NOTE: This article is purely speculative and should be treated as such. It is not fact!
With the release of the latest round of Pokémon news, we’ve got an excellent look at (some of) the Alola Region in Sun & Moon. The archipelago seems to contain a number of great locations for trainers to visit and discover new Pokémon in, but one place in particular has caught our attention…
This walled location one the regions south-east — and largest — region… Could is be the Azoth Kingdom? Azoth is said to be a mechanical fortress town, where Magearna was created 500 years ago. There’s not a huge amount to go on here, but the location certainly could pass as a “mechanical fortress”! This would also mean that the upcoming movie could be set in the Alola region, where Azoth is found (see below for screenshots of what we believe to be Azoth in the movie).
Readers can expect a full speculation article and a video taking a closer look at some of the points of interest on the Alola region map in the coming days! For now though, we want you to discuss whether or not you think this could be the mechanical kingdom of Azoth and what this could mean for trainers in Sun & Moon!
I don’t know why but I”m seeing so many Johto like areas. The tower, the lighthouse, the japanese style town, the farm (looks like the miltank ranch).
Well, XY were spiritual succesors to Red and Blue. It would make sense if Sun and Moon are spiritual succesors to Gold and Silver.
Sun provides energy for trees (Xerneas)
… Moon => dark type
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GOLDen SUN…. SILVER MOON
GameXplain’s latest vid suggest Alola might be located close to Johto. Any thoughts on this? Personally, I still think its south of Kalos and that it once was part of Hoenn.
Thought the backpacker/hiker dude said he was from a “far away region that’s not Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, or Kalos”
Sorry what?
The one from XY.
The whole far away thing made me think that Alola isn’t close to any of the known regions
He didn’t say that it wasn’t close to Johto, he only said it wasn’t close to Kalos, and that it wasn’t Johto.
Noted, thanks!
No. The backpacker says Johto too.
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Just gonna leave these here
These are so ugly, especially that Litten mess!! I’ll fight Masuda if these are real sdhfjs
I gotta say, while I absolutely love rowlet’s evo, I do agree with you about Litten.
Yeah, Rowlet looks really cool. But the others two are just terrible.
I don’t like fire/fighting compo any more but this character is really successful.
I would to share Litten evolution but ur faster bro …..where did u find these? i want to look closer on them.
My friend linked me to them. They were posted on 4chan
I know that ty by the way.
Eew..thats all
honestly, the only one I dislike is Litten’s. People have been saying that Popplio’s is too feminine, but Game Freak could very well be changing the starter gender ratios this gen
even if this was real why would they have to change the gender ratio’s? feminine pokemon can be male, masculine pokemon can be female. Tbh whenever i have a gardevoir i always have a male one because i see too many people dismiss male gardevoirs because they think it should only be female
are these guys real or fake?
Nobody knows
hmm mystery Pokemon.
Technically the person who made them knows 😉
But who made them?
If they’re real, then Game Freak, if they’re fake some random japanese artist. We don’t know at this point
why are starers looks like An Archer, a wrestler and a mermaid?
I don’t know?
Litten reminds me of the beast from The Boy and the Beast, Popplio Ariel, and Rowlet Hawkeye… LOL!
Dat fire/fighting tho
I love these designs! Not only are they creative, they ooze so much character and originality! Popplio’s is very feminine and Fairy-esque, Rowlet is superbly designed with enough accessories to cater to its inspirations, but at the same time remains not overtly designed, and Litten seems like tough guy on the outside but soft on the inside type of Pokemon! Overall, if these designs even come close to the actual evolutions I would be VERY happy!
by the looks of these designs i say the Archer grass/flying,the wrestler fire/fighting and the mermaid water/fairy.
Dark type for the wrestler is a possiblity, since it seems to be based on a villain/heel wrestler.
Holy crap. I thought these were just standard crappy fakes when first scrolling down, but they look a lot more convincing now. They’re most likely fake, but they’re damn good ones.
I uh…..I cannot…..what is up with Popplio….I can’t tell if I’m repulsed or enchanted……..MIXED SIGNALS AAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHHHHHH
*Dives underground*
*whispers water/fairy
NYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
That Litten evolution is absolutely hideous. Barf
the only one of these that i like is the Popplio one, which is ironic because its my least favourite starter atm. But the first two just look a little too intense for me. But hey who am I to judge. If these were real though I would skip on picking Rowlette and pick Popplio instead, especially since it has a fairy kinda vibe.
It’s interesting, I noticed that all of the foreign pokemon we’ve seen are from only 2 regions, Hoenn and Kanto. From what I’ve seen, there’s been meowth, salamence, slowpoke, luvdisc, horsea, and meowth. I thought that was interesting, and might hint at a larger number of new pokemon, as there’s fewer ones from past generations.
Typically the odd number generations have a larger number of new Pokemon. So it’s possible we could be in for a real treat as far as variety goes. Anyway where is there a horsea?
Fountain?
Oooooooooh!!!! Right right….when you’re right you’re right and your sir are right lol
Right!
I think we’ll definitely go above 800 this time, but the real question is how far above. I’m personally going to guess the 820-830 range.
I hope so! ~100 new pokemon would be awesome
It’s not a reboot-worthy amount (like Unova’s ~150 Pokemon), but it’s significantly more than Kalos. I’d like to believe that Kalos will become a distant memory in every way 😛
Yes, same here. I liked character customization lol
There was a Corsola in the aquarium with Luvdisc.
Gengar too, but that’s also from gen 1.
So here’s an interesting detail that I’m just now noticing while watching GameXplain’s most recent analysis. The PokeDex shows 1 caught and 3 seen. More importantly, however, it is 1% complete with this quantity. Since 100 Pokemon seems like far too few, especially considering how we’ll have a combination of new and old Pokemon, we’re likely going to have around 300 Pokemon in the Alola Pokedex. This reminds me of BW2, as its Pokedex had…300 POKEMON AS WELL! With this in mind, we could certainly be in for anywhere between 100-150 new Pokemon and the rest being older ones.
They wouldn’t have decimals for the pokedex completion percent. Doesn’t mean anything, really.
I know you guys probably nitpicked at this scan hours ago but someone on my fan page sent it into me a while ago (refresh if you can’t see image). Thoughts?
First time I’m seeing it. I think all the art of the starter evolutions are cool, but far too premature. Typically we don’t get the first evolutions of the starters until the month before the release of the games and that’s earliest it’s been. At this point I’d say any art of starter evos can be waved off as fake.
Yeah, there’s so many of these making the rounds. It’s going to be a long wait till November. Oh boy.
Looks legit. I think it’s real.
Fake. Starter art looks good, but it’s too early, and the layout doesn’t look like what we’ve seen in the past with corocoro. The font is off, it’s a little too plain for corocoro purpose, and most telling is that there are no furigana (hiragana under the kanji that make it easier for kids to read.) So, fake.
Hawaii and Japan have a very close relationship but a rocky one in the recent century (World War II). A lot of Tourists come in from Japan each year and there’s a couple of sites in Hawaii in real life with Japanese influences that I researched that relate to locations on the Alola Region map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byodo-In_Temple This is where the the Japanese town is with the Tower and the large tower that looks like the Tin/Bell Tower, with the garden and bridge.
i heard this is going to be the last game in the SERIES and then a reboot