A new Japanese trailer was released today showcasing all that has been revealed about Sun & Moon so far! The trailer shows very little notable, new gameplay but it does confirm that Professor Oak’s cousin known as Nariya Ookido, is in the game! Tanner and more mullet-er than his famous cousin, he’s in the Alola Region studying the Alolan forms.
In other news, the next batch of Sun & Moon info is coming September 14th at 10am JST! As usual, we’ll be here to cover anything that will be revealed!
[UPD] The Official English Pokémon site has updated and has confirmed that Oak’s cousin is known as Samson Oak.
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, WORKING ON MY TAN…
Update on Serebii saying It’s confirmed that “It’s confirmed that the man is Nariya Oak, Professor Oak’s cousin, in Japanese”. Not Samuel Oak
Darn D:
still can’t handle hat tan though
That mullet though!!! wy they got to do us like that with oak!!! what if he asks the Ub-01, are you a boy or a girl? lol! then the ob-01 will criticize his mullet and he will capture it and wear ub-o1 on his head!
Good, I backed the right horse 😛
I’m hella down for that tan but that hairdo?… Okay?
Nevermind, it’s not Prof. Samuel oak
It’s an ‘Oak’, but it’s probably just a relative.
Yeap, confirmed to be Prof. Oak’s cousin
Funny, I was thinking the opposite.
Allan form Proffesor oak! I love!!! It all comes together!
Still praying Allan forms are not exclusive to kanto Pokemon because that would be a huge waist of opportunity
ALOLAN! Stupid autocorrect
The Chinese riddler was right… Why didn’t you point that out. The riddler said something about a lot of professors being in this game, right?
Guys!! i think that maybe UB-01 is like some type of clone of lily and not her. Velma though! Wickie is Thickie!! lol!
“UB-01’s body is composed of a glass-like substance. However, it’s constantly changing shapes, never settling on one.”
i know but ppl on u tube started speculating that in the scene where Aether prez, the main character and hau where witnessing ub-01 and lilly was absent.
Or she could have just stayed on Melemele with Kukui.
She does work for Kukui after all.
The visuals look uh-may-zing, now all I’m worried about is the size of the region. I’m scared that they’d sacrifice region size for more visually pleasing graphics.
Did anything in all these trailers make the region look small to you?
Look very closely at the map.
It’s not small.
It seems really huge to me. Kalos was a small one.
I still think the Aristotle head was supposed to be a hint about the Aether Foundation:
Aristotle proposed a fifth element, aether, in addition to the four proposed earlier by Empedocles.
Earth, which is cold and dry; this corresponds to the modern idea of a solid.
Water, which is cold and wet; this corresponds to the modern idea of a liquid.
Air, which is hot and wet; this corresponds to the modern idea of a gas.
Fire, which is hot and dry; this corresponds to the modern ideas of plasma and heat.
Aether, which is the divine substance that makes up the heavenly spheres and heavenly bodies (stars and planets).
It could be both the Aether Foundation and a new pokemon though. We do have Solgaleo which can represent Earth and fire, and Lunala that can represent Water and Air. Why not make the third legendary also be Aether themed. Maybe a pokemon created from the Dna of one, or maybe both legendaries, resembling something like a Manticore.
Possibly Type: Null or the Ultra Beasts? Cause he did mention wormholes as well.
Can’t find any evidence of Aristotle proposing wormholes, except for a scifi novel.
The aristotle statue hint was up for a while now, not to long ago he updated said hint with the words: 4 elements ->5th element -> celestial bodies -> hole -> Hyperspace
Oh, I thought ‘he’ meant aristotle, but you meant the leaker 😛
yup
Plausible I suppose. To add to that though, another interesting thought, some more info about aristotle:
“gravity (the tendency of earth and water to sink) and levity (the tendency of air and fire to rise). He later added a fifth element, aether, to describe the void that fills the universe above the terrestrial sphere.”
I may not be the first to say it cause I’m late but i noticed each 1 of the trial captains does the stance of the z move. It wouldn’t make sense for them to specialize in a type if you didnt battle them so What if there is a trial captain for each type and the “badge” you get for defeating them/complete the trial is the Z-crystal for that type? So fro example you beat Kiawe/complete his challenge you get the Fire z-crystal. Granted 18 sounds kind of excessive so there may not be a trial captain for every type
I think it can work. It extends the game longer.
