POKÉCOURT IN SESSION: Nintendo Direct to Reveal Starters’ Evolutions?

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Case Background

There are a lot of expectations on the line for tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct and with good reason. Pokémon fans haven’t heard much about the highly anticipated Pokémon Sun & Moon for awhile now and they’re hungry for more. Will their appetites be satisfied with tomorrow’s Direct? Might it even reveal the evolutions of Rowlet, Litten and Popplio? To the good gentlemen and gentlewomen of the PokéJury, I would ask you to consider the following:

Exhibit A: No Information Scheduled

Pokémon Sun & Moon information has been held at regular intervals with advanced notice; until now. Why? Perhaps Pokémon International decided to share the love and give Nintendo something to hype fans with. Something that would fit nicely within a 3DS-focused Nintendo Direct, perhaps? Seems very convenient.

Exhibit B: Suspicious Timing

Think back to September 2013; fans were eagerly anticipating news from another set of Pokémon games… X & Y. With their release drawing closer, it was the month the second evolutions for the games’ starting Pokémon were revealed. Now return with me to 2016: would it not, in fact, make sense that a similar timeline be followed for Pokémon Sun & Moon? Not out the range of possibilities, certainly.

Exhibit C: Foreshadowing from Nintendo

Nintendo’s social media accounts have also been active, gently teasing Pokémon fans online. Take, for instance, this tweet from Nintendo France:

Roughly translated it reads “In your opinion, what will the evolutions of Rowlet, Litten and Popplio look like in Pokémon Sun & Moon?” A meaningless tweet? BALONEY!! More a calculated marketing tactic to place seeds of hype in the minds of impressionable followers.

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413 thoughts on “POKÉCOURT IN SESSION: Nintendo Direct to Reveal Starters’ Evolutions?”

    • It annoys me when Poketubers first have their thumbnails with fakemons from artists who actually enjoy Pokemon (and half the time their work isn’t even credited)
      Secondly the clickbait text on the thumbnail also annoys me. What idiot in their right mind would say that something is leaked then question if they’re real?
      I never watch them as I don’t wanna give them views and in turn, money, since thats what it’s all about and its the reason half of them waffle on for as long, cause they want the dollar
      Also his voice annoys me but thats just a personal opinion

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      • Well that, and its T-Tube. I wouldn’t call him evil, but he is very guilty of making click-bait material and not doing his research before making videos, which often makes him look a bit silly with some of his speculation.

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    • I used to like his videos because I love his enthusiasm. However yeah, the clickbait and ridiculous ‘Illuminati-confirmed!1!’ level of speculation is grating me these days. Can anyone recommend a Poketuber? I like Nappy but I don’t know that many others.

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  2. SO somebody literally just posted this on 4chan , what do you make of it ?(sorry mods if this is not permitted on here)

    Hello, somebody i know and i trust just sent me a mail .
    In this mail she told me that 2 games should be unveiled in todays Nintendo Direct. She also said that this direct is rather special and worth watching.I trust her cause i know she has a certain post in a certain company in relation with Nintendo.I know that this seems completely dumb and misleading but eh .

    She also said that :

    Bayonetta X has just started development

    Luigis Mansion might get delayed

    A new pokemon game has also just started development and its a never before seen pokemon game genre

    A lot of games are being made for NX, and some of them have QOL built into them ( dk what thats all about)

    NX reveil won’t be in september

    Nintendo is about to acquire a new American gaming studio as 2nd party

    EA doesn’t seem to be on board this time around neither.

    Lots of ports are being produced

    Amiibo are a very integral part of the NX

    Splatoon 2 is also being developed and pikmin 4 has been shelved till NX releases

    No words on retro studios new game as they have encountered lots of development issues and are still struggling to meet their deadline , retro has also been working on a game for 3ds

    That is all I’ve been told, remember that none of this is confirmed and that it all could be BS .I was skeptical about posting this but thought that if the direct did indeed deliver what I’ve been told it would then posting the rest of the infos would be irrelevant as no one would then believe me.

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  4. My predictions for the direct

    Sun/moon trailer showing more of the other islands, and 2-4 new pokemon and alola forms

    Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice trailer

    Dragon Quest Trailer

    More info on that oasis rpg revealed at e3

    Indie Crap

    One new game

    Smt 4 Apocalypse trailer

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    • Yeah, the kalos starters and legendary pokemon back in 2013 and pikipek(sort of, it was just the 3D model) back in march i believe, but i dont know if they count since they were Pokemon Directs

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  6. I’m really hoping for an announcement about Mega Evolution coming back. I know not everyone is a fan of it, but it does make some pokemon like Mawile viable.

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    • I’m not a fan personally, but I’d be very surprised if it isn’t coming back. I also know many people enjoy it, so I hope it comes back for them ^_^

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  9. I know I’m the only person who talks about GO here, but it sorta kills me on the inside that the kids who used to make fun of us for playing Pokémon, now make fun of us for not having the Pokémon they have in GO. All the people who didn’t play Pokémon before on my bus are now playing GO with the joystick hack. I just hate it and I hope the craze will end soon. I don’t know why I’m so bugged by it, but I just hate people who cheat at a game and then try to rub it in.

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    • Also if you’re gonna go ‘People at my school don’t use those hacks and even if they did, they don’t rub it in.’
      Well….. I’m 13… And 8th Graders are immature…

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    • I don’t see anyone playing it at my school anymore orther than my little group of nerd friends. I’m still enjoying it, Just wish there were more pokestops nearby so I don’t have to be so cautious with my poke balls. Seriously, there is a huge shopping center in my area and only 3 pokestops and one gym. It sucks

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  13. One hour to go! So something I’d love to see in SuMo would be the ability to paint your pokeballs and customize them like the old ball capsules. Painting them would be a neat way to color coordinate the pokeballs with certain pokemon

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