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 showed this to my cousin (who’s also into Pokemon) and he hated everything about these new Pokemon. I gave 3 hours and he still hates them, even the legendaries. I also didn’t immediately feel like the starters were Pokemon, but now I actually like them and they grew on me. I wonder why my cousin doesn’t think they’re worthy of being Pokemon, even though he’s tried to like them XD
Yeah, my friend isn’t really into them. He likes Litten and he likes Rowlett, but he’s not excited about them. He does like the Moon legend though. I prefer the Sun legend…
Well my cousin doesn’t like any of them XD I find them quite likeable now, but I give it a week.
He’s not a real fan then hahaha. Just kidding. I honestly think this gen will potentially be my favorite. It looks to have everything I’ve wanted form Pokemon since we got onto the 3ds. Being able to see character models that AREN’T chibi is a huge relief. I didn’t mind that much, but being able to play a character that has the correct proportions (more or less) feels better to me. Ont he front of the Pokemon the only one I don’t particularly like is the Sun legendary. I just can’t get around the way its body looks. Either way I love the starters and the Moon legendary Pokemon!!!
Don’t get me wrong, he thought the game looked amazing, but he hated the pokemon designs. He was raving on how good this game will be but he said that if the pokemon are all like this then that’ll definitely be a big flaw. But I kind of like it like this XD whatevs it is his opinion
Can we just take minute really wuick to appreciate how close Devianart poster Zerudez and his team were to the actual box art legendaries? (at least in general structure anyway lol)
Guys spam dank Rowlet memes here: I NEED MORE ROWLET MEMESSSS!!!!
There’s the one about smoking a blunt…
I WANT ALL OF EM lol
How do you smoke a blunt?
Rowlet and Litten.
(Don’t smoke, kids.)
(got it from ShinyXatu)
LOL I NEED MOOOOREEE
jk I’m not a meme psychopath.
I bet someone out there drew Russian Rowlet…
YASSSS
I’m honestly very proud of that one.
It had me rolling!
Last one I promise.
https://twitter.com/ATURN_sendai/status/730010331997609984/photo/1
THANK YOU FOR THIS
An awesome type trio would be:
Grass/Flying
Fire/Electric
Water/Ground
Don’t see it happening tho
I predict grass flying, fire poison or fire pure and water pure or water fairy
You know you want one…
https://66.media.tumblr.com/711d16cf91eef068af3536c48d7d2721/tumblr_o6zdgiIq8m1qhdr16o1_500.jpg
Dayum they quick
XD
GameXplain’s analysis video. It’s 23 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdzyhRc31oQ
I honestly love the whole video and DANG they get into detail.
Okay, I hope there is two rivals (that one guy and then the female or male counterpart depending on who you pick). Then all starters will be featured in the game. I feel bad when one is left out…
I credit GameXplain for this. One of the most interesting design explanations for the starters: the weird cross on Litten’s head has a purpose. Those lines, including the eyes, show the alchemy symbol for sulfur. Compounds of sulfur are often poisonous. Fire/Poison confirmed? Please?
http://symboldictionary.net/library/graphics/symbols/sulfur.jpg
Earthquake tho RIP
Litten better be fast lol
u don’t need even Earthquake Mud-Slap more than enough.
Y many ppl Fire/Poison ….it’s really bad compo ,by the way if read about alchemy u will know is also soul symbol that’s make it wat ghost type.
For one thing, it’s a brand new type combination. I support that completely. Also, imagine having both Toxic and Flamethrower in your moveset. Forget about the quad-weakness 😛
Charizard can have toxic though ….I like poison type alone.
With the day nearly at a close, I’d like to share a few thoughts on the news today since I haven’t gotten a chance. I may embrace some unpopular opinions, which I understand, so let’s keep our responses tolerant.
– At first, I wasn’t too fond of these starters. Staring at them for a good five minutes allowed me to embrace their simplistic, yet effective designs.
– Rufflet is by far my favorite of the starters. It’s super cute, and I love the chibi owl-like design. Will definitely be the first starter I pick up, at least until the remaining evolutions are revealed.
