We CANNOT confirm these images and we also encourage readers to assume things are fake until proven otherwise but I’m sharing these because it is reminiscent of the anime leaks which occurred in Gen V, but then again it also looks like fan art.
There are no names listed for the Pokémon (just Owl 3, Tiger 3, …) but there are some details about each (including color palette):
Rowlet evolution:
- Stores arrows in its wings (orange tips), uses the vines from its bow as the string
- “Hood” closes around its face when it is unhappy
Litten evolution:
- New attack or fighting style “tiger swing”
- Fire attacks come from belt
Popplio evolution:
- Attack seems to be listed but too hard to read
You be the judge:
Thanks Crystal Creatures for the heads up.
<3 PJ
ps- this was Noivern’s reference art for the anime in Gen V for comparison
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If these are indeed real, how long until game freak finds out we know and reveals them on the site/ in a trailer?
Not sure. They usually don’t reveal the final evolutions until 1 to 2 months before the games release. And if these leaks are indeed real, it’s completely unprecendented for them to come out this early, so it would pretty much be a matter of when/if Game Freak finds out these were leaked and if they just want to say: “What the hell, we’ll show them”. But it doesn’t work that way. Pokemon is partially owned by The Pokemon Company International, which has things set on a schedule, so they could just keep it hush hush.
I feel like there’s a reason why they decided to show us the screens of the Pokedex in the trailers. There’s a reason for everything, in theory, just like how they included just enough information to demonstrate the Hawaiian theme in the first teaser trailer. They may have plans to reveal these at E3.
In the event that these are legit, what do you think the final typings are? I’m hoping for Grass/Flying, Fire/Dark or just Fire, and Water/Fairy.
You just shined some light in me, I forgot that it could be a dark type but popplio’s final evo is really growing on me too. Better to take this with a grain of salt for now until it’s confirmed
Yeah but that wrestling move featured screams one type and one type only.
Yup, best to take this a grain of salt then ?
I really like the water fairy idea though
I honestly don’t really know how to feel about this now, I hate it when my plans are ruined! It’s like Unova all over again for me, I was gonna pick tepig but after seeing the final evos, I ended choosing Samurott because my friend stuck with snivy from the beginning and now it’s the exact same right now, he chose rowlet at the beginning now I’m stuck with the litten or popplio (which I don’t mind either) but I don’t want a fire/fighting so most likely, I will end up choosing popplio’s final
the starters are based on the Circus theme but by the looks of it from the ringmaster,tiger and a clown to an Archer,wrestler and a mermaid what does it all mean?
I only like rowlet’s final, popplio is alright
To me:
Litten = HATE
Rowlet = Love/Hate Relationship, In-between
Popplio = Like (Starting to really grow on me).
So i’m the only one here that thinks these are fakes? Idk something seems off the only one that “fits” is rowlet’s but litten’s and popplio’s are just weird i mean litten’s has giant hands that have ni proportion with the rest of its body and popplio’s is a mermaid…ok? A mermaid? What? Either way i will forever think these are fake until the end of dialga’s heart beats
The only problem that completely could tear apart the leaks is the evidence in the coding of the official site. Rowlet becoming Grass/Ground, Litten remaining pure Fire type, and Popplio becoming Water/Fighting. None of these designs fit the scheme of the second typing. Litten’s final evolution obviously looks Fire/Fighting, Rowlet’s final evolution, I’m not sure, still looks part Flying type to me but could be Ground now. And Popplio’s final evolution looks part Fairy type. Other than that, based off of evidence we have now, I am almost convinced these are 100% real (50% now, % could change over time to up or down).
Pfft dont get convinced so easily c’mon dont leave as the member of team fake :'(
They came from an unknown source. I’m very torn right now due to the fact, it is almost E3, and the Starter Final Evolution coming in the form of the Noivern-like concept sheets from the E3 2013 roundtable is throwing me off. But it could be real, that’s my paranoia that it is making me think on that other 50%. It would be lower normally.
