8/12 New Pokémon Sun & Moon Trailers

The trailer for Pokémon Sun & Moon has been released early (which made me pause Nathan for You) and contains information we saw from the leaks earlier today! Here’s a recap:

  • Team Skull is revealed along with its leader Guzma and Admin Plumeria
  • New Pokémon Wishiwashi and Pyukumuku are shown in battle, both with interesting animations (Innards Out, which does damage based on Pyukumuku’s health before the final blow that KOs it!)
  • The trailer reveals one brand-new Pokémon Morelull
  • We finally see Alolan Meowth, Raichu & Marowak in action. It is heavily implied Pikachu & Cubone do not have Alola forms

<3 PJ

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  1. Fake or not! You do realise that the leak of Rowlet’s evolution in the manga is it’s ‘Mid’ evolution? As in in between Rowlet and Robinroot?

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  2. Anyone else just being blown away by the Kalos league ? It’s so good. ASH vs Alain pt1 was epic.

    Pikachu is just an absolute beast. Love him !

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      • Yeah. I’m delighted ash finally has a fully evolved water starter but I was starting to think that ash was really over using it. Pikachu will always be my no1 tho. That being said I LOVE ash greninja too haha.

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    • I remember being amazed by Pikachu in the Lucario movie as a child. A few years later, I saw Pikachu get bodied by a Snivy. Now I have trust issues.

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      • That episode really disappointed me. In fact BW arc could have been great but they butchered it.

        I was glad to see that end. But XY and now XYZ have more than made up for it 🙂

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          • I just rewatched it. .. Pikachu was sweating.. and even it’s quick attack was slow and Ash noticed. It was all around weakened. It’s health may have been low due to it. This is what they were going for.. they just didn’t exaggerate it enough to show fans. They just think Pikachu sucked.

    • Yeah it’s nice to see Ash act like the skilled trainer he should be and not like a dumb beginner, and to see pikachu act like it’s level 100 and not level 15.

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      • You know what… It may actually be because he’s such a high level now that he was able to take out so many powerful Pokemon. Alan doesn’t train his other pokemon as much as Charizard, and that’s a fact!

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    • I was absolutely blown away. I love pikachu and every time it battles I get excited cuz Ash-Greninja is getting to the point where I just want it to win and that’s all..

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      • Indeed. Only in the anime such a thing could happen. Kinda borders the ridiculous had Pikachu not been with Ash since the beginning.

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    • I wish I could battle him myself
      But because of plot convenience that pesky Ash-Greninja would easily do away with my Rhyperior or Mega Garchomp
      But the rest would crumble fairly easily
      Excadrill beats Pikachu hands down
      Hippowdon tanks Talonflame
      Seismitoad’s sluggish meatheadedness absorbs blows from Goodra or Hawlucha
      And Nidoking’s Speed and Mamoswine’s bulk beats Noivern

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    • I loved the Talonflame vs. Unfezant part. I wish it would’ve been longer. It was very dynamic and I really-really like that. Sky Attack looks excellent with this golden aura. Btw, what was that with Hawlucha? Could someone explain it to me? Tried looking at abilities and moves but couldn’t find anything.

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  3. After looking through the footage for the third time. I just saw that a TM was behind the Team Skull Grunt. It’s even gleaming in the background. Also, the encounter theme and battle theme for Team Skull is outstanding. I can’t wait for the recreations of it!

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      • What? Who doesn’t love the theme. I’m getting kinda tired of super serious evil teams. We needed a break. These guys have a bunch of personality and heart. Their theme sounds outstanding. The Japanese Trailer has the Battle Theme for the grunts and the English Trailer had the Encounter Theme. Do you not like vocals in video game music?

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        • *slowly raises hand*
          I’m all for fun, but not if it means giving the villains a rap theme.

          Vocals aren’t very ‘pokemon’ though.
          Part of the charm of pokemon is that everyone can appreciate the instrumental music because culture is irrelivant when the music has no words.

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          • I dunno, I think it fits them, I dunno what else they could have done to give off the Team Skull vibe.
            And I think people can appreciate music with or without vocals.
            But I do think that vocals should only be used if it fits with the person, place or thing.
            It made sense all the times vocals were added to the tracks.

          • I’m just not liking it, which is a genuine first for team themes. I’ve had ‘meh’ but not ‘dislike’.

          • That’s not even rap. Splatoon did something very similar in terms of music. It’s more of just mixing various sounds. It fits the grunts and that’s all that matter tbh.

