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?”

  1. I’m pretty sure they are going to reveal the evolution’s!. I’m extremely excited and hope Rowlet’s is a good one!

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  2. I’m actually going to guess yes, they will reveal the next stage evos for the starters. But that’s assuming that there is Pokémon news.

    I’m guessing based off of how information has been revealed this generation, mainly through the YouTube channel, so a Nintendo Direct I’m sure is big enough to reveal the evos.

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  6. First of all love the theme of this article! lol Anyway, I’d say that there is a very good chance of it happening. Regardless of what we DO get there will be a new trailer tomorrow. I think the starter evos could turn up in it too. Whether it meant anything at all or not I found it odd that it was the Nintendo account rather than the regular Pokemon account teasing the evos. TPC has basically taken over as far as showing off new Pokemon reveals by doing their own trailers on their own schedule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they in general had a trailer announcement scheduled, but then Nintendo also said they did for the Direct and decided to just bundle them all together rather than doing two separate things. Anyway I’m not gonna lie I really hope they do show the evolutions tomorrow. It’ll clear up a lot of rumors for us and possibly confirm some stuff. I will say however, if they do show the first evolutions it’ll be out of the ordinary. Usually they don’t show them until the month before or the same month as the release of the games. It makes me wonder if they would have a reason to show them off a month earlier than typical. (The possible split evolutions maybe???) lol

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  7. Was it seriously October 12th? UGH. Sun & Moon will be out over a month past that date -_- Really puts the wait into perspective.

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  8. I definitely think it will! I also want to believe, on the off chance, that we get Super Mario Galaxy 3D (or a new 3D Mario game). Honestly, I just want a surprise that will motivate me to pick up my 3DS again.

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  11. SO we got a lot back in september 2013.. We are gonna get somethign great tomorrow, will it be the evo’s of starters… Not sure, do hope so!

    Hopefully we will be surprised, starter wise.

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  12. If I’m correct, Quilladin, Braixen and Frogadier were leaked in September back in 2013 and were revealed shortly after. So I guess the Starter Evolutions are a pretty safe bet.

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    • Although weren’t x and y released a month earlier? Wouldn’t that mean that if you follow the timeline, we should get them in October? I want them now, I’m just offering some critique.

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      • Its a hard call. Technically you are right in saying that if they were going off of X&Y, we’d get the starters next month. However we have gotten nearly double the amount of trailers by comparison to X&Y for sun and moon, and given their seems to be some pretty big key things they haven’t talked about yet, it seems likely for them to show them off now.

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  15. It’s possible, but I think they’re going to want to focus on other 3DS titles instead, rather than be upstaged by Pokemon. We all know pokemon is a platformer and they’ve already revealed a bunch of info about it, so I think it’s safe to say they’ll take a moments break till corocoro

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  19. QUESTION TIME!

    How much would you guys be willing to spend on custom T-shirts, designed by us/me? Are you actually interested in shirts at all?

    What sort of things would you like to see on designs?

    Would you be interested in “limited” edition shirts, or would you rather have a line of shirts available at any one time?

    Any thing else you’d like to see us potentially sell?

    Do you love me?

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    • 1.I say 15-20 for a t-shirt is good. probably add extra depending on size
      Well the PJN logo would be nice with Sewaddle etc, maybe even one for the current logo.
      3. Do both. Make ones that LE and Ones that available all the time
      and yes of course i do

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    • Well I’m in Euro so I’d spend 10. But an extra 2.50 pp. If you decide ton ship to us!

      I’d like to see fun designs and battle designs. Eg Red vs Blue. Or standard designs like Pokémon. Shadow Clefable Gengar

      I think you should do a limited one as a test and see how it goes. Then if it work use that or ifnu find a high demand then just make it readily available 🙂

      Your alright yeah 😉 🙂 haha

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    • 1) Probably no more than 15 or 20 USD
      2) I’d like to see some unique pokemon designs that I guess are more gender neutral
      3) I’m not too big on limited edition shirts
      4) I like pins? Idk how viable of an option those are though

      If you all decide to continue you with this, is there any way we could see some designs first?

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        • I mean…Volcarona in there somewhere would be cool.. 😉

          Maybe something with gym leaders? Or the starters are pretty cool. So I guess I like themed shirts..OH maybe something involving types? Like a shirt with a bunch of bug pokemon (Volcarona could be on there *cough*) or like a dark type themed shirt and so on.

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    • 1) Depending on the cause. I generally find website t-shirts weird, because it sounds strange to wear them on your daily life. However, you don’t have to if you think about it. Maybe, they are more appropriate for game/Pokemon meetings like things.

      2) Simple and effective / clever and humourous designs.

      3)The word limited is an illusion for mind. So why not?

      4)Badges

      5)You’re my religion
      You’re how I’m living
      When all my friends say I should take some space
      Well I can’t envision, that for a minute
      When I’m down on my knees, you’re how I pray
      Hallelujah, I need your love

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    • honestly its not something i’d purchase regularly. usually if people spend the money on manufacturing things like this, they’d want to turn a profit. if you want to do something like this moving, i’d recommend keeping it slow and not releasing too much stuff.

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    • I would probably pay like, 10-15 dollars on one? I really want some pokemon in the style of Sweaddle heads. Maybe the Alola starters? I personally want Mega Lopunny, Furret, and Froslass. I would prefer shirts available at any time rather than limited edition

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    • I am totally interested, and I wouldn’t mind anything up to about 20-25 USD. Above that, it would kind of be too much, I feel.
      Wouldn’t mine a PJ Sewaddle, maybe some PJ quotes. I’m cool with anything.
      I’m cool with whatever, maybe a mix of both?
      Maybe mugs or bags, but nothing else comes to mind.
      And sure 🙂

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    • At my point of view $10-$15 and yes very interested

      For me shirts if Popplio, Weavile, Ambipom, Salandit, Oshawott, and Politoed designs

      For certain ones like maybe seasonal things like Santa looking Delibird, Easter bunny Bunnelby and Diggersby, Luvdisc around Valentine’s Day, and maybe Pumpkaboo and Phantump Halloween ones!

      I say Keychains, Hats, and maybe binders?

      As a friend yes I do love you! ?

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    • I don’t mind the design so long as it varies from generic starters and Pikachu merch. As far as price I would pay up to $25 USD. And yes, I love you

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    • 1. YES
      2. Sewaddle and PJ logo. Very simple, very likeable.
      3. No limited edition.
      4. PJ Underwear. With a giant sewaddle.
      5. …

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    • 1. I would spend upwards to 50 bucks.
      2. I for one love t-shirts!
      3. I like limited edition things because it makes me feel special when i buy it.
      4. Maybe you could sell pokemon posters or charms for a keychain??
      4. You gotta take me out to dinner first?

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    • 1) I would buy a shirt 🙂 I’d pay around 15-20 dollars for one.
      2) PJ Sewaddle Logo. Available in different shades. Default shade would be Sewaddle Green. I guess you could make one for each of the ‘react’ things, which would be cute.
      3) A line of shirts, but I think I’ll just buy one. It would be the Sewaddle Logo one.
      4) Go nuts man. I’d just buy a shirt, but sure, I guess you could do like… Stickers?
      5) (refresh)

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  22. You know what I love about Sun n Moon.. . Whatever the secret of this game is… Your starters can do it! Thinking back now, its a little odd the games main focus was Mega Evolution and seemingly all starters can do it.. yet your starters of that gen were left out….
    Also, these “leaks” make me all the more hype! One pokemon can prove or disprove the entire thing.
    Too bad I’ll be at the DMV tomorrow hehe

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