7/1 Pokémon Sun & Moon Update

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!

While we’re waiting, enjoy chatting in the comments or in our live chat room!

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1,147 thoughts on “7/1 Pokémon Sun & Moon Update”

  1. okay guys it’s now time for some Evolution ideas for the newcomers of Generation 7 and our evolutionary idea contestant will be: Cutiefly! 😀

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  2. I don’t know from where should I start…. these pkmns dex entry r really amazing an unique Pt.1 Komala : ” Komala clings to a log pillow that its parents have given to it” that’s a hint wat his evolution should be look like.
    “If it does lose hold of its log, the Pokémon will be unable to sleep well and will thrash about wildly. ” I believe this log would be like an item that make him fall in sleep state and if take it from him he will change his form to awakening pkmn. http://www.serebii.net/komala.jpg

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  3. In the website: “Zygarde’s Cells: Cells make up the parts of Zygarde other than its brain. There are many more Cells than there are Cores, and they exist all around the Alola region.”

    Zygarde confirmed as part of the Alola plot?

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    • I don’t know…. Zygarde is the protector of Kalos, not Alola. This seems really strange and I’m quite excited to see how Zygarde ties in to the plot….

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      • Well technically Zygarde protects the ecosystem
        So limiting it to Kalos isn’t a good way to keep order

        Who knows we technically don’t know the limitations of Zygarde Cells they could stretch all the way to Kanto and probably be able to summon them to its location

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        • No gen 6.5 is not a thing, and it never will be. If anything, Alola and Kalos might be connected to one another but that is it.

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          • Lol 6.5 isnt that hard of a concept to grasp its simply a placeholder than saying “alola with kalos post game story” every time. No idea why it triggers so many people. Just think of how we said the next game was “Z” even though we all knew it was not going to be called Pokemon Z it was just a placeholder.

          • If Alola is a post-Kalos story, they wouldnt add new starters and 100+ pokemon lmao. Like I said, might be connected like Johto and Kanto.

          • Holy crap it is impossible to explain this to you guys. Maybe thats why it triggers so many. Never did i say it did that, right? I said it was a placeholder. Nothing more nothing less. Is it really that hard to understand. Stop overthinking it.xD.
            Here let me try something simple if you cant understand this then i give up:
            Gen 6.5= Alola with Kalos post game. NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS.

          • I think I understand what you’re both getting at so I’m going to interrupt and stop the arguing if I may.

            MenacingCascoon, you’re saying that 6.5 is just a name. It’s nothing official like “Gen 1” or “Gen 4”.

            Galemcaedus, you’re explaining that the name just doesn’t make sense because Alola = Johto. You’re saying that if Gold/Silver were called Gen 1.5, it would just be ridiculous.

            This argument really isn’t even an argument. You’re both just reiterating what is essentially the same point, viewed from different angles.

          • Yea definitely not an arguement, but im glad someone understands what i mean by 6.5 thank you

          • To be fair, I’m rather intoxicated right now, because I’m having a laugh at the expense of Belgium (football related, not important lol)

  4. BLAARKKKKAGHHHH
    HOW DO YOU FREAKING PRONOUNCE TOGEDEMARU

    The rest are easy to say they could’ve called it Zaprickle or Shockhog

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  5. Was anybody watching nationals? Paralyzing your mega Salamanca in prediction of trick room, risky but a cool strategy

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          • You think so? I think its just worthless basic water pokemon
            IE luvdisc and Basculin.

          • i dont think they will give Hawaii regional fish bad stats when they already gave him a cringe-worthy design. Plus that ability cant go to the trash no no. I feel it will be the fish version of musharna. Above average stats but not that high

          • The “cringe-worthy design” is subjective though. I actually love it, but I may be a bit biased with my love for marine life.

          • i mean i like the dorkyness of it but i can see people not liking it. And have you seen the fish is based off? is so beautiful ! i truly enjoy seen marine animals

    • And? Gardevoir and Lopunny can be male as well and those are ACTUALLY sexualized. We then have the likes of Bruxish who is not sexualized at all. Is there some law preventing males from being colorful, have full lips, and look girlish? -_-

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        • I don’t see the sexual side of Gardevoir. When it’s skirt thing lifts up, it actually looks like a cape more so than a dress. It’s just the Internet that has run with the scheme and over-sexualized the Pokemon.

