As mentioned in Part V of this speculation series, July’s CoroCoro made it clear that the starter Pokémon and Rockruff have a secret to discover in the upcoming games. Some have speculated that Rockruff holds the key to a potential “Synchro Evolution,” while others have gone as far as believing it will be the fourth starter for the first time since Generation 1. Discussion has sparked on many gaming forums that Rockruff’s secret may be that it can TALK to Pokémon and HUMANS.
In this month’s CoroCoro reveal, various blurbs with Rockruff by their side were scattered around the photos of Bewear and Mimikyu. Next to Bewear, the following section was translated:
“Woof! (It apparently has the nickname of Fighting King of the Forest. This guy seems strong…!!)”
And by the photos of Mimikyu, the following quote was found:
“Woof! (Argh! What looks like Pikachu’s eyes and mouth are actually drawn on, apparently.)”
While it may be a stretch since these speech bubbles were found in CoroCoro’s magazine, could it be possible that Rockruff can communicate with the player character in S/M? Since it it depicted as sharing its opinions on the new Pokémon in CoroCoro, perhaps it can do the same during normal gameplay. It would certainly take bonding with Pokémon to the next level. Others have speculated that the new Rotom Dex will have something to do with the communication between people and Pokémon. Rockruff is the Professor’s assistant Pokémon after all, so he could be the one to describe its capabilities as the game progresses.
CoroCoro also mentioned that the three starters have a secret, so where could it play into Rockruff’s? Perhaps Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio also have the possibility of communicating with the trainer, or maybe their secret is in reference to the rumored “Synchro” mechanic. These possibilities are also covered in Part V of our speculation series.
In a 2013 interview with Junichi Masuda, one thing he wanted to put into Pokémon X and Y was a machine to translate Pokémon cries. He stated,
“One thing I wanted to put in that didn’t quite make it was a translating machine for Pokémon cries, to find out what they’re saying. So you have this machine, and when a Pokémon cries out something, text would appear telling you exactly what that Pokémon is saying.”
Could the blurbs in CoroCoro mean that Rockruff is one of the Pokémon that can utilize this new “system” to communicate with trainers? The Rotom Dex is the perfect tool for making such a concept come to life, yet there is no concrete evidence that it will serve such purpose. Looking back, there was an NPC in Ruby and Sapphire that stated,
“We’re developing a device for talking with Pokémon, but we haven’t had much success…” Maybe it’s finally time for that concept to come to fruition!
It is a stretch to be looking into a primarily children’s magazine and exploring the potential for a brand new feature, but it certainly wouldn’t disappoint! Let us know in the comment section how you would like Rockruff’s secret to play out in Sun and Moon! I haven’t posted on the site in a while, but that will surely change as more information comes to light. Stay tuned for another instalment in the Speculation series!
Maybe a unique Rockruff will be Meowth’s successor?
Talking with your pokemon would be really cool 😀 as long as they vary what they can say and they’re not repeating the same things or are annoying like Navi…
I still think triple typing could be cool but a talking dog would be cool!
Off topic but I dreamt that a new trailer was released revealing 2 new Pokemon. One kinda looked like a yellow Vulpix and the other one kinda looked like Stunky.
So there’s that I guess
Meowth has been doing that for 2 decades https://media4.giphy.com/media/10lSuA9bMlAVfa/200_s.gif (rf)
No no no no no no arceus no! Talking Pokemon should not happen in the games. Rotom was stretching it for me but if this is true, I won’t be happy with it.
I would rather a pokemon translating machine over talking Rockruffs. I feel like if it can talk, in the anime they’re gonna give it a new jersey mob accent “Sorry, boss” “You’re gonna be sleeping with the Carvahna”
I’ve always wanted to be a mob boss
You would need to main Honchkrow
Nahhhhh I’d have a Sandshrew as a lap cat
And two burly Rhydon or Golurk stand guard my office (wearing those Homburg hats)
But honchy is so majestic
I will admit Honchkrow is a very powerful looker but this is Earthen we’re talking about
A good water type would be enough to take down your team 😉
That’s why I have Seismitoad
His Water Absorb has saved my butt so many times, also he’s so thick he can tank special attacks for days
Frogs terrify me
Ehhh me too but Seismitoad and I are surprisingly very close
http://orig09.deviantart.net/b48b/f/2011/087/3/e/537___seismitoad_by_winter_freak-d3cnsm7.jpg
I grew up with toads like this one walking freely around my garden. I can’t use frog pokemon unless they are very cute *runs away*
I’d love a cute tree frog Pokémon. They were my favorite animals growing up.
