The FIRST Fifth Generation Pokémon. Also, the star of 'Z' will be revealed on the 21st February. Although, Coro Coro may reveal it before then. We've only got a silhouette for now, but there's plenty of speculation that can be brought from this alone. Is it a new Pokémon? Is it an Evolution? Is it a new Forme of an existing Pokémon? The likelihoods so far are either a new Forme of Shaymin, an Evolution of Lucario, an Evolution of Mightyena (as some kind of werewolf) or an entirely new Pokémon all together.

Just from silhouette alone... I'm guessing Dark/Fighting-type.

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See, I return for a second helping! And you all thought I was hibernatin' , didn't ya?

Anywho, the names of the different Pokéathlon (blood sport!) have been announced:

Jp Name -> En Name
Dash Hurdle -> Hurdle Dash (Why?)
Bounce Field -> Lamp Jump
Ring out Fight -> Ring Drop
Shooting Snow -> Snow Throw (I prefer this one)
Charge Relay -> Relay Run
Break Block -> Block Break
Steal Flag -> Pennant Grap
Catch Saucer -> Disc Catch
Smash Goal -> Goal Roll

Well, that's it for this time...big news next week?

The official website for Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver is now live - you can visit the website here. It should be noted that only the United States and Canadian versions of the website are currently online, but they'll all host pretty much the same information anyway (bar release dates and event news). The UK version will likely be accessible in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out. HeartGold & SoulSilver will be released in America on March 14th, while we in the UK will get them on March 26th. It's currently unknown if we'll get the special Lugia, Ho-Oh, and/or Arceus figures for pre-ordering the games, but it is somewhat likely.

• New Years Tournament - If you've been following this tournament, you'll know that it ended earlier last month. After a few weeks of stiff competition, Nachos emerged victorious in the final against Minijinx. So, we'd like to congratulate Nachos on winning this tournament and say a big thank you to everyone else who competed.
• PokémonWorld vs PokéCharms - This tournament began on February 1st, with each site recruiting five battlers to face each other in a five-a-side tournament. Luckily, PokémonWorld has managed to amass three victories first, with mmdnr111, tblakey89, and PenguinX winning their respective matches, earning PokémonWorld a victory in this duel. Thank you to everyone who competed and a big thank you to PokéCharms for taking part. As a reminder, we'd love to see the remaining two matches take place even though the tournament is technically over - so if you're still active in this tournament, please try and get your battle finished. Thanks.
• Official PokémonWorld Tournament #2 - Just as a final reminder, Sign Ups are open for PokémonWorld's second Official Tournament. It'll begin on February 15th, so book your place now before it's too late. Sign Up Here!

If you hadn't noticed already, the forum layout is now slightly different. Tournaments and Dragon's Den have now been moved into a new 'Competitive' section, while the 'Pokémon' section has been moved up closer to the top. This is a Pokémon site after all, so it makes sense to have our main selling point higher up! Lastly, a new Pokémon TCG Forum has been created, to further discussion in this area. So, if you're interested in the TCG or would like to learn more about it, make sure you visit there and have a look!

Herro, First Issue of Pachi News - Ryu finally lost it, so we brought him out! My name is Pach, and I'm the NewNews Guy (See what I did there?). PachiPost has been around for many years now, and finally we can get the recognition we deserve!

I was told you kind people are interested in the games Pokémon PachiGold and PachiSilver versions...oh wait, sorry...HeartGold and SoulSilver. Well, information has reached us about what kind of names things have in the English language versions, so I thought I'd share it! Yay!

To start things off, the playable characters are now Ethan and Lyra (I hear Lyra still keeps the harp theme to the name). The big bad Rocket Admins have had name changes to - Lance is now Proton, Lambda is now Petrel , Athena is now Arianna and Apollo is now Archer.

The Pokéthlon sporting event is now called the Pokéalthlon, fitting it's origins as an elision of Pokémon and Triathlon, and the founder, no longer called Kobushi, now goes by the name of Magnus and the stats are now balled Skills (See, we have skills!)

Some items have name changes too, such as:
Apricorn Case -> Apricorn Box
Berry Planter -> Berry Pots
GB Player -> GB Sound
Item Finder / Dousing Machine -> Dowsing MCHN
Enigma Crystal -> Enigma Stone
Green Orb -> Jade Orb
Train Pass -> Pass
Wave Bell -> Tidal Bell (How cool does that sound? =3)
Unown Note -> Unown Report (Cool too =3)
CompeBall -> Sport Ball (Catching us is a sport now? I angry!)

Location name changes!:
Shinto Ruins -> SinJoh Ruins (keeping the elision of Sinnoh and Johto Japan had, but removing the Shinto references somewhat)
Triad Stage -> Mystri Stage (Also, the event can be done TWICE - once with a movie Arceus, and another with a Hall of Origin Arceus, if one is ever to be given out)
Hidden Tower -> Embedded Tower

Also, super awesome news! In all versions outside of Japan, the GameCorners no longer have slots (unfair how EU had them taken out when US didn't in Platinum...) we now have a game similar Minesweeper, but with Voltorb (BOOM!) and coin multipliers - cool right?

There you have it folks - the first instalment of Pachi Post! I hope we can continue doing business!

- Pach

Sign Ups have begun for PokémonWorld's second Official Tournament. This is the ultimate test for any member here, as it's the toughest Standard OU Tournament we offer. If you think you can prove that you're one of the best battlers in the UK (or if you're not from the UK and want to prove that you're better than everyone from here) then it should be in your best interest to sign up and show everyone what you're made of. The tournament will be hosted on Shoddy Battle and you can view all the rules in the Sign Up thread. So...

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