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          • Ok.. I have No idea what’s wrong with you all’s eyes if that doesn’t looks like a female in a skirt. That’s what it was designed after.

          • Agreed. And the Mega even dons a wedding dress. (Not to say a guy can’t wear a wedding dress if he so wishes, but still)

          • Of course I know it was designed to be a skirt. That’s why I say, “It actually looks…” instead of saying, “It’s a cape.”

          • Considering it’s Japanese name is Sirknight and is based on a principal dancer, which can be both male and female, I think otherwise 😉

      • It’s like your begging the creepoids to draw Bruxish like a whore
        And trust me they work REALLY FAST
        (I already seen a Togedemaru that will never change the way you look at it)

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        • I’ve seen some crazy stuff on the Internet, and to be honest, I just shrug and move on.
          Like really. I’m so desensitized by now.
          No matter how bad it is, I always think ‘It could be worse’ then ‘I don’t care really’ and then just move on and go somewhere else xD

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    • Can we not feed into gender stereotypes for pokemon…. like seriously. Its like the people that say “oh I will only ever have a female Gardevoir/Lopunny because thats how they were meant to be”… like people who say that are my least favourite pokemon fans

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      • Especially when the designs behind the Pokemon are more gender-neutral.
        Sure, maybe you want a certain gender for a Pokemon because you have a nickname for it that fits its gender, but only doing one gender for one Pokemon because of design is totally inane.

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  6. Sorry for the randomness
    What are some features from previous games that were pretty small but you would LOVE return?
    For its the in game medal system. As a perfectionist myself i would LOVE this to return. It would be so fun. Also sony and microsoft games almost all them have a metal system but nintendo has barely done it. Please nintendo catch up with the rest.

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    • ~ Seasons: it got me excited to see the whole region change from spring to summer to autumn to winter and with the current engine they’re using, just imagine how beautiful the seasons would look!
      ~ Difficulty Modes: instead of giving us the option at the end of the game, it should be the first thing players are given a choice over: easy mode, normal mode, hard mode, and an unlock-able master mode
      ~ Medal System: I agree with you on the medal system returning with even more options and quests
      ~ Rematches: TRUE rematches with gym leaders, trainers, E4 members, and the champion
      ~ Battle Frontier: an updated Battle Frontier
      ~ Soaring w/ Mirage Spots

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      • ~Seasons in hawaii arent as dramatic as in nyc so i doubt it will return this gen
        ~difficulty modes definitly need to comeback and be aviable at the start of the game
        ~medal system was meh i almost didnt notice it but it is kinda cool i guess
        ~YES REMATCHES FOR EVERYONE
        ~YES BF NEEDS A COMEBACK
        ~YES SOARING but whithout mirage spots because that made legends too easy to obtain :/

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        • Oras trainer rematches were perfect they level up after each gym and they want a rematch so fast so you dont have to wait like a whole day to rematch someone. Wait like 10 minutes if that. One thing they missed was gym rematches

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    • i want the pokemon world tournament…

      but i also want a difficuly setting and medals would be nice too

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    • -Seasons. But make them Aesthetic Changes only.

      -Walking with Pokemon. But it’s never gonna happen

      -Pokemon World Tournament

      -Battle Frontier

      -Soaring

      -DexNav

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    • Maybe you’ll have the ability to create new moves by fusing two different moves together? The professor of the region does focus on moves and he’s always trying to figure out what new moves do. Maybe the supposed fifth slot for the move menu is for the fusion move. Right now, the information we have is too small to even grasp what the caption and picture mean. Fusion moves or more powerful versions of moves would be cool though.

