[UPD] November CoroCoro Leaking

The November issue of Japanese comic CoroCoro has started to leak online! This issue brings news on the mysterious Type: Null as well as some additional details on Alolan Grimer. Check out the scans and translations below!

Scans

Translations

  • Confirms Ilima (pink haired person next to Hau) as the first Trial Captain
  • Alolan Grimer is Poison/Dark-type.  It’s new look comes from eating Alolan garbage
  • Type: Null’s evolution is Shiruvadi – When Type: Null finds a trainer it trusts, it breaks its seal and becomes Shiruvadi.
  • Shiruvadi has a special item called Memory that gives it the power to be any type in conjunction with its ability, AR System. Also has a new attack called Multi Attack which changes its type based on the held item
  • Jangmo-o first evolves into Jarango, then into Jararanga
  • Both Jarango and Jararanga are Dragon/Fighting-type
  • The Pokémon Sun & Moon anime will premiere with an hour long special on November 17th
  • Samson Oak is the principal of the school that Ash will enroll in

 NOTE: There seems to be some understandable confusion on whether or not Shiruvadi is actually an evolution of Type:Null, or a forme change, or something else. The Japanese word for evolution, 進化 (しんか), is specifically used between the two. Showing that, despite the little aesthetic change and the special breaking the seal artwork, Shiruvadi is indeed Type:Null’s evolution. 

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3,203 thoughts on “[UPD] November CoroCoro Leaking”

  1. Why so many alolan forms are dark types ? And whats with the stupid beard ?? Why most pokemon in this gen are either too cute or too retard looking ?..

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  2. It might just be me but, adding Dark to it seems a little lazy on this one, though I guess it makes sense, it keeps STAB from Poison moves but it could have made a cool Fire type

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  3. According to Serebii, Jangmo-o evolves into Dragon/Fighting and Type: Null’s type depends on the item held, and it evolves!

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  4. How many Alolan dark types we got now?

    Dark Mewoth
    Dark Grimer
    Dark Rattata
    Dark Raticate

    Maybe Alolan muck and Persian too which makes it a total of 6 Pokémon.

    It seems game freak is trying to give Kanto Pokémon cooler types.

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  5. Love how I’m waking up just as the info is surfacing
    This dragon/fighting evo of Jangmo-o could be promising, I’ve wanted one for so long (though Meinshao could’ve had the potential but clearly not)

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    • A) We still don’t know the full Alola Pokedex so I wouldn’t speculate how many new ones we’re getting yet
      B) Alolan Forms (or regional variants) is a pretty ace gimmick. Gives some Pokemon more environment to work around

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    • Agreed, not a big fan of these alolan forms, this just means that actual brand new pokes will be severely limited and the rest are just Alolan Variants

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      • Sugimori said in an interview before that he want to limit the number of new pokemon because he is afraid that one day there will be too many pokemon and people wont ne able to remember them all

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        • Then Sugimori is an idiot and needs to retire. it’s that simple. There’s no such thing as “too many Pokemon”, and that is the mindset the developers need to have.

          Besides, they had no qualms about making them all catchable in Gen 6 alone. 4 games, 721 pokemon.

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          • I’m pretty sure the only reasion we stil get decent looking pokemon is because of sugimori, the rest of the designers seems to suffer from an excessive megaman obsession that they put in their designs.

          • I feel like I must disagree. I’ve seen nothing particularly wrong with any new Pokemon design. But regardless, if Sugimori sticks to such a nonsense idea, he has no business staying in the business, since it means he’s clearly past it.

      • i don’t see how this could be the case. it’s backwards reasoning. if anything, alolan variants will pad out the dex after an original line up has been decided, and that’s what they’ve said they work the longest on.

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    • Man they’re gonna make the number of new Pokémon that they want regardless of new features. It’s not a time constraint. It’s an actively made decision. They want less new Pokémon with each gen and take their time getting to 1000+.

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      • It’s a time constraint.

        More pokemon = more time designing + more time reviewing designs + more time making models + more time making textures + more time writing stats + more time animating + more time drawing official art

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        • No duh. But we’re also not talking about an indie developer. They have all the financial resources they could ever need at their disposal. And we’re not talking about a AAA HD action game. And most of the assets are being recycled from XY/ORAS. They could add more if they wanted. But the number of new Pokémon is definitely having diminishing returns. The difference in sales between having 90 new Pokémon or 180 is very likely negligible at best. So they’re taking their sweet time.

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  6. No need for showing Alolan Meowth while Alolan Persian not there….but the last thing I was expected that Type: Null have an evolution.

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  7. So if the type null thing item hold is true, is this the reason why they are letting you see the type of the opponent on the bottom screen?

    Sort of like how they invented Team Preview just so they can let Zoroark’s ability exist without being too surprising.

    (Note that although Arceus already had it, Arceus was an event and never meant to be used in competitive.)

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  8. Yes!I knew that Jangmo-o was going to become a dragon/fighting type from the description from the official website,even if it hasn’t been confirmed yet! *throws arms up into the air*

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    • I don’t recall them ever saying it was a standalone. The most you could be inferring is from their chart, which would simply mean that they didn’t know about the evo at the time.

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  9. I always thought jangmo-o would be a stegosaurus with those little tear drop shaped things on it’s back becoming plates. Sounds cool though ! First dragon fighting !

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  10. Hmmm if type:null was an attempt to recreate “god” then maybe that explains why it’s type changes based on the item it holds basically a faux Arceus. And it’s evolution Shiruvuadi kinda reminds me of the Hindu God Shiva Which (correct me if I’m wrong) is a God of destruction.

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  11. I was hoping for a Alolan Grimer and Muk, especially for it to be Poison/Dark! However its reason to me personally seems less interesting then mine XD

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  12. I wonder if we’ll get alolan forms for every Kanto pokemon that didn’t receive an evolution or mega in later gens? Seems to be the trend so far. A little fan-service for the long-forgotten pokes.

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    • I feel like rather than just adding dark they could change it from poison. Like make it a water type because of alolas pure waters… obviously that wouldn’t suit this Grimer’s design

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          • Oil would make sense, but that’s still poison.
            Mud would be lame, but pure ground or ground water might make sense.

            Baking dough… Erm… Pancakes?

          • Well, come to think of it… mud is already “kinda” done, it’d just be Palossand 1.5.

            Yeah, so people cook baking dough forme Grimer and feed it to Raichu, yes, that’s right..!

          • Well that’s why it’s “kinda”. And even if IRL wet sand != mud, Palossand operates and likely moves around kinda like Grimer anyway.

          • There’s deep geological reasond why sand != mud.

            The reason Palossand moves similar to Grimer that is probably because sand is a fluid and grime/sludge is a viscous fluid.

    • I dont know why they are tying to make pokemon look ridiculous in this gen, I’m afraid this might be yokai watch effect…

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      • I think it’s likely looking at the designs Yokai Watch uses.

        Some of the Yokai Watch creatures I like, like the cats, but stuff like Mochismo and Slack-a-slash are just plain awful.

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  13. Not including ones we’ve seen in their original form, that have megas, already have an alolan form or are legendary, or evolve into a none gen 1 pokemon, here are the only gen 1 pokemon left who can be Alolan form:
    Ekans and Arbok
    Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
    Nidoran ♀, Nidorina, Nidoqueen
    Venonat and Venomoth
    Diglett and Dugtrio
    Geodude, Graveller, Golem
    Ponyta and Rapidash
    Doduo and Dotrio
    Koffing and Wheezing

    I’m hoping for a Fire/Fairy Rapidash, I can see Koffin becoming Rock/Poison, I can see an Ice Geodude, I’d have thought Ekans/Arbok would have suited Dark/Poison but I’m not sure they’ll give us the same Type combo for more that one Unrelated alolan form, but for the rest I dunno.

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  14. I like Alolan Grimer but I have some doubts about this leak y Meawoth is behind that Grimer I didn’t see this before ,y they show Gumshoos’s shoot again?….soes anybody remember if the original Grimer was shown in SM trailers or not?

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    • It’d be a very bold prediction to say all of the unscratched Pokemon all have Alola forms. (EDIT: Or at least apprearing in the Alolan dex.)

      Also Charizard is a ride Pokemon which discredits this a bit… unless Charizard really ain’t in the dex and is just a guest only for the ride feature…

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      • I dunno what the context was, I just remember people throwing these around.

        I partly suspect Charizard being a ride pokemon means it may only be there as a ride pokemon and nothing more. Though I admit, they could have chosen a cooler flying type.

        I think the Riddler intended to mean it’s in the game but not alolan, but again, I take everything he says with a mountain of salt. I just put this here to give people something to talk about.

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  15. I really hope Jangmo-o’s ends up being Dragon/Fighting, such an interesting combination. Hopefully it’ll have an anti-fairy ability

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    • Weakness to Ice, Fairy (ouch), Dragon, Psychic and Flying.
      No immunities.
      Resistances: Dark, Fire, Grass, Electric, Water, Bug, Rock.

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    • I don’t see why that’s necessary honestly. Plenty of Pokémon have 4x weaknesses to things but are still VERY good. All of the pseudos come to mind besides Goodra and metagross. Half are 4x weak to ice. Hydreigon is already 4x weak to fairy. Tyranitar is 4x weak to fighting. All still incredibly useful and powerful Pokémon

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  16. Maybe I’m just overly positive, but I like Alolan Grimer. The typing is meh, I would have preferred Poison/Electric or maybe pure Ground but design-wise I like it

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  17. What if the Jangmo-o evolution/Type:Null evolution was so:

    A: Horrific and nightmare fuel worthy that the leaker had a heart attack and died

    B: Amazing and awesome that the leaker wants the magazine page for himself and refuses for the perfection of said page to be tainted by being viewed by the internet

    C: Ugly/disappointing/bad that he didn’t want to disappoint the fans and just didn’t take a picture

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    • A sounds like a Monty Python reference. “Then at that point the animator suffered a fatal heart attack”

      B I am not so sure about

      C possibly

      I would like to throw in a 4th one here

      D made up the rest of it and doesn’t want to be crucified by the internet for his/her lie

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      • Don’t you dare say that, don’t you dare give him the rights to deny us info because we are all thinking that would be a dick move

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        • Ah I’m ok with it I think we’ve been showered with enough news cuase if we get more we’re gonna turn into lil cry babies: “Waawaa I want to know everything about Pokemon Sun and Moon whether it’s official or leaked but wait I don’t want to know everything so it won’t be ruined for me”

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  18. I’m beginning to think that the unsupported info he has given is fake , i mean jangmo-o evo would be awesome and type null evo too would be both fantastic and unexpected , but i personally think that its fake and that he would make that up. I mean just look at the way he’s been acting ,teasing fans that way.

