Is This Another Island Guardian Pokémon?

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Some fans have noticed that the sticker located at 1:36 of the new trailer looks like it could be of a new ‘Tapu’ Pokémon similar to Tapu Koko. It doesn’t seem to match any existing Pokémon character and does have a similar ‘shell’ like structure, but this could be a stretch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyIkvadJU1Q

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368 thoughts on “Is This Another Island Guardian Pokémon?”

  1. I did pick up on something while watching the trailer in .25 speed. I dunno if this was found earlier or what now, but I found this weird thing. It could be nothing, but it stood out to me in some way (refresh if you don’t see it) (sorry for the poor screenshot, I used paint to help me out I am a noob :P)

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  2. Hmmm… Anyone notice anything interesting in the trade screen, refresh for picture, it sure looks different.

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  6. I posted something earlier under another article but I guess you didn’t see it, so I’ll post it here as well. I made a screenshot of the menu screen which seems to have 2 pages. The first we saw has the party button, the Rotom Dex, our bag, the save button (called Record in Japanese), our Trainer PASS and the expanded amie feature, named Pokéwafure. The Trainer Pass piqued my interest. So far every generation had a Trainer Card and the name’s also the same in Japanese. Could this Trainer Pass mean something new or is it only a minor change? I wanna know your opinion about this.

    The Pokéwafure feature looks really nice imo. If you’re interested, the name might come from the combination Pokémon (wow, it’s totally unexpected…) the Japanese particle “wa” and the Japanese pronounciation of Friends (furenzu). Do you think that this feature will have any connection to the new attacks we saw?

    I hope that the other page of the menu will have things like Wonder Trade and stuff.

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  8. Ok so, the bracelet definitely doesn’t have to do with evolution. I say this because we see that it has the super move in this trailer. The professor is researching pokemon moves. We had that 5th slot a while ago and extra detail has been put in to make it easier to understand what your pokemon’s move does. I’m pretty convinced.

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  9. My one hope is that for once the shiny pokemon that you are riding will have their shiny colorations, I want to ride a pink shark~

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  11. I’m happy that the next CoroCoro releases on August 12th. It could leak as early as the 7th, 8th or 9th. I’ll be heading off to Hawaii right around then, which is ironically a northern island 😛

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  12. I wonder if this has any significance. GF has a tendency to be sneaky.

    “You can go ANYWHERE as long as you have Pokemon helping you out.”

    Multiple regions? Fully explorable map? Who knows.

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  13. In addition to all the shirt references in the video, when I slowed down to .25 speed I saw that the girl had a Pokemon charm hanging from her 3DS, but in all the scenes she was in, I could never tell what the Pokemon was. From some angles it looked like Plusle, and from others it seemed like Magearna, but maybe it’s another new Pokemon altogether.

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  14. my fellow Gamers,in order to make sure we keep having the power mega Pokemon, we need to bring a sacrifice to the Mega gods!

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  15. http://image.prntscr.com/image/2aba2740246e4619b7ace99f9d285f7b.png
    I’m now fairly convinced we’ll get dexnav/areanav back, like we did in ORAS. In the picture of the bottom screen we see not only an arrow, probably to switch between this, pokemon amie, super training, and the PSS, but also a back arrow indicating something to exit out of in the display. you can see a back arrow like this in ORAS, but not in XY, so I’m hoping dexnav/areanav is back. Sorry if this makes no sense, or I’m reaching to far

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    • Meh……yeah it does seem that it is what it is…..well either way I’m still excited to see the other Tapu Pokemon. I’m sure we’ll get another by next month as they are going to cover south Alola next CoroCoro

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  19. I hope that the bear and Mimikkyu aren’t held off forever like Rockruff and Komala and that we get a trailer similar to the Japanese one (probably minus life action segments) and more information on the two Pokemon from CoroCoro on Friday.

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      • I think we will get an update. Under the “Cool Features” section, we’ll probably get images of that Synchro/Bond Attack feature that was shown in the trailer and a tease of “More information coming soon!” or like the last major update, we could get even more info than what the Trailer/CoroCoro gave us (we got Zygarde’s forme’s official artwork and information on them too and the initial image of Stoutland and Pikachu unleashing the Ultimate Attack thing).