Didn’t they have the typings wrong on the legends page?
the numbers were not coherent with what people were speculating.
DO NOT MAKE LITTENS FINAL EVOLUTION BIPEDAL
#TeamQuadpedial Every Generation has had the final Fire-type Starter Evo Bipedal. Would be nice for a change for once! Tepig had SO MUCH potential but Game Freak ruined that one. Could have been an awesome and badass looking quadpedial pig. But nope.
Yes #teamquadpedial aswell for like you said tepig and fennekin had a lot of potential but all we got was a kind of good sumo wrestler and a disappointing mage
AHA in noivern’s sheet the japanese characters are typed in while on these fakes they are drawn! Try and convince me now team “real” i dare you show me your evidence
I didn’t notice that unti now! There are some differences. I would think the concept sheets would look a little more clean in terms of the writing. Problem is, #TeamReal could back that up saying that the Concept Art from the ORAS Guidebook was handwritten. But the handwritting did look a little cleaner. For this, it’s very hard to make out. Even so, that Paul had trouble translating the text from the sheets.
Nice! Like I said, now game freak better knock it out of the park because these are all just too cool. I don’t want to be bummed when I see the actual evos…
the starters are based on the Circus theme Right?
No one really knows that was just speculation
By that pic from a ringmaster to an Archer, a tiger to an wrestler and a clown to an mermaid the clues of Pokemon.
Popplio appears to be taking that route. But for the other three I think that it will be different. For the 6th Generation, each Starter kinda had their own theme: Ninja, Warrior, and Sorcerer. Same with the 5th Generation: Chinese Pig, French Royality Snake, and Japanese Samurai Otter.
Is there a source or link for this image?
Supposedly it came from 4chan. Xatu might know where to get it but I think he might of went offline a while ago.
I doubt it. I imagine they’d hear the hate for FIre/Fighting starters.
Yep. There’s also that coding from the official site that says Litten will remain pure Fire type throughout it’s evolutionary line.
I don’t think they’d code the typing for the starters into the site, though. It seems unnecessary to me.
We’ll just have to wait and see. I don’t think we have any solid proof of the final typings.
I think Rowlet will stay Grass/Flying. Just gotta hope it has decent attack stat.
? There’s no coding like that on the site. The people who maintain the site uploaded images that represent the types Grass, Flying, Ground, Fire, Water, Fighting, Psychic, Ghost, and Steel. None of these are tied to a specific page or Pokemon. They are intended to be used for any Pokemon, like stickers made to stick to the Pokemon that fit. Ground and Fighting could easily refer to any Pokemon, like Pokemon that are revealed at E3 or in CoroCoro this month. There is nothing specific to the starters, people just assumed they are for the starters.
I must say though, I really like Rowlet’s final evo….
Just don’t think it’d leak so early.
So im gathering evidence to try and prove these as fake, i already have the japanese characters, now my next evidence is the names “owl3, tiger3 and seal3”. Why woulnt they just use the real name? The only thing is that i dont know japanese so i cant tell if noivern’s sheet has its name on it but i doubt it says “dragonbat2” or “wyvern2”
Yeah, that’s what strikes me as odd now that you mention it. Why not at least use real names to try to be more convincing. Lol. I mean, it could be some kind of weird code GF uses but it doesn’t fit their MO.
Popplio ain’t even a seal, is it?
It has a bit more sea lion aspects then seal, but that’s just me looking into it.
Bulbapedia says it’s based on a sea lion.
OMG its not! Its a sea lion! Thank you for reminding me now this gives more hope that they are fake
I thought it was based on the Hawaiian Monk Seal? Can someone correct me, if I’m wrong/confirm this?
Its category (in both English and Japanese) is “Sea Lion Pokémon”, though there’s no reason it couldn’t be taking some inspiration from Hawaiian Monk Seals as well.
