I know I can’t be the only one that was pumped about the idea of the villa in Pokemon Platinum – a whole home I get to decorate?! For free?! Of course, it was a bit of a disappointment in execution and options for decor were extremely limited. With Pokemon Sun & Moon adding an emphasis on resort culture to the game, we’re left to wonder if perhaps our Trainer will receive access to yet another place to make their own.
Secret Bases made a return in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, with additional features to make the concept even more… super. Given the recent remodel of bases and trainer customization returning, it’s foreseeable that we’ll see some enhancements to both areas. It would also be a simple and unobtrusive way to give a nod to Gen 4 and its impending remake (is it too early to get hyped?!).
Now here’s the real fun – what features would they add to get us excited for our humble abode? And what form will said abode be taking?
In ORAS we were given easier sharing functions to make our Bases more accessible via Street Pass and QR Codes. Pokémon is continuously striving to make our experience a collective one, so furthering our ability to share locations and show off our homes would be an obvious route to take. It could even become a new way to share Friend Codes – stumble upon a Trainer’s dwelling and get the option to copy their Friend Code to your 3DS – or perhaps a way to make your Trainer PR video even more personalized with an option to shoot on location.
Leveling up Secret Base features could also enhance your own personal journey in Alola, combining Capture the Flag and the Secret Pals battling with such features as Pokemon-Amie and Super Training to give trainers even more ways to strengthen their team. Of course, any additions in the Villa will be moot if they don’t expand our options for interior design (isn’t the point of Pokemon to become a renowned decorator? Have I been playing wrong all along?)
In regards to the physical aspects of our hypothetical new house, it’s safe to assume that a side character (maybe we’ll meet Aarune again!) would gift Trainers the space. The Pokemon world is known for it’s free real estate, after all. Its location could really be anywhere at this point, but something tells me that pretty white resort we saw in our first glimpse at Sun and Moon isn’t central to the plot.
We’ve got a while until we have any real answers about which of the bonus features will get touched up or included in Generation 7, but luckily our imaginations are allowed to run wild for the time being. Until we hear more, I’ll be deciding what color scheme will go best with my new ocean view.
How would the rest of you feel about a new Resort House? And more importantly, how would you make it your home? Let us know down below!
~SkittysBody
FEATURED DISCUSSION: Shiny Pokemon Stories!
that would be interesting 🙂
Instead, let it be November 18th already, so I can enjoy my first week as a 24 year old with S/M <3
I want a hammock
Obviously a bed that heals you is mandatory. Maybe like a disco ball/dancefloor and give us dance moves like the animal crossing character has. If there were practical appliances/objects as well that would be nice but I’m blanking on what that could entail. A closet to change our clothes would be great too. A green house to grow berries maybe? Egg incubator? Fossil reviver? Idk.
yes please, furniture that are actually useful when interacted
Yeah. We need those. I don’t have anything against useless furniture, but I would like there to be actual useful stuff too.
I didn’t know that you actually got your own villa in those games until now, I remember going through the villas in pearl and thinking “I wish I could live in one of these” lol, the more you know! Neat!
I HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT THIS THING BEFORE O__O
I knew you could own a house, but I had no idea you could decorate it. No wonder I never visited it because it was such a boring and empty room. xD
I would hope the furniture wouldn’t be so expensive if they did bring it back :p
So how does everyone feel about the name Bond Phenomenon?
Well it sounds slightly less ominous than synchro, that’s good I guess. Still hoping it’s a one-off thing and we don’t get yet another alternate form type to cluster Sun and Moon.
That would be sweet. I loved the Platinum Villa and I want to see it expanded to the levels of Animal Crossing (or lower). Yet, I lost so much money. Lucky, the Amulet Coin and VS Seeker exist!
That would actually be really awesome! I’ve never played Animal Crossing myself, but what I’ve seen and heard of it would make a really interesting feature in Pokémon (especially for more post-game fun?!).
I really need to play the Gen 4 games lol
They are the best you should do it!
so I was thinking of what pokemon could have Alolan variants based on real life counterparts and it got me thinking, Abomasnow is based on a yeti and yetis are basically just snowy sasquatch so it could very easily have a possible Alolan form where it loses the ice type and becomes a normal/grass or something, I mean it has a mega so that probably rules it out but I was just thinking. Honestly I hope Primape/mankey or Aipom line gets an alolan form, I love them and could see potential.
One I can hope for is Paras as Alolan because it could learn to grow without the mushrooms and Parasect wouldn’t be zombie like anymore!
