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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so out of sheer boredom i decided to try something new with shinies. rf
http://i.imgur.com/4zaoUB4.jpg
and theres a little sneak peek 😉
Slightly disapointed the hairdryer and comb got left out, but otherwise mostly good. Togedemaru’s shiny is probably most fitting.
Honestly I noticed after i posted and redid it with the combo and hair dyer shiny
So many shinies in one place!!!!
I like Togedemaru and oranguru a lot!
At this rate we’ll not get megas for Sun/Moon.
Sigh, even though they were broken, Megas were fun to use…
Look at it from another angle. We’ve gotten so much already that they simply haven’t had a good point to talk about megas without them disappearing into the mix of news. SO likely they’ll be introduced towards the end of the news cycle.
hm, megas being included yes, new ones being added unlikely
I don’t know. Serebii Joe confirmed weeks ago that new Mega pokemon merchandise was coming early 2017. Seems kind of strange that you would wait until after a game launches to release new mega pokemon stuff, given it sells well. that is, unless your releasing new mega pokemon and you want to know which ones to market. That’s my thought process at least.
the only problem with new megas is that it will basically go head to head with z-moves. it looks like pokemon is gonna push z-moves more. if they keep it a in-game discovery then yea but if its in a trailer its gonna be butting heads with z-moves
ehh, not necessarily. Z-moves can be used by any pokemon, with a handful of unique ones. Megas are only for specific pokemon. So you could have your mega Flygon(because everyone want it) without really taking the spotlight away from your pancake making snorlax. At least that’s my opinion. But who knows. Really it seems people aren’t as hyped around Z-moves given anyone can really use them. megas however are what help you build up your team as you usually build around them.
we will find out but rn i dont think we will see new megas
Ah ok, so they pushed it back presumebly
They might still be there, they’ve probably just given up on adding new ones in favour of focusing on Z moves.
To be honest I’d be fine if they didn’t come back though, I’ve never liked the idea of a temporary evolution, it’s so Digimon-like 😛
agreed. i wouldve appreciated the mega evolution macanic way more if the ability was only granted to fully evolved pokemon. how does a pokemon that never evolved before, MEGA evolve? its like dude you didnt even regular evolve yet. not to mention, so many mega evo designs would have been PERFECT permanent evolutions – looking at you Mawhile and Herracross. and now that theyve seemingly abandoned the entire gimmick, it just seems so pointless. now a good handful of pokes will never recieve real evolutions.
maybe just the Johto starters and since its only three megas well its really not worth exposing now. lets hope for the week or two before the release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLw_6r-7wrQ
“NX is a complete reboot for Nintendo”
Waiting for the apologies from those who debunked the Pokemon reboot theory (rf) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/db7d34579abdf3d8ab05add49dd4f3e3bc80fb58bb7058eef673b305ba7f0c1b.png
A complete reboot as in a new way of where they’re going with the system, not game series as a whole.
They already did a soft reboot with gen 5, so a complete reboot is literally very much possible and they’ve done it with Mario and Zelda as well.
Gen 3 was also a Soft Reboot, but they’re not gonna completely Reboot it, what use would that do? It’s ridiculous.
Core gameplay hasn’t changed in 20 years, and the biggest complaint Pokemon has is that every game is the same. Also lets not forget that Pokemon is losing territory to Yokai, in Japan, where Pokemon is still bigger than religion.
Yokai has actually lost some momentum.
Well Yokai Watch is pretty cool. But they won’t completely reboot Pokemon that’s just mad.
In fact they’re more likely to mix it up which, looking at Sun and Moon, they are. At this point it’s ridiculous to think they’d completely Reboot Pokemon. How would they even do it? Plus I’m am pretty sure Fan reaction would not be good at all. It just wouldn’t work to do a complete reboot, and you’re kidding yourself if you think so.
