EU Gets Pokémon Sun & Moon 3DS XL & Steelbook Special Edition

It has been announced that the Pokémon Sun & Moon-inspired 3DS will not only be launching in Japan, but Europe as well (with a North American release also highly likely). The 3DS features artwork of the new legendary Pokémon, Solgaleo and Lunala, in white lineart on top of a glossy black finish.

In addition, there will be a special edition of the two games which come in collectible steel cases featuring art of the Alola region within.

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What do you think? Does it look like something you’ll purchase?

<3 PJ

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466 thoughts on “EU Gets Pokémon Sun & Moon 3DS XL & Steelbook Special Edition”

  1. I’m sure this has been done to death, but since there isn’t much going on around here now, what are your five favorite Pokemon?

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        • Honorable Mentions : Krookadile, Tangrowth, Dialga, all other eevevoltuions, all cat Pokemon (except Delcatty), Salamence, Dragalge

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          • I FORGOT THO MENTION THE CAT POKEMON! I LOVE THOSE!!!
            Tangrowth??? What do you like about it 😕

          • In my Black 2 Wedlocke, it held my team together and was a really good wall. Sadly, in one battle, it came down to killing her or her partner, so I let her go. Her name was Berry.
            From then on, I realized Tangrowth is awesome.

    • 5: Darmanitan with my newfound love for the Flame, Darmanitan takes the signiture lead of my Fire Mono Team
      4: Chesnaught a really smexy design
      3: Emboar my favorite starter, perfectly matches my big bulky powerhouse demeanor
      2: Sandslash I love Armadrillos and Pangolins, my first favorite ground
      1: Rhyperior and Excadrill truly I couldn’t have asked for more reliable teammates so they take #1 equally

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    • 1.Swirlix/Slurpluff
      2. Banette
      3.Totodile
      4.Zigzagoon
      5.Gloom
      Honorable Mentions: Krookodile, slowpoke, wigglytuff and Tangrowth

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        • There are many reason, I love its design and all the most out of all its stages but I really feel in love with it because of the anime where it shows how sweet of a pokemon it is, I’m a sucker for cheesy stories like that 😛

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    • My Top 5 changes really often, but oh well, I’m feeling these right now.
      1.Reuniculus (I recently noticed that I love this line A LOT! I find Reuniculus SUPER cute for some reason <3)
      2.Chandelure (I'm a huge fan of Ghost Pokemon since I have a small (BIG) obsession with Horror films and literature IRL)
      3.Umbreon (It is my favourite Eeveelution of all time, with Vaporeon coming in close 2nd)
      4.Xatu (It used to be my favourite Pokemon a long time ago)
      5.Empoleon (My favorite starter of all time, I love this line so much <3)
      Honorable Mentions : Krookodile, Samurott, Sharpedo, Claydol, Klefki, Ampharos, Ariados, Vaporeon, Espeon

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      • a lot of my favs are in this list too, I’m like you where my favourites change a lot and I have too many to count 😛

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        • Haha, I feel you. I remember being obsessed with the Treecko line when I was younger, but nowadays I’m just like “anyway…” when I hear people talking about it.

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        • He is awesome. To be honest after Luxray I can’t really order my favorite Pokemon because I like too many. Salamence, Tyranitar, Metagross, Alakazam, Ampharos, Froslass, Typhlosion, Togekiss, etc. But Lucario is number 1 for sure and Luxray is definitely number 2.

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  2. I’ll up the ante
    top 5 favorite attacks and why (And don’t just load up on every Signiture move)
    5: Dig, I’m fond of burrowing and I wish I could grab others and drag em down with me
    4: Drill Run; just an extremely cool attack, crashing into the opponent with your body spinning
    3: Hammer Arm; Smash things with a big fist
    2: Earthquake; do I even need to say, you set off an Earthquake and end everything
    1: Rock Wrecker; what is more destructive then launching an explosive Boulder at your foe NOTHING I SAY

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  3. So I kinda wish they would create a new trading mechanism for gen 7, where you can trade items without having to trade pokemon and have it be super speedy. Often times I need to trade over a stone or something but am discouraged because I have to attach it to a pokemon and then trade it back and stuff..

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  4. I’m confused.. does this mean the game itself will be slightly different???
    Why so vague???
    I won’t pay, I dislike it if so.

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      • I don’t know. .. maybe I’m reading it weird.. but in my mind it sounds like the game is different slightly including the box.
        Plus… Whose going to buy the same game twice… For a Tin..
        This should of been a pre-order thing like they did for Emerald

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          • How else would you get it? I didn’t know they sold things like this separately. .. but ok if they do. Buying from someone who doesn’t want the case doesn’t count though.

          • I’m still confused…? If you wanted the steel book (provided it came to NA) all you would have to do is buy the steel book version…. the only difference between it and the normal version is the package so I don’t get why you would buy it twice

          • Ohhhh wait.. I think Serebii originally said a few months after the release it something like that’s high got me confused. They updated the site and even cleared up the other confusion.. it’s the same game.. different box. I was going by what they said. All good now ?

  5. I hope we get a koala Pokemon this generation! I think they could do some really cool things with its design.

    At least, this is what the average Pokemon fan would say right now. Nekkoala and Iwanko still don’t officially exist.