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  19. I’d just like to point out that Alolan Muk is about to be a beast! His only weakness will be ground. I never realized how good a poison/dark type combination was. Poison gets rid of literally all the dark types weaknesses and dark type gets rid of half of poison’s in the psychic type. Just wow! 😀

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        • IF this information is true! But yes! It is indeed, making this potentially the deepest Pokémon games we’ve ever gotten lol. Because if it is trying to be Arceus level strong then you have to wonder what it’s mission is, because that’s an insanely powerful Pokémon lol

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  20. Text translated by google”Yabuten version Pokemon Iwanko, because the color of the stone is said there different, I wonder which delivery any one of those of”

    I think he mean there is another pkmn have an exclusive evolution form just like Rockruff.

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    • This leaker. At least with the riddler it’s promoting speculation, this guy is just being an ass right when we need him to be nice the most.

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  21. Doesn’t a Type:Null evolution contradict the huge list of Pokemon types that the we got a few days ago? It had (1) after Null if I recall correctly.

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      • Really, my point is that we have to consider them both to be lying until it’s proven one way or the other (though I’ll be bummed if the list is fake because I’ll have done all that math for nothing).

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    • Yeah, I thought that, but from what I can gleam from all the question marks and intervals in the list, the riddler doesn’t seem to know everything, and there’s 2 additional unrevealed normal types, so maybe they just didn’t know about this evolution (it might be a big deal lore wise). Or maybe it’s not an evolution but a form? That would seem slightly more logical to me.

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  22. So Type: Null is now basically confirmed as a failed human experiment in recreating Arceus. And people still think its a children’s game lok

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  23. I totally forgot about CoroCoro, my life has been very distracting lately, but this is awesome news! Why are there unconfirmed parts though?

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  24. The more I think about it, the more it would have made sense if Grimer was originally a water type and it just got polluted.
    And Alola was the only place where it didn’t get polluted or Alola’s waters cleansed it.

    http://i.imgur.com/jwcv4AP.png

    Like @moonlightmarble:disqus said.

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  25. If you see the top left corner you can see something as (I’m guessing here) dragon scales and something like a claw. I’m guessing Jangmo-o evo might suffer the bipedal change as many others

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  26. New info came out that Type: Null’s evolution will have the ability ‘AR System’ that lets it change its type depending on the item it holds.

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  27. “Hmm, according to the same person, the full evo chain for Jangmo-o is in the magazine. Both middle and final evolutions. Interesting.”

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  28. Alright prediction time
    I just had a idea for Jangmo-o’s evo
    It stands up on two legs and on its arms are two large golden grey scales protruding out its forearms, these scales are its entire life and they use them as either trusty twin sabers or dual wielding shields, a long scaled tail and a crown of scales on its head like a coif They pride themselves to master both offensively and defensively

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  29. poison/dark actually is one of my favorite type combos since one of my favorite mons is that type. Drapion. I might use Grimer line now

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  30. Interesting. I like Dark/Poison Grimer and hopefully Muk.

    If Jangmo-o is a three evolution line and isn’t stupidly difficult to obtain I’m using it in my playthrough. Please don’t be like Volcarona

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          • I don’t mind legendaries being obtained post game. But normal Pokemon shouldn’t be available only post game
            And also lvl 59 evolution is equally as horrendous. I dislike Dragonair and Pupitar for evolving so late as well, but I can forgive them cos they are at least Pseudo legendaries.

          • Thats what got to me with BW. So many pokemon evolved late and so I had no motivation using them for the main story.

          • Yeh but like I said they are pseudos and and 3 stage lines so I can forgive them somewhat .

            What I can’t forgive is how weak the middle stages are however. It’s a grind getting them up to the required level.

          • I can forgive 55, I cannot forgive 64.
            Until 64, 55 had been the limit.

            And Volcarona is a Pseudo-legendary, despite not being a Dragon.

            At any rate, G5 suffered from high-level syndrome. Drilbur lvl 31, Yamask lvl 34, Scrafty lvl 39

          • I disagree that Volcarona is a Pseudo Legendary. It doesn’t fit any of the. Criteria other than a late final evolutions
            No 600 BST (only 550)
            No three stage evolution line.

            Pseudo Legends are Dragonite, Tyranitar, Metagross, Salamence, Garchomp, Hydreigon and Goodra

          • Who even makes these rules?
            I think gamefreak is using a different set to everyone else.

            They gave Volcarona it’s own palace.

          • Pseudo-legendaries have to meet a few criteria

            1; Three-stage evolutionary line
            2: 1,250,000 exp at level 100
            3: BST of 600

  31. I liked alolan grimmer… kinda goofy haha
    I always liked muk, so i hope for a cool design!
    About the rest of the leak… well we had times where it came over 2/3 nights!
    Im hoping for it tonight!
    Maybe the leak boss arrived and he didnt got time to take/upload pictures!
    Im ok in waiting…
    but i agree its kinda shady just to post the information….
    Abiut type null… ar lalala? Well maybe it has to do with the new ar feature!
    The alleged type null evo…. i never thougt it being a 1 stage pokemon….
    If portgon has 2 evos… why not taipy(digimon homage :] )….
    I dont want the dragon to be part fighting… just because i think we have a lot of fighting already… but the 4x to fairy will be cool!

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  32. Ugh, another Alolan Dark pokemon? Grimmer/ Muk as Dark pokemon make sense. I was waiting for some bold Alolan addition never seen before. I don’t know, maybe a Water/Fairy Staryu and Starmie, a Grass/Dark Victreebel, based on a carnivore plant, a Psychic/Poison Hypno, a Fairy/Ice Dewgong or a Bug/Psychic Buterfree.

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  33. Part of me is wondering if this ‘Leaker’ is actually falsifying info after proving himself with a legit piece of info. I mean he has no scans to back any of his claims up beyond Alolan Grimer.

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  34. Ok Excuse me for commenting again but I have ideas for the types of the ones I think are the only possible ones now:
    Ekans and Arbok – Poison/Water (I know this ones a common idea but yeah)
    Nidoran♂, Nidorino – Psychic
    Nidoking – Psychic/Ground
    Nidoran♀, Nidorina – Dark
    Nidoqueen – Dark/Ground
    Venonat and Venomoth – Bug/Psychic
    Diglett and Dugtrio – Ground/Fire
    Geodude, Graveller, Golem – Ice/Rock
    Ponyta – Stays the same
    Rapidash – Fire/Fairy
    Doduo and Dotrio – Normal/Ghost (This ones just cause I think a Dotrio with no necks looks cool)
    Koffing and Wheezing – Rock/Fire

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      • Yeah cause we’ve seen Dewgong in gameplay already. I haven’t listed the ones we’ve seen, that have megas, are legendary, or evolve into a none gen 1 pokemon. I’m keeping a list of ones we’ve seen in gameplay, Though I have now realised I might have Missed Seel Dewgong, I probably had a reason why I didn’t include it but I haven’t the foggiest reason what it was…

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          • (Tbh I suspect Raichu is supposed to be a nod to that one episode over a decade ago featuring a surfing Pikachu with supposedly psychic powers.)

            The Geodude line can be justified by living in icy climates.

            Koffing and Wheezing could be justified the same way a water Grimer would, that they weren’t always poison and simply became tainted with polution after being traded to Kanto.

            Ekans and Arbok could have had to learn to swim because they moved to a swamp.

            The rest I can’t really justify, but a flying Rapidash pegasus would be a good idea. I would rather fire/flying though because it makes more sense, otherwise you’d have to give it levitate and that would be kind of lame. Unless you got rid of the fire and made it a flying/fairy, made ponyta fairy and say it moved to a forest with heavy fairy influence. But again, that’s a bit of a push and fire/flying would be easier to justify by saying it grew wings to cross the ocean and climb mountains to escape predators and find new food sources.

          • That is true, though it’s always a possibilty, like how Lurantis isn’t a Bug despite it being a Mantis, though that would have made it more Leavanny like

          • TBF Fomantis appears to be a reverse orchid mantis (plant pretending to be a mantis, hence its name, ‘Fo’ (Faux) + Mantis

          • Fairy explained it so I didn’t have to.
            I thought everybody was already aware of that joke. (Maybe just the people who know what an orchid mantis is because they have played animal crossing.)

        • I took it as the they still don’t know the environmental reason that causes Alolan Raichu. So as people have always done when presented with the unexplainable, they merely make up a reason however nonsensical it maybe until proven otherwise.

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        • Maybe with no natural predators it allows Raichu to retain more muscle and fat which allows it to store more electricity that increased electrical charge stimulates it’s mind with allows the emergence of psychic powers.

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          • Maybe it has a Natural Predator though. As a “Mouse Pokemon” and sharing the same environment, Yungoose/Gumshoos would probably hunt that too, even if it’s beef is with Rattata/Raticate

          • I’d be more inclined to believe it developed psychic abilities on its own (or by copying other psychic pokemon) to predict the coming of large waves for it to ride.

            But then I still don’t like the idea of it using its own tail to surf 😛 I wanted it to fell trees and carve its own.

          • Well, to drastically over simplify, brain activity involves electricity or some thing or other so what if Alolan Raichu’s electricity gave it the brain power to have Psychic powers?

            Still doesn’t explain why itd adapt tho -_-

          • True, true, although they could be missing a stimuli that would cause the change.

            Although it would explain how Electivire randomly learns Psychic by TM

          • All electric pokemon having the potential to be psychic would be too over the top. Besides, brains aren’t just electricity, they also require chemical reactions to communicate between axon terminals and dendrites via neurotransmitters.

            There are loads of pokemon that learn Psychic that aren’t psychic. Staryu, Gorebys, Wormadam, Mothim.
            They seem to have odd rules in regards to what pokemon they give which moves.

