Japanese comic Corocoro has recently uploaded a new trailer for Pokémon Sun & Moon and in it is a very brief glimpse at what appears to be a new Pokémon. The Pokémon appears to be some sort of canine/feline species (seen in the image below on the left). Could it be a new Eevee evolution early-on dog Pokémon similar to Lillipup?
Very reminiscent of Espurr being found before having been officially announced!
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Why does everyone suddenly think Rowlet will be ground type? I mean, I know the ground image comes first, but couldn’t the icons just be a random order?
Well owls do sometimes burrow to make nests
But honestly i need not work, I don’t see Rowlet changing types if they wanted it to be ground it would’ve been pure grass
I really hope this isn’t true. I also think Litten has so much potential for a secondary type, so they really better not screw this up. Also, why do people associate it with starters?
Associate what
The type images I meant.
Well the images correlated with the starters
And like any fan of Pokemon we blow every tiny bit of info way out of proportion
Very true. The problem with us compassionate fans is we hear and see so many different rumors that once Gamefreak releases the real stuff we are slightly disappointed
This time around, however, I am not dissapointed with GF, but I wish the rumors weren’t true.
Who thinks Rowlet will be ground type? Why would they change it from grass/flying to grass/ground? It’s a starter so I don’t see them changing it so drastically.
No way.. I think speculating it’s type will change is completely dumb. It’s a bird.. therefore it will definitely stay flying.. If anyone thinks it will loose grass then.. not worth my typing
I feel I am overreacting a bit about this. It is just a theory, after all, but I really love Rowlet, so I really don’t want them to ruin it. All they need to do is just go with safe owl designs, and no change, and I’ll be happy.
Empoleon is a bird.
Ugh… you had to… ugh..
No. It’s a Bird.. who Starts Flying.. that’s what I meant
Mmmmmmmhmmmm snap
????
Fletchling lost normal-type when it evolves!
Heh heh heh…
Ok, that’s not part of it I guess.
How about mega-altaria?
There is a difference between a starter losing it’s primary typing and it losing it’s secondary typing.
Exactly.. and I commented on both
Masuda did say expect suprises…
He ain’t lyin^
Masuda literally stated in one of his blogs: there will be many surprises in the upcoming games.
As long as it ain’t burst hearts and fusion
Yes, I agree completely.
Burrowing owls are a thing. Plus based off Popplio’s acrobatic abilities a fighting type is possible for it. Just going off that.
I’m familiar with the concept of what it would be, I’m just scared of what they will do to Rowlet. Another part of it is that I want Litten to have a cool secondary type. Maybe these are middle stages?
As long as they’re not overly complicated
What icons are you talking about?
The japanese site uses images with the types in japanese for the starter types. the filenames are listed as follows:
icon01->Grass
icon02->Flying
icon03->Ground
icon04->Fire
icon05->Water
icon06->Fighting
Most of the fandom seems to think this means the starters’ final typings will be Grass/Ground, Fire and Water/Fighting.
why not grass/fighting fire/ground and water/flying
apart from the obvious grass/flying, fire/ground, water/fighting. And i will of course not suggest the third option.
It’s based on the order of the types. Since Ground is between Grass and Fire, it seems to be indicating Rowlet will become a Ground type.
I hope that too.
How many new Pokemon does everyone think will be in this generation? I think 80/90 would be a good number and hopefully less then 5 legendaries
100+
As long as I get at least 6 fully evolved ground types
And that goes to every type as well
Yeah.. I kind of doubt they will ever go back to large quantities of new Pokes again.. unfortunately.
But if the new ones are very potent.. as in all good. Then I’ll be fine. Last gen was pretty good
Reese’s we had like 3 years of creative build up
Like Casc said they probably spent more time doing all the 3D graphics and Megas to give us more “new” Pokemon
Last gen had pretty good Pokemon but the problem was that there was only One Ground pokemon(Diggersby) and one bug type line(Vivillon) they need more diversity and not 65 new water types
Last gen was good in terms of the Megas, fossils, box art legendaries. But they also introduced barbacle my absolute least favourite Pokemon I hate it so much
Lol.. I admit.. and F*cking Hand for a Head!? But ugh… I try not to think about it. I don’t remember fossils though…. you mean omega alpha?
