One of the scenes from the newest trailer (please watch if you haven’t!) revealed this shot with all the Eeveelutions and a badge of sorts depicting their types behind them. As you can see, Sylveon is backed by a strange pink egg-shaped one which also has a sort of wing design at the bottom.
As is the norm for our site, we’d like to hear your thoughts on this newest development! Does this bring us any closer to solving the mystery?
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Looks like a Love Type for me
Normal Flying type?
If they start introducing multi-type Eevee evolutions… Oh boy.
Well… technically, aren’t all the flying types paired with normal? Not counting the obvious fire/flying and such, but just flying itself. The only single flying type is Tornadus.
So it’s still HIGHLY possible it’s Normal/Flying.
That would be boring. I hink it should be mono-flying type.
Exactly. It’s always bugged me how there were none of those till Tornadus. I don’t get why there should be a normal pairing…
It’s because the move roost. It like disables the flying type half of it, therefore when a flying type uses it, it would be left with no type. Atleast that’s what I read somewhere
That is fixed in BW, as when Tornadus uses Roost, it becomes normal type.
it doesn’t become normal type. Flying loses its Immunity to ground same as if effected by Gravity. Still has Flying’s weaknesses and resistances.
nope, it loses all of its weaknesses and immunity
From Bulbapedia:
Flying-type Pokémon that use the move Roost will temporarily lose their Flying type, making them vulnerable to Ground-type moves respectively. If a pure Flying-type Pokémon uses Roost, then it will become a ??? type in Generation IV and a Normal type in Generation V.
What Dae said, though even in DPPt, the Pokemon would become ??? type, so no harm done, really. Anyway, that’s besides the point. Roost is a Gen IV move, so it can’t be the basis for a tradition that’s been present since the beginning of the series.
Yeah, but I’m just hoping that if it is Flying, it won’t be another type, too. If it has two types, that would open the window for an infinite array of new evolutions in the future, which would be completely unnecessary (and unwanted, by me at least).
Don’t forget Tornadus is a legendary, and therefore should be special, like Landorus being ground/flying. (yeah I know gligar and gliscor are too but that’s all) and Thunderus being electric and flying (the only others are Rotom (fan), Zapdos, and Emolga, and two of them are legendaries.) Just my thoughts. And plus there’s like a 0.000001% chance that its a duel type.
Female-type?
That’s rediculous. . .
I know, I was joking. I think that would be pretty funny if they actually did that, though!
Well, it has an egg behind it…
Honestly, there has been so much speculation and we still have no new news. Sylveon was revealed 2-3 months ago and we still don’t have any information on it. If i don’t get any new significant information soon, i might just explode.
You and me both, bro. . . The wait is killing me. . .
2 more months at the least for definite info on it.
I am about 100% sure that Sylveon is a flying-type because there is too much proof that It is. We have been teased at this for months now, but I have the confirmation that it is flying/normal possibly, but definitely flying. You guys need to do some research on X/Y, because if you need clarification, the trailers and posters are all teasing us because it truly is a flying type and if you look at one of the very first {Pikachu and Friends trailer, it shows Sylveon flying, and its design, and the Eeveelution chart and now this? Hmm…
They never shown Sylveon Flying. Sylveon was on the ground in the first trailer. The only thing in the first trailer has it wiggling its ribbons in a field of Sunflowers while still on the ground based on the angle. Its shown sitting with the others on the ground for the group picture and no other images have shown Sylveon flying.
Also it be Normal/Flying. Flying is always a sub type on Pokemon with another type.
Tornadus is a pure flying type and Slyveon being a normal/flying will not go well at all.
And every other Flying type including the two he’s partnered with are Sub types. Tornadus is the only Pure Flying. Every other flying is Sub typed only.
Though I was simply correcting his Flying/Normal thing. If anything I see Sylveon a pure type even as pure flying with as little possible sense as that can make.
The header on facebook is very misleading and got me all excited for nothing lol but this picture now only brew up more questions than answers
I think pure flying I see what looks like skylas badge at the bottom of the egg shape badge around slyveon
I think Sylvion will be a flying type. Possibly it evolves with a new evolutionary item?
We can’t trust this image-look at the Eevee badge, its a heart! Eevee isn’t this rumored Love type, so then we can’t assume anything about Sylveon’s type from this. I’m just going to wait and see and not bother trying to guess.
I don’t really think we’re any closer to knowing than we were before…
Well, whatever. We’ll get the info when we get the info.
(I’m probably too laid back for this site, haha)
We will never be close to knowing until they tell us XD
I’m starting to think Sylveon could possibly be a new type. I’m thinking a cosmic or space-related type? In the trailer it looks like Sylveon creates a hole in the sky and creates this galaxy-like surrounding? Sylveon’s color and appearance also remind me of a fairy or pixie.Also, the shape could be a comet instead of a wing. i dont know. I just want answers 🙁
That room thing has everyone jumping around. At first I thought Trick Room or Wonder Room, but it really doesn’t seem to fit. Looks like a new attack though. Really love the Astral/Cosmic type speculations that have popped up thanks to Sylveon doing that.
Yeah if a new type is being introduced, Im glad it’s more of an original type like cosmic or astral instead of the slightly cliche light-type. I also found this which supports the idea of sylveon related to space. What do you guys think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(crater)
I actually think it might be poison. Someone on Reddit made a very good argument for it based off of research.
http://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1cc303/almost_proof_that_sylveon_is_poison/
I find it funny about the name association when they are using the wrong names to associate types. You have to use the Japanese names of both attacks and Pokemon to see the real association with their type.
Since the conclusion is brought about by the Localized name for the US and UK its not a very valid idea. A beautifully done one but not a highly accurate one.
I still think it’s a better guess than blindly speculating based on vague hints.
