The September issue of CoroCoro has started to leak and with it comes a handful of new Pokémon and information.
UPDATE: More scans have leaked!
- Namakobushi (sea cucumber & fist) It uses fist-shaped organs which come out of its mouth to punch!
Yesterday’s leaks:
- Yowashi (weak sardine) is a new Water-Type Pokémon that calls on its friends to change form
- Sunabaa (sand + boo) and its evolution Shirodesuna (name literally means it’s a castle, isn’t it?) are Ghost/Ground-Type Pokémon
- Nuikoguma (plush/sewn + cub) is Bewear’s pre evolution and is Normal/Fighting
- Alolan Meowth confirmed and becomes Dark-Type
- Alolan Marowak confirmed and will be Fire/Ghost
- Evil Team is known as Team Skull, they are described as “the no-good Team Skull”. They’re described as hoodlums and you can see the Boss featured in the magazine
- Serebii is reporting that next month’s issue will feature a “secret evolution” for Rockruff
I’m pretty sure this is what the fish pokemon is based on http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd2685de2bfbed2de8986edbf8015875/tumblr_mku6kfbnc71rpj04no1_500.gif (rf)
Sharknado?
nope. It’s a species of fish that travels in schools and the schools synchronize their swimming to give the illusion of being a bigger animal.
Pretty smart, means more and easier food for the shark 😀
a shark that sees this is gonna just swim away.
Well, I’m finally going to bed now. Good night everybody! 😀
Goodnight!
Don’t @ me but I find alolan forms kinda lazy. I rather have new evolutions of old pokemon or mega evos.
I like them because it gives them a new spin on old favorites, plus they can only do so much before all the animals have been created into Pokémon. But to each their own 🙂
I’m half and half.
I could live with the original 5, but the fans are really killing it by using it as an excuse to just come up with crack-typings and new type matchups that are really illogical, like Aegislash suddenly being made of wood and water.
Yes, because Ninetales suddenly being an ice fairy and Sandshrew suddenly being a metal-coated snow pangolin are such logical choices with small changes when compared to the main variant.
Ninetails being Ice makes sense. The fairy bit doesn’t but the ice does. Same for sandshrew being Ice, but not the Steel bit.
Arctic foxes and arctic shrews are real things.
Also Exeggutor is based of the Dracaena, commonly called the ‘dragon palm’.
It’s a stretch, but it’s more logical than some of the other excuses I’ve heard for fan made crack typings. Most don’t even come with any justification other than “it looks cool”.
I’m the only one that thinks Fairy Ninetales makes sense…. At least according to what Ninetales is based of, which is a mythical fox….
Yes, Kyubi no Kitsune. But they’re supposed to be spirits, not fairies. As many have said, ghost would have made more sense.
(That’s also the basis for Delphox.)
But the Fairy typing is related to myths, not only fairies, see Tapu Koko as an example, which it is the Land Spirit Pokemon and is a Fairy type. And Fairy is the next big thing since we already have an Ice/Ghost (Froslass) and an Ice/Psychic (Nikki Minaj).
Personally I think it’s a bit of a stretch. Kitsune are supposed to be spirits in the Yokai sense, to say they’re nature spirits means categorising Bakeneko/Nekomata as fairies too.
I know it’s a stretch, but it’s how they are handling the Fairy type probably. The nekomata is not a fairy, but it is a myth… And I think that GF will try and fit every myth with a Fairy typing from now on…. well, not EVERY myth, but some fairies will be based of things wenever expect of…
Some fairies I can understand and cope with like the Tapus, Granbull and Mawile, but Yokai are supposed to be ghosts and a Kyubi no Kitsune is typically classed as a yokai, not some individual entity. Another example: Froslass, based on the Yuki Onna (snow woman) yokai, ghost type.
The only logic I can find for making yokai fairies is that Mawile could be a Futakuchi Onna (two-mouthed woman).
It still seems odd to me though. I can understand making guardian spirits fairies, but not malevolent ones.
Yokai are actually a pretty good equivalent to the older understanding of Fairies/Elves/Nature Spirits, and there’s nothing wrong with comparing the Bakeneko/Nekomata to legends about fairies, look up the legend of the Fairy Dog.
If you mean the Cù Sìth, that’s more of a ghost like creature since it’s a psychopomp.
Taking young to a daoine sìth (fairy mound) to feed the Aos Sí does not make it a fairy, that just means it’s willing to work with and help fairies, much in the same way me feeding fish does not make me a fish.
