The Nintendo E3 event has just finished the Pokémon Sun & Moon segment and with it (along with a newly released trailer!) we’ve got a tonne of new features and Pokémon for the games. Read on to find out more!
New Pokémon
Pikipek/ツツケラ (Tsutsukera) – Woodpecker Pokémon – Normal/Flying – Keen Eye/Skill Link Abilities
Pikipek has two evolutions.
Yungoos/ヤングース (Yangoose) – Loitering Pokémon – Normal – Stakeout/Strong Jaw Abilities
Grubbin/ – Larva Pokémon – Bug – Swarm Ability
New Abilities
Stakeout – The Pokémon’s moves can deal twice the normal damage to any Pokémon that switch in or enter the field mid-battle
Soul Heart – Magearna’s Sp. Atk raises by 1 each time another Pokémon in the area faints. This is a new Ability—one that can be put to good use in battle
Battle Royals
“In a Battle Royal, four Trainers are jumbled in battle together, but the rules are simple.
Each of the four Trainers chooses three Pokémon and sends one Pokémon into battle at a time. The battle is over at the end of any turn when all of the Pokémon of one Trainer have fainted. The players are ranked, and a victor is declared based on the number of Pokémon each defeated and the number of Pokémon each has remaining in play.
While these rules are simple, they also allow players a new way to enjoy Pokémon battles—one where many new strategies may be born, as each player must try to predict who will attack whom, or weigh acting to save a player who’s in a pinch in order to aim for the number-one position!”
Nintendo Treehouse Information Write-up
- Junichi Masuda is the producer of Sun & Moon, whilst Shigeru Ohmori is directing
- Sun and Moon were chosen as the names of the games as the sun is the source of all life on our planet, and they want the two new games to feel as though they are teeming with life
- Solgaleo and Lunala are the emissaries of the sun and the moon respectively. They will play a legendary Pokémon role like we’ve never seen before
- Zygarde and its forms will appear in Sun & Moon in a “special” way
- The starters received special attention in their movements. They wanted them to look super cute in game. They are also meant to be universally relatable and easy to understand – Grass-type is green, etc
- The climate in Alola is extremely warm, as such character designs are reflective of this in that they are lightly dressed, especially compared to older characters
- The bracelets the trainers are wearing will be discussed at a later date
- The playable character is new to the Alola region
- Old Pokémon are present in the game. Ledyba and Caterpie are available early on in the game
- There is a new lighting engine in the game. This new engine allows the time of day to be reflected in changing light conditions
- The camera is much more dynamic in battles this time around
- The battle interface is now more user friendly. Players can find information buttons displaying detailed information on each move, in addition to this tapping an icon can display the stat changes to both your own and your opponent’s Pokémon
- The Pokédex has been redesigned in order to really encourage Trainers to complete it
- When the player begins to approach an area where another trainer is likely to battle, the screen becomes vignetted in order to create a sense of drama
- All trainers have unique actions and emotions thanks to the 3D
- Each island in the Alola region has a Guardian Pokémon
- Players will battle their rival Hau early on as part of a festival that is meant to kick off both of your own Pokémon journeys
- Popplio learns Disarming Voice at Level 8
- The games feature a new Battle Royal mode
- Trainer customisation makes a return, more will be discussed at a later date
Really liking all the changes. The overworld is much improved over XY, the battles look amazing, and all the little changes make a huge difference. HYPE TRAIN!!!1
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I really like everything… I’m serious..
Which one is your favorite?
Same, I love them all <3
LOVE YUNNGOOS!!!! He looks like a real son of a B lol Also with all this excitement we still need the official release of Nekkoala and Iwanko! More Pokemon news to come!!!
But I feel like because they didn’t reveal Iwanko and Nekkoala they might be holding more info to reveal in the upcoming days….
There’s still the thing on the 16th so there’s that. Also I find it odd that all the Pokemon we’ve seen so far are base Pokemon and none are evolved in any way. Usually by now we have at least one.
Well, looks like we got our mongoose.
Hello
Yeah I know, but I wanted another one.
I love Yungoos lol
so much love for all the small details in the game, just wow
The grub’s my favorite tbh
Thank you!
GameFreak’s event blew me away. Just seeing all of the new animations, 3D models, and UI is making me really excited for the game. Also, we being the amazing PokeJungle predicted the Woodpecker properly!
So Yungoos is a Pokemon that isn’t technically native to Alola….at least not originally. It’s species was brought over from another region to help take care of the over population of another Pokemon species. Hint at a new rivalry pair? maybe another kind of snake?
It’s gotta be! A real cobra this time instead of a viper
We’re definitely in for a good time with these games. What better way to celebrate a franchise like Pokemon than a whole new generation?
Love the bird!
So far, there’s not a single thing in S and M that I am skeptical or don’t like.
Sure, Grubbin is not one of my fav things, but I like it and it might evolve into something cool.
Here’s to hoping Iwanko and Nekkoala get official reveals soon!
It should be today, since the 14th is usually when CoroCoro information is revealed for the West. I don’t know why they haven’t done it yet.
Yeah I gotta say everything they’ve shown so far seems great! The Pokemon designs are solid the camera angles are great and dynamic, and the over all world seems so vibrant and interesting. the UI is pretty great too. I kind of hope there’s a toggle to turn off the notifications for beginner players as I don’t think I’ll need them past getting the starters as far as using the new feature, but I’m sure there will be.
