The Pokémon Company has officially announced Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon versions in today’s Pokémon Direct.
The two games will launch in 2016 Holiday for 3DS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmzDL1l3Fag
Pokémon Sun & Moon are compatible with Pokémon Bank and Pokémon can be transferred to Sun and Moon from the Virtual Console games. It will also be possible to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon X & Y and ORAS, using Pokémon Bank. The games will be playable worldwide in 9 languages.
The official site has confirmed that Sun and Moon will arrive with “a new world, new Pokémon, and new adventures to discover”. New Pokémon and region/s are confirmed! In addition to this the press release for the UK specifically states that Sun and Moon are a “new generation of Pokémon game”.
For those with a keen eye: the trailer appears to tease a new bird Pokémon with a similar appearance to Fletchling.
What? No trailer? I thought we would be able to see the Legendaries.
I was expecting a bit more from the direct. No footage is a bummer
let’s see in 2 weeks what brings Coro-Coro
Where are my starters????????
Happy we get new games though.
No new footage was a little disappointing but I’m still excited. Can’t wait for people to analyze the behind the scenes and concept shots from the vid.
I think it’s really cool that we can bring over Pokemon from the VC versions of Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. I was hoping for at least a teaser trailer of the new games though.
‘Holiday 2016’ means … Christmas time, right?
Well shiver me Snorunt. >___<
Yep. I predict these games will come out in October or November of this year.
Well, the Japanese announcement says “Winter”, so maybe yes.
I was legit ugly crying during the whole stream. I remember being a child and playing these games and now that I’m 21 and realizing it’s been 20 years of pokemon made me cry in excitement.
It’s a shame there was no footage but the next corocoro should gives us something. I very sure this a 7th generation game definately.
So we know they are real and on 3DS out at the end of the year and will somehow work with Pokemon Bank to allow RBY Pokemon to be transferred…. but that’s all we know… well from what we saw in the development video it seems cool… but really no actual details about the game. Like region or new Pokemon or legendaries or anything?! Ok then… hopefully we get news soon, like seriously. Come on with that.
This is big. This is really, really big. We have one hell of a year ahead of us. SEVENTH GENERATION IS HERE!
This is amazing. We literally deserved this announcement and I’m so glad they gave this hype to us.
It’s not much, but we can assume this game contains old Pokemon unlike BW because you could see a Horsea statue as well as a Wingull flying in an image next to a boat.
Hmmm…
I’m so happy.
I see a lot of hate comments, saying they wanted to see a trailer. We weren’t even supposed to know about Sun and Moon, so HELLO be happy damn.
Screenshots:
Is that a Blastoise in the back of a firetruck!?
Yes it is :), apparently we will get to see some Pokémon work in the city. There is even an ambulance
Why has no one talked about the woodpecker being modeled in the screenshots?
I thought it was Torchic at first lol, it could be a starter possibly.
Possibly, but I don’t really want another bird fire starter.
Me too, and no starter that is part fighting either.
I agree.
What the heck is the second to last picture?? lol
The bird Pokemon likes Cassowary.
Here are all the concept art. Pokemon Center, Trucks, and as Building. I wish we got some gameplay!
For some reason I’m still getting a 6th Gen vibe from it am I the only one?
I was yeah. I think whatever this new region is, will have a close relationship to kalos
Idk I can see some palm trees in the concept art, I don’t know if it will be European at all (Kalos being akin to France).
The Mediterranean Coast would have to disagree with you.
I’m really hoping this serves both as a sequel and a new gen, like a South Kalos region game with Team Flare and Zygarde.
Definitely, hoping for a Johto-Kanto-like relationship, since Kalos was kinda similar to Kanto. THat way, we go back to Kalos, and it explores some of the questions we have no answers to, in a way.
I get that, but you can see they improved the 3D. So there’s a possibility it will be gen 7. I really hope so, because I’d love new Pokemon. And when they will be released, it’s 3 years after the release of XY. I don’t think they will release another big game in 2017, so it has to be gen 7 i guess.
It can still be 7th gen, but go back to Kalos and have a Kalos feel if they are next to each other :3 That POkemon on the computer is a new Pokemon, no doubt, plus someone said that they only showed the releases of each new gen before revealing Sun and Moon, so it makes sense es a new gen
Exactly! As a lot of people here already said, I too would love it to be a gen 2-like game where we can go back to Kalos to finish the Zygarde story there!
It’s probably the same engine, or very similar – they’re using the same hardware, after all.
This coud be a water-type gym.
The Trainer in front of the white building is Red from the original games. I’m positive that he looks like the one we saw from the 20th anniversairy
http://imgur.com/BXiu6ZP
Even if that’s Red, this is concept / development art – no telling what will be in the final product.
What’s with all the automobiles?
announcing a new game without even a trailer is a bit lame
From the concept pictures alone, I can easily say these games look to be twice as big as XY and ORAS was, and it seems they plan them to be the biggest Pokemon game to be. If anything, I’ll take it that this gen will have a lot of big things like Cars, and that Blastoise on the car just made it seem like we have battles on more than one battle arena now lol (simple guess). Also the Pokemon Center looks TOO COOL! Pokemon SUN and MOON HYPE! (Deff getting Sun bc namesake lol).
Ok now I’m finally convinced that we are getting a new generation, but I still think it will have some relation to Kalos in some way. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
I had no idea how they had to improve on the 3D, but o my god they did it just looks great and I can’t wait being on this site waiting for all the news and commenting with you guys!!
Bit disappointing. My fault for reading the leak, I guess.
Disappointing? Even with the info being leaked yesterday, isn’t it still great? You didn’t even know whether the names were real or not. At least be happy that they are and that they will be released this year.
SOOOO does anyone thing this could be it?! The game we have been waiting for?! I am so hyped right now CoroCoro will be releasing soon and since the game is released in the Holiday that literally is less than 10 MONTHS AWAY!?!?! Ohhh the feels and the hype are going to get real my friends….
I’m still getting stuck on where the announcer said “It all comes together…”
Is it possible we could get all/multiple regions in one game? I’m not a tech guru so I don’t know if that’s actually possible for the 3DS, but it’s a neat idea.
Im thinking each one could possibly have 3 regions and each game has a new region so that they they can keep the trading alive im guessing you cant get gen 1 ppokes since you can trade your red blue games to bank and then sun and moon
That was actually the first impression I got when they stated that
Good point. Imagine having new region + all the others.
I think it could work like the new Mystery Dungeon game, where we can travel among different continents. That would be awesome!
Much like the DNA strands in the Japanese logos for XY, those diamonds could mean something.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcJj5oqVIAEF7Vl.jpg
Truuueeee <3 Maybe es related to Megas? I dunno
Plumbobs! The Sims-Pokemon interaction is confirmed. Yasss!
Japenese logos are always more beautiful than others !!!…. 🙁
I think these games are about day and night more than about space
Oh, a new article was posted… Glad I got the invite :/
An interesting thought
noticed those Pokeballs on the Logo, they look exactly like Comets
Team Comet
Good eye maybe these games will have a space theme like 4 gen.