I dont have a problem with it being longer but there are already so many important characters. I don’t want to see any characters get any bad treatment. But I’m just happy someone thinks my theory is plausible
So According to serebii it’s confirmed that the man is Nariya Oak, Professor Oak’s cousin.
Yeah, source article (japanese) : http://www.4gamer.net/games/335/G033525/20160908017/.
Patiently(well not really) waiting for corocoro to leak in the next few days
Hopefully leaks on Sunday
The new trailer is amazing. I hope Sun and Moon live up to the hype they’re giving it. Alola looks beautiful. If only it were in HD. ;~;
Technically 720p is HD
Or do you mean the games?
He meant the games I’m sure……..which are far from HD lol
The games themselves. They at least need smoothing of some kind. They look gritty and awful, but good at the same time?
Would be hard to have a HD handheld.
Or they’d be really expensive, or just have one screen instead of two.
I think it’s an easier thing than you’re thinking it is……..At a certain point they’re point to have to cross that bridge and eventually nobody will be able to say that it’s hard to make an HD handheld. The PS Vita was about $200 and it’s an HD handheld. The New 3DS is around $150ish. That’s not that huge of a gap. The vita in terms of graphics is WAY better (god bless it’s little heart lol)
$200 is a lot of money.
Besides, Vita has only one screen, the 3DS has two screens.
Also the vita isn’t HD, it’s 960×544 pixels.
$200 is the same as a new 3DS XL. I would consider it sub HD, but it looks good regardless.
I love my Vita! I feel bad it never got the support it deserved, but as far as hardware and in some ways software it was way better than the 3DS
I’ve been tempted to buy one for Digimon and some classic games. But Nintendo games just have so much more charm
It’s really all what you’re up for. I’d say in the long run it’s worth the investment, but you need something good to get you to buy it in the first place. When I got mine I played Gravity Rush a lot lol
$200 is only $50 more than the New 3DS….if the extra $50 is a deal breaker than you’re already spending too much money on the Nintendo console…….Either way consoles are gonna be expensive. I’d rather spend the extra $50 on one that’s got a better screen than one that’s a little cheaper and has two mediocre screens any day. Nintendo has been dragging it’s feet for too long imo.
They could do it. Just keep the bottom screen the same and bump the top to 720p. Hell, I wouldnt mind them removing the 3D
Honestly I think they need to move away from the bottom screen thing.. It’s a fine thing to have, but there are plenty of games that don’t NEED a second screen to do menu screens and such. Plus it’d make designing the hardware easier most likely lol
I like the second screen. It makes it stand out, gives the games more features, and leaves more room on the top screen. I can’t imagine future Pokémon games without it.
I don’t hate the second screen and agree it’s useful, but I could definitely see them eventually moving away from it. It wasn’t a bad ting, just a thing….hahaha
That would mean moving the minimap to the main screen for things like Zelda and pokemon.
*vomits*
Again other games do just fine on one screen……..Just because you’re accustom to the two screens doesn’t mean one screen is worse. If you by that logic they should add another screen on and make it have 3 instead of just the 2.
I’m just pointing out the reality of it.
By having a single 1200×720 screen instead of one 400×240 and one 320×240, you’ve got to relocate everything on the lower screen so it’s displayed on the main screen, and that main screen has to be touch sensitive. It has a lot of implications, menus and minimaps moving to the top screen is just one of them.
It would also affect the move select screen, the pokenav plus, the pokedex.
Not to mention power consumption, the GPU used and the amount of VRAM needed.
I think you’re underestimating the people that make consoles and games as well. Game developers make games that utilize maps and extra functions all the time and they’re all on one screen. The people that make Zelda and GF would just have to be creative about how they handle it all.There are ways to make higher res handhelds with or without two screens. Either way I’m not quite sure why you’d be against a handheld that offers a higher quality game………again the price is hardly going to change and we’d get games that look great! Anyway I guess there’s no point in arguing about this as neither one of us actually know how to develop consoles or game( at least I assume you don’t lol) Lets just a agree to disagree. lol
Actually, I have a BTEC in Game Development, a HND in Computing and I’m a programmer.
