Pokénchi — May 15: FINISHED!

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611 thoughts on “Pokénchi — May 15: FINISHED!”

  1. Litten –> Fire/Ground lava tiger/cat which is a defensive physical attacker
    Popplio –> Water/Fighting an acrobatic/clown-ish sea lion which is a fast physical attacker
    Rowlet –> Grass/Flying an intelligent and scribe-like owl which is a fast mixed attacker

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  2. Pokemon Black and White possessed some of the greatest and most emotionally driven themes/songs of all time. The story, the depth, the characters, I fell in love with them so much. Black and White, to date, is still the longest Pokemon game I’ve played. I cannot wait for my Gen IV and Gen V remakes! 😀

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYWzuqNRfE

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  3. What if the supposed Grass/Ground Rowlet evolution is based on the stilt-owl which is an extinct species of owl that were able to fly but preferred stalking and killing prey on land?

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  4. About those “leaked” secondary typings: why the fuck would GameFreak be thick enough to program those icons on the site where the starters are. Do people actually believe GF is that stupid? I don’t. Things can go anywhere from now in my opinion.

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    • GF has been pretty stupid lately TBH. Dont forget they trade marked sun and moon WITH LOGOS a day before the announcement

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          • I don’t know how everything goes when you want to trademark names, but it doesn’t have to be a mistake on GF’s end. I just don’t believe they programmed those icons there, because they don’t have to at this point.

          • Trademarks are kinda challenging, I think if I heard correctly. You kinda have to do them in advance or else someone might take it. I think they were being safe.

          • I think that’s why, for the starter/legend trademarks, they tried to do them through a lawyer so no one would notice them and it would be kept secret until they were released. I think it’s us really because we go searching for any info from anywhere. It’s only natural of course, but it causes problems like this, where we have no surprises.

    • Because they’re going to use those icons eventually
      They ARE going to be used and since they were found with the Starters it’s pretty much concrete

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      • Yeah but why program them now? There is no need to. I just refuse to believe they are that stupid. I am not believing anything until it comes from an official source.

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          • No, but I know that you can program a site whenever you’d like. Unlike a game, where it is normal that hackers can find hidden content, because you can’t change a game afterwards.

          • Gamefreak doesnt seem to know its audience if they think people wont go digging in the files. Have they not learned from every time since D/P the secret mythical has been hacked and shown to the world?

          • Well what do you expect them to do? Its not their fault their game is being defiled. If you want to blame anyone blame the people

          • Exactly. Plus there’s only so much you can do to prevent that kind of stuff. I don’t know too much about programming (my older brother does though) but I can’t imagine hiding your code from people trying to go through it is easy to do.

          • I can forgive them for gens 1-5 but by gen 6 they had updates. Keeping the data for Diancie, Hoopa and Volcania out of the game until announcement would be very easy to do. Release the game, spend some time to make builds with those pokemon in them, wait to update.

    • I’m still on Team Fire/Poison even with this. I’m not putting too much into it for now.
      I need more evidence (like future moves/2nd evo) before I can say for sure.

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    • Game Freak doesn’t have as much control over the websites as you apparently think they do. That’s TPCI. And sure why couldn’t they put those icons in there? Sure they should expect the sites to be scrutinized, but people looking deeper into the sites shouldn’t stop them from doing what they need to do.

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    • Well original is strong
      But I still have that idea for a XY Mystery Dungeon based on Dungeons and Dragons
      Standard turn into a Pokemon plot
      Partner Pokemon wants to be a brave knight but struggling in the Squire Academy
      Setting Kingdom of Pokelot ruled by King Dragonite
      Sir Aegislash is the captain of the Royal Guard
      Lady Gardevoir Powerful Psychic

      Knight Academy
      Pancham: Toughest Student, picks on you and partner
      Honedge: Son of Aegislash tries to live up to his father
      Litleo: Spoiled Rich daughter of Chancellor Pyroar, develops a Crush on main character
      Ralts: The shyest student, low confidence and considers himself the wimp of the group

