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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So I guess this scene from when Tapu Koko was revealed:
http://i.imgur.com/7CkY15S.jpg
Is possibly part of UB-02 appearing thus Hala and Tapu Koko are defending the island
http://i.imgur.com/ygTbEIe.png
Wow that might actually be true.
Its totally the same situation. Unreal
UB-02 Expansion siphons energy from opponents to empower its muscular system
its proboscis is harder then diamonds
In other words, it drains opponents of their life force to boost its own power.
Well it even looks like a mosquito.
Just noticed that it looks like blood is inside its body. o.o
Yea things got serious very quickly.
Yeah but that will most likely translate into Life Force or something in the Pkmn universe
Well that’s probably because it would be too rough for pokemon to refer to it as blood.
Certainly, although blood is definitely the inspiration!
i hope the legs conjoin together when it flies
InB4 butt-rockets.
If they are really Pokemon, they should each have another name. I mean “UB02 Beauty” and “UB02 Absorption” could still be pretty much code names in the game until you confront them yourself.
Sun UB-02 is stunning in game.
Wow you were right
Which would make it possibly fairly early in game right?
Aether Foundation>Team Skull in terms of importance and evilness (is that a word)
I love the overall look of the AF. Team Skull is super meh expect Gladion.
Ehh I kind of like Gladion but he’s shrouded in mystery like Lillie. I still think he is Expansion’s counterpart even though a lot of people on PJ think he isnt xD
I feel the resemblance needs to be stronger. I’m not seeing any real similarities between the two.
I’m currently going by the fact that Gladion’s clothing is ripped on the same spots as where Expansion’s ”muscles” are bigger and that we saw in the trailer that he has trouble controlling one of his hands from shaking crazy just before battling. Also his outfit is an exact match with Expansion’s colour pallet.
It’s possible, although Type:Null already seems to be Gladions focus, I’m skeptical that they’ll also bring in an UB for him.
Man, I really wanna use Tapu Koko on my in-game team, but at the same time I feel wrong using a legendary. Couldn’t bring myself to use Latios/Latias in ORAS.
And i really want to grab it by the comb and shove its face into the dirt
;~; It’s so cool looking
and it could’ve been pure electric but if its a Fairy i must end it by any means necessary
Its a deity, it should be Fairy bro
it should be Dead-ity
Wait! Harder than Diamond. The Moon one seems to have a pearl feel
You know you’re not hiding anything from us Game Freak. We know what you’re planning next!
Sinnoh Comfirmed
Coincidence? I think not.
Sinnoh remakes were confirmed after Hoenn remakes
Remember the Japanese logos for Sun and Moon? The Z-moves logo feautures on the left side. That still leaves the origins of those diamonds in mystery. I WANT TO KNOW!
Ok so here’s an idea that I’ve thinking about for a while. so UBs are said to be a threat and that AF is researching them. It’s clear that there is some kind of connection between the UBs and our three blonde peeps. What if there’s a twist where we’re supposed to think that the UBS aren’t really all that bad and then at the end it turns out they really are? This theory kind of relies on the idea that the UBs are in facts Lillie, Lusamiine, and Gladion. lol So in this theory you have AF trying to figure out a way to stop the UBs. they end up creating a super weapon (or something dumb like that haha) to fight them, but since Lusamine is really a UB in disguise she turns the weapon on everyone else and it turns out she was tricking them into building her a weapon to destroy the region(for whatever reason that may be lol) Throughout the game you’re actually meant to feel like the UBs aren’t that bad as you meet Lillie (a good UB). It’s not a complete theory, but I think there’s definitely something interesting there hahaha
It’s kinda hard to see that since UB-02 is a walking weapon
Well yeah it doesn’t have to be an actual weapon per say. It could be something else like a device to bring chaos or something. Idk….weapon was just the first thing that came to mind. Either way there would something they would end up using to hurt everyone lol
Oh Aether are definitely involved in some evil plot. I have an idea what it might be, but at this point its mostly just speculation, although an educated one.
Let me have it lol
They wanna create their own version of Arceus, gain immortality and create a new world in their own vision.
I can see that. I had another idea that they created Type Null as a test and decided to use it to track down Solgaleo/Lunala. Their ultimate goal would be to dna splice the legends or something to create like you said a super Pokemon that rivals even Arceus lol
Type: Null is literally a failed experiment to recreate Arceus, I mean just look at it. The mouthpiece isn’t exact, but it looks so similar to Arceus’s symbol.
