Nintendo have revealed another new Pokemon set to debut in the latest Pokemon games, Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon.
The new creature is a fire/poison Pokemon is described as a Toxic Lizard that comes with the Ability Corrosion, which allows it to poison every Pokemon in existence, regardless of types or immunities.
'Salandit emits toxic gas, together with flames, from the base of its tail. This poisonous gas has a sweet smell, and anyone who unknowingly breathes it in will become dizzy. Salandit is not a very powerful Pokemon, but its cunning nature allows it to battle fiercely by throwing its opponents off balance.
'Salandit females not only release toxic gases, they can also emit pheromones that attract males of all species, including Pokemon and humans. Inhaling these pheromones may cause opponents to be controlled by Salandit's will.'
With the resignation of David Cameron the Tory party have been looking for their next leader, someone who will not just become the next Tory leader, but an unelected Prime Minister. After the final round of voting for candidates by members of the Conservative party today Home Secretary Theresa May stands in the lead, but her closest competitor has some disturbingly right-wing views.
Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, has managed to defeat Justice Secretary to become May's rival in the leadership contest, after other hopefuls Liam Fox and Stephen Crabb were eliminated in earlier rounds of voting.
Though some may think that having two female candidates for the next leader of our country is a good thing, but it takes very little digging into Leadsom's past to find some incredibly right-wing and homophobic views.
In several Internet posts and comments over the years Leadsom has expressed the views that same-sex couples should be given a lower priority to adopt children to heterosexual families. In 2009 she complained about a particular incident where two children were denied the option to be adopted by their grandparents after being taken into care, making comments that the worst part was that the people adopting them were gay.
In 2007 she made suggestions that a point-based adoption system should be put in place, with more points being given to straight couples over same-sex couples, citing religious reasons for her opinions on this matter.
In 2013 she abstained from the vote on marriage equality, refusing to take any side in the argument. Speaking at the time she said that she would have voted yes on the matter to express the views of her constituents, but also wished to vote against the move for equality as she found parts of the law 'unacceptable'.
She once again named her religious views as the reason for wanting to vote against the measure as it 'risks centuries of faith based belief in marriage as between a man and a woman'.
Despite this vote having been made years ago it would appear that Leadsom's views have not changed on the subject, when during an interview with ITV this very morning she once again stated that she does not approve of the same-sex marriage law, claiming that it harms Christians.
'I would have preferred for civil partnerships to be available to heterosexual and gay couples, and for marriage to have remained as a Christian service for men and women who want to commit in the eyes of God.' She said, speaking on the matter.
'My own view is that marriage is the Biblical sense, from the many Christians who wrote to me, can only be between a man and a woman.
'The issue I have is around the consequences, and very real hurt caused to many Christians who think that marriage in the Church can only be between a man and a woman. I think we've muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, church, registry office...I would have liked that to have been clarified.
'I really didn't like the legislation, that was the problem.'
Possibly most disturbingly of all the revelations around Mrs Leadsom's views towards the LGBT+ community is the fact that she has been linked to a 'gay cure' group in Uganda.
Leadsom has been involved with a Ugandan organisation, Youth With A Mission (YWAM), and have helped to organise exchange programmes for schools over the past decade.
The organisation, who she encourages British youth to interact with and learn from, promotes strong anti-gay messages and has a number of groups that state that they can 'cure' homosexual people of their sexuality. The 'Kompassion Ministry' in Amsterdam is one of these groups, who 'helps broken people who struggle with their unwanted homosexual orientation'.
Whilst Theresa May has been very rightly criticised for her own anti-LGBT+ views in the past she looks like a positive LGBT+ activist when compared to Leadsom. Theresa May has changed her views over the years and has begun to support more and more LGBT+ causes, whilst Leadsom still, this very day, speaks out against LGBT+ rights.
If Andrea Leadsom becomes the next Prime Minister it will be a massive blow for the LGBT+ community, it will be damaging to the future of LGBT+ rights and it will be yet another moment of tragic stupidity in British politics that shows just how much hate and ignorance exists within our nation.
In what some are calling a moment of incompetence or a simple error, others are labelling as outright sexism as an online survey from video game company Ubisoft begins by asking if you are male or female, then ends if you select female.
Selecting female as the answer to the very first question of the survey leads participants to a screen stating, 'Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Unfortunately, your profile does not suit for this survey. However, again we would like to thank you for your participation and your time. Have a good day.'
