New Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon Information [SEP 20]

As promised a bunch of Pokémon Sun and Moon information has just been released! The update brings us information on Pokémon and the region of Alola!

Japanese Trailer

New Information

  • Passimian is a new Fighting-type Pokémon with the ability Receiver, exclusive to Pokémon Sun. The new Receiver ability appears to allow the Pokémon to take on the abilities of fallen Pokémon
  • Oranguru is a Normal/Psychic-type Pokémon with the ability Inner Focus/Telepathy. Oranguru can also learn a new move called Instruct
  • Pikachu has an exclusive Z-Move called Catastropika
  • Extreme Evoboost is Eevee’s exclusive Z-Move
  • Pokémon Refresh allows trainers to take care of their Pokémon after battle. Trainers can clean their Pokémon, pet them and even cure status conditions. Similarly to Pokémon Amie, Refresh will also give boosts to Pokémon that have become affectionate towards their trainer – dodging moves and holding out even longer when they’re near fainting
  • Lycanroc is the name of Rockruff’s Evolution. It’s Midday Form is exclusive to Sun version and is Rock-type with the ability Keen Eye/Sandrush. Midnight Form Lycanroc is exclusive to Moon version, remains Rock-type and has the ability Keen Eye/Vital Spirit
  • Accelerock is a move exclusive to Midday Lycanroc
  • Lunala and Solgaleo influence Rockruff when it evolves and causes it to evolve into either Midday or Midnight Form Lycanroc
  • Trainers can spend Festival Coins to customise their appearance

[NEW] Even more Pokémon Sun & Moon news will be released on October 4th at 9am EDT, 6am PDT, 10pm JST, 3pm CEST and 2pm BST.

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2,359 thoughts on “New Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon Information [SEP 20]”

  1. If we were to count every Evolution Family as 1 Pokemon, how many Pokemon would that actually make?
    Between 1-6 of course, unfair to count Gen 7 yet
    It would probably take ages to count so I can’t be bothered someone good with maths do it

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  2. Wow! Just saw the information, here are all my thoughts:
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    The new pokemon are cool I guess? I don’t hate them like Bewear, but I likely won’t be using them anytime soon. Also, I know that the normal type is a strength instead of a weakness here, but why are they just kinda slapping it onto alot of pokemon that don’t really need it? It seems unnecessary. I feel like ther really missed the mark with Lycanroc’s name. What? Lycanroc? Why isn’t it Lycanthroc? That sounds infinitely better in my opinion. The eevee z move looks cool, but I feel like only fully evolved pokemon should get Z moves. The new amie looks great though! I love how it actually uses location background this time, and Rowlet looks adorable! :O I’m glad we got a look at customization, that’s great. Also having the ability to dye clothing will be so cool! It’ll open up many more possibilites than XY had. Also I like the festival coins thing, I hope they’re easy to get. It was so annoying spending my life savings just to get one shirt in XY. Anyway, we have to wait two weeks for new info. 🙁 I know it’s not that long, but they’ve been spoiling us so much recently, this’ll feel like a huge drought.

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  3. I literally love everything about Sun and Moon other than Kanto Pokémon being the only ones with Alola forms. I can’t handle how hyped I am for these games. x_X

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    • Dislikes so far:
      – MAYBE Z moves. I’m kinda on the fence
      – Bewear, I have a undying hate for it.
      – Lycanroc’s name. WHY ISN’T IT LYCANTHROC?

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        • Lycanroc doesn’t roll of the tongue. Plus the pun is off of Lycanthrope. It even has an “r” after the “th” for the “roc” to use, yet it is called Lycanroc. It seems like bad planning to me.

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          • “Lycan” means wolf (from the greek lykos).
            They probably cut out the ‘anthros’ aspect on purpose to try to stop the furries to emphasise it’s still just a pokemon.

          • Oh I fully understood the pun, just sounded that way to me. Now I keep calling it Lycanthroc in my mind, I feel Lycanthrok looks better though.

      • -Z-Moves are awesome. Funny. Fun. Adds a lot to the meta.
        -I’m neutral towards him. But my inner contrarian makes me like him due to the hate.
        -That seems… Like a non-issue.

        Honestly I have absolutely no issue with blindly loving everything GameFreak adds to Pokémon. (Other than contests/musicals. Never got into those.) This isn’t politics. Legitimate world problems do not arise due to blindly supporting something. So I take the opinion of why bother hating something, or parts of something, that I love? I’d rather just enjoy it. So I do. So I will. Everyone else can get upset over this feature or that, I’ll be over here having a god damn blast.

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  4. I just had a realization. Remember the riddler leaker? He posted a picture of some kind of staff or something sort of shaman-y. That’s Oranguru!

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  5. Seriously though, we have 9 normal types and 7 fairy types so far, and yet we don’t have a single ice or dark type. I really hope we get one of each at least on the 4th. I thought Lycanroc was going to be dark in the midnight form, but it clearly isn’t now, so we’re back at square one.

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  6. Am I the only one who wishes we had an article specifically to talk about all of these amazing new trainer customization options?

    OMG, the clothing dyes! OMG, the hair styles! OMG, the hair colors! OMG, the eye colors! OMG, the options!

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  7. pikachu can choke, eevee is going to be OP in LC and i love the new pokemon. I going to get moon most likely and i liking the exclusives so far

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          • Tetsuya Nomura himself recently released artwork for the 1st anniversary of Unchained X. Guess who’s on it? Skuld, Ephemer and Ventus.

            If you dont know who Skuld and Ephemer are: they are Keyblade wielders in UX with the sole goal to gather Lux (bit like the player) but they were also picked by Ava (one of the Foretellers) to join a small group of Keyblade wielders who would receive the ability to live past the Keyblade War and keep the legacy of the Keyblade alive. These individuals are called Dandelions.

  8. I feel like I’m the only person in the entire poekmon community that’s looking forward to z-moves and their uses. Heck I feel like the only person willing to actually try them.

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  9. I really love the design, concept and name of Oranguru. It has definitely become another favorite Psychic type for me (my favorite type). Do we think the monkeys will have pre-evolutions?

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  10. That awkward moment when Bewear is taller than Ursaring, Rhydon, Garchomp, Tyranitar, Goodra and Tropius and the same height as Pangoro and Snorlax

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  11. What is the best part of your least favorite game and favorite thing of your least favorite game?

    Pokémon XY has a great dex and really cool region inspiration

    Pokémon Soul Silver has a terrible leveling curve

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