Ok, fine than JJ, you have finally pursuaded me, here is all I know.
Team Rocket is the only villainous team. Their plot will take place in both regions
This game is meant to be a summarization of the 5 generations thus far. It will have all 5 regions accessible in each of the games. All Pokemon will be accessible within one of the two versions, so no special event type situations will be necessary. There will be 8 gyms in each region, a league, and a unique set of Elite 4 and a unique League Master for each region, no more overlapping between Kanto/Johto. The whole situation with the volcanic explosion on Cinnabar Island will have been cleared of debree and the Sea Foam Islands will open again. Each region will have a slightly varying style of Contests, with 4 contest halls per region. As a result of this, Kanto/Johto/Sinnoh will feature a few new towns to accomodate some of the contest halls. Kanto/Johto/Hoenn/Sinnoh will each feature as another side quest 5 Frontier Brains. Orange will have the Minor League with 4 leaders and champion featured in the original Orange Anime saga. Each region will have a major Port City and Safari Zone.
Now on to what's happening in Pokemon. Two regions are being introduced at once. The Isshu Region, and the Orange Region. As far as I know, you'll have the choice between the two new regions where you start first, and you'll be able to work your way through all 6 regions as the game progresses. The Isshu Region is located north of Kanto and Johto above Mount Silver, it boarders both regions somewhat to the north. That set of starters that was revealed on Serebii is only one set being introduced, it is the set for the Isshu Region. The total number of Pokemon in this game is going to be 600, as I said before, 100 Pokemon per region basically. I believe that the translation for the Professor in that region is Professor Pine, though that is a rough translation of what I've seen so far. The plans for the Orange Region is coming out in the next issue. At that time, you'll see all the stuff I told you about in Orange Region next month, on top of the Professors, and other finite starting information for each of the two new regions.
In the Orange Region, the first gym will be a bug type gym, the leader is a female. The second will be a ground type gym, the leader is a female. The third will be a ghost type gym, the leader is a male. The fourth will be a flying type gym, the leader is a male. The fifth will be a steel type gym, the leader is a male. The sixth will be a dark type gym, the leader is a male. The seventh will be a rock type gym, the leader is a female. The eighth will be a psychic type gym, the leader is a male.
In the Isshu Region, the first gym is a water type gym, the leader is a male, whom has already been featured in the Anime once in the past. The second will be a flying type gym, the leader is female. The third will be a fighting type gym, the leader is a female. The fourth will be a grass type gym, the leader is a male. The fifth will be a poison type gym, the leader is a male. The sixth will be a bug type gym, the leader is a male. The seventh will be a dark type gym, the leader is a female. The eighth will be a ice type gym, the leader is a female
Anime:
May was going to show up in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, That was a flat out lie, and you and I were not the only ones whom my former co-worker spread that little twist to. I'm glad he's gone, because he was a jerk, and now I have my dorm room to myself, lol.
Many of Ash's Pokemon will learn a new move before the league, though not specifically the ones we discussed before, and apparently many of them will happen off screen an be introduced throughout the league, or in the moment of battle during the league. Now that I have access to the Anime plotlines myself, there are many things that are interesting coming up.
Ash will indeed catch the 3 starters missing from his team as we've discussed before. The Orange League Saga is going to be very short lived. Apparently, Ash is getting a late start for that league as there's only a few months left before the League Championship starts by the time that Ash gets done with Sinnoh and returns to Pallet Town. So, Ash and Brock, will be flown around the region by Ash's Uncle/Delia's Brother, so as to allow Ash to have time to collect the badges he needs. There will be very little filler therefore, and most of what you would call filler will involve him catching a few new Pokemon, regional starters and bird, and him challenging the remaining Battle Frontier Brains. There will be no contests for this saga in the Anime, though they will be in the games. After the badges are won, and the remaining 9 Frontier Brains are beat, he'll face the League, and again, he'll come in second place, as he is going to finish in Sinnoh, yes, he'll finish in second place in Sinnoh and Orange.