The company, who are behind such popular series such as Far Cry and Assassins Creed, have faced very hot criticism over the matter, with many female gamers taking to social media to call out the incident as being blatantly sexist.
Ubisoft have responded to say that the incident was caused by a simple computer error, and that they had no intention of excluding women from taking part in the survey.
They have since altered the survey to allow women to continue on after selecting their gender.
As I talked about in a previous article, the alternative porn website Suicide Girls has a surprisingly shocking history of excluding transgender women as models if they had not had genital surgery.
As is not surprising there is a great many websites that have a similar frame of mind, that unless trans women have had surgery to alter their penis into a vagina then they cannot be included as 'women', only being able to be marketed as 'trans women' (though most websites use much more insulting language than that to describe trans women).
Thankfully, there are a number of sites that do not feel the need to separate or 'other' trans women, and are perfectly happy to include them as being no different than cisgender women.
One such site that has been brought to my attention is called GodsGirls, and offers very similar content to Suicide Girls, though seems to be a lot more inclusive, and not just of transgender women. They have flat chested women, overweight women, and they're not afraid to show a woman with a cock.
This might not seem like much, there's no shortage of porn that features trans people on the internet, but when a website doesn't focus on trans people specifically yet includes them with little to no fanfare it makes it a little more special and a lot more important.
It helps towards letting people see that trans women are regular women, that we don't need to be our own category of female and that if you like looking at pictures of naked cis women there's nothing wrong with looking at pictures of naked trans women.
From what I've seen of GodsGirls so far, and granted it's not much yet, they've included the trans porn actress Chelsea Poe in a photo set. Just like their other sets it begins with Chelsea clothed, and she gradually loses more and more clothing until naked. Where they could have chosen to take a half hearted approach to including a trans woman and only had her in poses that hid her genitals they instead chose to embrace who she is, and don't shy away from the fact that she's a woman with a penis.
Where Suicide Girls chose to distance itself from the trans community GodsGirls seems willing and ready to embrace it. And that kind of progression can only be a good thing.
I like porn. I think that pornography isn't something that people should be ashamed of, in the same way I don't think sex or masturbation should be made to be seen as shameful. Most people enjoy sex and masturbation, and porngraphy is a great way of exploring both of these areas as well as expanding your own views and opinions.
Pornography can be a great way of helping people discover more about themselves, whether it's someone seeing a certain sex act that piques their interest, or someone realising that they're gay, lesbian, bisexual or pansexual because they've never realised certain genders turned them on until they saw them in porn, or maybe even something as simple as finding a certain look or type of person that jumps out at you as attractive. Porn is amazing at helping you figure out who you are, who you like and how you want to fuck.
It was during my teenage years I stumbled across a certain look that I found very attractive, tattooed, pierced girls with funky hair. Maybe it was growing up in a small town, mostly surrounded by dull people who saw anything other than 'normal' (common) to be bad and would stamp it out quick. Whatever the reason, I liked this look. And it turns out a lot of other people do too, and a lot of porn is made to cater to this area.
One of the most popular of these groups is a website called Suicide Girls. Suicide Girls has been going since 2001, and has featured thousand of models in various states of undress and full nudity in more photo's than you can count.
I found this site and thought that it was amazing. I began to follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, anywhere where I'd get some random porn on my news feed.
However, today I discovered something about Suicide Girls that has deeply upset and disturbed me, in 2011 the company acted incredibly ignorantly and transphobic when asked about the inclusion of transgender models.
I know, 2011, not exactly a news story but the title does include the word 'Remember', so of course this is something older. And yes, before anyone jumps in with comments, their views may have changed since then, but that does not erase what they did in the past and how insidious transphobia is in the world. Especially when it comes to pornography.
Suicide Girls were approached by a group of trans women who wanted to model with the company, unfortunately they were all rejected on the grounds that they had not had gender surgery to remove their penises, and Suicide Girls believed that this should exclude them from being models with them. As you can expect, this caused something of a backlash on the Internet, at which point the company made things worse by continuing to respond with transphobia.
Whilst this may not be the most openly hostile and hateful kind of transphobia, it is still transphobia. Despite their insistence that they respect all genders and trans people their determination to define female as having breasts and a vagina are incredibly insulting.
Not only does this send a message to the trans community that despite how they look, present and live their lives they're only ever going to be considered the gender of what's between their legs. I've lost count of the number of times that I've said this, but having a penis does not make you a man, having a vagina does not make you a woman. Having a penis does not make you less of a woman, having a vagina does not make you less of a man.
