Video: Sun/Moon Starter Evolutions Rumor

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I’ve made a YouTube video regarding the image which surfaced earlier today allegedly revealing the final evolutions of Rowlet, Litten and Popplio in Pokémon Sun & Moon. Also included is my own opinion about whether or not I believe these images are real or not.

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ps- spoilers: I think it’s fake

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  1. on a side note I wonder if PSMD really is the last PMD game
    I’m hoping there’s another but PSMD for lack of a better word felt final

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        • Shadows of Almia is the best of the three. Although the other two are good as well.
          Just imagine 3D Ranger game. Yes, all the yes

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          • I dunno either. Maybe the side company who makes it just didn’t want to do it, or Guardian Signs didn’t do so well. I dunno, it would be awesome.

    • I don’t know why they would do this though. I may be wrong, but I thought PMD was very successful. The first two PMD games are two of my favorite games of all time, though I dislike the most recent two. I felt like the first two had better story and were more emotional, which I love (especially explorers of time/darkness, I love those games).

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        • I’ve always considered MD trash. The music is good though. I just don’t understand why it’s popular. Most people I know only play for the story, but I mean they could put the MD story into a manga…

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          • yeah but you could make that excuse for any game that has a good story about putting it into a manga or a book
            but the difference is that a game is interactive which is why it’s in that format

            I mean I understand your point gameplay still matters

          • Gameplay is awful and slow. It’s unnecessary. When you play anyway. It’s mostly dialogue

          • well I like the gameplay but that’s just me
            although I think the dialogue and the story sell it more than the game which I can get behind

            I mean nobody plays games like To The Moon for gameplay but by god it has one of best stories in all of gaming

  2. This is somewhat of a repost of something I said earlier, but I want to add onto it to so here I go.

    If these are not real, I highly believe that Rowlet will become an archer. My evidence for this claim is as follows:
    1. Rowlet is the ‘Grass Quill Pokemon’. This is overall my weakest evidence, but I quills are like arrows, so there’s that.
    2. Leafage is a leaf barrage, much like a barrage of arrows. Plus, the animation for Leafage looks very much like an arrowhead being vaulted at the opponent.
    3. What if the ‘row’ in Rowlet is actually from the word arrow? If I remember correctly, Rowlet’s name origin is not known currently, so it could be an arrow owlet.

    If you have any thoughts on this or evidence for or against please let me know. I’m pretty proud of this, as this is really the only theory I’ve ever crafted on my own, so this is exciting for me to post this.

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  5. Since the Psuedo-Legendary is probably to be something Dragon type or Dragon like (Tyranitar) lets hear those concepts you guys got/want

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  6. Also, if these are indeed real, I’m changing my mind and calling it that Tiger3 is part dark type.

    Since every type tends to have colors (besides Flying, fighting, bug) that most pokemon fit (i.e. fire-red, water-blue) etc. and traits most exhibit (fairy-cutesy/elegant, steel- defensive/sturdy, electric- slick/fast), Tiger3 shows qualities of Dark types and colors associated more with this type as well. Now I know not every pokemon fits this pattern, but hear me out:

    Tiger3 gets its red coloring from fire obviously, as well as the darker coloring associated with dark type. It is darker colored than any of the other fire/fighting type starters.

    Its menacing appearance recalls that of Weavile, Mightyena, Zoroark, and Drapion.

    Now, the wrestling moves featured are a great argument against this (see Hawlucha for reference…) but this isnt the first time a pokemon appears a certain way or behaves a certain way and then actually belongs to a different type- (see Flygon…Charizard, etc.)

    The main reason for this post is to keep hope ALIVE for a non-fire/fighting…

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    • Again I hate how people use color rather then what the thing is based on
      Emboar has a lot of black and it’s a Fighting type

      Like how Luxray isn’t part Dark since it has nothing evil about it

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          • Because it’s overused, yeah.
            Fire/Dark would be more interesting, since black cats bring bad luck.

          • Tell that to the freaking Luchador Tiger with a champ belt made of fire
            I bet the flame gets bigger with more victories

          • wait couldn’t you just get through rock gyms with Fire/Ground instead?
            or Fire/Steel?

          • Why do something unoriginal over something unique?
            And besides that who the hell said the first gym was going to be rock type?!

          • well to give credit where it’s due
            Gen 1’s first gym was rock
            Gen 4’s first gym was rock
            if this pattern of every 3 generations wants to keep up it might be gen 7 too

            although that evidence is hardly conclusive

          • so now there’s no evidence
            I get the strangest feeling you don’t want to agree with me on fire/ground and you’re just looking for what you disagree with

          • Well why do you think I call myself “The Down To Earth Trainer”
            No nonsense and I value traditions and formulas

          • I didn’t
            Roxanne Rock Combusken
            Roark Rock Monferno
            Granted The trio wasn’t but I can’t vouch for Gamefreak’s ways all the time it is what it is

          • Gen 1 Brock.
            You could just give a Fire/Dark Tiger Metal Claw if the first gym was rock too…

          • you just gave evidence against you
            they’ll give trainers a hand
            so why do you need the fire/fighting when they’ll give you a hand

          • So did you just ague against your reasoning to make a fire/ fighting type so it’s easy for the first gym if they can just give trainers a hand with a specific move?

          • Well they couldn’t change Charmeleon’s typing
            And this only happens in FireRed

            But honestly it’s just done, those Fire/Fighting types will exist until the end of time, and if Litten ends up that brute I’ll be enjoying the shitstorm

          • Yeah but we don’t know if the first gym will be rock tho. We have no info on any gym leaders at all.
            So why assume there will be a rock gym when gyms haven’t even been mentioned yet?