I mean, there’s politoad but I’ve never used it. I’d rather have a strong snake pokemon to eat all of the frogs 🙂
I was obsessed with the poison tree frog as a kid. I would love a poison grass or poison water tree frog.
This guy looks a bit deflated… 🙂
Why don’t you like swampert though? Heh heh heh.
That’s the perfect example of my Seismitoad
He’s thick, grungy, and you could wail on him with a 2×4 for an hour and he would just snicker
But this makes him the perfect special wall, Max sp def and sporting an assault vest
At least you admit it 🙂 I love honchkrow
Stunfisk is the ideal majestic beast.
I’d probably have a whole torture room filled with water, mud and half a dozen Stunfisks
The moment the mook touches a Stunfisk the whole floor is electrified
I for one think a translator would be less gimmicky then run of the mill talking Pokemon and none of that telepathy garbage
Which brings me to an extreme thought provoking idea
How do you think your Pokemon would say about you
Me, I think most of my Pokemon would share some of my most dominant traits, such as a extreme thirst for battling. (Except maybe Seismitoad he’s very….thick and unresponsive half the time)
But I feel some Pokemon personalities stereotype a bit, like a Nidoking or Garchomp having a naturally aggressive demeanor
And I feel Genderless Pokemon don’t emote too much
I agree with the person who said that it’d be better if there was a machine instead or talking rockruffs. Random thing I found funny: I’m learning Italian so I’ve been watching videos by this Italian youtuber called Pokemon Millennium and in one of them he was talking about how major Pokemon websites were talking about fake leaks. He mentioned that PJ had covered the leaks but then said “but they cover everything anyway” x). I actually love that we talk about everything here though, so no shade!
The reason I love Pokejungle more than Serebii or some other Pokémon site is because of the rumors. I first joined because the rumors helped fill the time between official releases, and it was fun to see which ideas were well-received and which were hated among the community. Not to mention the (mostly) positive vibe this community gives off as opposed to others.
I blocked Auragar. 🙂
I wasn’t going to name names, but I think we all know who I was talking about. :p
Fine, I will edit it to make it not as brutal. <3
Exactly haha. I actually never go on Serebii, Pokebeach, etc. Here’s way better because of what you said. If PJ only posted about the latest episodes and the tcg I’d probably not be into pokemon that much anymore. I just told you guys what I heard because I was not expecting him to talk about PJ haha I think I’ve been here since before the release of BW and not going anywhere!
I check Serebii because I think he does better with providing cumulative information (like events I would’ve missed otherwise), but like I said, Serebii just lacks the community.
I only check Serebii when I need to read about game mechanics etc
I originally joined because the leaks were often covered here and is the comment system was easy to use. Other than that though I feel like we have a nicer community than other websites.
While we’re talking about Pokejungle in general here’s a question for you guys: How did you find this place?
I heard about it from a member of a smaller Pokemon website that’s no longer around, so I’m glad I made the move. 😉
Oh they abandoned me here thousands of years ago
Who’s they?
“They” (twilight zone music)
I don’t remember anymore, it was a loooong time ago, but probably by googling “pokemon news”
I said it below but I found it when looking for leaks to fill the time, around March or so before XY. I lurked for around a month before I went around as a guest for another month or so before joining.
I’ve been around since the leaks before BW. I was always using the chat and the forums, but I like this system much more now.
Same as Ithsme but for Black and White news and I lurked for like 4 months before actually commenting, then I couldnt stop sharing my opinions and now Im a blabbermouth on the discord chat .-.
This my first Speculation time yet I’ve looked at this site since X&Y more info then chat yet made my account this March.
Serebii, during the times of HG/SS. Thanks, serebii!
I forgot.
Oh god who knows……10 years is too long to remember something like that hahaha All I know is the site has grown to become something spectacular and is definitely different from the old days lol
Serebii, lurked in the days of BW2, joined in XY.
I came here around during the Great X/Y leak of 2013. Man, those were crazy times.
What leak was that? The Mr. X one or whatever he was called?
….don’t say that name in my presence
The one where X/Y got released early.
I thought he was Mr. Bonding?