Idk how a reboot would even work with pokemon? A reboot is like changing everything and starting fresh with the same concept characters etc, would that mean they would redesign pokemon? remove pokemon? no because they would never do that. I agree with you 100%
A reboot would be the same games, but set in a different timeline with a more mature storyline and darker characters. Why do you think Origins was such a hit?
ok u explained it ALOT better. but hm, would pokemon really go to a more darker storyline? these are kid games after all.
Pokemon already went much darker since gen 4, so its a step in the right direction. Because even though the target audience for the games and anime are kids, the majority of people in 2016 who still watch and play it are young adults aged 16 to 22.
that is true, but also remember gen 4 and gen 5 story lines were dark but it was more implied/ and if you noticed, i like what they are doing now where its like you have to notice its not like thrown into your face. who knows sun and moon could easily be the darkest story
The themes of XY/ORAS and most likely also SM are based around death and resurrection. Very, very dark stuff
still if your actually old enough to notice it is, pokemon is targeted around kids but they include these things for the much older audience members to keep interest.
And saying a reboot wouldn’t work is exactly what Zelda fans said and did you see the incredible positive reception Breath of the Wild has gotten?
is it confirmed a reboot?
Its an open-world RPG Zelda game. It is the perfect example of a reboot
I mean yea it could be, I’ve always thought it was part of a new timeline, where the hero never woke up.
Breath of the Wild is already confirmed to be in the Child Timeline
I wish Nintendo had never made that chart. Splitting the timeline made no sense.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3bb943f2a7d1d142d4f959a76f1a27c0e51cb0bef27a0e12378b54b7d12f6fec.jpg
Noticed.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fd4b559667174cb5029e5f84acb111e2494d734d0f8f48796d7aa927ab628df8.jpg
I see you awake and posting comments. I’m ALWAYS watching.
Was my comment deleted? x)
We all know that’s not true…
Hey do you remember Jade Jungle? I need to ask a few questions.
I don’t really think staff had much to do with it. If anything at all?
I need these games in my life, can’t they come out earlier? *cries*
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And there’s the “rugby monkey”
Besides the snowman, is there any Pokemon from the rumors yet to be confirmed?
There is also a Dolphin Pokemon.
Wouldn’t “Pikatastrophe” be a better name?
Yeah, the SM naming team isn’t great IMO.
“
isn’t great” is on drugslmfao
Yes…it should’ve just been like electric lunge or something.
Snorlax’s exclusive Z-Move: Pulverizing Pancake!
Previously, Snorlax has always been portrayed as just sleeping all the time. For the first time, in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, it will open up its hidden potential and become able to use the powerful Z-Move Pulverizing Pancake!
By pouring Z-Power into a Snorlax that is holding Snorlium Z, Giga Impact transforms—enabling Snorlax’s Z-Move to be used. Experience its overwhelming strength in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon!
so anybody catch this?
which could mean signature Z-moves require a mandatory move to enable it
Please let it be true! So pkm wouldn’t actually have 5 attacks
Technically it would be 5 moves though? Just one of them requires another move to exist?
ALSO, where are you from? You look like someone I went to school with and I’m confused.
well…. the statistics show it as a once per battle mega move that requires both a held item and a move of the corresponding type
You’re right x)
I’m Brazilian but living in France. I’ve only been to the UK once so I don’t think we could’ve studied together
Then you have a doppelgänger…
Was he at least a cool guy? haha
He was alright, I suppose! Cool enough!
Then I suppose he can continue being my doppelgänger
im getting the feeling that ill never use z-moves… seems like a really superfluous gimmick.
alot people said the same about megas, and still do,
Pulverising Pancake is still a horrible name.
And it’s unlikely, if that were true it would be pretty stupid.
Turns out that Alola Exeggutor has been on the cards for years. Its Ishihara’s favourite Pokemon. http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-pokemon-became-a-monster-hit-1474437211
yea didst like a long neck exeggutor appear on a promo pic? like a long time ago?
NX should launch with Hey you pikachu 2 and Pokemon Dash 2 😉
…….i used to play Pokemon Channel for hours
I loved pokemon channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQy9iIxD4CI
Me bought Alpha Sapphire yesterday and this is my current team
Marshtomp
Ralts
Shroomish
Slakoth
Tailow
Mightyena
Gallade or gardevoir?
