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!
I always try to reserve judgement until I see the final evos, but they feel weird to me… Almost incomplete. Extremely disappointed that rowlet is grass/flying right out of the gate. I like the owl design but it doesn’t mean it has to fly… So many other directions they could have gone
I also felt that they looked a bit weird but after I saw the trailer and the pics I really liked them and I fell in love with Rowlet 🙂
Maybe it’s just that I’m not used to the designs yet, but I’m not seeing anything I like here. (Also, Litten and the lion legend are REALLY overkill after Pyroar.)
I LOVE EVERYTHING except Littens color scheme but hey it works.
What color would you prefer?
Idk but it just looks weird. Maybe more orange. It reminds me of Halloween.
Litten, Solgaleo, Entei, Flareon, Litleo…
Need more fire cats.
ROWLETT HAS A BOWTIE MADE OF LEAF HOW CANT YOU LOVE HIM. I WANT ONE
(also it better be a fast special attacker cause with that typing it will not succeed as a bulky pokemon)
Don’t say anything. Just refresh.
HOLY SHIT
I honestly was reminded of Garfield when I first saw Litten!
Why Must You Torture Us With These Visualisations
http://67.media.tumblr.com/d002fd19144568179e04b7a8214ad543/tumblr_o6yx0lJkhc1rpgpivo1_250.gif
(credit Iggyvonzekrom)
I deem it Solar Flare
What’s this?
nice catch ….it’s look like Solgaleo signature move.
There’s something going on in the screen next to it with Lunaala… This move looks like Lunaalas animation in the trailer too
Now, first impressions:
Rowlet: this thing is actually cute. An ice beam will destroy him, but it’s design is ok.
Litten: we have too many cats and too many fire felines. This one is a bit creepy, his face in particular.
Popplio: finally a happy water starter artwork (was it so difficult GF?). It’s cute and simple, I like it. But hey, just because Greninja is the fastest water pokemon doesn’t mean we had to come back to slow water starters…
Solgaleo: yeah it looks big and strong but it’s another feline pokemon, another lion, (another fire lion probably. Two fire feline in the same generation is too much).
Lunaala: weird, but a good weird. I mean it’s majestic, really particular, I think inspired to Dracula. The crescent moons and stars on its wings are cool and the night sky on his head is so beautiful. Really good job GF.
Does anyone see a fairy aspect in Popplio? I don’t know why but I feel like his final evolution might be fairy.
No. It will be fighting
Now you wrote it, I think Imight be actually…
Actually I was just thinking about this. I agree, if azumarill can be fairy, heck this thing with it’s frills and red nose definitely qualifies. I could see it becoming a majestically elegant sea lion water/fairy.
also its character seems to be based on spectacle and showmanship as well as some playfulness, which is characteristic of fairy types, considering dazzling gleam and play rough are the two main moves
Also a water/fairy starter would be great. Only three weaknesses. It will not be fast so I think it will be a wall (great Hp/Def/Sp. Def, good Sp. Att, poor Attack and speed)
I think it’ll be offensively mixed, considering its based on a sealion. play rough will fit right in with its design and potential final evo design.
My feel is water/psycho, but water/fairy is also a possibility.
what would lunaala typing be?? (hopefuly poison but that is not happening)
Ghost definitely, based on it’s skeletal patterns. flying or fairy maybe? or ghost/poison
Ghost/Fairy would be DOPE
Moon actually has something to do with shadows…Ghost/Fairy? Could be a great combo. Only weak to Ghost and Steel with three immunities. It would be a terrific wall. It seemes to be based on Dracula, so maybe Dark or Poison? Or Water, cause moon causes floods
I was so busy studying for an exam I didn’t even remember!
The legendaries look nice, I wonder if the same face is a design choice or will play an important role in the story.
Also,the starters are pretty average. The designs remind me of Gen 5 for some reason. I’ll judge them by their final evos,but for now rowlett is the clear winner. Water and Fire starters look pretty bad..
Popplio: Can snort bubbles to use them in battle
Also Popplio: Has Water Gun instead of Bubbles as his first move
It’d be cool if he got a signature bubble move. Froakie should have gotten frubble. Who cares if Greninja already had two signature moves?
OMG THE PROFESSOR’S HAT HAS A RAINBOW ON IT!!!!
I know everyone sees the moon legendary as this menacing bat, but does anyone else think it’s quite feminine and elegant as well? I feel like it looks a lot better on the box art than in game, because it’s got a really cool face with red eyes and stars which is barely visible. If you look closely you can see in the animation it forms like a third evil eye on its forehead which is cool.
Solgaleo is like smaller than Entei, which is weird for a box art legendary, they’re usually quite big right?
But with Hoopa Unbound, Yveltal, Magearna and Diancie, it’s evident that legendary Pokemon are beginning to look very different to how dialga/ reshiram/ groudon/ Ho oh looked
They seem less ancient.
Camazotz (Mayan bat god). rf*http://www.eveandersson.com/photos/honduras/copan/museum/museum-bat-large.jpg
Yoooooo I just realized your trainer and the trainer you’re battling are on the battlefield in the background. THAT’S SO COOL. There are a lot of little details that I think Game Freak improved on and I think they did a great job so far.
