We are getting close to Pokémon Sun & Moon’s release and will be using our spoiler image more often to warn people about information they may not want to see.
Today’s post is about the Chinese Riddler who has recently teased information about the evolution of Salandit, one of the Pokémon revealed this summer. They have said that it will relate to one of four characters: a kyūbi (9-tailed fox), Cleopatra, the gorgons or a siren. The below image was included in his post:
In the description of Salandit, many fans noticed that it mentioned females being able to produce pheromones capable of attracting males of any species, Pokémon and human alike.
See any resemblance to one of those in its appearance or lore? Post your sleuthing and theories down in the comments!
In addition they stated that we do not know everything about the Alolan starters, even after seeing their second evolutions and the leaked third stages. Mysterious!
The same Riddler actually post that….how ppl think this is could be real then? http://forums.bulbagarden.net/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.4cdn.org%2Fvp%2F1474867816240.png&hash=f31badb4b8671e1bb130c7328c5677f8
I dont know what’s real anymore
I want Litten become fire/dark ……if GF want to give Litten fire/poison form they should tell me first.
Here’s my opinion for Pokémon Evolutions this time
100% will have to Evolve at least once:
Saladit
Cutiefly
Bounsweet
Wimpod
Komala
Morelull
Minior
Jangmo-o
Maybe will get one (pre-Evos.):
Drampa
Turtornator
Comfey
Oricorio
Pyukumuku
Won’t get one at all no chance:
Mimikyu
Oranguru
Passimian
Bruxish
Crabrawler
Wishiwashi
Switch Mimikyu to maybe actually cause it might who knows wants to be like Pikachu maybe will evolve like it to
I think Mimikyu will evolve through friendship.
Otherwise unless it has really good stats I probably won’t use it.
Solid theory, I personally think Bounsweet and Minior are a bit iffy though. Minior’s ability seems too gimmicky to me to get an evo and Bounsweet… I don’t know why, it just seems like one of those weaker pokemon who don’t get an evolution for some reason.
It has “mini” in its name, that’s why I think it’ll get an evo. And bounsweet seems super incomplete.
*Smacks forehead* “Minior”, how did I miss that?
If your not paying attention it can be easily missed. Trust me, I was with you in that boat.
It’s gotta evolve into “Seniorior” or “Majorior” or “Maxior” or something.
Besides, Flabebe’s line kept its color gimmick.
Something like Majoir, or just Major, as in Ursa major sounds best. It will be tied to a constellation, such as Minior is tied to Ursa minor as well as being a pun on mini.
I’m almost sure that Pyukumuku will get an evo, and I’m also sure that Oricorio is complete.
What about the rest?
I think that Jangmo-o is our pseudolegendary. Comfey feels like the Klefki of this gen so I do not see an evo. I cannot see a prevo for turtornator tbh, but I can see oranguro and passimian having an pre-evolution. imo passimian looks like the second stage evo for a three stage evolution. Bruxish wont evolve, it is the luvdisc/alomomola of this gen but there is a shot it has a prevo ala lumineon. and drampa evo is probably drachild lol
I could see Comfey being the Flabebe of this gen as well.
Turtornator was super iffy almost was put down but I thought it’s either like Druddigon or Altaria has a pre-Evo or it’s a standalone
It seems more likely that Oricorio won’t evolve, and personally I don’t think Mimilyu will either, it looks like a one-off to me. I’m not sure Comfey will get one, but it does seem to be this generation’s Flabebe.
I do think Oranguru and Passimian will have prevos though, there is loads of design scope to be explored there with a baby orang-utan or some cute lemur holding a berry (it’d be nice to get a more true-to life cute lemur than just the 2m weird buff one we have). I also think Crabrawler might have an evo or prevo.
Pokemon with alternate forms have evolved before. Like Burmy, Shellos, and Deerling. Oricorio has a chance to evolve, I feel.
That’s fair, I think Minior will evolve for example. I dunno, I just feel Oricorio feels complete enough as it is, and Dancer makes it viable enough as is. You could say the same for Minior’s ability, but if it’s rather base stage-ish design and name don’t hint to an evolution called Mightior, I’ll be heavily surprised.