Gallade, Ralts is male anyway and I never used it before
Gallade is pretty cool. I like the mega too.
it’s gonna be a Gardevoir since you can’t get Dawn stones until after
Eh I traded a Dawn Stone from Omega Ruby 😛
well then screw you
I want my gladiator with sword arms. Dont judge me 😛
You can get one in both victory road and sea mauville. Not to mention he could trade one over.
I got OR my team rn is
Blaziken
Shiftry
Swalot
Azumarill
Skarmory
Banette
Training my team for Y soon:
Aegislash
Garchomp
Pangoro
Charizard
Lapras
Luxray (Which I know isn’t on the regional dex but all well)
I really wanted to use Dragalge but it just evolves too high.
http://i.imgur.com/7csDjpy.png
Oh shit its me.
Don’t ever say I don’t think of you.
They see me mowing… my front lawn ♪
I know they’re all thinking I’m so white and nerdy ♪
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw
hey i redid the pic with a shiny porygon hair dyer and tyranitar comb
I saw your comment, but have yet to see the adjusted version 😛
i didnt want to double post lol. since havent been alot of comments lol
Fair enough.
Passimian best poke of the gen.
So are there any starters that you guys have never used? The only one for me is Chespin. Horrible evolutions.
I don’t think I’ve ever used Treko before… I mean, most of the Grass type starters are my least favorite. But if I beat the game or have three versions I’ll play with a grass type. The only one I’ve picked the first go around was Chikorita for one of the games.
Lol we share different opinions, chespin line is my favorite out of the 3. but i havent used snivy yet
Only starter I have never used is froakie xD
Depends what you mean by not used.
If you mean not owned then no, if you mean not battled with then loads.
Like used on a playthrough or competitively.
Then over 50% of the starters I’ve never used.
Do you not replay much?
Never.
All my games are a monument to my first playthroughs and the era of my life during which I played them.
Hm. I only do that with certain titles. Like I’ll probably never restart alpha sapphire because I’ve put so much into it.
I hate Chespin and Quilladin. I LOVE Chesnaught though. It’s adorable.
i still think chesnaught shiny color should of been its actually color not the one we got
It’s based on a chestnut. The color for Chesnaught fits because it “broke” out of the shell that was Quilladin. While I do prefer the Shiny colorization, Chesnaught 100% should be the color it is based on design inspiration.
Probably my least favorite starters after Emboar. I’m sorry
anything that’s water or grass
you a strictly fire? i used to be till gen 6 as i didnt like how delphox came out
i was the only time i used a Water or grass was out of my ground type monos
yea since swampert and torterra right?
ehhh yeah
honestly Swampert was very boring for me
just never clicked
i wanted to use popplio this time around but its ruined
I like grass…
Water I’ll grant you.
I picked water once in G6.
Never again!
Turtwig…
I’ve tried many times to use Samurott and every time I replace it
That thing is ugly as hell.
My absolute least favorite starter next to Emboar
I chose Emboar in G5
I don’t think it’s quite as bad as most people say. I think people just dislike it because it’s the 3rd Fire/Fighting in a row.
I admit a quadruped would have been better for a pig, but I don’t hate it, and G5 wasn’t a good generation for starters.
That’s pretty much my problem with it, it should’ve been Fire/Dark. I don’t mind it being bipedal. It’s stat distribution is also rather strange
I like Fire/Fighting pokemon. Besides, it’s better than having single typings all the time.
Blastoise – Water, Feraligatr – Water, Samurott – Water
Meganium – Grass, Sceptile – Grass, Serperior – Grass
Typhlosion was the only case of pure Fire for the fire starters.
It could have been part Dark admittedly, they’re both pretty even. Stats don’t really matter in the main game.
i was upset it didnt gain a dual type,
Yeah, being part Rock or Steel would have at least made up for its ugliness.
