Just under three weeks since the last Pokémon Company reveal, we’re getting another Pokémon Sun & Moon update today! We’re not entirely sure what to expect, though we could see the two new Pokémon revealed in Corocoro make an appearance and maybe more!
A new trailer has been released in both English and Japanese!
New Details and Information
Pokémon
- Bounsweet the Grass type Pokémon
- Bewear Normal/Fighting type, can have the new Fluffy Ability that halves the damage taken from attacks that make direct contact, but in return it also doubles the damage taken from Fire-type moves
- Comfey a Fairy type Pokémon that can have the Triage ability which means this Pokémon’s restorative moves gain the highest priority in battle
- Mudsdale a Ground type horse Pokémon. Mudsdale can have the new Stamina Ability which means the Pokémon’s Defense goes up by 1 when it’s hit by an attack
- Wimpod is a Water/Bug type Pokémon that has the Wimp Out ability; upon reaching 50% HP it will run away or switch with another Pokémon during battle!
- Mimikyu is a Ghost/Fairy type Pokémon with the new ability Disguise; upon entering battle its disguise will take the first attack for it (no confirmation whether this is affected by contact hits or not)
Game Mechanics
- Pokémon can now access ‘Hyper Training’ which allows for IVs to be raised for the first time ever. This is accessible at level 100 and uses ‘bottle caps’. No word if you can transfer them over from Fallout.
- You can now host tournaments on the Global Link!
Im loving that abandoned pre-school looking place that you are battling Mimikyu in, in the trailer it seems like the best place for it.
Also isn’t it funny how we have only see evolutions for one pokemon revealed so far, like any one of these pokemon have so much possibility to evolve and that is so exciting
I hope they save most evolutions for release. I’m curious about new evolution methods; things got pretty interesting with Inkay and Pancham, so I can definitely see some improvement there.
Eevee evolves into Sylveon if using a Fairy move
Still crossing my fingers for a dolphin, gorgon and angel pokemon ?
Bounsweet kind of gives me a Hoppip vibe. Watch it evolving into Grass/Flying too.
I hope Bounsweet evolves into a coconut/pineapple pokemon. It reminds me of one of my fakemon I drew years ago.
whoever said bounsweet is a mangosteen you are almost certainly correct. if you google a mangosteen you should get a pic of the inside of one and its stem which resembles bounsweet’s stem and lower part of its body
AHHHHHHH THEY’RE AMAZING! I LOVE ALL OF THEM!
Wimpod is such a cutie <3 I want 100 of them~ (it's my favourite out of this batch, next to Mimikyu)
I also REALLY love Comfey's design – it's so pretty!
Bounsweet reminds me of Cherubi somewhat. It's pretty cute!
Mudsdale it's pretty cool too. We might be able to ride it for sure.
Haha, Yeah, I loved Cherubi/Cherrim, this guy is like the two combined. :3
Hmmmm lets see possible moves for Mudsdale
Mud Sport
Endure
Stomp
Bulldoze
Take Down
Double Kick
Jump Kick
Thrash
Highhorse Power
Double-Edge
Earthquake
Giga Impact?
I knew I was forgetting something
Bulk Up
Work Up
Slack Off
“Highhorse Power”
Dude, come on. Get off your high horse…
(ok I’ll go)
BOOOOOOOO!!!!! lol
But it’s an actual attack
Wait what? Who knows it?
Refresh
I’m so happy it gets a signature move as well. 😀
http://image.ec21.com/image/pktradingthai/bimg_GC09365030_CA09570305/Fresh_Magosteen.jpg
thank you was gonna post too
Too slow
in my country those berry are called berry beach
mastin for indonesian product
just curious but is anyone else hoping for some cross region evolutions?
Always……lol
right? but i feel those and mega will be the last revealed tbh
I am but the designs have been so solid this gen if we don’t get any I will be ok
I can think of some dudes needing a pre-evo. Like Sneasel and Gligar and Scyther.
YES
i honestly would love pre-evos but i would want their existence to be reason to buff their evolutions a bit
Thank goodness, we finally have a reason for Bewear’s design. It has a powerful upright spine and highly developed arms and legs with equal weight distribution. At the same time, it happens to look like a teddy bear! The thing has really grown on me.
Okay okay. Yesterday my brother came up and asked if Absol was a planned eeveelution, which made me think, and he actually might have been on to something. I wouldn’t be surprised if scrapped design elements from umbreon went into the design process for Absol.
idk about anyone else but i love the bug/water typing for wimpod. one of my favorites from hoenn is surskit and i use a masquerain competitively although it lost its water typing for flying
Masquerain is my favorite bug in all of Pokemon and I mourn its Bug/Flying type every day.
right?! bug water would’ve been soo good to keep. that rock type throws its competitive value off a lot.
Yeah, I guess. But this might be the gen it becomes bug/water. *crosses fingers*
you mean thru mega? that would be freakin awesome. i think I’m with you as masque rain being one of my favorite bugs
Not mega, I would prefer just a change of type outright of the normal version. 🙂
thank you, totally agree. while i do think that masque rain is on the frail side, i dont think that a mega is necessary i would hope a stat buff like they did when xy came out. the spD isn’t bad iirc and the intimidate ability helps a lot. its just the rock attacks it takes
Two comments I have after watching some of the individual Pokemon battle scenes
1) Vikavolt is still looking boss AF even in another Pokemon’s battle scene lol
2) As much as I still like the style, I am getting a little worried about the ability markers that pop up. I really like the idea of the paint strokes, but they are too big, too in the middle of the screen, and stay on for too long……
1) That was done to show off Wimp Out
2) I think they are fine, they might not be like that in the final released but just in the trailers, to highlight the different abilities.
