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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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