The snow pangolin is very confusing.
well guys looks like we need to get the Majora’s Mask meme setup, Because there’s only 3 more days until some more info on Pokemon Sun and Moon
You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?
well our fate will shine bright once we get some more info on Pokemon Sun and Moon! 😀
Thanks for reminding me, I still need to play more of that game. I can never get motivated to do that for some reason. Same goes for Twilight Princess.
DAWN OF THE FIRST DAY
72 HOURS REMAIN
Alright, back again. I’ve been looking forward to this! I happened to walk past an intricate sand design today but hadn’t thought about a Pokemon based on that concept. The designs are pretty cool (giving me Yamask/Cofagrigus vibes), and Ghost/Ground is wonderfully unique. We also have the Fire/Ghost Marowak, which brings Chandelure’s typing back into the forefront. Ghost and Fairy are getting fantastic treatment this generation, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Alolan Meowth looks a bit weird but that Dark typing could be great for my team. Dark-type Persian! I’m really happy that Bewear has a cute pre-evo, because I think that line will be very popular. I’m curious about that fish Pokemon (the design is great, but I don’t understand how it’s actually a single Pokemon). Finally, glad we have an evil team. It sounds just as corny as Team Rocket, which is just what I had hoped for. WHEW. I’ll be sunbathing if you need me.
Hope Dark Meowth has better stats than Liepard though!
I kind of doubt it, but we can hope. I feel like Alola forms will be very close to the stats of the originals, except with a different typing. I hope I’m wrong though.
True. Because I loved Liepard, but those defenses are horrendous!
I’m with you, I think Liepard is too often forgotten. Between you and me, Unova is my favorite region next to Johto 🙂
Same here honestly 🙂 the story in the 5th Gen was the best by far!
Ghost/Ground is not unique. Golurk is crying somewhere…
It looks like Team Rocket’s Meowth has a new friend
Love it
The origins of the Alola forms are really cool to me. Meowth was bred by a royal family to become evil (somehow) and Marowak was trying to resist natural predators. To be honest, I thought it would have something to do with the dead Marowak from RBY.
I REALLY hope somewhere there is a fanart of some sort of tyrannical ruler with an Alolan Meowth in their lap
Seems like Giovanni would have a Dark Meowth…
Or a persian, whatever the new one looks like
tbh i don’t like the idea of the royal family being evil because they seem super intent on being hawaii as it is then it’s the colonial powers that were evil
Spoiler: the champion is a caricature of Obama.
On a serious note, I agree because I think royal families and wealthy people get too much schtick.
well i wouldnt go THAT far
I like Britain’s Royal Family, they do a ton of charity work and bring in a load of tourism.
I know, I only want to see this because Alolan Meowth fits this so perfectly
I’ve been thinking: maybe there still hope for the fossil Pokemon since that leak Pokedex is fake. 😀
Well obviously the sandcastle is a fossil Right 😉
Though I’m a bit disappointed that the alternate Starter forms aren’t confirmed. It was such a cool idea.
I really interested to see how Alolan forms will effect stats. Also that Sand castle Pokemon is cute in a weird way.
-Yowashi is just an incredible concept could they give him Power Construct ability?
-Sunabaa and Shirodesuna : I didn’t know y ppl hate these I predict they will terrify the alolan kids who r playing on the beach ……Shirodesuna is swallow up pickachu so this r not suitable for kids anymore and that nice.
-Nuikoguma concept as I said before it proves that Bewear is a Psycho murder killer with baby brain.
– I want more than changing color in Alolan forms but not bad.
HOLY COW!!!! Bewears pre-evo is the cutest thing omg! little baby is waving at us all to say hello! tbh though my fav things about these leaks are the alolan meowth and Marowak, Meowth just looks amazing, and sassy
I’m new here and I wanted to say hi. So hyped for these games. Preordered both games a while ago. Kinda glad the leaked dex is looking fake now. Some cool concepts but not a fan of the supposed final starter evos.
welcome
Thanks!
@movingg:disqus They did it ! ????
It’s only me or Team Skull reminds me to Team Aqua and also to the punk trainers from XY?
Seeing as I love Ghost-Types above all others I might have a slight bias. Nevertheless, I understand the potential criticism of the sand castle, as it is, literally, a sandcastle with eyes. Now, having said that, I understand why they did it, if you look at the picture of it that includes a Pikachu you can see that it seems as though they wait on a beach for a prey to get close, similar to lion ants, and when it gets close enough they attack. Meaning, it is likely that the design is like this for them to be inconspicuous rather than for it to appeal to children by virtue of over simplification.