– Litten is different, and I think that color scheme still has a bit to grow on me. It definitely sticks out as a Fire-type starter. Probably my least favorite, though. I’ve always picked the Fire starter, but this Generation, things may have to change.
– Popplio, strange name. Nonetheless, it’s an interesting-looking Pokemon, but something about it seems off. It’s interesting to see how it will evolve from there.
– The Alola region, or whatever we’ve seen of it, is definitely small. Not fond of the name whatsoever, but I like it so far based on what we’ve seen. Very Hawaii-like, and that’s different from what we’ve seen before. Am I hoping there is more to the region? Absolutely, there’s no way we’ve seen the full map (unless we go into space or something, I don’t know). Honestly, I’m not really hoping we go back to Kalos unles it’s a postgame thing, and I’m excited to see exactly how much we’re working with.
– CUSTOMIZATION! It’s safe to say that there are some options at this point. I highly doubt it’s a Kalos-only thing, and the only reason it was excluded from ORAS was for nostalgic purposes. Let’s hope it takes on the extent that XY did.
– The rival and potential professor–I like them both. Clothes are very Hawaii-like, and they just seem fitting with the landscape we’ve seen.
– Protagonists? Can’t really comment much on them. They don’t look much different from Calem and Serena, at least in terms of their facial appearance. Hopefully their full outfits match the region’s theme a little better.
– Ah, the legendaries. Honestly, I wasn’t too fond of Solgaleo’s predominant white coloring, but it does set it apart from Pokemon like Pyroar. Lunaala looks REALLY cool, and I absolutely love its appearance. I think this is the first pair of games where I really love both legendaries. They’re unique and distinct, unlike anything we’ve seen before. Will I have to purchase both versions…most likely.
– In terms of the graphics, they look nice, but the region isn’t nearly as vibrant as Hoenn. It seems very washed away and bland, in my opinion, but that’s a judgement from just a few seconds of footage. I’m not too fond of what we’ve seen so far, since everything looks the same. I couldn’t make out anything unique except for the clearly industrialized areas in the midst of the tropical region. I am optimistic, however, that the region will come to life the more we see it.
– My biggest fear is that what we saw of the region is all we get. While I don’t think that’s likely, if every island is that size, we’ll be doing a hell of a lot of traveling this Generation. I think it’s safe to say that the island we saw has no additional boundaries outside of it, and is separate from the others. We’re definitely starting on this island, maybe for a gym or two, because there’s no way an entire league is set in that small space. I don’t know how GF approached the multiple-island situation. Are there five or ten different islands, or is this just the sister island to something much more massive? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
At this point, there’s a little over 6 months until the release of the game! I’m liking the little bit of information we have so far, and I hope that continues for as long as possible. I would really like to be more surprised with these two games, so I’ll try to stay away from major spoilers in the weeks before launch. Let me know how you feel about the topics I’ve covered, even if your thoughts are contrary to mine. It feels good to get excited about a game again. The wait begins.
Rufflet
I’ve had a long day.
I just have a personal meme, which is a unique way of pronouncing that Pokemon’s name… Raff-liiit!
Your opinion sucks, I have revoked your opinion privileges.
<3
We need to skype sometime soon hoe, I’ve got a lot of stuff to update you on lmao
True lmao
Taking exams next week and then we’ll be gucci
Well if it’s based on Hawaii, which is an island chain, of course there will be at least 4 more islands.
Hello Dicie, I thought about you today. I’m glad you’re here 🙂 When I first saw the starters at 5AM this morning I felt this odd mix of disappointment and relief. I did not like the designs for any of them…at all. But now, that has completely changed. I love all three of them, with Litten being my favorite of the bunch. I’m excited for the Alola region mainly because we are returning to a tropical region. In my life we’ve finally come full circle, since Hoenn was my very first experience of the Pokemon world. I’m also excited about the possibility of a chill Hawaiian soundtrack!
Yo do you remember when I said this morning when I said that the Pokemon looked like booty? Haha, yeah I take that back now, I like all of them, but still tryna get used to Lunala, that one may take a while.
