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
All this hype for S/M and LoZ aside, does anyone know when Square Enix’s conference starts? I need FF XV and KH now!
PIKIPEK IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST REGIONAL BIRD. IT’S SOO CUTE.
And I’m so happy we finally get Battle Royals!
I love how the game looks, but I’m sorta worried about them oversimplifiying the game…
I wonder if the ‘Pokemon special’ is still a thing. Also they didn’t showcase the 2 Pokémon in corocoro for some reason.
On an other note.
The New Zelda looks Absolutely gorgeous.
The target audience remains children aged 6 to 12, simplifying the games makes it more accesible to them.
And yes LoZ is freakin incredible, it exceeded all of my expectations and I cant wait till its 2017!!
Simple isn’t always bad… I think making the battling part of the game easier to understand is nice!
I’m rolling my eyes at how the host of the Pokémon part of Treehouse mentioned the bracelets and didn’t attempt to use force to find an answer. I’m praying its just a new look for Mega evolution.
I think it’s likely Grubbin turns into some type of beetle, perhaps an Earwig.
Bug/Electric Earwig, describtion says it loves electricity and its habitat are usually powerplants.
There appears to be a powerplant on the third island, to the right of the desert area and north of the orange building. I wonder if it’ll appear sooner though.
Well I’d say the “pincers” look quite like a power plug. Could be on to something, Galem. I’d love that typing, though where was this info? I’ve only seen the trailer here so far. 🙂
I want ask about that too …..I didn’t know wat the name based on . so it’s beetle Larva right ? I am expecting fire-bug type.
Fire types usually don’t like electricity, and certainly dont live near power plants lol..
oh sorry I didn’t read the description …ur right ….I believe beetle didn’t have fangs when they larva …..could be something else?
Well since it loves electricity, I think it will evolve into a Bug/Electric.
I know I mean could it evolve in to something different than beetle ?
Pinsir pre evo
Lol I hope not. I don’t really like prevos
Same here lol getting a competitive Electivire was annoying
Literally everyone after that Treehouse….
So beautiful. Such great designs. Such gorgeous scenery.
Anyone else think the way the protagonist walks looks silly?
Yes, I was thinking that xD
I think that’s something that’ll get fixed. The game is still in development and I imagine it’s something they will work out once it’s done. the actual movement is what’s most important at this point in development.
Thank God haha I thought he looked a bit wonky 😛 But I think k that was just the terrain lol
Same, I’m hoping they work on it a bit more before the game releases, but I probably won’t care either way in the end.
My brain is fried
So much infooooooooooo
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/06/nintendo_unveils_massive_e3_eshop_sale_in_north_america
So I’ve noticed something interesting and I don’t know if anyone else has said this so forgive me if I’m repeating. What I noticed was the day and night system may have been changed. The battle with Hau on the platform was screen capped and shown last month on Pokenchi. In that pic the sun was also setting. this means that maybe we are moving from real life day and night to an in game calendar system. Also I believe either Masuda or Ohmori stated that the footage they showed was suppose to be a day after the player got his starter.
But in the Pokenichi clip, the levels on there are level 5, so it’s either the first battle or a later battle, because some of it might have been set up to act as a demo
That’s true….but they seemed to make a big deal of the time of day. And why would they say it’s the second day if it was basically the same day anyway? Also why not make it during the day time then for either the screen shot or the gameplay. If the 3ds they are playing on is at the correct time which would have been early morning why would it be turning to night for the game? Who knows I guess maybe we’ll find out as we get more footage of the games. It was just an idea that occurred to me. Either way I’d be fine with whatever they end up doing. lol
New Mario Party! 😀 http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/14/e3-2016-mario-party-star-rush-announced-for-3ds
It’s for 3DS. Not a big fan of the 3DS Mario Parties tbh
I just noticed something. *refresh*
In the ‘demo’ you came out a house with a garage and went right? Well, I think this is our home (circled in black) and it’s right here. you go right and the layout on the map looks like what we see in the demo. Maybe you take the path on the left (no grass) to get to the town to get your starter, are urged back home to talk to Mom, then go back through the other path to go back to the festival whee you get your second battle with Hau in the festival.