It actually says “sea lion 3” tho, not “seal 3” (Compare for yourself if you don’t believe me: Sea lion is アシカ, seal is アザラシ) – It’s the blue text near the middle, with a pink 3
Well, I don’t really know what to think honestly about this overall. And I don’t want to harp too much on this. It’s just a leak. And it still could be fake. It’s WAY too early for even the leaks to leak. It’s normally 1 to 2 months beforehand before we even see the Starter Evolutions. I can’t see them revealing the Starter’s final evolutions officially this early without the middle evolutions being revealed beforehand. Game Freak usually likes to save the Starter Evolutions for the end.
Yeah! I actually cant remember but i believe gen 6 starters final evos werent officially revealed until after the games release but at least i remember the greninja leak that happened around two weeks before release
X and Y got leaked in Canada and Europe (not all countries, specifically Italy from what I remember) by a group of leakers two weeks before release. Everything was spoiled. It was terrible. I hope a leak that far in advance never happens again.
Oh well i only remember the greninja hawlucha and binacle leaks but i really hope that what you are describing doesnt happen with these games
Me too. #TeamNoEarlyReleaseLeaks
The thing that makes this seem unlikely to me is the fact Litten turned Fire/Fighting
It’s also shooting fire out of it’s crotch
I love all of these (although I am quite sad Litten is bipedal, as I wanted a tiger that was on all fours, but es nice). If these are real, I wouldn’t mind a single bit.
I just rather not have Fire/Fighting. Please. No.
But why now? Why reveal the final evos so soon? And before the middle evos? It doesn’t make sense to me.
I’m on Team Neutral until it happens. It could be real, it could be fake, but I’m not holding out for either nor will I go looking for evidence for either side either. I’ll just wait for GF to say for sure
I’d say there was a lot of lost potential if these are the final evolutions.
I dunno, I just really like the designs, especially Rowlet’s and Popplio’s. I like the mermaid and archer concept.
I’m a strange person, I’m content with a lot of things. All I really want for the starters is some good designs, and these are good designs to me.
Rowlet’s is cool, but I still think it could be better.
I don’t like Popplio’s or Litten’s at all. They look very… Unnatural.
I definitely can see that with Litten. But maybe that’s just cause I really wanted a quadrupedal tiger.
We need a quadrupedal fire starter in general
True, especially for a tiger. I dunno, being bipedal just doesn’t fit a tiger design for me.
Didn’t fit a pig either but look at what they did with that
True, bit I never liked Tepig from the start, and when I saw Pignite and Emboar I was just so done. It’s the only fire starter I never cared for (cause I love me some fire starters, although Snivy and Piplup are huge favs of mine)
I think the Unova starters are the worst so far. Every other region has been pretty solid.
I’d argue that the Kanto starters are the weakest for me (and that’s coming from a Gen 1 girl). But I love almost every starter, so it’s hard coming up with a weak starter trio for me.
I think the Gen 1 starters are the best. I have trouble thinking of which one to choose when I start up a Kanto game.
I’m like that with Johto/Sinnoh. Both are like that to me, and if these designs go over well, I might add Alola starters to that top mark, since so far, I love all of them. Time will tell if I’ll continue feeling that way.
I like the Alola starters too. It comes down to whether or not their final evolutions are good or not.
Yep. Only Dialga will tell really at this point. I’m not going to harp on it too much. Paranoia aside, I say this has only a small chance of being real. It just seems too suspicious to me and well-timed with the Noivern-like concept sheets representing them (which was used as a sample at E3 2013). We’ve seen so many fake Starter Evolutions before and while these look the most convincing as of yet, true troller artists have gotten a lot better since 2013. If these are to be true for some reason, I’d use Popplio’s final evolution, it’s so majestic, reminds me of a dolphin/mermaid combo, while Litten’s I hate, and Rowlet is kinda a in-between choice for me.
I have to say though, if these turn out to be fake, I will be very disappointed in whatever Game Freak has come up with. These designs and concepts are great, especially for Rowlet. Sometimes I take fakes to heart over the real counterparts.
