Masuda Announces New Pokémon at Japan Expo: Salandit!

The annual Japan Expo, a convention dedicated to anime, games and anything Japanese, is currently being held in France and Pokémon game director Junichi Masuda recently finished a presentation at the event.

Salandit has been revealed! It is a Poison/Fire type and its new ability Corrosion allows it to poison Pokémon that would normally be immune, such as Poison- and Steel-types.

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920 thoughts on “Masuda Announces New Pokémon at Japan Expo: Salandit!”

  1. HOLY SHIT
    CATEGORY Toxic Lizard Pokémon
    TYPE Poison/Fire
    HEIGHT 2’00”
    WEIGHT 10.6 lbs.
    ABILITY Corrosion
    Salandit emits toxic gas, together with flames, from the base of its tail. This poisonous gas has a sweet smell, and anyone who unknowingly breathes it in will become dizzy. Salandit is not a very powerful Pokémon, but its cunning nature allows it to battle fiercely by throwing its opponents off balance.

    Salandit females not only release toxic gases, they can also emit pheromones that attract males of all species, including Pokémon and humans. Inhaling these pheromones may cause opponents to be controlled by Salandit’s will.

    Salandit has the Corrosion Ability, a new Ability that no other Pokémon has possessed before. With the Corrosion Ability, it becomes possible to inflict the Poisoned status condition even on Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon.

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  2. Woah, cool! I like the design a lot and the ability is really cool. It appears to speedy too, which is a plus. GF seems to be going all out with the new typings.

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      • I hope for Fire/Dark I mean come on its a BLACK CAT what doesn’t scream Dark about it!
        And Popplio I want it Only Water because it’s a great type to solo with better than all but a few

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  3. Could you image how amazing Salandit will be in competitive battles? Poisoning every type of Pokemon with the Corrosion ability! GameFreak is a bunch of competitively viable Pokemon!

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  4. Sweet new pokemon and new type combo. Love it. This thing also looks really cool. I hope it evolves definitely gets a 9/10 might even use it. I swear these pokemon are just getting better and better. Sun and Moon pokemon overall have been amazing.

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  5. Holy moly!! I’m pretty sure a jungle commentor almost called this ability a few days ago – only they said an attack that is super effective against steel called ‘corrosive acid’! What are the chances!!!

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  6. Finally a poison/fire pokemon that is base off toxic salamander lizard,love the design …kinda remind me of that creature from tremor thou

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  7. Some guy (not here) just told me there should only 15-20 new pokemon each new generation. So that’d be the starters, two legendaries, and 4-9 more pokemon. What a joke.

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  8. Pokemon Go update on me (not that anyone of you care really)
    In order:
    Charmander
    Fearow
    Bellsprout
    Ratatta
    Weedle
    Eevee
    Oddish
    Pidgey

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  9. So I’m reading Corrosion
    And it seems to only affect steel and poison types with the status

    It says nothing about using Poison attacks on steel, just poison

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  10. I know they showed komala in the trailer, which got me thinking, do you think corrosion will override komala’s ability and poison it too? It said it can poison Pokemon who usually can’t.

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  11. How is it possible Sun and Moon have so many amazing Pokemon?!?!?!?! Salandit is SOOOOOO COOL!!! That new ability is also pretty great too! I can’t wait to see more new Pokemon!

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  12. Three years ago at a Japan Expo, Honedge (Steel/Ghost) was the 19th new Pokemon revealed for X & Y.

    Now in 2016 at another Japan Expo, Salandit (Poison/Fire) was the 19th new Pokemon revealed for Sun and Moon.

    And before both their reveals, we never had those type combos before! Notice a pattern, here?

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  13. This will definitely make it’s way onto my team unless the evolution is underwhelming.
    Even with the 4x weakness to ground I like the design and typing a lot.

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    • Not really.

      Gen 1 had a Grass/Poison starter and Fire/Flying starter and other Pokemon of the same Type in the same region

      Gen 3 had Water/Ground starter and also introduced Whiscash.

      Its not completely unheard of for the starter Pokemon to share their typing with another regional Pokemon.

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    • Most people (including myself) called for a move with that sort of name that hits Steel Types for super effective damage.

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          • It was in my personal new moves list
            Force Volley: Psychic, sends a series of psionic pellets to attack the opponent, hits 2-5 times
            Caustic Acid: Poison, the user burns the opponent with burning acid, super effective on steel types
            Blindside: Dark, the users waits for the perfect opportunity to strike, hits within 2-5 turns
            Cauterize: Fire, The user burns wounds shut, heals 50% max health
            Quicksand: Ground, the user converts the field to quicksand, those who enter lower speed and cannot escape

    • But on second thought, it’ll probably get an amazing evolution, so I might use it, but I don’t want to make me team before the game releases.

