The mysterious Chinese leaker is at it again, teasing fans with new information that will be revealed soon about the upcoming games Pokémon Sun & Moon. Known for showing various “riddles” which showed hints at Solgaleo, Mimikyu and others, the user has built a reputation for being reliable, but ambiguous, source of information.
This time, they have posted about the Z-Ring which is crucial for pulling off powerful Z-Moves in the new game. It seems that there is something that we have not yet learned about the devices and the leaker says it may relate to a certain kanji (Chinese symbol). They have also stated that the information will come to light VERY SOON.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnbjhQBK4dg
Cresselia, the Smogon user we’ve been working with since the first set of Chinese rumors, breaks it down in her video above, but the symbol in question could be 全 (zen) which means “all” or “entire”. You can see that the shape made by the Z-Ring does resemble the kanji and in Japanese the phrase “zenryoku waza” has been used to describe Z-Moves and probably is even the reason why they are called “Z”-Moves in the first place.
The above character discussion is not something new, but could be related tangentially to what the leaker is hinting at. Hopefully they’re right about the soon part and we’ll get to see some new information about the games before next Tuesday when the next scheduled Sun & Moon trailer/site update will go live.
Comment your thoughts and theories below!
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Idk about you guys, but I’m starting to come around to the new anime’s style lol
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Its so charming and ash doesn’t look rebooted
I think the art style looks fine. Errors aside, it really doesn’t matter how it’s drawn as long as the story keeps up the same quality of the XYZ series lol
Z moves are gonna help with that UB too
Grubbin stabbin Ash in the nose..?
Would appear so lol
okay i’m definitely not watching sun and moon anime, i’ll just play the game instead, because the animation is horrible, they could have use the same animation from xy and xyz
yeah and Litten burn his face an Bewear looking for crush his bones ….I think Ash suffer in Alola ……..most ppl hate animation them but I think it fit these comedy Scene perfectly.
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new pokemon revealed! prototype art
That Celebi though lmao
Where did you get this? I’ve tried to find those images for 10 years…
Wasn’t this for some magazine back in the day? I remember having it as well. I believe the artist drew the pokemon based off the sprites for gold/silver. This was before all of their official art was out.
Beckett Pokemon collerctor magazine.
Good times.
OMG I still have my poster of these from back in the day! I even think the french names were wonky/were wonky english names! I remember being weirded out by them as a kid!
Man, I had that magazine when I was little. Good times.
okay that was dumb of me.
You really like commenting huh? haha
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i dunno about the starter evolutions.
Gotta love drawfee
These are amazing. Plz b real
Dragon Hammer ppl is a new move known by Alolan Exeggutor.
I could have sworn I saw someone tweet about it last night when I woke up from a dead sleep and thought it was fake or something…… It wasn’t until I woke up for really I realized it was the real deal. Maybe I had a premonition? hahaha
that was Wood Hammer
No we’ve seen wood hammer in another trailer and it looks different. Also the text says “Dragon Hammer” in Japanese. It’s from a new clip shown in a Nintendo video they posted on their YouTube channel.
Link?
I don’t know which particular video it is, but Serebii pointed it out and I’m pretty sure we’ve seen wood hammer in one of the new trailers already, which looked different. Even if it’s just my imagination about seeing wood hammer already the text doesn’t lie. Just go to Serebii to see for yourself lol
Its a hammer made of wood its wood hammer
Semantics…….hahahaha
just saw that on serebii.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWRis-_2uVQ dropping them hints though *RF
He also has black and red hair
yeah its kinda obvious,
next interviews will be the actor from arrow & the little mermaid
So?
> The video is posted by Pokemon
> AlolanSandshrew states it’s a hint about Beltigre
> The guy in the video is a professional wrestler
> The guy in the video has black and red hair
Coro coro usually leaks a few days early
Another article about the Chinese Riddler.
I’ve learnt my lesson, I know what to do now.
*leaves for other places*
You really don’t like the riddler that much huh? hahaha
Usually the case with people in denial. The riddler has proven his/her credibilty a long time ago. Its not a coincedence anymore
I can still see what you’re saying ftr.
What??
By insinuating/assuming that I am in denial without even attempting to think that I might have other reasons for disliking the riddler, you have just justified my decision to leave and ignore articles about the Riddler.
Y u here then
I was leaving when I saw the comment after I had finished replying to Sunny.
I feel ya fam.