Oricorio was already iffy but I thought hey they done unexpected things before and Mimikyu too and I feel Crabrawler may get one I agree but and Passimian and Oranguru seem like Sawk and Throh to me
Maybe Oricorio will have a pre-evo and depending on what island you evolve it on, that’s what form it will get.
goddamit another girly pokemon !? This one better have gender diference
I personally hope that the new pokemon have a lot of gender differences and that they do the same to older pokemon as well.
Prepare for the riots.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h192/AlexBCA/MaleandFemales2.jpg
Or Torchics spot on males
I’m just saying that gender differences are very minuscule and hardly noticeable. While it would be cool if they came back, you won’t get huge design changes
IKR I feel we should get more than just erratically changed like Pyroar and Jellicent and more like Butterfree and Venosaur type ones
Yeah, male Torchic has a butthole and female Torchic doesn’t. What’s up with that?
They should change the colour palette completely for gender differences
I think Black and White are the only games where I actually want to use the legendary. I love how they hype you up to be a hero chosen by the legendary pokemon. I’ve replaced Mandibuzz with Reshiram to play through the post game in Black version
Zekrom <3
I’m kinda scared that the Battle Royale dome might be the facility that the backpacker was talking about. :/
So I’m lazy and I’m just trying to Action Replay my pokemon up to level 80-90 just to fight Cynthia and the E4 and maybe the game designers in black version and I accidentally gave myself 1,000,000 xp .-.
Over time I’ve stopped caring about what the riddler has to say, I mean, their hints are too obtuse to actually guess what they mean, we can only look back and see what they have gotten right.
It’s fun though IMO. A straightforward leak is basically an announcement without the fun images. If it’s true that is.
It is but it frustrates me when all he leaks are the lists that only has what we 100% know and add odd pictures to things (not the Toucan but like the statues and the one picture of a random girl), also not adding obvious things like Komala or Bounsweet getting Evos. (We all know it will happen)
The thing is he probably hasn’t seen their evolutions. He doesn’t claim to know the whole pokedex, Just that he’s in a position to see some of them before they’re anounced. Why put question marks after pokemon that he isn’t 100% will have one or two evolutions when it would just make him look like a fool if they don’t.
True but let’s be real we all know Minior and Bounsweet have to
I’m not saying that they don’t, I believe they do, but I feel that the leaker understands it’s irresponsible for him to leak things he can’t be 100% certain of. So let’s say they have 2 evos instead of one, if he puts one question mark and it turns out they have 2 it will make the things he does know for certain seem less plausible because he guessed something he didn’t know.
True you are right there
Sorry to write so much xD I just don’t see alot of people defending the leaker.
I like his style
Exactly Loq
The fact that the riddler changed his profile picture to Grimsley is bothering me. Why use both characters from Gen 5?
Just hatched an accidental Shiny Pichu. Think I’ll be saving evolving it fully until I’ve transferred him to Gen 7.
You do realize it’ll be Kanto Raichu, right?
How come?
It’s from an older generation so I guess Isthme thinks if it’s from say Gen.5 or 6 it will be permanently set in what Gen. line it’s from
I really hope not, I also have a Shiny Exeggcute I wanted to try and evolve in Alola.
Shiny Alolan Exeggutor!!!!
I will endeavour to obtain one regardless, gotta love that weirdo 🙂
The only way to get an Alolan variant would be to catch one in Alola, all pokemon that have one and are transferred up will be a kanto variant from what they have told us
But that would stop original Raichu being obtainable outside of transfer, that would kind of suck.
Thats kind of the point they were going for
So people who only have gen 7 games will only be able to get Alolan Raichu unless they are able to trade with someone with transferred ones? I find that odd, almost like a retcon.
I think Alola Forms will return through future Safari Zones.
Well… I mean they have said it multiple times that the only way to get them is by transferring, its not like they haven’t done it before, you cant get all pokemon in the gen 6 games without transferring. Im sorry to say this but I am 95% sure that you will not be able to just evolve old ones to get the Alolan forms
Oh well, I will still try, worst that can happen is I have original Shiny Raichu and Exeggutor. Personally I thought this pertained to Vulpix, Sandshrew etc, not those that start original and then evolve into the new forms.
It give them a reason to play through the eshop Pokemon Blue version, I plan on getting yellow. I just wished I could evolve my Pikachu in that and still have it follow me.
I guess, but that counts out Egg Moves, Hidden Abilities, Nature control and Shiny-ness, even if IV’s can now be Maxed in the (likely limited bottle-cap) Hyper Training.