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  14. I’m glad we all seem to like it! ?
    I won’t use it likely though.. and it Will screw with my teams… -,-
    Good thing I have my Togetic prepared now ?

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  15. It reminds me of a shirshu from Avatar the Last Airbender that June used in terms of movement and a touda from Kemono no Soja or Erin in terms of design! Really neat though!

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  16. I really like it 🙂 <3 Look super cool and, like Natsu said, really reminds me of some ATLA/LOK creatures (it's giving off that vibe)
    I feel though that, because of the typing, it lowers the chances that Litten will be Fire/Poison as well, which is fine since there are other types I wouldn't mind it becoming. (Note I said lowers the chances, could still happen, this just makes it less likely to happen, in my eyes)

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  17. ALL THESE BULKY ASS STEEL TYPES BETTER HIDE. THEY’RE NOT JUST GETTING POISONED, THEY’RE CATCHING THIS FIRE BLAST TOO GET OUT

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          • Pre-release theorymon is cool!

            Heatran is a good counter despite being able to get poison. Salandit can only do Toxic safely upon Heatran switch-in, because Salandit will just eat an Earth Power afterwards (unless Salandit has its own balloon).

            Though once Heatran is poisoned though, Salandit can protect the next turn before switching out, to waste time and make the poison run a bit.

          • …and then it depends who’s faster. But I guess this means Heatran and Salandit check each other so it’s not that safe for both to switch in without a balloon up.

      • He didnt know poison/fire pokemon would look so good. This could mean Litten won’t be fire/poison since this exists already. The move animation for it shows the red pattern on its tail igniting! 😀

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      • People that can’t understand broken English don’t really know English that well themselves.

        I’m a pharmacist, I’m required to know what medication a person is referring to based solely on their poor pronunciation, what they use it for, what it looks like. It means I know my field of work well.

        The same applies here….at least in my opinion.

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      • Actually this anology doesn’t work. Bulbasaur is grass/poison in its first stage. Litten is only fire in its first stage. I don’t think we’ll be getting that fire/poison litten Evo and I personally believe it’s finally typing will be fire/dark

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        • I never said it was going to be Fire/Poison. I was just trying to say that just because Salandit is Fire/Poison, it doesn’t disprove the possibility of Litten being the same type. I would much have Litten be Fire/Dark, as you do.

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        • If you’re talking about variations within a species or genera, then I can see where you’re coming from. Biodiversity is as vague as it gets.

          Sorry for the many replies!

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  18. Wow, this new guy is really cool! He looks better in game though honestly… And that ability is really cool, I hope he has good enough stats to make it useful 🙂

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  19. AWESOME!!! Def being of my team:
    Litten, Pikipek, Rockruff, Salandit, and maybe grubbin but i still have to decide if i really want vikavolt

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  20. This Pokemon is awesome and makes up for that trash heap dragon we got the other day! Now I’m excited again! Its literally a salamander with a gas mask!

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  21. This is so dope! It’s perfect for one of my teams: Rowlet, Komala and Salandit (Tapu Koko is also on the team it’s it’s catchable)

    Also, whose playing Pokemon Go?

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    • Me 😀
      I just came back from a walk 30 minutes ago and I got some nice catches along the way.
      Sadly, there was a Horsea I couldn’t catch unless I wanted to trespass on someone’s yard.
      Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to redeem myself and get one ^^

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    • I am, but it was dark when I got it yesterday and it is raining today, so I can’t play it much. I have Bulbasaur and like 5 Rattata

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    • I found these so far
      Charmander
      Fearow
      Raticate
      Ratatta
      Spearow
      Weedle
      Venonat
      Bellsprout
      Eevee
      Paras
      Oddish
      Where did you find some of those??

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  22. Ugh!!! I really want to use Salandit so bad, but I’m already planning on using Litten! *sigh*…..well I suppose I’ve had overlapping typing Pokemon before I could do it again lol I suppose it also depends on whether I like Litten’s evolutions or not. If not then Salandit with most definitely be on the team for sure!

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  23. I like how when they said they were going back to more simplistic designs, they weren’t kidding. This is a salamander with a bandana covering its head. Simple yet it shows what it’s supposed to represent.

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    • Yeah all the Pokemon look very simple in design so far. Maybe that’s why they look so different when compared to the older preexisting Pokemon. They all have great designs that are interesting, but they are also all very simple as far as body parts go.