Yeah, that’s what I want to.
But some of the things I don’t mind if they are not turned off, like the effectiveness stuff, since there are certain Pokemon I forget the types for/not that confident about
Yeah I didn’t mind the type advantages stuff. I’d just rather that note at the top that tells you to press Y and A for the info to go away lol
Just looking at that background! This is going to be one of the best looking Pokemon games!
Help me, I can’t sleep from all this hype… and I got work in 7 hours..!
Stakeout is basically like an auto-pursuit. That seems OP
I’m thrilled
All this excessive switching gets annoying
Trainers will have to be weary around it for sure
What if it were too weak to make opponents switch at all? 😉
That’d be really unfortunate for it lol. Hopefully it can hold its own otherwise the ability is pointless
Well if Yungoose gets to know Knock Off, that’s one of the ultimate “make you switch out” moves…
Wake up PJN! Yungoos is clearly the savior sent from Tapu Koko to vanquish the vile Zubat!
Refresh
1: You don’t live upstairs anymore. Finally your mom gets a room too.
2: Beautiful scenery, you own a garage.
3: Yungoos.
4: The shade that enemies throw.
5: What the beginning of a battle looks like.
6: Pikipek.
7: New catching animation.
8: The first town.
9: The first town.
10: Tf is in her bag?
11: Grandson of what?
12: Once you’ve battled a Pokemon before, the bottom screen tells you what’s super effective and what’s not.
13: Trainer customization!
14: Blue is Gyarados.
15: Green is Tyranitar.
16: YELLOW IS HAXORUS.
17: Red is Charizard.
Lmao I thought the same thing about Lillie’s bag
A dead body obviously.
It was a gun
“I don’t like battling but-”
*gun noises*
“Oops”
I bet she’s evil.
Mega Klingklang
Michael Fassbender’s head.
11. Hau is Hala’s grandson.
The mum has had a separate room since XY
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Player%27s_house#Layout_7
Unfortunately have to stop updates for a bit, folks. Site is being SUPER slow and it makes doing anything really difficult!
If you want a rundown of what’s new (before I type it up) go check out the previous post!
I hope yungoos drops the normal typing. Fighting/ground plz.
Normal/Dark
The x4 fighting though… :O
I don’t see it becoming fighting honestly. Maybe dark 😕
They said it’s really aggressive. Dark type fits it too though.
At first I thought maybe it’d get electric typing due to the yellow stripe, but I could definitely see it getting ground. Maybe it’ll be normal/ground?
I don’t want another diggersby. -shudders-
Was diggersby good? Idk I never used it. Wanted to a little though….lol
It was ugly, that’s for sure
OH MY GIDDY AUNT
THE ZELDA WORLD IS HELLA BIG
Did they say that’s the whole world?
Dude the area in the first thing is the smallest spot
It looks amazing. I’m pretty sure the world will stop once it comes out. No one will leave their homes
I love the Grubbin. I hope Pikipek looses its normal typing
I was really holding out for pure Flying. Looks like they just won’t break some traditions.
I really don’t understand why they make almost every bird flying/normal.
From its description I think it might become Bug/Electric
I’d gladly take that type combo over another Bug/Flying
It just might, I mean Fletchling lost its normal type, anything is possible!
I hope so!
I wonder if the first island’s (Melemele?) deity Pokémon’s name is actually Tapu Koko?
What? where did you get those names from?
In the dialogue Hala says before the battle
Ah I guess I missed that in all the commotion lol
In B4 it’s a legend like Arceus… well Tapu Koko doesn’t have to be its actual name, but possibly a nickname the locals give the Legendary.
But if every island has a guardian Pokemon like that, how would they all act like Arceus? I think it’s like the lake Pokemon from Sinnoh in a way, since they are usually referenced as the ‘lake guardians’
True, but it could be a trio + the legend representing the Stars too.
That’s 4 Pokemon… 😉
Or the legend group could be a quartet just like the Musketeers!
Or for once, it’s not a trio 😛
But for now, anything’s possible, so it’s worth speculating anything
They already did a quartet in gen 5, the musketeers…
Yeah, but there might be another one in the future :3
Move over trios, quartets are the new thing 😛
Exactly, they already did it so there’s a chance they’ll do it again… 🙂
Might be a local name, but it has an official name as well? Dunno
So who gets the third starter?! No one? That’s unlikely. Could be Lillie but idk..
I’m going to get it. Fight me Nintendo.
Having one starter is overrated anyway…
I know, right? 😛
I know, that’s what I’m wondering. If Lillie doesn’t get it, then who will? Wouldn’t they have been revealed by now?
Maybe no one will get it like in Gen 1 and 2. I doubt it though.
But, in the Pokedex trailer, it shows that you have seen it. Someone gets it, or else they just doesn’t make sense
Maybe it’s automatically seen??? Like how you could see those Beautiflies flying in ORAS and you would get their entries.
I dunno, i don’t think so about that. It’s never happened like that before, despite seeing all the starters at the start of every Pokemon game, it’s never registered as seen in the POkedex
Well there’s a first time for everything 😛 I dunno.
maybe not for this 😛 It’s too small of a detail
Maybe…or maybe they’re trying to mix story elements up a bit and the second rival comes in later.
True :3
I hope it’s a girl though. Could it just be the opposite gender character you don’t pick? Maybe they end up living on a different island but still get a starter
Hmm maybe, anything’s possible right now