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  21. I have some questions about this ppl think that pkmn who Panthster making impact with is Machamp …I am not sure he seems have 4 arms ,but wat about the other one he look like human for me ???…..is this mean this is the girl of 7 gen?……for sure we can’t be 100% this is would be real wat make me had a doubt about this is foot claws y he should be can release this claws ……hmmmm maybe to make some cheap move with it ….this pkmn ability seems counter fighting type pkmn ….last thing I like his face expression. http://i.imgur.com/OSW4O1q.jpg

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        • It’s not bad at all I was shock when I saw him at the first time but now I am ready to choose him and I told u ppl Litten evo will be bipedal no one listen at least this one is better than any Litten’s fake evolution even mine (actually I was draw the mid stage) if he’s real I defiantly choose him.

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          • I don’t mind that it”s on two legs. Sure it’d be cool to have a four legged fire starter, but it is what it is I guess. All I want is for it not to be part fighting type. If that can happen then I’ll be more than happy to pick Litten like I originally planned lol

          • The problem is that even if they are decently cool enough they aren’t capturing what Pokemon are about. Their looks just aren’t right. In general they’re cool, but as Pokemon not so much.

          • Ummm just because someone likes something that you don’t like doesn’t mean that there wrong. LOL Maybe YOU’RE the one who is wrong. 😀

          • I’m just kidding. Although I do detest the idea of a tiger turning into a wrestler. I want it to be sleek, powerful, and intimidating.

          • LOL Yeah I get where your coming from, I was hoping that it was going to stay on all fours. 🙂

          • Yeah, that’s another hope of mine. Maybe if this was on all fours I’d like it more. Smaller hands and take away the random gray chest plate and I’d like it a bit more.

          • Yeah, that would have been really awesome. 😀 I probably would have liked it a bit better myself, if its design was a little different, and it stayed on all fours. 🙂

          • I’m interested to know if these are real. I like the Rowlet one a lot and the Popplio one isn’t bad, although I wouldn’t mind it going in a different direction either. I will definitely have to name it Ariel though if it’s real.

      • I don’t particularly like it, but it is slowly growing on me, and to be honest, I actually really hope that this and the other two final evolutions turn out to be real, because I definitely LOVE the other two. And like I said this guy is slowly starting to grow on me, so my dislike is starting to turn into tolerating/sort of liking it. 🙂

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        • You kidding
          If these end up real I’ll gladly pick this
          Obviously I have a thing for physical attackers and I love the design
          Very straight forward and displays a strong will and ferocity for battle, something I have in common
          But what really sold it is the belt of flames

          Sure the obvious crotch jokes but what really speaks to me is just such a interesting idea quite befitting a fiery wrestler
          I hypoithize that the belt grows hotter and bigger the more it exerts itself in battle

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          • I think he could have some kind of ability that make him countering fighting type or maybe Prankster …….and Will-O-Wisp this physical attackers and make them useless.

          • They just don’t hand out prankster to just anybody
            And I’m still holding out for Water/Fighting Popplio evo Cirquedeleo

          • My english is simple but I can figure out when his name is Panthster ..that teasing Prankster also he looks spiting green thing from his moth maybe toxic one ….he is Heel by the way and like to cheat.

    • All I ever wanted was a black panther with a lean and muscular pitch black body, a medium length tail splitting in two at the end with the yellow whiskers design on each end, and 3 red stripes along the middle of the neck, and the yellow whiskers be replaced with black ones that are barely visible. Basically a black panther with a split tail with yellow bomb-like fuses on each end and 3 red stripes similar to the greater than symbol. I WANT IT SO BAD, but it will probably never happen.

