The Pokémon seen in the CoroCoro leaks earlier this week have now been revealed officially in English along with a brand new Pokemon X & Y gameplay trailer!
New Pokémon
- Litleo – The hot-blooded Litleo is always ready for a good fight! Its mane blazes with heat during battle, burning hotter and hotter the stronger its opponent.
- Flabébé – Clings to a flower early on, and then cares for it for its entire life. Because of this, Flabébé may be found holding flowers of different colors.
- Scatterbug – The Bug-type Scatterbug resides mostly in forests and wild plains. After Scatterbug has reached a high enough level, it will evolve into Spewpa.
- Spewpa – The middle Pokémon of its evolutionary chain. With enough experience gained from battle, Spewpa will eventually evolve into Vivillon.
New Characters
- Shauna – An energetic girl who is eager to discover her own dreams. But she’s also genuinely curious about her friends’ progress in their travels
- Tierno – He is burly and nimble, and his goal is to create a dance team with his Pokémon! He pays close attention to Pokémon when they battle to see he if he can incorporate their actions into new dance moves.
- Trevor – His goal is to be the first of the group to complete his Pokédex. He’s a great student, bursting with curiosity, but he admits that he has much to learn to become a great Trainer.
- Serena / Calem – Your next-door neighbor in Vaniville will set out on a journey just like everyone else, with the goal of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer. If your character is a boy, your neighbor will be Serena. If you play as a girl, Calem will be your neighbor.
New Gym Leaders
- Viola – Gym Leader of Santalune City, but battling isn’t her only talent. She’s also a professional Pokémon photographer.
New Cities
- Vaniville Town – Your new home at the beginning of your adventure! The start of your journey waits just past the ornate town gates. Before leaving, your neighbor will be eager to meet you. Plus, you’ll meet the family Rhyhorn, who’s resting on its pad in your front yard!
- Santalune City – After leaving Vaniville Town, the first populated location you’ll visit is Santalune City. It’s a lovely city, easily identifiable by the large fountain at the center of town. It’s also home to the Santalune City Gym!
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I’m thinking this is probably the last news we’re going to get, seeing how Pokemon Smash will probably repeat stuff. We could see more Fairy Type classification though in Smash. Anyways, what do you guys think of the new Pokemon’s names so far?
Love it. How about you ?
I like them, but I think Litleo could have had a better name
I think it’s good, Little Leo with also Lit.
You’re problaby right neogeokid they said so much information this week that I doubt they will reveal more information , maybe they will reveal more about the game around august who knows : /
I think they should have named it Pyroar. An evolution maybe?
Strange…Chespin has a brown spot on the back of its head. You can see it in the video at about 0:23-0:24, right before the string shot attack. I’ll be curious to see how that plays into its evolutions! Will something grow from that spot? Is it a weak spot in its protective shell? Maybe the shell is removable, and it’s Chespin’s head? Chespin is awesome!
Anyways, I love what they’re doing with the many friends on this journey. Can’t wait to see how each character plays a role in the progression of the story.
Tierno with a dance team? MIROR B! LUDICOLO!
I have no problem with the names. Litleo makes me think of Luxio a little. And Flabébé I really like. That’s fun to say lol.
Yo I love Flabébé’s name. although Furbebe sounded nicer. Litleo is silly. And what is this other pokemon with just two words for a name… I dont like that.
Do you happen to know what Flabebe means? What is it’s name hinting at?
Bebe means baby, Fla is from flower(?)
Maybe…that does make sense
I think フラ→フラワー（flower）,べべ→bebe→bébé（baby in French）,Of course, English is the same.
Seems to me an amalgamation of Flower and Baby. But with a french twist.
Actually, the Japanese name, フラベベ (FuRaBeBe) can be romanised as Flabébé, so I believe the names are actually supposed to be the same in Jap/English.
(they don’t have a single F, so they use “Fu”, and their “R” and “L” are the same thing)
Vaniville – Santalune – Lumiose
Is there any theme going on?
Yeah I was hoping to see a theme but I suppose not this time around.