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      • RIGHT UP MAH ALLEY
        Megahorn tipped Drill Run
        Metal Claw enhanced Aerial Ace
        Metal Claw enhanced Drill Run
        Fire Punch coated Power-Up Punch
        Aqua Iron Tail
        Bubble Icy Wind

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  7. you know what would be very funny? Cutiefly not evolving and having ridiculous high stats cause believe me, if i was GameFreak i would do that

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  8. The thing is, I thought they would do fusion moves during the 3rd generation when contests were all about fusing different moves together to create new ones. I still remember in 4th gen when Mamoswine and Grotle ate Ice Shard and Energy Ball respectively and it actually increased their power reserve.

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      • I just want an evo <3 I really want to use it on my team, and I tend to avoid ones who don't evolve (I dunno es just something I do)
        But if it doesn't, I might be willing to make an exception for this cutie <3

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  9. Hey this may be off topic but i missed the hoopa event from mcdonalds and my once complete live pokedex is now incomplete, so does anyone have any spare hoopa to trade with me? You can ask for something specific or if interested i can make a list of shinies or hidden ability pokemons that im willing to trade for it

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    • Sorry man, I didn’t miss the Hoopa event, but I don’t have Hoopa. A lot of people here know this story, but the people at McDonald’s had no idea what I was talking about when I asked them. I’ll let you know if I get a Hoopa, though.

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        • Yeah. They handed me the toy Rayquaza and said, ‘you need to buy a Happy Meal.’ Luckily it was 10 PM and no one else was in the store.

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      • yeah thats because the employees really had nothing to do with it, it was all over mcdonalds wi-fi/ nintendo zone… pokemon said that several times when they did the event, and not every mcdonalds worked for it

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        • Which is why I was outside the McDonald’s downloading it in my game 🙂
          Sadly, I only have one, if I had more, I would gladly have given them away to your guys

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          • Aww thanks, I just be me 🙂 I’m just sorry I couldn’t think ahead and grab more for people who didn’t. I was with my friend at the time, so I was distracted and I normally don’t get more than one.

        • Yeah. After they said that they didn’t know what I was talking about, I looked up what to do and it said connect to McDonalds_Free_Wifi and go to NintendoZone. I connected to the wifi, but then I didn’t find anything on NintendoZone. Then I realized that the McDonalds here were not participating stores…

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  10. Ok so I got a theory that I posted on MunchingOrange’s video but I thought I’d post it here for opinions and conversation sake, so here goes: I have a small theory that we will have only 3 Guardians on the inhabited islands (Melemel Island and the other 2 that seem to have towns and cities, not the man made one), and the last island’s (The one with all those mountains and forests) guardian is the box legendary (Think the Lake Trio of Sinnoh to Dialga and Palkia in Diamond and Pearl). Also another theory is that MAYBE the island guardian trio (I Think) will all be like Beast and Bird Trios where the types are matched to counter the starter types (ie Electricc, Fire, and Water/Ice) while still being Fairy, and that Tako Koko will be our roaming one while the other 2 will be stationary similar to how Mespirit whom we meet a bit early on in DPP (voice though) is roaming while Azelf and Uxie are stationary in the trio. Thoughts?

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    • It’s interesting, but I’m still leaning on the 4 guardian theory myself.
      There used to be people on that island with that tree, so it makes sense there would be a guardian there as well.
      I dunno, I’m just sick of trios, and want some more quartets

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    • It is a cool theory but i dont like roaming legendaries and i still lean towards the four guardians based on the main hawaiian deities

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  11. Anyone mind telling what the picture of the shooting star like Pokeballs are? Also I’m glad Rockruff evolves and hope it does so twice (and maybe since the description makes special note to the moon, maybe into a Ware-wolf?).

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      • That sounds cool. Anyways, I still love it on my team. Here’s hoping Rowlet stays Grass/Flying through and through (though I wouldn’t mind adding Pekipeck to my team haha).

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          • Lol I have to make 2 teams as I normally have one for my main OC character and one for the region’s OC rival (if the rival of the game isn’t impressive to me which has sadly happened thrice now with RSE/ORAS, White, and X/Y). As for now my team is RN for Sun: Pikachu (Staple as its uniquely my personal favorite), Rowlet, Litten, and Rockruff.