Paras is so cute, I love them
I like Paras too yet in detail Parasect can be zombie like but I don’t know any thing can happen
I too enjoy Paras, but I don’t know if Paras can even be separated from their tochukaso controllers
I theorized that Paras’ are instinctively drawn to the parasitic mushrooms from birth, or that even the Paras eggs get mushrooms to Spawn
But I’m trying to think if alola’s environment would affect the parasitic effect, since Paras thrive underground and Parasect are basically serving the mushroom’s whims
So it’s a wildcard at this point
Look these seem to be so far Kanto and Environmentally based
Abomasnow is a evergreen tree dummy, they never would stray from their icy realms
Primape also doesn’t seem likely to change since the tropics seem to be perfect for them and would have no need to change
Respect his opinion dude. He’s just speculating. No one knows. If you told me we’d have the Alolan forms we have a week ago, I wouldn’t have believed you.
I wouldn’t believe me either
Therefore, chill out and don’t call people dummies.
I call people dummies all the time, dummy
Good one. You’ve officially been blocked. I hope everyone does so you have no one to belittle on here.
Another speculation what if an Eeveelution changed like
Sylveon- Dragon
Leafeon- Bug
Vaporeon- Poison
That could be a good way to give us are Eevee
Eevee’s mutant DNA already has plenty of forms, can we just let the thing die
I always like the old memes of people thinking sylveon would be a flying type and drawing it flying like a helicopter with its tassels 😛
Hmmm I never thought of that one maybe it would it would fit in Alola a Flying Eeveelution
I think it was more just to be funny lol, and for people who were in denial about the fairy type XD
Oh but I think Eevee should have gotten something this time around like a Bug and Flying Eevee’s
I think at this point everyone on the internet thinks that when you suggest something, its like they think that in you’re mind you think its fact and they feel the need to rip a piece off of you for even just suggesting something even if you don’t believe it yourself and was never intended to be taken as such.
Sadly I have fallen to such things on occasion as well, but not at the level as a certain ground enthusiast seems to.
I try to not be like that if I don’t see something I try to see other angles or use mild constructive opinions to try to reach understanding
Sorry if I only demand the most logical and extremely well thought out ideas
I really hate the Alolan forms and even more for screwing up how they work
I’m fine with Vulpix turning Ice but Ninetales didn’t need to be a Fairy out of nowhere
Same with Snowshrew, Steel hard ice shell isn’t enough to be part Steel
It just mucks up things so much that anything could happen at this point
And my body physically and demands logic and reasoning in Pokemon
yes earthen because your opinion is always the most logical well thought out and reasonable one out of all the people on here… -_- you’re such a jerk
I have some very solid reasons as to why I could see a variant of all the pokemon that I state, however you’re really not worth my time at this point to explain them, because you’re far too absorbed in yourself for this conversation. News flash everyone knows you hate alolan variants and change in general, get over it, not everything has to please you.
The only, Only, reason I can think of for the fairy typing is due to the lore of the nine tailed fox – a fairy tale, if you will.
As for the shrew, my only explanation is the chemical composition of sand/dirt as it contains the “elemental metal” compounds, such as oxidized iron, calcium carbonate due to moisture, etc.
Earthen Bite me! You don’t always have to have an opinion on everything and totally make people feel like sh*t. I am well aware that they are kanto pokemon and will probably stay as that, I was merely thinking what pokemon would fit well with the alolan variant! Also yeah its an evergreen, but guess what, I where I live there are evergreens all around me, and its currently 30 degrees Celsius outside, and you nor I, know how alolan forms work as of yet so they could take us totally by surprise. Honestly you make me so mad sometimes and I hope you feel bad.
Um you might want to check your supreme logic here bucko cos your facts arent’ straight. Tropical conifers are a thing. Pinus merkusii, the Sumatran pine, is an example. It’s in the genus Pinus, I’m sure you can guess it’s evolutionary path. And I didn’t even need that example to back an iceless abomasnow, because Evergreens are very much a thing in temporal regions, even in mediterranean habitats where ice doesn’t really feature much. And sure, conifers do dominate most famously in boreal forests, but some clearly have moved way south. If a fire-type like vulpix can be pushed to become ice type through competitive exclusion, I’m sure an Abomasnow can become normal/grass. Sasquatch and Yeti are very often paired in cryptozoological fiction, so making a sasquatch variant of abomasnow makes perfect thematical as well as biological sense.