So I’m trying to perfect my new Water/Steel Blue Crab Rustacean and Krutankerous
A super aggressive crab with a near indestructible spiny metal carapace that discourages predators allowing it to be as violent as it wants, a colony of these things could pick a wailord clean in a week
That’s graphic, but I like the idea of another crab, and with genius names from the master himself (please come to discord chat ;_;)
How many freaking times do I have to say, I FREAKING CANT ON MOBILE
The worst time for a Crit to work on my cotton guarded Slurpuff, I could’ve won but luck was against me (like always
Ugh, guys we can’t let Flannery win…people are voting with lust and it’s wrong. #Wallace2016
No no no #Liza&Tate2016
I like them, but they’re too far behind at this point! Wallace is only 3 votes back
I liked Wallace as a champion, but he was a bland gym leader in my opinion.
I just think overall he’s the strongest character of the hoenn gym leaders since you see him elsewhere in the games outside the gym. He’s not a huge challenge though
I already threw my vote at Liza…
Go to the library and vote on every computer! 😛
For me, it only works on mobile, right? I only have one tablet. 🙂
That’s true…it may not work on library computers
#ThereCanOnlyBeJuan
Pokepuns are the best
How do you know people aren’t voting for Wallace for the same reason? 😉
Wallace is just a cute old man. WAHAHAHA
Just look at his ORAS design and model.
Cute is the opposite of what I see but everyone has their own opinion.
There’s nobody I like to vote on lust
I didn’t choose her for that I like her strategy that can beat my Water types even
I voted with lust, I admit it, for Wattson.
…I’m a bad, bad slime…
Hey people look at some of these fakemon some of these I would love to appear in future games!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RLbmW5xEE_A
There’s literally a bird there named Pidove.
Ehh some aren’t the best yet the starters aren’t the worst the ones that evolve from other Pokemon aren’t very good though
These have been around since before BW. Whoever made this video clearly just found the Deviantart page and took them all hahahaha
I think that the Platypus should be a Pokemon I mean come on the perfect Water Pokemon PLATYPUS lives in Water, cute so they can make it cuter, interesting animal to build off!! It’s the perfect animal for a Pokemon!
I first opened the article thinking, a talking rockruff sounds like a really bad idea, but when I got firth into the article, I realized the rotomdex is perfect for that. It’s a rotom, so it’ll understand pokemon speech, but it can talk to us, so why not just translate?
Seriously does anyone want any Sap Sipper Miltank I have like 5-6 left
All impish with 4-5 ivs in a Heal Ball
Extremely rare, spent literally 3 days hunting them down you’ll never find any legit ones on GTS, not available in friend safaris
I’ll take one!
IGN
I don’t think we have each other added. My FC is 0688-5522-3456 my IGN is Caleb.
Ughhh I hate putting in FCs
I’ve been full for years,
It’s alright, man. Thanks for the offer.
No no your getting the fat cow, it just means checking Friend Safaris for duds
Thanks a lot, man.
I’ll take one but I won’t be home for about an hour. I have a few flawless IV Scizor you can have for one of them
Ehhhhhh Scizor just piss me off…..but if they’re in the right areas sure
I do not want this. I’d be fine if Ash gets one in the anime that can talk, but talking Pokemon should not make it to the games.
I agree. Even having Rotom talk was a stretch to me, but please arceus don’t let Pokemon talk.
I’d only be okay with it if I can get a talking Meowth as well.
There should be an event “Team Rocket’s Meowth” where it would have a different cry, “Meowth! That’s right”
Mabey your Moms Meowth has something Special about it?
Its not the Pokemon itself that does the talking, its the device, that translates the Pokemon’s cries so you can understand them. 🙂 And I think that would be an awesome Idea, whether it was in the anime, OR in the video games. 🙂
Yo empoleon try signing on I think I have you
I’m on
Ughhhh fine here 4038-5998-9262
Thanks!
A Sheildon…thanks
I’m pretty sure that Corocoro is just using Rockruff as a “mascot”, so to speak, to give Corocoro’s opinions on the new Pokemon, so if some form of translating machine was implemented, I doubt it would be exclusive to the starters and Rockruff or their secret.
Also I just had a massive thought
Is Pokebank getting beefed up for Sun and Moon?
I mean all us hyper breeders accumulate large amounts of Pokemon and I’m around my 69th box full of stuff, and Sun and moon is letting us bring stuff from RBY so add that, Pokemon from XY, ORAS and now RBY and soon SM so that means a lot of Pokemon
And I really don’t feel like mass box arrangements in my lesser games like Y and AS. And releasing is only for the non bred
Ian wtf do you mean you cant use discord on mobile?? There’s an app. Also you can use discord on your browser if you dont wanna download it
The browser doesn’t work mobile, and I can’t download on my iPad anymore
My laptop died and my phone’s on its way
Download the app on your phone then. Stop making excuses
No
I’m going to ban you.
