Riddle me this, Zubatman
Some of you may have heard about the mysterious Chinese leaker who hasn’t actually leaked anything concrete, but instead gives clues as to what is in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS titles Pokémon Sun & Moon. They seem eerily accurate in rather unique ways. Here’s most of what they’ve gotten right so far:
- Pyroar & Zubat before the reveal of Solgaleo & Lunaala
- Pikachu covered in a sheet prior to seeing Mimikyu
- Image of rock-paper-scissors and innards (?) before Pyukumuku
- Sandcastle & shovel for Sandygast & Palossand
- A skeleton on cloth for Team Skull
There are still a few unsolved mysteries left to figure out, however. A bust of Aristotle that was posted remains a mystery; some say that Type: Null could be what the Riddler was referring to, others are not as sure. There’s also a grid of Pokémon which shows officially revealed (or, with the starter evolutions, leaked) Pokémon with some teasingly marked with question marks. It even hints that Marshadow may not even be the third legendary, it could simply be an event Pokémon.
Underneath that are also small sprites of Pokémon which may appear in the games (colored) or get an Alolan form (faded). If this is correct, and that is the meaning behind it, we could expect Alolan forms for the following Pokémon:
- Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
- Voltorb, Electrode
- Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
- Staryu, Starmie
- Porygon, Porygon2, Porygon-Z
- Gen II starters
- Chinchou, Lanturn
- Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
- Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
- Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus
- Hawlucha
Certainly would be exciting to see some for Pokémon outside of the original Red & Blue!
They’ve also posted a picture of Anabel who runs the Battle Tower in the Battle Frontier in Pokémon Emerald! Does this mean the Tower returns? Or the whole damn Frontier?! An exciting prospect for many who pined for its return in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Junichi Masuda has claimed that its omission had been because players nowadays want faster gratification from their games and he didn’t think it would be widely appreciated.
So what is the current fuss about? It just so happens that the Riddler’s avatar is none other than Colress, a villainous researcher and Team Plasma’s second leader from Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 who sought to unlock the ultimate strength within Pokémon. Definitely Z-Move vibes from his past motivations and he even hinted that he wanted to make a device that allowed humans and Pokémon to communicate; could he have been the developer of the Rotom Dex?!
Some fans even claim that Colress was seen during the recent trailer in the Aether Foundation’s headquarters, but the evidence is tenuous at best.
They’ve also hinted that there may be multiple professors in Alola, but whether this means other professors from previous regions may make an appearance or that Prof. Kukui is not the only Alolan Pokémon professor is still up in the air.
Perhaps the most interesting information is that of the potential Alolan forms, but there’s certainly enough to speculate about for the moment! WHAT DO YOU THINK?!
<3 PJ
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So my take on this is the following. All the Pokemon that are shown below this picture either HAVE an MEGA Form already or will get an Alola Form or an OWN Z Move…. though the greyed out Venusaur breaks that theory. But the rest fits so far.
What if it hints the Tiki since most tikis are busts only.
I’m pretty sure those sprites in the bottom don’t mean some (the faded) are getting Alola Forms. Unless the riddler said so, of course, but I am pretty sure he didn’t… he is a riddler, he wouldn’t state it.
Those sprites are most likely the old pokémon who will be available in the game (i.e. will be in Alola dex) but weren’t confirmed so far. The ones highlighted were shown in trailers already so they were “kinda confirmed” to be there while the faded ones didn’t.
They’re the Pokemons that have appeared in trailers & gameplays so far. The ones greyed out are those that are shown as statues or posters in promos but have not yet appeared physically in the game(eg. Meganium patterns on an Alolan man’s t-shirt)
“They’ve also hinted that there may be multiple professors in Alola, but whether this means other professors from previous regions may make an appearance or that Prof. Kukui is not the only Alolan Pokémon professor is still up in the air.”
And this has been proven to be true thanks to Oak’s cousin from the latest Japanese trailer.
