Well, we’ve finally got the reveal for the new sword-like Pokémon! Although its Japanese name (Hitotsuki) and French name (Monorpale) had already been revealed, the official Pokémon site has now updated with the English name: Honedge. This could be derived from ‘hone’ and ‘edge’ or possibly even ‘honor’ and ‘edge’. You can watch it in action in the newly-added high quality version of Junichi Masuda’s message to fans from France’s Japan Expo.
Honedge comes into being when a departed spirit inhabits a sword that once belonged to humans. It can use the blue cloth attached to its hilt as nimbly as an arm. If you were to carelessly take this blade in hand, you may find that blue cloth wrapping around you…draining the energy from your body!
Like the new name? Like the Pokémon? Tell us in the comments!
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Featured Thread: Sprite discussion by aaron
I’m not sure why yet, but I’m definitely excited for this pokémon. I have to have one called Tournesol!
Honedge could evolve into a knight that has three forms: attack, defense, and speed. Each form has a different armor according to the held item which can be one of three swords. If the knight holds Honedge, he would change his form to the Attack form. However, if he holds another different type of sword he changes form according to their strengths. Here’s a pic of what the evolved form’s armor could look like. (The pic is from one of Fairy Tail’s protagonists Erza).
Honedge! Digivolve!!!
They did it with Deoxys and considering the immense amount of french related inspirations, it’s possible to even draw a slight conclusion as to what Honedge will evolve into. There is nothing wrong with having three forms that deviate the attack, defense, and speed stats. Furthermore, with the evidence that Honedge’s inspiration comes from Roland’s three legendary swords, it’s possible for Honedge to evolve into a combination of those three swords or a knight using one of those three swords or levitating them. Another based theory is that each of those three swords substantiated a form of element in them: Fire, Earth, and Water. Each of those element has it’s own base like Earth = Defense & raw power, Fire = speed and attack, and Water = attack & speed. Seeing that evidence made me realize that Honedge could potentially have side evolution’s or form change (what ever you want to call it :D) like Eevee, Tyrogue, Oddish, Burmy, Wurmple, Rotom, Shellos, Ralts, Giratina, Deerling, Deoxys, Castform, Clamperl, Slowpoke, Ditto :D, Nidoran, Basculine, Tornadus, Thundorus, Landorus, Kyurem, Reshiram, Zekrom, Keldeo, Meloetta, Mewtwo.
I wouldnt mind if Honedge became the “Rotom” of this generation. Its a Ghost type already, and if it gained a couple forms, as you have said, and another elemental affinity- it would make it that much more awesome!
Thanks and I hope it does seeing as his inspiration really draws from Durendal one of the three legendary swords that I listed on my first/second post.
No idea why you replied with that to me. Was commenting on the fact that that angel looks suspiciously like some digimon, although I can’t remember her name.
I just wanted to say why I want no, REALLY WANT for Honedge to have three separate evolution’s. I’m sorry if you took it offensively ;C. That woman is Erza from Fairytail, my #1 favorite anime to date.
Didn’t take it offensively. Just found it weird 😉
OMG!! I love this pokemon, It’s look pretty awesome, I will catch a Honedge, It’s wonderfull and look soo stronger
I just wanna post this picture again because it’s just soooo damn epic.
Dat lightning! Dat glowing eye! Dat shimmering blue… hand-like appendage!
My goodness! That blue cloth is wrapping around me and draining all my wants!
A total of 7 pics below! Behold its glory!
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I’m worried ….. I do not want the next generation after the X and the Y is only for Wii U. …. Pokemon deveria to continue taking their games portable games emosionante because that’s what you have in your pocket Pokemon game and that is the reason why it is called so because it concerns POKEMON Pocket monstuos ….. well I hope Pokemon 3DS games continue taking
The main games will stay on handhelds.
So…speak english or español? xD
I don’t dislike this pokemon, it just confuses me. It’s a ghostly sword that’s holdingthe sword that happens to be it’s face? the anime will probably clear things up for me, they make pokes seem more realistic
no exactly. it’s a ghost that it’s posesing the sword and that scarf-hand-like thing, which uses to hold the sheath. as it is a ghost, it’s obvious that the sword is floating around. and finally, with the holes of the sheath and the drawings of the edge, it looks like its face
I like that there are so many possible points of origin for this little cutie without knowing what it evolves into, if anything. For now, I wanna say it’s an enchanted sword???!
Haunted antique weapon.
enchanted makes it more
☆*･゜ﾟ･*(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆
~magica-a-a-al~
And it reminds me of Grandark, a magical sword that was created and then given access to its fullest magical potential by being imbued with a particularily malevolent soul.(but this is in another video game. Grandark also has one big eye at the top of its hilt)
I guess, but enchanted sounds more Fairy-type and seeing that it’s part Ghost-type,
a haunted sword is most likely what it is.
But, meh. Maybe it’ll get an Excalibur counterpart that’ll be a Steel/Fairy-type.
It says that a soul possesses a sword that belonged to a human, so Possessed Sword is more accurate.
I assume it can learn cut.
Just watch as it gets classified as the Butter Knife Pokémon
I have never been a big fan of ghost and possession even of items in Pokémon.. I was just defending this thing but I will never like that one aspect of any Pokémon involved with that..
It mainly just confuses me.. are they saying it as folklore? I think most Pokémon like this are said to be possessed by legends but this Pokémons entry says it as if its a fact. So where does the soul come from.. Is it a humans or Pokémons.. either way Im not a fan, they should keep it to breeding and its a live creature
I really like its design, I just don’t like how it holds its sheath in its arm. It’s so cool when it’s sheathed. It looks like it has 3 eyes and a mouth which is so cool
I must admit this Pokemon looks amazing with the cover…but when you take it off and it’s just a sword with an eye awkwardly holding a metal sheath the same size as it, if just feels weird. Don’t get me wrong, I love newer Pokemon gens, gen 4 and 5 were my favourites, but hoedge, for such an amazing concept doesn’t cut it for me ;-). It’s just a bit plain.
It’s english name origin is Honor and edge!
It’s hone and edge.
Only thing I don’t like about Honedge is that it’s a haunted sword (without levitate since it was announced that its ability is no guard D: ) and not a haunted suit of armor, which would have been a better appearance for such a defensive typing (with 3 immunities, 7 resistances, 1 double-resistance, and only 2 weaknesses)…and yes, I know how nerdy that made me sound, but this is honestly the typing I’ve been hoping for since around gen 3.
Also, bulbapedia discussion has also discussed “Honedge” being a play on the word “homage”, which leads me to think more about the “tsuki (attached)” in “Hitotsuki” leaning more towards an “attachment” such as a ghost might have, as well as playing to the “homage” pun the English displayed (homage also being able to refer to the relation between a feudal knight/vassal and their lord)