With the latest Pokémon Sun & Moon information, we can now say that the rumors seem to be true. Not only the Poké Riding, but at least with the leaked Starter Evolutions we can clearly see one of the Trial Captains in the art, and the final evolution of Litten is probably holding two of its middle evolutions.
4chan Rumor
For now these are going to be de-confirmed since a number of Pokémon listed appear not to be getting an Alolan form
The anime’s Ash-Greninja will appear in the gameAlolan Rattata & Raticate are Dark-typeAlolan Butterfree is Bug/PsychicAlolan Abra, Kadabra & Alakazam are Fighting-typeAlolan Nidoking & Nidoqueen are Poison/Fighting-typeAlolan Growlithe & Arcanine are Water-typeAlolan Doduo & Dodrio are Fighting/Flying-typeThe previous versions of Pokémon which have taken on new forms will only be accessible by bringing in from older gamesFurfrou gets new stylesNew cat Pokémon varies in type and appearance based on breedingThere is a new snowman Pokémon line with two stages and it is Ice/GhostNot to get hopes up, but there may be two final evolutions for each starter
Chinese Rumor
- 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
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So wonder how the progression of taking on the Trial Captains and Kahunas will be. It seems like Mallow is on the island to the east of MeleMele so I wonder Who’s on MeleMele. Also I suppose the fact that Hala is called a Kahuna rather than on of the captains mean that there are 3 other Kahunas to battle? I wonder if you have to beat all the trails first and then go back and challenge the Kahunas or if you take each island one at a time to completion. This whole thing is making me so excited!!! It’s been so long since I actually was excited about a Pokemon game to this degree. We have no idea how things are gonna go this time around and that makes it crazy interesting lol
From what I gathered from the official info, you have to beat all the trials on the island, then beat the Kahuna to move onto the next island. Beating him proves you beat all the trials and you can move on closer to being the Champion 🙂
Interesting. I imagine there will be mini bosses along the the trials too. I can’t imagine the captains are the only trainers you have to get through in order to complete the journey lol
It makes me think that the game will be like: Welcome to this island! Now go explore. I loved the finding things out for yourself aspect of gen 1 so being able to explore the islands at your own pace would be awesome!
Yeah, something about unpredictability of this game makes it super exciting!
Just make this happen, Game Freak!
fire/water or Dragon/fire? lol
dragon fire!
OOOH, Fire/Water! We need a non-legendary of this dual type.
Ohhhhh That will be damn awesome.
Well, we all need to admit that the ability GF has to completely screw promising starters is marvelous. I mean, I don’t think that even on my worst day I’d be able to turn a nice black cat into Tony The Tiger’s ill-fated cousin.
Litten’s evo actually has kind of grown on me. I’m still going with my aquatic beauty, but I like all of these starters
I personally love all of them (except it’s difficult to like Litten 3). I think Popplio and Rowlet evolve into amazing things, and simplicity wasn’t sacrificed for those two.
Ironic I suppose, because if the final evolution of Rowlet is based on the English Robin Hood, then it’ll look like the French Empoleon had finally met it’s Waterloo.
~ My Thoughts on the New Pokemon ~
– Gumshoos: A great follow-up to Yungoos, retaining the simple color pallet while incorporating just enough nuances to truly give it its own niche, 3/5
– Mudbray: As many of us speculated, Mudsale indeed has a pre-evolution and a great one at that with the mud aesthetics and a cute design to boot, 3.5/5
– Minior: Simple, unique, and odd in a good way, 3/5
– Fomantis: Cute, elegant, and very well designed, 3/5
– Lurantis: Possibly one of the best Grass-type Pokemon designs and is truly a magnificent creature, 4/5
– Oricorio: Unique forms, great design for each form boasting spritz of colors and gives off a great tropical bird feel, 3/5
– Alolan Vulpix and Ninetails: Beautiful, gorgeous, what more can I say? 4/5
– Alolan Sandshrew and Sandslash: Great designs, especially for Sandslash with those icy spikes on its back, 3.5/5
– Alolan Exeggutor: Odd design but done very well with it giving off the most amount of Gen 1 vibes design wise, 3.5/5
I agree with all of them 😀
I’d think Gumshoos was the least liked one today, and that’s saying something cause I like it.
