The hour has come; we’re about to learn more about the next generation of Pokémon games coming to the Nintendo 3DS: Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. Below we’ll be providing a text version of what is shown in the video (likely a livestream). Please remember that you must refresh the site to see any updates. UPDATE: A new official mini-site for Pokémon Sun & Moon has been launched here.
We will be embedding the video above so you can watch it right here while “live commenting” your thoughts below or watch it on the Japanese Pokémon YouTube account! Here’s what we’ve learned:
- Grass starter is Rowlet; “Grass Quill Pokémon” w/ ability Overgrow. Also knows new low-level Grass-type attack “Leafage” that is available from when you receive it
- Fire starter is Litten; “Fire Cat Pokémon” w/ ability Blaze
- Water starter is Popplio; “Sea Lion Pokémon” w/ ability Torrent
- Alola Region
- Release date is November 18 in NA/JP and November 23 in EU
Japanese CM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r0_F-_ClcQ
<3 PJ
Go join the CHAT if you feel so inclined to up the hype!
Okay, serious talk here: I’ve missed this feeling so much. Of a pokemon game coming out, people are all excited, new speculation. It’s just one of my favorite parts of being a Pokemon fan.
Same! I love it and this is just the beginning 🙂
Nothing during 2015 can compare to this moment!! 😛
Do you think Alomomola will be in Alola?
I need a Water surfer chick gym leader. After Misty we only got male water type gym leaders.
We need a goth chick dark type gym leader
Dark Gym Leader funny
And wouldn’t Ghost make more sense?
No
are Fantina and Morty Goth?
Wasn’t that BW2 poison gym leader a bit Goth?
I would prefer a Count Dracula dark type gym leader.
It’s punk rocker
Misty <3
The annoying part of being a Pokemon fan: just wanting MORE info. I can’t wait til next month (since CC of this month will just give us the info we got today).
Fanart will get me through until next month.
No it won’t
Yes it will
Yeah good point. Fanart often makes me grow fond of a Pokemon.
I imagine Leafage is just another Razor Leaf….that would be a bit disappointing.
So it’s probably just a weaker magical leaf 😛
First awesome fan art I’ve found:
Credits: Sylvaur at Deviantart.
There’s lots of great fanart on twitter.
I’m never on twitter so I guess I gotta check it out again
Yes do
If they screw Rowlets evolutions up I swear to Arceus
It’s gonna evolve into an Ostrich
If they can make it work then I’m all for it but just about anything would be an improvement from X & Ys starter evos
My bet is that he is going to look like a penguin with a bowtie
Okay so rowlet’s leaf,
bikini or bowtie?
Bowtie
my first impression was bikini because of the clam bras in the little mermaid.
Bow tie.
Rowlett is growing on me… I like how he’s a dapper little bird thing with his leaf bow tie…
…or bikkini,
maybe he’s going look really posh and have a monocle in his final evo
OMG THEN I’M SO PICKING HIM FOR ONE OF MY CHARACTERS! I’m really torn… I’ll have to see the evolutions of these starters, what types they are, how they turn out, etc… Right now I’m leaning towards Popplio and Litten
I don’t know if anyone posted these images, yet here they are:
Screenshot 1: Introduction to the game, with your cousin assisting the trainer with his moving.
Screenshot 2: Trainer customisation returns once again. Now, it a dark skin trainer.
Screenshot 3: Talking to your cousin.
Screenshot 4: Running.
Screenshot 5: Starter selection.
Screenshot 6: Holding the starter.
Screenshot 7: Glasses lady again, I’m assuming she’s your mum.
Screenshot 8: Rival Battle.
This new game looks amazing! I love the full-3D models. This has improved the overall look with having a all-3D game!
We’ve talked about all this. Cousin however, doesn’t necessarily mean they’re related, but it’s very possible your cousin will work for the professor.
Is that a Meowth by the glasses lady? If it is, could mean that this Region is full of non new Pokes, I’ll still only be using new ones regardless
Honestly, after seeing so much brilliant fanart for possible starters and legends, I’ve stopped expecting designs from a small team at Gamefreak to match with what the entire fandom can come up with, and Im gonna look at them objectively, without considering how great they COULD’VE BEEN.
Rowlet ( My favorite! :’) ) 8/10
He’s the perfect balance between adorable and sentient. Among all starters, we always look in the base form for KAWAAIII with a hint of future potential. In rowlet i can see potential for a giant bulky owl, with massive wings, (considering it has to be able to fly as it’s a grass/flying type confirmed already), or perhaps it’ll slim down and become a sleek and elegant silent night owl thingie. I’m okay with either… stat wise i wish it could be special, but leafage already sounds like a physical move, and they would’nt give it a new move if it were to change it’s predisposition later on. At best i can hope mixed, but looks like it’ll be physical.