I can’t stand Samurott. It doesn’t even look like Oshawott and Dewott.
It’s ugly. Serperior is the only good one from Unova.
I agree. Gen 5 was my least favorite starter trio but I did like Serperior
Chikotita, Mudkip, Torchic, Turtwig, Tepig,
Torchic w/ speed boost is pretty nice.
Chikorita. I absolutely hate the Pokemon.
But Chicorita 🙁
(Which also happens to be my first shiny starter)
It’s Chiko time!
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/c/ce/Silver_Chikorita_Razor_Leaf.png/revision/latest?cb=20150901043003
Same. I used it in my most recent SS playthrough and it wasn’t good
chesnaught is a BAMF, such a great pokemon. um….. well, ive never used any non-grass type starters.
I tend to lean toward designs when I choose a starter, and everything about chesnaught assaults my eyeballs.
Chespin’s line is amazing ;~;
Def the worst of the already bad Kalos starters, imo.
Not definitely ;~;
Is the run down shack on the beach the player’s home or Kukui’s lab?
I think it’s Kukui’s lab (I remember a small Japanese trailer showing it & how he studies moves). The player’s house is somewhere above it
Yeah I’ve been looking at that trailer.
It’s bothering me because I don’t remember seeing the player’s house’s exterior anywhere.
And in the E3 clip they went from the beach to the fight platform, which seems odd if it’s the lab.
This is the Kukui clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K3Cs7WyAxE
And in the E3 gameplay, I believe your house is shown at 13:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-uLg_5RIA
I’ve already got the first one open 😛
The 13 minute mark was a good tip though.
Yeah, it seems that the clip with Kukui is either part filmed in the player’s house or Kukui’s lab looks similar to the player’s house.
Anyway, thanks for that, that definately confirms the player’s house is the largish one on the right of the island.
It is Kukui’s lab.
Wow its getting harder for me to make a steady team 🙁 Passimian looks awesome
Tbh you’d be better off waiting until a few days before the release to make a team. They’re just going to keep unveiling more.
That’s very true but I’m just use to having my team decided by now…
1. Litten
2.Pikipek
3.Rockruff/Passimian
4.Vikavolt
5.Jangmo-o
6.Wishiwashi
seems like the team I’m going with so far
Yeah but it is fun to create teams, even if they change all the time when new info/Pokemon come out. So far I am getting three versions (2 Sun and 1 Moon) and if Popplio or Rowlet have bad evolutions I’ll cancel one of the Sun’s and just have two. My teams so far are:
Sun 1 (Cosimo):
Litten
Lycanroc (Midday Form, clealry)
Komala
Oricorio (Sensu Style)
Jangmo-o
Crabrawler
Sun 2 (Aurora):
Popplio
Ninetales (Alola Form)
Oricorio (Baile Style)
Bewear
Lurantis
Oranguru
Moon (Jeff):
Rowlet
Salandit
Drampa
Raichu (Alola Form)
Palossand (or Mimikyu, haven’t decided….)
Lycanroc (MIdnight Form)
I might end up with a rotating team, I did that in White and somewhat in X. I would love to have an Alolan variant on my team but haven’t really seen one that fits yet…maybe the Palm Tree
Robinroot (Rowlet final evolution), Beltigre (Litten final evolution), Sirene (Popplio final evolution), Marshadow, Gigareki, and the Alolan forms of Exeggcute, Persian, Cubone, Pichu, Pikachu, Growlithe, and Arcanine will be revealed on the October 4th update on Pokemon Sun and Moon.
Also, October 4th’s update will reveal the English name for Cuitefly’s evolution, plus more new Pokemon, plus more Alolan forms, plus a few new Mega Evolutions, plus the Tapu of Akala Island, plus an update on Ash-Greninja, plus updates on the Ultra Beasts, plus Unowns 0-9.