      • Who cares? 🙁 I’m tired of all these people crapping on other peoples ideas because of something stupid like justifications, and logic (Something Pokemons never really had). If they want and like the idea’s that they came up with, that’s there business, and they shouldn’t have to come up with an excuse as to why it would work. I know I’m tired of people telling me my ideas are no good, or wouldn’t work just because they don’t like them. So let them have their little “unjustified” type and design idea changes. It’s fun to read about, without the long winded explanations, as to why said Pokemon would receive the new typings/forms. 🙂

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  35. Despite that we got a odd looking Grimer….

    WE GOT A DRAGON/FIGHTING TYPE FINALLY!!!! GAMEFREAK THANK YOU SO MUCH I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY :’D

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  36. Forget all alolas and types what I am dying to really see and know about is the updated move powers/accuracy and if they will make a base stat boost like X and Y because I want a stronger Primeape and Nidoking

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  37. Overall, this issue has the potential to be very dissapointing. Depending on the design of those unconfirmed potential Jangmo-o Evolutions and the unconfirmed Type: Null’s potential evolution. Which I didn’t really care for Type: Null’s design to begin with. And Alolan Grimer in general just turns me off. It just looks like a Grimer with rotten teeth and butter over it’s mouth.

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  38. Say what you want about its design but poison/dark is really a good combo, only weak to ground and immune to psychic. This will make Muk a great bulky sp. def. pokemon to fear

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  39. Idk how I feel about Alolan Grimer. I guess I kind of wish they had gone the whole purification route that many of the false rumors said it would take. Would have been cool to see a mud or water based Grimer and Muk. Alas, I suppose it wasn’t meant to be lol Looking forward to seeing the other stuff in CoroCoro tho! I’m surprised to hear that Type Null actually evolves! i will say I do like the idea of it evolving and gaining a more natural name. Almost like it has finally become a real Pokemon in nature and now it’s “evolved” to be more natural. Finally I’m also surprised that Jangmo-o’s full line will be shown potentially. I wouldn’t have expected it to be. Maybe it’s not the pseudo like everyone thought it is.

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    • If it’s confirmed of course, I hope that they don’t too bad. I know they are going to suffer the bipedal treatement like most Fighting types if the rumor is true. I just am getting really ticked off at this leaker. Why share Grimer then withhold the rest of the pictures? WTF is wrong with this leaker?

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      • True if that’s case why even bother leaking it in the 1st place if you’re not going to leak the whole thing. I agree with you on Jangmo-o’s evolution design as well but I just hope it doesn’t disappoint.

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  40. It’s my birthday today! It also means that four and three years ago Pokémon BW2 and XY released. Seems like a long time to me, I’m officialy getting old now!

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  41. I really have a feeling this is fake. Not cuz I don’t like it- there’s no in game pictures and all of the pictures are reused and seem to have nothing to do with each other. Totems, trials and meowth? What?

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  42. Hmm, as awesome as a potential dragon/fighting type sounds (which I really should have anticipated…) I was really riding on it being a more defensive based dragon/steel type to balance my projected team. If it’s true, then I hope I can still make it work.

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  43. Heres a Pokemon idea: Lullabye – Dark/Fairy.
    It sneaks into the Bedrooms of children who aren’t yet asleep, and feeds on their souls after singing them to sleep.

    I mean, a Dark/Fairy would be pretty cool, most Fairy types we have don’t really have a sinister feel to them, and there are many Fairies that are evil in folklore.

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  44. Out of curiousity, what’s everyone’s ‘least expected’ favourite Pokémon? Like, a Pokémon that you think nobody else would be able to guess until you told them?

    Mines is definitely either Steelix or Dragalge.

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  45. The helmet of Type Null kind of looks like the thing on the belly of Arceus. Now we know he changes it type. What if Type Null is a result of humans trying to recreate a God?

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  46. So I just lost my streak in the Battle Maison because my Leaf Storm missed the Rhydon and it Stone Edged me to death

    I blame Earthen (ง’̀-‘́)ง

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  47. I’m imagining the conversation months ago in the Pokémon Sun/Moon development office:

    – Alright guys, so we’re set to have the Alolan Forms! Image the old Pokémon moving to the bright, sunny, tropical paradise islands of Alola and adapting to this habitat to become…
    – Hey, how abou-
    – Yes, Ice type! Great idea!
    – Well, actually, I was thinking abou-
    – Wow, yeah, great, even better, dark type!
    – … ok boss, whatever you say…

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  48. Just show Type: Null evolution and Jangmo-o evolution until more info is released Friday… I’ll be fine with that. It also looks like they’ll discuss Alolan Persian with the Meowth standing next to Grimer.

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    • I feel like I missed a bunch. Why do we have still have unconfirmed stuff?
      Why is Grimer dark type?
      Where are the other pages?
      Why didn’t you show Jangamo-
      o evolution that’s all we care about

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      • I belive its getting late in japan now, so they probabbly wont post anything else, I just dont know whats the matter this time, they always post the whole thing on 11th of each month, this is weird

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        • I feel like last month they did the same thing, where only a bit was released then the next day there was more information. I mean, they do know how to pull us in and leave us wanting more, that’s for sure!

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        • It really depends on who is leaking. This person doesn’t want to risk legal action is all it is. Past leakers typically throw caution to the wind, but this time the leaker seems to be more worried. Very understandable if you ask me.

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          • It’s not like there’s a team or anything. It’s just whomever ends up getting a copy early. A person might get a copy early one month, but not be able to the next

          • I cant belie that only one person got it early, if I had the magazine I would have posted the whole thing the moment I put my hands on it…

          • Well yeah it’s possible someone else might come along and post stuff, but who knows at this point. Again it’s illegal in Japan to post these kinds of leaks so it’s perfectly understandable for people to not want to stick their necks out for info coming only a few days later.

          • They just need to make sure it’s nice and anonymous. If they used TOR and transferred it via the dark net they’d be more secure.

    • People are half giving up on the leaker, half wanting to kill him

      New gameplay details from peeps who got to play through

      And I’m certain you sabotaged my battle Maison streak :p

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    • You missed the video of GamexPlain playing actual footage of S/M. Apparently they were invited to play the first 2 hours by Nintendo San Francisco.

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  49. So I’m reading this one article about the preview and it sounds like Kukui challenged the indigo league at one point while he was researching Pokemon moves hahaha

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  50. I hope the cute dragon doesn’t turn into dragon/fighting. This thing of throwing fighting as a second type to everybody is getting way out of control.
    Ps: I hope they don’t screw alolan starmie.

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      • Once again I think you’re acting like they “owe” us something……….Just feel lucky enough to ave gotten the Grimer leak and get over it lol

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        • And again you’re assuming that i’m acting and thinking like that. How bout you get over your assumptions? *InsertLOLheretonotseemoffensive*

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          • So you’re saying that you’re just joking then? I have no problem with people being frustrated with not knowing what the rest of CoroCoro has, but acting like the person who is leaking the magazine SHOULD give it to us is a bit silly if you ask me. If you’re joking then fine and I rescind my comments, but there’s only so many times I need to see people complaining about something as dumb as receiving info a day or two early……I don’t mean to get into an argument so I think what’s best is if we just agree to disagree for now…….

  51. woah
    “I decide to get litten, but I don´t get it immediatly, there is a small video-sequence where you do a ritual, where hala looks if Litten wants to go with you to the “Islandchallenges” saw this on a german one

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  52. OKAY new theory to go with my last one about the Apokélypse in the New Testament. Theimre will be a normal human that will claim to be God/Jesus and that is when the Apocalypse will happen. Type: Null could be an attempt to create an artificial Arceus and its type will change with the Plates. THEN ARCEUS DESTROYS THE WORLD IN GEN 4 REMAKES

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  53. Yesterday I was toying around with some theories to explain why we can capture the God of Pokemon, and I may have come up with something. What if Arceus isn’t God? Arceus’ etymology suggests that it’s name may come from ‘archaic’ or other similar words, but what it’s supposed to be ‘archangel’ instead? I’m theorizing that there’s actually a higher being that created Arceus who in turn created the Pokemon world, and that’s why we can capture ‘God.’

    Bonus: The UBs are the gods that created Arceus, and they’re wreaking havoc on the Pokemon world because they’re infuriated that humans are attempting to replicate their power with Type: Null.

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    • I don’t see how it isn’t the “god” or shall we say cardinal deity of the pokemon world. It resides over the creation trio. If that doesn’t make you a god, idk what does.

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        • It may not be “all powerful,” but it wouldn’t be a pokemon if it was. It’s possible that Arceus has an ancient form (avoiding using the words primal here) where its power was 10 fold. Who knows, they haven’t elaborated much. I will say this introduction of UB’s and Type:Null is highly interesting and I definitely think they’re planting seeds for a Sinnoh remake in which there could be a “delta episode” chapter with Arceus.

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          • Maybe within the context of our world and our concept of religions and gods. I think it boils down to GF not realizing what kind of can of worms that they’d be opening for the franchise at the time, but I think they’re circling around to a point where they’re ready to answer those questions.

          • Just being worshipped doesn’t make something a god.
            A creator god must always be omnipotent in a monotheistic religion.
            Polytheistic religions change the rules slightly, but without Palkia, Dialga and Giratina being described as gods, we can’t really assume there’s polytheism involved.

          • I wouldn’t count that because it’s anime based and not game based. The anime isn’t exactly known for following the rules of the game.

    • I’ve always thought Arceus isn’t god.
      It makes more sense that humans saw its power and simply called it a god, without realising it’s just another legendary.

      I don’t think there is a god Pokemon, they probably all evolved from radiated bacteria. Heck, maybe humans evolved from Pokemon.

      Don’t like the ‘Bonus idea’ because it would mean ‘gods’ are beatable.

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        • How can we even be sure it’s a god if there’s no in-game talk of it being one?
          Besides, someone must know if there’s a Pokedex entry, the player doesn’t write them.

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          • Which brings us back to “how do they know it’s a god” and “who actually calls it a god in the game?”.

            I’m starting to think it was never a god and fans just assumed.

            And I always assumed it was just the regional professor doing it.