And I might add, tropics with desert areas seem the perfect habitat for Sandshrew or fire types like Vulpix, yet those two were pushed to become ICE type of all things. Clearly Alola forms encompass more ecological complexity than simply adapting to the predominant local environment, and that’s stuff you can gather from simple examination of the 5 first forms we know of. Thus primeape could easily change in ways you wouldn’t expect if it had an Alola form, to reflect some kind of new-world monkey species the series hasn’t yet presented (and there are loaaaads of possibilities in that regard).
Erm, Biologied if I may say.
Sorry dude, I can sympathise with your grievance that people are getting overexcited about this and making up forms that make no sense, but what you’re attacking here are perfectly logical examples, and in the case of the former one, actually have great thematic composition. Ironically you’re letting your emotions cloud your judgment and pig-headedly ignoring the clear logic present here. And I don’t think there’s even a point into a discussion into why steel/ice and snow/fairy do make some level of sense, and how going by game freak’s track record that’s enough for them to choose those types.
“Biologied” – going to have to borrow that one
Please do hahaha
” Abomasnow is a evergreen tree dummy, they never would stray from their icy realms ”
Sandshrew and Sandslash has sand in their name and they became ice types.
Anything is possible
I want a villa that also serves as some kinda Battle Resort
You can use BP to buy facilities that each provide a function
(but not like crazy impossible things or free)
Berry Planters: Grow your own berries
PC: Choose and arrange your Pokemon
Massage chair: Raise Happiness once per day
IV Analyzer: Checks IVs (Duh)
Egg Incubator: Stores up to 5 Eggs that will eventually hatch (A Alert tells you when they hatch)
Insense Burner: Similar to O-Powers, each effect lasts 30 min to an hour, must buy the Insense
Berry Grinder: Use Berries as ingredients to make medicine and items
T.V: Tells Player where Pokemon Sightings are (Like Areas that have increased Shiny Spottings) and Swarms
Lastly Challenger Flag: Hoist a flag out front to attract elite trainers
This is good we should have this!
The villa is going to leave Animal Crossing shook!!
What’s the Raccoon Mob gonna do, break your legs, I’d like to see them try
Who likes my new avatar I got?!
*in annoying twitter stan voice*: bloom doom is better. jk jk is pretty good
Thank you and I picked this up while reading about Lurantis another island name confirmed
Interesting… google translate says Akala means “crater” in hawaiian
Hmm so maybe this island
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bfb85bb3c7a0a6c9a303316bf1728e166af604b129dcfddd6263644c4dcce46a.jpg
oooo I see a dense jungle on that island so it makes sense
This is odd how they say revealing southern most island yet threw another islands name in thinking we won’t notice
Akala is the third island with the active volcano.
what makes you say that :O?
Lurantis is the Totem of Lush Jungle, on Akala. Mallow is the Captain of Lush Jungle, meaning she’s also on Akala. In several clips of Mallow, you can see her in various locations on the island, such as on the farm, and in an unnamed town.
I think it goes
Sophacrates- Melemele
Mallow- Akala
Fire guy- Volcano island (kind of obvious)
Luna or Lura- Big mountain island
I think that they are all in Akala island. (2nd Largest with Volcano)
You can see that you meet Mallow in the city in Akala
Kaiwe’s trial is on the volcano.
Lana’s trial is on the water pool area on the top-left part of Akala
And Sophacrates is indoors, likely also in Akala.
But then how would there be island trials that right after they battle the Kahuna of their specific islands?
There are probably more Trial Captains in the other islands, the trailer even said that you have to complete all of the trialS (Notice the ‘s’) in order to battle to Kahuna. Plus Gumshoos being a Totem likely means that there’s a Normal-type trial captain.
Okay I see what you are getting at
It is I did not know that thank you
I imagine this is the last island we visit because its relatively uninhabited and it has the location where we meet the box legends on it
It’s also hawaiian for pink
oooo I bet you the pink hulu dancing bird lives on the akala island. Doesn’t mele mele mean yellow in hawaiian too? I bet you we will find the cheerleading bird on mele mele island
It’s kinda hard to read
It says the Lurantis is the a totem Pokemon for a place called Lush jungle a spot for the Akala island challenge meaning Akala island is one of the 3 other islands!
It says Hydro Vortex
its very cute, i love it
There really should be a jukebox that plays songs from the game.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon had a jukebox and it was the best
Maybe you could get discs for the jukebox that play songs from the older games as well
i’d like to see the return of Aarune, but this time, packing a much needed mega Flygon.
Flygon has been my biggest hope for a Mega Evo since they were announced ~ icing on the cake if it happened!