      And the main issue is the Evil Dark Kingdom led by the Ruthless Lord Hydreigon who plans to take over

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    • I feel like having a mystery game would be cool. I like Sherlock so that kind of feel would be great.
      I know there’s the Detective Pikachu game that has that feel, but I dunno if it will be released outside of Japan at all

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  5. That guy in the video leaking the supposed Starter Final Evolution types apparently did further research, here’s what he said in an update:

    “ONE THING I’M LIKELY INCORRECT ABOUT IN-VIDEO: Upon reading your comments and researching, I think it’s in-fact ROWLET that will evolve into a Grass/Ground type, due to the order of the type images, and Litten will REMAIN Fire type! I’ll discuss this all in a video tomorrow!”

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        • Some people were saying a few comments down or something about it being based on an extinct owl that can fly but likes to borrow and hunt underground or something.

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          • The stilt-owl which was an expansive species of over 4 variations but became extinct before the European conquest. Although it could fly, as you said, it preferred stalking and hunting prey on the ground. I think it’s actually incredibly smart and a change of pace.

          • That is an interesting design for a Pokemon. I would love to see it happen, honestly.
            At the end of the day, I just want a well-designed Pokemon.

    • Why the hell would they do that? It’s like changing Bulbasaur from Grass/Poison to Grass/Rock type. They might do something like that for other Pokemon, but the starters are meant to be easily accessible and changing the typing part way through it’s evolutionary line would be stupid. (imo anyway……)

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        • Some people would say they’d rather learn later than sooner lol You know……on account of them being revealed sooner being blasphemy or something……*spoilers* hahaha

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          • xDDD I’d rather know sooner. I’m that type of person to want to know most of the Pokemon of a new game.
            But that’s just me cause I like planning my teams before the games come out and I like having a solid plan going in and I don’t like changing them midway through ((there are exceptions tho)

          • I’m the same way. Sure I’d like some surprises, but I also like knowing what I’m gonna find so I can plan things out lol

  6. Has Game Freak learned their lesson that WE HATE Fighting type Starters?! I think Ken Sugimori and Junichi Masuda must be really high and drunk. If this is real, Rowlet and Popplio’s final types being Grass/Ground and Water/Fighting, I will murder both Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori in their sleep!

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  7. We all just need to calm down and take a deep breath. Even if these typings become true, you cannot judge until you’ve experienced the games for yourselves. Pokemon is trying to rattle up their rock, paper, scissors mechaic and trying new things. Change may be hard to adapt to but we cannot be blinded by our own wants and needs because you never know how everything’s going to turn out.

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      • Me :3
        I just try to be this and open-minded.
        Plus, I truly just want good designs and a good game (Which it will be regardless although I am basing on the recent trailer)

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          • I like all of them to be honest. They have so much personality and the settings and geography, climate, and world of Unova was so fully realized, it felt like they were real animals just living with people.

          • I can respect that. I’m like that with Sinnoh and Gen 4. Plus, it also made me realize I love Pokemon and I never want to quit anytime soon.

          • I dont care what people say, I love chandelure’s design! Imagine walking into a haunted house and then the chandelier falls down and attacks you!

          • I would freak out xD I don’t like haunted houses cause they’re so scary and my brain just nopes out xD

    • I guess I did get a bit too upset over this. I think I just got really attached to Litten so when told that it is more than likely a ground type, it kinda sucks. But idk, maybe they can pull it off with a Sphinx or something. Or maybe they are completely wrong and it stays pure fire.

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      • I don’t blame you for the attachment on Litten. It was love at first sight for me too. Especially when I realized that it acted and looked like my cat, Molly. In fact, regardless, I’m still gonna restart it to get a female so I can name her Molly after her.

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      • I’m upset for the same reason, but for the fact that the ground type may go to Rowlet. I guess it’s you or me.

