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.
I can’t wait for the 32-hour Twitch stream! It will be fun playing the games with that in the background.
32 hour twitch stream?
From 10am-6pm PST today, the official Pokemon channel is showing gameplay, doing interviews, things like that. After that, a 24 hour animation marathon begins.
Interviews? I wonder if people are able to squeeze out even a tiny bit of SM info out of them haha
I’m actually kind of interested in what the game play and interviews will b like. I hope they have commentary over the game play so we can have a little insight about the games and how they were made. Also maybe Sun and Moon? I can dream………lol
http://www.dailydot.com/geek/pokemon-nintendo-twitch-livestream-anniversary/?fb=gk here’s the link from last night since it’s picking back up
I’m still not seeing where it says further big news will b talked about……maybe I missed something?
Just started playing red for the first time since I was two. Aready stuck on squirtle’s nick name screen XD
Thinking about naming it water gun because that’s what I named it when I was two years old and had no sense of what a good nickname was
https://youtu.be/j8LvW1aMB78
Italian theory in the last minutes: check it out! Hawaii confirmed!
Whelp I don’t understand Italian so this is nonsense to me hahaha
Look:
The plaques with rainbows are used in Hawaii. But the pokemon truck has the same plaque. And…pokemon rainbow, you know.
Take a look at Hawaiian fire trucks…They are yellow!!
Hawaii has the Rainbow falls where you can see rainbows. Here lives the goddess of the moon, which has a son that has managed to tame the sun!!!
Too many coincidences. Hawaii Region confirmed!!
I subscribe to the theory that Sun and Moon’s region will be based off Hawaii. I think that’s a fantastic idea as well. Hoenn 2.0, here we go!
Plus, the Red-crested Cardinal (what the pokemon shown seems to be) can be found in Hawaii! 😀
Rainbow was just a codename, just as ‘Caviar F’, ‘Torte City’, ‘Cadillac’ are codenames of upcoming Nintendo games. They may have to do with fish or cars, but they are no indication to the games itself.
Cascoon looks like I was right Fissure No Guard works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjfjIkpA-I
Wow this seems really cheap hahaha
I might try it on showdown
I wonder if there’s a good way to counter it.
I’ll try it and post the link here for you 😀
Nice thanks lol
I think my only problem with Gen 7 coming this year is that it won’t b on the NX or whatever the next handheld is.With this we are basically doomed to use the 3DS for another 3 years unless they do something out of the ordinary. I suppose they could break their patterns and have the next game come out on the next handheld, but still b a gen 7 game. I kind of hoe they do that…..
They will probably do an NX game in 2018, which is a fine time by me. I can see them doing Z/Eclipse on the NX in 2017, seeing as Nintendo can certainly use the boost in hardware sales. But it’s a bit of a tradeoff for install base versus hardware sales, sometimes it’s better to have a large install base to sell many games for, but the only way to reach a large install base is by selling good games. I hope they realise that Splatoon helped boosting sales and a third version Pokémon game could certainly do so too.
I just think they’ve put themselves in a weird spot as far as releasing games go. If we were getting Z or whatever then it would have been fine, but now they have to b able to either extend the 3ds’ lifespan or split a generation between 2 handhelds, which is weird to do. To b honest I’ just ready for a Pokemon game that’s in HD. Is that too much to ask for? hahaha
They won’t extend it any further than Sun and Moon. It will probably be the last major Nintendo published games on the handheld, to close of the handheld. I also believe the 20th anniversary is what made them do another generation so ‘soon’, otherwise I’d have expected from them to throttle back the releases. I think they know the yearly releases what they did with BW/BW2/XY/ORAS was causing franchise fatigue (lukewarm critical reception of ORAS and sales figure already showed this). So them holding out and putting SM on NX in 2017 could be a logical choice, but with splitting it up they could do something surprising/fresh, which has been what they are trying to do now.
I also believe that in their longterm roadmap the fact that the 3DS would be replaced much sooner than the DS wasn’t entirely accounted for, so they had to change up the schedule a couple of years ago.
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
But chains and whips excite me
Na na na come on
I like it, like it, come on
S, S, S and M, M, M
Oh my god
Here Omega lmao
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/vgc2016-336737468
Wow I guess that guy couldn’t handle it hahaha. I will say ur battle didn’t go quite as smoothly as the one from that video, but I think that’s partially bc ur opponent was a bit more aggressive. Either way I’m still certain it’s pretty cheap hahaha
Yep lol
Finding a pikachu in viridin forest as your first encounter is so satisfying
I got u beat there guy. I got given a Pikachu without having to do anything. So there! lol
Have fun with Brock lol
I’ve got a plan. Don’t u worry ur little head lol
Did you name your pikachu anything? Gotta come up with a name
Nah I kept it Pikachu. I’m kinda lame when it comes to nicknames lol
I’ll just name it “Lol Watt”
HA!!
I’m catching every pokemon I don’t have and nicknaming all of them so most of my names are puns.
Rattata: Ratrick
Pikachu: Lol Watt
Kakuna: Beeatrice
Nice! lol
Nidorino or Nidorina?
YUP!! hahaha Training a Nidoran male up right now to get dat double kick lol
Who was your starter?
Squirtle! Playing Red version
Water starters are always the best pick even though squirtle’s my least favorite 😛
Congrats! That’s a lucky find 🙂
There’s a theory that the next Gen’s region is inspired by Hawaii! There were CLUES in the direct. Tricky, crafty Game Freak, we will discover your secrets!
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12806208_1280539978628193_9034315437110102615_n.jpg?oh=772d523656579c2a4485ea985412d56c&oe=5757B30D
Dang, I really wanted Italy. I really want a Venice-Esq city
Oh yeah!!! That would be awesome. And maybe like a vineyard maze as a route?
