[UPD] New Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon Information [SEP 14]

The Official Pokémon site has just updated with information for Pokémon Sun & Moon. The update contains details on the new Ultra Beasts announced in CoroCoro earlier this week.

New Information

  • Official artwork of UB-02 Beauty and UB-02 Absorption released
  • Screenshots of the two new Ultra Beasts in action
  • UB-02 Absorption will appear in Pokémon Sun, the Ultra Beast’s entire body is covered in muscle and punch using the full power of it’s muscle strength is said to be immeasurable. UB-02 Absortpion also uses it’s “harder than diamond” probiscus to attack
  • UB-02 Beauty will appear in Pokémon Moon. The Ultra Beast is said to attract Pokémon regardless of gender, though it is unclear how it does this. UB-02 Beauty is capable of extreme speeds and can move fast enough to avoid lightning strikes

 

More Pokémon Sun & Moon news will be released on September 20th at the same time as today: 9am EDT, 6am PDT, 10pm JST, 3pm CEST and 2pm BST.

NEW! The Official Pokémon YouTube Channel has just updated with a new trailer showcasing the new Ultra Beasts. They are known as UB-02 Absorption and UB-02 Beauty in English.

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1,799 thoughts on “[UPD] New Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon Information [SEP 14]”

  1. Biology lesson:

    -Only female mosquitos drink blood.
    -During the heat of the day, mosquitoes rest in a cool place and wait for evenings.

    gg Gamefreak. Top notch biology.

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  2. Glad I’m choosing moon, beauty is so much more my style, at this point the only thing sun has going for it is that rockruff Evo lol, but the moon one is still great (if they are exclusive)

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  3. I had a dream Komala Had Two splits like rockruff. you evolved by putting ur 3ds in sleep mode in one of two areas. One area would make it a Normal/Psychic Called Lucid Dream Pokemon and One wheres Its Normal/Dark and becomes the Nightmare Pokemon. it was so weird

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  4. so if Rockruff’s evolution, along with the starters are version exclusive, then would that mean that Espeon and Umbreon will be as well?

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    • That wouldn’t make any sense. I also think that Rockruff’s evolutions are not version exclusive, because nighttime still exists in Sun and daytime in Moon. Midday evolution is just more common in Sun because it is daytime when most of the people play and vice versa.

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      • well they say that the games are 12 hours apart. meaning that in Sun it’s eternal day and Moon eternal night until you capture the legendaries

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          • thats still not confirmed just hinted at, not saying they aren’t version exclusives, but we still don’t 100% know

          • no it hasn’t, if you mean the “shows midday being obtained in sun and midnight being obtained in moon” that doesnt mean that they are version exclusives, just that the magazine chose to show them in the different games, the only place I have seen specifically calling them version exclusives was on here… and not trying to be rude but its not like PJ has the best track record when it comes to info

          • I used to try but my japanese is so rusty that i was just like, heck no, also if it explicitly said the exclusive thing, I’m sure by now we would know, magazines are often pretty vague about this stuff

          • I rely on a variety of online translators to give me a general idea and then do a best guess at what it’s trying to say, then compare it to someone else’s attempt.

          • Here @Pharap:disqus, I’ll get you started : なんと「ポケモン サン」と「ポケモン ムーん」で、まったく異なる姿に進化を ???げる!

            ??? being a kanji I can’t properly see..
            The other text makes allusion to being exclusive (独占入手) but could be referring to コロコロ itself. It’s rather cryptic.. I think even Joe Merrick said it was confusing: “are the forms truly version exclusive, or are they just saying it because playing in the day makes Sun Day and Moon Night?”
            But they put that they were (exclusive) in the main page.. I assume it is for a reason. Specially since his following tweet was: “It’s just so weird how the page yesterday described it all as if it was time based evolution, and then this page just up-ends that.”

          • I go with Serebii’s information/translations!
            I mean, why would they even show the game logo on a specific evolution if it wasn’t? Joe Merrick seems to agree. We’ll have to wait til they update the official english page.

          • last I saw joe merrick was basically saying that the people who thought they were version exclusives were pulling that info out of thin air, he didn’t believe it to be true unless he changed his mind

          • Yet that’s what Serebii’s page says.. Anyway, now you made me doubt as well, haha! Until the game or more information comes out.

          • Exactly, it’s better to just wait for confirmation instead of getting strong feelings about unconfirmed assumptions 😛

          • I don’t belive in making assumptions on symbols. If the text says they’re version exclusive, fair enough, if they’re just interpreting the sun and moon symbol as version exclusiveness, they’re jumping the gun.

          • That’s what most people are expecting.
            We don’t know either way for definate, but being like Espeon and Umbreon seems more likely.

          • That’s the evolution I’m hoping, not a version exclusive thing. Although from the way this all looks it seems to be the case.

          • Espeon and Umbreon have always been obtainable in the same game so it doesn’t make sense for them to be exclusive evolutions all of a sudden.

