FAKE: Even more Sun & Moon Information “Leaked”

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It’s that time of the week again folks! An anonymous user has posted a list claiming to share new details of the upcoming Sun & Moon. the list spans from new Pokémon right round to Rockruff’s special evolution methods. Without further ado, here’s a rundown of what was posted, with our thoughts on it in green underneath!

“Leaked” Information

• Rockruff does have multiple evolutions, though they do not feature many design changes. The evolution you get depends on the phase of the moon. Rockruff also has a strong link with Z Stones and Synchro Evolution. Rockruff’s evolution is said to have a cowl that attaches to it’s tail. The poster claims its body may be fairly different, but the cross on its chest stood out.
This is actually something fans have long speculated and we’re almost definitely expecting Rockruff to receive varying evolutions, or at the very least something relating to Z Stones. What is key to note is that this seemingly have any link to the starters, something Rockruff is said to have.

• Just how Rockruff has evolutions that vary depending on the phases of the moon, there’s also a Pokémon that has evolutions that vary depending on the position of the sun during the day (dawn, noon or sunset) and it will not evolve at night. The Pokémon shoots seeds like a cannon.
Again, this makes sense. Having a Pokémon that evolves dependent on the position of the moon and not one that depends on the sun would seem a little odd. It’s difficult to tell the legitimacy of the claim as it doesn’t line up with any previous, confirmed leaks and Rockruff evolving dependent on the moon isn’t confirmed itself just yet.

• Some areas of Alola have strange weather and time conditions. One area will have permanent sunlight as Sunny Day has been activated and time does not pass, fog makes a come back.
It wouldn’t be surprising to see the sun and moon have permanent effects on some areas in Alola, given they’re the main themes of the games. Fog returning would be an interesting choice, but again nothing unbelievable.

• Several new Pokémon will receive Alola forms:

• Paras/Parasect become Bug/Fairy-type and is said to be infected by Morelull
• Golem become Rock/Fire-type
• Koffing and Weezing both turn Fire-type, almost as though they have become uncontaminated
• Grimer and Muk also become “uncontaminated” and are pure Ground-type
• Solrock and Lunatone both receive new forms that are similar to Minior and have the same ability
It’s pretty difficult to comment on these, but again they’re all fairly safe guesses. Alola forms could literally be anything from the currently revealed ones, so it isn’t fair to say these are believable or not. See Alola Exeggutor!

• There are more Poké Ride features to be revealed, including several mini games featuring different Pokémon:

• Alola Arcanine can be ridden on hot waters. Arcanine’s zig-zags get replaced with wavy patterns and the tufts of fur on it’s paws look like waves
• Mountains can be climbed with an as-of-yet unseen Rock/Bug-type spider monkey. There’s a mini game where you have to avoid falling boulders which is the only way to catch Alola Golem without trading
• Hippowdon can be rode in a sand dungeon where players will have to avoid Sandygast and Palossand
It seems almost definite Poké Ride will serve as a functional addition to the game. We’ve seen Stoutland being ridden and sniffing out something on the ground. It’d be odd if all rideable Pokémon didn’t serve a function or at least star in a mini game. Alola Arcanine seems to fit with the Pokémon’s high speed and rumours of it receiving a Water-type Alola form.

• There are four Totem Pokémon battles: Gumshoos, Lurantis, Wishiwashi and an unrevealed, pure Fire-type looking pig that has lava flowing over its body. The prevolution of the pig Pokémon is said to roll in lava akin to how pig roll in mud
Difficult to comment on this again. We know that Totem Pokémon appear at the end of each Trials, so there only being four Totem Pokémon in total raises the question of what’s right and what’s wrong here. We don’t know of a Normal-Type Trial captain yet, so who knows with this!

• New details of currently revealed Pokémon:

• Komala evolves once into a more bear-looking Pokémon called Ibearnate. When it doesn’t sleep on the log it throw it around
Given Komala already launches it’s attack using the log it holds, an evolution take that one step further would be sensible. The name “Ibearnate” is also a nice touch. It becoming less koala like would however be an odd choice, given Komala is the first koala Pokémon we’ve got
• Pikipek has two evolutions, becoming more streamlined as it evolves and gaining Steel-type in it’s final stage called Fowldrill. The middle stage is known as Perfowl. There’s apparently a subquest in the games that require the player to explore Alola and find different markings left on trees by the Pokémon
We really don’t have much to go on in terms of how Pikipek’s evolution line will go. We know for certain the Pokémon is based on a woodpecker, so having it evolve down the drilling/pecking route makes sense. A regional bird gaining Steel typing would also be a nice touch.
• Pepperot is Bounsweet’s evolution and gains Fire typing when it evolves
OK then?
• Tortunator has a prevolution called Krakatuga, it has a weak spot/button on it’s stomach
Fans seem to believe that Tortunator is a standalone Pokémon, so Krakatuga might not be something they expect. Having a weak spot on it’s stomach makes it seem as though whatever it is/was explodes/d and becomes what Tortunator is protecting on it’s stomach.

 

The poster has also provided some drawing of what certain Pokémon look like and we’ve posted those below. The poster has said that these are drawn from memory and may be completely made up/wrong.

Opinion

It really is difficult to provide much of an opinion on the stuff the individual has posted. A lot of it seems in line with what fans have speculated, or can be interpreted from officially revealed information (such as minigames involving Poké Ride). Some of it seems a little off given what we already know. Only time will tell.