I mean, if it goes by the demo :3
I think you are right. the left path seems to be much more straight forward. I imagine if you try to go to the right before you get your Pokemon you get stopped by something. I think you’ll have to meet up with Kukui before you go up the mountain though. So first to the beach then to the top of the mountain lol
It’s so big OMG. I can’t wait to explore it! (the house haha) I’m pretty sure you’re right. Like Sunny said, I think you’ll go to the beach first.
Right, but you need to go to the town to get the starters since the selection screen has the platform on it.
So it could be first, or maybe when you go back down after the festival you stop there, since Lilie’s dialogue at the point shows you know about her enough, at least from the feel.
It’s how our house is one of the biggest buildings in the island. We rich 8)
Secret rich Dad confurmed? 😀
Gotta be rich to live there! My grandpa is a retired dentist living on the big Island. He had a house built for $1mil and ended up being $2mil….
Make it rain peeps, make it rain.
Masuda has stated, that they will reveal the purpose of the bracelets and its power in the upcoming months.
Makes sense. They don’t want to give it away too soon. mega evolution didn’t get fully revealed until August so I imagine sometime around then we could get the info.
I feel like the bracelets would just power-up and cause the Rising Sun and Full Moon forms of Solgaleo and Lunala, also doubling as a new way to cause Mega Evolution due to the surge of energy. Maybe GameFreak would be removing Mega Stones as others have speculated.
Oh shit, Wolf Link is your companion in Breath of the Wild?
If you have the amiibo
I didn’t know if I remember that correctly but I think I was saw Hala talking about some guardians r protect these islands maybe one guardian for each…..??!!
You saw correctly
I kinda wish the protag would be raised by a single father for once..Or just give us both parents again.
If anyone knows Emily Rodgers from the Paper Mario Wii U rumors, Breath of the Wind rumors, and NX rumors; all of her credibility is gone. There is no voice acting for every single character in the game (evidence is with the Old Man at the start) and there is no female Link/Linkle in the game (Aonuma confirmed this). The only thing that she got right was the Wii U and NX version of the game, which every rumor outlet has stated before. Earthen must be ecstatic at this point!
More Zelda Information:
– Refresh for Boxart.
– 3 New Amiibo.
– Same experience across Wii U and NX with Pro Controller support.
– Skyward Sword HD is a possibility.
– The map is 12 times larger than Twilight Princess’.
– Hidemaro Fujibayashi is directing the game.
I love the font artwork.
I’m guessing we’ll get Iwanko and Nekkoala’s English names once they are officially revealed through CoroCoro magazine in Japan. At least, that’s what usually happens since they’re trying to let everyone worldwide be on the same page with Pokémon.
If you can have 3 and only 3 evolutions for older Pokémon who would they be ?
Like example Tangrowth would have an even outrageous walking jungle form?
Pachirisu, Emolga, and Dedenne.
I’m tired of these electric rodents not evolving.
Speaking of…
Which species of electric rodent do you guys think we’ll get this gen?
I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a hamster.
It’s usually some kind of cutesy rodent.
We don’t/can’t have hamsters in Hawaii. The only rodents that exist here are just plain old/pacific rats and the house mouse. But you know, it’s the Pokemon world and not actual Hawaii… so hamsters are not totally out of question.
Dunsparce
Girafarig
Farfetch’d
Shouldn’t it be spelled battle royale?
Like a Royale with cheese ?
The way it is pronounced should be spelled with an e.
It was a pulp fiction reference 😛
But its just one of those things its spelled differently everywhere.
Just like colour and color. etc 🙂
I actually type Royale in the live coverage, but nope. They spell it Royal. 🙁
Maybe not to confuse with the movie? Idk how that was even relevant… Haha
Why didn’t they show the bug on stream D: anyways I realllllly like how Sun and Moon looks. And Zelda looks phenomenal. Very excited.
I get you! But it was live gameplay so they didn’t know what would be shown and what wouldn’t.
Mmn. I am excited I only wanted one and I got two plus the bird and I got to see the battles in action. It looks great and Zelda looks awesome. So for me Nintendo has pleased me. Overall a boring E3 but I got enough to make me happy.
I know! The info we got today is very pleasing and we can enjoy that for now. Their marketing game is goooood this year.