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  24. So Ash brought back Goodra, only for the league it would seem. I think Ash forgot fairy is a new typing. . and one his biggest rivals has one… what middle finger to the grass type. Better catch one before xyz is over! ?

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  25. I am so happy! This is the best new Pokemon revealed so far. I can’t wait to see what it evolves into but I’m definetly adding this guy to my team. It’s design is gorgeous. It’s type and ability is amazing. Totally bad ass. I loveeee it.

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  26. Also.. after all these years I still don’t know exactly what a real Pokeball would look like.. namely the black line around it..
    I feel like I’ve seen the line be a thick bar popping out, caving in.. thin.. wide.. all of the above from official art workings over the years.
    Also Its overall size varies..
    I don’t know if they shrink and expand in the games because they look on average smaller than the anime
    Plus does the button push in??
    Is it a white cirlcle with a button or just a pad .. hmm

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  27. I just realized we have a CoroCoro to look forward too. Ever since the Pokemon Company took control of news; the CoroCoros have been lackluster (excluding Rockruff and Komala). I’m still expecting a Gym Leader, 2-3 New Pokemon, and some new areas.
    Also, Pokemon GO is Number 1 in the App Store downloads. Additionally, it’s the fifth most grossing iOS game!

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    • Every time something leaks before Corocoro and people think they have something in that to look forward to, I smh :/
      When will yall learn?

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      • maybe I’m 100% wrong on this but I thought we got quite a bit of info off corocoro during the months before X/Y and ORAS

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        • That was XYORAS. This time, my guess is that Corocoro has been de-emphasized as the source of info, as you can tell from all the things that are coming out along with date/time announcements by Nintendo…

          Coz without having to get tied to a print publication that can be leaked by disgruntled employees or newsstands breaking street date, Nintendo can control the release of info more easily.

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  28. I find it creepy that it Attracts males.. . Human males.. like.. wtf.. y. Prepare for all the drawings this will create ?

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      • I thought that as well. . But in nature.. irl.. it’s Always sexual. Pokemon can’t just assume we will think differently. It’s gross

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    • It’s pheromones you dolt
      They’re chemicals that bend the behavior and physiology of creatures
      Yes their main goal is usually to attract mates but nonetheless they’re basically a secretable hypnosis that can just about affect anything

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      • Do Not speak to me like that. .
        Save that for your friend who accept it.
        Plus, of course we All know it’s called pheromones. It’s in the Pokemons description.. which we are referring to.
        I’ve read studies of male sweat making other males more cooperative
        But the fact it says the females only have this effect on males Clearly makes it more of a sexual thing.
        But you can go on pretending..
        Onix isnt a giant penis
        Cloyster a vagina
        Dialga
        Combuskin
        Noibat “looks nothing like a penis either”
        Hypnos Dex entry etc

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  29. I don’t know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but it looks like Salandit may be found on the third island (from left to right). I hope we get more Pokemon that prefer the volcanic temperatures.

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    • Ikr.. that typing is awesome. People finally getting relevant poison types like they wanted. But it’d dex entry says it’s apparently weak

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  30. I think this little fella might be one of my favorites so far (second to Cutiefly, of course). I really need some Ghost types though; Lunala just doesn’t cut it.

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  31. Kukui said this region is chocked full of rare pokemon, and that shows because how many times have we seen “…a new Ability that no other Pokémon has possessed before” lol

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  32. I think it’s safe to say this generation of Pokemon is definitely being more focused on the competitive side of the game, because there are so many new Pokemon that have brand new, competitively viable abilities that can potentially change up the competitive scene. Hopefully they get usable stats.

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  33. Pokemon Go won’t even let me sign in with my pokemon trainer club account. Was sitting here for like 25 minutes trying to get it work. The servers are being overloaded I guess….ugh……

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  34. Now to list off my Favorites for the region so far:
    1. Popplio
    2. Togedemaro
    3. Komala
    4. Salandit
    5. Rockruff
    6. Cutifly
    7. Charjabug
    8. Pikipek
    9. Rowlet
    10. Drampa
    11. Lunala
    12. Grubin
    13. Yungoos
    14. Litten
    15. Tapu Koko
    16. Solgaleo
    17. Vikavolt
    18. Magearna
    19. Bruxish
    This is not based on most anything more than what I would catch I love them all!

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  35. Why does this region keep showing super cool Pokemon. Hoenn is supposed to be my favorite region, stop playing games with my heart!!

