With the next issue of Coro Coro comes many exciting details of Heart Gold / Soul Silver, the 10-year remakes announced a few months back detailing what has long been awaited. What is already known is that these games will premier in the fall for Japan, and presumably in spring 2010 for those elsewhere in the world. Here's what we now have learned:
Walkmon
Though the above term which I coined in the past minute (I can't tell you if any other site has already come up with the term; I only check two non-official sites) is doubtfully what this device will actually be called, it does sound like an impressive pun off of the Walkman (perhaps too old a device for many).
What is it, however? It is basically a pedometer, or a tool which measures how many steps you take by measuring the motion of the leg it is attached to. However, unlike others, this one can apparently communicate with your DS (unknown if a DSi specifically or any DS, nor how nearby the DS must be) and your HeartGold / Soul Silver game. In doing this, you will train your Pokemon, raise their levels, possibly battle others, and even find items. However, what is not known is how heavily it will train the Pokemon - it could easily be a single experience point for a single Pokemon for each step (similar to how the day care works in-game). Its also unknown if this will ship outside of Japan, however it is possible that it will be a pre-order prize.
More information as it comes.
Kyroge, Groudon, and Rayquaza
Apparently, in HeatGold and SoulSilver you may find one of the legendary monsters as they appeared in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. However, if you get the other one through a trade, thus meaning you have both with you at the same time, you will also come across Rayquaza.
Arceus Event
An Arceus, given out during the 11th movie in Japan, can be traded into HeartGold / SoulSilver to trigger an event regarding himself and Cynthia. However, this event is unknown at the current time, and is almost definitely not the unlocking of a level one Dialga / Palkia / Giratina as rumored on some sites.
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ZamFights Beta should come around Christmas, now.
Spoiler Alert:ZamFights Progress
Summary
ZamFights, a Pokemon Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, developed by Pokezam's Webmaster Freezewarp, continues its development into Alpha 7, where you can trade Pokemon with a global trade station like feature and battle other trainers. Several bugs were also fixed.
Alpha 9, now in development, will feature numerous events and locations to go to, that is up to Fuschia. It will also feature the new, interactive map, numerous minor features, and an altered look.
Alpha 9 should come around Thanksgiving, and Alpha 10, or the public Beta, should come around Christmas.
Alpha 8 Preview
I actually like the idea of a sixth generation Pokemon Emerald remix; few people think of the possibilities that one game has in full, colorful, barely pixaleted 3-D (in other words, think of a Play Station 2 or Xbox Original). The existing 3D we have with the DS is good, but the next generation of handheld consoles should give much more detail to the game - imagine being able to change your perspective to look into the sky while the stormcloud is slowly stretching across the region once Kyogre and Groudon have both been awoken. Imagine seeing the sky tower, and a green tail, to the left, and mirages to the right. For that matter, think of Mirage Island!
There are so many other moments for which we could experience in perspective-3D Pokemon Emerald; the battle frontier is one example, but just seeing the sun rise and set as the time passes in Dewford city would be awesome. Of course, my dreams may be more than one generation away; are there any Wii games that even would make this real?