When I heard of ‘Vaniville’, I though of Vanilla (but I think that’s irrelevant). Then I thought the towns could be based on light (Santa-LUNE-as in luna and LUMI-ose as in luminous)…but that’s just off of two towns and is probably a stupid theory
It may based on real life counterpart of the cities. I don’t know if Vaniville or Santalune is based on a city,region or village of France but we know that Lumiose is based on Paris. Paris has a nickname, La Ville-Lumière -The City of Light.
I thought that Vaniville would be for Vanity? Santalune in Moon and Lumiose in light.
I actually really like these names, guess im one of the few people hopefully not :p i seriously love the character diversity in the games ! 🙂 This really is looking like the best Pokemon Game yet. I for one cannot wait for October ;D
I also love the diversity going on within these games. I’m glad to see Pokemon become much more diverse over the years.
Cool, I remember a rumour saying that one of your ‘rivals’ was a Hiker. Now I can see what that person may have been talking about ( the fatter guy ) 😛 🙂
What a game it is going to be!
I like everything and every Pokemon revealed. We are so far from the quality of Black/White versions! (in a good sense of course)
Clearly the best Pokemon game ever but I am still waiting for other great things to be confirmed (encountering different Pokemon during day/night, a non-linear map/region/adventure, the number of old and new Pokemon etc.)
Don’t forget migration! I can’t truly relax and look forward to these games 100% till that’s confirmed.
I know I cant wait to see what other features they squeeze into this giant game 😀
Found a clearer picture online of the Chespin brown spot on the back of its head.
Interesting…maybe Chespin can take it off like a hood
Maybe! I’m definitely curious by it. Maybe it’s a weak spot in Chespin’s protective shell? Or maybe something will grow from that spot as Chespin evolves?
I was thinking the same thing (something will grow out of it when it evolves)
Interesting to note, every Grass type starter has had something grow on them.
Edit: Nevermind. Maybe it’s not that interesting to note because it is a Grass type afterall haha.
Interesting , I really didn’t see that brown spot. LOL, Could it evolve into something like this?
Maybe something similar, but not nearly as big as that plant. That’s a bit over the top haha.
lol 😀
I actually think that there will be spiky fur-like stuff coming out of that hole – possibly growing into some kind of ponytail with a spiky ball on the end (like a mace/ball and chain)… Considering he’s a Hedgehog.
Chespins head in that picture is clearly a stuffed green olive with a pick!
Am I the only person who’s kinda peeved at how they’ve put more detail into the characters than the pokemon (I mean Scatterbug and Talonflame…what’s that aboot?)
This time ,localization is happening simultaneously with the developing process.
Nevertheless, we do have lazy names in previous generations too.
Every generation of Pokemon has a few Pokemon whose names aren’t that good. We can’t expect every Pokemon’s name in a generation to be perfect.
You’re not alone on that. The names irk me, too.
Talonflame looks like it lacks creativity written out. It sounds cool, but I think that’s just cause it sounds like a name for an attack in an RPG or anime. I would’ve loved for its Japanese name, Faiaro, to have been its official English name.
Scatterbug… well, it bothers me less than Talonflame. Its name goes well with its evolved form’s name, Spewpa, since scatter and spew have similar definitions. Also, its Japanese name, Kofukimushi, has “mushi” in it, which means “bug,” so it’s a decent translation. I just wish its name didn’t look like Game Freak combined two words together then called it a day. They could have, at least, made some kind of corruption, like “Scatterug” or “Skatterug.” That way, it kinda throws in “ug” in there, short for “ugly,” since this Pokémon is, obviously, not the prettiest caterpillar on the block, but definitely becomes a contender once it becomes a butterfly.
Welp, that’s my 2¢.
…More like 10¢.
I can’t wait for these games I’m getting both games one from game stop and on off the eshoo and I’m goon to have one team of fairy Pokemon with sylveon and farabee and few others and one with strong team like the new lion Pokemon and talon flame can’t wait for October 12 I’m off on Saturday ill b at GameStop early that morning waiting for the doorsto open
Since it’s coming out for the eshop, I’m planning on getting it at midnight October 12th. I can’t wait to start the adventure!
These games are probably going to be the best ever.
I’ll bet it’s more than coincidence that Tierno has a Vanillite on his shirt and the starting town is Vaniville. Maybe the Vanilluxe line would be more useful with secondary Fairy typing? It would be pretty fitting too.