This is going to be so hard when I need to pick teams xD
IKR
I like all the pokemon and I agree with Natsu’s rating XD
I just have a big list of maybes for my teams xD
Like, it’s weird. WIth past gens, there was easily ones I could rule out.
THis time is so much harder since I love most of the designs 🙂
IKR
Alolan Sandslash: Sandslash/5
Just a thought, but with Vulpix and Sandshrew being Version exclusive to Pokemon Blue, and Growlithe being rumored to have a Alolan form, does anyone else think Ekans will get a Alolan form?
yeah I was thinking that earlier, I bet it will
And with the talk of Yungoos being brought to control the population of a certain Pokemon, there might be a chance of that being the Ekans variation :S
Does anyone here know Japanese? This map labels Melemele and the island to the right of it by name.
I do 😀
Aakara is how it’s written in Romanji. It’s definitely Akala (r are used for Ls)
Bleh, it’s techinically written in katakana, but if you write it in romaji* it would be that ^^
I’m terrible xD
HA! I knew it!! The Noki from Mario Sunshine.. that’s what Exeggutor’s tail head reminds me off.
Guys don’t forget about the Pokemon in vehicles too
UGH THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF XD
hope we’ll get an alola starmie and an alola seaking. Love both and they have lots of potential.
Wait so what will happen to mega pokemon? Is it COMPLETELY removed or just no new mega pokemon are coming and they might nerf some of the older ones….
I think it may just be no new megas. But with all thats changing this gen i wouldn’t be surprised if they took it out even with how much it changed the meta game. It’ll be a shame if they take megas out for some cause it what made some pokemon relevant. (Lopunny, Mawhile, etc)
True, or they nerf mega’s like Kangaskhan (nerf Parental Bond and its stats) and nerf Mawhile (stats cuz that attack is crazy).
And maybe they add it as a postgame quest….
I really don’t thing we’re going to have a villinous team thins time around. I mean the formula is already getting torn to shreds. This gen is looking like it’s goona be focused on the pokemon and the world itself rather than the conflicts within it
I would actually be happy with this. If they don’t have a good concept for an evil team, don’t make one at all. As soon as they come up with a creative concept they can make one again.
My thoughts on the new Pokemon:
Gumshoos: Good follow up to Yungoos, let the Donald Trump jokes continue! 8/10
Mudbray: So cute! Great pre-evolution to the Mudsdale that I plan to put on my team of six Pokemon. 10/10
Minior: Not my favorite design of the six new ones revealed. But not bad either. 5/10
Oricorio: Excellent designs that give off the vibes to different dances of different cultures. I especially love the one with the Japanese motif. 10/10
Fomantis: Cute but simple. Nothing really stands out to me. 7/10
Lurantis: A good design. But again, nothing really stands out 7/10
Alolan Pokemon:
Sandshrew: 10/10 Love the cute little igloo like fortress on it’s back.
Sandslash: 10/10 Love the Crystals that poke out of it’s back.
Vulpix: 8/10 A good design. But the tail to me looks off as it’s covered by mist.
Ninetales: 10/10 Very majestic! Love the design and typing!
Nice! But you forgot exeggutor for alolan pokemon. What is your rating for it?
Oh, I’ll add that in.
maybe much like its neck it goes beyond our comprehension
It’s been added in. But I’ll give description here:
Exeggutor: 7/10: A little weird. But likely inspired by that beta design from many, many years ago. Don’t get concept behind the typing.
Gaijin goomba thought it could be because growing dragonflies has becoming a lot more popular in Hawaii lately
The dragon type comes from the dragon palm, a plant that looks very much like Exeggutor.
Ah. Thank you for the insight! ^_^
I see Arbok getting an Alola form. The pattern on its belly should change and maybe look a bit more menacing.
I love Arbok but it really needs some new love. Especially with Sandsrew getting some.
It should be Poison/Dragon. Please Game Freak, make it happen!
I’d guess Ground for some reason :S
If it gets a new typing I would love for it to become Poison/Psychic and have the eyes on its frills give off a hypnotic gaze
If this is true, then Sun & Moon will be even more fresh than it already is!