There are a great many reasons I don’t like him/her, but people who do will just try to argue with me and tell me I’m wrong for not liking him/her so the least stressful solution is to just blank the articles about the riddler completely and go and do something fun instead.
That’s very fair. Not everyone is going to agree on everything. lol
Yeah he won’t stop leaking rumors. stop the rumors they got a little stale posting one a week or changing your leak after something contradicts it
Lol, I’m pretty much in the same boat. But I’ll hang around for when the conversations change to anything other than the ‘Riddler’.
So glad I’m not alone.
I don’t have the patience, not when there’s adventures to be had involving Skooma, Vampires, Skooma, Cave Spiders, Skooma, “Skyrim belongs to the Nords!” and more Skooma.
Jan Itor working his Alolashipping agenda already, ffs he is annoying sometimes.
Seriously? So he “revealed” that a revelation is gonna be revealed soon. Really impressive. I should try this leaker thing as well…
Ps: is it true they changed back Ash’s art style? Hope so because the new one is too many steps back from what was delivered in xyz.
Of course it’s not true they changed the style. What animation team with any integrity would change their art because a small subsection of angry fans? Plus they’re already a small subsection of teen/adult fans that even bother to watch the anime.
And largely because part of the show is already made, and lots of money and work already done for marketing.
I tried making fake leaks once. It’s pretty fun
For those talking about it below: https://youtu.be/HAJoke1J9LI?t=12m37s
Alolan Exeggutor does indeed have access to a new move called Dragon Hammer (ドラゴンハンマー)
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You’re ahead of me 🙁
I’ll wait 4 u xoxo
bae
A little less conversation and a little more “touch my body”
I thought you were singing Tom Jones. Then I realised you were just fantasising.
You go, girl.
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“/! You have already made this comment.”
Thwarted ; n ;
It’s not unusual!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYIwPu50Fic
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Got everyone watching us, so baby let’s keep it secret, a little bit scandalous, but baby don’t let them see it…
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So i think they will reveal that some pokes can attain mega form (zen?, perfect form?), after the z move…. ash greninja will be one of the examples….
And it will be revealed on the 4th
I would hope so, but it seems really early for that considering how little thus far they have shown.. Not even start evolutions.
Serebii confirms that the move used by Alola Exeggutor in the trailer is called Dragon Hammer
What’s the other hammer move. . . its Grass.. ummm Oh Wood Hammer. Nvm. It will get both, cool
I love hammers!
The hammer is the weapon of the strong
They are the tools of creation and direction
And the symbol of justice and order
Their also very slow in game combat ;P
that’s usually better
Slower weapons usually have a very high damage
YESSS!! BRUTE FORCE PREVAILS!!
http://i.imgur.com/r4dC3ix.jpg
xD
my first hand built hammer
i scrapped a tree that blew down from a hurricane 2 blocks down
sawed the wood myself for 2 hours
bought the rod and bore the handle pole myself
and i lift it every day to keep mah bi and pecs tyght
Never hit anything with it? 😛
as much as i want to don’t
i worked too hard on it just break it
one of these days i’m gonna built a beating one and coat it with wax
cool
Yeah, yeah, yeah. . True, Tru
dis is my hammer of legends
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[insert Mjolnir reference here]
I did say this earlier in the comments…
Wow that was very unreasourceful yet it was interesting to learn what that was
We’re getting new info next week, right?
Next Tuesday is scheduled yes
and the week after that the full power of Type: Null
Breeding whore it is
It’s gonna be great.
what about a Chimera Centaur with 6 Arms of varying components
i only say this because “In its attempts to replicate opposing unmatched powered its mutant DNA caused an explosion of genetic scrambling adding on too much power then its body has room for
Eh I like it all but the centaur. That seems too much.
well we never had a real Centaur
I wonder if Type:Null is the pokemon the Chinese leaks talked about being able to have different types depending on how you breed it. I mean, that would make sense but it’s probably not since they said it’s a cat.
Type:Null is genderless.
Nevertheless it can have reverse Ditto situation.
Wow the Monster Hunter graphic look pretty good.. n wide open. Better than Pokemon I would say. . why is that? :/
What is Ash Greninja? I hope this isn’t going digimon where you morph together with the pokemon
Dude where do you sleep? Under a rock?