I would be too, especially with Rowlet’s. I really dunno how they can top that design, cause I really love the archer and hood design.
I admit. I love Popplio’s final evolution design. I will hope that if this is fake, Game Freak will come up with up with something just as good or perhaps better, especially the case for Litten. God, I hate that final evolution, I’m sorry. And Rowlet, like I said, is my in-between, I could honestly care less for it. Anyways, only Dialga will truly tell us what lies ahead but we can not push forward the God of Time.
After seeing so much fanart I’m bound to be disappointed.
Anything but this though. Seriously.
If rowlets design tops noctowls (which most likely it will) its good enough for me hehe
Okay so the leafs on rowlets wings turned into arrows…but what happened to litten’s awesomely gross fire hairballs and popplios bubbles?
Looks like the teal hair ball-type things are coming out in the topmost image for Litten. The bubbles are radiating off Popplio, possibly from the hair.
But they arent lit on fire and popplios bubbles come from the nose…idk what to think anymore but i still lean towards fake
The hairballs turned to piss
Haha that would be disappointingly funny if this turns out to be real
Eh, what happened to Froakie’s soapy stones? Also, Litten is still spewing something or the other – look at the green stuff coming out of its mouth on its page, near the top.
You can see in the fanart. The Little Popplio uses it’s bubbles as it’s hairbands, and removes them to attack.
Littiger Mask still has the hairball fire, but it’s green for some reason now, and seems more a heel style spitting.
Oh my god, I really hope that these are fake. Rowlet’s final evo looks awesome but the Litten evo is terrible. I don’t think that Popplio should be this “girly” in its final stage. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have any problems with mermaids or cute/majestic/whatever Pokémon in general but it just doesn’t fit the base form at all. When you looked at Fennekin last gen, you could pretty much tell that it would end up being feminine but it’s not the case with Popplio imo. Well, whatevs. Time will tell.
I also don’t like the hair for Popplio’s evolution.
I can understand feminine design but that’s a little far in my opinion.
Yeah, I totally agree. The overall design is fine (not a fan though) but it just doesn’t make sense to me. Looking at Popplio, the only thing that I can think of is a little boy not… well… this. It would be great as a standalone Pokémon or a different line but I just don’t want my little Popplio to end up being this.
Fennekin ending up “feminine” is something that really became clear with the middle stage, imo. We haven’t seen Popplio’s. Prior to that it was no different than Vulpix, Glameow, Growlithe, etc, just an animal.
there is no justification for femmine pokemon, and even Delphox doesnt look like as feminine as this, this looks like a mermaid, its so out of place and bad, I dont know why they would do this, starters pokemon should look neutral, because anyone can have them whether boys or girls, this way little girls will choose the water pokemon just because it looks like a woman, not to mention that this is suppose to be a sea lion not a mermaid !!!
“There is no justifcation for femmine pokemon” Uh… Why not? They’re fine, there’s a lot of Pokemon that don’t look neutral or look masculine and nobody seems to have a problem with that.
unless they have gender diference, they are bad, especially when they look like a human, like this one, it doesnt just look femminine like chancey or clefairy or almost all fairy types, it looks like a human girl, with hair and stuff, this is bad becaus these pokemon have 50% of being male.
Gardevoir . . . Gothitelle . . . etc. Why is it that we can have multiple masculine starters but not any feminine, regardless of the gender ratio?
Well I must be going, Junglepeeps! It was nice conversing with everyone this evening. Brought back a lot of memories. It’s been a long time since I was last on here. Last time I was here to truly chat it up was back during the ORAS Demo Leak days (to those that knew me then, fun times. Lol). Anyways, hope to be more level-headed and have a less of a temper for Sun and Moon for things that don’t go as I hope. But for now, the game looks promising with the official content we have now. It’s fun to speculate, but it can really drive me crazy. Anyways, good night all!