Yeah, these starters were very unique in terms of their initial reaction. They went from universally hated to universally loved within three minutes, I swear. This may be my favorite starter trio yet, and I know how large of a statement that is. The only thing that hasn’t tickled my fancy is Solgaleo’s design. It looks like a clay sculpture that hasn’t been painted yet. I’m sure new art will completely change my opinion.
Yeah I can’t go that far until I see the full evolutionary lines haha. But if we’re comparing them in their base forms like they are now, I’d say Gen 2 > Gen 1 > Gen 7 > Gen 5 > Gen 4 > Gen 3 > Gen 6
Thank you for putting Gen 6 at the very end. That’s all it deserves.
I gotchu fam 😉 They were kinda ass haha
LOVE ME
http://img01.deviantart.net/edb1/i/2013/274/0/e/chespin_discovers_the_internet_by_kol98-d6ow5ro.png
Knock-off grass version of Oshawott is what that thing is haha
Burn it before it evolves and becomes uglier
They’re definitely my favorite starters since Sinnoh
Yep, I take it back. They’re tied with Sinnoh for me. Nothing can ever beat them, only match them.
We’ll have to see if these final evos can top those ones!
Honestly, this is my list (from worst to best): Gen 6, Gen 2, Gen 5, Gen 7, Gen 3, Gen 4, Gen 1
I’d have the say the same, except switch gen 2 and 5 maybe..maybe.
I’d say my list is
Gen 4 > Gen 1 > Gen 5 > Gen 7 > Gen 3 > Gen 2 > Gen 6
Sinnoh starters are why Sinnoh’s is my favourite region. Ghe final evos had such depth
Regarding the legends they have done white ones before but they run the gauntlet from Fire (Reshiram) and Water (Palkia).
Well after two generations of nothing but box dragons, at least we’re back to variety starting with Gen 6.
For the islands, I can see it being like the southern Hoenn water routes the way we do island hopping. I think it’s gonna be fun as long as Repel is involved… yikes!
My money is on 4+ islands. Smaller islands like mirage islands might be back, but I think it’ll be a tide-based mechanic (time of day/week) when they’ll appear.
I’m also guessing there’s a cable car or ferry between two closer islands so it’s not just all surfing and we can sit back and enjoy the ride. (Or at least get a special cutscene the first time the ride is taken.)
I gotta say, I woke up this morning, watched the trailer in bed while I was half asleep and thought, these games are going to be TERRIBLE. I hated the starters, the legends were alright, and I found the region to be all tropical and no diversity. Plus we just visited a tropical region.
However, as soon as I watched it a few more times I began to like the Pokemon more and more and now I actually love all the starters, the legends are AMAZING (especially Solgaleo), but I still worry the region might not be diverse…. BUT THESE GAMES ARE HYPE
Late night thoughts:
1) I’m assuming dive will return. There will likely be a crap ton of water routes (*cough* 7.8 *cough*) so this seems a given
2) I hope the islands are each unique. I said earlier it would be cool if they each were a different Biome, but I doubt it.
3) I have confidence the regional bird will be pure flying type and that there will be a dark gym.
4) I don’t think Soaring, Dexnav, or challenge mode will return. Gamefreak almost always keeps the best features as exclusives for some incredibly asinine reason.
Definitely vouching for your number two reason. If we get five islands that all look the same, I will dread playing this game. At least we know that the industrial side of things will have some diversity–GF is good at making really pretty, diverse cities. But I am hoping for some landscape changes at the very least.
And my wish list since XY: Gym Leader rematches, E4 rematches, an actual postgane, Challenge Mode, etc.
My wishlist:
DIFFICULTY
DIVERSITY
DARK GYM
lol 3 D’s
On a 3DS.
LOL, I didn’t realize that XD
No Gym Leader rematches really kills ORAS for me. Almost everything else is perfect about that game except that and something else I was about to say but just forgot.
The diversity of the region has me worried too. I used to live in a semi-tropical environment (just Florida) and honestly it got really boring. Everything looks the same all year. It sucked
I live in Florida XD but yah we have no seasons here. It’s hot, boiling hot, hot, slightly cool
I grew up in Ohio (back here now too) and so I missed having Autumn and Winter. Florida is nice, but I can only take so much of it at this point. I also hate the beach so..
