A Japanese trademark filing has revealed potential names for the mascot Legendaries of the upcoming 3DS titles Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon; “Solgaleo” (ソルガレオ) and “Lunaala” (ルナアーラ) were both submitted for registration.
Solgaleo definitely seems to combine sol/solar with something, possibly “leo” for lion.
Lunaala we are still researching, but the base of luna/lunar is evident.
UPDATE: A working theory is that this could be hinting towards Sun and Moon being based in Spain. In Spanish “luna” means moon and “ala” means wing, thus Lunaala could be some sort of winged Legendary. “Sol” also means sun in Spanish and “león” means lion. Back in 2014 game director Junichi Masuda visited Spain in person and reported the trip on his blog. Coincidence?
A third trademark filing was for “Gigareki”, but it is unknown whether or not it is related to the two, the name of a Pokémon or an entirely separate product.
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Solgaleo kinda sounds like “Galileo”. For those who dont know, Galileo Galilei was an italian astronomer, among other things. Perhaps a psychic fire type legendary based on him? Would be cool ^-^
GF could just be pulling in space and the earth as an influence. Galileo may have used the sun for measuring how long a day is, but he also discovered the four primary moons of Jupiter.
Really hoping Solgaleo would be some kind of lion. But they have done so many lions and yet no decent tiger mons 🙁
As for Lunaala, I’m guessing some owl or other bird or some avian thing.
Wow a clue! Solgaleo (ソルガレオ) and Lunaala (ルナアーラ) Hmm a Sun Lion And a Moon Bird.Hmm what does it means?
Solgaleo = Galileo?
I’m thinking we might have italian influence in these games. Gen VI french, so i guess Gen VII Italian.
in the new movie trailer they did have a Leonardo Da Vinci type who madge Magearna.
That came to my mind as well.
Hmm Solgaleo could be a mix of a Rooster (Gallo in spanish) and a Lion (Leo) … a kind of Griffin! <3
Galeo also sounds like Galileo Galilei, the astronomer, which makes sense (Sun and Moon are astronomical objects).
Regarding Lunaala … "Ala" means Wing in spanish.
Then… if we have such spanish names could it be possible that the new region is based on Spain? (it makes sense since Kalos is based on France).
I see a great celestial lion with his mane being a massive burning ball of fire, pupiless eyes, with metal spike like headpieces similar to the logo, and it’s legs will each have a comets tail, it’s body is bright orange but holds many glowing fragments similar to a celestial body
And for the second I see a navy blue and Raven colored bird with crescent moon snapped plumage similar to the logo and a long beak, it’s mighty wings look like nebulas in coloration and just beautiful dark blue and umbra colors and each wing is crescent moon shaped, and again celestial body
Oh btw
ITS 420
Blaze
And the birth of the Fuher
Grass fire sun legendary confirmed.
After going through maybe lunaala is based of Allah many sources say Allah is also a moon god so this can be possible. I am sure they will change its name in english. Also i am hoping for Gladiator Sun legend lion would be cool BUT gladiators man theyre cooler.
Or it could be Hubal another moon God in arabic
Luna ala…lunar wing? o.O
Eh, I’m gonna try not to overthink this. Pokemon names are crammed with puns and often have different puns for localisation translations. The English names will be the ones I’ll have to remember in the long run.
Don’t the names usually carry over to English for the box legends? (Xerneas, Yveltal, Reshiram, Zekrom)
For some of the older games they change slightly, dialga was diaruga, and palkia was parukia. I may have spelled them qrong, but pronounced that way haha
Owl or bat.
Lunaala might mean something like a lunar koala
Yeah they’re putting the fate of the moon in the paws of a koala, nature’s quitter
Galeo is swordfish in spanish and kinda shark in greek?
Ala is wing in spanish? so it is like lunar wing = owl?
Sun shark and a Nightmare Moon Pegasus?
Bae
Yes?
Blob
I wouldn’t oppose a black winged mare or hippogriff 🙂
I wouldn’t either. Shake things up a bit.
Nightmare Moon Pagasus
Wolves. Calling it now. One will definitely be a wolf. If not both will be.
I always had this idea for a Dark/Psychic Lunar Wolf
Pure pitch black body with white highlights and muzzle, pupiless eyes and a moon shaped crest on the forehead
It has deep connection to the the moon, and when the moon is at its apex these Pokemon gather in great numbers to bask in moonlight and evolve
Sun and Moon Wolves.
Sköll and Hati as legendaries? with Zygard 10% as Fenrir
I’m just going to leave this list of other names here for discussion…enjoy!
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS JAPANESE EXPLAIN THEM TO US.
I CAN READ THOSE SCRIBBLES
Yep, apparently those other names are the starters and…something else. A Japanese Twitter account said that these starters are a grass crow, a fire cat and a water manatee.
