Nintendo just announced Pokemon X and Y for the Nintendo 3DS, to be released worldwide in October 2013. These games feature an incredible 3D world unlike in any of the previous Pokemon games. Like all new Pokemon RPGs, of course, there will be a new generation of Pokemon. For more details, screenshots, and video, check out the official site at http://www.pokemon.com/pokemonxy/en-us/.

PokeDream now has a Pokemon Black and White walkthrough, thanks to KeyBlade999! We're pretty late to the game on getting this up, but it's better late than never. KeyBlade999 has written an extremely thorough and helpful walkthrough, and is undoubtedly one of the best walkthroughs you'll find on the web. Check it out!

April 1 is a day of many jokes and pranks, but Game Freak instead rewarded all of its fans.

Today Game Freak decided to release a jester themed Pikachu over mystery event wi-fi (see sketch below). In the theme of April fools day, all of the Pikachu's moves would seem to be unfitting of a regular Pikachu, as it came packaged with Earthquake, Surf, and, in the spirit of the day, Trick Room.

Game Freak also implemented their new data implementation system in Black and White, allowing new sprites to be installed (the first of which is, of course, the Jester Pikachu).

The event ends at 12:00 AM EST.

Pokemon Black & White is out today in North America! I've updated the Pokedex with English names for all the new Pokemon, attacks, abilities, and flavor text featured in Pokemon Black & White. Check it out!

Over the past month, I rewrote and redesigned PokeDream's Pokedex. It was a big undertaking, but it's finally done. Today, I'd like to announce the launch of Pokedex 2.0, completely rewritten and redesigned from the ground up. There were two reasons for this: the old Pokedex was 1. not user-friendly enough and 2. created in a way such that adding new features was not easy enough. I really wanted our Pokedex to be the best Pokedex on the web in terms of the amount of useful data it contains and its usability, and a rewrite was the best way to accomplish that.

Along with the rewrite, I added a bunch of data and images. Here's a partial list of the new Pokedex's features:

• On the main page, a better sortable Pokemon table that allows you to easily sort Pokemon by their stats and quickly find the Pokemon you want
• Redesigned Pokedex entries for each Pokemon
• A new side bar that follows you as you scroll, allowing you to jump from section to section
• Complete data for all older generations of Pokemon games (we only had data for generations 3, 4, and 5 before)
• Moves data for new Black & White Pokemon
• Updated English names for new Black & White Pokemon
• Tons of new game sprites for each Pokemon

And this is just the beginning. I already have a list of things I need to add and fix that will keep me busy for a while, but feel free to suggest more. Try out the new Pokedex now!

StatCalc2.jar

Downloadable Pokemon stat calculator that can calculate EVs as well. Made in Java using NetBeans, evolved from the command line version available on request from this user if you distrust Java.

All credits and rights go to The Editor on PD.

Quick User Guide for calculating stats:
1) Open file.
2) Type name of stat you want to calculate (Atk, Def, Spd, SpAtk, SpDef) and press Enter.
3) Enter base stat and press Enter.
4) Enter IV and press Enter.
5) Enter EV and press Enter.
6) Enter Level and press Enter.
7) Enter Nature and press Enter.

Next month on Janurary 3rd - Feburary 5th the shiny legendary beasts will be released at GameStop one at a time every week. Besides being shiny, the beasts also have special moves. Raikou will have Aura Sphere, Suicune will have Sheer Cold, and Entei will have Flare Blitz. Also, these events will allow you to catch Zoroark in the new Pokemon Black and White games.

Finally, the movie Zoroark Master of Illusions will be on cartoon network February 5th.

Pokemon USA recently revealed the English names of the Pokemon Black & White starters, Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott, as well as the two legendary Pokemon Reshiram and Zekrom. We also now know that the region name is "Unova" in English, whereas it was "Isshu" in Japanese. This is the first time the Japanese region name was completely renamed for the English version.

Speaking of renaming, I have updated the Pokedex (which had always been "PokeRep" up till about an hour ago) with the latest names and pictures of these new Pokemon, so check them out!