General Thoughts:
Region: LOVE IT!!! I have always wanted a Hawaii based region and obviously this is now confirmed. Looks like it will be island hop style since the first island seems to only include 3 or 4 towns/cities.
Starters: Alright….. I don’t hate them but i don’t love them either. It is early of course but Rowlet looks rather strange and Litten is em…unusual? Popplio is pretty funny looking and i can definitely see a Water/Fairy typing going on which would be brilliant! I predict Grass/Flying, Fire/Dark and Water/Fairy although later evolutions will tell better.
Legendaries: Both look EPIC! Definitely going to share a typing going by the identical starry foreheads. Either Fairy or Psychic shared typing and then I would hazard a guess at Fire and Ghost. Would prefer Fire/Fairy and Ghost/Fairy as both would be new type combinations.
Characters: Too early to say much but I love how relaxed they all look. Definitely captured the Hawaiian style there. Love that customization looks to be coming back.
My Wish List:
– A Water type gym that features underwater battles (a new battle style that boosts the speed and power of water type Pokemon)…OR this could be the Champion!
– A Dark Type Gym…. seriously GF at this point it is full on discrimination! If we can have several Dark Type members of the Elite 4 then we can have a Gym! Also… Steel and Fairy both had Gyms.. IN THE GENERATION THEY DÉBUT IN!
– A Dolphin Water Type…. this is Hawaii… there must be Dolphins!
– Challenge Mode…anyone… not likely but I can dream right?
Now that we have seen some of the game…what does everyone wan’t to see?
How cool would a water/grass manatee pokemon be too?
Explain
Well Manatee’s are often described as “sea cows”, and they’re herbivores and gentle creatures. They like to graze a lot too in shallow waters. Grass seems a fitting type to me. Often when I think of manatees I think of them chomping on some seaweed
Hmmm interesting. I assume you are basing this off of the herbivore trait of a Manitee. It’s a stretch but why not… if they can make an ice cream Pokemon then a Water/Grass Manitee seems outstandingly logical 🙂
I’ve just played a Sun and Moon inspired Showdown battle: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/vgc2016-370654084
My Pyroar had a random gender 🙁
I love everything now that I’ve watched the trailers a dozen times. The graphics look like they’ve gone off of Gale of Darkness style. XY and ORAS was definitely a placeholder for SM.
:’) refresh
And so it begins
That didn’t take long
Oh god…. This is just. How… But. But. What is going…. I just don’t know what to say to this :/
Why
;’)
I knew this was coming at some point… Since it crossed my mind the first time I watched the trailer 😉
After watching the English trailer I was like Oh crap there’s the hot of Gen 7
hahahahahah People are so weird and shallow sometimes. Lol! But if it keeps the buzz up let it be.
Oh my God… fuck me, jesus.
Yessss
Da gays™ are horny
Daddy material.
I’m kinkshaming you. XD
Noice!
Come to papa
Already? You can’t help yourself, can you? But you realise that the fat guy in the yellow thing is probably the new professor, right?
We’ve determined that.
husband material
Archie took way longer to get discovered…
Noooooot for me. I was freaking out talking to one of the other mods when he sent me the picture of him. When Archie leaked I was in a museum with no Internet.
Watched the trailer a good few times and I’m very excited.
Far too tired to go into detail but what we’ve seen of the region looks amazing (and the fact that Hawaii is split into different islands is promising, hopefully not too much water)
The sprites look pretty good, I’m glad that everyone has some height to them
Starters look cute and start-ery. Grass/Flying, Fire/Dark(?) and Water/Flying or Ice? (That’s if they are dual typed). Defy gonna start with Litten as I always start with the Fire type, but my final team during the first time I play through a new region always has all the starters, so my team is half full already!
Legendaries look pretty cool (but lil bit swaying towards Sun, it looks so cool)
Hopefully Corocoro will reveal a tad bit more about the legends, characters & region
Popplio reminds me of one of those performing sea lions.
I can imagine this things final evolution being based off a clown. Especially with that red nose, and the fact that it’s descriptions talks about him performing with bubbles.
I wonder what type of gym the Pearl Harbor town will have? Flying? Steel? So eager to see all the other new pokes and leaders! ^^
I think rowlet is the the least starter-y looking pokemon. Purely because every one so far has been brightly coloured. even chespin had a green nutshell on his head, rowlet only has his bowtie.
And a green tail
So I think its probably safe to assume that the strange souvenir will have a use in this game perhaps? heres hoping anyways, would solve the mystery
I just want to stop by and say that this morning’s trailer was AMAZING! I’ve been seeing a lot of negative comments about the Starters on my Facebook fanpage that I run as well as the game overall on the cancerous Pokemon Youtube Channel and Twitter accounts. To be honest, I want to punch some of these people in the face. Lol. Sun and Moon both look really awesome! I see a major improvement in presentation since X and Y. They’re using full 3D models like they did for the ones in the cutscenes in X and Y (I hope that means all trainers, even regular ones, don’t have 2D art anymore). I just wanted to know anyone else felt the same way about today’s presentation.
I actually find it interesting how the starter town is all the way up on a mountain and you have to walk down to get to the next cities/towns.