Uhhhhhh those don’t sound like a Fire Bull
a cat starter! <3
A Fire cat? Looks like I’m continuing my long lasting obsession with picking the fire starter on the first playthrough 😀
I always love more cat pokemon
We don’t need more feline, I demand more bovine
Well if these starters are true, you’ve got your wish
Don’t you mean denied?
But there’s a cow. Cows are technically bovine. Even so, I’m sure it would evolve into an Ox or a Bull or something.
Crow
Oh, missed the “r”. Hm.. A grass crow is strange
Yeah and the font on the others is slightly off so I’m guessing everything but Solgaleo and Lunalaa are fake
Possibly. I can’t translate anything there so it doesn’t matter much if they were xP
Maybe it’ll evolve into a eagle or something
Out of curiosity, what’s the ratio for feline to bovine?
I believe there are a few bovine-inspired pokemon. Tauros, Miltank, Boufalaunt, skiddo, gogoat. There are a lot of feline pokemon: meowth, persian, sphinx, luxio, luxray, skitty, delcatty, litleo, pyroar, Raikou (for sure), Suincune (maybe), Entei (maybe) glameow, purugly, purrloin, liepard, espurr, meowstic, growlith & arcanine (essentially canine/feline hybrids but that’s up for debate)
We need more bovine then lol
Actually there are a few more. I think goats/sheep are technically bovine. Trying to update my post lol
Tauros, Miltank and Bouffalant
Compared to
Meowth, Perisan, Espeon, Entei, Raikou, Skitty, Delcatty, Glameow, Purugly, Purrloin, Liepard, Espurr and Meowstic
So no more cats
Well there are more species of feline in the world than bovine, no? It makes sense.
Regardless my concept is fool proof
Wild angry bull that has a temper almost as red hot as my own
So Fire Rage Bull makes oodles of sense
But what happens when they give us a bull that’s not a fire type.
Well I like to see any other concept make any more sense
And don’t just throw other cows or oxen since my idea stems from actual Bulls not subspecies
Also, Skiddo and Gogoat are bovine.
They are not
Yes, Goats are bovine
You dum hole, Goats are Caprine, granted very close to the family but not traditionally
But goats are part of the Bovidae family :I
good point
What about equine? I only can think of Ponyta and Rapidash at the moment.
What if it were a ground-type cat? I’ve always wanted a caracal Pokemon.
Terrakion is also considered to be bovine. It’s part oxen
ALL THE CATS Muwhahaahahahahaha
Starters and legendary trio?
Mokuroh could very well be moku (wood) + crow
But I believe it’s probably moku (wood) + fukuroh (owl).
So also a grass bird, but a GRASS OWL!
Meh.
I don’t believe them. Lol.
haha yes I love crows
If these ARE indeed the starters, I’m going to have a tough time picking between them.
Wait Mokuroh means Japan wax?
Marshadow?
I hope that’s a Dark/Fairy ghetto marshmallow pokemkn.
A creepy vile swamp monster
That remind me of Mars and Shadow. There was a picture that the Rover took that a lot of people claimed to be an extraterrestrial humanoid creature controlling the Rover. This was proven false [obviously].
OMG, Dark/Fairy, thats like one of my Pokémon wet dreams LOL
Mashmellow Fairy/Fighting Plush Toy
Murkrow confirmed.
Marshadow could be a water/ghost or water/dark type… Maybe the final evolution of the water starter?
The transliteration would be more like Nyabii… so it’s possibly “Nya” or “meow” in japanese, and “bee”. So what’s a cat with stripes like a bee? A TIGER. And the Tiger is in the Chinese Zodiac.
So my bet is that it’s a Fire/Bug or Fire/Poison starter!
I don’t think Horubii (Bunnelby) or Serebii (Celebi) are bees, nor do they have stripes. This is what I think:
Solgaleo-sun legend
Lunaala-moon legend
Mokuroh-the moku part apparently means wood, so I’m guessing this is either the grass starter or possibly the bird we saw in the trailer
Ashimari-one transliteration of this name I’ve seen is Atsumari, and Atsu means heat, so this is my guess for the fire starter
Marshadow-it has marsh in it, it could well be the water starter
Nyabby-I do agree that the Nya part could refer to it being a cat, I think this is an early route cat like Purrloin
The Japanese characters for shi and tsu look very similar at a glance, so it’s easy to confuse the two. But looking at the image it’s definitely “shi”.
As long as nyabby isn’t a bipedal fire fighting tiger I’ll be fine. We need a pure final fire type, hasn’t been once since typhloshion. Plus non of them are quadrupeds!
As long as they’re not dragons and something creative…I’m good.
I’m honestly more interested in the typing, ability and stats than simple names. But I can wait for those.
There go my titans
What if the moon legend was based on the moon eating dragon of lunar eclipses, or the Bakunawa? Could be?