No, in my bed. Ya know? Like a normal person does. Because I have a life to attend to that doesn’t require me to know every last thing about Pokemon. Just because I like to play the game doesn’t mean i’m required to dedicate my life to being informed on everything about it. Its just a videogame, not a lifestyle. So just because Pokemon is the #1 thing you’re focused on, doesn’t mean I live under a rock, tbh its probably the other way around. I don’t even really play videogames anymore, so what makes you think i’m gonna go out my way and watch anime, and look at every news feed to see what Ash Greninja is. So instead of answering the question, you’d rather say some dumb shii instead. Nice???
To be fair it’s been a huge discussion for months now.
Your point? I just dug out Pokemon Alpha Sapphire to finish it since a new game is coming out. Haven’t touched the game since a year ago like a week after i copped it. All i do is go on Serebii and here and watch the new trailers that reveal new pokemon.
Well your sounding a little rude about it try to calm down
I am calm. i was jus lettin him know how it is lol.
woah you ok fam?
lmao im coolin?
So judging by your below reply, you dont watch the anime series?
Ash-Greninja is a unique transformation, where Ash’s Greninja takes on the appearance of Ash and gains an immense boost in both speed and power. It actually surpasses most Mega Evolved Pokemon.
And no, it is not a morph. Its a fusion of the mind. Both Ash and his Greninja share the same heartbeat and their minds are synchronized. So when Greninja takes damage, Ash feels that pain too
gotcha
not 全 it’s 仝 he said before
Meaning..?
Thong
=同 same,alike/together
same/together
Wow. Omg.. . Synchro Evolution here we come!
http://fantasticfakemon.com/post/46292097316/i-try-to-post-lines-separately-but-these-are-only What do you think?
Well fire starter looks like it could be real Pokemon. Its starts like it has a very good potential but evolves into some fucked up humanoid shit.
Lol
ehh two hoofed creatures…repetitive
Yeah, you can tell it’s repetitive when you look at 2nd and the 3rd evos of the grass and water types
I really like the first and second stages but the third seem over designed.
The water one looks a bit too much like Cobalion for me
Up to the middle evolutions they look all right. But I don’t like the final evolutions at all
I really hope this Z move stuff doesn’t go more into depth. Maybe its just that you can mega evolve with it or something but other than that please game freak don’t give us another synchro thing or something.
You know what else… Next Gen will likely bring Another form of evolution 😛
I don’t know if you guys watch the theory videos online like Lockstin and Game Theory, but based on what they are saying.. Next Gen will Likely have Another new form of evolution. Not to mention the possibility of Synchro this Gen.
They’ve all but said that this is a Dimension with Mega evolution but the Pokemon in the Dimension we started in Also have learned to Evolve in new way on their own without it.
Hinted in the Pokemon Break cards. So I can’t wait for that! 😛
Though part of me IS thinking this is getting to be a little much .. hehe
*edited
What did Game theory say?
That Sans is Ness and Wario is 10 feet tall
I watched so many videos.. I don’t completely remember. Basically just what I said.. We started in a different Dimesnion than we currently are in on the 3DS
So I hatched a shiny gible (woo…) and it’s 5IV but missing the one in attack. Darn
Bottle Caps!
Oh, yeah…forgot those were a thing. Too bad Shiny Garchomp kinda sucks
Shiny Mega Garchomp on the other hand…
barfff
:0
That happened to me with Tyrunt. I hope Bottle Caps aren’t too rare, ’cause I’m gonna need quite alot.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-348799720
this is why Mamoswine had to be extinct
BECAUSE OF MAJOR PWNAGE
Lol. That guys team though.
yeah but who doesn’t love a full sweep
You should not brag about full sweeping someone who tried to use thunder wave on a ground type pokemon…
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So this kind of stuff is allowed but not fan games that were made out of love for the games they are based on?
I don’t know what that is
It’s one of those bootleg pokemon apps where they lure people in with pokemon or pokemon looking characters as a quick cash grab
Yeh, that’s probably not allowed either, just GF has no clue about it so it hasn’t been shut down…or it’s not as troublesome to the Pokemon brand as a fan game.
Honestly I understand GF wanting to protect their intellectual property. They own Pokemon so can allow and disallow whatever they want. It’s how the law works, and honestly if I had created something like Pokemon you can be damned sure I would do everything in my power to protect it from being exploited.
Just my opinion on the matter.
But I mean, even sega and valve are cool with fan games. Why can’t Nintendo?
Everyone has personal views on the matter. Some people don’t mind kids jumping into their gardens to retrieve their footballs e.t.c. Others simply won’t allow it.
In most cases laws like this hold such that people will only be prosecuted if the company decides to press charges. So the power lies with the company itself. Sega and Valve are Ok with it, Nintendo isn’t. It’s really as simple as that.