Remember: we do NOT claim the information in this post is real/legitimate. We are providing it for our readers to discuss and provide their own thoughts on. Should the information be proven as legitimate or not we will provide an update ASAP.

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728 thoughts on “FAKE: Even more Sun & Moon Information “Leaked””

  1. Hey Paul I just wanted to say that your response was really excellent to the Video from Verlis.

    I’m not going to go into what I think of Verlis or his channel and the drama. But your response was simply excellent. I’ve been coming to this site for many many years and have stuck with it.

    I come for these discussions and rumours aswell as the news. The site has always made itself perfectly clear on what’s fake, real and a rumour.

    Your voice has nothing to do with the site and I wish that was left out as that was just too personal. Never let anyone say anything like that about yourself and never say sorry for you being you. For what it’s worth I like your voice and your pronunciation and elecution really shows that your well educated which is nice.

    Well done on this successful site, that goes for all the staff here aswell, who write these great articles for us.
    Not to mention a shout out to all the members who are here aswell.

    Pokejungle is a holy trinity with PJ, the staff and the members.

    That’s why I love it here and why I’ll keep coming here. 🙂

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    • I was going to make a comment like this, but these days I don’t really have time (school has started for me). So I’m just going to say that I agree with what you said and call it good. I feel like there is way too much drama involved for a game, and leave it at that.

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        • I gotta admit, I’m feeling pretty defeated right now. I had a great time with my brother over summer, which is making it harder for me to accept the fact that I have to go back than other years. The only beacon of hope for me is that starting Nov. 19, one day after SM release for me, I have a nine day break (sadly I have school on the 18th, it’ll be near impossible to focus).

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  7. Alright so I’m planning a fake match between Pokejungle v.s. Verlis (this is 100% in my head for fun) so I need 4 people to say what Pokemon are they bringing to it cause we got me and Earthen who else?! (Only one though)

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  10. So 100% off topic but I need to post this. Spoilers for the new Steven universe episode.
    https://youtu.be/dHg50mdODFM

    I couldn’t handle this. I was seriously a mess during this song. Having to keep myself kinda hidden while presenting something else at school really tears at me sometimes and I needed this.

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  11. Ok The Legendary Pokejungle team is set we have

    Earthen- Rhyperior
    Starstorm- Froslass
    Isthme- Togekiss
    Ultron- Volcorona
    Me- Weavile
    Green- Craydily

    Now I must write it to show who is stronger Us or Verlis (obviously us though)

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  13. U love whenever I tell the people on showdown that legends are op they always use Moltres and Articuno AND Phione as a pitiful defense
    But when in doubt
    DARMANITAN RAMPAGE!!!!

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  15. Tomorrow I finally may be with Sexy new Gaming PC and once again I shall play World of Warcraft after 5 long months

    The mighty Dwarven Paladin!!!

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  18. Oh man that Verlisify, first he complains that the rumours could be see nas true because theres not enough warnings, THEN he moans about all the warnings. It’s just not worth your time with these kind of people.

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    • I doubt this guy is perfectly true knowing I think there are multiple Trials more than four so he may be mostly true but some I doubt

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  23. “Let’s talk Synchro. Although I don’t think that “Evolution” is the right term for it, it’s just a form.

    Beware, the following are major plot spoilers:

    Kukui studies moves, we know that. He’s been doing that for years and continues to do so when we meet him.

    What we don’t know is that he knows that certain Pokémon have…potential, let’s put it that way. Z-Moves require Z-Stones to get activated, but in his career he has seen various iterations of Pokémon performing one withouth the need of a stone. I’m talking, of course, about the starters. And Rockruff’s evo.

    So he keeps a Rockruff to study for himself (and the bracelet is based on Rockruff collar, if you didn’t notice) and gives out Rowlet, Litten and Popplio to young trainers in order to gain information and empiric proofs.
    The Synchronization manifests itself just like in Ash’s Greninja, so minor changes in the general look to match the trainers it bonds with.

    So yes, you’ll get multiple version of starters, which are based on your look (see attached image for example). Have you wondered why all the final evos are sort of humanoid and have big tufts of fur/feathers on their face?

    Of course they’ll be able to perform a special Z-Move, just like the big Water Shuriken used Ash Greninja or the big Z beam from 100% Zygarde, and they won’t need the stone at all.

    It all links back to Azoth, since the starters+Popplio represent the main 4 ingredients of Alchemy (or something along those lines).”

    take it with a bucket of salt.

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    • Wow.. if this is true.. I predicted the starters would do sychro (like many did), but also that they would be able to perform the move differently than the rest. I said multiple times.. never would of guessed without stone!
      And I Did notice the extra humanoid starters and relate it to that. Proud of myself ?
      If real ..

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    • seems like a cool concept but how would the forms work in future games without the same protagonists? also even if we only got as much trainer customization as in XY that would still be a ton of different forms for pokemon, I just don’t see how they could do it, but interesting concept none the less

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  25. Finally found a Lapras on Go…it ran away

    Spider monkey Pokemon looks pretty cool. Pretty intricate fakes if it is proven to be false

    The bobble head/tiki Pokemon according to the “leaker”:

    I talked about this the other day, and it’s a rock/ghost Pokémon based on the hawaiian myth that it’s bad luck for tourist to take home rocks from the volcanoes and stuff. In the description it’s said that the souls of those who try to take him away from Alola get trapped inside. Also, it has a bobble head!

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