Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver.

[Hi no Seijin]

Black and White news:  Psypoke reported on a Corocoro leak that reports Combination Attacks for triple battles.  When certain attacks are executed in the correct order, additional effects will be added to the battle.  For example:  Fire and Water makes a lucky rainbow that boosts additional effects from your Pokemon's attacks, while Water and Grass will trap the opponents in a wetland and reduce their speed.  Sounds like a barrel of awesomeness to me.

[MagmarFire]

One has to wonder how many combinations there will be. Still, it sounds freaking awesome.

[Hi no Seijin]

Hey, does anyone know if Raichu will receive the boost to his stats if he holds a Light Ball?

[MagmarFire]

In the upcoming games? *shrug* I'd imagine not.

[Hi no Seijin]

I meant any game, actually.  I'm guessing Raichu doesn't get the boost then; that kind of sucks.  So I guess the question now is which is stronger:  Raichu or a Pikachu holding a Light Ball.

Yayz, I gots me my Groudon today.  I expected to have used up all of my Heavy Balls and several Ultra Balls, but it only took four Heavy Balls.  It used Rest and didn't wake up by the time I got it back down to 1 HP.  Now if only I can get a Kyogre from HeartGold so I can get the Jade Orb for Rayquaza.

[Hi no Seijin]

*squeal of delight*

Black and White is out in Japan!  That means new infos!

There are eighteen new typings:  Grass/Steel (sounds interesting), Normal/Grass, Bug/Electric, Bug/Fire, Dark/Dragon (awesomeness), Fire/Psychic (we already know this is Victiny's typing), Ground/Dark, Dark/Fighting, Ghost/Water, Ghost/Fire (sounds interesting as well), Electric/Ground (can't wait to see this one in action), Ghost/Ground, Steel/Dark, Fighting/Rock, Flying (that's right, there'll finally be a pure Flying type, barring an Arceus holding a Flying Plate), Dragon/Fire (Reshiram), Dragon/Electric (Zekrom), and Dragon/Ice.

The HMs are down to six:  Cut, Fly, Surf, Strength, Waterfall, and Dive.  There's a new TM set as well, but the count is still over fifty TMs.

The first gym changes depending on which starter you choose; the gym's type will be the type that trumps your starter.

Oh, hey, Giga Drain is stronger now; it went from a base power of 60 to 75.

[MagmarFire]

Aw, man, it's about time we had a pure Flying-type! Awesomesauce!

[Hi no Seijin]

Psypoke has some videos of BW gameplay.  Dialogue is now shown in speech bubbles!

[The Glamour Nazi]

This game is getting better, and better, and better.

[DW]

Man, the day they add actual free-roaming battles will be a glorious one.

[Hi no Seijin]

I'm looking through Psypoke's Psydex, and the legendaries have been given second abilities, suggesting that you can encounter them in the Dream World.  I can't wait to here how that'll work, assuming it's true.

[MagmarFire]

Second abilities as in having two abilities at once?

Because that would be *beep*in'.

[Hi no Seijin]

Um, no.  A Pokemon with two abilities available to it can only have one ability active, not both.  For example, a Snorlax can have either Immunity or Thick Fat, but not both.  It's just that in Black and White, if you catch a Pokemon in the Dream World, it can have an ability that it doesn't normally have; for example, if you catch a Snorlax in the Dream World, it might have Gluttony instead of either Immunity or Thick Fat.

[MagmarFire]

Um, no.  A Pokemon with two abilities available to it can only have one ability active, not both.

I know. For all I knew, they could've added that game mechanic, in light of all the awesome updates as of late.

[Hi no Seijin]

Probably wouldn't be a good idea to do that, anyway.  Suppose a Pokemon having two abilities gave it an unfair advantage over a Pokemon with only one ability?

Also, there's a tentative release date for Black and White on April 2, 2011.  Keep an eye on it just in case it changes.