That would be great!
Oh, Italy would have been sweet too. Honestly, any place really would get me hype since the world is so beautiful.
Yeah. Hawaii would be really neat too. As long as we get a blue alien pokemon I can name Stitch
Lol. Stitch.
I’ve been seeing this everywhere, and honestly, I don’t mind. I wish I could see some of the things in this pic, but es really small and I can’t zoom. Sounds promising 😀
My thing though, since Hawaii and France are not close together, I wonder if it will not be a Johto-like region to Kalos, which sucks, cause I was really hoping for that, since it would be awesome.
But oh well.
Even though Hawaii and France aren’t close together, anything’s possible with Game Freak. It’s their Pokémon world, after all. They could very well still be connected, even if you need to use a train, boat or plane to travel between the regions.
True, I could see a boat being used, after all you did get on a boat to go to Kanto in GSC and HGSS, so yeah 😀
Hmm… These logos remind me of something from the past games… color wise.
Anyone else see what I see?
Might be a bit Farfetch’d, but…
Pokémon X is blue while Pokémon Y is red.
Pokémon Sun is gold while Pokémon Moon is silver.
Connection? I think so.
Sooo we think it’s set in Hawaii right? Well Hawaii is know for its leis are made of flowers and Hawaii’s football team is called the Hawaiian Rainbow Warriors soooooooooooo yeah
Replaying through Black 2–how do you get the key to unlock Challenge Mode?
I think it has something to do with the regis?
I’m also replying Platinum because I haven’t played it in a while.
And guess what Dicie?
What 😀
PLATINUM IS SO SLOW ;-;
Yeah I figured that. :/
Still gonna try it out soon though.
Beat the game
Hawaiiiiii!!!!
Someone already posted something similar to this a few posts ago, but it’s still amazing 😀
I’m kinda salty it’s not a Kalos sequel but oh well. I’m still hanging on with a little hope. But to be honest this seems like it’ll happen and it looks nice
The lisence plate almost does it for me to believe this
*NOIVERN SCREECHING SOUNDS* I need this to be confirmed ASAP.
The coloration though reminds me more of a Woodpecker then a red crested cardinal. mostly due to only the upper part of the head being red colored and the lower half being white. it kinda looks like a Pileated woodpecker but… those are native to north america. it could though if its a generalization of woodpeckers from the people at Game freak and nintendo.
I want PJ to post up a Pokémon Sun & Moon theory article sooo bad! A fresh new article for people to jump on and throw some hype coal into the hype engine on this hype train! Hnng..!
😉
;o https://49.media.tumblr.com/cbdd033de1f2a6af5f1c690f6e3929a1/tumblr_nt3lkg632m1tq5mnwo1_400.gif
What do you guys think of the new games being based in Hawaii?
I think it’s very interesting and makes sense from all we’ve seen and been given. 🙂 But, even if it ends up being somewhere else, I’ll enjoy it either way, since any place/country would be amazing in a Pokemon game.
The only reason I wouldn’t like that, is it would be another water heavy region. Hoenn is great, but there’s so much water.
True, but luckily in ORAS it was very manageable and I didn’t get lost in it, unlike the originals.
Maybe they won’t make so much surfing places and maybe use boats to connect the major islands?
Same I kinda don’t like how they’re would be different islands, and there’ll probably be more than Hoenn :/
The Pokemon Twitch stream starts soon! Let’s hope for the tiniest bit of SM information!
link pls
http://www.twitch.tv/pokemon
gracias
I don’t think we get any information at all. But if they will mention something about the games, it won’t be something important.
I have no idea what the heck they’re going to do for 8 hours, though.
They can make a lot of footage from 6 generations of games lol Plus there’s interviews and what not. I’m sure it’ll b very boring for a lot of people hahaha
It’s going to be nice to have in the background while playing Pokemon today! That’s all I’m expecting.
Yeah I’ve actually got some work to do for class so I’ll prolly have it in the background while I work.
8 hours? I have work…
By the way, Pokemon Day in Japan already ended. If they wanted to show info, they already would have done that.
True, it’s why I am not watching it.
Good day fellows it is a good day!!
It would be a good day if we got information 🙁
ITS POKEMONS 20th ANNIVERSARY!!! WOOT WOOT
I really don’t want to burst your bubble, but in Japan it’s already over! 🙁
BUT WERE NOT IN JAPAN NO BUBBLE POPPING HERE I DONT CARE WHAT JAPAN IS DOING, TODAY IS MY DAY TO CELEBRATE!!
THANK GOD FOR PEOPLE WITH YOUR ENTHOUSIASM!
mhmm its like yay it was your birthday yesterday that is cool i hope you enjoyed it, but today is mine!!
Luckily in my country, that birthday is still going on for another 5 hours 🙂
exactly!!
We’ll get it. It will soon be March, and CoroCoro will come around. 😀
I don’t think there will be new info. There are poketubers there.
They could know stuff that guy said something about new stuff
There are going to be interviews with people though. I assumed this meant developers like Masuda and Ishihara.
maybe pre recorded stuff oooo
Anything’s possible, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. Remember when we got a few seconds of footage for ORAS a few days after the games were announced?
mhmmm on that japanese show
Whelp I’m out….I can’t listen to these PokeTubers talk anymore. I don’t mind TheJWittz, but I have no interest in listening to other people reminisce about Pokemon lol
The NY Pokemon day is gangbusters crowed nearly a 4 Block Line
hahahaha
Ass, I’m still 3 blocks away
i believe in you!!!
buy me something
i like it so far
They dont have sun and moon on the timeline for 2016??
Are they really just showing the nintendo direct RBY trailer?
lol
My heart skipped a beat when I saw the beginning, thinking it was some kind of Sun/Moon news lol
Same!