I’m still interested to see what’s underneath the mask. I bet it’ll be surprising lol
Ehh the head is sort of feline/canine so I think it’ll be something that looks a lot of like either Rockruff or Litten evo
It’s got a Mudkip head.
SO I was looking up breeding egg move ideas for Houndour in Gen 4 when I spotted something odd: Donphan in gen 4 can learn Fire Fang?!?!
Um… point noted.
Alolan Donphan confirmed!!!
It has massive tusks which it could ignite
I was just thinking about that. Since the tusks of an elephant are actually teeth.
I also just realised. Entei, Flareon, Moltres, Heatmor, Fennekin, Braixen, Delphox, Litleo and Pyroar can learn Rain Dance with TM. You know, fire type pokemon?
after seeing the in-game pictures, they seem more like Pokemon…
so I was thinking, might we be in front of a new and undiscovered Pokemon type?
like Alien, Cosmic, … so that’s why they’re a threat to Pokemon and Humans, because it is a new type and nobody knows how to defeat them yet, so one goal in the game will be to find out how.
Maybe the return of ??? Type?
It’s possible, until when you are close to the climax of the game and a name is given to that type.
Cosmic type has too many similarities with Psychic. Alien would be a possibility though
then Deoxys should also be part Alien
Meh I think Deoxys was Game Freak’s answer to make Missingno a real Pokemon
It looks nothing like missingno.
Wouldn’t be the first time that Nintendo canonized a glitch. F-Zero character Blood Falcon was originally a glitched recoloring of Captain Falcon.
That’s different, those two look similar.
Missingno has no form that resembles Deoxys and no lore.
Deoxys is supposed to resemble a double helix because it’s based on deoxyribonucleic acid (or DNA as most people call it).
Yes but Deoxys is essentially a virus, where Missingno is a glitch. They are pretty much the same thing, albeit a virus being biological although Deoxys has been mutated by a computer satellite, so no one knows what Deoxys looked like prior to this mutation.
Glitches and viruses are completely different.
Glitches are accidental minor problems with a program (not necissarily negative/malicious), a virus is an intentionally created malicious program. Viruses can have glitches themselves.
And also, just a little nod, but Deoxys did exist in Ruby and Sapphire but in data form. But it wasn’t until the gen 1 remakes that there was an event to catch Deoxys.
They do that with loads of legendaries.
Like Arceus and Celebi. They intended to have an event for both that never happend (or only happened in Japan).
Perfect Zygarde is actually an Ultra Beast. It sacrificed it’s power to protect the ecosystem. CONSPIRACY
A bit anticlimactic.
Elite trolling I might say
Admitedly I’m biased though, I don’t really like these two ultra beasts much. Beauty is ok, but Expansion is just freaky.
I hope the others are better, because at the moment the UBs are starting to look like they’re going to be a huge let down.
So something that’s always bothered me……ok so is Pokemon really just a story about how humans want to enslave all other creatures? We have Arceus a GOD that can be contained…..we have Deoxys, among others, who are aliens that came to earth and they were captured…..For all we knew Deoxys was fully sentient and had a family back home!!!! lol
“Enjoy your last moments of freedom Pidgey, ’cause you’re mine!”- Ash Ketchum
Right?!?!?! Like when do they stop being animals and just start being other speicies???? Like there could be a whole planet of Deoxys and a little child is waiting for his father to return……lol
The way I see it, if it’s catchable, it’s a Pokemon, thats the easiest solution I can think of.
Also theres hints of real animals in the games.
But where do we draw the line? Are humans the only species that are allowed to NOT be “Pokemon”? This is why I think it is imperative that the UBs are not catchable. There needs to be a standard of other species that are on the same level as humans. lol
Something related to energy, if we ignore the anime and Ash’s Aura. In games, specially Gen 6, it’s implied Pokemon have a special life energy that other animals and humans do not, this, is probably what makes them pokemon, and therefore catchable.
These are the questions that keep me up at night rofl. If we go by the Sinnoh myths, Pokemon and humans were once the same. Pokemon lore is a nightmare. 😛
Wait what? ”If we go by the Sinnoh myths, Pokemon and humans were once the same.”
There’s a 4chan leaker who last week mentioned that Ultra Beasts are from an alternate reality, where humans and Pokemon are the same beings.
It’s from the Sinnoh folk tales from DPPt. I love to geek out about those because deepest lore.
Hmm, the folk tales are old news so I wouldn’t put much stock in that rumor tbh.
I think GF end up making stuff up whilst they’re drunk on sake trying to get everything done in time.
