K-Zone Battle Frontier Hint?

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http://www.kzone.com.au/out-now/

Skip to the last page and you'll see a small stock picture of Palmer. Could K-Zone have gotten ahold of more spoilers? Hopefully someone in Australia can pick up a copy of the June issue and see just what's in it.
 
Palmer may be there because he's Barry's father (obviously), but I doubt they're doing another BF arc so soon.

Sinnoh can't possibly conclude till early 2010 by current pacing, and the Elite 4 stuff if it happens would be another 2-3 months.

I also think another BF arc won't make sense story-wise. Ash turned down the offer to be a Frontier Brain, so what would the incentive be for him to challenge another one?

Hopefully its just Palmer appearing for the family aspect, and maybe a Battle Tower ep.
 
I agree with Scott here, its too early for BF. We still have Sunnyshore Gym and League battles first then possible E4 to come. Plus add a few fillers in between and maybe a galactic episode? (just guess), so the BF will be a while. I think too that Palmer is only there because he is Barrys father.

Anyway, is that actually Palmer? I had to look a few times and I know Palmers hair is more spiky and lighter colored than that in games.

ANIME DARACH AND KATE.
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But off topic, but I hate the name Darach, couldn't they have thought of something better? (no offence to anyone who has that name, I personally don't like it)
 
Scott85 said:
Palmer may be there because he's Barry's father (obviously), but I doubt they're doing another BF arc so soon.
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Do you even remember how far in advance the spoilers from K-Zone were when they called the Croagunk Festival/Pastoria Gym/Wallace Cup/Aaron appearance?
 
Darach_Chiaki said:
Do you even remember how far in advance the spoilers from K-Zone were when they called the Croagunk Festival/Pastoria Gym/Wallace Cup/Aaron appearance?
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So you're saying K-zone knows about episodes airing in 2010...?

By that logic K-zone should be able to tell us whether Ash wins the Sinnoh league or not.
 
Scott85 said:
So you're saying K-zone knows about episodes airing in 2010...?

By that logic K-zone should be able to tell us whether Ash wins the Sinnoh league or not.
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The idea of K-Zone knowing stuff like this is already illogical, but the last time proved that they do. They know more than you or I do.
 
Scott85 said:
Sinnoh can't possibly conclude till early 2010 by current pacing, and the Elite 4 stuff if it happens would be another 2-3 months.

I also think another BF arc won't make sense story-wise. Ash turned down the offer to be a Frontier Brain, so what would the incentive be for him to challenge another one?
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You ever imagine, for one second, that the chain of events in your mind won't go the way you think they will? You assume anything involving the E4 would come after the Sinnoh League. What's to say anything involving the E4 solidly is after the Frontier?

He turned down the offer the first time. Grand (it probably happens more often then you believe). That would not stop him from challenging /another/ if it helps him get stronger in the long run. It's perfectly logical for Ash to challenge the FBs if he's going to be facing Cynthia at some point in the future, since I highly doubt the League would stage the winner of the Sinnoh League against the Elite Four days after he wins a trophy.

I also wouldn't doubt Palmer puts out the invitation to Ash to challenge the next wave of Brains when he's good and ready to.
 
It seems that Palmer is going to be in an episode, which we figured would happen once Barry was introduced in the anime.

Remember Palmer was in the DP games before Platinum came out, therefore the writers are probably just introducing Palmer and perhaps the Battle Tower...not the rest of the Battle Frontier.

Given I doubt K-zone knows what's going on in 2010, Palmer is probably getting an ep in September-December. It's a simple debut episode ala Wallace or the DP Elite 4, people are jumping the gun with the Battle Frontier.
 
Scott85 said:
Given I doubt K-zone knows what's going on in 2010, Palmer is probably getting an ep in September-December. It's a simple debut episode ala Wallace or the DP Elite 4, people are jumping the gun with the Battle Frontier.
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You have no proof that this 2010 theory is correct, one, and two, aren't you the one who previously said Sinnoh will be over BEFORE 2010 because the Team Galactic arc will only have three or four more episodes?
 
Scott85 said:
Remember Palmer was in the DP games before Platinum came out, therefore the writers are probably just introducing Palmer and perhaps the Battle Tower...not the rest of the Battle Frontier.
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Logical fallacy. Wallace was slated to be in Sootopolis before Emerald revealed That Wasn't the Case (there is graphic proof), and that was before Winona, anime-wise.

Palmer might only appear for the sake of appearing, but the writers will not waste the opportunity to prompt the third game over the first two. "Frontier Brain" and/or "Battle Frontier" will likely crop up before Palmer splits from the group.
 