There are so many variations of gender within the world that defining it simply by penis or vagina is insane, especially as it erases the existence of people whose genitals don't fall into these categories either.
Pushing trans feminine people away because they may not have a vagina also helps to reinforce the incredibly harmful notion that if someone is attracted to trans women they're not attracted to women, but something slightly different. If you have a site that is full of women and female models and they include trans women with no fanfare or othering to set them aside then it tells people that trans women are women. To separate us from cis women sends the message that we're somehow not 'real' women.
This means that if someone is attracted to trans women they have to go searching elsewhere for trans porn. One of the problems with this is that there are many companies and websites out there that don't show trans models and actors the same degree of dignity and respect that Suicide Girls gives to their models. It ends up being if you want to see trans porn you have to go to sites that use slur words such as tranny or she-male. As a trans woman who finds trans women attractive having to go to sites that talk about trans women this way can not only be an incredible turn off, but also deeply upsetting.
Instead of being inclusive of all women Suicide Girls has said that trans women can't be associated with them, they have to be seen as something other. Imagine how people would feel if they said that the site was only for white women? Probably not very happy about it to say the least.
Integration of trans and cis women in porn without labelling or separating does work, and has been used successfully on other sites too. One such site that does this wonderfully is CrashPad, who simply have all of their models together. When you click on one of their films you don't know if the actors are cis, trans, non-binary, there's nothing to indicate who is in the film that 'others' certain genders or presentations.
Another thing that this kind of view does is to reinforce the notion that trans women cannot be women unless they have surgery. This kind of view actually excludes a hell of a lot of trans women. Despite what film and television would have people believe, not all trans women have 'the full surgery'. Whether due to not being able to afford to, or simply not wanting to, it's not a universal constant amongst trans people, but as varied a choice as the community itself.
There isn't a scale or hierarchy of how trans someone is based upon if they pass as female, if they chose to have long or short hair, if they have a flat chest, naturally grown breasts or huge implants, or if they have a penis or not. You're not more or less trans based on these factors, and you're not more or less female based on this either.
To claim that your company represents women but then refusing to represent all women is a bit of a mistake. To say that your company 'redefines' beauty but refuses to acknowledge that women are beautiful based on more than breasts and a vagina is simply mind boggling. What exactly are you redefining?
Maybe this isn't much of an issue for everyone, maybe some of you think that this whole article is pointless, but I believe that it matters to talk about these things, to address the double standards of saying that you support the trans community, but then say trans women aren't woman enough to model for you.
Let's not put people in boxes based on what's between their legs, our world should be far beyond that point by now.
Thanks to a casting call from ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. it's been revealed that an LMD will be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, along with a character that is looking suspiciously like one of the Ghost Riders.
The first of the new roles has been revealed to be of an LMD, Life Model Decoy, named Aida. The inclusion of an LMD in the new season is one of the developments that has come as less of a surprise for fan following the setup of the concept at the end of season three.
'This much I can tell you, LMDs are happening. Specifically, the ABC series at this time is looking to cast the recurring role of Aida, a 'very attractive' robot who moves quite naturally but speaks a bit more formally, like Iron Man's Jarvis' said TVLine's Matt Webb Mitovich reported on the casting call.
The casting call has also been made for two as yet unnamed 'pair of Latino brothers' who have been described as 'one of whom is always the most dangerous person in the room, the other paralysed in a wheelchair'.
Whilst this description itself might not mean much on it's own, but when put together with the fact that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have revealed an image of an advertisement on a San Diego light rail train featuring flaming chains it begins to point towards Ghost Rider coming to the series.
Though people initially thought that this image might refer to Hellfire, who had appeared in the series during season 3 and had wielded a flaming chain as a weapon, it has since been reinterpreted to be hinting at Ghost Rider. The new character descriptions would appear to lend credence to this theory as the casting call appears to be describing Roberto Reyes and his brother Gabe.
In the comics Roberto is a young man who becomes possessed by an evil spirit and becomes a new Ghost Rider after he is shot and killed following a drag race. Whilst the original, and most well known, Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze rides a motorcycle, Roberto instead drives a car.
Considering that most people are familiar with the Johnny Blaze version of the character it's a surprising turn that Marvel and ABC would chose to feature Roberto as the first MCU version of the character over Johnny Blaze, though this may be to allow them to use Roberto on the small screen, whilst using the more recognisable Blaze in future feature films.
