GO Big or GO Home
Something BIG is coming! The date was September 4th. You received a call from a familiar friend. Professor Willow reported of a mysterious energy gathering around the world, different than anything seen before. He sent you off on a quest of mammoth proportions! Eager to figure out what's going on, you set off for a little exploration around the area and found something HUGE! What could it be?
On that fateful day, Dynamax Pokémon were introduced to the world of Pokémon GO. And dedicated researcher, SlyCooperFan1, has detailed everything you need to know about the tremendous phenomenon! Before you set our on your own research journey, be sure to check out SlyCooperFan's field report: Dynamax (GO). Good luck, Trainers!
We called, you answered!
Do you know about the Bulbapedia Bulletin Board? It's our community Help Center, where motivated editors can find a variety of curated tasks that assist the encyclopedia. We know that sometimes it can be difficult to find something to edit, but that's what the Bulletin Board is for!
This month, editor Catpolof found their calling on the Mission Board: adding gameplay details for the Flying Time Trial minigame in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Thanks to their dedication, readers can now enjoy this facet of the Pokémon games in full detail! We hope you check out their hard work.
All completed Bulletin Board tasks are featured in our What's Growing On newsletters, so if you too are looking for a bit of fame, be sure to check out the posted tasks!
Come on Over to Aeos Island!
Did you know that Pokémon Unite has a manga adaptation? Thanks to coverage from our United (get it?) editors, such as Salmancer, with help from minibug, SuperPikaPool13, and Chao, you can now read about each of the chapters of the manga that tell us the story of how Unite Battles on Aeos Island came to be!
Also, don't forget to catch up on the new page about the Pokémon Unite Opening Cinematic trailer by Salmancer and enjoy the fun of Unite Battles in an animated format! If you haven't seen this animated feature yet, you can watch it below.
The most-mysterious Mystery Dungeon
How many of you have heard of the WiiWare Mystery Dungeon games? They were released exclusively in Japan on August 4th, 2009, also making these the only Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games so far to not to have an international release. But, these entries featured new and unique mechanics for the series: multiple save files, evolving inside dungeons, and most notably, stacking your team into a tower for combat! On this 15th anniversary of the games' release, similarly-mysterious user Some Body has vastly expanded our coverage for the game, adding pages for all of the games' remaining dungeons. Take a look at that coverage here: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare). Which team are you joining?
Prepare for a double dose of Pokémon biology today! The slice of life Pokémon manga, 4Koma Plaza, is released every Monday in Japanese and every Saturday in English. If you want to brush up on your studies outside of Jacq's classroom setting, this is the destination for you! Just look at how Pokémon, like this compact Naclstack, use their skills in everyday life. Fascinating! Check out our page about Pokémon 4Koma Plaza by resident biologists minibug, SuperPikaPool13 and rafael.zinho, listing every issue in case you ever need to to cram for your next test! But be aware: our visual data on this topic is incomplete. We've posted this task on our community Snap Board, so if any budding researchers out there have taken pictures of this comic out in the wild, we can certainly use your help!
If 4Koma Plaza isn't enough, catch the new short series PokéMinutes on all the Pokémon social media accounts. While 4Koma Plaza focuses on Pokémon in the wild, PokéMinutes is all about their life with humans. Spare a PokéMinute to read all about it, courtesy of SuperPikaPool13!
Shine Bright like a Diamond~
Generation IX is all about gemstones. We all learned about Tera Jewels from Professor Gible in Hassel's art lessons, but you won't find this information in the classroom! Today, we are here to talk about Tiffany & Co. You may be asking, what does an American luxury jewel and specialty design house have to do with Pokémon?
One year into Generation IX, there was the Tiffany & Arsham Studio & Pokémon capsule collection, a collaboration with Daniel Arsham featuring beautiful pendants in oxidized sterling silver designs with diamond accents. It's a dazzling collection of high end jewelry that collab specialist Chao has written about in stellar detail. While the price of such a crystallized appearance may be a bit out of the typical fan's price range, you can experience your own Terastallization when you read all about it here on Bulbapedia!
Foregone Furby Friends
Character Coding on the 'Cube
This one is for the tech enthusiasts out there!
Bulbapedia may be known for it's vast general knowledge on the Pokémon franchise, but sometimes there is a fantastically researched, technical page that stands out from the rest. Let's explain: storing and printing text in a video game might seem simple at first glance, but it can become quite complex between real-world regions with different languages, different character widths, or even when drawing shapes in the text. There's another layer to it when communicating between different games, such as between Generation III's Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube entries. Pokémon nicknames and original Trainer names need to be converted into different formats when interacting between these platforms. To help enlighten us on this process, tech enthusiast Abcboy has written up a deep-dive on character encoding for the GameCube. It's a must read for all coding masters!
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- Special thanks to @Boblers, @SuperPikaPool13, and @Welkamo for helping to write parts of this article.