B/W was trying to make us believe that Pokemon wanted to be enslaved… but I was more agree with N than with the “good” side hehe
Ok, but what about the Pokemon that are clearly not from earth? How do they decide what’s a Pokemon and what’s not? These are the questions that keep me up at night hahaha
basically everything that’s catchable is a Pokemon
but why Magearna is a Pokemon and Clembot isn’t?
Magearna is a living Pokeball
I’d argue it’s more like a Karakuri figurine.
It’s still mostly gears though, so that does bring the question of what makes an automaton become a pokemon.
Ehh I’m not sure if the gears can be considered Pokemon. I think Magearna was the first attempt at creating a Pokeball. I mean, what does a Pokeball do? It transforms the Pokemon into energy so that it can be stored into the balls (alchemy btw)
My biggest guess, is that they tried to do the same thing with Magearna (or whatever it was called 500 years ago) but instead attached its soul to the pokeball instead of transforming it into pure energy so that it can be stored.
What was Magearna’s ability again? It powers up its special attack every time a Pokemon in the battle faints?
I dunno, the film will be out soon enough to reveal all 😛
Doesn’t explain Magnemite though, or Voltorb.
Many people think Voltorb is also a man-made Pokemon. Magnemite is just an overcharged magnet
Voltorb isn’t man-made per se, it’s one of the artificial pokemon that was created accidentally.
‘Overcharging’ a magnet doesn’t explain it becoming a sentient pokemon (and it’s 2 magnets, 3 screws and a metal ball).
I’m begining to think some pokemon are closer to yokai and the only thing a pokemon needs is a soul.
Deoxys is a biological virus that had its DNA mutated by a satellite
There was a deoxys with a green crystal in one of the films, but it was never mentioned in the games.
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Deoxys_(M07)
There’s also a purple Breloom
Well, if you decide to travel the cosmos, you have to leave everything behind and know that you might never go back.
Magearna the soul-stealing robotic vampire officially scares me…
“The scientist created Magearna’s Soul-Heart by gathering the life force of many Pokémon.”
“Soul-Heart raises the user’s Special Attack by one stage every time a Pokémon in the area faints”
Wow so much life force being gathered.
Pokemon Horizon official art https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/56fdc32088a3881ad48ff471ea73c17d10ae72d4ea674a2ca9baabd0fa1d5eaf.png
Main guy looks like someone Fused these 2
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/48b906bd457b1c8fc22a4650bd5c0524ae2910a575c00f0723783a6052244382.png
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/70f49c89ca7627529d262e2edc757e7d7d45ae05ed425184728a1c707a7aecb7.jpg
Lol
He looks a bit like Tsuna to me
He looks A LOT like the protagonist of Gale of Darkness imo
Looks really nice (apart from that awful red hat they make the female wear. I feel sorry for female players getting stuck with that early on XD)
poppilo legit looks like he wants to be a plane. and i love how some pokemon are literally copy and pasted in there
Hmmmm…..I wonder what the red stone is on Rockruff’s neck….
Z-Stone?
Likely. xD
In order to use Z moves, a pokemon has to hold a special stone.
Anyone noticed that the protagonist’s rockruff has a purple gem in the middle of its fur collar?
BulbaNewsNOW just tweeted that The Nintendo Hong Kong site indicates that the English name of UB-02 Expansion will be “UB-02 Absorption”. That explains the mosquito-like look.
Well ok that just was like 2 hours ago but whatever.
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111215084/4419208-imperfect_cell_by_boscha196-d4hrk0q.png
so basically just cell but red
I freaking knew it. First Mega Rayquaza and now this?
dont forget mewtwo
Yea right.
Whats with Mega Rayquaza?
it looks alot like shenron
Ah, yeah I can see that
Absorbtion? Well absorbing Gladion definitely sounds better
NExt time on Pokeball Z
Also could relate to the sun, as in, Absorbption of the energy, or not I dunno
Lol why did the Chinese site announce the English name
Just… because xD
hong kong is a separate market from the rest of china . Games released there usually include a English language options so it would make sens that they would use English localized terms for press.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-437501843
Oh my God I love Rowlett xD
Oh how I love Rowlet
A trailer came out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8hARTlZrE
ABSORBTION AND THAT PORTAL! <3
its only 3 hours late oh well
Oh well tomorrow the 1-hour episode plus SuMo anime trailer
i mean its better then nothing
Right
And friday first episode of Generations
Where do you watch it? I see from a guy in youtube that uploads the episode later in the week.. do you watch it “live” online somewhere?
kinda wishing they’re Pokemon tbh. Absorption’s so cool I’m glad I’m getting Sun!