OMG SAME. But I love the pool so that’s good 🙂
Sand gets everywhere. Yuck
Freak. Iove Cincinnati though. So laid back.
That’s where I liveeeee
Mmmmmmm me gusta
It’s not bad here. I’m content
I can make you even more content
Noooo
I love Florida :’)
Same
So do I. Besides the weather in the summer, I love living here. Plus I get to swim in the winter 😛
I want to live there someday, school programs permitting.
I can agree with you there. Even the winter times have hot days.
Kinda wanna shave my beard and go back to having a goatee now that it’s back in. But I won’t.
I just want to grow a beard. I’ve been stuck with this ultra-thin cheek layer, random black chin hairs and ‘stache for like 2 years. :/ I guess my time isn’t here yet.
Mine started out blonde my senior year of high school and it didn’t thicken up until sophomore / junior year of college. It’s not how I want it but I’m stuck with it…
My mother calls me a Jihadi because of my beard lol.
LOL
Would you like to share your photo? I want to feel you.
Wha
I mean I want to see you. Damn autocorrect.
Not everyone can grow a beard either. I am 20 and cannot. Less maintenance, so I am happy
True, I know lots of people who can’t grow anywhere near close to what I can. I guess the fact that I can grow a “thin” layer at 17 implies bigger things to come? I mean, the hairs are there.
Yeah, you’re probs set.
Trust me, you don’t want a beard because once you grow one, Basti’s just going to start hitting on you non-stop.
Hey, I take that as a compliment 😛
People hitting on me scares me
I wish more girls would hit on me.
Same
I haven’t had a girl hit on me in a while. Two creepy guys at my work within the past few months. No thanks…I secretly feel my gay friend also likes me but I’m pretty naive and he also does have a boyfran
Hey smoothie
I’m fluffy kinda :3
Yeah I can tell. You always talk about beards lol
Beards are sexy as fuck
Litten fair-poison type!!!……if this nightmare come true that’s mean we have another type trio ,so Rowlet fling type is tricky and it will have psychic type in next stage ,popplio will become water-fairy.
How is flying-poison-fairy a trio? I’m fairly certain Flying is neutral to both fairy and poison.
I said it’s tricky and it’s type will change to psychic …..it just nightmare bro.
Would Flying-Poison-Fighting work?
Nope. Flying isn’t SE on poison, which isn’t SE on fighting.
Flying-Fighting-Rock works, and iirc Flying-Fighting-Ice as well
I don’t see fire/poison happening unless it’s a manticore. Still sticking with Flying, Fighting, and Dark or Rock
rock also bad though …..character shouldn’t be ruin by that.
Well if it evolves into a Sabertooth I think it’d fit. I’m very interested in how these starters come out.
I prefer more agile and keep his sneaky look ….. Sabertooth is not logical idea as a starter though.
It’s a cat
I mean Sabertooth should be like an ancient fossil pkmn it’s not fit to be a starter, just think about one more time it’s very hard to poison and even harder to be rock
We’ll see. I’m not too worried about it.
Also, Raikou is already a sabertooth, right?
Cheetah? Less Attack, more Speed and Sp.Attack
Rowlet’s bio says it sneaks up to it’s opponents and kicks them with strong feet… could be Grass/Fighting again…
I remember I was see clown sea lion fakemon here……right? or it’s my Imagination.
no need I remember it. http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1462940239240.jpg
Wow that’s really darn close
They must hv seen the blueprints or something
Wow…. even right down to the white long nose with pink ball tip …… That’s almost uncannily similar ……?
How old is this?
To be fair, ever since ‘Nybabbi, Ashimari and Mokuroh’ leaked as trademark names people have been doing fanart. Therefore there’s actually been a large amount of fire kitten/water sea lion/grass owl fakes floating about lately. Eventually one of them was gonna look similar to what we got.