          • It’s hip hop inspired. A lot of people tend to dislike hip hop inspired music. I pay it no mind. These themes are incredible!

        • No, the only time I thought it was fine was in Xenoblade Chronicles X. It’s not about how serious the team is to me, it’s just that the music doesn’t appeal.

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          • It’s cool. Not all music appeals to everyone. I personally like. I love the feel to the theme. GameFreak music has had vocals before. It’s nothing new to me.

      • This is like a flash back to BW2. Colress’ theme is still a favorite of mine today. Vocals really add something to music.

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      • They said that PokeBalls will glitter so players could find them easier due to the change of perspective and sizes. Gold PokeBalls contain TMs, so I assume it’s one as well.

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    • I don’t think so. I think Kukui might have beaten Guzma during the Island Trials or they had some history doing something. I don’t think Kukui was a part of them. Yet, anything is a possibility!

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    • I just think both failed at being captains, but went different paths. Kukui moved on and became a Professor, while Guzma wanted revenge and made Team Skull.
      They’re foils, really.

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    • Kukui probably failed his trials but turned down the offer to join Skull. Which, if Kukui challenged me I would let him win, if he battled me… At night… One on one… Abs.

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      • Mind reposting it here? I thought I read all the comments, but I must have missed one of the things I was looking for 😛

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        • I didn’t finish it all, and some of it might actually be quite off because my hiragana is rusty (haven’t actually attempted to translate something this major in a few years) but:

          Plumeri:
          “atashi wa purumeri” – I am Plumeri
          “sukarudan wo tabanete iru” – Team Skull are in control
          “iunareba anegotte tokoro” – So to speak they call me “ane” (elder sister)?
          “anta mo shitte no toori” – in the same way that you know? (you as well know in the same way?)
          “(re/wa)nchyuu baka bakkari de nee” – … stupid only with “nee” (sister)?

          “sateto atai no deban dane” – now then, (it’s) my turn dane

          Guzma:
          “butsu koreshitemo butsu koreshitemo “-*mutter* even if destroyed *mumble* even if destroyed (probably him raving about not passing the captain trials)
          “te wo yurumenakute kirarereru” –
          “buzumatokiga kokoni iruza” –

          “shikimegu nankashite”
          “nanni narunda yo?” – What (something) yo?

          “kukui san yo” – Mr Kukui yo (roughly)
          “anta to are wa ontagai” – You and me are (didn’t finish)
          “kyaputain wa narenakatta mo no doushi”
          “hakai toiu kotobaga”
          “hito no katachi wo shiteirunoga”
          “kono ore saki guzuma dazae” – … I (informal) … Guzma dazae (informal ‘cool’ sentance thingy)

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          • Yeah, I got that in the later ones (“sateto atai no deban dane”). I was just trying to rush it all down tbh and atai wasn’t something I’d encountered before, I read ‘ata… wa’ and my brain filled the blank as ‘shi’ since that’s what I’ve heard more of 😛

            I had to break up all the ‘wa’ and ‘no’ and ‘to’ as well, it really wasn’t as easy as I’d hoped DX

            Feel free to make more corrections though. For my first pass I couldn’t identify ‘ri’ correctly because I only knew about one of the two forms it can take.

          • Totally understandable 🙂 Although, why did she say atai instead? It means price or value. Is she trying to say ‘I am the valued Plumeri’?
            And with the help of a somewaht reliable translator and my knowledge, I got at least some idea what the other lines mean
            After he does the mumbling, he mentions alot about being broken and fractured (either himself or something else)
            and the other lines are covered in the English trailer, so I really didn’t bother trying to translate them.

          • ok awesome, glad to have that cleared up 🙂 I wasn’t sure myself as I haven’t gotten too far yet in my studies

          • I had to look it up myself. Like I say, my brain filled it in as ‘atashi’ so it’s obvious how it came to be used in slang.

          • Yeah, and it makes sense she used it, as it’s mostly used by females.
            In my class, we’ve only really learned watashi and boku, but I’ve learned atashi through listening to Japanese songs :3

          • I’ve only ever had a few weeks of proper teaching from a bilingual teaching aide. Everything else I know is from a book and subs of One Piece and Fairy Tail n_n’

            I just happen to know a lot of good sites to look up words 😛

          • Oh and I did the grunts lines.
            The first part is just them being pumped up with words like ‘Alright, let’s do this!’
            With the fence scene, the grunt says something along the lines of them ‘plucking the yellow sea?’ and them doing something useful.
            When it’s two male grunts, they say ‘To us, Pokemon trail captains are bad (or something negative)’
            And witht he longer words I got that one nailed down
            ‘With our oily (oiler in katakana) Pokemon, we’ll attack together! Because Guzuma will give us a 200% raise if we do!’