I’ve never had a 3DS up until like last month but I pre-ordered X back in February (I think. It was either then or March). If I had known about the EShop (let alone a main game being on it), I would have just bought it on the release date. I hope there’s some kind of pre-order bonus xD
I hope that pet Rhyhorn can be used in battles and I can ride on it, because riding a Rhyperior out in the wild is a mans dream come true
oh,I love Viola and her GYM!
I also want to see her badge!
It’d be cool if the badge was web-shaped to match her Gym.
Web Badge,it’s so cool~
Arachnid Badge?
with this, we are at exactly 20 pokemon revealed. And truthfully I hope they stop there, i believe it was that amount before black/white were released. I feel like we will not get all this info in pokemon smash, maybe the major parts like fairy type, horde battles, and sky battles (because they said the episode will change pokemon battling). And the next episodes will introduce characters, pokemon, and the gym leader one at a time and i think that may make it close to the release date, also with some episodes dedicated to the movie and some episodes with no info at all.
I think the next thing we get is a huge trailer, probably 5-6 minutes, and MAYBE a Demo on the eshop. They had a pokemon black/white demo before, so im sure they can do it again, especially for a huge release like this.
19. Mewtwo’s forme does not count.
Im hoping for either panchams evolution or the third legendary in that case
why would they show the third legendary? they haven’t even shown the types or entries about xerneas and yveltal yet.
Actualy, there were arround 30 pokemon revealed for B/W pre release.
After seeing Flabebe floating with the flower, I’m considering having it on my team. As long as it evolves.
I think the first gym is to show off the 8-way directional movement with walking along that web.
I’m thinking that Flabebe’s ability will be Flower Gift. It kind of makes sense and ties the whole flower theme together.
So Shauna and Serena/Calem are out Battle rivals, That solve the only 3 starters problem.
Litleo’s french name is Hélionceau.
I love the design of the friends and it seems that we now have multiple rivals. The main site states that you will get to battle them each throughout your journey so I’m guessing one of them is going to have the same starter as you since there are five of you including your friends and only three starters unless your main rival has a different Pokemon than the main starters.
If Flabebe evolves into a Pokemon like Sunflora but looks more epic I will definitely have it on my team.
I don’t know why but I feel like I’ve seen Flabebe somewhere before…Ah but I like how in the one picture you can see Tierno smiling, it looks like they will be animated slightly/a lot. It makes the game seem much more livelier! >u< Gets me even more excited to see how they animate the villains and the plot. Litleo looks a bit creepy in the art but in game it looks a lot better..the eyes are what get me haha.
Awww I love Tierno’s name and in spanish it means kind or gentle. I love the fact that he wants to make a dancing team. I wonder if they’ll introduce a dancing pokemon (like Ludicolo).
If Trevor is going to give you the Pokedex… Then will we have a Professor? Who will give out starters Pokemon? Just curious.
I think there is going to be a professor and maybe he is related to the professor who knows we just have to wait for more news or for the game to come out.
Good idea. I like the thought of him being related to the prof. Definitely makes it different than previous gens where you’d get it from the professor themselves. I think we also choose the starter Pokémon from him, too. Guess it would sorta be similar to Black 2 & White 2 when we got our starters from Bianca, Prof. Juniper’s assistant.
Based on the rumors that are turning out to be 100% true, the Professor’s name will be Patrice. Not sure if it’ll be used as a first or last name. Also, there’s another professor we’ll meet named Sycamore later on in the story.
I’m l♥vin’ this game more and more with each taste of news we get.
I have a little theory about why Trevor gives to you. Maybe there is a trainer school and the pokemon professor is also the teacher. And Trevor is stated to be a great student so the professor trusts him the most, so he/she tells Trevor to find kids to go on a journey to complete the pokedex. Trevor suggests his group of friends including the player character even though he has only knwn for a short while. But the professor has to teach a special class or go to a type of pokemon conference in a different city and cant give the pokedex and starter pokemon out in person. So he/she tells Trevor to give out the pokedexes and starter pokemon while he/she is a this event. Then as you journey in kalos you meet the professor and he/she realizes they made the right choice to leave Trevor with that responsibility and is grateful you are contributing to complteing the pokedex.
1st gym is a bug gym