Well I stand corrected then don’t I? hahaha Well either way I’m sure with all the resources that GF AND Nintendo have they can find a way. Anyway I’m tired and would like to go to bed. I enjoyed having our little back and forth and hope you have a good night as well lol
It would mainly be Nintendo, I’m pretty sure GF only does the games and doesn’t get much say in how the console is put together. Maybe Nintendo can cut a deal, but typically they like sourcing their parts from Japan, so who knows.
Enjoy your sleep *6am here*
I thought they reduce the quality cuz they want to hide some details in the trailer cuz the previous trailers have better quality …..but still didn’t know wat r they.
Nah. It’s the result of Nintendo going with 480p for their resolutions but giving the devices processing power for higher resolutions.
Oh, new theory.
The Ultra Beasts are said to act like little girls.
Maybe they’re representations of the Pleiades?
http://www.celticnz.co.nz/NebraSunDisk/NebraCalibration.JPG
In case anyone is wondering, the object in the image is The Nebra Sky Disk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disk
“Seven Sisters” :O
UB-01…UB-07
Technically though the constellation has 9 stars, two being the parents (I think).
So maybe UB-08 and UB-09 too?
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1473307068350.png
Finally, someone else noticed Dr Burnet!! I want to battle Colress again.
Also, still hoping for no Ash Greninja.
It all comes together
The new Oak is a relative according to Serebii.
Ratatta is Dark/Normal, not pure dark.
I am just a messenger.
I’m just pointing things out before anyone tries to take it as gospel.
The pic does say “could be a relative, though”.
Close enough hahaha
In the trailer Lunala seems extremely fast (beside being sooo beautiful). With two weaknesses x4 I predict it being the first fast sweeper mascot legend:
Lunala:
HP 100
ATT 80
DEF 100
SP. ATT 150
SP. DEF 120
SPEED 130
Solgaleo
HP 150
ATT 130
DEF 120
SP. ATT 100
SP. DEF 100
SPEED 80
I like Solgaleo 100X more with it’s claws out than I do when it’s normal……..Not a fan of the shoe look they have normally……
It’s so cute o3o
I just can’t get behind it…..It’s head is fine, but it’s body looks too…..idk what I can compare it too. It’s like it’s wearing a body suit or something….and maybe that’s the point, but I don’t like it as much as I LOVE Lunala lol
It’s a fluffy lion :3 ?
Meh…..lol
BUT WOOK AT HIS WITTLE MITTENS!!! <3
^w^
Serebii : “The next Pokémon Sun & Moon news will come on September 14th at 22:00 JST which is 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 09:00 EDT, 06:00 PDT, 23:00 AEST”
Totally a CoroCoro recap, but at least we’ll know when we’ll get official word on them plus when to expect CoroCoro leaking
Indeed! We are expecting CoroCoro these coming days, right? I assume, before the 12th.
I’m definitely expecting it this weekend or in the weekdays before the 14th.
Damn, before Corocoro. So we can’t expect anything new after corocoro…
Not surprised. If they’re gonna show off Rockruff’s evo they’ll likely show off the starter evos too in some form as they’re connected.
I am going to watch long-plays to pass the time along until the 14th 😀
I need to catch up on around 2 weeks of Game Grumps episodes. That’s what I have to do with my time.
Cool ^v^
Heck yeah! CoroCoro time. I seriously cannot imagine what other wacky stuff could come next.
Rockruff’s evo is something I wanna bet. I sure hope its a Warewolf with types based on night and day (ie maybe Rock/Dark at night for evil, and Rock/Fighting in day for good).
I can’t quite remember but didn’t they say that this issue would reveal Rockruff’s evolution(s)? If so, I’d love your idea to come true. Rock/Fighting is something I’ve been pushing hard for this generation.
They did and honestly if the rumors are true about Rockruff having split evos/forms based on the night time it makes sense they’d start talking about the day and night system being different for the games this week to gain our interest in the whole thing.
Or Lockstin’s theory of fusing with the starters… gonna be fun!!
Yeah either way we’ll be getting something good I’m sure lol
Exactly, I think it’s an obvious conclusion at this point. That would explain why they revealed the feature now in the first place. Perhaps the starters also have day and night evolutions?…which is the secret they share?…which could be revealed in CoroCoro as well?
I’m still sticking to that theory about the starters having split evos or rather evo forms. I like it as an idea as it’d even further make these games stand out among all the others lol
We may have already been spoiled by the final starter evolutions, but how cool would it be if that wasn’t everything? Every surprise is good in my eyes. I cherish these speculation periods. It only happens about as often as the Olympics after all.