I’m sick of dragons
No more dragons please. Even though we’ve only had four.
Try ten
For legends? I don’t count Zygarde.
Let’s seeee I’m counting anything Dragon
Latia and Latios
Rayquaza
Dialga, Palkia and Giratina
Kyurem Black and White that makes three
And Zygarde
In total 10 dragons
Actually make that 12 Reshiram and Zekrom
Latias and Latios weren’t box legends, neither was Zygarde. I don’t count Palkia or Dialga as dragons because they look nothing like dragons. I understand what you’re getting at though.
I said any dragon that is classified as a Legendary
I didn’t.
Didn’t we have 7? Dialga, Palkia, Rayquaza, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom and Kyurem…
Dialga and Palkia don’t even look like dragons.
But dey still are Dragon types
Well Palkia looks like one
Not really. More like a penis. I want more dragon types, just not legends.
Palkia looks like a Sangheili.
I like penis though
I want it to be a Hare/Bunny! 😛 Maybe a Jackalope
Too cutesy, Legends are meant to be these large imposing beasts
I’m still waiting for my Drill Toothed Messanger Squirrel Ground/Fairy
Not really…I mean we have Mew, Jirachi, Manaphy/Phione, Diancie, Hoopa (confined), Victini, Meloetta, Keldeo..They could make a rabbit pokemon and have it be imposing. The Lunar rabbit in japanese culture isn’t exactly scary though
And how many box legends are cutesy and small
None, but doesn’t mean they can’t start
Doubtful
Well people say they’re tired of formulas, and while I’m sure they’re not wanting to completely change things, they can start with smaller things like this to set this gen apart. Of course this is all speculative
Pikachu. Suicune. Dialga.
Pikachu isn’t a legend. The rest aren’t small. And, Dialga Definitely ain’t cute
Pikachu is a legend. Is it forgotten easily? No. So it’s a legend since it’s also a mascot and will go down in history.
A Legend. .. but Not a Legendary. . . Huge difference
Depends on how you look at it and whether or not you understand a joke.
…. now come on. If that was a joke then you need to work on your material. Honestly
What about Celebi and Shaymin?
Good point! Idk how I forgot them. Cresselia is also cute and definitely I think could’ve been a box legendary if it and darkrai were the main
moon eating dragon? ….wat kind of mythology is that?….Aztec?
Filipino. 🙂
Here’s a fun theory for you: these mean nothing! Woo!
Yep. Heard from Serebii last night that these could possibly mean nothing and that they were not filed by GF, as many people report and that they’ve been in the database for weeks.
I mean yeah, it could be nothing, but it could be something. Why not speculate?
If it’s based on Spain I really hope there is no Pokemon representing a torero bull or anything related… It’s a shame we are still killing those bulls for fun in Spain.
B*tch I will cut you if I don’t get my Fire Bull
Its not like they killnit and do away with the body, they do actually eat the bull and most of it. Its just tradition
It’s a tradition that should stop. I am not proud of having a tradition where people make animals suffering for fun, despite they are eaten afterwards or not… that’s cruel.
It could be a lamb because a lot of people associate it with lambs
this is quite interesting. As some have said the names could just be trademarks for the sake of doing so and may not have any real relevance, but given that Sun and Moon were trademarked only a couple of days before they were actually announced I would say there’s a pretty good chance these are going to be the legendaries and the other ones could be the starters. It is god timing that in early May we’ll likely get some info so these trademarks happening only a couple of weeks early makes sense. I don’t think we’ll see any sort of confirmation until may. Sure Sun and Moon were announced within the week of their trademarking, but we were promised stuff in May and I don’t think we’ll get anything until then.
Sounds Spanish
Give me my Fire Bull
xD
I’m serious *pulls out a gun*
Did you mean: fire/earth Koala *.*
T_T
Ooow. .. like this one! But I think grass fits it more
I just want a some heavyweight bruiser, Earthen don’t do lean and speedy
ala (from Lunaala) is also a Latin word meaning wing or fin… Which, could very well make sense that the Sun legend is a fire lion and the Moon legend is a water bird or something…
Moonwing here could be a butterfly, bat, owl, or wyrm as well. Or a flying fish…
The bat idea seems to come from the logo’s shape
Finally we have some Sun/Moon information. It’s not much but it’s something.
And it’s not confirmed….
True dat but any news is good at this point. Sun and Moon have announced almost 3 months ago and we don’t know jack shit about the games.
Can’t believe its been so long…
And still nothing :/
Tell me about it. CoroCoro better have new info next month otherwise I gunna lose my mind.
I’m still finding it difficult to believe the rumors until it’s confirmed. It’s not even registered by GameFreak or Pokemon. It’s a cool idea, and makes sense, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
True, it’s probably nothing but it’s fun to speculate tho.
Oh btw later today Nintendo will debut a animated short for Star Fox
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