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  8. In the end, so long as the final evolutions are well designed, I’ll be happy. I just really don’t want a drunk seal that is a Water/Fighting type. I love Popplio as is. I REALLY don’t want it to be a Water/Fighting type. Anything else is fine. If this is going to be the final typing for Popplio, I’d like a Water/Fighting type that doesn’t actually stand on twos, like Keldeo! Please Game Freak!

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        • Instead of the circus clown design, I can see them going for a circus acrobat design. Rowlet can be a crazily adept ground fighter and Litten as a fiery tiger.

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          • I’d love to get a Fire-type Tiger or a Cheetah even. I can see Litten being unique and specalizing in Attack and Speed. Being more of a Physical Speedy Fire type than the typical Fire types who are more Special Attack oriented. As for Popplio, I can expect a good Special Attacker and another great bulky Water type. As for Rowlet, I’m sure what Stats it will specialize in. I can see it being a mixed Attacker and good all around, given the site description of it.

        • It’s called slapping and chopping, and who knows it may get legs like flippers
          And don’t forget Chesnaught only learns Hammer Arm as its sole Fighting move

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          • It learns other Fighting moves tho, like Bulk Up, Low Sweep, Focus Blast, Brick Break, etc. (Bulbapedia)
            By level up, sorta, cause it learns Bulk Up by level up as well. But I get what you mean, only attacking Fighting move by level up :3

          • But only through TMs
            Bulk Up doesn’t count since it’s a status

            Otherwise only Hammer Arm

          • That’s what I said at the end, only attacking Fighting type move by level up.
            By your context tho, it seemed like you meant at all. I just interpreted your comment wrong and realized halfway through my comment you meant by level up.

          • Also all it needs is Fingers that can curl into a fist
            Power-Up Punch
            Brick Break
            Force Palm
            And Close Combat who says it can flail wildly and slap left and right
            And if it tightens its focus into its performance Aura Sphere and Focus Blast

  9. Why is everyone so upset about the (relatively likely) possibility of Rowlett ending up ground type? It would become a burrowing owl! How is that not an amazing concept! I’d be very happy if it did get some prehistoric elements but why the heavens are people comeing up with these protracted fossil owl based explanations when we have a cute, awesome justification around today? As long as the design is good I think it’s an amazing idea, especially as it’s turning people’s expectations on their heads!
    Not too chuffed about having pure fire over fire/dark or better, fire/poison and getting yet another fighting starter rather than a fairy or something.

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    • I guess because we’ve had a Grass/Ground type starter before..? Idk, I’d rather have a unique typing

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      • Yeah unique typings are best (why the hell they choose not to give them to Litten and Pupplio rather than bog-standard stuff is beyond me), but IMO burrowing owl is one of the best directions they could go with this, and that’s nothing to be sniffed at.

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    • My stance: I’m just here (which is my stance on a good amount of things)
      There is one thing that comes to mind for me (I don’t care both Grass/Flying or Grass/Ground is good for me)
      But the text on Rowlet states that it’s a good hunter in the air, that it hunts like normal owls (silent in the air, night vision, etc.)
      I don’t know too much about borrowing owls, but I don’t think they hunt in the air.
      I dunno, I just want the games already, really.

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      • Actually as far as I know they completely do hunt in the air, they just live in burrows.
        I’ll check that.
        EDIT: yep, they do 🙂

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      • Well the way I see it a) we don’t have one yet, so that’s already a uniqueness point b)the concept, though based on reality, is already unique and pokémony in itself and c) Gamefreak will doubtless include other distinct design inspirations as they always do. Something has to be done with that bowtie for one.

        That said I’m all for a stilt-owl, just seem unlikely compared to the more mundane alternative.
        A combination of both would be best IMO.