Gigareki has already been proven to be a different game that Gamefreak is creating. It’s not a pokemon…….
though that name sounds like it should be a pokemon lol
http://store.steampowered.com/app/454410/
um… Cubone, Pichu pikachu and exeggute have been confirmed not get alolan forms
Plus it’ll also make rainbows appear in every country of the world simultaneously and cause your computer to get up and dance the can-can.
i have a laptop, what will it make my laptop do?
give u a lap dance
nice 😉
Laptops are computers…
shhh…. its ok.
Technically so are calculators come to think of it.
We don’t know that yet
Oranguru: oh I’m the king of whacking Ash, the poke jungle VIP…. “OO Oobi DOO I WANNA BE LIKE YOU OO OO”
Passimian: pikachu likes his booty and he “likes to move it move it…”
Malamar:POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS IN PAIN IN NEED…..
Litten: KAKUNA RATTATA IT MEANS NO WORRIES FOR THE REST OF YOU DAYS
POPPLIO: I WISH I COULD BE PART OF YOUR WORLD
Alolan Sandshrew: LET IT GO LET IT GO…. The cold never bothered me anyway
Bewear: YOU GOT THE BEAR NECESSITIES
CUTIEFLY: I BELIEVE I CAN FLY
Wouldn’t Vulpix make more sense than Sandshrew?
Changed it
Also technically Hakuna Mattata was sung by a meerkat and a warthog, not a cat.
And Litten should have been singing “everybody wants to be a cat” or “I just can’t wait to be king”.
Rockruff needs to be singing “he’s a tramp”
Poplio 3 and Crabrawler need to sing “Under the sea”
Just saying 😛
Lol sorry maybe October 4 lol
Yeah but there are still parts where a cat sings Hakuna Matata so it still kindaaaaa works?
There was an entire spin off about the meerkat and the warthog though, the cat only joined in once or twice.
The Pokejungle Book
I need a Dark type pokemon with a slick design like Lucario/Zoroark. Please come through gamefreak
I have a question: is the Vikavolt in the trailer shiny? its colors look different to me.
nah its the same just the lighting
ok I see that now that you say it. the lighting is giving it a greenish color where it’s yellow spots are.
am i the only one who doesnt like how in the new trailer the trainer disappear during moves?
Hadn’t noticed.
Doesn’t worry me.
i only noticed due to looking at the vikavolt. i dont like how the trainer flickering in and out. its not gonna be like a major issue to me.
riddler updated if nobody saw yet (probably did and im late)
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ceed7b1f89868c6d123a20a29fcb09f89016588e3a66fa2e9ed7c1d890824f11.jpg
Lost faith in the ridler ages ago. Hasn’t even got Pichu, Pikachu, Cubone or Exeggcute on their list.
yes they do? on the bottom with the sprites next to exeggcute (Whos next to the faded electrobe)
2nd row
I mean they should be next to the alolan forms, it’s weird trying to shove the alolans up top and the non alolans down below.
Plus I’m sure there are more alolans yet to be revealed.
If this guy knows anything, he probably only knows 4-5 unreleased pokemon and keeps milking it.
well he got the football player and the sage right. and also the bottom sprites are regular pokemon who will be found in Alola, the faded means they have yet to be revealed in a trailer.
there is NOT going to be a Alolan Cubone, or Pikachu. If there was they would have reviled them already.
I’m not sure why this concept is so dang hard for people to get.
I didn’t say that.
This actually just made me realize how many pokemon have been revealed so far… 45. Including starter evos, that brings it up to 51. There’s on average 120 new pokemon/gen, so we’ve nearly seen half of them already…unless we get Kalos 2.0 (which I think is unlikely)
That’s obviously not including alolans.
Last time I counted it was 51 including alolans.
You’re right, it isn’t. I excluded them for the same reason I excluded form changes and Megas
Well, you did say ‘pokemon’, not ‘new pokemon’.
this list is actually very predictable, as the old list before the update had a football player and like a sage like women.
you also gotta consider
Pikipek evolutions (Since we saw the 2 pokeballs in its dex)
I also think Cutiefly has two evolutions. Cutiefly has one ring on it’s wings, the other one has three… Which leads me to believe there is one between them