Today’s the day! Or, it was supposed to be until new Pokémon from Sun & Moon were leaked and then officially revealed yesterday. Even so, we’re still expecting a modicum of new Pokémon information in addition to an English trailer! The Japanese and Western trailers have all differed so far, so we may just see something we didn’t see last night! The official English site contains new details about last night’s Pokémon!
We now have the official English trailer and some new updates:
- Charjabug has a new ability, Battery: “Charjabug has the Battery Ability, an Ability not seen before in any other Pokémon. The Battery Ability allows it to raise the power of allies’ special moves.”
- Vikavolt has the ability Levitate
- Tapu Koko has the ability Electric Surge which creates Electric Terrain when it enters battle. It also knows the brand-new attack Nature’s Madness which decreases opponent’s HP by half. It’s closed form is teased to be used at certain special times… It is also the guardian of Melemele Island
- Bruxish is the Gnash Teeth Pokémon and has the abilities Dazzling and Strong Jaw. The former is a new ability which prevents opponents from using priority moves that strike first (appears to block only offensive moves from description)
- Cutiefly is the Bee Fly Pokémon and has the abilities Honey Gather and Shield Dust
- Drampa is the Placid Pokémon and sports the abilities Beserk and Sap Sipper. It’s Sp. Attack will increase by 1 if its HP drops below half for the former ability, a new addition to the game
- Komala is the Drowsing Pokémon and has the ability Comatose which keeps it asleep and safe from other status conditions
- Rockruff is the Puppy Pokémon and has abilities Keen Eye and Vital Spirit
- Togedemaru is the Roly-Poly Pokémon (omg, how adorable) and has the abilities Iron Barbs and Lightning Rod
- We also have confirmation that Zubat will appear in the wild!
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“Drampa are especially gentle with children and often appear at schools and parks where children gather.”
I was right, this is basically a Pokemon Pete’s Dragon…except with all children instead of one xD
Drampa is a little bit creepy. I like it.
The molester pokemon
O god and it’s based on an old man o.o
I know the description doesnt really help him, trying to make him sound like a pervert poor drampa
I almost spit out my drink ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
THAT’S what its classification is????
Nah, it’s not no worries
o lol phew
GF would have had a lawsuit on their hands
It’s the Placid Pokemon haha
Placid or flaccid 😉
Buy it a drink and I’m sure you’ll find out
Reece PLZZZZ
Or maybe some “hard” candy?
O dear ahahaha
LOL NO. That’d be hilarious if it was. And then all the activist groups would attack nintendo xD
Hey, Drampa just loves communicating with Pokemon and people, leave him be 😛
Plus, if you hurt any children in its care, it will be in a rage.
It sounds creepy still haha
Looks more like the dragon from Neverending Story lol
I’m tidbit disappointed we didn’t grt any characters but guess we’ll have to wait fot Coro Coro or next months vid.
Still majorly thrilles about all the new pokes we’ve got. Yet hope the next bunch of Pokes will have more different types of Pokes.
Rockruff is a great name btw.
or sunday 3rd
U mean Pokeenchi? Possible, but unlikely.
Ironic how Tapu Koko the Land spirit is not Ground type is weak to it!
I interpreted it as each of the spirits being the spirits of their respective lands. Not necessarily referring to the Ground type.
Whoever said Bruxish was based on Bruxism was correct.
Shhh dont say that it might get into earthens head and his ego will get so big he will bury us all!
Douche
omg go to work
I am at work
do your job then -_-
I do my job,
At this point, my first team will probably be something like this.
Rowlet
Rockruff
Pikipek
Grubbin
Drampa
You’re not gonna get Drampa for a while. I dont feel it’ll even be on the first island
Probably not, I’ll just use something else until I can catch it. I might go with Komala
I think we will go back to that island but to a part we can’t go at beginning to catch it
I have a feeling all of these pokemon are from the first island though. They showed it in a cave, it could be on the first island still.
At lvl 44 on the first Island?
