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So we heard before that there was going to be a big, worldwide announcement for Pokemon today. There was a lot of speculation about what this announcement would entail, but today we know.

At Nintendo Direct, we got news of the newest Pokemon games to come: Pokemon X and Y for the 3DS. And we got a trailer, featuring the new 3D graphics for the game, showcasing our new starters as well as some familiar Pokemon. And we got the release date too: October 2013 for everyone around the world.

Certainly, the release of the first 3DS Pokemon games is something very exciting and represents a major milestone for the Pokemon franchise! I'm pretty excited for the new games, and I know I'll be staying tuned to learn more about them. What about you guys? What do you think of the franchise's latest announcement?

That's right, PokeDS, it's Halloween week, and here, we're celebrating it with a new costume for the site! Several of you guys did ask for more themes for the site, so I hope you enjoy this new, darker Haunted Halloween style.

And if you don't, no worries! PokeDS's styleswitcher is still in the same place as always; just hover over the Pokemon icon on the top left of the navbar to select a style.

So that said, enjoy your Halloween! As always, I look forward to seeing all of you guys around PokeDS.

P.S. We don't have candy this year, but there's always free berries. ;)

Alright, now that I've had plenty of time to wrap myself around college life, I think it's safe to say I don't really have any excuses not to be updating PokeDS!

Anyways, I woke up this morning and decided to fix a few things that have bothered me about PokeDS. Adoptables, namely, were a bit underfeatured and rather glitchy. Specifically, I went through and made the following changes:

• The Berry Tree was previously glitched, so it didn't add berries each try but instead replaced your berry count. This has been fixed.
• Points (which were never fully implemented on the site anyways) were done away with and that link on the drop down menu now shows your berries.
• Evolution for adoptables didn't work previously. Your adoptables should now evolve when they reach the right level!
• You can now nickname your adoptables when they hatch. In addition, you can add descriptions to their profiles.
• You can now feed berries to your Pokemon to speed up their leveling.

And that's all for now. Enjoy the small tweaks to adoptables and seeya guys around. Next time, maybe I'll try looking into what I can do about fixing up that damage calculator and search bar.

Edit: To celebrate finally making berries useful, I decided to add a slot machine feature for you guys. Enjoy. :)

Man, time really does sure past I might say! Feels like just yesterday for me when we first heard that instead of Pokemon Grey, we'd be getting Black and White sequels. And maybe it was like two hours ago when Black and White 2 came out in Japan.

All I can say is... Black and White are coming out in the US on

October 7, 2012

That means it's just a bit over a week from now when we'll be getting our Kyurem and Keldeo formes! So, how many of you guys will be buying the game launch day? Which version will you be getting?