True, though I don’t think bottle caps will be limited. Likely just extremely hard to get. Golden Bottle caps however will likely be limited. I look forward to be able to amp up my Mawile, she’s my strongest Pokemon. I hope I can get her Mega Stone pretty early on. At least on my second and true play through.
I hope they are just for BP, at least that’s better than events or limited amount per game.
Disagree I wish they are super expensive
That way people won’t be able to Supe up their legends for about….2 weeks maybe a month until everyone just starts hacking……
When I say just for BP, I mean for a lot of BP. I just think it’s better than the other 2 options I said they may be obtained by.
I don’t think they’ve confirmed anything, but logically only pokemon native to Alola would get the Alolan forms. Why would a pichu born in kanto or whatever turn into an alolan raichu just by being in Alola? I believe it has to do with genetics at this point. And I don’t see why not being able to get the original forms in Alola is that bad, it’s another gen, another region and they could not even have added these pkm in the game. We can get gen 1 pkm from RBY
Because it could’ve had another evolution method? Obtaining in RBY is all well and good unless you care about Egg Moves, Nature, Ability, Type of ball they are in beyond those of gen 1, Gender etc, y’know stuff that didn’t exist or you couldn’t control in those games. None of that affects me as such as I can breed most of what I want in gen 6, not everyone will be able to. I agree it probably is genetic coding.
It has to have been Alola born (presumably).
Well we don’t know that yet so I’ll still hold out on evolving him. I would find it odd we couldn’t get original Raichu outside of transfer
It’s a good idea to just hold out and try it at least.
If it works, great, you now have two shiny Alolan shinies! If it doesn’t, well you still have a shiny non-alolan Raichu and Exeggutor even if they’re stuck in Sun and Moon.
Yeah, I’ll be happy with them either way, I was just looking forward to finding out exactly what their Alolan Shiny forms were myself. Still no doubt they’ll be discovered by others soon enough.
I just noticed something: in the new trailer Hau says “. . . think you’re going to beat me and my team when were serious about winning!” Presumably he says “don’t” before that, it’s the only thing that makes sense. It’s unlikely but it’d be a fun twist to have him be a pushover all game and then during his final battle be a serious threat.
I wish they could make an Ancient-Egyptian based Pokemon like a Pyramid Pokemon which is Ground-Psychic, or a Phaorh pokemon.
Closest we have to the 1st is Claydol, and the 2nd Cofagrigus.
Ugh, Gen 5 Pokemon are ugly, Cofagrigus sucks.
I happen to like a lot of Gen 5 Pokémon. Cofagrigus may not be the best but I still like it.
That thing is stupidly bulky only being beaten by freaking Evoilite Dusclops
One day I want to see that horrid item gone, period,
You dare dare look down upon his GLORIOUS GOLDEN figure!?
Though not Egyptian themed I was working on an Arabian Pokemon
Spellsufi and Magenie
Spellsufi
Psychic
Magic Bounce/Overcoat
It is a petite humanoid Pokemon with blackish blue skin and large eyes, it has a jeweled turban like structure on its head that extends a long cloth from the back and wrapping around its arms, waist and thighs like a veil and those pointed genie shoes for feet
“They use a veil created from psychic energy to protect them from harsh desert heat, when the sun sets they gain mysterious powers from the moonlight”
Magenie
Psychic
Magic Bounce/Overcoat
A large Arabian genie like Pokemon with a multicolored flowing robe with gold, magenta and blue textile patterns, its head has a large turban with a bigger gem in the forehead and three pairs of eyes each with a different pupil color (Green orange and purple) a long wispy tail (no legs) and at the very tip of the tail is a golden orb that says to hold vast amounts of energy
“Magenie are thought to hold untold amounts of power but it is only capable through the pure desires of its trainer, if it senses that its trainer is greedy it will curse them and abandon them forever”
Perhaps, but isn’t Hoopa arab origins?
It is but I wanted to make a traditional non-legends Genie
Cofagrigus
http://i.imgur.com/Gxzfx1n.png?1
https://67.media.tumblr.com/b790dd20c985a9cd314d30a93949ed4e/tumblr_oelwb41mWc1r7w0iso1_500.gif
I simply love this pokemon. Cannot understand people complaining about it being too feminine. Why do they even care is a mystery for me. Plus if it turns out water/fairy will be a monster, like :” i’m gonna kill you but I’ll keep smiling and being fabulous”.