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  36. Alright I need some polls
    I was going to splurge on the eShop and narrowed it down to
    PMD Blue
    M&L Superstar Saga
    Partners in Time
    Donkey Kong 64

    I can’t decide on which

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  37. Is everyone having issues logging into their Pokemon GO account? It says the server is up but every time I try to log in it says it’s unable to authenticate.

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  38. Despite my hatred I cannot deny my natural desire to create
    I foresee Salandrit’s evolution being a big fat slimy Komodo Dragonesque Lizard with disgusting pores all over its back that just secrete slimy mucus bubbles filled with flammable gasses which it lob and ignites and explodes
    And it can suck up smoke and heat to fuel its mucus production

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      • No shit, Salamanders are by the books regarded as fiery dragons
        And most salamanders secret mucus to keep moist and since it’s a monitor lizard this was the best idea,
        But a dangerous slime dragon

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      • I mean it could probably momentarily stand on its hind legs to attack or intimidate (they have a patten on their tum tum that resembles a smoldering skull

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        • That would be fine but movement should stay on four legs, But that leads the question will this thing be special attacker (Flamethrower and Sludge Wave) or Physical (Flare Blitz and Gunk Shot) or mixed. Im leaning special

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          • Oh yeah totally, I mean Zangoose usually travel on all fours but can fight on hind legs

            And it’s most likely special and probably learns Flame Burst early

  39. Honestly if this gen 100+ amazing pokemon Im just gonna make my team a rotation of every single pokemon.

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    • I went on a walk to find Pokemon, and I got around a mile away and the servers went down. -_- I really hope they fix the server issues.

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  40. so salandrit is weak to 4x ground 2x psychic, water, and rock. sadly the ability only works with toxic so poison type moves will not work on steel types. it has resistance on 4x fairy x2 fighting grass poison bug ice steel fire. Based ONLY on his typing It would be a good defensive pokemon

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  41. Pfft salamamder+bandit? It obviously comes from salad+land+it(the pronoun) c’mon how did you ppl even get the salamander and bandit thing?!

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  42. Random thougt went trough my mind,
    A fire/water dolphin that blows steam out its blowhole, and i have to say that my mind is stupid for making up a horrible thing like that smh

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  43. *Dr.Flamerson’s secret Laboratory-2:37 PM* perfect my invention is complete The Synchro Ray! this mighty device will help me solve the ever so mysteries on Synchro evolution! now to find a test subject. *Spots Earthen,takes aim and fires the ray*

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  44. Everything about this pokemons design is amazing, I just love how looks, although it looks more like it should be poison/dark atm but I can see how its fire on its tail, I cant wait to see more of this pokemon and its evolutions(which i mean, it just looks like it’ll evolve)

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  45. Hmm salandit is black and red and its a poison/fire, litten is also black and red…see where im going with this? ?

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    • I kinda feel like thats a reason as to why litten won’t be fire poison, I mean, it would be kinda boring to have the only two fire/poison pokemon have the same palette

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        • im ok with that, they only way I would pick it anyway in the end is if its final evo looks the best to me

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          • Im pretty convinced i will pick litten but if the final evo doesnt appeal to me i will pick rowlet

          • I’m on the Rowlet train atm, but have considered popplio, if the starters final evos that were leaked turn out to be real then I want that majestic mermaid XP

          • Oh god i really dont want those to be real but if for some weird dark magic induced reason they are im picking rowlet

          • There is absolutely no way they are real but I’m still really nervous about Litten’s evolution. I need my adorable pyro kitty to have a good life

          • Yes he needs to grow up into a big strong tiger! (That is quadruped and has nothing, zero, nada to do with fighting)

          • My ideas for them
            Rowlet- Grass/Flying
            Litten- Fire/Dark
            Popplio- Water none of this fairy

          • Yeah but Fairy primarily makes Pokemon look female and I don’t want my Goofball to look female and be male like my Sylveon.

          • ok dude, there is nothing wrong with looking “feminine”, I personally love feminine looking pokemon because they just resonate powerful in my eyes.

            But like, pizza rolls, not gender rolls.

          • nah, don’t get me wrong I love bruxish, its pretty cool, but I don’t see it as being a feminine pokemon, more of a masculine pokemon with a feminine costume on, but I still think it looks hella strong and also a bit terrifying

          • Bruxish to me is like a drag queen, but not a real one. More like the stereotype ones in TV shows where they have them be the least feminine and least passable crossdressers ever.