Maybe they had meant to run into the bug but it just didn’t happen. They weren’t really in the grass much :/
Yeah I hated that they were intentional avoiding the grass.
My brother and I were like, “go in the fricken grass!! What are you doing!?”
Exactly
I know right, if that was me playing it, I would be dissecting that grass for all the Pokemon there. I’d be encountering until I found all the Pokemon available
Same!!!! They would’ve had to take the game away from me because I wouldn’t want to move on
Exactly. Even if there was no other new Pokemon, we at least get to see what else is on that route.
I think I need some exercise, my brain is trying to learn every scrap of details in everything
Tired……
Go for a jog!
** WARNING OPINION INCOMMING **
Am I the only person who was a bit let down by this e3 ?
Sony : They showed loads of games but honestly its really been all the same sort of stuff for so long now :/
Literally the best thing they said was Crash coming back and then its only a re-master, good but not great. Horizon is the only game I’m really looking forward to, which is next year. 6/10
Microsoft : Showed some games, less than Sony but I preferred the look of some games it seemed to have a bit more variety. Project Scorpio is sexual but too far away to get hyped. Gears of War 4 has me by the balls tho. 7.5/10
Nintendo : Overall I’m disappointed we didn’t get a direct but I’m glad were getting more information this way. Zelda looks good but nothing too crazy, it will still be a GOTY contender regardless. Pokémon Sun & Moon look great for me this is keeping Nintendo ahead of Sony this e3. 7/10 ( But not finished yet )
I don’t really care much for E3 besides any Nintendo related stuff, and that’s cause I’m not really interested in much else outside of Nintendo.
There is some games, but I usually have no means to play them, so I’m like ‘Meh.’
I wish they had revealed some new games too. I wanted an AC WiiU game but it’s not looking like we’ll get one. I was so sure..
Awe, I’m sorry that you were let down by it :/
I personally loved this years E3, while i just became a sony fan in the past few years and have never played a GOW game, the one they showed had me very interested. Horizon looks so amazing and I have been looking forward to it since it was announced. Other than that there the only other thing from sony that I got hyped about was the Skyrim remaster, but regardless I was still pumped on life through out, and sun/moon and Winds of the Wild just look so top notch that I can throughly say I am blown away, like into another dimension blown away. I think this years E3 was terrific but again, we all come from different walks of life and like different things, so I can see how others might not see it as I did 🙂
I personally think Sony had the best conference out of the big corporations. The opening with the live orchestra teasing the main theme of God of War was exceptionally enticing, the theatrical and almost cinematic reveals with very little talking, and the presenters (the little amount they had) seeming less frightened than the other presenters of the other corporations was made it work and accessible (Aisha’s still the best). Nintendo comes in second, but the way they revealed Pokemon and Zelda could have been more grand and epic instead of just incorporating a few trailers and then talking about them.
I like that they got rid of the “ground mats” beneath pokemon in battles. This seems more realistic now 🙂
They should now work on character expressions and movements. They just stand there when their Pokemon is getting pummeled to the floor… You know, that blank stare of a psychotic patient. I think simple gestures such as determined faces, using their hands to direct attacks, and just overall making it a symbiotic and expressive experience will truly make this a gem of a game!
That’s a good point. I think that would make it more immersive. I like that there can be bystanders though. Maybe they’ll throw flowers onto the field when I crush my opponents 🙂
I concur. Immersion is a key ingredient in RPG games and whatever they can do to make the player relate and feel apart of their world will only add to the experience! 😀
THe Trainers do have animations when their Pokemon attacks where the move their arms and hands to direct an attack, so there’s that :3
But yeah, the expression might be better (although I didn’t look too closely to see the expressions of the other Trainers)
Oh! That’s awesome! I must have missed that! :C
As Percy said, they do direct their Pokemon’s attacks and they have a waiting animation as well. There should be an animation for when their Pokemon gets attacked. They said the game is still in development, so it might get implemented later.
Hopefully! :3
Did the player character blink in the beginning? I thought he did but it could have just been the pixels from his movement
Magearna gonna be banned on smogon
Memento boost….memento boost lol
I swear… Nintendo fans VS Microsoft fans on YouTube… *refresh*
seems about right to me
Spot on example right there…