A recent Reddit thread has questioned whether or not the 4-move meta may be changing in Generation VII with the release of Pokémon Sun & Moon for the Nintendo 3DS this November.
The image comes from E3 and shows the new summary of a Pokémon’s current moves, but the background striping seems to suggest that there is an extra slot. This is not any sort of solid indication and could simply be a striped background which does not align with the data, but with the way in which Tackle lines up it does give fans pause. It should also be noted that Professor Kukui is studying Pokémon moves, a foreshadowing of something new we may see.
Obviously this would have huge implications for competitive battling and many Pokémon that have found themselves too limited by the four move standard could have room to shine.
Others in the Reddit thread have suggested an HM slot, Mega Evolved attacks or something Synchro/Synergetic-related.
Update:
Just for clarification, I will also post the menu showing screenshots in which it appears that only 4 are present on the right side. This does not rule out all possibilities however 🙂
Certainly not worth taking anything as fact, but definitely a great topic for discussion!
<3 PJ
I think it is a move slot, but not the same move slots we’re used to. The prof is supposedly researching Pokémon moves, and we remember the last prof researching evolution introduced us to Mega-Evolution. There’s been buzz and rumors about Pokémon in Sun and Moon being able to learn/use “Mega-Attacks” and there’s the one video supposedly of Pikachu using one of these “Mega-Attacks”. At first it was thought each Pokémon, or each type, would have a specific Mega-Attacks but maybe there’s a handful that each ‘mon can learn and THAT is what that 5th slot is for, your current Mega-Attack which would only be triggered by doing something or other in battle. At least I’d hope the Mega-Attacks would require something to be used, Mega-Evolution is a bit too easy imo, would have been more strategic if you had to hit some kind of prerequisite before it could be used but anyway that’s my vote. 5th attack slot for Mega-Attacks.
It ended up just being the item :v