          • It was a pretty little fox and turned to a Witch good god I’m glad I choose Chespin

          • yeah, I think delphox is really cool, Im not a fan of the colour of its robes, but the I only really liked delphox and greninja in XY, idk why, chesnaught always just looked really awkward to me, in the end I chose froakie in x and fennikin in y

          • Yeah i dont really see the fairy power being in popplio, like i can see litten be fire/dark but i find it hard to imagine a seal with fairy powers

          • A Seal barks so mostly no sound moves will fit
            Hyper Voice, Echoed Voice, Uproar too powerful, Screech, Roar aren’t considered like barking and a Bark can be disarming enough

          • I know that. Yet, it’s rather suspicious that they chose Disarming Voice over a move like Uproar. Have it be known that Whismer had Uproar early in the game. So, it’s not that OP.

          • I used whismer in both sapphire and AS, and kept it all the way up to and past the E4 XD

          • I mean, thats totally fair, it was one I remember having fainting a lot while training, but once it got up there it was fine

          • It to me was like Trapinch I want it to make it but it’s to hard to train and keeps fainting

          • omg trapinch messed me up, for the longest time I didn’t know it evolved into vibrava so I caught one and left it in my box, and kept looking for a vibrava, only to find out like 2 years later that they were related XD

          • Yeah out of almost all Pokemon evolutions that was one of the most drasticly changed along with Remonraid

          • Are you still playing that game
            Whismur was irrelevant prior to Uproar’s damage increase
            They changed it in ORAS so it is learnt by 25 and or 27 when a Loudred

          • Finally someone who sees this as a clever nod and not a sign on bonus to being a Fairy
            I won’t kill you (for now)

          • My hopes for Popplio
            Water/Flying, Water, Water/Ice. Fighting and Fairy no thank you

          • Almost the reason for Hawlucha to be it could glide but not fly and Popplio is a Circus Seal so mabey acrobatic like?

          • It could work out of all I do hope Water/Flying which probably not happen unless Rowlet changes type wait gasp idea for secret of starters and Rockruff what about the first four Triple types
            Rowlet- Grass/Flying/Psychic (heard friend mention psychic)
            Litten- Fire/Dark/Poison
            Popplio- Water/Fairy/Fighting
            Rockruff- Rock/Dark/???
            Just an idea

          • I mean if the flippers are long and flat enough the could achieve some kind of glide or very short lived flight but high emphasis on short lived

            I’m still holding out for a whole Cirque De Solo acrobatic martial artist

          • yeah I don’t think they are I’m just saying if they were, the other two are not my cup of tea in that instance, tbh I just really want a beautiful majestic final evo

      • I agree The fact that we now have a fire/poison I don’t think Litten will become fire/poison in the end. Would have been cool but I don’t see it

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  46. There may be connection between Salandit being found near volcano, its poison/fire typing and volcanic gases being poisonous.

    Its tail is very fancy, I wonder if it falls off and what happens with that poisonous/fiery tail after that.

    I also wonder its bandit look and where it will going to lead.

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    • I dont think salamanders drop their tail but then again the pokedex contradicts this by saying its the toxic lizard so who knows

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      • Nevermind apparently some salamander species do drop their tails like lizards but still its contradicting as lizards are reptiles and salamanders are amphibians xD

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  47. I need to catch one more Pidgey to evolve into Pidgeotto in GO and about one more catch to level up to 5 yet game won’t load ?

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  48. Hello new teammate!

    Whoever called there would be a new monster who can inflict poison onto steel and poison-types, you get a Lava Cookie! Don’t eat it though, it’s toxic.

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  49. I was search a lot about Salamander as a mythical creature …..I have many thing to tell ……In Alchemy, there are believed to be four elements: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. These four elements have corresponding elementals that are associated with each element: Sylph (sometimes known as Silpheed), Undine, Gnome (often replaced with Golems), and Salamander (sometimes replaced with Efreet), respectively.

    My Expectations is maybe each island have a specific kind of pkmn , as u know these islands r represent Alchemy elements Air = Cutiefly ‘ Water = dolphin pkmn or Bruxish ,Earth = golem like pkmn , Fire = Salandit .
    http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elementalspirits_8502.jpg

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  50. I still dont get the whole “pheromones that attarct any species” thing. Like will i become hypnotized up to a salandit and then die because of its poisonous gases? If so what will it do with me after i die?

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  51. Great day to be a pokéfan!
    Still can’t believe I was privileged enough to attend the conference and get to see the world premiere of this beauty. Junichi Masuda’s Masterclass was awesome, and though I wasn’t sure we would get anything, when he said he’d wanted to come for years, I knew something big was coming. (also they heavily teased it straight after).