Yes. Both Tyrantrum and Aurorus were awesome IMO
Aurorus is just so beautiful. It needs a mega evolution where it grows even taller with huge sails running its whole body with a hidden ability making weaknesses resistances
I loved them both but though Aurorus was more creative. I’m hoping for more then just two fossil Pokemon this generation
Ohhh yeah
Hopefully over 100.
By the way, I like your avatar lol
Thanks. A friend photoshopped it for me lol
Unrelated to Pokemon but are you excited for the FF7 remake? I was until they said they’re making it into episodes
I just started playing a week ago, lol
It’s very good. I don’t have a PS4 so I dunno if I can get the remake, but I’m hyped nonetheless.
I don’t really mind the episodic thing too much, it depends on how it’s handled.
Hopefully at least a hundred.
I hope around 100 with lots of diversity and new type combinations/ Pokemon inspirations. Also, challenge type stereotypes. Make a physically strong ghost type, a defensive fire type etc.
I think 85/95 (although I really want 100) and then probably 10-15 megas. I included the number of legendaries as well.
I also agree with Moonlight Marble. I’d love to see maybe a speedy rock type and a slow and defensive fighting type (would be interesting).
But aerodactyl!
But conkeldurr, hairyama, and throh and kinda hitmontop!
Well said Rock-type could be the first fast special attacker with Power Gem… that works!
I’d hate to be THAT guy but wouldn’t Mega Diancie be considered as a fast Special Attacking Rock-Type? Haha xD
Er, not really. As a sweeper it is always a mixed attacker because it doesn’t learn Power Gem and thus has no good STAB Special Rock attack.
That’s true, I just hope they add a decent special Rock type move to the games
The only thing they need to do is let more Pokemon learn Power Gem. <3
Oh yeah I forgot about aerodactyl. But when I mean defensive fighting I mean way more defensive then your examples.
But those are definitely not out of the question lol good catch 😀
Aerodactyl is kinda….eh not really a Rock Rock type
But we should see a speedy special rock in the form of a…..jewel…..SH*T
Not to be THAT guy but we rocks aren’t known for our speed
I hope that in the future they make a generation that takes place millions of years ago. Imagine how amazing the Pokemon would look in prehistoric times. Wild Tyrantrum and Aerodactly 😉
That’s what I wanted this go around but it can wait.
I’d prefer this as a side game… sounds more like one of those games where you are the Pokemon.. umm dungeons!
They wouldn’t waste time making the main series less relatable I believe.
Not with Yo-Kai Watch out
It would be interesting as a dungeon game but they’d have to add a bunch of prehistoric Pokemon to a main game since they wouldn’t add new Pokemon to a side game before a main series game. Also it would be interesting to see how you would catch Pokemon back then
Hmmmm….. Maybe a spin-off but not main series. I think that Pokemon will grow with technology and not take a step back (except for remakes :D)
Ya mean like… Pokemon Primal or something…
I would like to see non-fully evolved Pokemon get another competitive advantage.. though that light send some Pokemon over the top accidentally.
Like maybe an Eviolite but for Attack..
Sort of like light ball for Pikachu.. but no so specific
I like this idea. Imagine a Scyther with an attack based Eviolite lol
It would be a cut above the rest… :p
You know what I just noticed? Johto and Kanto gyms cover every single pokemon type without any repeats EXCEPT for Dark. There was Karen, of course.
That’s interesting! I hope we get a dark gym
This is true but sadly in gsc/hgss ground type is replaced with miscellaneous
That is true..Well he has Rhydon, so let’s pretend he’s his main xP
There is not even a Dark type gym in any of the Pokémon games.
Well, duh 😛
Really hope litten becomes fire/poison. That would be so cool! Ive never used a fire starter pokemon so i hope litten makes it worth it! Its so cute!
Me too! Delphox was Fire/Psychic, a ground-breaking typing since Victini and Zen Mode Darmanitan were previously the only other Pokemon with that combination. The only way to top that is to promote an entirely new combination altogether. I’m going to choose Litten regardless, but Fire/Poison would make my decision so much sweeter.
This is the most accurate representation of the Pokemon possible. It’s almost certainly a dog with a bone collar. Very neat!