Yessss this news just keeps coming!!!
They’re really spoiling us this time around.
All this news and we still don’t understand what the fuck is going on in the games 😀
Hey DefensiveBastiodon, been a LONG time since I last saw you (reveals for XY). I came while the news last 😀
Three years ?
I think my username then (before Discus) was DaisukeReds. Hope you’ve been doing well, mate. See you Gen 8! haha
Ah yes. I remember you. See you in a few years! 😀
I felt like I was tripping out when I saw…basically everything in the last update. Type: Null, Jangmo-o, UB-01, it’s like a different series.
Pokemon, old and new, creatures that arent pokemon, hot characters like Guzma and Kukui, geez
TBH, now that I think about it, I would say the same thing about Ho-oh if that name were revealed today.
That’s a good personal observation. Ho-oh is a dumb named compared to the awesomeness of Lugia
“Ho-Oh and Houou are alternate transcriptions of 鳳凰 Hōō (phoenix), specifically the Chinese phoenix, Fènghuáng. The ou may also refer to 皇 ō (emperor) or 王 ō (king).”
Still seem dumb?
Yeah I was just kinda staring at the screen without saying anything.. Just blinking as if I was trying to figure out if this was a dream or am I really seeing this shit lol. I was utterly confused
Actually I’m still utterly confused
Love it so much!!! I’m so excited for these games!!!
Hopefully they will expand on something we already have. They just keep introducing new stuff without giving any real depth into it
But that’s what keeps us interested. We’ll find out the rest when we buy the game. Which is their whole goal, don’t forget
True. I guess I’m just used to their usual way of expanding on things. We usually never get new stuff back to back like this without some sort of expansion. The game is only 2 months away though so soon I’ll have my answers.
Just in time for Corocoro I guess. If we get a leak, this will be the stuff.
Probably rock ruff evo, which should be leaked by then
The Chinese Riddler strikes again. He predicted “Oak”. We got Oak’s cousin. Also predicted the names of the Poke Ride features I think?
Confirmed oaks cousin? I missed something somewhere haha
Serebii said the ‘Okido’ in the trailer is actually a relative of Oak, not the original Prof. Oak.
Solgaleo and lunala look so beautiful and amazing in this trailer. I love 3D videos of them like this
Solgaleo really has a beautiful design. And he looks so bad ass
I need this! The author is “whereshadowsthrive” on tumblr and he or she has a lot of other cool variants too.
I hope one day it will get new skins. You know like as special giveaways or something or something in a future game where it can change its disguise to all types of popular Pokemon like the eevelutions and the starters
That would be great!
Didnt a leaker mention that 3 of the totem pokemon would be gumshoos, wishiwashi, and lurantis? After they show the totem gumshoos they showed wishiwashi and lurantis.
Lurantis was confirmed to be a totem the moment it was revealed. We still don’t know for definate that Wishiwashi is, but we do know Raticate is.
Hahaha I missed that about lurantis. I wonder if all the totems will differ for the games.
i was just about to comment something like this . I think that wishiwashi will definitely be a totem pokemon according to this video, isn’t the leak that mention him also reveal the starters evo and the fire volcano pig (as the last totem ) ?
I dont remember if that leaker revealed the starter evos but yeah they mentioned a fire pig. i’m excited to see what it might look like if it’s legit
Only thing that makes me question that is that he hasn’t been shown to have a totem aura yet, but he/she is in the area where Lana’s trial takes place.
Doesn’t it have to have a pre-evolution to be a totem?
We don’t know for definate, but so far all the confirmed ones have a previous form (Wishiwashi isn’t confirmed, just hinted).
no bc in the gameplay they showed final evolutions. but they summoned a pre-evo into the battle
Great trailer.
Even Oak got an Alolan form.
i know oak means tree, But what does Nariya means?
Yukinari (THE Prof Oak’s Japanese given name, 幸也 or 幸成) was easier to find because it’s a more common name. :p
I’m not sure Nariya is even a name real people use…
(I hope I’m wrong.)
Nariya is a name but don’t know the English name
Oh and just to further confirm character customisation (even though its obvious) you can see a clothing store 12 seconds into the trailer