What makes you think he’s a professor – just because they’re cousins doesn’t mean they have the same job…
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/people-alola/
“Samson Oak does research on the regional variants that have taken root in the Alola region.”
Sounds like a professor to me.
Doing research doesn’t require being a professor.
He could be a Doctor or he could have no title at all.
I don’t know if anyone’s said this, but the grayed out pokemon maybe get their own Z-move
I’ve said it at least 3 times now.
Glad someone else has their head screwed on.
If that were the case the whole line wouldn’t be faded and it would just be the fully evolved stage faded.
Well, we’ve already got a trial captain called Sophocles. Maybe the bust of Aristotle clue simply means we have a character called Aristotle coming up? Gamefreak does love their themed naming…like all the flower names recently. It’s possible there’s a group of people in S/M all named after ancient Greek dudes.
This is weird because this conflicts with their previous “leak” about Arcanine getting a water? So what’s up with that?
Chinese Riddler did NOT leak the Pokemons getting Alolan formes. He specifically gave hints for Alolan forme mechanic. Fake leakers figured the riddles out and proceeded to make their lists. Alolan Raticate was a very good guess but the rest have not been confirmed or verified yet..
So how do I debunk this leak it has been confirmed cutie fly has a evolution so thank you and goodbye.
Aristotle=Aether
hey this is my theory this is a short version, of my really long theory basically just a the gist of it
you want to look at the image at the bottom before reading.
If my theory is correct then this is the next pokemon game after sun and moon.
i know its really early to be thinking of the new games but while waiting for the release of sun and moon i thought i might do some research about mythology, alchemy and astrology, and see how it relates to the pokemon games. i got the inspiration from lockstins videos if you haven’t seen his videos check them out its really good, anyways, if corless is a really real then this will make my theory all the more correct. just remember this is the short version if you want the long version let me know, so anyways enjoy =)
Solar eclipse
Dialga
The left pillar
The left pillar of Judgment is made up of the sephiroth of:
§ Understanding (Saturn) ho-oh
§ Severity of judgment (mars) marshadow
§ Splendor -(mercury) (yin and yang), (zekrom and reshiram),
Lunar eclipse
Palkia
Right pillar
The right pillar of Mercy is made up of the sephiroth of:
§ Wisdom (Neptune) colress
§ Love / mercy(Jupiter)lugia
§ Victory (venus) (death and strengthening) yvelta and xernes.
Arceus
Middle pillar
The middle pillar of Mildness is made up of the sephiroth of:
§ Crown (source)(kether) heaven (heaven)(???)( Could possibly be type:null because arceus is already the middle pillar otherwise I would think it would be arceus)
§ Pluto forgotten lost (gartina)
§ Beauty (union of feminine severity of judgment and masculine love / mercy) (sogleo)
§ Foundation (union of feminine glory and masculine victory) (lunala)
§ Kingdom (manifested physical world) earth= (zygarde)
So to conclude I think marshadow will be the solar eclipse pokemon and gigareki will be the lunar eclipse pokemon
[IMG]http://http://www.uoms.org/image/wiki/Neophyte_Sephiroth.png[/IMG]
colress i thought was a pokemon name lol its actually a guys name, so instead put gigreki in his place
Gigareiki isn’t a pokemon, its another GameFreak game. You are missing the Hoenn trio, Darkrai and Cresselia, who would tie in well to eclipses and occultations (new moon and full moon)
i dont see how or why voltorb would get an alolan form…its basically a failed pokeball expirament, whih means its kind of bio-robotic creature.. no one would hunt and I dont think it wold need to adapt to anything
Woah… everyone hold your Mudsdales for a sec.
Where is this cutie on the grid?
It’s Ribombee (im from the future) 😮
I’m thinking Aristotle is a clue towards an ancient Pokemon ? Anyone else?
Well it looks like the Chinese Riddler got Colress, Anabel, and a ton of other things right