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1463202228942.png
It’s tail looks like a Pomeranian but it’s not that fluffy like one. I wonder if there’s a dog that is commonly found in hawaii
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Poi_Dog though this breed is dead. (Eyebrow raise.) Nowadays it’s a term for mixed-breed dogs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kur%C4%AB another dead breed that is associated with polynesia.
This is a slightly dead (heh) ringer for the pic:
http://i2.wp.com/www.wonderslist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Extinct-Breeds-of-Dogs-Kuri.jpg
The bone collar, and these dead breeds could imply a ghost typing
Normal/Ghost. That’d be crazy. 😀
Though the other bone thing turned out Ground. (Cubone/Marowak)
Unless GF goes out of their way to repeat themselves, I don’t think normal/ground will happen. NORMAL/GHOST I NEED THAT THING
Well GF repeated fire/fighting three times, and grass/poison is all over gen 1, I wouldn’t put it above them to try another normal/ground. 😉
Well, then I really hope they do a normal/ghost… or at least a pure ghost.
This might be a super crazy hunch but, What if the theme was a Dog burying a bone, Normal/Ground or pure Ground
Then the final is basically Marowak but doggy style
Like a powerful dog with a bone in its mouth and attacked with it
doggy style
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I mean every woord
I will like if would be like this.
When you want to stay home and play pokemon all day long but you gotta go work for 8h at H&M in the women’s department so you can’t even check guys out. u_U
You’re lucky you work at H&M. I work at KFC I got a 12 hour shift today ?
Least you got chicken
Loool yeah.
12h??? That’s a lot. I did 8h yesterday and 8h today and I’m dead. And mind you that I’m in France so I have 1H30 of break. I’ve worked in a fast-food chain before and I can tell you that I’ll never do it again, it’s horrible. I’ll pray for you (may Arceus be kind)
My boyfriend has worked at H&M at the women’s department and I just still hear him complaining about also not being able to check guys out hahaha
It’s the worst. But whenever a cute guy looks at me I immediately avoid eye contact so (I wonder why I’m still single lol). I find it cute when women flirt with me though.
I still don’t get why people think ROWLETT will lose the Flying type.
Psychic makes no sense at ALL.
Littlet should become a Black Panther or a puma and be a Dark type and SHOULD NOT BECOME BIPEDAL.
Poplio.. I don’t know how they’re make it going to look good.
I like your ideas for Litten, but I’d like to see it become poison instead of dark. I agree on the puma/panther though, especially after watching Civil War.
If it becomes a Black Panther, I’m definitely naming it T’challa :3
Litten has red stripes so I feel like it would be a tiger rather than Panther but we’ll just have to wait and see. As for Popplio any thing could happen, I realized that when Oshawott’s final was Samurott which looks drastically different from both Pre-evolutions. outside of the Seashells
Everyone knows that they experienced artist block and settled on a sea lion after a trip to the aquarium
I know and there’s nothing that says they wont get artist block again. That was what i was trying to get at
Why are you saying that Rowlet might become Psychic?
Found these cute chibi sun and moon legendaries on tumblr! I’m gonna use the solgaleo chibi as my new avatar!!!
I wonder if we’ll be receiving new Evolutions for already existing Pokemon
I sure hope so
Me and Cascoon had this idea for a Evolution to Dodrido
With the most perfect name Doquadro
I also hope so, but as you can see, there are always new evolutions in every second generation. So the chance is not high… We maybe get some in the eighth generation… But its definitely time for new ones
False
Gen 5 was clean
True, but i said every second… Four got ones and six got sylveon
Unsurprising 4Chan is being butthurt about the Data dump
And to add, Fire/Ground means lava and will eventually equal THIS
http://pre01.deviantart.net/ea0f/th/pre/f/2013/072/b/1/cindermaw_tiger__aka_the_floor_is_lava__by_meteorskies-d5xwaa8.jpg
Im 100% ok with this that looks dope
Even my youngest sibling liked the idea Fire/Ground in the form of a lava tiger
Who wouldnt it looks pretty cool, even though it would have a bunch of weaknesses i would still like it
People focus WAY too much on types (granted we do too) but I’m focusing on design appeal, it will always be powerful in our arsenal
So am I, i dont care if it has an awful type combonfor starters im just looking at design
I never really cared for starter types for advantage/disadvantage sake
I mean we’re just going to us the new op Pokemon and what we’ve always used
But hopefully we’ll get so many that we discover some gems
That first sentence makes no sense whatsoever
You don’t make sense!!! *Wacks you with a Golf Club*
No im serious that gramatically doesnt work at all
I mean we are just going to use the new op Pokemon, and what we have always used implying we will use previous pokemon
You typo’d “use” in the previous version heh heh heh. I can see how it didn’t make sense. <3
Oooooh ok
Im not im using pokemon that looks cool to me, a lot of people are
And if the cool pokemon is op so be it
Its not good to generalize
I just see a black and lava shimmering mountain tiger with flaring red fur and melted skin
Bright yellow eyes that can see through the thickest smoke, they can heat their fangs and claws to increase damage,
Oh crap I nearly forgot to add Fire Fang to my moveset for these guys
U look dope bae
No you!