          • thats not what he’s saying, he’s saying rock ruffs evos will probs not be version exclusives, just a night/day thing like espeon and umbreon

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          • I’m not saying that, I’m saying Rockruff looks like it’s going to follow what Espeon and Umbreon do:
            One evolution by day, one evolution by night.

          • You know what it was? The second set of CoroCoro images.. Serebii has it : “the Midday Form being obtained in Pokémon Sun and the Midnight Form being obtained in Pokémon Moon”.

            Probably due to the influence of the Sun and the Moon being more prominent in each version.

        • This is what corocoro said about this famous secret:
          “Rockruff has a secret. Maybe also the starters have a secret”. They don’t share the secret, simply they have one, this is the only thing they share. GF never ever hinted about a secret, no reliable leaker ever described these other forms so….

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    • that’s stupid and i truly think this is one gigantic mistranslated mess
      Rockruff’s evolution should/is solely time based, Day for Midday and Night for Midnight
      everyone things this way because the 12 hours apart jargon which very few comprehend which easily sway the evolution

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    • Did they already confirm that the day and night evolution was the secret it shared with the starters? I personally think that secret could be something we haven’t found out about yet, I just can’t picture starter evolutions having multiple forms (unless you count mega evolution)

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  5. I hope that the Ultra Beasts aren’t obtainable. if they are, then they’re no different than pokemon(besides the weird design). And it’d be cool if battling them is different too. Like if you had to use 3 pokemon against it, or some shii. If the Ultra Beasts are so unique, then hopefully dealing with them in the game will be too

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  6. a thought occurred to me
    supposed these Ultra Beasts have no Type what if in the background the Aether foundation sets up some kinda radiation that changes it to a random type

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  7. I got the feeling that the intro to the game will have some footage of this video!

    And going against most of people im ok with this “reveal”….. I know coro coro leaked…. But somehow, im glad…. I had the chace to look to this cockroach thing…. And i had the confirmation that i am disgusted and want to violently kill Them all!
    Maybe on rhe 20th we will see rockruffs evo…..(which i wont use on my 1 play through, way better things)

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    • They are trying really hard to make me not want to buy moon….
      I had chosen the moon version when i saw the names….. But i dont want to go through the whole story encountering a cockroach

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      • I was Sun from the beginning. Then Solgaleo came and I was sold, then UB-02 Absorption. Again, I’ll have both versions, just my main character that I model myself after will be on Sun. Then my female character will either be the second Sun version or the Moon depending on how the starters turn out. If Popplio or Rowlet have bad final evolutions then she’ll get Moon version, if I like all three then my other male character will play the Moon version with Rowlet and she’ll have Popplio. Then my main character has Litten.

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  8. I only just realised how many gen 1 counterparts gen 5 has
    Frillish/Jellicent>Tentacool/Tentacruel
    Timburr/Gurdurr/Conkeldurr>Machop/Machoke/Machamp
    Woobat/Swoobat>Zubat/Golbat
    Roggenrola/Boldore/Gigalith>Geodude/Graveler/Golem

    And these are just a couple of examples

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  9. I prefer Rugarugan’s day form and I don’t like playing during nighttime (in game) so Sun is my choice, but I really dislike UB02 absorption :/

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  10. What if Sun and Moon take place in different dimensions and there is a dimension in the middle that is where Ultra Beasts are from. The middle starts to merge with one of the two dimensions that Sun or Moon take place. The Ultra Beasts try to take over, and Aether is trying to recreate them in their own world. You end up chasing down Lunala or Solgaleo with Team Skull and Guzma because they have the ability to restabilize dimensions, not just have power of the sun or Moon.

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  11. So even in-game footage can’t make me like these Ultra Beasts. Ah well, I guess they’re not for everyone.

    Here’s to Tapu Koko kicking their asses.

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  12. Also interesting that Tapu Koko came down when Hala/Melemele Island was in danger.

    So Hala doesn’t actually own Tapu Koko, but as a guardian it keeps watch, and appears when it’s needed.

    Maybe when the player battles Hala, the Island Guardian appears both to assist Hala and also to test the player character’s worthiness.

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  13. I’d usually say it’s too early for me to build teams for the upcoming games, but screw it! Im too excited!! These would be my teams considering the Pokémon revealed so far, I’m ordering them from least to most likely to get replaced.

    Pokemon Moon (My main version):
    -Rowlet (Guaranteed)
    -Rugarugan (Day form) (Guaranteed) (Im just going to evolve my Rockruff on my Sun ver and trade it back after)
    -Salandit
    -Jangmo-o
    -Pikipek
    -Wishiwashi (Honestly just waiting for more water types to be revealed)

    Pokemon Sun:
    -Popplio (Guaranteed)
    -Alolan Raichu (Guaranteed)
    -Alolan Ninetales
    -Lurantis
    -Alolan Marowak
    -Mudsdale

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