    To give you a low-down of the talk if anyone’s interested:

    -They played the pokemon center theme on a loop beforehand, then he came on with dancing pikachus along with his translator

    -He talked about developing the games through the history of the franchise, with exclusive pics (mostly of him looking young and weird haha)

    -Then Masuda showed us pics of the notebook he used when envisioning X and Y, and talked about going to france for inspiration, and a few stories he had from there. He showed us a page saying the next game would be in france way back from june 2010, before even black and white came out. He also showed us early rough ideas for new stuff in the game, including cuddling pokémon (which became amie) and having very clear roadsigns like they have in france.

    -then he shared some music from pokémon go, including the map music and a really epic remix of the pokémon opening theme that will be featured in a future update. He showed some pics of him walking around Paris catching some pokémon, and of his recording studio at home.

    -Then he pulled out some prototype alola starter dolls, and talked about how Sun and Moon had these 4 islands with different themes and different pokémon on them, and how the games were made to be way more colourful than their predecessors.

    -Then the hype went apeshit when they said they would reveal a new mon. Then we got the trailer with this awesome new poké, and OMG HOW GLORIOUS IT WAS.. ahem

    -Then he shared a removed track from Sun and Moon (he said it’ll thus never be heard again, which is a shame cos it was SICK), which sounded a lot like an evil team leader battle theme. Hopefully it’ll be released on the music album or something? It was amazingly epic.

    -Then he threw some signed pokéball dolls to people dressed as pokèmon in the crowd.

    -Of course questions were being asked throughout but I don’t remember it all haha

    Afterwards I got codes for the shiny Kalos Legendaries (Bacon Bird FTW!), bought a master sword for my brother, and we queued and luckily got some photos with a big french youtuber (definitely my favourite youtuber too). Then because I drank nothing and the sun was shining too hard and the train slowed down for no reason I had a sunstroke on the train home…
    But overall, an absolutely awesome day!

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  52. I like this new mon a lot, especially the concept and the awesome ability. I really like the overall design as well, except the head, which, though a cool idea, is a waste of how awesome salamander heads are anyway (maybe I’m biased because I’m currently working on salamanders, but whatever :p ).
    I also really don’t like the name, it’s crafted fine and all, I just hate how the name sounds, I don’t like these syllables. The french name, Tritox, is just miles and miles better IMO.

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  53. This day was a bust
    Corocoro comes out next week and I better see at least 3-4 Pokes that are extremely physically oriented

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    • I’d be willing to bet we see no Pokemon in the next issue. With them revealing 7 on the 1st and then Salandit today I feel like anymore in one month would be overkill. I think maybe they start focusing on the new characters now. Maybe starting this month CoroCoro takes over on focusing on the people and TPCI does the actual Pokemon reveals? Seems like a pretty good way of doing things to me lol

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      • I was thinking it would be like a dark type and it’d be all plump and evil-isly cute with a little sack that it carried. All well….. :/

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        • Well it’s a grey and black rodent with a long coiled tail, a large tuft of black frizzy fur on its back that it stores things it steals and red beady eyes

          As it evolves it gains long kangaroo rat legs with long black nails, and its forepaw a get longer with hooked nails to better grab things, it gains a faded white raccoonish tail that holds its belongings also sporting a Mohawk

          (Little tidbit they lick the holding fur so it’s sticky and things don’t fall out)

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  54. Ok so something I have been wondering is Salandit vs Komala, they showed them battling but not who’s ability takes priority, as Komala apparently cant be affected by anything but sleep yet Salandit can poison anything. So who would win I wonder? I assume Komala still won’t be affected because it says Salandit can affect them based on type, so I guess that means the ability only applies to poison and steel types and not everything that cant be poisoned?

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  55. What team are you all on in GO? I’m on Mystic, solely because of Articuno. In my town the gyms have been going back and forth between Mystic and Valor.

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    • I’m on instinct my team roster
      Charmamder
      Pidgeotto
      Kakuna
      Raticate
      Ratatta
      Venonat
      Nidoran male
      Spearow
      Fearow
      Bellsprout
      Oddish
      Paras
      Pokemon in my vicinity but I couldn’t find to catch: Krabby, Kingler, Seel, Gastly

      Where do you find Vulpix I see lots of people have one and I don’t

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    • I’m on team Valor

      My roster is:
      Charmander
      Caterpie
      Weedle
      Pidgey and Pidgeotto
      Ratatta and Raticate
      Spearow
      Oddish
      Venonat
      Psyduck
      Poliwag and Poliwhirl
      Bellsprout
      Tentacool
      Exeggcute
      Seaking
      Magikarp, and lots and lots of magikarp
      Eevee
      Dratini and Dragonair

      Pokemon that are nearby but did not encounter: Fearow, Beedril, Koffing, Staryu, Goldeen, Kakuna, and Nidoran/Nidorino and Nidorina

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        • So, I live in Florida. I live on the water (our backyard has a dock) so all my magikarp have been caught either in the backyard, or on the beach. Same with Psyduck, Seaking and Poliwag. Dratini has been caught in my neighborhood along with Dragonair. Exeggcute was found in a park near my house.