Mabey we return to part originally inaccessible to us
Well the caves shown appear to need surf so I think it’s plausible. You’ll just have to come back. Plus it could have a prevo
Fair enough. But coming back for it later still means it’s a late game Pokemon.
That’s true. I do hope it evolves from something though. No games ever really encourage dragon types except for X&Y (where you could get Axew and Bagon before the second gym) And now that Fairy is such a common counter for them, I hope they give us more dragons early on. No one ever wants to use them on playthroughs because you don’t get them till really late.
Only Pysudo Legendary in original game that can be caught even mid way is Goomy and they nerf him by putting him in front of Fairy Gym
Drampa looks like a late game Pokemon.
Probably not gonna matter too much
Probably Victory Road or something.
My team idea
Popplio
Yungood or Grubbin
Komala
I have to make two separate ones but:
-Rowlet
-Vikavolt
-Litten
-Pikipek
-Cutiefly (Unless the evolution sucks)
Perhaps mix Rockruff and Komala in there somewhere depending on their evolutions
I preordered both versions, but I’m starting with Sun and I already decided Rowlet will be my first starter. Rockruff I just gotta have because I have an extreme weakness for puppies lol.
It’s so cute but I typically don’t have Rock types tbh. They’re not as useful to me as ground. Maybe it’ll be a dual type though eventually
I wonder if drampa is male only or if it can be female aswell or if there is counterpart called dramma XD
lmao yassss
Interesting side note is that Solgaleo, Lunala and Zygarde are listed as legendary #1, legendary #2 and legendary #3 on the Japanese website of S/M. Does this mean Zygarde also functions as Alola’s 3rd legendary?
I speculated this and I was hoping to be wrong. I still hope I am x(
That would make sense. Having a Sun- moon- earth trio. It would truly make Zygarde the order Pokemon, juggling its cells to keep Xearneas, Yveltal, Solgaleo, and Lunaala in check.
Minor info but screenshots and info on Japanese page show that Zubat. Psyduck, Riolu & Klefki are available (not that I care as I only use new Gen Pokemon on my ingame teams)
Sammeee, at least in the first playthroughs of the game 😀
Well I’ve got half of my team already- all 3 starters which is a traditional I do when starting a new region
I more or less have potential members, I don’t want to finalize my teams until it gets closer to release. I do have guaranteed ones, like Rowlet, Litten, and Vikavolt.
Well I’m hoping that Vikavolt will be an early access bug but also be as powerful as the regional Elec as I do like having an Electric type on my team and bug isn’t too bad either!
You have good taste 🙂
😉 Thanks, I just be me.
GUys guys guys guys
“If it begins to howl when the sun goes down, that is proof that it’s close to evolving.”
I know dogs howl, but when I think of howling near nighttime, I think of wolves.
Rock wolf confurmed?
I mean, es no dark wolf, but I will take it as a wolf regardless.
It meaning Rockruff obvi 😉
Good point. I think we may see our first actual wolf pokemon 😀
Hopefully 😀
I’m just so excited, if it is a rock wolf, I will gladly add it to the team no questions asked. Wanted a wolf for a long time
They’re kinda important in Japanese history/culture too, I’m really surprised we haven’t really seen one yet.
This changes everything then! I may have to name my Rockruff after a dire wolf from GoT then
Ahhh but which to name it after!? D: Probably Summer, although Shaggy Dog would fit it well also…Nymeria is a good choice too. Not Ghost for obvious reasons, maybe the Shiny is white though. And then there’s Lady…we hardly new ye.
Grey Wind, even
Ah, yes. I always forget about Robb. xD He’s my least favorite Stark Child. He fucked everything up
Or ya know, I’ll just do what I always do and name it after my dog, Rambo lol
Perfect name
I know if I do have Rockruff in my party, it’s being named after my late dog Sox, which is super fitting since Litten is being named after my cat Molly (who is still around).
The two goofball together again <3
Aw Sox is such a cute name
Yeah, he had cute white feet and I think it was my Dad (or one of my brothers) that wanted to name him after Sox the baseball team, not actual socks xD I don’t remember since I was so little then.
