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A 4chan post, which has since been deleted (why?) and any re-posts as well (plot thickening intensifies), was made by someone claiming to have seen September’s trailer which included several new Pokémon.
Here is a quick recap:
- Loboxter is a Fighting-type Pokémon and serves as a counterpart to Crabrawler; they will be version exclusives and Loboxter will be found in Sun, while Crabrawler will be found in Moon.
- Dulfrost is an Ice/Ghost-type Pokémon
- Uhaku is the evolution of Rockaby, which was featured in the ‘Artleaker’ rumor last week.
To be perfectly honest, the Loboxter concept is amazing. Even if it is fake, it is one of the reasons I find post rumors interesting: is this not a great idea?? Uhaku is very similar to the tiki stones seen in the trailers, which could mean the poster just copied the design or it could be evidence in its favor.
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Those are really detailed considering they’re just from memory…
Also, wasn’t Artleaka confirmed fake anyway?
Still it’s something to hype about! I think tomorrow we will get the announcement Sun and Moon news! September 1st!
Tomorrow’s the 31st.
IK I ment that on the 31st they will announce that news will be announced on the 1st
Shouldn’t they announce today that they’re going to announce tomorrow that news will be announced on the first, then?
How was he/she confirmed fake ?
Because they posted a drawing of Alolan Arcanine, which the official site has seemingly debunked. I think there was something else too but I can’t remember exactly
he was 90% right theres still 10% he got wrong did u not read the post and game footage isn’t final
“Game footage isn’t final” generally means minor things. Not full designs.
no https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Farchive-media.nyafuu.org%2Fvp%2Fimage%2F1472%2F34%2F1472349558611.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.nyafuu.org%2Fvp%2Fpost%2F28126272%2F&docid=O8KmVB95wNJDPM&tbnid=ct2lMBPVsTB0CM%3A&w=1847&h=1293&bih=783&biw=1440&ved=0ahUKEwi7jYa4j-rOAhUY22MKHcomDKIQMwgeKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8
too sugimori to be fake
Still something to finally hype about!
Mmmm don’t know about this batch of leaks , they look fake , especially the snowman.
the reason the posts were deleted is because it was pointed out the rock totem thing was reposted from a fakemon thread……
Nice to see some new rumors recently! Been kind of dry for a bit
I’m ready for the September news dump. New trailer, or whatever, plus the CoroCoro issue. Two-ish months to go.
loboxter is suspicious as even sawk and throh weren’t version exclusives, and crabrawler was revealed as a “this is going to the top of the metagame” pokemon, so now there’s… two of us, with presumably identical movesets (its design is incredibly similar)? sawk and throh also practiced different styles of fighting (karate vs judo), just like hitmonchan/lee
Loboxter looks like guys in vintage boxing pictures with its handlebar moustache, like over manly man. Crawbrawler looks like an annoying jock from high school.
automatic fake, becuase one it is revealed on 4chan, and two, it is revealed on the Japanese Pokemon website that there is not going to be an Alolan Alcanine
That doesn’t deconfirm anything. Firstly, A vast majority of the leaks we’ve received since like gen 4 have come from 4Chan, a few of which being true. Second, being on the website doesn’t mean anything other than it will be in the game, which we already knew. It’s way too early to automatically write it off.
It’s not like the site outright said “These pokemon aren’t getting Alola forms”. We don’t even know why they’re even up there to begin with. If it was to point out pokemon that would be in Alola, why focus on these specific stages instead of their base stages, all of them are from gen 1, and so far only says found instead of saying found in Alola, which wouldn’t make sense if they actually lived on the region for long time so it’s not like they’re just discovered? I think they’re only up there to show off new dex entries.
ur false
So have you guys seen this yet?
http://www.buildabear.com/shopping/store/Web-Exclusive-Pikachu-Set/productId=prod11710006
Its kind of adorable.
yes we did
The eevee one looks really bad, and the pikachu one is kind of odd. I guess they’re mixing their style to overall appearance of plushies.
I like Loboxter more than Crabrawler so I wouldn’t mind if this was real.
I’ve heard next month’s CoroCoro is going to be the reveal of Rockruff’s, and the starter’s evolution.
Rockruff’s evolution will be revealed in sync to the comic starting next month
The starters were hinted by Nintendo France only recently.
What are the odds a leaker knows how to draw?
These actually seem legit
I really like that snowman. Sad that they’re probably fake. Really hoping for a trailer on the 1st. Maybe another after Coro Coro as well
Same.
But accepting these as fake would mean accepting that other rumour, which I don’t want to do. Especially because of Alolan Arcanine.
As much as I’ve hoped most leaks turn out false, I’d genuinely like a snowman pokemon like that, and I think the Lobster looks better than the crab. The Tiki is so-so.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Farchive-media.nyafuu.org%2Fvp%2Fimage%2F1472%2F34%2F1472349558611.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.nyafuu.org%2Fvp%2Fpost%2F28126272%2F&docid=O8KmVB95wNJDPM&tbnid=ct2lMBPVsTB0CM%3A&w=1847&h=1293&bih=783&biw=1440&ved=0ahUKEwi7jYa4j-rOAhUY22MKHcomDKIQMwgeKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8
this looks to sugimori to be fake
dude have you browsed the internet before? deviantart, among other sites, is literally littered with fake pokemon that look like sugimori drew it. besides, the thing on the right is fake. if you saw the actual pic, people have spotted irregularities with the text it was paired with.
tl;dr, don’t believe anything just because it actually looks real.