          • It is clearly supposed to be a god though

            -Encountered in Hall of ORIGIN which is a floating staircase above Spear Pillar, a holy site in Sinnoh

            – Creates a Dialga, Palkia or Giratina in HGSS, Pokemon that are basically gods

            – Arceus and the Jewel of life has many biblical references. His judgement could be tied to God’s wrath on Judgment day

            – His name literally has daus as part of its name origin

            – Hoopa movie shows Arceus Preists

            – Is referenced as the original one and creator through out DPPt

          • It’s never stated what the hall is the origin of, and humans most likely named it.

            Those aren’t necisarily gods either, just legendaries. It proves that it can create Pokemon, but so can humans and humans are not gods.

            That depends if you accept that as canon.

            That’s a fair point, but again, that only shows it’s god-like. It could easily be a false god.

            That proves there is a religion centred around him, but not that he is god. Egyptians once worshiped normal humans as if they were gods.

            But there is no proof that it is actually capable of creating a world or region, and it’s possible it just created the Sinnoh region.

          • Do you have a minute to talk about Arceus?

            I’ve always seen PokeDex entries as Developer’s input/stories for players. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense that you capture an unknown PKMN and immdiately have a description. It’s stupid! If you go by that, then we at least know it created the universe.
            Well, not that it matters, we’ll most likely know in Sun & Moon.

          • Evidence fans cite:
            -Referred to as “The Original One”
            -Signature move is Judgment
            -GF never let us catch it
            -Highest BST of all non-mega/reverted pokemon
            -Master of Lake Guardians and Creation Trio
            -It literally CREATES an egg for 3 legendary pokemon, something that is conceived impossible to do within the lore of the game

            So maybe a lot of it is fan inference, perhaps, but they give us a lot to go off of. It may not be a god, but it is a creator and perhaps the first pokemon.

          • “The original one” could mean that it is only the original Sinnoh pokemon, not the original pokemon of all the world.

            Its move being Judgement is more fair, but judging people doesn’t necisarily mean it’s a god.

            GF intended people to catch it originally.

            That’s certainly a fair point, but is by no means damning. It’s only 40 points more than Mewtwo and Mewtwo was man-made.

            There are lots of trio masters.

            That’s impressive, but that doesn’t mean it’s a god. Humans have created a legendary pokemon before (Mewtwo). Mew is believed by scientists to be the ancestor of all pokemon, which raises the awkward question of whether Arceus created Mew or whether Arceus is decended from Mew.

        • Standalone pokemon.
          They’ll be flattened within minutes from a single powerful move unless there’s some kind of obscure mechanic we haven’t been informed of. When it’s 6v1, you tend not to care about conserving pokemon.

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        • You’ve been spending too much time on 4chan 😛

          Still though, would you rather battle a gym or walk around a forest picking up mushrooms?

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          • lol I rarely ever go on 4chan and when I do it’s looking at Pokémon “leaks”. I recently replayed Y and Black and they were so easy. Might as well have something that gives us insight into the world

          • I meant using the > as a quote thing. That’s a very 4chan thing to use 😛

            With or without exp share on?
            I’ll admit they aren’t always challenging
            (tbh I can’t remember the last time I lost to a trainer in a pokemon game that wasn’t part of the battle facility (not even the champion), I don’t think I’ve lost to anyone since maybe the second game I’ve owned)

            I’d still rather fight a gym leader than go picking up mushrooms or fishing for specific pokemon, or smashing a certain number of rocks.

    • They only played 2 hours though. Meaning there could be more Trials, and if they played 7 in the first 2 hours, there could very well be 18

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      • From the way it’s written it implied they were told that there are 7 trials, not that they completed 7 trials in the 2 hours.

        It’s very possible that the writer got the wrong end of the stick or made a mistake when writing though.

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          • Like I say, they might have got the wrong end of the stick somehow, or it could have been a translation issue or something.

            I’ve known people they employ to distribute pokemon be incapable of pronouncing the names of the pokemon or remembering which pokemon they’re giving out.

          • I imagine it like this
            The reporter: “So how many trials are there”
            Person: “I dunno like, Seven, I guess”
            The reporter: “Oh cool seven thanks”
            *Puts seven in article*

            Seven just seems like an random number, and without the pun, Odd

          • 7 Battle Frontier Symbols in Hoenn I suppose.

            But yeah, that’s the sort of things reporters do. Reporter brain instead of Pokefan brain.

    • Well this is just proof Ash can’t be replaced until the end of next gen. He always wins these little side things.. like the other islands and battle frontier. Would be really anti-climatic

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    • wait theres people who didn’t ike the new rattata and raticate? I mean, yeah theres people who don’t like them but I just kinda assumed that they were generally well liked.

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      • rattata with a mustache seems ridiculous and raticate looking like it has the mums aren’t all very appealing but i still liked them anyways but this…….this grimer, no just no

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      • “and i even liked-” meaning i know alola raticate looks eh but still has a major difference in visuals compared to alola grimer’s counterpart

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  54. Not that it wasn’t well speculated, but we got confirmation that the character we play as moves to Alola via plane from the Kanto region. That’s cool.

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  55. I’m really angry how much Kanto is getting special treatment. Arguably the worst games in the series getting love for it being first. I thought we were celebrating 20 years not 1996. Acknowledge the other regions. The ones that actual fans enjoy. Give us Alolan forms of Z moves of Pokemon from all regions. Give Maractus some attention, or Vespiquen. Pokémon that need something to make them stand out.

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    • Or yknow, Lumineon perhaps?
      Or actually cater to the fans and do something about Flygon and Milotic (Wink)
      The only Kanto Pokemon that REALLY needs attention imo is Jynx cause gen 4 evos. Besides that, NOTHING else should be getting any

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    • I don’t really like Kanto, but R/B can’t be blamed for being the worst games in the series. They started everything despite having obvious limitations. Naturally compared to all the future games that get to introduce more and more features with better hardware R/B are going to look bad. But without Kanto kicking things off, there’s no Sun and Moon to be looking forward to. That said, I do agree and wish everything about Pokemon was being celebrated rather than the focus seemingly being Gen 1 nostalgia.

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        • I agree it is the worst, but that isn’t a reason to fault it. When you’re comparing it to all the future games that got to introduce more stuff and look even better, the Gen 1 games should be the worst.

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          • It’s the same game under a new skin with a bit of post-game. The story is still bland and the towns/cities are boring. I’m just saying the hate for it being the worst isn’t warranted, but the hate for it constantly being pandered to is haha.

            Nothing to do with anything, but the only time I enjoyed Kanto was getting to go back to it as a post-game region. But I’d be angry if it was a post-game region for a 2nd time. That’d throw me over the edge. We’ve been there done that with Kanto, it’s nice to reference it here and there, but I don’t need to go back.

      • It’s not the lack of mechanics, it’s the blandness of the region. Very few notable monuments. At least Johto had the ruins of alph, a lighthouse and pretty pagodas.

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  56. Can we all just point out how scary these mons will be in competitive?
    I mean, a possible dragon dancer with possible drain punch that can switch in on a hyper voice

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  57. So far out of my five main needs , three of them have been checked off by gen 7
    Starter I love? : Rowlet
    Great Dragon? Check!
    Amazing Water type? Check! (Imo, my boi Pyuku)
    Good ghost: I honestly hope for more good ones, but the so far revealed ones are great. ‘Specially Mimikyu
    More new ice types? : (sad sigh)

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  58. Not sure if it’s been stated yet, but 3D doesn’t appear to work in battles at all anymore. Personally, I don’t care. I can’t remember the last time I turned 3D on. My eyes are too sensitive.

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  59. So according to the GameExplain two hour play through they encountered pokemon they can’t talk about yet. Does anyone one have any idea what types they might have encountered? or do you think they just saw evolutions of what they encountered (starter, pikipeck, ladyba, and Yungoose) Sorry for the bad spelling! 😛

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      • yep I know that but I am wondering if there are pokemon (new) that we haven’t seen that are encountered early or if it is like in the early generations were there are only like five or so pokemon encountered in the first part of the game

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  60. bored…..absolutely bored
    i can’t believe this jizzrag is withholding information, and on my Birthday no less
    I swear Jangmo-o better be good

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  61. There so many creative and logical ideas for Alolan forms such as pure water Grimer, a Fire/Rock Golem, fire/water lapras with a volcano on top instead of the shell.
    And over here we have game freak randomly slapping type on to things. Plus they are kanto only for some shit reason

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    • i don’t think Pure Water Alolan Grimer makes any sense
      I mean its a pile of sludge, if you take away the sludge then no grimer

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      • my theory is that Gimer found its way to the Alolan region, and that since a pure and sunny tourist location it was no place for Grimer they drove them away and since they had no habitat they had to fight back…….ugh they’re freaking bio-hazardous slime they would have no natural predators

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  62. Alolan Grimer is basically the same idea as Trubbish. Why rehash things that have already been done when there are so many other ideas that haven’t been used for pokemon. Like if they wanted a trash-based pokemon they could’ve just made a Roach thats bug/dark or bug/poison.

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  63. I’m seeing a lot of people complain about the new interface since it tells you which moves are super effective against which, and I find that stupid. It makes no difference to me since I have already memorised them,and it’s just a small thing to make it appeal to newcomers
    However I will be pissed if it shows stuff like ground moves being immune due to levitate,grass types being immune to leech seed etc

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  64. I have yet to see an Alolan form that I like enough to actually use in-game. Doesn’t look like their will be since most Kanto Pokemon don’t really appeal to me anyway…
    Even having said that my current game team for Sun consist of only 3 Pokemon..

    Rowlet
    Rockruff
    Salandit
    Jangmo-o

    Come on Gamefreak, give us something

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  65. Jose Otero of IGN tweets that stereotypic 3D for battles in S/M are no longer an option and only available for PokeFinder

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  66. aaagh, how come the *one* page we have is the one with the least interesting stuff?

    and since people below were talking about it, here’s my prospective team so far:
    -Rowlet
    -Lycanroc (Midday)
    -Ninetales (Alolan)
    -Marowak (Alolan)

    and maybe Jangmo-o, i’ll decide on it when/if the rest of this magazine ever leaks…

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    • The only ones I know 100% sure are

      Litten evo
      Vikavolt
      Bewears

      I wanna get a water type and might use the sand castles do ground, but not sure.