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    • ahgftdgsh I thought you were serious for a second haha. I’m still wondering why didn’t they reveal them? The CoroCoro magazine is out right?

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      • It is, but the two still haven’t been added to the official site. It’s the first time that Corocoro has had news but the official site hasn’t updated with said news once the magazine has been officially released.

        Personally, I’m guessing that they’ll be revealed at the world hobby fair gameplay this weekend, Junichi Masuda is going to be playing part of the game.

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  6. I miss Animal Crossing. I’m thinking about restarting Wild World or City Folk soon, just to get back into that experience. But I’m thinking about the future of the series. Don’t you think it’s interesting how the Animal Crossing Mobile app is releasing in Fall 2016, right around the time when the NX and its launch titles will be revealed? It was stated that the mobile game will tie into full Animal Crossing console experiences, so do you think that Animal Crossing could be an NX launch title? I certainly think so. If not, late 2017 or early 2018 are guaranteed. The connection is already confirmed, something has to be down the pipeline!

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    • Oh man, I hope so. Animal crossing is so addictively fun, they need to make another one. I believe new leaf came out in either 2011 or 2012 in Japan, so we are well due for another one. I just revisited my old town in New leaf a few days ago, I really missed the place. I wish that in the next game, you could freeze your town in stasis or something, so that when you come back a year later, everything isn’t ruined.

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      • Yep, November 8th 2012 for Japan. I know that their team has been involved with amiibo Festival, Happy Home Designer and Splatoon since then, but they also had to have been developing the “next big thing”. All of that is behind them now (including the Wii U itself), so it’s full speed ahead for Animal Crossing NX.

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  7. While every type is popular to some extent, anybody have a type they almost never use? Surprisingly, fire, rock, and ground tend to be ones I don’t remember using much. Sorry earthen.

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  8. So while we are all bored, why not have a little discussion.

    What was your favorite aspect of the game from each generation.

    Mine are:
    Gen 1- The challenge!
    Gen 2- The Pokemon designs/Post-game (but basically everything about the games)
    Gen 3- The Region
    Gen 4- The Lore
    Gen 5- The Story (duh)
    Gen 6- The new battle mechanics/Music

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    • Gen 1 – Certain Pokemon/ music (Don’t have too much I like about gen 1 really)
      Gen 2 – Region/post-game
      Gen 3 – evil team/music
      Gen 4 – Region/evil team/pokemon/story somewhat
      Gen 5 – Story/evil team/music
      Gen 6 – Region/music

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    • Gen 1 – the Pokemon designs
      Gen 2 – post game/replay ability
      Gen 3 – the music
      Gen 4 – the difficulty
      Gen 5 – story (honestly for lack of an out standing feature)
      Gen 6 – the graphics

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    • Gen 1- It was the beginning whats not to like
      Gen 2- Everything, the pokemon, the story the lore
      Gen 3- Secret Base introduction had me obsessed as a kid
      Gen 4- Nothing really stands out to me at the moment except the evolutions of some old pokemon as well as some cool new ones
      Gen 5- The graphics, the story, the landscape, the feel of it all
      Gen 6- The introduction of Fairies and 3D

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    • Gen 1: Nothing. Maybe the feel of the old games?
      Gen 2: Haven’t played, but from HGSS I can assume post game.
      Gen 3: Region
      Gen 4: Lore
      Gen 5; Story
      Gen 6: Battle mechanics.

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    • Gen 1- Nostalgia and gym leaders
      Gen 2- Post Game
      Gen 3- New mechanics
      Gen 4- Team Galactic, Story, and Region
      Gen 5- Team Plasma, Story, and Region
      Gen 6- Uh….updated graphics and super training

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  9. We were discussing down below the different types that we (don’t) use, and then I got to thinking that each type tends to have a characteristic about them right? Like fire tends to be good attackers, steel is pretty solid and defensive, and electric is fast. Now there are exceptions of course but I was curious about what you guys think the others are or if you really don’t think there is any similarities between most of the Pokemon of one type.

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  10. Alright, since I feel like a lot of questions are being asked, I’ll ask another one of my own. What is your favorite music track per gen, or if you are too lazy for that, favorite track overall?

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  11. Okay more discussion 😀

    What is one thing you want the most in Pokemon GO….. It can’t be “for it to be a good game” if you are against it. Something you think is critical for the game to be successful if it isn’t implemented..

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  12. So questions have sort of overrun the comments (not that I mind) so who do you think is the best pokemon professor? My nostalgia wants me to say Oak but honestly I’m going to have to go with Juniper. She helps you out on your journey and actually takes time to see how you’re doing. She also gives you a lucky egg, which is awesome! The worst would definitely have to be Elm. Totally forgettable.

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  13. Anyone think Super Training is kinda pointless? Horde EV training is way more effective and faster. You can EV train a pokemon in less than 30 minutes with that

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      • Most of battle them are fall in the same monotonous but I feel this is kinda different …as I said I don’t like battle them most of the time except some legendary them and E4 …..my favorite part is from 0:45-0:55..it’s look like flute sound for me.

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  14. So this is my last Pokemon GO comment, I promise.. I’m just excited for it now that its coming soon.

    But speaking of coming soon, when do you guys think it releases?

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