Alolan Ninetales live on a snowy peak that is revered in the Alola region as a holy mountain. They are treated as sacred emissaries, and people meet them with awe and fear. This Pokémon’s personality is extremely gentle, and at times it has helped humans who seem to be in distress. However, it shows no mercy at all to anyone or anything that dares to damage its territory!
Ninetale’s description. This is legit my favorite pokemon now. I was actually using it in Soul Silver in my current playthrough so I’m goona have my Kanosian, Johtoian and Alolian Ninetales. Together, they are 27tales!
And it will meet my Excadrill’s Claws
Don’t worry, Penny and Penny will deal with that (my two other Ninetales)
I must kill all Ninetales because you call it Penny
? wat ?
I love Alola Ninetale cause Ice/Fairy, but the name Penny is woeful
No no, I named the regular ones Penny. It was more of a name for Vulpix but yeah
Pshhhaw I’ll just Earthquake them
Earthen? Bud. I can switch back into Ice Ninetales in that situation. You don’t have to always kill the ones I love.
If I don’t have love then nobody can
But Earthen….. Pokejungle loves you!
He could use Rhyperior?
lol, both penny? my ninetails in ORAS is named sunny, so I think I will name the Ice one Cher like the queen it is! 😛
Oh wow I like that name! I’ll have to think of one for SuMo
Shinshine and moonshine, and you could start rumours about moonshine always being intoxicated LOL jk
The descirption is godly.
I wonder how it will evolve. Fire stone wouldn’t make much sense. Maybe a dawn stone?
That’s what I thought.
Are there official adjectival names for the regions?
– Alolan
– Kalosian
I forgot the rest.
I kinda just made them up 😛
I know, but I’m talking about the official ones the Pokemon world uses such as Alolan, Kalosian, etc…
I don’t know. I think Kalosian was the first official one.
I think it says “Kalosian” in the kiloude city description.
I drew a mock up fighting alakazam:
LOL
muhammad Alikazam.
oh dam I was looking serious stuff ……the concept of fighting Alakazam is so crazy …..u make me rf for nothing u should pay for this.
I think up to this point, the only Pokemon with regional differences are Arbok, Shellos, and Gastrodon.
Arbok too? How?
Until about gen 5 the face on arboks Sprite changed every gen.
the face pattern is different in different regions
poison Shellos and Gastrodon sounds good to me.
So, I’ve been constantly saying how gen 6 felt very empty and boring.
I liked gen 5 a lot because GameFreak went out of the box and showed their creativity.
So I’m really happy (after fully processing this news) with how they are changing the game to make it fresh and a new experience.
I can’t wait and I wonder how the legendaries play into the story and lore. Sun and Moon look to be some amazing games and I’m more hype for them than I was for X and Y!
Wow I had to find out about Alolan formes on FB a few minutes ago…
I was peeved at first but when I looked at the trailer with all the new things, I have to say Im impressed. Sun and Moon is very original! I mean, the island challenge, trials, totem pokemon (with their many vs 1 battles), Kahunas, Z-MOVES! Well done game freak! Just well done! :’)
I concur, senpai!
In one of the previous Japanese trailers Arcanine is shown without its Alolan Form
Arcanine doesn’t have one yet..
I believe he is referring to the fact that the rumor says that it will have one.
It could be depends on the habitat that he live in.
You know how all trailers have that little “footage not final” note?
I still can’t imagine a water arcanine. Like, how is that gonna be possible? I guess we’ll have to see!
Oh we shall SEA
AHAHAHA
Hopefully it can get a good move pool
LOL POOL
That pun was completely accidental believe it or not
That’s awesome XD lol
Woo, well overdue avatar change! 😀
Nice 😀 I love Raichu <3
Yeah, Raichu is great! Sadly it gets overshadowed by pikachu though. I think that once I get on desktop, I’ll zoom in on its face, but for now this is fine.
Are we not going to talk about the fact that the leaker said that, “Not to get hopes up, but there may be two final evolutions for each starter” ?!?
If this^ is true, I’d be fine with the leaked final evolutions because there will be a secondary final evolution too!
OMG YOURE RIGHT
Wait what the heck does that mean XD?
Why say it like “there MAY be?” There are or there arent. And I dont want them personally.
Guys don’t forget we still have the whole Rotom pokedex and omg there is so MUCH STUFFF APSODOISDF
What?
11 days until new info on August 12. As well coro coro leaking around then