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  67. Since everyone is posting their future S/M teams I will to.
    I plan to use Pokemon from Alola that I can relate and name them after the Greeeds from Kamen Rider OOO (Google them).
    Rowlet = Ankh
    Litten = Kazari
    Jangmo-o = Eiji Hino
    Oranguru = Gamel
    Vikavolt = Uva
    Water Pokemon (Undecided) = Mezool

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  68. MY MOON TEAM HERE
    Litten-Vito
    Komala- Reginald
    Mudsdale- Bojack
    Bruxish- Alizée
    Alolan Marowak- Bonnie
    Unknown 6th member

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  69. competitve wise I love the new typing of alolan grimmer. Muk already had a good special defense and hp, average defense and a good movepool, hopefully with his new typing it would impact the tiers.

    but design wise: lame, lazy, ugly. They could have done a better job

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  70. honestly since nobody can talk about the games expect for stuff we already know. i wont take anything as facts lol

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  71. Sun 1 (Cosimo):

    Torracat
    Lycanroc (Midday)
    Komala
    Oricorio (Sensu Style)
    Jangmo-o
    Crabrawler

    Sun 2: (Aurora)

    Brionne
    Ninetales
    Oricorio (Baile Style)
    Bewear
    Lurantis
    Raichu (Alola Form)

    Moon (Jeff):

    Dartrix
    Lycanroc (Mdnight)
    Salandit
    Oranguru
    Drampa
    Mimikyu

    There are my teams. Depending on whether Jangmo-o really turns Dragon/Fighting type I’ll trade Dramp on my Moon for Jangmo-o in my sun. And I’m sure my teams will change 37 more times by the time the games released…

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  72. The fact that Type: Null has the ability to change types based its held item reinforces and underscores the all too clear references towards Arceus. With just this bit of information (yet to be 100% confirmed), I don’t think I can get out of the speculators Type: Null is a man-made version of Arceus rabbit hole any time soon.

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      • How so? Type: Null was created to possess the power of Pokemon spoken about in myths, thus creating a Pokemon akin to the God of all Pokemon wouldn’t be too much of a stretch…

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        • “To complete a certain mission, there was need of a Pokémon powerful enough to rival those Pokémon often spoken of in mythology”

          it nowhere says to possess the power of legends but to rival them for a certain mission aka Ultra beasts, just so much stretching lastely and Arceus is the furthest thing from this citation, yeah yeah those spikes well just a newsflash they’re part of its mask aka not part of its body so that kinda croaks the Arceus connection

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          • I concur with your points. We’ll just have to experience it all when they come out in less than a month! 😀

  73. “Trust me when I say Team Skull will be the most memorable villainous team to date” 😀

    Points:
    – The over-world, sprites, environment, economics, and play of Sun/Moon is much more smoother, better, enhanced, and more entertaining
    – Hau is a little underwhelming and seems to be much like Barry from D/P/P
    – Lily is mysterious (duh)
    – Professor Kukui is one of the best and freshest professors
    – The battles are a little bit slower: HP bar is slow to go down, attacks take longer, and battles have a stunted flow
    – Team Skull grunts are funny, overbearing, and just what you’d expect from real world gangsters
    – Alola feels like a living, breathing region with vibrant colors and new mechanics and gameplay

    https://youtu.be/Kc5S2NTbX8M

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  74. They forgot to mention Alolan Rhyhorn, type Fairy/Fairy. Also why does Alolan grimer have a droopy version of Loudreds mouth?

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  75. I think it’s weird that people think “pile of sand/water/lava” is anymore unique than “different pile of sludge” either way it’s gonna look exactly like a color variant Grimer. I welcome the Poison/Dark over the mono typing Ground or Water. Lava would have been acceptable if it were Fire/Ground or Fire/Rock.

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  76. I’ve been gone nearly all day, somebody please fill me in. I saw on serebii that some people got to play the first two hours? Is there footage of that somewhere? Also what’s the deal with CoroCoro (I mean, I know it’s not leaking in full yet, but why? I’ve heard two reasons. 1. to be a jerk, and 2. legal reasons. Which one is the real story?) Also what was their idea with Alolan Grimer? GF headquarters: “Alright team, we have a chance to redeem a badly design pokemon we made 20 years ago, any ideas?” Person: “How about green sludge?” Manager guy: “Perfect!”

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  77. 3D is not being supported in the overworld in S/M. This should be no suprise. Also, it seems like there might be some sort of Champion in Alola based on IGN’s statements. It seems like Trial Captians are close enough to Gym Leaders while still being different!

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    • Well, that was semi-confirmed, when the backpacker said “Our champion is really something else!” in XY. But then again, XY could be after SM. Fingers crossed that (s)he won’t be a pushover.

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  78. I don’t know if I want the “unconfirmed” leaks to be real or not. On one hand, Type: Null would have a connection to Arceus, probably leading us to one of the biggest and best stories yet, and on the other hand, the riddler’s leaks would be false, meaning other things he said could be false, meaning that there might not be a battle frontier. :/

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    • Something weird about Type: Null is that it isn’t a legendary and its owned by Gladion. Maybe Gladion will play a massive role in SM with Type: Null

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    • You do know those weren’t in his words right? That list was from some random dude on 4chan, and the riddler only brought up the the list for reasons he can’t say, as in there’s probably something right on that list. So the riddler himself isn’t wrong, but something might be right.

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  79. It’s a shame that actual pictures haven’t been uploaded yet, guess tomorrow’s another day.
    I do wanna know if Jangmo-o will become part fighting especially as I’m considering using it on my team. And Type Null getting an evolution will need some backstory to it, especially considering it was made to combat something strong, I just want info!

    On an unrelated note, it’s such an effort to scroll through comments sometimes, especially when I like reading other people’s thoughts on things. Just my two cents (even though I’m not American)

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  80. Although this idea is contradictory to the unconfirmed leaks, I’ve been looking over Jangmo-o’s appearance and I can’t help but think maybe it’ll be a manticore. I mean, could you imagine the tail turning into a stinger? And it growing wings with the yellow shape on it’s face turning into a mane?

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  81. Roses are red,
    Violets are blue,
    When the earth needs domination,
    Earthen I choose you.

    Happy Birthday Earthen
    (i know what it feels like to not be able too celebrate a day of birth with other humans)

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  82. Wow people are really tripping over not getting more leaks my friend says he keep checking Serebii every 30 minutes and his been doing it since 8 am and his not the only one another friend is at work and can’t really be on the phone or on the computer and keeps asking like every hour for MORE NEWS!!!! lol

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  83. Well GTG hope we clean up this fight raging below I hope it all works out for everyone but here I’ll leave you my Aerial team Honchkrow and many Murkrow

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  84. Oh look another fight below, because some people think it’s ok to insult others. As long as you pass it off as a joke and claim people being offended are ‘butt hurt’ it’s all good. Rule #385 of the internet.

    *same applies with racist and discriminatory posts*

    We hope you enjoy your stay.

    /sarcasm

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    • I realize I need to stay out of these things more, I often get caught in the middle somewhere. -_- I have a short fuse believe it or not, I can’t help myself sometimes. I apologize to the mods for the spam and apologize to you all for having to deal with my clutter.

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      • But that takes away people’s freedom to insult others. Can’t you understand that freedom is more important than other people’s feelings?

        /moresarcasm

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        • I’ll be honest I’m half and half on that.
          Both approaches : freedom of speech > feelings and feelings > freedom of speech can be abused.

          Protecting people’s feelings could lead to religions being muted because their beliefs offend someone (there’s plenty of stuff in most religious books that could cause people offense), but protecting freedom of speech could lead to radicalisation from extremists.

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          • I have to agree with you on this one. I just thinking being a responsible person is all it takes. Responsible on your criticism of others, and responsible in your reactions to other people.

            Obviously responsibility is sometimes too much to ask for, but one can hope.

          • Responsibility is hard though.
            6,000+ years of civilisation and the human race is still screwing up constantly.

            Plus it’s easy to go on the defensive when everyone is pseudo-anonymous and it can be hard to know who’s friend and who’s foe.

      • I find it’s always good to be careful with your words. I usually never post anything longer than a few lines for that reason.

        Also taking responsibility for a mistake (as opposed to arguing) helps make the world a better place.

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        • Long stuff is ok if you choose your words carefully. It’s emotive language that tends to rile things up, sticking to logical arguments tends to be the best policy since logic can always be backed or refuted with evidence, and it easier to resolve amicably.

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          • Yeh, but I know my own personal limits. If I go on for too long, emotions always manage to sneak in, then everything goes to shit…

    • ” As long as you pass it off as a joke and claim people being offended are ‘butt hurt’ it’s all good. ” – Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham is that you

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  85. On a lighter note, XY is three years old today! If you’re like me, at this time three years ago you were exploring that one maze cave.

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  86. Don’t know if this was already said but someone on twitter who has played the game confirmed that the use of 3D in S/M will be limited to the Picture Feature. So no more 3D battle 🙁 It’s not a big thing but I liked 3D sometimes…

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  87. Three years ago today I was working overtime, but once I got off of work I went to gamestop and picked up my copy of X, but didn’t get a chance to play it since I had to get some extra sleep since I had to do overtime time the day after as well. Also on a side note Alolan Muk could be a good counter pokemon as long as its still bulky and priority. Shadow Sneak the pokemon who don’t use quick guard or protect.

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  88. So far I’m seeing plenty of reviews involving the recent 2 hour gameplay of Sun and Moon. And mostly I’ve heard some good things, but not mostly stuff we already know. However of two amounts of information that caught my interest. One was from a german reveiwer who says after going through the process of choosing his starter, your choice and your trainer got through a small cinematic ritual, which I suppose it supposed to symbolize your partnership. (Too bad most people are just going to box them immediately after) Hala asks your starter if it wants to join you on your journey, to which it says yes. So it sounds like choosing your starter sounds a lot more meaningful than in previous games. Another bit of interesting info was from eurogamer that says Pokemon Refresh also serves as a post-battle minigame, which you can give your buddy some aftercare after some certain circumstances from battle, like if it gets dirty, wet, or poisoned. Your bond also grows as a result. Interesting thing to also pick up from this is that he say the end game of this pampering is likely the new z-move mechanic. Anyway, what do you guys think of this recent news?

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  89. Hey just to let you guys know there’s most likely going to be new information on trial captains – the word “captain” is on the Corocoro scan under Grimer in magenta

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  90. I want too apologize too everyone for my behavior. I was sort of venting, i am very sorry. I do love this site and the fellow Pokemon fans within it.