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      • Sorry but I could hardly understand what you were trying to say. The only thing I got out of it was that you were saying something about the fighting pic’s, how it didn’t look like Machamp. To me it also doesn’t look like Machamp, to me it looks like Machoke. And I had absolutely no clue what you were talking about when you said, “is this mean this is the girl of 7 gen?” Nor did I have any clue what you were talking about when you said, “for sure we can’t be 100% this is would be real wat make me had a doubt
        about this is foot claws y he should be can release this claws
        ……hmmmm maybe to make some cheap move with it ….this pkmn ability
        seems counter fighting type pkmn.” Its a Pokemon, a made up creature, it doesn’t necessarily need to have retractable claw’s, and it probably doesn’t have any on his feet.
        And as for his facial expressions, I think that there fine, it makes the rest of his design work. LOL

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        • When I said the girl of 7 gen i mean the girl who travel with Ash lik Misty and serenea, May……etc.
          – look at the pic carefully he have claws on his feet in details drawing.

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    • I am still wondering wat those numbers should be mean ?
      the strips on his arms while he sleeping is not the same amount as the main one ………could be approximate drawing though.

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  22. okay let’s see what’s on my checklist:

    1.18 totem poles that has different Pokemon types

    2.Hawaiian mask

    3.shrunken heads with mega stones for eyes

    4.local sacrifice for Mighty mega stone ritual

    5.a book of ritual words for dummies

    don’t worry megas i will get you 😀

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  24. Hmmm…. Does anyone know how serebii got these pictures of legendary Pokemon in Pokemon go? Are they available?

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  25. What I want the evolutions for the starters and other Pokemon to be:
    – Litten: black panther with the typing Fire/Dark with red/orange stripes on the middle of the neck, whole entire body is black apart from the stripes, and a split tail akin to Espeon with Litten’s whiskers design on each end and are fast, physical attackers
    – Rowlet: an archer with the typing Grass/Flying who uses the grass quils from its wings to launch multiple attacks at once and is secretive, stealthy, and wise beyond its years and are speedy, mixed attackers
    – Popplio: a mermaid with the typing Water/Fairy with a long, powerful tail capable of launching the Pokemon in a jet of water to attack prey, the Pokemon has flowy hair and a voice capable of luring men to a quick demise
    – Pikapek: a large bird of prey with a metallic beak typed Steel/Flying and is capable of rotating its beak during assault and can use its large talons to grasp onto prey much larger than its own size
    – Salandit: a large, komodo dragon Pokemon which retains its typing and is capable of infusing its poison with a flame residing deep within its body to launch poisonous fire capable of eroding away at even the toughest material
    – Rockruff: a giant wolf/werewolf with large rocks as its collar and long, sabertooth-like fangs capable of ripping prey apart and although very loyal, they are known to leave their trainers during the full moon and are thought to hide a deep and menacing secret
    – Mimikkyu: a shadow demon Pokemon and is only achievable through high friendship and is capable of rendering any Pokemon immobile by possessing their shadow

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    • My only desires
      Rowlet keeping this idea
      Litten either ending up the Fire/Ground lava tiger
      And Popplio never ending up that thing, I still like the Chinese acrobatic martial artist
      Pikipek I don’t care enough to speculate
      Salandit fat slimy Komodo dragon with flammable mucus and fumes
      Huggagrab turning even larger with a imposing 8 feet with massive arms that could probably knock over the Washington monument if it grazed it (oh and a red coloration)
      Spookloth a tattered stitched ball of cloth with gleaming red eyes and a shadowy tendril

      And that Georilla, a hulking muscle ape with brawling arms and and thick patches of skin, a Donkey Kongesque face with a underbite with a shock absorbing helmet, this thing would just be Warhog 2.0

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      • And technically Fennekin is a fox and not a dog lol Yes Yes I know foxes are canines, but it’s still not a dog per say lol

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      • I kind of have to be honest here, as much as I love the Chinese zodiac theory, it stretches a little and it more or less sounds like a convenient explanation.
        Like Sunny said, Foxes may be related to dogs, but it’s not exactly a dog. Cyndaquil is not exactly a rat, it’s a mix of a porcupine, shrew, and echinda (only the porcupine is related to rats, but it’s still not a rat). I could also say Charmander is not a dragon, but a lizard, but that connection is closer than the ones I listed above.
        Also, people thought the grass starters had reptilian based origins…well, guess what, both Chespin and now Rowlet break that pattern.
        Patterns can break, heck, there might not even be a pattern for all we know, it just ended up being something that is somewhat true.

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