japanese TCG artists. The countries featured include the United States, Italy, Korea, Spain, Japan, Germany, France, Poland, and Portugal (in that order on the poster). The 9-card set will cost 840 yen (about $8.50).

Update #2 (11:30 AM, Friday): Descriptions of the two jumbo cards' attacks are in the second paragraph below courtesy of Yaminokame.

Update (11:00 AM, Friday): Added a complete image of Palkia & Dialga LEGEND below thanks to Nate and Matt. It confirms the card spoiler we posted (which was floating around on several Japanese blogs), meaning Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND's spoiler is most likely accurate as well. The Daisuki Club also sent out an e-mail advertising Clash at the Summit, containing small images of a new Aggron and Nidoking card in the set. Thanks go to nYoo for sending us the e-mail - the image of the two cards is below.

The official Pokemon Card website has finally announced Clash at the Summit, the final LEGEND-era set, which we first posted about over two months ago. Pokemon Prime Celebi and Machamp were revealed in addition to artwork for Palkia & Dialga LEGEND, which will be in our HS - Undaunted set. You can read the Primes' translations below. The site also posted new wallpaper for the set, which will be featured on the booster packs - click the thumbnail below for the actual wallpaper. We have also posted translations for two of the set's LEGENDs, which have been floating around on several Japanese blogs.

The site also revealed two new movie promos: "Zorua and Celebi" and "Zoroark and Legendary Pokemon." Both are jumbo cards. The first card's attack is named "Which is Which?" and tells you to switch places with your opponent; you use their deck and they use your's. The second card's attack is named "Clash at the Summit," the set's name. Its attack merely states that Zoroark battles the Legendary Pokemon pictured. Since the two cards are jumbos, they will obviously be banned from play, which is why PCL can make the cards silly and overpowered. You can get one of the jumbos for every two booster packs of Clash at the Summit you buy.

Celebi - Grass - HP60
Basic Pokemon (Prime)

Poke-Power: Breath of the Forest
Once during your turn, if Celebi is your Active Pokemon, you may use this power. Attach a Grass Energy from your hand to Celebi. This power can't be used if Celebi is affected by a Special Condition.

[G][P][C] Time Circle: 30 damage. During your opponent's next turn, Celebi takes no damage from your opponent's Stage 1 and Stage 2 Pokemon.

Weakness: Fire x2
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

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Machamp - Fighting - HP150
Stage 2 Pokemon (Prime)

Poke-Power: Fighting Touch
Once during your turn, if Machamp is on your Bench, you may use this power. Move all Fighting Energy from the Active Pokemon to Machamp. Then, switch Machamp with the Active Pokemon.

[F][C][C] Crash Punch: 60 damage. Discard a Special Energy Card attached to the Defending Pokemon.
[F][F][C][C] Strength Buster: This attack does 100 damage plus 10 damage for each of your Benched Pokemon that has any damage counters on it.

Weakness: Psychic
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

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Palkia & Dialga LEGEND - Water / Metal - HP160
Legendary Pokemon

[W][C][C] Sudden Delete: Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokemon. Return the Pokemon and all card attached to it back to your opponent's hand.
[M][M][C] Control Time: Discard all Metal Energy attached to Palkia & Dialga LEGEND. Then, take the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck and add them to their prizes.

Weakness: Fire and Lightning x2
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

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Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND - Psychic / Colorless - HP140
Legendary Pokemon

Poke-Body: Whenever any of your opponent's Pokemon is Knocked Out by damage from an attack by Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND, you may take one more Prize card.

[R][R][L][C] Ozone Climax: 150 damage. Discard all Fire Energy attached to Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND.

Weakness: Psychic and Colorless x2
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

We missed translating descriptions of Reshiram and Zekrom in the leaked CoroCoro scans. These are not presented as their PokeDex entries in the magazine, but they'll probably be very similar to the real ones; thanks go to Yaminokame for translating them. As posted a few weeks ago, the names of the two Legendaries, as well as the names of a few of the region's locations, hint at a sky theme in the games (specifically the lightening or darkening of it).

• Reshiram - It blows flames that completely burn its surroundings. It is said that its heat moves Earth's atmosphere.
• Zekrom - It has been passed down that it creates electricity using the generator in its body, flying around the skies of the Isshu region and hiding itself in thunderclouds.

Nintendo just announced details of the 3DS, its next portable game platform, at the E3 convention in Los Angeles. The conference has ended and these are the live notes we took as it was progressing. You can see an image of the 3DS to the right, which you can click for a larger image.

• The 3DS basically looks the same as its predecessor, except the top screen is larger at 3.53 inches wide. The top screen does not have touch screen capabilities (like all DS incarnations), though the reason stated is because fingerprint smudges reduce the 3D effect.
• The bottom screen is 3.02 inches wide and a touch screen but does NOT feature 3D like the top screen.
• As reported before, no 3D glasses are required to experience the 3D effects.
• 3D movies will be made available on the 3DS from Disney, Warner Bros., and Dreamworks, such as How to Train Your Dragon.
• An analog 3D depth slider will allow you to select no 3D or different grades of it. It can "suddenly become 3D." It was stated that they wanted to do this because different people would have different perceptions of the 3D if it was stuck at the same level.
• There is a new "slide pad," which allows for 360-degree analog input. The D-pad is still present as well.
• There are new motion and gyro sensors, similar to the iPod and iPhone. For example, on Nintendogs, if you tilt your head the dog will tilt its head as well. We're not sure if this is because of the two sensors, the 3DS' player-facing camera (located above the 3D screen, which accounts for the visual motions of a player), or a combination of the two.
• The front of the 3DS will feature two camera lenses, which you can use to take 3D photos.
• Communication can occur in sleep mode, meaning your 3DS systems can communicate with each other on their own. For example, it can compare save data from your gameplay with other 3DS systems who have data from the same game, sharing content in the process, so that the next time you play the game you will see something different.
• In terms of Wi-Fi, the 3DS can automatically download new content without you having to do anything, such as new levels.
• The 3DS is compatible with the DSi (we assume this means in terms of wireless connectivity).
• The system will, of course, feature better graphics and hardware capabilities.
• As of 1 hour and 11 minutes into Nintendo's announcements, they have yet to show an example of the 3DS' 3D.
• The 3DS apparently eats people who play it. Players are sucked into a vortex, it makes a chomping motion, and then the people are thrown into games. (At least according to the ad.) :p
• Nintendo stated that the 3D cannot be exhibited in a trailer - you have to see it to understand it. A bunch of women just came out with 3DS systems tied to them. They are going to apparently allow people in the audience to play them so that they can experience the 3D effects.
• The conference just ended.
• The Tracks of Light Pokemon Ranger game has been renamed Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs for its English release and will hit store shelves in fall 2010.
• PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure will see its release this upcoming holiday season in America.
• As of now, no one has reported the Pokemon Black and White contents of Nintendo's booth. This probably means they just had a poster or something minimal on display.