(On a side note, I can’t wait for the dex entry stating that it is born of the souls of children that were buried in the sand as a joke that didn’t end so well, because you know they get that dark…)
In regards to the pre-evo… I’m still very on the fence about that red-panda design though I understand it. If the shiny follows the color scheme of a normal red-panda I can see many more people loving it…
The sardine I can only commend on it’s brilliance, we have had some rather interesting abilities this gen, although many with the same trigger of going below 50% hp. The thought that it is based in the school of fish protection tactic is awesome, I can’t wait to see if it evolves and if it does, how.
Very curious about rockruff and also the missing pages of the leak, though they might not contain anything much…
The alolan forms are awesome!! Marowak’s is just amazing (again, love me some ghosts) for joining the fire dancer theme with the lore already inherent to the pokemon and Meowth changing like that because of a royal family, it’s brilliant. To think that, logically, such individuals must have worked through selective breeding for it to acquire the traits they deemed more beautiful and elegant (the different coloration and slightly different whiskers), but also that as a, perhaps, side-effect, from being bred in the environment of that social class with all the common ‘shady business’ that might have ensued, to have become a Dark-type is cool thinking. Like they say, a pet usually reflects the owner.
the sandcastle is creative as heck tbh, anyone who thinks its not is crazy. But what missing pages are you talking about? isn’t this it?
Yeah, I completely agree it’s well thought out. However, those who don’t really look much into it will think it’s lazy, kinda ironic.
As for the pages, if you look at the photos you’ll notice that while the page with the sardine is the one left of the one with the alolan forms, we do not have either the one left of the bewear’s pre-evo page or the one left of the rockruff page. This could very well just be because they have nothing new. You can see the end of alolan sandslash’s claws to the left of bewear which makes it logical to assume that pages has only the alolan forms we already were shown, and yet I would rather discern for myself what’s on them, as sometimes, even just the way something is written might tells something new. (Though I doubt it.)
Guzma ??……is this punk the Team Skull leader ?……I am disappointed then …I wish they have more majestic higher leader. http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1470727396757.jpg
TL:DR – Me rambling and giving opinions
Well the leaks are now confirmed fake I believe which is a good thing, I mean for a start there were too many dual typings which was a tad overboard.
Some interesting designs here tho. and finally a few things on the evil team!
Yowashi is an pretty cool concept, I mean it’s school form or whatever it is is pretty menacing and it’ll be interesting to see if it’s triggered by health, ability or attack. Another Pokemon that proves that the design team are really focusing on real life Pokemon and the whole predator/prey/adaptation thing.
Sunabaa & Shirodesuna are pretty cute & quirky tbh, I mean the shovel in Sunabaa’s head makes it look like a chicken for some reason. I’m sure they’ll look hella cool ingame tho, especially if they have a shifting sand movement that continuously moves around. Also unusual typing for sandcastles so I’m looking forward to its text. Might even encounter a few on the beach by interacting with em.
Nuikoguma Is damn cute but in that photo it looks really disproportionate, like it’s head is massive but then again, in the pic to the left it looks fine. Start them out young on the “crush a man like he’s like a stick with a hug” mentality is what I always say
Alolan Meowth is a nice surprise (Dark’s to be expected *shakes fist at Mewoth giving other Meowth’s a bad name*) and it look so odd even tho the only thing that’s changed is it’s colour haha/ I expect Persian to be the target of many a Sableye when it evolves cause I’m expecting some serious royal family bling. Also confirmation of an Alolan royal family, so maybe they’ll show up in the story in some way – maybe the bad guys will hold em hostage.
We all expected Alolan Marowak – Fire type was a given but Ghost not so much. I mean I’ve seen Megas where people have made it Ground/Ghost, but I like the competition with Chandelure. I wonder what predators Marowak has had to change to resist.
I do like how both of the two Alolan forms revealed aren’t massively an aesthetic change. Simple is best after all.
Finally the evil team, I see where they’re going with the leader guy looking so chill. I mean the professor is also shirtless and in a lab coat, so it’s a fun direction. Team Skull for me implies that they want the Tapu guardian Pokemon – as skull is head and what can the Tapus do (Well we’ve seen one of them do): turn into the head of an animal. How that’ll tie into the mascot legendaries, no idea how tbh but what if the final island trial totems are the mascots, and since you battle the Kahunas who have been chosen by the guardians, the evil team are tryna speed up that process by getting all 4 guardians and somehow cheating the system?