Wolf doggo is good doggo
Wait but… Oh yeah Houndooms a Hellhound not a Wolf but wai… Oh yeah neithers Absol damn it
“If it begins to howl when the sun goes down, that is proof that it’s close to evolving”
If they’re bringing back day/night cycles, it could be a Rock/Dark Wolf evo
…if it is, I will be content for all my days, that evo would probably shoot to the top faves for me, I’m just saying.
I don’t know if this is already been aske it’s cause I just got here but I wonder if is gonna have a new way to evolve.
“It’s said that it leaves its Trainer’s side to evolve and returns again when fully evolved.”
Yeah, you go and release and see if it’ll come back evolved xD
Lmao That’s what I was too but I meant like you have to leave it somewhere or even at the daycare
Maybe it will evolve only at night.
Not a new method, but could be the case for the dog.
I was thinking that maybe you have to trade it after a certain level
I hate trade evolutions……….
Hope it’s not a trade evolution.
I hate trade evolutions.
No one normally does those type of trades a German B**tard stole my prize Politoad and had to trade Shiny Jirachi for it back
You gave up a shiny jirachi for a politoed?
It was my favorite at the time and I loved it
That’s awful
I hate trade evos aswell but it is the only think i can think of when it says a pokemon leaves and comebacks but i also think it is just a description and he will evolve normally at like lvl 26 or something
Honestly trade evolutions are obsolete now considering trading is so simple with wifi. They used to have them to encourage trading and link cables and stuff…but we don’t need that anymore, imo.
Well i said a lil while back that a neat way would be more real life evolutions (akin to turning 3DS upside down for Inkay) and I mentioned having a charging 3DS to evolve Charjabug into Vikavolt
Or maybe to evolve Komala, you have to keep it in your party for x amount of hours in the day time (with the day/night cycle back) and that’ll help it turn into a hypothetical angry awake koala evolution?
It probably just hides in the tall grass to evolve. It’s shy!
I’m in love with Rockruff!
I’m hoping it has 2 more evolutions
If it does turn into a wolf, I think it might have split gender evolutions
Ughhh Rockruff fever is spreading like wildfire
I truly want it as a first capture but the idea of everyone having it leaves a bad taste in my mouth
You don’t own the Pokemon, honestly chill
People like certain Pokemon, they make first stages cute and that’s what the people want
It it turns into a wolf – which I’m hoping it will – and it has decent moves/type coverage, I’ll deffo use it on one of my teams (as I have a fascination with wolves and even plan to get a wolf tattoo someday)
Oh please, don’t be so dramatic. Just use what you like.
But how would you feel knowing everyone is going to be using the same thing
make sure you have smth to counter it so u can win battles 🙂
If everyone started using Volcarona I would tell them all they had exceptional taste 😉 And I’d make sure they knew that I am the leader of the Volcarona church and they answer to me
And if they don’t make you leader, they upstage you and remind you’re nothing
Then they burn in the wrath of my fiery dance
Ultron is right, mastery of a popular Pokemon and proving that one is the best at it makes one the leader.
By that logic in the undisputed master of all Ground Types
I would get over it xD
Just like I don’t care that Lopunny and Gardevoir, two of my faves, are sexualized.
I legit just don’t care, I like it regardless.
I hate when people sexualize pokemon ;( It’s so disturbing and makes me think of animal abuse.
Yeah, it bothers me a little, but I’ve learned to just ignore it really.
But yeah, sexualizing a Pokemon is a bit extreme imo
Exactly how I saw something about people liking the idea of Sexualizing Popplio to be female! It’s wrong to do that
I like water
With your logic, you wouldn’t use any pokemon because somewhere in the world, or even right here, everyone is gonna use every possible pokemon available
It’s silly to stop liking something just because everyone else does.
I must accept it now.
Not a big fan of them?