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  91. So I heard somewhere that the leaker said that he wasn’t going to say anything else period. Did he really say this or did somebody just say that?

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  92. I think the thought of Null evolving is a Very odd one. And the Dragon becoming fighting sound familiar.. but I’m sure it’s real.

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  93. Why is serebii trusting this person’s words on Jangmo-o and Type: Null? I thought Serebii only posted 100% confirmed stuff, even with the unconfirmed warning it seems out of character.

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  94. Hey, does anyone have a spare Volcanion code? It’s really unfair for those of us in South America, we don’t even have a chance to get these pokemon unless it’s via internet. I will appreciate it very much 🙂

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  95. Speaking of Kanto.
    In the JP trailers the boy travels from Japan to Hawaii.
    The player in the game travels from Kanto to Alola.
    In the second trailer he travels back to Japan from Hawaii.
    Do we travel back to Kanto? O.o

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  96. OMG, why didn’t I think of it before!?

    Alolan Polygon is Psychic type because it became self aware and is now a rogue AI XD

    (Sorry, I’ve had too much Koffee)

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  97. Just thinking – Alola might be a play on words for Aurora – especially since “Arora” and “Orora” (Japanese pronunciations for Alola and Aurora) are so similar.

    Since Auroras are mixes of color – maybe this is the “Pokemon Rainbow” we were all expecting :))

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  98. I wonder what the shiny versions of alola pokemon will look like – seeing as charizards shiny was like a bluish grey black, and grimer’s is sort of the same greyish color, shiny alolan grimer might be red hahah (probs not going to happen, but this might be a more accepted look because of all the magma hypotheses)

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    • Compensation for no dark types probably. It’s kinda starting to look like overcompensation. And because they’re total geniuses they seem to have missed out on making the most obvious “should have been a dark type” line dark type (the zubat line, I mean come on, if dark had been a thing in gen I they would have definitely been dark/flying). At least I’m gonna assume that until I see proof of the contrary haha.

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  99. Pop Quiz, what links all these pokemon?

    Sandshrew
    Ratatta
    Zubat
    Ekans
    Raticate
    Meowth
    Koffing
    Machop
    Drowsee
    Sandslash
    Golbat
    Arbok
    Hypno
    Cubone
    Machoke
    Marowak
    Weezing
    Grimer
    Gloom
    Venonat
    Oddish

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      • I’ve never been able to fully complete any battle facility, and so I wanted the first time accomplishing that to be in my favorite region. Yeah it’s a clone of the one in Kalos, but it’s still on my OR file.

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      • I used Dragonite, Azumarill, Mega Kahn, and because I didn’t have Thundurus yet (Still need to shiny hunt that one xD), I used Vaporeon as a Wish passer to keep Dragonite and Azumarill happy. My biggest challenge came at 48, when I had to fight the dreaded Sheer Cold/Fissure Walrein ;~; I was so relieved it missed every one!! xD

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        • Niiice! I buy my more competitive Pokémon from PerfectPokémon so all Pokes are available to me xD

          But that’s really cool. Luckily I never really had to deal with OHKO moves much. I vaguely remember someone trying to use one of those moves but I think it missed and then I beat them. Lol

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          • I’ve never heard of that 😮 I breed everyone thanks to a 6 IV Ditto I got here back when XY released xD (Really glad we can finally increase IVs in Sun and Moon).

            Lucky haha xD I had a run in Super Singles in my Y game, and one of my various Rotation runs end thanks to that Walrein xD I saw it and was like Oh…no…not on this run, not when I’m so close!!

  100. I’m saying it one last time and then giving up.
    Pokemon used by Team Rocket (excluding Giovani) in pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow:
    http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket_Grunt_(Trainer_class)#Pok.C3.A9mon_Red.2C_Blue.2C_and_Yellow
    1 Arbok
    2 Ekans
    3 Koffing
    4 Weezing
    5 Meowth*
    6 Ratatta*
    7 Raticate*
    8 Zubat
    9 Golbat
    10 Machop
    11 Machoke
    12 Drowsee
    13 Hypno
    14 Grimer*
    15 Sandshrew*
    16 Sandslash*
    17 Cubone
    18 Marowak*

    7/18 = 39%
    Including Cubone (because it evolves into Alolan Marowak)
    8/18 = 44.4%

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    • Eh, I’m not really accepting it, I’m counting is an an unsure, which is something I haven’t done for previous scans. So that’s like half a fool, not a complete fool.

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      • Thanks, I wanted something small and cute, but something that still looked like it had great potential or could be a threat in its own right.

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    • I like that you went Fire/Ghost instead of Ground/Ghost or Dark/Ghost. Stage 2 creeps me out. Stage 3 should have a Fire Moustache.
      Did you hear they are making a live action Disney Aladdin? Don’t know how they’ll do without Robin Williams.

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      • Tbh the only Fire/Ghost at the moment is Chandelure and it’s very inorganic, so I wanted to so something new and more organic, and I realised they’ve never really had a Djinn in the traditional sense of a firey being. I looked at lore and other art before settling on this, I think the Disney version has corrupted what they’re actually supposed to be, but it’s recognisable, so I went with it.

        Yeah, such a tragic end to a brilliant life.
        It just goes to show, no matter how successful, how talented or how kind spirited you truly are, depression is a parasite that eats away at you, fills your head with insecurity and whispers dark thoughts in your ear.

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        • Yeah, I do like Chandelure, but there’s definitely room for another Fire/Ghost. I think there are a few evil Genie moments in Aladdin that show Djinn closer to the lore.
          I suffer from Depression myself, so I know all too well. He also had a severe form of Parkinsons which was the main reason he chose to ‘leave’, before he became unrecognisable as himself. At least that’s what his wife has recently said.

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          • Yeah, it’s not fair that only one line should get all the fun 😛

            There are times he gets angry, but I don’t know if he was ever ‘evil’ at any point. I can’t remember it much though tbh.

            I suspect I suffer from it, but I’ve never attempted to get it confirmed, my negative thoughts might just be part of my personality, it’s hard to say.

            Regardless of that though, it was one of the topics I studied when I did psychology for 1 1/2 years, so I know a lot about the ins and outs of it, like what SSRIs do, why they prescribe them, the criteria etc.

            Yeah, I remember hearing about that. That was probably the vector for the transition. And in a way that makes it a little bit better, because he actually had a good irrefutable reason to decide to leave the world.

          • There is evil Genie at the end but it’s not him.

            I feel that too, it’s still sad that he’s gone but I fully understand his most difficult of decisions.

  101. Okay, so I just came back fro, 25 hours of Yom Kippur but….
    Here are my thoughts:

    I honestly don’t mind this alolan Grimer. LOVE that Jangmo-o’s evolutions are Dragon Fighting.
    Type: Null is interesting but I need to see that stuff.

    BUT if this is fake.. Give me something like this.

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    • The fasting I could live with, but being stuck in a synagogue all day – ouch.

      The only thing ‘confirmed’ (we’re doubtful of that now) is alolan grimer, the rest is just word of mouth.

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          • Probably it would be fine, it reminds me of the stop-motion and animated Christian films they used to show at school, if they were like that I’d be OK. Was the only thing that made religious assembly’s bearable back then.

          • I only remember a thing in secondary school about Siddartha (the Buddha) and a version of the good samaritan as told by a northener (loads of people in my class who hadn’t heard northeners before thought it was funny how he said ‘bewk’ instead of how we say ‘book’).

          • I try to block it out, religious stories can be interesting, I don’t like preaching though. It was better when this Ventriloquist guy would come to our school every now and again, for no real reason that I can remember, must’ve been educational somehow XD

          • It depends on the story, the ones that are about being good to each other are nice, the ones about the power of god not so much (I think Job was one of those).

            We had a giraffe puppet in primary school that taught us about something, but I can’t remember what.

          • I think we were only shown the nice ones and the crucifixion. Also Jason and the Argonauts but I think that was in a different class.
            The puppet this guy had was a boy called Jimmy, all I remember was he misbehaved a lot and hated being locked away in the trunk.

          • Erm… Jason and the Argonauts it’s a greek myth, not a religious thing XD
            Unless you were studying ancient greek polytheism for some reason.

            Sounds pretty cliché.
            And I can’t hear the name Jimmy anymore without thinking about…
            *resists urge to make innapropriate joke*

      • Lol, not that religious but we were in the synagogue for 2 hours.

        But yah, I don’t mind grimer. But I honestly really hope the other stuff if true

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      • It was just supposed to be an amalgam (no pun intended) of various insects, mainly beetles. It’s supposed to be coloured similarly to Heracross, but metallic, and some other colour (maybe yellow or silver, haven’t decided).

        Yeah, I can’t remember how I thought of it, but it suddenly struck me when people were discussing Fire/Grass that Sunflora, being a sunflower, would be a really good candidate.

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        • I mostly thought that because of the spiky horns and the main body. Reminds me of Eatle from Ben 10.
          I think an evolution for Sunflora would be nice because it’s stats are bad, but as a Stone evolver I doubt that would happen, so a new form is likely the best we’d get. Fire makes the most sense with Sun I agree.

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  102. Gotta say this is the most frustrating Corocoro leak ever. It’s not like it’s the first time it’s been partial, but iirc it’s the first time we get a fragment of a page, and then just dodgy info on what the rest is supposed to be. Maybe it has happened before, but I guess as every generation the hype grows and so does the amount of fakes and artificial hype thus generated, things just get more frustrating. Hopefully this will be solved by tomorrow.

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  103. Fakemon idea. First stage, tumbleweed, grass type. Second stage, burning tumbleweed, fire/grass. Due to the friction of it rolling at very high speeds, it caught fire. Kinda lame, but it works 🙂 gotta have high speed though

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  104. I’m not the biggest fan of Alolan Grimer, in my opinion they just made him uglier and simply added the dark type, I feel like they could have made Alolan Grimer much more unique like making him a puddle of purified water, a pile of mud, or even some lava. At least we have yet to see Muk, and there is a chance that they can make him look pretty cool. I can’t wait to see the rest of the scans though! Especially Jangmo-o’s evolution line.