I’m not arguing that they can’t do this, it just really doesn’t look good for them
Personally I don’t feel it hurts their image all that much. How many fans are their of Pokemon? and how many are aware of or have played any of the fan games?
laws can be weird. There this case that these people founded a coffee shop called dumb starbucks, everything on the menu was similar to starbucks but starbucks could not do anything about it because there is law that says permits them to do that
Yeh, there are definitely loopholes people can exploit, and some ridiculous things that I’ve heard of in the news.
There was an article where the creators of No Mans Sky had to get to permission from Sky TV to use the word ‘Sky’ in their title.
Uranium? It had an awful art direction.. I rather they don’t associate that product with PKMN.
I discovered today I am really digging Steel types. Absolutely love them lol
Welcome to the club. Steel Types are the best.
I suppose fairy is my fave… so.. ._.
I actually never really thought about it much until I started battling and realised how much I enjoy using Steel Types. I guess It makes sense since my favourite Pokemon is Metagross
ROBOT FAIRY >:D
Have developed a serious fondness for Aggron
I had this thing where I used to use Rock Head Aggron and hit things with Stab Head Smashes, and when they thought I wasn’t a mega so they send in something with a fighting or ground move to finish me off….Bam Mega Evolve, tank the hit and Heavy Slam them.
I love Steel Steelix is the Best Steel type though
I’ve used Steelix in some of the lower tiers on Showdown, work wonders if played correctly.
My faves are Metagross, Scizor and Ferrothorn. I also like Aggron, Magnezone is fun, Mawile is pretty cool too.
Dialga is a beast, I used to use a support set in Ubers.
Time to replace Sceptile for a Skarmory
Thats never happening. Sceptile is my spiritual animal, it embodies everything I am as a human. But besides that, it is simply the best Pokemon ever.
He’s on my Gen 3 team. So, I get it 😛
like whut
Love them
like specifics
Magnezone is the best steel type. Proven fact
*yawn* one Earthquake and its dead
sure you can try to use HP Ice or hold on with Sturdy but you’ll die
Same could be said for Rhypherior in regards to water and grass types, Mr. Earthen
it could but i’m talking bout Magnezone V Ground
you always gotta bring up my weaknesses on the fly
i rarely get the upper hand
I’m just saying…generally anything with x4 weaknesses is gonna get wrecked by that typing
well you don’t know how it feels to a shit-ton of weaknesses
Well Volcarona does have a x4 weakness and rock just got a priority move so I can kinda understand.
ice
only three
i have 6 i gotta deal with
Ice/Grass, one of the worst type combos probably ever
But Abomasnow is a beast though
7 weaknesses though…yikes..
Indeed, but its still a very strong Pokemon imo
Yeah but the combo itself is pretty bad. 4 resistances and 0 immunities isn’t anything to write home about
Bug/grass
Also terrible
Luckily only two sets of those, Paras line and Sewaddle line
You mean as in a particular Pokemon? Aggron, Scizor and Skarmory are my favourites, closely followed by Magnezone, Aegislash and Ferrothorn
oi that’s all the same generic steel types but then again only so many in this world
I could say Klefki, but you dont like Fairies 😛
i really don’t like Steel types competitively lately
Surprising. I thougt you preferred the more bulky and/or sturdy Pokemon
truthfully i prefer a massive offense in place of set ups and walls
brute force is my forte
but this freaking meta is nothing but walls and stalls so annoying
Could swap Skarmory for Bisharp, come to think of it
Grass and Flying are my two favorite types…not very effective against Steel 🙁
Steel Master Race.
Remind me of myself, not easily damaged, unless punched or burnt.
Or split in half by fissures
Ha xD I’m an easy going person, which kinda fits with Grass and Flying. They’re relaxing types imo. Steel is my 4th favorite type, and Steven is the greatest Champion.
Personally I can handle a lot, and do whatever to avoid conflict, but I won’t hesitate to defend myself if I have to.
Steven is obviously the best. Maining my boy Metagross and dressing to impress. Looking suave as hell.
Steven poses 0 challenge, even with his precious mega. Iris, Lance, Alder..all more challenging
Skarmory set up, Cradily extremely annoying, and Mega Metagross will shit through your team. Try challenging him without the handicap of the exp all and turning battle style to “Set” instead of “Switch.”
His re-match team on the other hand…well that’s an extreme disappointment and whoever is responsible should be fired.
