Bulbapedia just tweeted saying the term "mega evolution" was trademarked back in February, so I guess its legit.

I would have thought this fake if Serebii did not publish it themselves.

Not sure what to conclude about the Mega forms, yet, but I do think Pokémon like Mawile, Ampharos and Absol deserve a bit of a boost. I think the new Ampharos is a superior design to the old one.

The new Ampharos looks freaking stupid. XD

Yeah, no. It's real.

Now this I agree with. As an Electric type lover, I'm really not digging the new look. Better be some nice stat boosts to make me want to use it.

I have to disagree. The thing I always disliked about Ampharos since the Gold/Silver/Crystal days was how it lost its wool and sheep look from Mareep and Flaafy. Now, with the added wool, there's a greater sense of continuity and it doesn't look like a drastically different design.

Why do you think it looks stupid?

The Absol one is the worst, they just gave it a new fringe.

Whaaaat? Absol is the best (to me). Now I don't exactly know what you're referring to by "fringe," but nearly everything's change on it. And, ya know, the addition of wings are pretty big.

Great, now my shiny Lucario can become!...that thing...

With the exception of mewtwo they all look great to me.Then again ive always been a take things as they come type person with pokemon. Usually i wont judge until ive actually used them in battle.

And Ampharos is revealed to be Electric/Dragon with Mold Breaker.

I'm still not digging its locks of hair (I'd be cool with it if it did look more like it recovered the wool it lost, but it's just ugly, long, gray hair), that's already a vast improvement for me.