The official Pokémon YouTube channel posted a Pokémon at E3 2014 video that features some of the highlights from E3 as well as The Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒和) appearance at the show.

Tsunekazu Ishihara at E3 2014

The Pokémon Company International announced the Mega-Evolved form of Diancie in an all-new trailer for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. Images from the press release have been added to the Imageboard.

Mega Diancie Trailer

Mega Sceptile and Mega Swampert Join Mega Blaziken in the Hoenn Region Adventure

LONDON, UK—June 12, 2014— The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced more details today about the new Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire video games, launching in Europe November 28th, 2014, for Nintendo 3DS and 2DS systems. A brand-new gameplay trailer, official game art, and screenshots have been released, giving fans a deeper look at what they will discover in their Hoenn region adventure.

Begin Your Hoenn Adventure!

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire both begin in the Hoenn region’s Littleroot Town. Hoenn is made up of a main island that stretches widely from east to west, along with countless small islets that dot the deep blue sea around it. While a live volcano steams constantly in the heart of this green-covered island, the Hoenn region is blessed with a rich diversity of nature and a variety of Pokémon and people who live together in harmony. Players choose to play as either a male or female character, and to traverse this special region, they will need to choose between a Mach Bike, which is geared for speed and can roll up steep slopes, or the Acro Bike, which can hop over narrow bridges and up stepping stones.

Players will also need to choose their first partner Pokémon: Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip. Treecko is a Grass-type Pokémon that becomes one of the fastest Grass types after it evolves into Grovyle and then Sceptile. Torchic, a Fire-type Pokémon, gains the Fighting type after growing and evolving into Combusken and then into Blaziken, which has an incredibly high Special Attack. Mudkip is a strong Water-type Pokémon that gains the Ground type and an increased Attack after evolving into Marshtomp and eventually Swampert.

New Mega Evolutions!

During the game, both the male and female character will become equipped with a Mega Bracelet set with a Key Stone. The Key Stone, along with a Pokémon’s Mega Stone, is needed to achieve Mega Evolution, giving players access to Mega Evolution in battle.

Revealed in today’s announcement are Mega Sceptile, Mega Swampert, and a Mega Blaziken that can learn a Flying-type move, which is incredibly rare for a non–Flying-type Pokémon like Blaziken.


· Mega Sceptile gains the Dragon type through Mega Evolution, making its Dragon-type moves more powerful. It also gains the Lightning Rod Ability, which absorbs the damage from Electric-type moves to raise its own Special Attack.
· Through Mega Evolution, Mega Swampert gains an improved Attack stat which makes it even more formidable when using the Fighting-type move Hammer Arm. Additionally, Mega Swampert gains the Swift Swim Ability, which doubles its Speed when the weather is rainy.
· Mega Blaziken, first discovered in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, gains some new tools through Mega Evolution, in addition to its increased Attack. It has the Speed Boost Ability, making it faster with each passing turn, making the incredibly powerful Flying-type move Brave Bird, extremely rare for a non-Flying-type Pokémon like Blaziken to have, even fiercer in Pokémon battles.

Friends and Foes in Hoenn

While traversing the Hoenn region, players will encounter two evil organizations with opposing aims that are locked in struggle. In Pokémon Omega Ruby, Maxie leads Team Magma as it seeks to seize more power and expand the landmass in the Hoenn region. Team Aqua takes a more prominent role in Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, seeking to raise the oceans all around Hoenn under leader Archie’s command. Players will find themselves drawn into the conflict between the two sides—however, the story will be different based on whether a person plays Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire!


Players will also befriend Steven, a mysterious and elegant young man with a great interest in collecting rare stones. He recognises the player’s talent and wants to lend his help in the pursuit of the true story behind the origins of Mega Evolution and the Legendary Pokémon.

A Shining New Mega Evolved Pokémon

In other Pokémon video game news, it was revealed today that when players transfer Mythical Pokémon Diancie from Pokémon X or Pokémon Y into Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, it can Mega Evolve in battle after obtaining its Mega Stone. When Diancie Mega Evolves into Mega Diancie, the impurities on its body’s surface fall away, and it sparkles so brilliantly it’s impossible to look directly at it. Mega Diancie can make good use of the Fairy-type move Dazzling Gleam, which deals great damage to your opponent by unleashing powerful beams of light. In Double Battle, the move will strike both of the opposing Pokémon.


Details of how players can get Diancie for their copy of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y will be announced soon.

The Pokémon Company International announced the Mega-Evolved form of Sableye in an all-new trailer for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.

Mega Sableye Trailer

Nintendo Japan has posted two new trailers for Pokémon Art Academy that features Xerneas and Yveltal drawings.

Nintendo also posted the press package for the games and revealed the North American box art for the games. It will be released in North America in October, a few months after the European release of July 4th, 2014. Pictures from the press release have been added to the Imageboard.

Learn to Draw Pokémon

In Pokémon Art Academy, players take on the role of a young aspiring artist who enrolls in the Pokémon Art Academy to learn how to draw Pokémon under the tutelage of Professor Andy. Through ever-evolving lessons, players are taught the basics of art, from simple shapes and coloring to more complex methods like shading and blending. Along the way they are introduced to various tools they will use to create their art.

Features

• Players can learn to draw many of their favorite Pokémon from all known regions.
• Bring Pokémon artwork to life using a variety of tools.
• Create amazing pictures with step-by-step lessons.
• Once drawings are complete, artists can share their Pokémon art
• Post directly to Miiverse to show off their artwork.
• Save art to an SD Card and print it out.
• The game is fun and easy for all ages and skill levels.