I used to at least somewhat respect you and your content, but you’ve really been cranking up the clickbait to eleven recently.
Is leak season really so dry that you need to scrape the bottom of the barrel in the form of /vp/ threads that are posted every hour? Couldn’t you at least save it until after some piece of information has been confirmed and it has been lended credibility?
The threads were deleted because they were quickly debunked and derailed into garbage arguments. There’s no conspiracy.
Internet is an open buffet. I like cherry-flavoured cup cakes, that’s why I come here.
I enjoy articles like this. Leaks, fake or real are my favorite part of hype season before the games come out. Speculation is fun
Did he really draw the tiki’s face perfectly from his memory, because it looks like it was drawn from the gameplay photos.
On the small chance that it is real, he may have realized it was the same from the gameplay and drew that
Absolute bins. Delete this before more people see
TOO LATE!
Guys when was the X&Y/ORAS demos released? So we can know when to expect a Sun/moon demo.
Never, since last time we datamined the crap out of that demo and spoiled every surprise of the game. So I’m pretty sure they want to avoid that, and thus not publish a demo.
I still have hope
theres a code goin around
Loboxter for Sun And Crabrawler for Moon. Cool 😀
I am definitely liking the little snowman/ghost… I hope the rumors are true and that it has 2 evos.
My one question is whether or not Pokemon games have ever really had version exclusives that are so similar. Solrock and lunatone and zangoose and se viper are great counterparts but different typings entirely. Two fighting type crustaceans reminds me more of hitmonlee and hitmonchan than any of the exclusives we’ve previously seen. Feel free to correct me- I don’t know extensive examples of version exclusives.
Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan weren’t version exclusives. Just choices. But the pokemon games do have to have version exclusives, otherwise there’s no point in having them as separate games.
That’s what in saying. these crustaceans look like something you’d just choose between in the game, not ones you’d find in either game.
How come? If anything they look like perfect exclusives mostly for their coloring.
If anything, they seem more like Sawk and Throh than the Hitmons. And Sawk and Throh weren’t version exclusives.
Sawk and throh are practically carbon copies of the hitmons
Not really. Throh was based off a judo fighter and Sawk off of the Tae Kwon Do. Very different than boxer/kickboxer
Oh come on. Two fighting type Pokemon with similar designs who both wear dobos of some sort. these crustaceans are the exact same way- very similar designs.
Plusle and Minun were version exclusives in ORAS, and Black&White I think.
i see what your getting at since their both fighting type if they were version exclusive wouldn’t they give it a completely different typing?! so the hitmolee and hitmonchan speculation does sort of make sense, they weren’t version exclusives but rather we could choose between the two in the same game, so if they were both fighting types it would be alot easier to just choose between the two in one version…but thats just what i think
Sawk and Throh.
‘Nuff said.
I don’t know why people get so worked up and hostile when there are “leaks”, especially with drawings.
I actually enjoy reading them cause some of them give me a good laugh & it’s also fun reading stuff from people that’s creative.
I mean yes Arcanine is on the Japanese website but we don’t know what that’s truly about. Maybe it won’t get an alolan form but that’s hardly a reason for some people to use that as evidence while throwing a few derogatory terms in (which is what I see on 4chan a lot)
In any case, cool designs here, and since this is a time sensitive leak, we’ll see soon
I never did get people’s beef with them either. Would be hilarious if the dude was telling the truth but didn’t expect Arcanine to go up on the site making him look bad)
game footage isn’t final the trailers aren’t the final version
The getting worked up is mostly because there’s lying and deception involved.
I’d have more respect for these people if they just outright said “I have drawn these pokemon because I would like them to appear in Sun and Moon, what do you guys think” instead of “Hai guys, look – I found sum leeks. LOL!”. If people want to showcase their artistic talent, that’s fine. If people want to abuse their artistic talent to fake leaks, that’s not fine.
You know what? I think I could believe all this…..sure it probably wil tern out fake, but this is one of the more fun leaks we’ve gotten in a while. I really have to give credit to this person and Artleaka. they both have amazing skills as artists. as for the general info with the pics I’d say once again that yeah I could believe it. Nothing really stand out as fan service , but at the same time nothing really stands out as something too unbelievable. I really want them to announce(and then release) the next trailer . I think with the next batch of news we’ll have a clearer look at a lot of the rumors we’ve collected so far and things will begin to smooth out and we’ll be able to do some house cleaning lol
The Alolan Arcanine is obvious fan service.
Plus they tried too hard to link themselves to other rumours.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwifyOe4kOrOAhVMwWMKHV8ECkEQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.nyafuu.org%2Fvp%2Fpost%2F28126272%2F&psig=AFQjCNH03UKXJGZuGesSarjPlE-sDnS3Pg&ust=1472680393678059 too real to be fake
That particular image was fake yes. the original concept from Artleaka is still up in the air. We really won’t know until stuff starts getting completely proven otherwise.
Any new Tiki Pokémon is good with me! 😀 and Dulfrost reminds me of Snow Bros, a super underrated arcade/NES game. I hope this is all true! I suppose we’ll find out within a couple weeks.
Apparently, there’s going to be a 3DS Nintendo Direct on the 1st. I’m guessing that’s when we’ll we get a new SM update for sure
I’m interested in this, especially the snowman, but that tiki similarity is a little odd for sure.
I guess that’d be the perfect moment to show some news.
Wow now I’m really excited!
You have GOT to be joking right now.
i don’t believe these leaks but i do think its a little odd that they drew these by memory, its details are very specific if you ask me…