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
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http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/popplio-large.png
It can blow bubbles with its snout strong enough to hold itself up
It also displays a degree of showmanship
Poppilo is too cool.
Rowlet: “Ummm someone, please send help?!?!?”
Also I get a Yuya Sakaki (Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V main character) from Poppilo on the last pic, which makes it 10x more awesome!
So after seeing all the starters attack pictures on the new site, I’m starting to really love all of them
Litten>Fennekin
Rowlet>Chespin
Popplio=Froakie
Overall, I think these are one of our better sets of starters design-wise.
I agree. They have great designs and I think it’s because they are a little bit different from what we’re use to.
Completely agree. Both the Kalos and Alola starter designs are sooo much better than the Unova’s, who make me cringe every single time I see them.
Yeah seriously. Even til this day
Lunaala uses oblivion wing.2. Also look, they’re in some temple or something and when lunaala comes everything is blocked out.
Someone pointed out that character customization may return bc in a screen shot the male MC is wearing a white black shirt, and the next he is wearing a white blue shirt. GameXplain get on this NOW BOYS!
https://youtu.be/2r0_F-_ClcQ
It is confirmed in the Japanese trailer
LOVE IT and I like how the models look similar to the XY ones, making my only work needing to be done are the eye color (my main OC has brown eyes with the basic look like me haha)
Watch the Japanese trailer. It’s for sure in. Andre and Derrek won’t have to work too hard to figure that one out 😛
Popplio knows water gun right away? That is new one!
Well the XY starters all know a STAB move to start with already…
ohhh yeah it was just bubble for Froakie. Forgot that. Thx.
No prob. They’re about the same power tho? Forgot what bubble’s BP is compared to water gun.
Yep.
I don’t post on here much but I gotta share my 2 cents right now..
I love the starters. All three of them – especially Rowlet 🙂 That 4x Ice weakness is unfortunate, but I suppose lots of Pokémon have that. As for the comments about a them looking “fan made”…maybe that’s just because fans have become really good at emulating what a real Pokémon looks like? So yeah, of course they look “fan made”
Not liking the legendaries a whole lot. The lion looks like a combination of Pyroar and Entei. The moon bat thing is weird…but it might grow on me. I’m not instantly in love with them as I was for Xerneas & Yveltal.
Also, does anybody else notice how small the Alola region looks?? How are they gonna fit 8 gyms/E4 in it? It does look pretty, though. Overall, I can’t wait!
Another slow water starter, cute thank god, but slow…
New move “Leafage” hmmm
I am such a Litten fa it’s not even funny!!! lol
Just like that, we have the information we’ve been waiting for. I’m still not fully processing this since it’s 5:30AM, but this should revitalize things around here. 😀
So does this mean litten follows the Chinese zodiac??????
it could potentially turn into a tiger maybe lol
Obviously
Oh really
Litten reminds me of a Yo-kai haha
Grass/Flying (obv)
Fire/Dark
Water/Fairy or pure Water
I could see the grass one becoming grass/ice though…
As much as I’d love that, I don’t see it happening
It’s already a flying type though, that seems unlikely.
types can change u know while evolving, as seen in history
Very unlikely
Never a starter though.
so , some innovation can happen aswell from gen to gen right
Ughhhhh please no fairy
What secondary typing do you predict?
Anything but Fairy
Totally going to go with water fighting , grass flying or grass psychic, and then fire dark. Double weaknesses against eachother.
I don’t think they’ll repeat those three typings after XY.
I’m extremely optimistic about the final designs of these starters, MUCH more so than the Kalos starters. Especially Litten.
Kalos starters were the worst starters imo
Highly agree.
Froakie is the only redeeming factor.
I feel like Froakie had such high potential. When they showed us Greninja, I was let down and I still haven’t recovered from that.
Greninja is horribly designed. Delphox has a great concept but it’s design is lacking.
But as the far as Chestnaughts overall design, they totally nailed it!
Delphox is the biggest letdown ever.