So this made me happy today. I played this back when I was young and innocent. One of my favorite games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRrD2HdP-LQ
So I’m really getting a super friendly vibe from the “rival” in the trailer. But somehow I feel like this is a good thing, because if we are moving to Alola then it’d be cool to have your “rival” show you around. And then HOPEFULLY the other rival (the opposite gender) is super competitive and is actually really good too.
The rival also looks like the love child of Grant and Marlon
Hey that sounds like wait… what?
Lol it basically looks like both of them ?
Silver was the perfect Rival. I’d like another like him. Or even better. One that starts out friendly and then gets stronger and starts discovering power and becomes obsessed with it
Ooooh. I like that. But I also want another Rival to be a complete opposite of that. Starting off over- confident and then being discouraged by the rival you’re talking about.
That’s the XY rival already, right? Except replace “other rival” with “your character”.
agree I want to beat someone like this asshole.
Silver was good. I like Barry too. He was annoyingly hyper but you know deep down he was a good friend. I wish the girl rivals (sorry, I know they could be boys depending on the gender you choose) like Lyra and Dawn had been battle-able.
Silver was an a**hole. We need more a**hole rivals.
Wow. The sun and moon trailer has more views than the X and Y announcement trailer. That’s craziness right there.
3 Million!!! OMG
18 hours have passed since the trailer was released and I am still in love! So amazing, the graphic is just brilliant not to mention the starters I love them. The first reaction was really meh for me but it turned around! Love all 3 of them.
Does anybody have an idea, what this Gigareki trademark might mean? I hope its connected to the Ash-Greninja transformation.
Now that I have seen the legendaries, I’m going for Sun.
Exeledus is here!
Im going to guess the starter types! Feel free to add your 2 cents!
Rowlet: Grass/flying (and will stay grass/flying)
Litten: Fire/Dark seems most likely. Id also guess either electric (using static from friction to ignite its fur), poison (the flammable resin on its fur could be toxic), or ghost (schrodinger’s cat expirament?)
Popplio: pure water seems most likely unfortunately. But if it did, i’d guess psychic or fairy, to add a mystical element to its circus tricks, maybe rock, as it likes round objects and rocks could be used in combat. Maybe even turn its acrobatics into hand to hand, becoming part fighting.
The starter types are on the english website. Rowlet is grass/flying, the other two are pure types. However your ideas could very well come true when they evolve. I can see Litten turning fire/dark easily 🙂
Has Corocoro leaked already and the information was the same and so there’s no new article about it? Or… :/
No Corocoro hasn’t leaked yet it’s probably gunna be the same information as yesterday’s reveal.
Corocoro could officially reveal legendary names. But we already know what they are, or can guess…
Is anyone else #team-I-don’t-know-which-version-to-get-because-both-legendaries-look-freakin-awesome? Have to wait for version exclusive info…
Easy solution to that
I’m in the same boat I’m leaning slowly towards Sun. Before the legendaries were revealed I was gunna get Moon.
Waiting for the version exclusives
Just get both versions.
I am already decided with Moon.
But I can understand the problem, particularly for those on a tight budget, or kids who have to get their allowance/free games from their parents.
For sun and moon I just want
-Good Story
-Good post game
-Actual Difficulty.
Amen to that! X/Y lacked all of that it was too easy, story line was pathetic and no post game.
I love everything I see, with one exception: the size of the region. Yes, the graphics do seem better and to achieve that look, they probably had to downsize the size of the region to effectively pull it off BUT if your gonna spend some time to put a new region together, why make it so small? It aldo lends itself the fewer new pokémon due to the size of the region. I just hope that it is like the Orange Islands where this island isnt the only one. Another thought might be that they made it so small because we would SOMEHOW get to travel back to Kalos. If that is the case, then im fine with that. Otherwise, im SUPER STOKED!!!!!!!!! Probably gonna get both!!!! 🙂
It’s just one island. If you look you can see two pokecenters. There will be a lot more islands. Just like Hawaii
I’m pretty sure Alola is based on Hawaii. Alola kind of sounds like Aloha you know…
Size of region has nothing do with performance. The size only matters for the data on the cartridge, but they can increase model complexity with the same horsepower with only slightly increasing the data needed.