In a move that either consists of very little thought and understanding, or an outright thinly veiled insult, a gun store in America is offering an AR-15 assault rifle as a raffle prize to raise money for the victims of the Orlando Pulse Massacre, a similar type of gun that was used to kill 49 members of the LGBT+ community and injure more than 50 others.
Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Illinois have offered up this prize in the hopes of raising money for the victims of the shooting, as well as for the families of those whose lives were lost. The business will make a base donation of $2,000 and will sell raffle tickets at $5 each before the prize draw on July 31st.
After coming under criticism for offering a weapon of war and murder as a prize to raise support and awareness for the victims of the worst mass shooting in America for more than 100 years, and the biggest loss of LGBT+ lives since the Holocaust, the owners have tried to shift the issue away from being about firearms and gun violence to being once about terrorism.
'I understand that there are different opinions out there. We don't look at this as a gun issue. We look at this as a terrorism issue.' Store marketing director Vic Santi said following an outcry over the raffle.
One of those who has spoken out against the prize being offered is a woman from McHenry County who lost her son in a similar mass shooting in a cinema in Colorado in 2012.
Store owner Bert Islinger has defended the decision to offer a weapon as a prize stating, 'For our industry, this isn't weird. It's a normal product. It's bought every day by Americans across the United States.'
Perhaps it isn't weird in your industry Bert, but please try to remember your industry is one that actively profits on people wanting to purchase weapons of mass murder for the express use of performing such acts. It might not be weird for your industry, but for rational, thinking and compassionate people everywhere it is decidedly weird, as well as being tasteless, ill thought out and downright disgusting.
You may think that you are doing a good thing and trying to help victims, but all you're doing is perpetuating the insane notion that weapons such as this can, and should, be owned by anyone who wants them. A view that helped lead to the Orlando Pulse Massacre, and the many, many other gun related deaths that occur in America every single day.
UPDATE
Since the publication of this article Second Amendment Sports have announced that they have cancelled the raffle, citing legal issues as the reason.
Chicago state law only allows non-profit organisations to run raffles, which Second Amendment Sports are not due to being a for-profit business. The Illinois Raffle Act allows raffle licenses to be issued to organisations that 'operate without profit to their members'.
Raffle licenses must be issued by local municipality, but as McHenry doesn't have an ordinance allowing raffles it does not license them. In this case the owners of the gun store have broken the law by operating a raffle without a license.
DC's most iconic gay couple (since the inclusion of the Wildstorm universe into the main 'New 52' continuity) Midnighter and Apollo are returning to comics in their own series.
'Midnighter & Apollo' will be a six part limited series launching in October, that will see the two characters continuing on their adventures after the event of the 'Midnighter' solo series that came to a close last month.
In the solo series Midnighter was separated from his husband of 13 years, though by the end of the series the two of them had reconciled their relationship.
The new series will see the return of the same creative team behind the 'Midnighter' solo series, with Steve Orlando returning as writer and 'Midnighter' artist ACO returning to provide cover art. The series interior art will be provided by 'Batman Eternal' artist Fernando Blanco.
Speaking on the upcoming series and the relationship between the two, Steve Orlando said 'They have a firmer idea of who they are, and they've become stronger and more confident together. This is the World's Finest Couple - kicking back and making each other better than they are on their own.'
Midnighter is a character that possesses superhuman abilities through biological enhancements, including superhuman strength and endurance, as well as some form of precognitive abilities that allow him to predict his enemies actions as well as giving him resistance to telepathic attacks.
Apollo is much more powerful than Midnighter, and is a 'solar-based being' with the abilities of flight, superhuman strength and near invulnerability. He can also release solar energy from his eyes and his hands in the form of laser-like blasts. He has on more than one occasion been referred to as being on a similar power level as Superman.
The two characters were originally introduced as part of the DC imprint Wildstorm in issue #4 of 'Stormwatch' in 1998, where the two characters not only had multiple adventures as part of the titular superhero team, but also entered a relationship together, married and even adopted a child.
During the events of the DC story 'Flashpoint' multiple imprints and out of universe characters were folded into a new universe that incorporated the Wildstorm characters into the main DC continuity. Thought this effectively erased much of the characters histories Steve Orlando has been passionate about re-exploring the two characters their relationship.
'Being able to present that type of character I think is very powerful', he said speaking about writing the two characters, 'because people need to know that you just have to be yourself, and you can be anything, you can still be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender. There's no one way of doing things.'