Unova starters say hi
No I think Serperior and Samurott are awesome looking
Love Serperior, hate Samurott. Not only as a design, but the full evolotionary line. I absolutely despise Oshawott lol
Dude are you serious? Serperior is an extremely uninspired snake – nothing else to it. No arms. No second type. Just a large snake.
Samurott is a unicorn seashell wearing sea lion dog mutation that completely diverges from its previous two forms. Horrendous.
My opinion. I don’t like Typhlosion or Greninja so I guess my opinion regarding the starters differs a lot from other people.
I just hope Litten stays on all fours.
I’m thinking Alola might be linked to Hoenn. Both regions have a tropical vibe and have their own volcano.
Also, did anyone noticed how the rival in the trailer looked a lot like Sawyer from the anime?
They wouldn’t let us go back to Hoenn though so I’m assuming Alola is located south of Kalos. It looks like the region is small (there will be probably more islands but it does feel small) so they’ll most likely let us explore South Kalos
I’m not saying we’re going back to Hoenn, but from what I could tell of the footage, the region looks similar to Hoenn. Maybe they were one region back in the days, but the Alola legendary’s seperated the land and created a new region.
Hopefully we’ll get some diverse landscape. Imagine how caves are gonna look like now?
I love the fact that the legendries have the symbols incorporated too! I think they did a good job and I am starting to like all the starters they are not that bad.
People just need to give it time the designs will grow on them. In the past 30 minutes the designs have grown on me immensely
“Rowlet can attack without making a sound! It flies silently through the skies, drawing near to its opponent without being noticed, and then lashing out with powerful kicks. It can also attack from a distance using the razor-sharp leaves that form part of its feathers.”
“Its visual abilities are impressive. The darkness of night is no obstacle to Rowlet! It can twist its neck nearly 180° from front to back so it can see directly behind itself. It has a habit of turning its head in battle to face its Trainer and receive instructions.”
I LOVE ROWLET SO FREAKING MUCH. I”M GONNA DIE.
Link
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pokemon 🙂
Its on pokemon Sun and Moon official site
That avatar though. It didn’t take long. It’s a toss up between fire and water for me…..again. I never choose the grass starter.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I can’t think of Rowlet’s name origin. I know that it is an owlet, but what is with the “r”?
have to wait 5 days longer here in Europe 🙁 hopefully some shops will break the street day
I’m from Europe too. Its a proper (slightly belated) birthday gift for me though!
Popplio’s swimming speed is known to exceed 25 mph. It’s better at moving in the water than on land. Still, when it’s on land, it takes advantage of the elasticity of its balloons to perform acrobatic stunts and jumps.
Popplio can snort out balloons made of water! Watch it spin water balloons into a playful battle strategy!
Both frivolous and hard-working, Popplio can easily get carried away—unleashing enough power in battle to make quite a spectacle! But Popplio’s determined spirit means it can usually be found practicing hard on its balloon skills.
The Water Gun move attacks an opponent by firing a jet of water. Popplio knows this move from the moment it becomes your partner!
Water/Fighting type maybe? Would give Rowlet a fighting chance against it’s opponent.
I’m totally set. I knew the trainer cam during battles was not just for show.
http://i.imgur.com/Q502A6x.jpg
What do you mean “trainer cam”?
You know how the camera pans during battle when you take a long time to select a move? You can see the trainer during this. This is beyond cool.
New region 8/10 too much water.
Serebii says that Rowlet has a new move called “Leafage” that strikes an opponent with leaves. Any thoughts?
It’s on the Pokemon website
Logical but also passionate, Litten always remains coolheaded and doesn’t show its emotions on the surface.
Litten can attack with flaming hairballs! Its fur is rich in oils and immensely flammable. Litten grooms itself by licking its fur, and then uses the collected fur as fuel for fireball attacks!
When the time comes for Litten to shed its old fur, it all burns up in a glorious blaze.
The move Ember attacks an opponent by firing a small flame at it. Litten knows this move from the moment it becomes your partner!
FLAMING HAIRBALLS?
Calling, we get a move based on Flaming Hair Balls of Death XD
So you’re going with Litten?