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  105. So next to the Sushi Bar was this comic and collectibles store
    They were selling this “Link between Worlds” Figure set
    FREAKING 68.00$ total ripoff

    Also I saw this cool Manga book for Zelda Minish cap
    Gotta say…I really wanna read it…

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  106. I think Alolan Royalty should ride atop the shell of Giant Magcargo on a fire proof throne, slow most of the time but can speed across lava from the volcano.

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  107. I’m going to escape while I can.

    Since it’s not got long before it’s defunct, I’m pretty much abandonning the Disqus project I was working on, here go nuts:
    https://disqus.com/home/channel/thepokemonlab/

    Also to keep you entertained, I’m slowly resurrecting my DA account, I made this interesting poll on the forums:
    http://pokejungle.net/forums/index.php?/topic/162-what-are-your-feelings-about-the-starters-leaked-final-forms-potential-spoilers/

    And to sign off, here’s a gif:
    http://i.imgur.com/tRzJ9z2.gif

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      • Ah condolences.

        I like to put moves that don’t miss for battle facilities bur sometimes gotta have those Play Rough, Hyper Beam and Focus Blast because there’s no other good choices…

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        • I really hope they put the battle frontier in the Sinnoh remakes so I can use my competitive Pokémon. If I could use ones with good stats and moves and items I’d get further. For now I’m trying my best to get as far as possible with my team

          I do like how they put trophys in your house in HGSS though. That’s a cool little detail

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          • XYORAS the “trophies” are in the Maison though. And the contest Pokemon are in the museum… which is kind of the same thing but at least it’s public.

            Come Sun and Moon it’s time to hit the Battle Whatever again. Without Bank until January, I will have to quickly build a team that will get the equivalent of 5 Maison statues if I wanna be among the first to land on the battle facility thread in Smogon.

      • Aww that sucks. Recently when I played ORAS I lost to a Umbreon because my Mega Kangaskhan’s move missed, so I know how that feels ):

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      • i beat the battle hall because argenta decided to pit her regigigas against my purugly. it was hilarious how easy that was. hall and arcade are awful facilities.

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    • I think that was more or less proven when Butterfree was shown in the part of the one trailer that showed off Poke finder. lol

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  108. YES YES AND YES.

    According to people that played the 2 hour version of the game, the game is NOT dumbing down players. It’s actually quite difficult in the beginning having them using lots of healing items and strategy. If this is true, THESE GAMES ARE GOING TO BE THE BEST.

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  109. Welp, it’s almost 1am here so time to hit the hay. Watch as soon I fall asleep the other leaks get revealed. I’m lucky like that.

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  110. Ever since I finished ORAS, I always wanted a Legendary(whose typing I couldn’t decide on) that basically is comprised of Infinity Energy, and can utilize the energy for destructive power. An ability I had it mind was that it negates Megas from being used in the battle, and if Megas are attempted it absorbs the infinity energy power from the mega stone, powering up its STAB attacks. Kinda sounds OP, but just an idea I had.

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  111. So they kind of went with chainmail instead of griffin. It’s fine. I just want a griffin. The final evo is a bit overdesigned when compared to other dragons like dragonite but hey- I’m not gonna complain about that cool typing.

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  112. These games are truly shaping up to be phenomenal. Not one thing thus far has let me down about the upcoming titles, and I’m more than excited to try them out for myself in a month’s time.

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  113. I’m glad people seem to be liking the evolutions. I really don’t. Jangamo-O seems very over designed (and not a griffin) and I don’t see the appeal in Type: Null’s evolution. Especially since the original form seemed fine and mysterious on its own

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    • While it doesn’t look very different regarding the rest of the body, Type:Null’s evo looks much better to me without the helmet. But feels more like a form change than an actual evolution.

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    • I felt that a some point the mask had to come off as it was restraining it’s power. Would you have rather it be a former change than an evolution?

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    • Meh, I was never a fan of Type: Null. That and Ultrabeasts are the only things I’m not really looking forward to in the upcoming games. However, I do like that its evo has access to all types.

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  114. I was very skeptical about Jangmo-o’s final evolution at first, it’s design seemed too over exaggerated, but it’s starting to grow on me. I love the mid form though!

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  115. jararanga is a total BAMF. I may use it. I don’t normally like using pokemon that share a type, but I tell myself every gen that I will use the pseudo legend, but I never do. I regret not using goodra so badly last gen, I love goodra its my favorite dragon type pokemon.

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  116. Ugh, really not feeling that jangmo line. Unique typing is cool, but that is not what I was hoping for at all. Now I have to weigh my options and decide whether or not to keep it on my team.

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        • I mean, I guess, but this one is supposedly the pseudo this gen and I wanted to try it, since I actually never use those. Only time I ever did was a dragonite in HGSS.

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          • Drg/Stl does great balance for the team i want
            -pop3 (wtr/fry) [supposedly]
            -comfey (fry)
            -vikavolt (bug/elc)
            -oricorio (gst/fly)
            -salandit (psn/fir)

            drg/stl really covers everything except gst, which only one is weak to

          • yeah, i expect to get into that meta stuff once I know more, but I need defensive pivots and nothing beats a steel type in that regard.

          • Well, I always use the same team for online battles. My XY team was a triple battle threat that had multiple strategies to fall back on. Like my greninja who I played mind games with instead of using as an offensive attacker.

            So that’s why I care so much, plus then there’s the battle tower or whatever. Hm, I gotta mull a few things over.

          • We really really needed a damn Fairy pseudo last gen to show Gamefreak were comitted to bringing down Dragon a peg. But no, more Dragon type pseudo legends. I either hope there is more than one this gen as well of Jangmo-o is the pseudo or if it isn’t I hope its Fairy/Grass/Poison/Bug/Ice type.

  117. Jararanga needs the ability mutli scale, because the x4 weakness to fairy can put it in the UU tier especially if it is a slow pokemon

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  118. Glad Jangmo-o is staying on my planned team. Very tired now. I can only hope Alolan Muk is better than Grimer. I currently nothing Shiruvadi, maybe that’ll change when I look at it again after some sleeps. Fridays news will hopefully have something else in store.

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  119. Jangmo-o’s line looks great! I can’t wait to use it in the games! Although they did became bipedal, the final evolution is hunched over enough, that it kinda doesn’t look bipedal. I’m very happy overall with these designs! The more I look at them, the more excited I get for evolutions of other Pokemon for this generation.

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  120. Is this the text next to Silvadi? “When this new (新) Pokemon unleashes its true (真) strength, a new strongest god (神) is born.”

    Nice wordplay if so.

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  121. i really love goodra. i love how it has an amazing sp.def stat, great hp to make use of that sp.def stat, and sp. atk to hit things back fairly hard. mine held assault vest too. ate sp. attacks for days. it was on the team with one of my favorite megas and pivots, Mega Manectric. that intimidate support and a pokemon on the team with access to will-o-wisp and scald made goodra an insurmountable wall.
    That being said, i hope Jararanga is the opposite. great physical bulk and an Atk stat to allow it to strike fairly hard. physical goodra if you will. give him the assault vest in a similar fashion… heck, i hope it gets intimidate, though something to help take fairy attack would be nice. really looking forward to Jararanga.

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      • yes, that’s definitely an option I’m considering, though i will miss the assault vest. i kinda hope they give us a DEF boosting assault variant, and a new ability:
        Distraction: Lowers the opponents pokemon’s sp. atk by one stage upon switching in.

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  122. Oooooh my god. I really didn’t feel like it needed to happen, but that Type: Null evolution is fucking amazing!!! I also feel like Jararanga will grow on me. Right now I’m just disappointed it’s not Dragon/Steel or quadruple. Ilima looks cool as well. Definitely a Normal-type, but now that I think of it’s that’s actually already confirmed by Gumshoos and Raticate.

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  123. Three things on the anime: 1.The concept of Shiruvadi’s evolution screams Ash to me. Like he saves a Type: Null that has been abused, it learns to trust him and breaks its helmet for him. 2. Looks like this anime has Ash only getting one starter again, which I’m ok with, I want to see what his other four or more pokemon will be. 3. Serebii’s Joe Merrick reported that the anime is supposedly trying to be “a laugh a minute”… That concerns me.

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      • Ok there’s a difference between something having comedy mixed in-between everything and making something a straight-up comedy. This seems like the latter.

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          • Well, and I completely mean this, I hope you enjoy it. I hope this series finds an audience, I just personally feel like it’s not going to appeal to me. I feel like that pic of Ash falling through his desk says it all… Though I love the look on his Rowlet’s face, I’ll probably watch it if his Rowlet’s like the straightman

          • Thanks, though I probably won’t get to watch the Pokemon Anime either way. I’m too busy catching up with other shows right now. 🙂

      • Oh I beg to differ lol. I feel like the wound from the Alain vs Ash thing is still a bit fresh that it’s forgotten that XYZ was a decent anime. I mean, at least he didn’t take on a Hydreigon with an Oshawott in the league like in Unova.

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        • the thing is though, is that the structure is always the same. its always “meet forgettable character of the day, filler, end episode” rinse and repeat until a gym battle or the league. always. i was misled by a fan on this website “oh its not i promis XYZ is different” ok i said, i’ll give it a shot. the VERY FIRST episode was filler. and so were the next couple. i gave up again.

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          • Well when you put it that way, I can’t blame you lol. It’s just that this anime seems like a series entirely composed of those lame summer camp arcs. I hated those, I felt like it dumbed/slowed everything down for no reason other than stakes that didn’t matter outside of the arc (Being the top summer camp team or whatever). So it seems like, at this point, a mix of Orange Islands and the Summer Camp Arcs.

          • but see this is what makes me hopeful: being confined to one area with a select cast gives us time to watch them grow as characters. I’m not sure if anyone here has seen “Yu-gi-oh” but the second series, yugioh GX, was always my favorite for this very reason. its kinda hard to explain…

          • No I completely get it, I love GX and you make a good point. However, even though GX was a lighter series (at first), it didn’t make the point that it was going to be straight-up comedic. After your argument, I’d probably sit down and shut up if the only thing we knew about it was that he’s going to school. However, they’re also trying to make it a point that they want “a laugh a minute” which tells me there’s prooooobably not going to be much room for character development… MAYBE, we’ll see when the Ultrabeasts arrive. When a show tries to make a comedy that’s set in a school, it’s usually not all that deep, it’s more about their day-to-day lives. Learn something one day, go through things that test that lesson, lesson learned at the end of the episode, happy ending, laughs and good feels all around, rinse and repeat.