Litten 7.5/10
I love her character, the way her eyes look ominously. Since they describe it as more logical than passionate, I’m assuming the final form will be more passionate, unleashing its inner aggression. It’ll almost definitely be fire/dark and either special or mixed in predisposition. I’m hoping for an angry or frighteningly ferocious tiger or panther design, kind of like Bagheera, yet benigh underneath.
Popplio 6/10
It’s design is just…. a tad underwhelming. I call water/Psychic, sentient sea lion, or maybe water/fighting
Solgaleo (if that is in fact it’s name) 9/10
Brilliant design. It’s exactly what a sun legendary should represent, right down to the mane and the face. I know it’ll be fire type, I’m hoping it’ll get a secondary type but i really can’t tell what it is, maybe light? xP I love the expression on it’s face. I was previously set on moon, but I think I’m on the fence now and I’ll wait for official art and more info. I call a mixed bulky, or physically inclined bulky
Lunaala 7/10
I feel it’s a bit underwhelming and at the same time overdesigned. It’s chest looks positively skeletal, and since it has wings, I can almost bet it’ll be ghost/flying but maybe it’ll ghost/fairy. I’ll bet on the ghost part though. If it is in fact ghost, solgaleo could be a fire/normal legendary though I doubt gamefreak would create a normal legend and the exact type combination as pyroar with a similar inspiration. I call special sweeper or mixed/special sweeper. I don’t see this thing being bulky, and in fact I have a hunch it’ll end up being incredibly fast yet fragile.
I CAN’T GET OVER HOW ADORABLE ROWLET IS AND HOW AWESOME ITS FINAL EVO CAN BE :’) I’m sure there’s some fanart swimming around there already.
I find Pokemon designs from the fandom to be pretty crap and impractical.
The official ones always give me some confidence that GF has a sense of design. Plus official Pokemon designs will always look better to me, because the artwork has a certain style which is not reflected in fan art.
Just my opinion.
I agree! The real starters are always better their artwork really feels alive and like they actually are pokes.
Still there are some awesome fakemons out there. This one is my favorite and best I’ve ever seen. I really love Popplio but would’ve preffered this water starter. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/613440ab6cd5418cd448e33f17af64d626ffbb4741c3bcd032e6e2d94da8090d.png
Rowlet looks like it will fucking destroy you saying “hoohoo motherfucker”
i hooted
I’m going to call my rowlett Hooty Mcowlface
Calling mine Moist Owlet
Anyone disappointed they didn’t actually reveal the legendaries’ names? I’m still 99% sure they’re gonna be Solgaleo and Lunaala though, especially now that it’s confirmed that they are a lion and lunar wing thing. ♥
Give it a day
Would you rather a champion specialized in a particular type (lance, steven, wallace, iris) or a non-specialized one (diantha, cynthia, alder, red…)?
Non-specialized because of the unpredictableness yes that is a word
Non specialized, I think those are the best champions.
Non specialized, they are the most challenging.
It’s almost been 5 hours since the trailer and I’m still hyped!!!!!!!
I love everything ,but why is the region so small?
agree, but maybe they didn’t show the hall region …it’s clearly based on Hawaii and u know Hawaii Consists by many islands look at this the island shown is very Similar to Hononlulu. http://hawaiimap.facts.co/hawaiistatemapof/hawaiiDetailedMap.png
it’s specifically oahu that was shown in the trailer
yeah I know but Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii … u can say Oahu is more like a region.
Now it makes more sense , i totally forgot that hawaii is laid out that way 🙂 this is so exiting
Sooo one thing I would love to see happen with this potential multiple islands two have various game play scenarios.
Expl:
After the first 3 gyms on island 1 you can choose or be directed depending on some mission or something to travel to Island 2a or 2b where you have gyms 4-5 and 6-7 respectively. After finishing both islands U travel to island 3 where the 8th gym and league are set.
Also wouldn’t mind if the different game play would be version dependent.
I saw the trailer more than 20 time it’s awesome but I feel sorry for 6 gen pokemons they did get their chance to show off ……I like all these pkmn but still feel strange everything is predictable from the fans long time ago ….I feel pkmn changing though.
I don’t want to sound negative but the legendaries look like overdesigned fakemons
Hey guys meet Danny my pet Litten he is so cute:D
So nothing against anyone here but it would be nice if someone from the Admins would write into the text that what we’ve seen probably is just part of the region or just one of the island I know its not really confirmed but people are writing it every 20 coms how small the region is.
That is neither confirmed or thrown off
It would be nice if we could. PJ is probably asleep though and Moving is busy at his University.
Now that they give us this treat, they will make us agonize till the last minute to show the starters’ final forms.
I’m fine with that. In fact I’d rather not have them at all. I’d like to discover what they evolve into when I play the game.
This ugly-ass Popplio is a reverse Oshawott.
So now that they’ve released all this info, what are we thinking corocoro will show us?
the same thing lol
legendary name …..that we all know.