          • I’m not assuming I’m theorizing why the Fire/Fighting and it checks out
            They’re not making the games for us it’s always the newer generation
            And at those times the Fire type was stopped by the first rock gym
            So they gave them fighting to semi resist the rock and then super-effective Stab Fighting moves

          • Right, but once again. We don’t know if we’ll get a rock gym first at all. For all we know, it could be Fairy. That’s just as likely as rock because we have nothing.
            Heck, they could do a BW thing again, with the first gym being like that.
            We don’t know yet.

          • I actually like that BW thing it was a good way for newcomers to learn types quickly and less painlessly

          • Did I say that it’s a rock gym no
            Gen 3 was rock they gave us Combusken
            gen 4 first gym rock Monferno

            I’m talking about earlier gyms

          • There’s other ways around it besides giving it s fighting type. Metal claw was your own example and I’m sure there are plenty more. I’m just offering a counter argument that maybe it’s fire/ dark. Why you gotta argue for an exhausted type combo that no one wants?

          • For one I like it
            And two take it up with Gamefreak
            And three the Metal Claw logic though stands I am referring to later games
            Which honestly doesn’t apply anymore because they’re done, Sun and Moon might pop out another Fire/Fighting and I would support them

          • Personally, I don’t ever choose the fire starter so I don’t care that much. It’s a bit of a bummer that three gens all used fighting for their fire starter, but ultimately, if the design fits, I’ll take it. I was just trying to offer a point in a different direction.

          • yeah but you already have that now
            so why are you against fire/ground
            I thought you liked ground

          • For you lazy english speakers “Missing the Point” fallacy, or changing the subject 😉

          • You have a point. I’m not denying the moves shown and the design point to fighting type, but I also pointed out that sometimes Pokemon don’t fit what we expect like Flygon and Charizard. I’m just trying to offer a different viewpoint based on previous patterns seen in the last six gens.

          • No, you don’t understand what THEY ARE
            Flygon is always meant to be a Ground type
            And they made Charizard a flying type so it wouldn’t be so overpowered

          • Flygon makes complete sense as both a ground/ dragon type and a bug/ dragon type. Tiger3 works as fire/ fighting and fire/ dark imo.

          • Charizard wouldn’t really be overpowered with a dragon type though.
            We already have Alakazam, and besides that Charmander gets shit on by the first two gyms so dragon could justifyit’s early crappines.

          • No he’s right. I didnt once state that pokemon can be based off of their qualities too (besides color). Nor did I state there were exceptions to a rule. Nope. Never. 😛

      • Like I said, there are exceptions to every rule… a lot of pokemon have coloring that fits a pattern. a good percentage of poison types are purple, ground has a lot of tans, steel is well…the color of steel. There are always exceptions dude.

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      • honestly the argument above is the dumbest thing ive ever heard, amplified with the fact that its really stupid and sad that anyone thinks these are real. do you really gamefreak is goong to let one of the most significant game reveals leak before basically anything else?? and thats only the tip of the iceberg as to why these are obviously fake. you guys gotta do better

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        • What else should we talk about? I’m bored. It’s late. Thought I’d speculate on a fake as if it was real. And you can’t deny the color and behavior patterns for types.

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        • Well I know these things are protected by NDAs, but (actual) leaks can happen because some rogue employee decides to be a leaker at the risk of his job; a random guy acquires a copy of Corocoro too early, etc.

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  8. I was gonna try and finish Leafgreen tonight, but got distracted by my bae EarthenWarrior <3

    Gonna grind a bit more and then sleep. Bye!

    PS: Love how Earthen says he's no nonsense but thinks HM's are a good idea heh

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    • Yeah, because he’s a bit old-fashioned. He doesn’t like changing up any formulas he sees.

      However, just because it’s the way it’s been done before doesn’t mean it’s efficient or the best way to go.

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  9. I really wish that we had an Unown Pokedex instead of a Rotom Pokedex. I think it would match the tribal Hawaiian theme a little better, and I just think Unown is better. I don’t know the purpose of this post anymore.

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    • I think Unown isn’t popular enough for that. Guess that’s their reason (and of course Rotom using all these objects already).

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  10. Finally beat Cynthia in Diamond after ~20 hours! This game truly is dead easy, even with Torterra. Either way, I still love Sinnoh for its music, its Pokemon, and its atmosphere. Onto SoulSilver sometime in the future!

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  11. I just created two gym leaders as to what I hope for in Sun and Moon. The male surfer is the gym leader that specializes in Water-Types and owns an aquarium/rock pools and his staff recieves admission fees from customer to enter his gym/aquarium/Rock pools and battle him. The female mechanic is the gym leader that specializes in Steel-Types and owns a automobile repair shop as the Alola region features more cars now. She has a tomboy feature and don’t mind getting messy. I chose water and steel be chase they’re both my favorite types!

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  12. Okay guys we need to figure out this Generation 7 gave us the new starter Pokemon but the final evolution has us in a stump we need to find out more clues clues that can definitely help us the connection between these new starter evolutions so anybody got any good ideas because E3 is around the bend and we need to figure out what does the final evolution for these gen 7 starters because these guys now are based on the circus and the movies but we still need more clues the more interesting these Evolutions are there more further we can definitely see what Pokemon sun and moon will give us next.

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    • Probably not for a while. I mean, Serebii thinks they’re fake as well, but we can only know for sure when the real ones are revealed, when the games come out. Blaziken is the only fully evolved starter to be revealed prerelease, none of the Gen 4-6 starters were.

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