          • Idk if they can even be called rivals anymore gamefreak might just aswell start calling them friends or something from now on

          • And thus my purchase of 2 games continues, Cure you GameFreak! (Well, at least it makes breeding the Pokemon in a fun run easier).

        • hey if you wanna have both Pekipeck and rowlet go for it dude, for my ORAS play through every pokemon on my team was a fairy 😛

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  12. Ok so in the sneak peek for new features, I can only tell that there is a new beam like electric move which Pikachu may learn. Then as a theory is that we ride Pokemon and/or soar via what looks to be a new key item (only certain Pokemon, since this feature so it may have been upgraded, also note that maybe our character models turn back to the Gen 6 Chibi models I think, or my Eyes are bad XD). But the first picture of the character in a cave, what is that feature? I look in the cave, camera movement on the New 3DS? What is it, I don’t see any feature XD

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      • It’s about an upcoming feature, not just Charge Beam. Probably is, but the picture somehow relates to these new features.

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          • And that’s really bad. Would you want someone to do the same to you?
            Imagine doing it in person as well.
            If you don’t want it, then most likely other people feel the same

          • Earthen isn’t very nice, but we expect that from him, to be shocked when a fig tree bears figs is kinda silly… Just remember, we have a lot of nice people, there will always be a few bad exeggcute…

          • if you are, you brought it upon yourself, people like people that don’t go out of their way to bring people down, I’d love for you and a certain other poke jungler to have a convo someday, it would be a battle of the debbie downers 😉

          • This looks real interesting. I wonder what show this is from and if there’s a youtube version of this so I can know what these people are talking about and if the woman wearing white got accosted by the guy who jumped in from the audience. 🙂

          • Feh i just want something I can get excited for
            But it’s just everything I hate and everyone getting what they want

          • Hate is a strong word, do you really hate a lot of the changes and improvements GF is making to the pokemon games? because a lot of the changes and such are not forced on people, just added, but not necessary

          • cant hate people dude, even if you don’t agree with them or how they choose to live their lives, you cant change them, and getting angry is only hurting yourself, they are not hurting anyone so don’t let others opinions bother you, just breathe and let it go, may I suggest some form of meditation or yoga, something to calm your mind and let you know that it doesn’t matter, it’s worked a ton for me and now most of the things that got me angry in the past don’t phase me, and I am so much happier

          • How could I let it go, people are stupid or just plain annoying
            To let it go is to let them win, and Earthen ain’t keen on losing ANYTHINg

          • no its not letting them win… its like forgiveness… forgiveness is not for the other person, its for you, keeping things bottled up and having animosity towards someone or something is both bad for your health and mental state, and when you forgive someone you are moving on, until you do, they have control over you and your emotions, so you’re not really “winning” anything, you’re losing. You have to let it go and show that you can be a bigger person, you do it for yourself Earthen

          • Yeah no, call what it want but you know deep down there’s always a winner or loser, and I’m sick of

          • Or there are two winners and no losers hooray
            not everything is a game where it’s decided with a winner and a loser

          • No. Not everything has a winner and a loser. Why can’t two people both get what they want? Ever heard of a “win-win”?

          • Not once ever, they’re not going to stop and try to settle the score nicely, like everyone they want to be right and win and the other guy to be wrong and lose

          • Oh look it’s mr. mind reader
            All your ideas are sh*t. How does that feel? they don’t make sense. They’re broken. They’re badly designed. You didn’t think them through.

          • you can only speak for yourself, not everyone has this same mindset as you earthen

          • Hey Earthen, you don’t have to be such a jerk to be right… I think that’s all everyone is saying, over and over…

          • sick of…. what? sick of “it”? ok earthen, if thats really what you think go right ahead, clearly there is no getting through to you and you have already made up your mind, I feel like a broken record already having to say this to another Pokejungler who always thought they had all the answers and were always right, but if you adopt that mentality, that there is this constant battle and adopt a competitive attitude towards things that honestly don’t matter, I think you’ll find people will stop wanting to talk to you all together and you’ll get very lonely, and once again unhappy from not being able to let things go. You can disagree with people’s opinions but in no way do you have to shoot them down or be rude about it.