'Midnighter & Apollo' #1 is scheduled for release on 1st October.
Transgender woman, Dakota Hemmingson, has won an unfair dismissal case and will be awarded $20,000 after being told to either stop her transition or be fired by her former employer.
Dakota worked in a barber shop in New Zealand but was told by her employer that if she wanted to retain her job she would have to cease her transition and present as male at work. When she refused she was fired from her position.
The Employment Relations Authority have chosen to rule in Dakota's favour on this case and ruled that she was unfairly dismissed. Media outlets are reporting the case as a landmark for New Zealand, with this case being the first of its kind.
Having previously posted on Facebook regarding the issue after her story broke Dakota has spoken in detail about the effect the event has had on her, even to the point of being close to suicide.
Speaking on the ruling Dakota has said, 'It's good to feel authentic and feel honest to myself. It's just the beginning of something bigger and I'm so proud to be a part of this.
'Wow, just wow. I can't express how grateful I am for all the support. Getting here has been the hardest thing I'm still dealing with so much emotion but I want to say a few things.
'This is not only a win for the LGBT community and especially the transgender community. This shows that we are protected from discrimination and transphobia in the workplace in New Zealand.
'The one main thing I wanted from this was to fight for everyone who never had the chance, everyone who had to settle and remain silent and for anyone who has ever faced discrimination. We as the country of New Zealand have to take a stand together to show the world discrimination and hate will not win.
'We need to lead the way and make our voices heard. For anyone going through anything of a similar value, or to anybody who faces inequality. We are here for you, I am here for you.'
Despite the leak of several new Pokemon the day before Nintendo promised we'd receive new information July 1st has still seen a whole new host of information, trailers and images for the upcoming games.
Some of the first pieces of news relates to two of the new Pokemon that have already been revealed, Iwanko and Nekkoala, including their English names, Rockruff and Komala respectively, and more in depth descriptions.
Rockruff is a sociable Pokemon, but as it grows, it's disposition gets wilder. It begins to howl when the sun goes down, that is proof that it is close to evolving. It is said that it leaves it's Trainers side to evolve and returns again when fully evolved.
Rockruff stands bravely in battle, even when taking damage. Although an opponent may be stronger than Roackruff, the Puppy Pokemon is so persistent, it keeps going until it outlasts its foe and gets the win!
Bite is a good move for Rockruff. It deals damage by biting an opponent with its sharp teeth. This may make the target flinch.
Rockruff greets other by rubbing the rocks around their necks against others. This grating greeting is an expression of fondness, but a trainer may feel that love hurts.
No one has ever seen a Komala awake. It eats, travels and even battles whilst sound asleep. It saliva can be used as a medicine for the sick or sleepless, according to ancient people. They say that if you take a small amount of the saliva remaining after it eats leaves, water the saliva down, and drink it, you'll be able to sleep well.
Komala clings to a log pillow that it's parents have given to it. Once it grasps this log it almost never releases it. If it does lose hold of it's log, the Pokemon will be unable to sleep well and will thrash about wildly. Apparently it will sometimes cling onto the arm of a Trainer it trusts.
Komala has the Comatose Ability, a new Ability that no other Pokemon has ever had until now. This ability keeps it perpetually in a drowsing state, which prevents it from getting any other status conditions.
The ever-sleeping Komala's expression sometimes changes, as if it has awareness of its surroundings and the people talking nearby. But it appears these changes in expression are actually just the result of the dreams it's experiencing.
In addition to this information the existence of the seven leaked Pokemon has been confirmed in a trailer that not only gives us more information on these new monsters, but the Alola region as well. The new trailer has also confirmed that two of these new Pokemon are the evolved forms of Grubbin, who was announced previously.
Tapu Koko
Category: Land Spirit Pokemon
Type: Electric/Fairy
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 45.2 lbs.
Ability: Electric Surge
Tapu Koko is a special Pokemon that protects the area where it lives. It's called the guardian deity of Melemele Island, one of the Islands in the Alola region. Although it is known as a guardian deity, it's a surprisingly fickle Pokemon, and will not necessarily come to your aid if you need help.
Despite that, this Pokemon has a strong sense of curiosity. If it becomes interested in a person or in another Pokemon, it may come to play or battle with them.