Welcome back 🙂
Holy fuck!!
This is the best art I’ve seen of the starters so far:
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1463201661087.png
I’m not salty yet but I really hope Rowlet stays part flying because flying is my fav type
What if Kukui is the Alola champion?
I have some theories about kukui:
1.He is ur cousin and serves as an early guide to your adventure
2.He is prof. Hala’s assistant
3.He is the professor
4.He is the champion
5.He is part of the evil team, likely the boss or an admin
6.He is not ur cousin and that is just a way to say “man”, “dude” or “mate” in the alola region
7.He has nothing to do in the story after he sees u choose the starters and u never see him again in the game(this one’s really unlikely)
8.Gym leader
Ps: Go team litten!
You literally named every option there is haha
Haha I guess I did…except that I didn’t mention that he might be…THE LEGENDARY POKEMON! Jk lel
All but one
HE’S A ALIEN CYBORG SENT TO THE PLANET TO SEDUCE THE POPULACE
Well I’ve got a hunch that Kukui isn’t literally the protagonist’s cousin. As in not really related. “Cousin” is just something people call each other in Hawaii.
So I guess that makes #6 more plausible, I also think he isn’t ur cousin as it wouldn’t make much sense if u choose the blonde and white protagonists, which is also why I believe that the lady shown in the trailer isn’t ur mom
Well I don’t want him to be a random guy calling us cousin though. My vote is prof’s assistant, or prof as well along with Hala. Since Kukui is also a tree.
Well Grace was still your mother in XY regardless of what skin tone you chose so the same might apply here
Grace’s skintone changed depending on ur character’s, if u chose the dark skinned character she was dark skinned as well but this lady appears dark skinned while the character from the trailer is white
You are mistaken her skin never changed no matter how dark or pale the character you chose. It always stayed the default color
Never mind apparently her skin tone stays the same, idk I always thought that my grace looked darker than my friend’s grace
LITTEN!!!!!!!!!
He can be dominate over me any day.
Bare back or saddle
BB
Well we all knew that
There we goi
Something I just drew!
I should work on my Squidsona
Why can’t I draw 🙁
Practice makes perfect! I can copy sugimori artwork, maybe try that?
I have some Pokémon drawings from when I took up practice last fall, but I only had mechanical pencils and Crayola pencils. It all sucks.
I bet you have abs and muscles… something I didn’t work on because I drew and didn’t go to the gym, it’s just a tradeoff. <3
Remember Trainer PR videos in XY? Yeah, me neither
I thought of this for Popplio’s final evo Cirquedeleo
Long sleek body with long powerful flippers each with a flat finger, it has a long ruffle around its neck similar to its first form but with a pointy bit throughout it and on the long bit a pink bauble, it’s tail each fin is wide enough to support it, now for the head it retains its white muzzle and large pink nose, but now has long eye markings similar to eye paint and it has two long jester cap like horns”
Since the data hack we may see Popplio become a Fighting type, but more graceful and precise
I’m getting back into drawing later today, so I will try to draw this
I just noticed something. When Hala is giving you your Pokemon and is zooms out and pans over to show you there’s another person behind and to right (from our perspective). It almost looks like they’re wearing a white dress and a hat. I’d take a screenshot, but for whatever reason disqus doesn’t want to upload the pics. It happens at 20 seconds in the CoroCoro video. and presumably at the same scene during the English trailer too.