It’s the skirt. :/
https://66.media.tumblr.com/7455607d02b01c8057df3aa3883523e1/tumblr_oeon7q5oBw1s1afm7o1_500.jpg
this response is perfect
I have been waiting 5 hours to use it
You can have a cool feminine Pokemon without having a dumb-looking frilly skirt: just look at Popplio 3. It’s obtrusive to the design, and tbh an eyesore IMO.
Lilligant are only female, not sure it counts with the rest here.
I continue to prey to Dark Wizards that this…thing does not end up a freaking Fairy that would make 7 god damn fairies and I already fear how much of a headache the others will do to the competitive scene
A priority healer
A free sub
Another spore-er
The bee fly thing looks weak as frack but I know they’re gonna give it something op
And lastly a Merwhore which’ll probably pester me with scald and high defense or something along the lines
Keep praying to your phony gods.. Goddess Popplio3 is not merciful to those who resist the grace of the fairy typing
I do to. its super beautiful, my kinda pokemon!
Personally it’s not the fact it’s feminine per se that bothers me, it’s the fact I find it and it’s evolution a complete squandering of Popplio’s potential. Turning into a sort of clown-idol popstar mishmash and then into a siren is not what I had in mind at all. Not that it would need to follow what I had in mind to be good, but we could have had some sort of circus clown and/or even better some reference to real life fur seal species, and what we have just doesn’t qualify as good enough for me, especially compared to those.
Honestly I just find Brionne itself looks dumb and unnapealing design wise compared to Dartrix and Torracat, and it’s doofy look doesn’t have the charm of Marshstomp’s or Quilladin’s for example.
The Siren not as bad as Tony the Tumour, but I still think Rowlet’s is the only decent starter line we’re getting this gen (tbf I adore it though).
Of course this is all just my opinion, but I think it’s worth underlining one can find Brionne and it’s evo highly dissapointing without caring about the feminine aspect.
Reminder that you have two days left to battle PercyEspeon and MelloMori, otherwise I’ll be choosing randomly. :/
Wait what
Is this for the tourney? Are we starting the final rounds? I had no idea .-.
Yeah, I said this two days ago . . . Anyway it should be plenty of time for only two battles, but please make this a priority; I’d HATE to make it random, I’d feel super bad for whoever didn’t get picked.
Uh, shoot I have an 8 hour car ride tomorrow .-. If either of you are here, let’s battle real quick!
I mean you have Monday I guess? I should probably extend it tbh, but not by much, because these are important battles and I guess I didn’t make it clear enough.
I’m goona be gone on Vacation until Saturday so I can only battle in the evenings. Dang. I mean if it has to be random then thats fine
Hmm. 🙁 I’d hate to extend it that far, but these are also important battles, so this is sort of a tough decision.
I’ll sleep on it.
If it helps, I”m still here, but I’m feeling really sick after a flu shot so I’m going to bed. But I’m also for just making it random at this point. Worst case scenario you can still challenge the league, and you could always keep that person’s name on hand as our first pick if someone wants to retire their position for one reason or another.
Yeah, I’m keeping the third place for a “ninth gym leader” of sorts. I’d still hate for it to come to that tough.
Also I hope you feel better.
Also try the forums!
Too bad this art looks better than real Brionne
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/178/540/adc.gif
http://i.imgur.com/a/0208l
refresh
Bored we probably won’t see any Corocoro until maybe the 12th….. There’s a extremely slim chance it could come tomorrow or Monday but I dunno
So what if Salandit turns into one of those 6-legged basalisk kinda deals that can turn ppl to stone with a glare like gorgons do? I mean, I guess we already got Giritina for that look though, but I don’t think it’d be too bad seeing another take on it. Like, Jangmo-o seems to be gunning for Dialga’s typing, so reusing stuff from legendaries onto more common pokemon wouldn’t be too far fetched.
My main issue with that would be that it completely leaves the bandit theme, unless it somehow uses all those legs to help it steal.
I agree about using things again that first appeared with Legendaries, they did that with Drought and Drizzle for example.
I still wish Mega Camerupt got drought and like a solid 50-50 defense boost but nope it’s frail and slower then ever and completely useless without trick room or sunlight
Mega Camerupt is pretty good if you know how to use.