On what charges
The charges that I can.
Which is
You misread. I will do it literally just because I can.
That’s a heinous misuse of your power
Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms.
I only count 2
Here, there, near, far, wherever, you, are. Seven.
Quit your squabbling
Nah, will you please just let people try help you for once? Like, we actually WANT you on Discord. Turn off your ego and let us try get you there.
I ain’t downloading nothing for a while
WHY?
Because I can’t
Then no longer shall you be seen complaining that Chatango is no more. Let us know if you need help when you CAN download it. We’re waiting for you.
Well then this is good bye
Nah. No one told you to go. Stay, party. We are waiting for you. 🙂
I hate parties, and i just keep telling you my apple account is screwy ever since my Dad got his credit card hacked
NL was trying to help you make another/find a way around that the other day but you left 😐
Because I have extremely bad luck with extra email, the stupid yahoo account never remembers or accepts the password no matter how many times I fucking reset it, I have insanely bad luck with technology
Luck doesn’t exist. Plus Yahoo is awful, so don’t use it. Did you at least see if you can disable to option to require password for FREE download from the App Store?
Oh it so freaking does,
Then how come everything around me constantly results in utter horribleness
Maybe because you have a ipad
I mean everything
You must admit I often get the brunt of everything
Ian pls. Technology hates me too. But only when it actually matters, like with academic stuff – programming, formatting reports, not with shitty-ass games
Because you seem to be permanently on your man period. You also completely ignored the important part of my response.
I honestly don’t care, I can’t get discord and that’s that
And I basically am, my life sucks big time and nobody ever cuts me any slack at the slightest
-cuts ian some slack-
I’ll cut you
http://www.thinkinfreak.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/motosierra-Leatherface.jpg
NOOOOOO this cant be the end :'(
We’ve had so many good runs together
What about all the cartoons and the Yooka Laylee
WHAT ABOUT THE RANTINGSSS
Keep your panties on, I meant chat or discord
I would never leave the jungle (I’d probably go insane without it)
-pulls panties back up-
I sure hope we get more boxes. And a way to search using multiple criteria. As it is you can only narrow it down with one quality at a time.
I’m probably going to ditch as much as I can in Y and AS later today, take all the good stuff and terminate the garbage
That will be a loooooong day
I also wonder if Pokebank will be a way for people to transfer pokemon from GO to sun and moon. I mean, Pokemon and Niantic both said eventually we’ll be able to transfer our Pokemon from mobile device to sun and moon…
I think I’m going to name my player Lunick after Lunick and Solana from the Ranger series. I’ve already used 2 variations of both my first and middle names in the past three generations, as well as Dawn and Red, and I want something new to match the moon theme this time around.
#HelpIanGetToDiscord
I hate hashtag so much
I dont hate you so much
Well I genuinely don’t like most people
Am I one of them? ._.
he didnt reply kms
This idea sounds amazing <3 I would finally get to talk to Espeons eeepppp
….and also other Pokemon.
Of course, it could just be limited to the starters and Rockruff, but Masuda's quote seems to imply all Pokemon, so at least one day I will talk to Espeons <3
You want talking monsters you can catch? Go play Yokai Watch >.>
Yay I like Yo-Kai watch!
I have played it :3 Haven’t completed it since I got stuck and bored and I like Pokemon more, but I’ve played it.
Still doesn’t mean that I don’t want to talk to Pokemon though. :3 I like talking to animals so talking to Pokemon is pretty nice <3
There is a wild Nidoking that I can’t get cause I can’t leave my house without internet!!!!!!
I have the same issue here.
Why dont you have internet on your phones?
I don’t know about them, but in my case I have an iPod, meaning no data plan. I can play Go only if I’m within range of a wifi source.
this is along story.
The same thing happened to me with a Snorlax. Also, I was at the Aquarium yesterday and there was a Dratini that my brother caught, but I didn’t because I had to go get tickets…..
I really don’t like this idea. They are animals! Don’t make the animals talk.
Don’t they kind of do anyway since they say they’re names? Not to mention Meowth is living proof they are capable of speech.
Well both of those cases are pure anime canon. The Pokemon(except pikachu) all make animal noises in the games :/
That’s the anime though. It’s just a way for people to remember their names but in the games you can see them