The cover for June's edition of Corocoro was
uploaded onto the internet this morning, and it features new forms of
Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus in the bottom left corner. Tornadus now
has huge new wings, and Thundurus has a giant new jaw to match...
Yikes.
On
the first two pages, we learn that Cheren has become a Gym Leader in
the Unova region, using Patrat, while Bianca has become Professor
Juniper's assistant and is the character who gives the new player
characters their Starter Pokemon. Speaking of the Starters, they
received new official artwork, with Oshawott finally showing more than
one facial expression. Alder is also present at the start of the game,
but nobody seems to know where N has gone after BW.
The
next pages explain a new feature in BW2 called the World Tournament.
Here you'll be able to battle Gym Leaders and Elite Fours members of all
previous Generations, including Cynthia, Blue, Brock, Misty, Giovanni,
Volkner, Steven and Lance. In the screenshots of the game, you can also
see sprites for Janine, Erika, Lt. Surge and Blaine.
The
third set of pages discuss the other new feature, Pokewood, which is
essentially a combination of Pokemon and Hollywood. Brycen is present
because he was said to be an actor in the original games, and basically
the feature seems like the new Contests/Musicals/what have you. Homika
is also revealed to be the second Gym Leader you fight.
This
set of pages reveals the new forms of Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus.
Tornadus has taken on a bird-like appearance, while Landorus's new form
is modeled after a grounded animal similar to a cheetah. Thundurus's
new form seems the most confusing because it looks humanoid in the
picture on the left but has scrawnier goat legs in its anime artwork a
few pages later. The new forms are called Reijuu forms, with the
originals being named their Keshin forms. The Reijuu forms are available
from the new 3DS eShop game Pokemon AR Searcher and can be transferred
to BW2.
This
set of pages reveals Meloetta's Step forme and explains how she changes
between her two forms. Official artwork for the Step form at last!
These
pages show us the official stock art for Meloetta's Aria form as well
as Keldeo and give us some information on their event giveaways
happening during the summer. Meloetta will be Level 15, knowing Round,
Quick Attack and Confusion. A sharp eye will notice that the Basic Badge
is the first one in the Badge case, indicating that Cheren is a
Normal-type Gym Leader. Since you're starting at the other side of the
region than you did in BW, this obviously means that Cheren isn't
Nacrene City's Gym Leader. Wonder what Lenora's doing?
The
final page reveals two new EX cards, one for Black Kyurem and one for
White Kyurem, with both being Dragon-types. The opposite side reveals
that the BW series is renaming itself "Best Wishes - Season 2," probably
to help promote Black and White 2, and it looks like some older
characters will be making returning appearances, including Cynthia and
Dawn; meanwhile Team Rocket and Giovanni pursue Meloetta.