Palmer in the anime is obvious- he IS the father of Barry/Jun. And believe me, with the way they have presented both Dawn and May's parents in the anime to be akin to their game counterparts, it is most logical that Palmer would be introduced as such.
 
Darach_Chiaki said:
You have no proof that this 2010 theory is correct,
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So K-zone has information on eps that won't air until a year from now? The writers themselves probably haven't figured that out yet.

How can they possibly finish the rest of Sinnoh before 2010? There are a LOT of Sinnoh story plots that still need to be resolved, add that with a couple fillers here and there, and I can see the league happening in December at the earliest.

Assuming the Elite 4 eps happen right after the league, (maybe separated by a few fillers), it would take roughly January-March of 2010 to get through. The only alternative is if the writers rush through the rest of Sinnoh and the Galactic eps, put very few fillers from this point on, and rush the league.

So the Palmer stuff isn't likely for a BF, and is probably a single debut episode to connect him to Barry. Whether a BF arc does actually happen we'll see in 2010, but if a crappy magazine like K-zone knows this, I'd wonder who the hell is leaking them this info.
 
Scott85 said:
How can they possibly finish the rest of Sinnoh before 2010? There are a LOT of Sinnoh story plots that still need to be resolved, add that with a couple fillers here and there, and I can see the league happening in December at the earliest.
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We hit Candice, and Paul/Ash's fight is in an episode or two. The only thing between us is a few contests, Volkner, and a possible wrap-up to the Galactic story. First off, the Galactic issue doesn't need to be resolved before the hit the League. That shaves some episodes.

One contest between Dawn and Jessie might result in a fair tie, possibly resulting in both being awarded the ribbon, shaving off another episode. Give Volkner two episodes (hopefully one with Flint), maybe a contest guest-starring Jasmine (or save /that/ for returning to Johto, if the writers plan to aim the BF in that direction), allocate Bertha somewhere before the possible E4 challenge.

The League can easily happen a lot earlier, by October at the latest. They'll want to wrap up things around the time HGSS is released, so they can properly incorporate parts they want into the show.
 
It's interesting that Kurotsugu has already made an appearance. However, whilst I'm sure that we will have another BF after the league, I don't think this could be it at this stage. His appearance is probably something to do with Jun.
 
At first I thought you were talking about that guy with the red hair from Huntik. :p

But I did see Palmer, and yeah. It would really make no sense for him to be in an episode and not mention the Battle Frontier. Again, and E4 arc would not be 2 years long, and the events in the Battle Area/Ribbon Syndicate would not take 2 years. Something has to fill the gap, and a Battle Frontier THEN E4 Arc seems most likely.
 
Duckgon Z said:
At first I thought you were talking about that guy with the red hair from Huntik. :p

But I did see Palmer, and yeah. It would really make no sense for him to be in an episode and not mention the Battle Frontier. Again, and E4 arc would not be 2 years long, and the events in the Battle Area/Ribbon Syndicate would not take 2 years. Something has to fill the gap, and a Battle Frontier THEN E4 Arc seems most likely.
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Why that way? if you know to get to the Battle Frontier Ash would have to go past the Pokemon league, and he did say that after he collected the badges he would challenge the league, don't see why he would do something completely different first.

And yest, I still am wondering, we have an image of this person, do we have any proof yet that's Palmer?
 
Shinx3000 said:
Why that way? if you know to get to the Battle Frontier Ash would have to go past the Pokemon league, and he did say that after he collected the badges he would challenge the league, don't see why he would do something completely different first.

And yest, I still am wondering, we have an image of this person, do we have any proof yet that's Palmer?
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Palmer is the small image by the Movie 11 Picture.

And I thought it was implied that Ash would compete in the Sinnoh League. I mean after he wins/loses that, he'll probably do the BF/E4 Arc. And the E4 arc won't be longer than 10 episode, well it wouldn't be 2 years. Platinum BF is a good candidate for filling the gap, then Ash can face the E4 before this Generation is over.
 
There are reasons why his character could be there...
Kurotsugu could probably appear now, not reveal who he is, and on a separate occasion reveal himself to be Jun's father and a Tower Tycoon.
 
Duckgon Z said:
Palmer is the small image by the Movie 11 Picture.

And I thought it was implied that Ash would compete in the Sinnoh League. I mean after he wins/loses that, he'll probably do the BF/E4 Arc. And the E4 arc won't be longer than 10 episode, well it wouldn't be 2 years. Platinum BF is a good candidate for filling the gap, then Ash can face the E4 before this Generation is over.
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Ok, I was looking at the guy with Ash and Dawn and gang.. but a tiny pic like that proves very little. Uless we have more evidence than a tiny pic like that, we don't know much at all.
 
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