After revelation of new information, It’s likely that Tapu Koko is based on Ku. For those who missed it, I wanted to write here also, what other guardians might be based on. Firstly, I wrote why Tapu Koko might be based on Ku, and there is Lillie theory as well:
Yellow-Electric-Ku:
“Ku is the God of War. In Hawaiian mythology Ku is one of the four great gods. He is worshipped under many names, including Kū-ka-ili-moku (also written Kūkaʻilimoku), the “Seizer of Land”.
Kū appears in various kinolau. His animal forms include a kanaka, ʻio (hawk), ʻīlio (dog), and moa (chicken)”
Also, Ku is represented with following form:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kuka%27ilimoku.jpg/800px-Kuka%27ilimoku.jpg
Tapu Koko is most probably based on Ku. It has similar appearance as above and it has a chicken mask which is an animal form of Ku. Also there is seizer of the land-land spirit connection.
Also in japanese trailers, dialogues show that they offer the Pokemon battle to Tapu Koko, and they battle in the name of Koko, which can be seen as connection to Ku being god of war (also sacrificies are made in order to offer for Ku).
Blue-Water-Kanaloa:
“Kanaloa is one of the four major akua (gods) of traditional Hawaiian religion. He is associated with the ocean, long distance voyaging, and healing. Kanaloa is lord of the ocean. In fact, the ocean itself is thought to be one of Kanaloa’s bodies. It’s appropriate that he has many sea creatures, such as in the octopus and squid, as his kinolau (body forms). Other ocean-related kinolau of Kanaloa are the naiʻa (dolphin) and the koholā, or whale.”
Green-Grass-Lono:
“Lono is the Hawaiian god of agriculture and rain. He appears in hoʻoilo (the wet season) as rain clouds and winter storms. Some poʻe kahiko (Hawaiians of old) describe Lono as the “akua poʻo huna i ke ao lewa,” or the god whose head is hidden in the dark clouds. The water he brings, especially to the dry, leeward regions, helps keep the land fertile.
Legend has it that Lono is responsible for bringing cultivated plants to Hawaiʻi. This solidifies his important role in agriculture. Lono also is associated with the makahiki celebration. Makahiki is a time of peace and recreation. It’s a time to celebrate the hard work of farming and enjoy the fruits of one’s labor.
Many different plants and animals are said to be forms of Lono.
Lono’s kinolau include sweet potato, gourd plant, candlenut tree, fern, tree fern, banana. Kamapuaʻa is another kinolau of Lono. So is the puaʻa hiwa, an all-black pig. The dark rain clouds sitting on top of a mountain are sometimes called ke ao puaʻa, or pig clouds.”
Red-Fire-Pele:
“Probably the best known of all Hawaiian gods and goddesses is Pele. She is the fire and the heat, the smoke and the steam, the goddess of the volcano. It is Pele that sparks the eruptions and adds new land to our island home. Pele is the volcano and the natural forces associated with volcanic eruption.
Pele’s physical forms include lava, fire, and other natural forces. She can appear as a beautiful young woman or an old lady. She may also appear as a ball of fire on the mountain. She may come in dreams where she appears in the form of a woman in the prime of life, dressed in white.
Pele is said to have come from the faraway lands of Kahiki, along with some of her family. She made stops on all of the Hawaiian Islands, but only Hawaiʻi Island proved to be a suitable home. So it is there at Halemaʻumaʻu, in Kīlauea Caldera, that Pele resides. Because of this, Pele is known as “ka wahine o ka lua,” the woman of the crater.
One of the epithets of Pele is sharp-lipped goddess.”
Also it was speculated that Lillie’s mystery could have something to do with Pele, since Pele appears in forms of white dressed young woman. Lillie does not like to see Pokemon battling and there is a possibility that she is not a trainer. Pele is known to test human beings with tricking them in human form. Maybe, Lillie is testing the protagonist throughout the journey. It is reaching but description of Pele says “she devours forests” while description of Lillie says “she has devoured many books.”
http://jeuxstrategieter.free.fr/jeu_kanaloa/tablette.jpg
I would like Fire/Fairy and Water/Fairy Gaurdian and not Popplio
Oh dear Arceus have mercy (refresh)
KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
Tapu Koko use Natures Madnesses to take it out!!!!!!