I hope the dumb Blue Pentagon thing is gone. I want to use my competitive Pokemon from past generations sometimes.
it will probs be a flower this time instead of a pentagon
I wonder what pokemon the Kahunas will use? My bet is that each will use the island deity, the oricorio form of said island and some other notable pokemon belonging to the island
has a trainer ever used a legendary in game before???
ghetsis, N
sorry i should have said other then them, because well ghetsis is nuts and N well, was his son, but like, has a normal trainer ever used one? am I making sense yet?
well the Kahunas don’t seem like normal trainer 😛 They were chosen by the island deities after all so it make sense for them to use them.
fair enough
if they did tough it would probs be more of the deities working with them to test the players strength by lending their power to the kahunas, then once you defeat them all you could go catch them somewhere maybe post game
Alder son, used a latias
The battle frontier uses
The Regi’s, The legendary birds, the legendary dogs, and This one I don’t know for certain but Latias and Latios
I don’t count the battle frontier because its not really part of the main story
Alright that’s fair and if slight side games count coliseum and Xd use a few as well.
What makes you say they’ll use a legendary? If you’re referring to the guardians, they’re not in the legendary category on the main site. I think they’re just really strong, important Pokémon.
pseudolegends?
I don’t think they’re pseudos per se, but I see them being similar stat-wise.
Yeah we are referring to the guardians. I think they will use the guardians because they are chosen by them so it just makes sense
neither is Magearna or Zygaurd, the legends tab on the sun and moon official site is only for the box legends Im pretty sure. Tapu Koko is still a legendary pokemon.
EDIT: I am looking for direct confirmation that it is a legendary but cant seem to find any. However I cant see a Deity that there is only one of not being a legendary.
You could argue that it’s because we already knew Zygarde and Magearna is mythical, not legendary, but I see your point.
*refresh I edited my comment a minute ago*
but yeah, I guess we will have to see eh? 😛 maybe they are not legends nor pseudos but in a category all of their own, idk 😛
I think Hala doesn’t have a deity
I think Hala is just acquaintances with Tapu Koko
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/aug-1-kahuna/ it says that all kahuanas are chosen by a deity, I think it likely means that they will use them.
But then how would we catch them unless there are multiple? I doubt every kahuna will just give us the deity thing
The kahunas could release them. N released Reshiram/Zekrom in BW2, and the kahunas may be required to do so as a symbolic gesture, so it’s not too far-fetched.
Maybe the fenced area on melemele island can be used to make the gyms during the post game.
Maybe
It is just speculation after all
Yup friendly speculation just what I like
I’m pretty sure that’s the building next to the Pokemon Center, which was speculated to be a Trainer School.
This is the location on the map
There’s no building in that area though. The fenced-in area by the Pokemon Center has a building with 6 windows, just like the building in the scene with the player, Lillie, and Hau.
I don’t think the OP ever mentioned a pokemon centre? (there is a building in the original picture but I think the map area is what they meant) and I could certainly see a gym going there if that were to be the case ^_^
I brought up the Pokemon Center because the location in the first picture and the picture of the map are not the same location. I could agree on a gym being in the empty area, but I was only mentioning that the first picture is likely the Trainer School.
yeah I got that after the fact, sorry I’m a derp 😛
Very misleading lmao
ignore the first part of my previous comment
I hope this is not true
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yswWELPz_qk
HAHAHAHAHA! I give props to whoever managed to hack ORAS but they might want to work on their pokemon creating skills, and textures, and pretty much everything else.
Even if it’s fake I wish no one had posted it
naw Kurusu it is 100% fake, but this is what unlisted leaf does (the youtuber) he always finds these crazy videos and stuff and puts them up in his videos basically as a joke 😛
Thank goodness my Popplio would scare if it looked like that
its nightmare fuel lol
Poppilo’s evolution looks like Regice a bit.
Game explain just did a discussion video on S/M with Serebii and it was the most awkward thing I think I have ever watched lol, serebii seems like he’s sedated and angry at the world and the game explain guy is like the complete opposite XD
I wish they’d have someone else in the discussions rather than Joe, something about him rubs me the wrong way, but that’s just me.
I definitely didn’t like him in the video he just did with game explain as he seemed a bit rude and distracted, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard him so I cant judge
That’s him all the time.
I feel like he takes things way too seriously, even if they are jokes. Like, when the starter leaks were confirmed real, he got all defensive because he thought they were false. But if we’re talking about discussions alone, I feel like he sometimes says things to show his knowledge on Pokemon and chimes in with random things. But this isn’t bash Joe jungle, so I’ll leave it at that.
