September CoroCoro images posted online

Ten pages of the September issue of CoroCoro have been posted online, showing new information on Pokémon Platinum, which will be released in Japan on Sept. 13.

The scans, shown below, reveal the following, according to PokéBeach:

• Shaymin's Sky Forme can learn Air Slash, Leaf Storm and Quick Attack.
• The item used to transform Shaymin between its formes can be obtained from Floraroma Town.
• Professor Rowan now offers the main character his or her first Pokémon.
• The first rival battle takes place immediately after the aforementioned event.
• Cyrus appears at Lake Verity.
• Eterna City's Gym has been remodeled, and another unidentified Gym requires the use of a flashlight.
• Handsome, the detective who is hunting Team Galactic, is a spy specializing in espionage and disguise.
• Handsome first appears in front of Jublife City's Pokémon Center.
• The Battle Tower and Battle Factory return in the Sinnoh Battle Frontier.
• An e-mail address can be registered in Platinum to notify the player of a successful Global Trade Station trade.
• A new Battle Video Ranking may work like YouTube.
• Box Shot allows the player to take snapshots of his or her PC boxes and exchange the photos with friends.
• At least five mini-games will include rolling Mime Jr. on a ball, feeding Swalot and inflating a Wobbuffet balloon.
• The previously revealed silhouettes are reprinted with no changes.

Information

• PokéBeach