S(h)ay there, Red! Got a bunch of Poffins(h) in mah cellar!
11/10, should be final form
If anything, it should be it’s pre-evolution. I mean look at that beautiful, flawless face.
Oh why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn977W9HjWM
There are only three months left before November. I was thinking that since specifically in this trailer Melemele island was introduced and Tapu Koko was shown, maybe in each of the three months the remaining three islands and their guardians will be revealed??
I think it’d be best for mystery’s sake to keep the other guardians a secret. I just want to know all of the regions pokemon and maybe some more mechanics. They can keep locations secret. Show me the first gym leader and evil team designs and I’m good too
I’d like to know the evil team, a gym leader, as well as the second evos for the starters. If we’re lucky we could probably get the person who gets the starter better than yours?
Yeah who is it!?
I don’t think they’ll reveal the actual guardians seeing as they will probably be major plot spoilers.
I think maybe alluding to them via text and then reveal start evos, a few more Pokemon, 2 or 3 characters then that’s it
Wouldn’t that mean we’d get our last info reveal on Oct. 1st?
I think they might start showing Megas, Synchros, whatever they are doing this generation starting next month. It kind of lines up with the reveal scheme for X and Y if I am recalling correctly.
If for whatever reason, only the currently revealed Pokemon were in the game, who would you guys have on your teams?
Personally, I’d have Litten, Cutiefly, Rockruff, Bruxish, Drampa, and Pikipek.
If it was only new Pokemon, I’d have Rowlet, Cutiefly, Vikavolt, Pikipek, Drampa, Somala.
Rowlett, Vikavolt, Rockruff, Bruxish, Komala…maybe yungoos if it loses its normal typing
Litten, Drampa, Tapu Koko, Komala, Pikipek, and Vikavolt. I really like the normal types so far.
Is it just me or do the colors for Komala and Rockruff look different than in CoroCoro?
Idk i looked at them and they seem to have a blue tint over them
So. I was thinking about the simplistic name of Rockruff, and then thought what would the evolutions be called. If they stay with the same scene, maybe Boulderbark would work for one of them.
Wulfowl. Combo of Wolf, Howl, and Fowl. I’m not great with names though.
Bouldog 🙁
“Stonetuff” i know it is horrible i will never name a pokemon ever again im sorry
Lycanthrock, if it goes down the werewolf path.
Woah, Cutiefly is tied with Joltik for shortest Pokemon!
Even easier to step on
This game looks great. http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/1.jpg
http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/3.jpg
I’m feeling this forest is the the big one near the top of the first island around the waterfall.
ARE WE REALLY RIDING THAT STOUTLAND!!!
No you’re riding a cart, which is being pulled by Stoutland. Look closely.
Zygarde having more than 2 cells possibly is quite interesting though it is completely stupid how Zygarde is just being spliced into Alola even though he is a Kalos Pokemon. Him having cells there for no reason is dumb. And I’m happy they finally even if unceremoniously revealed Komala and Rockruff instead of acting like they were mythical unicorns.
Aw here’s a nice pic with all of them clearly (refresh)
http://ust.chatango.com/um/b/a/bagon/img/l_379.jpg
“Tapu Koko can store up electricity by enclosing itself in the shells on its arms. And it also appears to enter this form during other, special times…”
I think the Tiki Totem was hinted at with this info.
Yeah i thought so as well
Electric beam ? …..his cheeks turn white though…anybody knows anything about this? http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/2.jpg
Could be Charge Beam, but I don’t know either.
Well the website calls it a ‘new move more powerful than the ones seen before.’ So probobly not
Oh, I didn’t see that. Nevermind then. :p
I didn’t see those effects before ….or maybe the new light system.
Yah I dunno it is weird… they had this picture under the like hints at upcoming feature section making me wonder what the like… significance of this is. Edit: Oh it is just saying like this is a strong new electric move Pikachu will be able to learn. Cool I guess. I wonder what it will be called, what it will do, and how strong it actually is. This gen is definitely trying to focus on new moves as the professor hinted at like every gen.