Nice Sun & Moon shaped glasses on the boss guy’s head tho and the girl reminds me of Mira (DPPt in Wayward Cave), I think it’s the hair
Dual typing are never too much, especially if they’re new combinations. Single types have a much harder time standing out, especially now we have more than 700 pokémon out there.
Why don’t you guys like the Bewear line? I think it’s pretty cute and its cartoonish look makes it stand out from the rest. And just like I don’t care about that psychic fish we got before, I’ll also ignore the sand castle and this other fish pokemon. Are they horrible? Yes, but it won’t ruin the game for me.
I have nothing else to say about this batch of information, it doesn’t really do anything to me.
I like it. I probably won’t be using them, but I still like them.
I’ll probably have it on my team but not the first time I play the game.
TWO new Ground-types! Earthen all over the place atm!
He doesn’t deserve to wake up to this x)
But I do, and I love Ground types as well!
The first time I don’t check the site when I wake up we get this! Majors stuff!
Not a fan of the Alolan forms.
But adore the castle, bear and fishy stuff.
Bear will certainly be part of my team.
So we can assume that the list with the 103 Pokémon is now fake, right?
Yes
Don’t make me remember that ……I will go mad.
I feel I was dump by believing this the leakers had many mistakes but I was blind.
I just went through it once but didn’t think much of it. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish litten had a different evo but I’ve accepted popplio3 as the true savior, the siren who’ll guide my team even in the darkest nights (and kill every litten3 on the way)
Don’t worry about it! They were also real for me!
U should notice that litten3 is my dude I mentioned that several time before I think it will be my favorite in this gen.
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I am ready …..show me ur best.
Hydro Cannon!
Still hope we’ll get Poison/Fairy, Dragon/Fighting, Bug/Dark/, Dark/Electric, Dragon/Steel and Ice/Fighting though.
I now want a Dragon/Fighting Gargoyle and a REAL Pokemon named Quasaur….
It seems that the Bewear line is so dangerous that its pre-evolution killed 103 Pokémon in one strike!
I must say, I prefer the “leaks” though…. none of these new ones really stood out for me. At least Alolan Meowth and Marowak are there and they seem very cool….
This gang of pirates seems a lot different in tone than Team Aqua. I don’t think they’ll be using water types as their primary type.
Also I can’t be the only one who loves the Bewear line.
I don’t like Alola Meowth, though. Hopefully it looks better in game.
I think the Meowth looks weird because they curled its whiskers and its face is wonky.
Your not alone I love this guy he’s definitely going on the squad plus rockruff and litten. He reminds me the big plush dolls I couldn’t get at the carnival because of the games being rigged.
To be honest I see them primarily using either Dark Pokemon or Ghost Pokemon
I’m sorry guys, but:
Don’t like the sandcastle, it looks like a 5 year old designed it.
Don’t like fish made of fish, too weird.
And WTF is up with the squashed Bewear? It’s like someone took a vacuum cleaner to it and sucked out 80% of its stuffing.
I’m half and half about the Dark Meowth, it might just be because of the smug way they’ve drawn it and the way its whiskers curl upward.
Marowak is a bit small to make out and I was hoping it would be Ground/Fire, but out of this batch I’d say it’s the best one.
The skull team looks like a biker gang, which I can sorta live with. I like the white haired guy’s design, the others make me want to scream “stay in school, ya punks”.
Still loving Rockruff, Oricorio, Bewear and Exeggutor though.
I actually like the sandcastle Pokemon but I hate the fish and Bewear’s pre-evolution. I like the new forms of Meowth and Marowak and their new typings are interesting
The fish looks good at a distance, the closer you get to it, the more you realise it’s made up of hundreds of other tiny fish and the more I want to scream.
But it makes sense tho. Thats how schools of fish work in real life, I’m surprised that didn’t do that in the Hoenn region to be honest.
A giant tornado of fish would be reasonable, a fish shape made of hundreds of smaller fish is weird.
Well the evolution kind of gives me a Diglet,Dugtrio Vibe. Would be cool if they gave it the same stats and water absorb.
Last time I checked the tide coming in washed away sandcastles 😛 Water Absorb would be a bit of a stretch.
Weak Armour would make sense.
Or arena trap because of that poor pikachu about be eaten
On the one hand it’s a bit samey, on the other hand I can’t fault the logic and if there’s two things I love it’s lore and logic.