RUMOR: Chinese Rumors & Google Takedown of Final Starter Evolutions?

imageA Chinese rumor about Pokémon Sun & Moon has seemingly gained credibility after predicting a Poison/Fire-type Pokémon which was fulfilled with the reveal of Salandit. You can read it below, translated by Cresselia~~ of Smogon Forums.

  • There will be no traditional Gyms and no Pokémon League in Alola. Your goal is to actually create one. After you do, an Elite 4 will appear which are the leaders of each island
  • The final starter evolutions will be an Archer, a Wrestler and a Siren
  • The diamond stones will be collectible throughout the region and act similarly to Mega Stones but not exactly
  • New Pokémon based on a dolphin, sea cucumber, snowman, mushroom and a rugby monkey are there
  • Rockruff’s evolution is a Werewolf
  • Mashadow, another copyrighted Pokémon name, has a very unique type combo

In addition, it seems that the majority of the images of the “leaked” starters (seen above) have mysteriously disappeared from Google image search. There is no way of knowing but it is possible official takedown notices have been sent to have them removed from search results. This is a warning: I may soon remove the images myself.

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2,275 thoughts on “RUMOR: Chinese Rumors & Google Takedown of Final Starter Evolutions?”

  1. So, I’ve decided, if this rumor is true, I won’t quit Pokemon. If Gyms and Leagues are removed and you have to create them, there’s gotta be a method to this madness that Mr. Masuda and his team are creating. But still, it’s really weird for the 20th Anniversary to remove such a long-time staple to the series if this is true.

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    • even if they do, I doubt that it will be that way from then on, probably a one time thing, special to alola, since they seem like a kinda of primitive/modern region, gyms will probs return

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    • If they cut gyms the story had better be fucking amazing. Like I would want to know what the point of even training at all would be.

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  2. Something really feels off about the rumor. I just get this vibe. It just seems like someone is making this up. I mean, they didn’t really say anything. Just slapped on things they made up and stuff we knew already as well as an ongoing confidental sheet of the Starters we can’t prove fake. Could be one of our own on here! *Looks around the room*

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  3. I just want corocoro or the official page to show a single gym leader just one would do as that would prove this whole thing fake(except for the sheets sadly)

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  4. The only thing I actually like about the rumor: The Dolphin and Snowman Pokemon.
    But I feel that was in another rumor. And so many people want a Dolphin Pokemon for Generation 7, it’s not even funny. It would fit Alola so well! And a Snowman Pokemon is something I’ve personally wanted for many years actually. Lol. There’s so many good Fakemon Snowman out there. xD

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  5. Lol No way to make people happy.
    “Please more Yearly releases”
    *later*
    “No more yearly releases!!!”
    *later*
    “Pokemon is just leaving us hanging I hate this they hate us!!”
    Now:
    “Please no more gyms they make all the games the same”
    *no gyms leaked*
    “This is an awful idea!!!”
    Before you want something think, would I complain about this later?

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  6. This place is hopping.
    I think that it would be cool if we could make our own gym, but I don’t like the idea of little to no gyms to start with. Perhaps a system of where you need to beat all the gym leaders on the island to become one on that island.

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  7. Anyway these leaks are iffy
    One side that I would like because its unique and you don’t even see 8 gyms on the map so it makes sense
    One side I disagree because how can you have access to elite 4 without badges? and So many people don’t pay attention to pokemon story as is and just go for gyms (Im one of those people)

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  8. Sadly, for the Starters, I think at this point, they’re real. No one can prove or disprove them fake and they appeared out of nowhere and it’s been a month. It would of been debunked by now but it hasn’t. When you look at the leaks and the designs, they’re based off of parts of Hawaiin culture. Rowlet’s final is based on an Archer and some kind of shape shifter being in Hawaiin legend that can take the form of an owl (I forgot the name but I remember it began with an O). Litten’s final evolution is based on fire dancers, which commonly appear in Hawaiin festivals. And Popplio’s final is a circus performer based off of a mermaid/dolphin (dolphins of which are in Hawaii). Someone would of had to do their homework and take a lot of time to make it, if it was fake and most leakers I see, it’s an obvious giveaway. Either a flaw can be pointed out or it can be found on Devianart.

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  9. I hope that this is not 100% true; I don’t want to be stuck with Tony the Tiger. Also, how is there no Gym Leaders or League when there are Gyms all over the map. That seriously confuses me, how woukd progress be made? At least we might get a Dolphin Pokemon…

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        • THat’s what I thought too, considering I see a little symbol on them.
          Of course, it could be something else and I could be seeing things, but considering I saw the same type of building in many places and that little symbol, it’s definitely a gym imo

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      • We have not really. We see two buildings that could be gyms, but even then it’s skeptical. I think they will go with chiefs or tribe leaders if there are no gyms.

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  10. There is some sense I suppose behind the concept of “Bond Abilities” from the fired European Employee Leak and that you fill up a meter to unleash a devastating attack. The Pokemon.com site said that you’ll “discover moves more powerful than any seen before”. And the European Employee Leak mentions a Gorilla Pokemon with a menacing look, which could be the Rugby Monkey in the Chinese Leaks…

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  11. I don’t trust it however those starter evos have grown on me. They just seem overly complicated, more so since GF has talked about straying from the recent complicated design path. We’ve. Also already had a wrestler so I don’t see why they’d use it twice. I’m fine with Rowlett and Popplio, but I just don’t like where Litten is going.