I’m getting both 😀
nice nice! my sister’s getting Moon so I technically have both when she stops playing X)
Finally.
I was expecting the video 3 hours ago.
maybe something happened.
Yeah. They were thinking: Lol lets make them wait for 3 hours >:)
Either a guy forgot to push a button or someone said “let’s troll them”.
They thought that we would be satisfied with only pictures but.
I’m just watching it over and over and over again. I don’t know why.
But why? I wanted Lugarugon at the least!
Because they’re assuming everyone likes the ultra beasts.
It IS Absorption
First bisexual Pokemon character confirmed?
Ehh who wants sex with a silverfish
Bug type furries
That’s weird
They exist
That’s even weirder
Prepare to have your dreams shattered:
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Uncle_Kage
Sigh, what trollfreaks. Here we go…
maybe corocoro had a hissy fit since it was the 14th still in the japan lol. now its the 15th there so its fine XD
Actually it’s 1:21AM of the 15th right now there. I know since they are +1 hours from me. 🙂
CoroCoro’s exclusive information might be Rockruf’s evolution.. not the UBs
All Corocoro mons that are shown in trailers even wishiwashi came out after corocoro was released
Well, they probably didn’t pay enough this time.
yea and also its the 15th in japan now so corocoro is out basically. so its fine
I wish they’d been switched, I like Beauty, I don’t like Absorption.
What’s wrong with Larry the Lobster? 😉
Livin like Absorption
He’s like some really badly designed Tokusatsu villain. I feel the urge to stab it and snap its proboscis off.
Haha, isn’t it fine that you don’t like it? You’ll beat with delight.
Maybe, but I don’t even like looking at it.
I want it erased.
I think the shading and everything in the game model is really nice. The design is disturbing, but they did a good job.
I have to say.. I quite like it. It’s so bizarre, big and imposing..
The lack of face should be a trend (like UB-01), but then comes UB-02 Beauty (more Royalty than.. soldier?). I rather fight the threat-looking one.
There’s something I don’t quite like about UB-02. I think it’s the eyes but also the roachy feel that it has and that it’s “beauty”
I like its spindly-ness.
He’s not threatning, throw some piperine at him and he’ll soon run off.
That’s not saying much, they’ve been doing a good job of making models, textures and shaders for 2 games now 😛
Join the moon
No, because I like Solgaleo more than I care about any ultra beasts.
Solgaleo > Ultra Beasts.
It’s like comparing an apple to asparagus
Apple is superior.
Pink Lady <3
I prefer to buy stuff grown locally.
And I like sharp/sour apples more than sweet..
I genuinely enjoy Granny Smiths as well
I’m lucky, I live in a part of my country where there are lots of apples grown. Most are for Cider production though.
The name or the UB itself for Sun version?
Such a weird thing to name it in english.. from Expansion/Bulge/etc to.. absorption?
I thought I was the only one who was thinking that. Very weird indeed. Why expansion? Why absorption? I just don’t get it
Well, I get the name concept.. as it absorbs energy from others, it’s muscles grow and it grows in size. But clearly, there should be a better name for it.
Bulk?
Growth?
Enlar- actually no, that would end in too much rule 34 DX
Increase?
Enlongated xD
Absorption makes more sense than Expansion, given the mosquito theme. I’d guess that it isn’t related to either of those, though.
You know, if you are going to name one Beauty, you could have named Expansion as UB-02 Greedy :T
In more seriousness, Bulge would have been fine by me.
Bulge sounds a little… Rude? Ahaha
From the looks of it, that thing will probably rough-us-up quite a bit.
That sounds even ruder?!
Expansion because it gorges itself on the blood of other creatures, Absorption because it absorbs the blood/energy of other creatures.
Well its sort of an mosquito so I guess Absorbtion is still more fitting than expansion
Mosquitos bodies do expand when they consume blood though.
The thing itself.
I think Absorbtion is a better name than Expansion, though neither are particularly good.
There! Is everyone finally happy? we got a trailer lol
It could have been better but it is something.
Oh give me a break we’re getting another trailer or whatever next week hahaha
I know
Ok now they really pushing the Dragon Ball Z Vibe. 😉
http://i.imgur.com/E0RvDXL.jpg
I hope UB intentions are not to conquest humans, cause we should stop them from doing us what we have done to pokemon XD
That would be an interesting twist.. UBs bringing in the ManBalls.