{"id":45066,"date":"2016-06-08T17:10:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T00:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=45066"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:10:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T22:10:18","slug":"mythical-manaphy-tropical-alola-and-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/mythical-manaphy-tropical-alola-and-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythical Manaphy, Tropical Alola, and Pok\u00e9mon GO!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a busy week for Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/a> news!<\/p>\n

The first day of the new month means there is a new Mythical Pok\u00e9mon to grab through the Mystery Gift on Pok\u00e9mon X\/Y<\/em> and AlphaSapphire\/OmegaRuby<\/em> games! This month\u2019s \u2018mon is the adorable water-type Manaphy! Nicknamed Prince of the Sea, this Generation IV Pok\u00e9mon is level 100 and has the ability Hydration, allowing it to heal non-volatile status conditions while it is raining during battle.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t forget that this is a two-for-one situation: Manaphy is the only mythical Pok\u00e9mon able to breed! When bred with a Ditto, Manaphy produces the Pok\u00e9mon Phione! This tiny water type is only available by breeding Manaphy or Phione, and also has the ability Hydration.<\/p>\n

However the big Pok\u00e9mon news last week was the unveiling of a swathe of information about the upcoming games, Pok\u00e9mon Sun\/Moon<\/em>. We now know that the Generation VII games (VII!! I can\u2019t get over that we\u2019re up to seven generations) will be set in the new region of Alola, which is made up of one artificial and four natural islands. The region is based on Hawai\u2019i, with various names coming from the Hawaiian language. Professor Kukui and his mysterious assistant Lillie present the player and friend Hau with their starter Pok\u00e9mon to begin their journey!<\/p>\n

Also revealed were the two box mascot legendaries for the Alola region! Gracing Pok\u00e9mon Sun<\/em> will be the psychic\/steel type Solgaleo, while Pok\u00e9mon Moon<\/em> will have the psychic\/ghost type Lunala. Both legendaries will also have their own signature moves: Sunsteel Strike and Moongeist Beam! These moves were showcased in the trailer released last week and they look awesome.<\/p>\n

Finally, field testing for Pok\u00e9mon GO!<\/em> began in the United States. More details about the gameplay have also been released, including customising your trainer and how Gyms and battles will work. Players will be asked to join one of a number of teams, giving you the ability to assign one of your Pok\u00e9mon to empty Gym locations in your team\u2019s name. If a Gym has already been claimed by a team, you can challenge the Gym with your own Pok\u00e9mon. If you are able to defeat the Pok\u00e9mon in the Gym, the Gym\u2019s prestige will be reduced. When the Gym\u2019s prestige drops to zero, the Gym becomes vacant once more, and can be taken over by a new team. Many more screenshots for the game have also been released, showing the map during the night and day, how encounters with wild Pok\u00e9mon look, and Pok\u00e9mon evolutions.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much to be excited for in Pok\u00e9mon right now! And with E3 scheduled for next week, there\u2019s bound to be even more coming!<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a busy week for Pok\u00e9mon news! The first day of the new month means there is a new Mythical Pok\u00e9mon to grab through the Mystery Gift on Pok\u00e9mon X\/Y and AlphaSapphire\/OmegaRuby games! This month\u2019s \u2018mon is the adorable water-type Manaphy! Nicknamed Prince of the Sea, this Generation IV Pok\u00e9mon is level 100 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,2741],"tags":[3145,112,756,1612,3243,3928,3927],"yst_prominent_words":[33898,33894,33901,6211,13836,33896,33895,33899,32463,33897,33902,28864,28863,8534,33900,33893,32577,8096,6735,9277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45066"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63845,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45066\/revisions\/63845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45066"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=45066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}