Tapu Koko's Ability is Electric Surge, an Ability never before seen in a Pokemon. Electric Surge fills the field around the Pokemon's feet with electricity when it appears, raising the power ability of any Electric-type moves for Pokemon on the ground and preventing any Pokemon from falling asleep. Tapu Koko can learn a new move called Nature's Madness, which slams an opponent and reduces that Pokemon's HP by half.
Bruxish emits a strong psychic power from the protuberance on its head. When its opponents are bathed in this power, they're stricken with terrible headaches and fall unconscious. As it emits its psychic power it grinds its teeth loudly. When nearby Pokemon hear the sound of Bruxish's teeth they sense danger and flee immediately.
In the Alola region lifeguards let Bruxish remain in the area to prevent dangerou water-type Pokemon from gathering there.
Bruxish digs holes on the seafloor, leaving just the protuberance on its head exposed, while emitting a low level of psychic power. This serves as radar, so when it detects prey it can leap to attack.
Bruxish have the new Ability Dazzling, which no other Pokemon has ever had. The Dazzling Ability prevents opponents from using priority moves that normally strike first.
Cutiefly can detect auras of living things, including people, Pokemon and plants. They search out flowers by the colour and brightness of their auras and then gather their nectar and pollen.
When living creatures are excited, it seems that their auras resemble those of flowers in full bloom. As a result, these Pokemon tend to gather near people or Pokemon feeling particularly happy or sad.
Cutiefly mostly live in the fields and meadows on the outskirts of cities, but they sometimes appear in towns or even inside buildings, drawn in by the emotions of the living beings of the community.
Charjabug stays perfectly still in preparation for Evolution, and often spends time with its body half-buried in the earth. Charjabug is able to store up electricity. It can store enough power to run a household for a whole day. The power it stores can be provided to other Pokemon, so it can also serve as a battery.
Charjabug has the Battery Ability, an Ability not seen before in any other Pokemon. The Battery Ability allows it to raise the power of allies' special moves.
Vikavolt is like a fortress that flies through the forest, firing a beam of electricity from its mouth. It's huge jaws control the electricity it blasts out.
Vikavolt is adept at acrobatic flight maneuvers like tailspins and sharp turns. It can fly at high speeds even as it weaves its way through the complicated tangle of branches in the forest.
Vikavolt clasps Chargabug with its legs and uses it as an extra battery. Even if the battle drags on, it can use the electric power from Charjabug to continue firing off powerful moves. When Vikavolt is engaged in a fierce aerial fight, it releases Chargabug to make itself lighter and increase its mobility.
Vikavolt is the evolved form of Chargabug and the final form of Grubbin.
Drampa are the dragons that live alone in the mountains 10,000 feet above sea level. Since they cannot obtain the berries they feed on at that range, they descend to the base of the mountains at dawn every day. Drampa love communicating with people and Pokemon.
Drampa are especially gentle with children and often appear at schools and parks where children gather.
While Drampa is usually a very gentle Pokemon, it can fly into a rage if a child it cares for is hurt in some way. The Dragon Breath move that it fires off at such times is powerful enough to blow down buildings.
Drampa can have the Berserk Ability, an ability that no other Pokemon has ever had. With the Berserk Ability, this Pokemon's Sp.Atk will go up by 1 when it's HP drops below half.
Togedemaru
Category: Roly-Poly Pokemon
Type: Electric/Steel
Height: 1'00''
Weight: 7.3 lbs.
Abilities: Iron Barbs/Lightning Rod
Togedemaru is the Roly-Poly Pokemon that gathers electricity and stores it. The needle that grows from the back of its head works as a lightning rod to attract electricity. With this reservoir of electrical energy, Togedemaru is able to release powerful Electric-type attacks.
Covering its body in is a pattern of fur with strands like needles. This means that Togedemaru can roll itself up, and presto - a ball of prickles.
Some skilled Trainers have developed the strategy of getting other Pokemon to unleash Electric-type attacks on Togedemaru, which absorbs their power to use a response attack.
On days when lightning strikes, you can sometimes see Togedemaru gather and bristle up their needles, waiting to be struck by lightning.
The trailer has also revealed further looks at the new forms for the legendary Pokemon Zygarde, including showing the transformations from the doglike 10% form to the 50% form that we're all familiar with to the new 100% form.
It has also been revealed that both the 10% and 50% form can transform into the powerful Complete Form if they have the Power Construct Ability, which transforms the Pokemon during battle if its health falls below half, a kind of automatic mega-evolution.
Along with the new trailer several new screenshots were also released that show off the battle system, stunning new environments, trainer battles and rideable Pokemon.