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  12. Is the fired European Employee Leak a definite fake or does it still have yet to be proven false? It seems pretty legit to me. And it mentions a Gorilla which could be that Rugby Monkey in the Chinese leaks… Maybe the Ground/Fighting type Gorilla plays football? LOL. There is a Football team in Hong Kong with a monkey as their mascot which could explain why the Chinese Leaker related it to that.

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  13. Sorry for so many comments but one last question
    What would your gym be?
    This is really hard question for an indecisive person like myself but I would choose Electric. I would be the 6 gym leader. My gym puzzle would have a be pitch black.The only light is lightening flowing around the whole gym and your goal is to move lightening rods to certain areas to generate enough electricity along the way to Light up the whole gym.
    The gym trainers pokemon will consist of charjabugs, Luxio, Pikachus and last one having galvantula.
    One you reach me I will have 4 pokemon and my team will consist of:
    Lanturn 33: Thunder Wave/Thunderbolt/Surf/ Ice Beam
    Rotom 33: Thunder Wave/Thunderbolt/Shadow Ball/ Confuse Ray
    Luxray 33: ThunderFang/ Ice Fang/ Crunch/ Fire Fang
    VikaVolt 35: ThunderBolt/ Bug Buzz/ energy Ball/ Thunder Wave
    If you beat me you achieve the Current Badge
    And I will give you tm for thunderbolt

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    • You could never comment too much!
      I’d have a Water-Type Gym; which would be the 8th Leader (fuck Marlon).
      Lv. 50: Starmie
      Lv. 52: Clawitzer
      Lv. 53: Walrein
      Lv. 52: Sharpedo
      Lv. 54: Vaporeon
      Lv. 56: Mega Gyarados

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    • Hm… That’s a good question haha. I’d have a grass gym! My gym puzzle would be a hedge maze.
      Team : Skiploom, Roselia and Leafeon
      And I would give the TM for Synthesis.

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    • Mine would be an old run down cathedral yet still beautiful and full of white marble on the inside with purple pools of liquid under the cracks in the floor that you would have to walk around to get to me and a bit of a haunting puzzle to it as things would randomly move as it seems on their own and occasionally block or open up a new path, and I would have:
      Slurpluff, Whimsicott, Aromatisse and Clefable as my pokemon, yet half the trainers in the gym would have ghost type (if you went the wrong path) and the others would have fairies (if you went the right path)

      And if there was a rematch I would have the same team plus M Altaria and a White Florges

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    • I’d like to be an 8th Dragon Gym Leader (I don’t care I want this).
      Drampa (NRM/DGN)
      Garchomp (DGN/GND)
      Hydreigon (DRK/DGN)
      Kingdra (WTR/DGN)
      Dragalge (PSN/DGN)
      Mega Haxorus (DGN/STL)

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    • Bug-Type Gym, which would be the 7th Gym in the region (Because surprise!)
      My team would consist of:
      Scizor
      Vikavolt
      Volcarona
      Armaldo
      Cutiefly’s evolution

      Anyone victorious would receive the Pest Badge and the TM for Bug Buzz

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    • I am a 5 gym Water Gym their would large pools of water and Fountains along the edges their would be Tentacool inspired Booey’s to make it a maze
      My team consist of:
      Seadra
      Tentacruel
      Popplio’s second evolution

      My rematch would have (if leaks are true)
      Omastar
      Tentacruel
      Bruxish
      Bibarel
      Kingdra
      Entermaid
      Mega Samurott

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  14. also when it comes to the final evo, i wont make a final opinion until i see their 3D model. The drawing make all of them look iffy and not that great imo.

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  15. This rumor is really spotty. If they just predicated a Fire/Poison Type; without naming the ability and species of animal; we’ve done it as well on the Jungle. Hell, someone predicated the Corrosion ability on this site. If that is the case, then I believe this is rumor to be 25% right.

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  16. Something just isn’t quite right about this leak still. Hopefully CoroCoro can clear it up and if they show a Gym Leader, it’ll disprove that and my paranoia and horrors can move on. This is honestly the scariest development/leak yet. As soon as I saw the first line “No traditional Gyms or League”, I swear I stopped pumping blood to my heart for a second. But if it is true, I’ll try to be open.

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      • How I see it
        Gyms We need them they are the center of the games we Don’t need an XY where people could care less about boring 5. Minute talks

        Starters Hmm they are growing on me but I would rather they not be real

        Mashadow a dinosaur as I heared no just no

        Let’s see a Dolphin would be nice and snowman but really a Freakin’ Rugby Monkey come on GF You are better than that
        And a sea cucumber why

        Mega Ideas I heard No mega Kalos starters no only the Butterfree sounded good

        Bondage okay that sounds interesting

        And Evil team leader is Ruch guy no it Haltman from Kirby reincarnated noooooo!

        So yeah hopefully fake

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  17. I remember tiger character from my childhood called Bolavan this guy is playing in the circus and he decide to run out and blue little mouse with bunny ears helped him to did that.
    unfortunately I can’t find out this on the internet.

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  18. I am okay with this except this No Gyms concept. What would be the long running goal, the story would really need some bigger twitches .

    Would be okay with the starter evos, not overly happy with Siren but we can’t fight the moonlight.

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