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          • I live in Suburban Pennsylvania we have almost nothing but I have seen Jynx, Seel, Gastly, Golbat, Krabby, Kingler but couldn’t reach them!

          • I hope when I go to great wolf lodge I can find Mountainous Pokemon to amp up my findings with something rare like your Dratini

          • Yeah! The dratini wasn’t my best find anyway. The best find was the Dragonair and the Seaking both CP above 100!

          • My are find was Venonat with 99 cp. but my Pidgeotto and Raticate have over 100cp because they evolved

      • You must reach level 5 be able to see a gym on your screen and it will ask (If your smart and statistical join Blue Mystic, Powerful Red Valor, Instinctive Yellow Instinct) then if your close enough you may join it or fight it I can’t fight yet due to I can’t leave the house

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    • I’m on Mystic for the same reason 😛

      My roster is:
      Bulbasaur (x1)
      Growlithe (x3)
      Paras (x6)
      Pidgey (x10)
      Rattata (x8)
      Nidoran M (x1)
      Ekans (x1)
      Eevee (x1)
      Doduo (x1)
      Pidgeotto (x1)
      Nidoran F (x1)
      Pikachu (x1)
      Magikarp (x1)
      Fearow (x1)
      Parasect (x1)
      Weedle (x1)

      Pokemon I know are around me but haven’t caught: Kadabra, Raticate, Zubat, Rhyhorn, Pinsir, Venonat, Ponyta, Nidoking, Exeggcute, Diglett, Rhydon, Caterpie

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      • Where the hell are people getting Pokemon like Growlithe, Ekans, Duduo, Pikachu, Parasect, Magikarp, Kadabra, Rhydon, Meowth, Mankey, Pinsir, Ponyta, and Nidoking?

        My rarest find is Tentacool that I caught and the best I couldn’t get was Kingler

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  56. Okay… So I can play Pokemon GO with my e-mail but it won’t work with my Pokemon Trainer Club… Anyone else experiencing this?

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  57. I had an idea regarding the “secret” that the three starters, and Rockruff have.
    I thought what if when it comes time for them to evolve into their final evolution, what if there secret is that they permanently evolve like how Mega Charizard and Mega Mewtwo evolve, with two separate evolutions. Like they evolve into one of two different final evo’s depending on ether their stats, or what move’s they have, or how much of a bond that they have with their trainer. To me this would be a really awesome new thing. 😀 XD
    But it’s just wishful thinking on my part, what do you all think of my far out there idea? 😀

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  58. The pattern on Salandits back looks like one of those sticky hands that you swing around and slap things with! (like small children and coma patients)

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  59. So as of this Pokemon reveal I am signing off until November. I have seen quite a few Pokemon to keep me satisfied until then but I don’t want any more spoiled for me. I thought I’d stick around for final evos of starters but I’ll just go with rowlet and cross my fingers. Thank you all for welcoming me into this awesome comment section over the past few months. Here’s hoping my willpower lasts!

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  60. i was thinking…What if Popplio has a split evolution? A water/fairy mermaid if female and and a water/fighting triton if male. This would make sense, because of the look too feminine for the final evolution leaks. Or maybe it’s simply a split evolution in design but with same stats and type. Anyway imo those leaks are true, they’re too accurate and even the feminine look of Popplio evo is a strange move for a fake cause everyone could call them fake just because of that. GF is always unpredictable so I think they are real…

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    • Pretty sure there can’t be a split evolution because Pikipeck is #10 in the pokedex. There’s no space for a split evo

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    • They aren’t leaks those were Fan art I’m 95% sure of it because I know Nintendo and they would never make designs that terrible all of them were Awful.

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    • like Chaos said there is no room for them in the Pokedex, that being said the mermaid was so pretty, I honestly really want a pretty starter or even just a pretty pokemon this gen, something super majestic, although knowing me, much like my gardeivour, I’ll probably have it be male if it can be, just because people say they don’t like it 😛

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      • I’ve always wondered that. Why do people flip out if a Gardevoir is male? I have one and named it Garbrovoir lol. Other pokemon I nickname regardless of what gender pops out of the egg.