Pokémon Art Academy - Xerneas Trailer

Pokémon Art Academy - Yveltal Trailer

Nintendo UK has posted the trailer for Pokémon Art Academy which will be released in the United Kingdom on July 4th, 2014. There will be 40 drawing lessons and players can unlock over 100 images to use as a guide in the Free Draw mode. Players can use the 3DS camera to also capture images to use as a drawing guide and also save their creations on MiiVerse or in JPG format.

Pokémon Art Academy will arrive on 4th July! Check out the new trailer: http://t.co/nPITotswSy pic.twitter.com/ZNV02LVr6U

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) June 6, 2014

Pokémon Art Academy - Trailer

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhCMZSZXHU

The official Japanese Pokémon YouTube page has posted two Japanese Pokémon TCG videos. The first is a commercial for the Rising Fist (ライジングフィスト) expansion which will be released on June 14th, 2014. The second video is the Pokémon Card Game XY Starter Set DVD Version video that features a puppet version of Rocket Gang Nyarth explaining the rules for the game. The video is from the DVD included in the Pokémon Card Game XY Starter Sets which were released in Japan on November 8th, 2013.

Rising Fist Commercial

Pokémon Card Game XY Starter Set DVD Version Video

Two commercials for Pokémon Art Academy (ポケモンアートアカデミー) have begun airing in Japan. They have also been posted on Nintendo Japan's YouTube account. The commercials feature some of the game's lessons and shows how players can draw in the software title for the Nintendo 3DS/2DS.

TV Commercial 1

TV Commercial 2

Nintendo 3DS LL Monthly Recommended Software Campaign (ニンテンドー3DS LL 月替わりオススメソフトキャンペーン)

Nintendo has announced that those that purchase a Nintendo 3DS LL in Japan from June 1st, 2014 to June 30th, 2014, will receive a software download code to redeem a game. For the month of June 2014, people can get a free copy of Pokémon X, Pokémon Y or Pokémon Art Academy. Pokémon Art Academy is released on June 19th, 2014, so those wishing to get that title will have to wait until then.

The English dubbed version of the Pokémon Origins special was released on iTunes on May 28th, 2014 and is available for purchase in North America and Europe. The four episodes can be purchased separately for $2.99/£2.49 per episode in High Definition or $1.99/£1.89 in Standard Definition. All four episodes can be purchased for $11.96/£9.96 in HD or $7.96/£7.56 in SD.


A Bluray is available in Japan and DVD was released in Australia but no physical media releases of the special is currently available in North America and Europe making iTunes the only place for fans to buy these episodes. The episodes can also be viewed for free on Hulu in the United States.

Pokémon Origins iTunes Description

It’s back to the beginning with Pokémon Origins! This animated series tells the story of the very first Pokémon video games, Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version. A new Pokémon Trainer named Red and his arrogant rival, Blue, set out from Professor Oak’s laboratory on a journey to complete the Pokédex. At first, Red doesn’t really know what he’s doing and finds it difficult to connect with his Charmander when they battle. But soon he meets Gym Leader Brock, who sets him on the path to win eight badges and challenge the Pokémon League!

Peacsmile! (ピースマイル!)

The second ending theme for Pocket Monsters XY is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon in Japan. Peacsmile! (ピースマイル!) is performed by J☆Dee'Z and the track is available for 250yen.


A music video of the song featuring J☆Dee'Z and Pikachu was also posted on YouTube by Sony Music Records but is region restricted to Japan.

Sources: https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pokemon-origins/id862658212, Peacsmile Amazon JPN, and https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id878131471

The official Pokemon movie website has updated with a feature on the upcoming movie tie-in game The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (とうぞくと1000びきのポケモン). Translations follow:


Free to play! A new Pokémon game based on "The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie"!

A new Pokémon game utilizing the Streetpass system!
Streetpass people and keep incrasing your Pokémon!
"The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" will be available from Thursday June 5th!
*This game is exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS download service. It will be available from Thursday June 5th to Tuesday September 30th


The same setting as the movie!
Incredibly, the story is connected to this year's movie. You will go up against Marilyn Flame and Ninja Riot!
"The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" is set in "Diamond Ore Country", just like this year's movie. The thieves Marilyn and Riot also appear in the movie. What are they planning to do? How does it relate to the movie's plot?
Marilyn
In the movie, she has a Mafoxy as her partner. What kind of Pokémon will she use in the game?
Riot
Despite being called a ninja thief, he's quite tough.

It connects with the movie!
If you download "The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" and then go see the movie in a theater, "something special" will happen!? This can then be further connected to "Pocket Monsters X/Y"!
With The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon, at a theater showing the Pokémon movie: Download "The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" and go to a theater to watch "Pokémon the Movie XY: The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie" to make "something special" happen!
With Pocket Monsters X/Y: Challenge that "special something", and something amazing will happen in "Pocket Monsters X/Y"!


How to play
"The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon" is a game you play using the Nintendo 3DS Streetpass function! When you streetpass users that have the same game, you will gain more Harimaron, Fokko and Keromatsu! With a band of Pokémon in tow, battle the thieves that stand in your way! Streetpass a lot, gain a lot of Pokémon, and beat the thieves!
You assemble 1000 Pokémon and go for victory too!

For further information on how to play, how to download the game, etc, see the official Pocket Monsters website.

Trailer

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/topics/thief_and_1000pokemon.php

Pokémon Get TV 31 aired on Sunday May 11th, 2014 in Japan and it featured a new trailer for the upcoming games Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby 『ポケットモンスター オメガルビー』 and Pocket Monsters Alpha Sapphire 『ポケットモンスター アルファサファイア』. The English YouTube site also posted the footage from the episode as well.

Trailer

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DyEDmQ83s