You obviously don’t
I guess it getting Drought would have been cool. It couldn’t be too much better than Sharpedos’ Mega because of the whole counterpart thing. The only reason Sharpedo is particularly better is that it can have Speed Boost before going Mega. Camerupt doesn’t have anything particularly useful beforehand. I really think Camerupt got a bit of a poor deal all round. The reason it’s slow is because they made it bulky, but it’s defences don’t really reflect that. Real camels can be pretty fast, I get that it has to lug around volcano humps, perhaps if it were a bit leaner it would be faster.
All the Ground Megas got the poor deal
Garchomp should be slashing but that mesely drop in speed ruined it
Steelix is just a Aggron clone but with all its weaknesses still present
Camerupt absolutely horrid
and Swampert….only when it rains it reigns supreme but ehhh it’s not super dangerous
It steals hearts ?
Hmm I’m assuming it’s gonna have a big gender difference or evolve into a completely different pokemon depending on the gender, but still this guy/girl is going on my team.
New status condition when the gorgon turn a Pokémon to stone?
Paralysis?
Tigermasku’s comment had me thinking- if you could create a new status condition (or even a minor one like attract or confusion) what would it be!?
drenched: cuts speed in half (lasts as longs as sleep, with the same chance of being cured between turns like sleep, “Purugly’s no longer Drenched!” or “Bewear dried off!”) makes you resist water type and fire type attacks for the duration, but weak to electric. lasts longer in rain, doesn’t last as long during strong sunlight. this is now what the move “Soak” does, and moves involving a lot of water have a chance to cause this condition, like surf and hydro pump. pokemon with water absorb and dry skin are immune to this effect.
Weak to electricity? Like how Alain’s Tyranitar was weak to Pikachu’s thunderbolt
I… I didn’t type that. I actually looked to see if I had a typo, but I did it right.
nevermind I saw your edit. I think it would be neat to overwrite type relationships as long as the condition is on.
Yeah wow it would be a neat way of justifying the orignal sin of Pikachu trashing Brock’s Onixi
Well to be fair Rock does not resist Electric moves
Don’t know if you’d call this a status condition but I’d love something that scares a pokemon back into its ball forcing it to only come out when it’s the scary pokemon’s fainted or gets switched out or if the scared pokemon is the last one on a team. Seems a bit op so it could be limited to a legendary.
Rust, a poison status that applies to Steel types. I know salandit covers this somewhat, but it would be interesting and realistic in-universe to have rust as an attack, and a poison type move with more wide pokémon usage, but less effective range as a tradeoff (it’s not like it’ll hurt non-steel types). There could even be abilities for non-rusting metal pokémon!
Well all 4 of them captivated men. So /shrug
I’m going to say it a billion times. It’s going to be based on a succubus
Whatever Salandit evolves into,it still holds its place on my pokemon team.I’m a huge sucker for lizards and other reptiles
meganium was femine, why did’nt they have problem with to masculine/menly looking female pokemon???
As a gay guy who loves his princesses and girly things too, I hate the meganium line and the popplio evos equally. For starters I’ve always liked more ambiguous designs because they are made for everyone. Others like gardevoir and Liligant can be passed up for others if you don’t like them but a starter is your first of a type and can set the stage for the game. I love popplio so I’m just not evolving him.
Meganium wa a very female looking line why didnt they had in the past objections with too menly/musculine looking female versions of some other pokemon???
Maybe it will be based on like a succubus. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a pokemon that could change gender based on the opponents gender? It might be a one trick pony but I think it would be nice.
Well a Nine Tailed Fix tricks people by using the female form. Female Salandit lures people and Pokemon by pheromones. Sirens lure in people as well. Cleopatra presented herself like Isis, the godess. She was known to represent marriage and love and seduction. The Gorgons is the one I cant find much correlation with.
The Gorgons were once beautiful women who were cursed by Athena.
Oh right about llima or whoever may I have the picture cause if my friend and I get in another argument about trials one more time I might have to unleash my Goodra on him!
You mean a picture of the name? ’cause they haven’t been revealed in person yet.
Yes that small text bubble shown it would be helpful
It’s only this https://i.imgur.com/A4MP9LD.jpg
Thank you cause it said “what trial shall I give you” mostly proving it’s a captain proving more than 4 trial captains exist