Not really, no. It is much more logical to focus on the actual information that has been released instead of going off on a totally irrelevant tangent.
So a vague insignia that Sylveon is in on an anime promotion qualifies actual information how? I don’t claim to know if it’s poison or not, but I don’t see how a theory doesn’t at least have some feasibility until proven wrong or not. At least it isn’t jumping the gun and saying that it’s some new type that is incredibly unnecessary (or unverified for that matter).
And how would the symbol thing not be poison? Poison has been represented by the color pink before, or at least more often than flying has. Hell, Umbreon’s symbol looks kind of like a dragon’s wing, so does that make him a dragon type.
isn’t it possible, looking at the original japanese Ninfia, that it may be referring to Nymphs of Greco-Roman mythos, creatures that acted as spirits of various regions, whether they be of water, earth. forest, air, or anything in between. Nymphs are the reason though, that we have the term now of Nymphomania, being addicted to love. We associate the term now with sex addiction, but it is supposed to mean love addiction, which could collaborate the theory of it being love type
By that logic, it could be Fighting type, referring to Sylvester Stallone
But it doesn’t resemble Sylvester Stallone, does it
Well, it’s pink. Don’t see any more of a resemblance.
I think it’s still goona be a Normal type… :S Eevee’s “natural” evolution, if you will.
I want them to introduce some new type (Light/Holy/Fairy/Star/Time/anythingtomakepoisonmoreuseful) but I don’t see it happening.
It’s evolution method will likely have everything to do with this new method to strengthen the bond with your Pokémon they’ve been advertising.
Not getting my hopes up again though, already did that for Dialga /Palkia and Reshiram / Zekrom. 🙁
I believe Sylveon is a Flying type now. It shows a place in the sky in the short promo, the ribbon-like things seem to blow in the breeze quite a bit (could be used for helicopter style flying. LOL, but seriously) it has eyes that are almost of a….sky blue, its color scheme doesn’t add up to much, but I think it is safe to say it is not another dark type. These are just some of the things I have noticed about it.
Sylveon confirmed as Egg-type.
The other eeveelutions don’t stricly look like they have their types symbol….I mean Espeon’s symbol doesn’t really look Psychic. If I didn’t know already Espeons type I would think it was a poison type from that symbol.
It’s a jewel/gem.
btw in this trailer sylveon used some new cosmic? move…i think its a new type pokèmon. like “love ” or smthn
I’m now leaning to think it’s going to be a BUG-type by that design, the ribbons, the eyes, and the Japanese name.
Ah it’s Flying type! The wing in the egg, birds hatch like all Pokemon, as pointed out!
I think that’s the best guess.
the “wing” is it’s ear
Travelling down her own road,
She’s watching the signs as they go,
She’s flying, FLYING…
Watching the signs as she goes.
Uhhhh! The symbol down in Sylpheon egg seems like Burgh’s or Skyla’s badge. So it could indicate Bug or Flying type. Bug type is now more dominant for me.
Looks like a scale to me.
Sylveon is going to be a new type its pretty obvious with the trailer and her space like attack
No.
Celestial Type? Probably Light type if there’s a new one, it would fit because it opposes Dark Type. Other than that, the wing could mean Flying.
in a chart that i found each eeveelution is opposite from what it is week against. sylveon is opposite jolteon in the chart. it could easily be flying but i personally think ground. since each eeveelutions name begins with something to do with its type i did some research. there is actually a mineral called sylvite. I have yet to find a bird that begins with syl. so ground is my theory
A bird that has “Sylv” is the Eurasian Blackcap. It’s scientific name is Sylvia atricapilla.
Also about the bird, there is an entire bird family called Sylviidae. I watched a video that explained where the game might be located as well. The first 3 regions were all near each other on different big islands and they were set up like Japan. Black and White were set in more of a New York type of place. In the trailer for this game, Pikachu is standing on top of a tower that looks like the Eiffel Tower in Paris and this tower is also seen in a scene where the male character is running in a town. Sylviidae birds are found in mainly Europe, Asia, and a some parts of Africa. This might be a theory to why it might a flying type? I have also read that it might be Bug type because of the bows; they look like butterflies, and also Sylveon has very big eyes that sort of look like a bug’s eyes. (This theory isn’t really supported with the color behind Sylveon in this chart)
Are all of you guy blind or something? The emblem is just the shape of Sylveon’s ear. It doesn’t hint anything. It’s not a wing.
Its ear isn’t that “roundy”, it has some fluff. This shape is like an egg or something.
I agree with you. If it was a flying type, don’t you think the tiny little thing at the bottom would be a bit bigger?
I’m not saying there’s no chance in hell that it’s a flying type, I just hope that it isn’t. If it does turn out to be a flying type it’s design is pretty odd and stupid. Flying isn’t something that’s vague and difficult to represent like psychic, dark or normal; it should be SO easy! Give it wings! Or feathers! Or clouds! Helicopter blades…? Whatever. But a pink, ribbony rabbit with a bowtie and fangs? It’s almost as if (assuming it ends up being flying type) its strange design has the SOLE purpose of throwing us off and keeping us guessing. Like it was designed to be intentionally vague. I hope it’s a new type (or even normal) for the sake of logic
This is a small point. It wouldn’t be for the sake of logic, it would be for the sake of common expectations. Logic is about proving things definitely. Because there is doubt about its type and therefore a chance that it could be flying, we cannot say it will be a new type “for the sake of logic”. Logic simply tells us that it’s going to be a type, whatever that is. Logic is often very dull.
Interpreting evidence does not count because it still involves speculation. I reckon there are strong hints for flying, but almost equally so for some sort of fairy type too. I hope that it isn’t fairy or light type because they don’t make sense to me in the Pokemon universe. Regardless, we can’t say anything for sure.