Well yeah I could see them being slightly different in the game, but they are just so big!! If they were smaller or not as in the way then they’d be fine, but it’s just a little jarring lol
i still cant imagine a horde battle with the paint stroke design, its too crowded 🙁
Oi…..my hype drained my vitality
I’m gonna go catch some rest
Did you like all these fairy types?
Not a one
The Comfey is going to annoy me with its synthesis spamming
I shall create a team of Comfeys and take over Online battles with Synthesis/Morning Sun spam
Until I use Sandstorm and into a well placed Iron Head
I LOVE COMFEY HOLY SHIT
ALL THESE NAMES, HOW DOES ONE KEEP UP?!?!
its flavour text makes it even cuter.
“When attacked by other Pokémon, it throws its flowers at them to create an opening, and then it either flees or strikes back.”
AAAAAH
But I feel like it would be Florges 2.0, which I’m fine with but eh EITHER WAY I’M PUMPED
maybe it will eventually become fairy/grass where florges didn’t,but much like the flabebe line, the flowers are not part of it so who knows, but I must say its Triage ability seems very neat
Mudsdale is 8’02”? That is one large horse.
Probably measured horizontally? Also, Bewear seems huuuuge
Uhhhhhh Clydesdales are naturally tall and heavy
So, the new information is going to be revealed tomorrow at 9:00am EST? Serebii said tonight. Lol.
well its tonight in japan. but serebii said that its 9:00 est and 6:00 pst. if he meant tonight on those times i think he would’ve said 21:00 est and 18:00 pst like he did with jst
also keep in mind that he posted that announcement i wanna say about 3-4 hours ago and he’s in Europe so his time supports his saying tonight lol
It was a while ago, “today”.
Tonight 22:00 JST which got GMT was 2pm, and considering it’s nearly 4, this is the info he was talking about
Still nothing that has disappointed me yet… Man this gen is really pleasing me pokemon wise. It’s also testing my loyalty to Hoenn
Even Bewear has gained my liking. This gen is killing it so far and it’s not even released yet.
Ikr even mudslade is cool and i am not even a fan of horses
I’m just concerned we haven’t seen any new characters. Hopefully, tomorrow’s update will reveal some and finally put that stupid ass Chinese rumor to the grave or clarify it. Either way. Cause the paranoia is giving me constant nightmares. Lol.
There is no update tomorrow. This is the update.
Serebii said new information tonight.
Japan’s “tonight.” It’s currently 11:45pm in Japan.
Is Wimpod a horseshoe crab? Or a giant isopod?
Isopod
Oh cool
I actually think it’s a bit of both…
Yes.
Thanks
Welcome. lol
I said yes cause I think it draws inspiration from both.
its an isopod definitely. hence the “pod” in its name. horseshoe crabs are merostomats or the class merostomata so i dont see it making sense unless as seen below it gets its name from arthropod which is a phylum and covers trilobites and horseshoe crabs, but it also covers a lot more like hexapods or insects, etc.
Damn it, wanted a Horseshoe crab this gen. Oh well, there’s still a chance for a Coconut Crab!
Isn’t Kabuto at least partially based on a horseshoe crab?
that i believe is correct, its based on trilobite and horseshoe crab but the name comes from a japanese helmet called a kabuto so names aren’t always the way to think lol
I can say pretty confidently that Mudsdale has a pre-evolution. I’m thinking that this is a Noivern equivalent for Alola, in terms of reveal. I love it, by the way!
I love that hug bear pokemon, it has grown in me. Just look cool and awesome.
So far we’ve got 34 confirmed Pokemon (25 officially revealed + starter evolutions + Rockruff evolution + 2 Pikipek evolutions). I think it’s looking like we’re getting a decent sized batch this time around.
I seriously can’t believe we only have that many. How they’ve managed to cram so many amazing designs in that timeframe is beyond me. We still have lots of surprises in store, but I could seriously be content with what we have.
+ the 3 remaining guardians and I heard Yungoos evolves once
Is it confirmed that each island has a guardian or did we assume that? I mean, it makes sense of course, but has it been officially confirmed?
nah we just assumed based on the info we have~
Komala too apparently, as it has “parents”.
its funny you say this because i love kangaskhan which is a kangaroo which is a marsupial. koalas are also marsupials and one of my favorite animals and i really would love parental bond. i know this defeats the purpose of it being a sleep-less koala theme but i really want this. or at least give it a baby for its evolution
I love all designs but the only one I hate is that fairy which look like fairy/grass
If I pick up a rock and hold it in my hands, am I a rock type?! 😀
This gen is shaping up to be the best one ever. I still have no idea of what my team will be besides a female Litten and that lizard (kinda busy atm to learn the names). Now I just need a strong dark type *cries*
Anyone getting a Trojan horse kinda vibe when you look at Mudsdale’s mane
yes I was when I first saw it, not even from its mane, just like the whole pokemon
I just see right into this things soul
I get à more Native American vibe