          • Are you the only person allowed to speculate here or something? Seriously I see your speculation all the damn time mate, and who’s to say I don’t think it’s an awful idea, or it doesn’t make sense or if it’s too broken?

          • Yes all your fakemon, all your speculative abilities are truly the epitome of creativity and cannot be beaten

  13. On the topic of new features, what would you guys like to see that has never been done before?
    ~ Fusion Moves or leveled moves where certain moves can be fused with others or moves can be leveled up or maybe both.
    ~ Exploring UNCHARTED areas where you have to chart a map of the area, the Pokemon, and earn rewards based on how much you complete.
    ~ Post-game content where you help around the region as a champion and actually do champion stuff… Like, nobody even acknowledges you’re the champion even after you’ve beaten the champion 100,000,000 times. Thus, something similar to how you just go around and help people in YoKai Watch would be neat.

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    • I’d like the game the be less linear and more open. Like you can choose what gyms to go to, and that there are more then 8 of them so you can find one and challenge them till you get 8 badges in any order, as well as them have dynamic levels to match the badge count you got. But I feel that maybe too complicated. Ah, what other RPG’s have done to me XD

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      • The thing is, other RPG’s don’t have the gyms and the need for a linear progression barring them. Other RPG’s are more open and are actually role-playing instead of Pokemon where’s it’s half RPG and a soupy mix of everything else.

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        • True true. But one can dream haha Anyways, I wonder if there will be a way to send that strange souvenir to SUN and MOON or if it has any use at all besides being well, strange.

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      • Actually they did a bit of non-linearity in Gen 1 for gyms… 4-7 I think?

        There’s a bit of non-linearity in Gen 2 as well, but it got people lost and underleveled, so I think that stopped them from doing it again for the sake of the kids.

        I would enjoy some non-linearity in gym order as well. Gives a bit of excitement to routing a speedrun. Maybe this is the best time to do it. We can pick the island we want and the untouched encounters/gyms will get tougher afterwards. (I still have a theory of 2 gyms per island.)

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    • Well for the last item, the tasks will eventually repeat and that’ll break immersion for some people unless GF has download quests or something.

      I guess doing “charity work” as a Pokemon champion has been largely unexplored though. Real-life athletes do it, so I can see it adapting well to this.

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    • Hopefully it’s like the bicycle or roller-blades where you can actually ride Pokemon anywhere and anytime that Professor Oak deems worthy.

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  14. I Think I see why I left PokeJungle chat after XY’s release. Aww well one could try haha. But till then (and when the odd heat is settled) faretheewell PokeJungle again :/ Also sorry to anyone who was offended to my theories or was angered by stuff :/ Cheers mates!

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    • Nobody was offended or angered. We come to PokeJungle to talk, speculate, and to create theories. We come to PokeJungle in hopes that we can have civilized conversations regarding Pokemon, where we accept everyone’s theories and speculation, and generally just have a good time. Do not let the negative aspect of any situation bring you down. Your theories are welcome here and nothing’s wrong with your theories! Now sit down, buckle up, and enjoy the Hype Train! 😀

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    • Aside from certain… colorful personalities, people are usually friendly here.

      Well chat is even less structured than this, you can just leave chat, that’s OK.

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    • Awwww… I’m sorry you weren’t welcomed back warmly..

      I hope you can come back and theorize with us in the future!

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  15. good evening gamers,is now time for our next contestant for our Evolution ideas and our next contestant is: Pikipek! 😀

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  16. So with this haul of Pokemon I still crave more
    And during work I just had a thought, what instead of our extremely wanted Grass/Fire Tiki they screw us over and gave us a floating Grass/Psychic Mask

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  17. “Drampa is the *Placid* Pokémon and sports the abilities *Beserk*…”

    I don’t think some of this makes sense.

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    • Well this trait only emerges when a human is in danger

      Also a interesting note Sap Sipper is a clever because the elderly love tea

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    • The part that states the they live 10000 feet over sea level makes me think you will find him on the mauna kea based mountain since mauna kea is around 13,000 feet over sea level and the part that say that they come down during dawn to eat makes me think that depending on the time of day you will find it at the base of the mountain

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