You mean Kukui? My Alola husband? Ain’t he fine?
Yeah. I see it too. I didn’t even catch that.
Down boy
Oh yeah I saw that on gamexplain’s trailer analysis video
https://youtu.be/cdzyhRc31oQ
In case anyone wants to see it, it is a very good analysis so I really recommend watching it
she appeared in first trailer too.
Data dumps are disappointing but knowing there is a slight possibility for Camerupt to no longer be alone is exciting. However
People need to find something better to do.
But they’re my heroine
EARTHEN NEEDZ INFO
It’s what ruined the ORAS Megas for us. It is interesting that Corocoro might not be the headquarters of big news anymore though.
And the event legends and mega lati@s
Yes those too
Are you still refereing to the type images found on the website?
Yes. If they do turn out to be legit. I’m curious about the 404 image though.
It will only make Camerupt even more worthless.
Camerupt isnt worthless! If it mega evolves, its the perfect pokemon to buff floors with!
Impossible in trick room
God damn trick room always making my floors less shiny!
You obviously have never used Mega Camerupt. I’ve won’t as many battles with it as my Mega Gyarados or Sharpedo. The only issue is keeping up Trick Room.
Alot of people underestimate certain megas though. I find mega gallade and mega manectric to br some of the best. My favorite is mega altaria though.
Gallade is good late game. Manectric is beast. I haven’t used Altaria but I love the design. Sharpedo is my favorite though. I even have the Japan only charms. :’)
altaria is one of those “good at any time” megas. It doesnt need to be trained in offense at all, so it can tank hits, dragon dance, roost off any damage, and have near perfect coverage with pixilate boosted return and earthquake. Can go special too but i havent used that.
I love using my Shiny Mega Camerupt. It’s an excellent trick room sweeper. I also hatched myself, my first and only Shiny hatch to be 6IV as well. I love it!
I will admit though, it’s not nearly one of the best megas, and it is very situational, but when the situation IS right, it’s a beast
Where is this data dump? I’d like to look into it.
It’s that image from yesterday with the typings
Could you post the image here or is it the image with the starters?
I’ll find it
Here you go
Thank you. That might become a rather large possibility then!
Have data dumps been reliable in the past for info?
Rowlet, Grass/Flying counters Chesnaught Grass/Fighting
Litten, Fire/Ground counters Delphox Fire/Psychic
Popplio, Water/Fighting counters Greninja Water/Dark
Aww i hope its not ground. I mean id be happy if its anything but pure fire or fire/fighting but i was really hoping for fire/poison
I like you. Make a real account
This is Celest. I’m just too lazy to log on on my tablet… ???
Lazylazylazylazy
I’m not lazy for Kukui tho… ;P
I’m not lazy for Kukui tho… ;P
Never be lazy for Kukui
That’s a neat theory. I don’t know about Litten. I believe Litten will become a Fire/Dark Type. Also, Popplio isn’t showing signs of being Water/Fighting. Yet, who knows? Anything is possible!
It already has shown signs of Water/Fighting. It’s acrobatic. We know from Mienshao that it will be Fighting.
Ooooh mienshao! One of my favorite pokemon! I think it would be better to say “could be fighting”
IT WILL BE FIGHTING ??
Let them fight!
I just thought it was acrobatic due to it being based on a circus seal, since it’s able to do flips and such.
This brings back memories of when everyone thought Greninja would be Water/Flying.
lol wut? Everyone thought Greninja was either Water/Dark or Water/Fighting, because of the Ninja motif.
Oh, sorry, I meant Froakie because of the frubbles and the legend of the flying frog.
It’s because of Acrobatics. Little did we know it would be Water/Everyfuckingtypeweknow
Isn’t Mienshao based off a certain fighting style though?
Yes but it’s still acrobatic
Hmmm… I would say Fire/Dark for Litten and Water/Fairy for Popplio. All still counter gen6 starters
So, what if they’re going to make Mega forms for Kalos starters, and “Ash Greninja” is Mega Greninja…
If ash greninja has to be a thing, ud prefer it to be a mega rather than some dumb fusion mechanic
As I said before, the new games’ campaign hasn’t been focused on mega-evolution… at all so this might point to a more traditional route for GameFreak. Not many like my theory about Ash-Greninja being the NATURAL form of mega-evolution that human and Pokemon can reach together but for the Kalos and 6th generation dimension, this process was quickened and flawed by the mega-stones and rings. Who knows, this generation just keeps getting better and better.