Eh, maybe in Gen 3. Gen 6 everyone was easy.
I disagree! Gen 6 is really hard without exp share.
Idk, man. I pretty much blew through any and everyone in X&Y and the gym leaders in ORAS were all horribly weak. I never use exp. share either
I’ve had a different experience so my opinion is different xD I’ve been replaying Y, no exp share, battle style on set, and no healing during battles, and the game has been getting difficult around Laverre City. And in OR I played through the same rules, and it was definitely challenging. Tate and Liza were shit, but Steven’s Metagross was running rampant. That thing will OHKO almost anything.
It also very much depends on your team. Having a good Water Type/Ground Type makes the fight a lot easier in my opinion. I had two fighting types, a poison type and a fairy type….so yeh I had fun with him.
Also gym leaders in ORAS were indeed weak, but in Emerald I actually struggled with some.
I know Norman is a Gym Leader that some struggled with, yet he was pretty easy for me because of Aron using Protect on the turns his Slakings don’t have Truant
He was hard in Emerald, not really anything else
Yeah, but even so he wasn’t too hard, yet it was harder for other players so I don’t want to come across as a bragger
I don’t think I ever struggled with Norman. But Tate and Liza were tough in Emerald. Also Brawley could be tough but I always used Ralts. Watson could be hard as well since there are no ground types available before getting to him (except marshtomp, which makes it so much easier)
Talking only about Emerald here, never really played the original RS.
That’s true, I do plan my teams accordingly
He actually used Spikes with Skarmory and sets up Screens with Claydol before sending out Mega Metagross (which will outspeed your Blaziken and one shot it). I had to ensure my Blaziken was in before he megas, so I could get off a hit…
His original team is absolutely one of the best, tbh I wish his re-match team was just left as his original team. They took out his threats and replaced them with a fragile Aerodactyl and an offensive Carbink. It just doesn’t make sense.
I like his original team. I know every one says he’s a Steel Specialist, which fair enough he is. But to say that makes him easier than those without a speciality is frankly stupid. His team is more diverse than people give him credit for…
100% agree with you. He does specialize in Steel types, but he’s also a fossil maniac and his team is reflective of that. And they all work together and pose a challenge to those not prepared.
Who said anything about challenging?
I found Iris, Lance and Alder incredibly easy. I never played the original RS so I have no idea how Steven was in them (Played Emerald and Wallace was easy). In ORAS he was Ok, but the games were incredibly easy and I was overleveled (same for Diantha). Cynthia was a little tough in DP, a lot easier in Platinum.
I said! I do like Steven though. Challenge mode in ORAS would’ve helped the games immensely though
I have numerous reasons to like Steven. Challenging or not, he’s my favourite champion.
I liked Grass a lot up until gen 3 but I lost interest in them ever since, although I do like Torterra. But Rowlet sparked my interest again, so who knows.
Rowlet might rival Altaria for my favorite Pokemon ever. Depends how much I enjoy using one, but on design alone, especially that final evolution, it’s all I could ever hope for.
Cynthia is laughing in her villa
My biggest fan dream (Besides going back to Kalos and the Battle Frontier returning) is having a double battle against Steven and Cynthia. Two best Champions imo.
Sounds…evil. You would need a strong dragon or water pokemon for garchomp. Ice types would be killed by steven.
Mine would be to have an animated battle with my Pokemon
Steel is not my favourite typing, I just happen to like them more and more. Water and Dark remain my favourites, closely followed by Electric
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1475064800586.jpg
I think this thing is goona be like Typhlosion, ie sometimes goes on all 4s
*something that sometimes goes on all 4’s but never really does and is almost always depicted as bipedal garbage*
Quilava is better imo
O yes. Totodile is the better johto starter though, imo
Yup but can you guess who is even better? Take a wild guess at Gen.2
Croconaw
No look not an evo. Keep guessing your in the right type
…. Feraligatr??
Kurusu…?
*Ding Ding Ding* we got a winner!!!!!!
Too bad it does not exist :3
Yeah. 🙁
It is cute though
Thank you
I wonder if they’ll ever use it as inspiration for a future pokemon. They could incorporate it somewhere
Yeah it’s so cute and simplistic it could work as a new Water type
Probably not as a starter unless they made it more detailed though
It looks kinda like a Lapras pre-evo
I thought so too
The belt makes me doubt that.
Wow this art shows it in a whole new light. I think it’s finally starting to grow on me.