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    • Dang only just found out stilt-owls were hawaiian, suddenly that seems way more likely than I thought it was. So I’ll just sit here and hope we get a burrowing stilt-owl…

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    • I think it’s also possibly because flying and ground are like opposites, so making Rowlett a flying type is like it’s type is inverted. They like surprising with starters it seems, just look at Chesknaufhts colours or greninjas tongue 😛

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  10. I couldn’t care less about how Popplio’s and Rowlet’s final evolutions turn out, I just want Litten to be either Fire/Dark or Fire/Poison. Funny thing: I was initially going for Sun but I’m lying in bed now and i can literally see the moon shining so I might consider choosing Moon. Is the world trying to tell me something?

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  11. It’s not an Important question ..4 weeks ago I was notice my upvotes down from over 1200 to 921 …is there any reason for that?

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  12. I understand you guy have… lives… whatever that is ?
    But still no article on what you said you would report on.. And the Typings.. which is Major news for Pokemon.
    Maybe you guys need a larger team.

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  13. I feel it’s a Giant middle finger to the Grass Type for Ash to not have one on his team yet. ..
    I understand they want to give Greninja the utmost attention.. but damn.
    It’s likely a previous grass type he will use again as Mega……. Sceptile.
    Or even a Gen 7 grass type.. unlikely due to evolution and bonding time left..
    But I Still Don’t approve
    ?

    * unless His grass type get as much use as Greninja.. and Soon!

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    • I thought Sceptile would come back. However they threw a curve ball and introduced Ash-Greninja, so I don’t think he’ll have one.

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      • I think he will.. . It’s absolutely the Only way to justify not having a grass type so long I believe.
        Because he has already bonded with Sceptile so they felt no need to over do it.. on top of a mega. I’d be upset if Ash didn’t Mega before XYZ is over.
        Also he doesn’t need a bracelet for his Greninja which frees his wrist.

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          • Lol. I don’t actually watch anymore… I want to. I watch the latest Yugioh tho. I only watch important battles and other Clips. And keep up with ashes team and their moves

        • Shouta already has a mega sceptile, so there’s no chance it’s going to coke back.
          Plus with Ash-Greninja, Ash will never get a mega

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  14. I’m getting more and more convinced Lunaala is part ice or water type. Look at those icicle patterns on its crescent cape. And it’s frosty skeleton and the pale blue glow from its chest. And the logo is also a shade of blue, as is its signature move. If they’re going to fire Solgaleo because of the Suns temperature, I can see them doing the same for Lunaala. Plus it’s obviously part flying ( unfortunately) as any legendary which so obviously flies flapping about has been flying, Ho oh, Lugia, Yveltal. Reshiram, Zekrom, palkia, dialga, girantina seem to float around more… Plus ALA means wing.

    Though we can dream of ghost fairy…

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          • I like that pairing better, actually xD
            As for a new type, ehhhh, I feel like it’s unlikely since we just got fairy. But hey, I thought the same before fairy so I dunno.

          • Same, I think it’s unlikely. I wouldn’t mind so much, unlike others here, but I hope it’s not OP if there is one.

          • I learned my lesson from Fairy. I won’t dismiss a new type so heavily. While I think it is unlikely, I won’t outright reject it. I might end up liking it, like Fairy.

      • That is not balanced. Fire will be super effective against ice/fairy. Buy fairy and ice will be neutral against fire/dragon

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    • I am not trying to be annoying ,but yeah moon and water r connected with each others would be cool idea but I don’t think so it will happen in Lunaala …most likely ghost fairy and those icicle patterns u talk about is abot design take a look at my drawing I did this before Lunaala leaked …..how could be ?…..cuz I want fix this rigid and bulky mass it’s better for the eye ….I hope u understand me it.

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        • Yeah I know I was predict XY not ending ….my theory was Xerneas Yveltal have parallel pkmn in other dimension …when I say parallel I mean opposite being so we have Dark looks like Xerneas and represent moon and the other look like Yveltal and represent sun …..I called this one Saenrex though .

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          • Ah so your concept is basically Dark-type Moon Xerneas and Fire-type Sun Yveltal… and you are thinking of an X2Y2 editions? I see!

            Well I’m not good at fixing monsters and mythical creatures, just humans and anthros. <3

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