Hopefully they go more natural route and pull a Gen 4
I would prefer them to pull a gen 5
Gen 5 is nice but I’d like some regular evolutions instead of megas like in Gen 4
I don’t want fusion evolution at all. I think it’s a lame idea, but there has to be a reason Ash Greninja is a thing. It can’t just be for the anime… Although hopefully I’m wrong and it is…
It’s not fusion in the literal sense but rather the trainer and Pokemon’s mind and heart which I think is actually much more appealing than Mega-evolution which I still LOVE.
Yeah. I didn’t mean in the literal sense. It’s not White Kyurem and Black Kyurem ? But… If it is going back to Unova, where fusion was introduced… Could those “stones” in the Pokemon Sun and Moon names be that… Fusion stones… Like, what if the legends “fuse” creating an eclipse… Totally just going off the cuff here and I hope “fusion” isn’t a thing… But?
I cant wait to start planning an pokemon moon story mode team! I remember my x version team!
Chesnaught
Vivillon
Arorous
Dragalge
Aromatisse
Aegislash
Post yours below!
Delphox
Talonflame
Aegislash
Noivern
Sylveon
Heliolisk
Cool, you opted to go with only new pokemon like i do!
I despise using old Pokemon in new games until I finish the games; that has been my philosophy since Platinum! By the way, you’re one of the few Purugly fans I’ve seen! <3
Yepp thats exactly how i am too. And yes i love purugly! Underestimated pokemon for sure. Its also why normal is my favorite type, no one likes it and doesnt realize how great it is.
Nice using two Dragales!!
Chesnaught, Talonflame (The real fire type starter of Kalos) Gourgeist, Heliolisk, Clawitzer, Goodra, ,
Dammit you saw that before i edited it haha
Oh God I don’t remember my X team aside from Delphox.
When I get my New 3DS XL back after being grounded, I plan to replay Y. Here is my teams:
Y: Chesnaught, Gyarados, Aegislash, Gardevoir, Talonflame, Garchomp
Love it! And dont get grounded and have your pokemon taken away lol.
I do the Grounding round these parts
Greninja
Heliolisk (it sucked ass)
Talonflame
Aurorus
Meowstic
Florges
Aww thats a shame about heliolisk. Tell me, what was so bad about it?
Its typing is horrible, Its movepool is horrible, its abilities are horrible, and its design is unfinished. I now hate Heliolisk. The only redeeming quality is its awesome name.
The Helioptile line is one of my favorite lines from generation 6. However, the line feels incomplete… adding a third evolution and making it the pseudo-legendary would have been better. A giant frilled lizard/raptor Electric type Pokemon would have been awesome.
Yeah I hate how the design feels unfinished.
You had a bad time with Heliolisk? I remember using it and it’s Special Attack stat was outstandingly helpful.
Mine was god awful. It fainted so often.
Delphox
Talonflame
Venusaur
Sylveon
Clawitzer
Aurorus
My X team:
Dragalge (traded over)
Talonflame
Blastoise (Mega)
Aegislash
Krookodile
Aurorus
No Starter for me, not a fan of them.
Chesnaught
Diggersby
Pangoro
Tyrantrum
Barbaracle
Avalugg
Y team
Greninja
Charizard
Gallade
Lucario
Tyrantrum
Trevenant/Snorlax before Winding Woods
AS team
Beldum-Metagross (the event one)
Bagon-Salamence (traded one in at the start to give my PC a little personnality)
All 3 starters
Armaldo
Chesnaught
Blaziken (Event)
Blastoise (Mega)
Jolteon
Sylveon
Tyranitar
One of the best reasons as to why I love generation 4 so immensely is due to how old Pokemon received evolutions and pre-evolutions and they added so much to the Pokemon lore and world. To me, X and Y felt a little disconnected from the Pokemon world and didn’t add a lot to the pre-existing lore of Pokemon. I hope generation 7 fixes that.