This whole fiasco has brought me back into the spirit of Pokemon that I’ve been missing for a while. I have a newfound hype for these titles, and I know that I will spend an unhealthy amount of time exploring Alola. I said the same thing about Kalos, but I couldn’t stand more than 250 hours.
As for fanart, I think this is my favourite for Rowlet http://65.media.tumblr.com/b600500710a9f9629192ebe1505693e2/tumblr_o6zqk5EzWX1rhbzxyo1_1280.jpg
Yeah it has sort of an elegant mysterious vibe to it that makes me like it aswell
This looks amazing too. Really reminds me of the owl in that library on Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra, but that could just be the look it’s giving or the face, I dunno.
no, it’s owlsassin. Best by faR!
I like this female protagonist a lot more. She’s grown on me http://img03.deviantart.net/c3d9/i/2016/155/2/e/pokemon_sun_moon_female_trainer_by_moxie2d-da50ezf.jpg
The hat is adorable idc what you say
That hat was love at first sight for me, it just fits with the region
It helps to know her hat actually represents a flower instead of a chicken
It’s better now if the hat is a flower instead of a chicken.
Love Rowlet’s possible evo, Litten’s and Popplio’s not at all.
I feel like people are hating on Litten’s final evolution just because it looks to be fire/fighting. I really don’t care if it is because I think it looks badass. Of course, this is if they’re real and I won’t believe them until they’re official released by Nintendo. People these days are just too good faking things.
And I think that’s a justifiable reason.
Lol “justifiable”. Sorry it all just comes across as immature whining to me. Please, you’re telling me if a fire starter has a really cool design according to your standards, you’ll still hate it because it’s fire/fighting?
I don’t even think this is good design. I don’t like the fact a cat turned bipedal.
And yes I’ll dislike it if it has a cool design, and I won’t bother to use it. I’ve had enough of Fire/Fighting pokemon.
in my opinion, that’s a crap design. i dont want a fucking cat with 2 legs
I personally want it to be fire/poison, 1st because its a type combination we’ve never seen before, and 2nd because the markings on its head are the alchemy symbols for sulphur. Although that could also easily make it fire/ground, because volcanoes contain sulphur.
Salandit. You’re welcome.
Haha, I can’t imagine these to be real.. The only one thats decent is owl 3, the other two are a joke….
C-mon, gamefreak would not make Popplio such a girl.
^ this
Please explain how being “such a girl” is a bad thing.
Haha someone offended?
Well popplio isnt really girly so why change that so that most fans (i think guys play pkmn more than girls) wouldnt pick him anymore
You still haven’t explained how a monster deisgn being pretty / elegant makes it “girly” and also why that’s inherently a bad thing. Guys still use Gardevoir, Sylveon, etc because they’re good Pokémon.
Are you so offended by the fact that a species which is 7/8 male might be seen as Too Fancy for your weird gender views?? Do you think girls don’t use “masculine” Pokémon on their teams?
Angry much? Take a seat girl, you are overreacting.
Bye felicia
I’m a 30-year-old woman, bro. You still can’t seem to articulate why you’re afraid a frilly sea lion will give you cooties.
My current Platinum team (1 badge): Grotle, Staravia and Luxio.
I have 3 spots left, I wanna add a Water type (probably Buizel) so which others should I add to my team?
Weavile/drapion, Gallade, Bronzong/Hippowdon
Torterra is grass/ground, so I probably wont add Hippowdon to my active team. Bronzong or Gallade is a tough one though, I’ve never had both before lol.
Haha sorry forgot about torterra being a ground type. I love steel types but I personally love Gallade so I would go with him.
Floatzel
Magmortar/Houndoom
Toxicroak/Weavile/Drapion/Froslass
Rotom!
Hey can i talk to you at chat please as soon as you read this
well guys looks like we got a mystery on our hands and I think our first clue is the final evolution of these new starters what do we know about this mystery?