This!
And it broke some of the magic for me!
I visit serebii regularly since I can’t remenber… But i never heard or read anything of/or about him( besides the posts)
But i feel that the people who use the forums are very rude and impolite…
Completely diferent from here…. Although i dont comment much! Im here everyday…. And well…. I respect people that like that kind of ambient…
hes like that from what i have seen on his posts on twitter. i remember he got angry because of a parody account posting stuff and i told him he was over reacting and he actually sent me a personal message saying he wasnt because people cussed him out in the comments and deleted them. welcome to the internet is all i can say to that lol
He’s not the guy I can like, he takes himself way too serious and views himself superior to other people, even though he’s not that special. But I won’t go deeper in on that 😉
Its alot about serebii I don’t quite like. From how his site is set up and run to how his forums are. This a reason I’ve gravitated to pokejungle so much. The sight and people here feel real like there’s souls and stories behind everyone. I love how there is always discussion here too. It was never anything close like this on serebii.
I think most people use serebii for the pokedex anyway so it’s w/e
That’s why we mark ourself as a ‘Community’ and take pride in that, instead of just filling our site with filler content to give the impression of having a lot of news. Fun fact: many of the information pages for games, anime, … are done by contributors but they hardly receive any credit and it just looks like Joe does all the stuff.
no way i get the exact same vibe from him i even dmed him a couple times about things hes not commented on and he replies quite rudely
Joe has no soul
Awww I feel like you guys are too harsh on Joe. I’ve argued with him plenty on Twitter about stuff, but also have had lengthy conversations about just being old pokemon fans now. He’s generally pretty down to earth once you start talking to him. I think how he acts though may be a british thing over all, as my friend from England acts and talks very similarly.
I always find when hey have him on he adds nothing to the conversion. He give lukewarm responses and doesn’t really interact with the guy from Gamexplain…..Which is odd as he seems to have an opinion on anything and everything on Twitter like it’s his business…..lol
Joe just acted like he didn’t wanna speculate on anything because he probably fears someone will take his speculating for granted, it’ll be false & then will discredit him
It’s boring tbh & he also answers with “yes” or “I was thinking that”
I haven’t seen the newest video yet, but I’ve listened to all of the other videos with Joe so far regarding Sun/Moon. I personally don’t think there’s a problem. He doesn’t contribute much because so many people take his words as fact, so if he speculates there will be people saying, “Well Serebii said X so X must be true.” Actually, I believe Derrick controls the conversation a bit more tenaciously to prevent putting Joe in that position.
IKR Joe is very… Emotionless. It seems like he doesn’t want to talk. Although, I’ll just let him do him cuz he runs a great credible website….
Do you guys know when CoroCoro would leak? I know it’s going to be released on the 12th.
CoroCoro releases on the 15th and usually leaks around the 11th or 12th
No this month it releases on the 12th because the 15th is a holiday in Japan and I would say from the 8th on.
Idk if someone has already asked this question but I was wondering what if Alola is set before the times of gyms, elite 4s, and the Pokemon league over all an this is the start of it????
I had that thought a few times, we don’t know enough about the story so far to say for sure, but so far I haven’t seen anything to discredit it so its possible
Yeah I know it not for sure but I just wondered if anybody else thought that but I’m also waiting to see what tu story is about no gyms I’m hoping it’s good because I always love gym leaders and gym battles
New avatar wooh.
What’s everyone’s top 3 favorite pokemon revealed so far? (Not including alola pokemon)
1. Mimikyu
2. Lurantis
3.Popplio3
3. Rowlet
2. Mimikyu
1. Oricorio
Actually switch 1 and 3.
1. Salandit
2. Mudsdale
3. Lurantis
CUTIEFLY MASTERACE DRAGON KILLER
But for real
1.Vikabolt
2.Minior
3.Salandit
You meant not including alolan forms
Its getting a lot harder to choose this gen, but not including Alolan:
1.Lurantis
2.Mimikyu
3.Popplio3
so basically the same as you lol
1. Lurantis
2. Oricorio (Baile)
3. Cutiefly
Nice avatar like mine? I like yours!
1.Popplio
2. Komala
3. Bounsweet
Mimikyu and Minior are 4 and 5
1-Litten3
2-Tapu Koko
3-Mudsdale
1) Vikavolt
2) Oricorio
3) Lurantis
1. Popplio and Poppmaid
2. Fomantis and Lurantis
3. Cutiefly