          • I don’t think there was any shared scenes for the grunts, only for Plumeria and Guzma, but I’d have to check again xD

      • Really? Cause I sort of translated the lines and I didn’t really get that.Then again, I’m a beginner in Japanese myself.

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        • I didn’t finish translating it perfectly but it’s quite clear:

          “kukui san yo” – Mr Kukui yo (roughly)
          “anta to are wa ontagai” – You and me are
          “kyaputain wa narenakatta mo no doushi” – Captain …. blah blah blah (lost the will to live at that point because only two people were interested in my translation of Plumeri’s lines)

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          • Yeah, but those lines are just similar to the ones we saw in the English trailer. It doesn’t really say he joined Team Skull.
            And what were Plumeri’s lines? There were certain parts I definitely got, but some I was confused on. Like she says ‘atai’ which means price or value followed by her name.
            And I know s(u)karu is skull, but s(u)ka? I think they are just saying part of their name, but I’m not sure myself.

  4. team skull logo is the type of logo thats make you feel like “why didnt i think of it before”. Probably one of the best logos design i have ever seen. is crafty, clever yet simple and memorable

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  5. Okay I may be the only one here who feels this way but I absolutely freaking LOVE the team skull music! Both their encounter music and their battle music. And I love the clear hip hop influences! The music in Sun and Moon has been fantastic overall tbh!

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    • Bruh. Your not alone. Everyone is absolutely loving their theme. It reminds me of Splatoon a bunch. It’s stupid lit! @ithsme:disqus will like it sooner or later.

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      • I don’t hate it but I don’t like it either.
        I have a friend who feels the same, but that might be because we’re just both predisposed to disliking any form of ‘chav’ culture.

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  6. Team Skull is so cheeky. I love it. The tidbit about all grunts have to have matching outfit and they have to buy these by themselves (not distributed) show that they are not really a organization, just some wannabe people come together to create some mess or live like they want. Also Guzma seems very lovable. As mentioned before, I also think he will not be evil, he will just be rampageous or butthurt. I hope when the real danger comes in he will be by our side, just thinking about it makes me drool.

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  7. What if Guzma tried cheating during his trials because he knew he wasn’t good enough. Then Kukui intervened and caught them in the act.

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  8. Hey would you guys be able to help me with some things? Had to buy a new ds and game so i lost all my past competitive pokemon. I really just need a ditto safari

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  9. I like how the grunts have pink and blue hair, its an unnatural colour so you won’t question them all being the same, its just like “to be a grunt you have to dye your hair”

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  10. Anyone else think that the sandcastle Mon and the leaked snowman Mon could be version exclusives? After all, sandcastles are associated with summer and Warmth, whereas snowmen are associated with winter and coldness. Winter also brings longer nights and shorter days, vice versa for Summer. Also, both are man made constructs made from specs of a substance joined together and often with added parts, like carrots and shovels.

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    • I am thinking that it is unlikely. There usually is a small amount of ice types in each generation, and we haven’t had an Alola Pokemon revealed that is an ice type (excluding the variants). I feel that it is more likely that Wishiwashi and Pyukumuku would be exclusives for the additional reason of them possibly being found in the same place and both having equally awesome abilities.

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      • Wouldn’t they of said they were version exclusive though? Also, one seems to be a weak first stage Pokémon whereas the other seem to be a one stage gimmick Mon, and they’re found in different places in the Japanese trailer.

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    • Since they’re both lines based on ghosts inhabiting piles of solid matter, plus all the stuff you’ve said, that seems likely me, especially as we’ve pretty much been shown no version exclusives up to now except the box legends.

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  11. I just watched the Japanese trailer and I love how Guzma tells his Pokemon to attack, it’s like he’s signalling his goons to beat you up 😀

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  12. They’re making it out like having to buy your own team Skull outfit is this amazing new thing, but IIRC to be a member of team flare you had to do the same… Though the price range may have been a tad different :p .

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    • It gives off different impressions though, for Team Flare it added to the fact they were sort of like a genocidal country club in terms of joining, whereas for Team Skull it makes them seem disorganised that they aren’t given the resources.

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  13. What if, and i know this is unlikely because of the name, the snowman and sandcastle are the same ghost, just inhabiting different human made structures?

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