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        • Lol yeah well when I got my shiny Kirlia I had the choice of evolving it into gallade or gardeviour and I made it a gardeviour and I’m pretty sure I named it Count Fae or somefin lol, I always name the Pokemon I use too 😛

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  61. so happy we finally have a poison/fire pokemon. been wanting that typing for a while now. will for sure use a salandits in my team eventually. if they keep this up and introduce some other cool water and grass pokemon its going to making choosing a starter really hard on me lol

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      • They probably want it better for you guys because it has a ton of bugs and Glitches in it so they are waiting for you guys

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          • Really you would like servers to be down every hour and lose GPS connection every three minutes and reboot the app for it load then tell you it can’t load?!

          • as long as I got to experience it why not, I mean, to you that seems bad because you already got to experience it, am I correct? 😛 but to me, I’ll take what I can get idc, its not like I haven’t played terrible early versions of games before *cough* ESO *cough*

          • Well then I hope it’s everything you’ve been looking for buddy I mean it’s great just bugs disrupt some of the fun Oh and an update I found a Drowzee

          • oh I no it won’t be, tbh I know I will probably play it for like one day and then not open it again for months XD lol, and cool beans on finding a drowzee… never evolve it! O_O lol jk, kinda

          • I probably won’t find another so it can’t the only ones I’ve evolved so far is Pidgey into Pidgeotto, Ratatta to Raticate, and Weedle to Kakuna

          • plus, while I have heard some people have had problems, I have also seen a lot of people have no problems, so it seems to be hit or miss 😛

          • You’d think I’d do that, but I actually like reading spoilers and whatnot. Just gives me extra time to build my team and learn everything I can before playing

          • If it makes you feel better, I probably won’t receive mine until Christmas. Sorry, just trying to lighten (Litten?) things up. It’s a real bummer you all get 5 days later; wonder why that is?

          • Ah that sucks! And I think it was cause retailers in the UK gave copies early, but idk whether it was for XY or ORAS

  62. So anyone think we might get an early corocoro like last month I know it happened on the 9th or are we gonna have to wait until the 11th or 12th when it usually happens????

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  63. When will you people learn that Synchro is never going to be a thing
    You are all being distracted by flashy words and potential appearances to friggin realize it’s basically Mega Evolution with a different title
    And if anybody says Ash-Greninja or that bad guy from the movie you’re all dumb, because Ash’s Greninja is either the descendant of the Ninja Hero’s Greninja or is the reincarnation
    And as for the bad guy it is painfully non-canonical same goes for this Azoth kingdom which has NOTHING to do with Project AZOTH

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    • I don’t think too many people actually think its going to be a thing, they just wanna mess with the people that are so adamant about it not being a thing.

      That being said, my god I cant wait for Synchro to be a thing, because its obviously going to happen. 😉

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        • I only think it has a potential to be a thing due to Pokken. Of course, idk how Pokken and SM have any relation. I’ve stated before that OF AND ONLY IF synchro/synergy/burst (whatever you want to call it) is a thing, then it would resemble the burst appearance of Pokken when they do their burst attacks (ie Weavile gets a bit frosty and Machamp is burning red). That’s how I would want it. Will it happen? Probably not, but I think it would be a nice little added tid bit spice up the competitive game.

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          • Pokkén is a spin-off game though, which furthers Earthen’s above comment about making a new IP with adventure-RPG elements in it, which would be a good platform for Synchro.

          • I know it is, but the burst cosmetics in Pokken are simple, yet just enough to say “Yo, I have more power now bruh” haha

    • I dont want it to be a thing. But GameFreak doesnt care for your or mine opinion. If they want Synchro, they will put it in the game, simple as.

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      • They can, but main series is off limits
        If they made a new IP which is a crazy adventure RPG taking elements from Pokemon Re-Burst then by all means they can do it

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    • You talk as if it’s us, or all of us that want Synchro.

      And so far the rest only want Synchro so we can see you flip out, not because we are interested in it as a game mechanic.

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      • Well not every one it’s pretty funny to watch him flip his lid but I am truth filled with my opinions

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    • Urgghh here we go again.

      Someone going out of their way to explicitly explain why something will never happen

      Then when that thing happens they start crying when everyone calls them out on it.

      Sigh* where have I seen this before.

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  64. This generation is so far beautiful, this lizard is really adorable. The only ones that are kind of ugly are the starters, but hopefully their evolutions will make up for it.

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  65. Off topic but how about talking about Smash bros. and a next game roster here is my roster what do y’all think?

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