      • Jararanga’s monk staff-like tail, we had a pic of it next to Jangmo-o. There’s no confusion here, this person knows stuff.
        Now as for the types leak, it’s either a lie,just predictions, or hopefully they didn’t know about silvadi and thus Type:Null is listed as single. It’s annoying that’s still up in the air.

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        • True, maybe Jararanga will be featured in the trailer tomorrow. Maybe the Riddler only knows the pokemon that are featured in the trailers.

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  124. Now THOSE are my type of Dragons
    It actually pleases me to say
    Beltigre
    Lycanroc
    Mudsdale
    Jararanga

    And if this Silvadi thing is basically any type I wonde how hard it would be to get it to be Ground because then I can use it for my Ground Moon Mono

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  125. Shiruvadi translates into “pondering its own
    existence as an imperfect being” this confirms some things that have been speculated.

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      • Care to source that? I couldn’t find anything on their twitter, nor do I recall them saying that in their video. Not doubting you, I’m just curious.

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        • I think it was some other journalistic source that tested the game that said that, can’t remember which one, not gamexplain though.
          However this has not been backed up by anyone other review so either it’s under embargo, or, more likely, they got highly confused. 7 doesn’t seem to be a very logical number, and the five captains we know now, 3 seem to be on Akala, which is a weird imbalance. Can you really imagine two islands (or even one island!) with literally one captain and one kahuna? It’s completely senseless!

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          • Actually thinking on it now, they might have meant that they know for certain that their are 7 trial captains, as our electric, electra loving trial captain might have been confirmed to be on Akala island.

  126. I actually like Jararanga a lot and see what they were going for. I still don’t know what my team will look like but I’ve already chosen 3 pkm for sure: Popplio 3, Salandit2, Jararanga.

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  127. I dont understand, Type nulls helmet is clearly made by humans, does that mean the helmet can de-evolve it or what !?

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  128. Guys I’ve been doing teams for the 20th anniversary with every starter (2 for Samurott due to already having a Samurott team before hand and 2 for Kanto Starters due to having them on my Kalos Starter teams as well) and I’ve decided to do the Elemental Monkeys as well since they’re practically pseudo starters (and I just want an excuse to play White more ‘w’). Which one should I do first?

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      • We might have to wait until the game is out, to find out…

        It could even be part of the postgame.

        How about this: Gladion’s Type:Null might join us before the story is over, but later we will have a sub quest where we explore the destroyed Type:Null labs (we are required to bring Type:Null or Shiruvadi) and learn the potentially sad backstory…

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      • As for how it was created in believe it is the startersame and maybe rockruff fused together. I believe it was this before it was type:null. They merely gave it the helmet to suppress it’s power and make it more controllable.

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  129. At first sight I didn´t quite like Jararanga, but it kinda grew on me! The typing is unique and its posture is super badas.
    Plus I am positively surprised by Shiruvadi; I thought Type:Null was quite ugly (interesting concept, but meh), but the evolution looks super powerful!

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  130. “Shiru itself is a Japanese verb, meaning something like “to know”, so perhaps that part implies its all knowing, or at least its very intelligent.” -Myself a few days ago

    Type Null uses an item called Memory. GG Game Freak. GG.

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        • It’s design is very reminiscent of Arceus. It’s helmet having the same ring design thing that is around arceus.
          It was created to be the most powerful Pokémon and to take on legendaries.
          And if you consider the very apparent and obvious alchemy theme of these games and alchemists ultimate goal to recreate the power of God or recreate God himself them the comparison becomes almost impossible to deny.

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  131. I wonder if Type: Null will evolve via friendship, Refresh, or something else.

    I think Jangmo-o lost its spot on my team despite its unique typing.

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  132. I love Type: Null’s evo, but it should have been a Forme Change.
    I also really like Jangmo-o’s evos, but they should have been Dragon/Steel rather than Dragon/Fighting

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  133. Well, it looks like Jangmo-o is the first to be removed from my team. I try to love all Pokemon, but its evolutions are horrendous.

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  134. With Jararanga being part Fighting, Bug is now the only type not associated with Dragon, course Grass and Fairy deserves a non-Mega line but at least exist.

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  135. Have you noticed that corocoro revealed the starters evolutions but did not mention the famous secret they hide anymore? I think we were all super trolled.

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      • Which is very similair to Genesect.
        Genesect was a Pokemon Revived and Altered by an Evil Team to be powerful,
        Mewtwo was a Pokemon Cloned to be powerful, in some canon by Rocket
        Type:Null is a Pokemon created to be as Powerful as Legendary Pokemon, Presumably by an evil team with inspiration from Arceus.

        Shiruvadi’s Ability plus the Memory item also seems cross between Arceus Plates, and Genesects Drives

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  136. If Silvadi’s new attack, Multi-Attack changes type depending on the held item then I’m pretty sure Memory is the held item and it’s actually 18 items.

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    • I’m actually imagining a single held item. Seeing as Silvadi is designed to take on legendary Pokémon I see AR System working like a defensive protean. Either changing its type to the same as the attacking move or to a type random type super effective against the attacking type. This changing Multi-Attack’s type accordingly

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  137. you know what? I think Ash will not get any starters. I think the primary types captains will have them, all joining Ash in his trip.

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    • From the look of one of the scans, Kiawe’s go-to pokemon is Turtunator, Lana’s is Popplio, Lillie’s is Rowlett and Sophocles’ is Togedemaru, so maybe Ash picks Litten. It’s been a loooong time since he initially chose a fire starter.

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  138. R we sure Shiruvadi is a evolution and not just its true form? because it doesnt look that different to me except being a bit brighter and bigger

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  139. I could see it now my Beltigre and Jararanga gets into a wrestling match and Jararanga gets upset he cheats by spitting acid in his eyes lmao

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        • Idk why people say or do this all the time like other pseudolegendaries don’t have 4x weaknesses? Dragonite, Salamence, and Garchomp are all 4x weak to ice. And Hydreigon is already 4x weak to Fairy. And yet they are all still extreme powerful and useful Pokémon. The only fairy any of them would truly have trouble with is Mega Gardevoir

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        • It will probably have some Steel and Poison type moves, it just needs the stats to back it up. Also it will likely have Dragon Dance which it can use with a bit of switch prediction to hopefully outspeed and outpower like many Dragons do.

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    • Me too it’s my favorite poison type I like poison type in general ……but I can’t determine if I should treat it as a male or female.

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      • It’s one of those pkm for which the gender doesn’t really matter in my opinion (I still prefer getting a male one though). I’m thinking about getting a dual-type dragon/xx team for the third time I play S&M. I’d get Jararanga, Dragalge, Kingdra, Noivern

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      • You do realise most pokémon are like animals with two sexes right? Do you classify “bear” and “cat” as male or female? Not trying to make a controversy here, I can see why some might prefer their gardevoir’s female and their machamp’s male, but how the hell does it make sense to arbitrarily assign each and every pokémon to one of it’s sexes???

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          • Sorry, as I said I’m legit not trying to cause a debate here, I don’t care about Popplio3 or any of that. I’m just dumbfounded at such a necessity to compulsively and illogically label everything. In any case that’s just my view, Shady can do whatever he sees fit 🙂

          • It’s human nature, we tend to associate certain traits to a gender. Females are usually cuter, have more grace, etc, while males are stronger, ferocious etc. Of course that’s not entirely true but I see why people would rather have a male machoke or a female gardevoir. Pokemon are seen as animals but many of them have “human” traits + in the anime whenever they wanna let u know a pokemon is female (like eevee) they will make it more girly.

        • actually I do …..I can classify many animal Like big cats (specially tiger),cats ,birds…etc.

          And pkmn r not animal they have more character like a human ….so some pkmn have feminine looks and the other have masculine one so I prefer the female version if the pkmn looks feminine to feel comfortable while I am playing.

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          • I find this completely illogical and unnecessary when applied to animals, but you do make a little more sense when applying it to pokémon, and in any case it’s not my place to tell you how to see the world, so fair enough.

          • Y r u infuriated ?…..I told I really can realize animal gender just by looking (not the classic method) at their appearance ….yeah it’s not ur place at the first place.

          • People get triggered when you say things they don’t agree with about “sensitive” topics like gender and sex and all of that bullshit

          • Yeah that’s definitely a thing that happens a lot, and that often happens here, but incidentally I’m not one of those people who feels the need to argue about these topics or who tends to get “triggered”.

            If I was “triggered” (haha), it was by my perceived lack of logic in his approach, not because of gender politics.
            In my head it wasnt “U WOT M8 DID U JUST ASSUME GENDER”, it was “u wot m8 reducing your view of a dioecious species to a single sex is ridick”.
            I’m a biologist, not an SJW :p

          • Actually I misunderstood the first part of your response (honestly no offence meant but your english doesn’t help), I think it’s cool that you can identify them. I thought you meant you classified loads of animals like tigers as either male or female, which as you’ll probably agree makes no sense.
            As I said it makes some sense when applied to pokémon, it’s just that it only really makes sense to me when you’re actually playing the game and choosing to catch a certain pokémon as a male or female, rather than automatically assigning a sex to a whole pokémon species, because that’s not how it is in the pokémon world.

            Also I’m not infuriated at all dude, don’t know if that’s what my tone suggests but it can be hard to express tone when you’re trying to put emphasis on things and express confusion.

          • I didn’t know y sexism is very sensitive subject in a free country like America ? and how talking about pkmns gender could count sexism ?….Y pl like to live this drama ?…….I think we shouldn’t focusing in our problem that much but solution.

        • In the anime, it always really bothered me that Ash and co. would call their Pokemon “it” rather than “he” or “she” (aside from Magnemites and Ditto and legendaries, of course). Ask Nurse Joy to check if it has a dong or not. It’s a living creature, not a chair.
          EDIT: The first few seasons at least. I’m not completely caught up.

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    • Wow it’s sick!
      I’m just not a fan of the voice it has, do they really need to make it sound edgy and human like mewtwo (which works fine for mewtwo IMO)? It’s a damn metal bug, not a man in a super-sentai suit, even if it’s mega evo looks like one… How are these generic grunts cooler than something somewhere between insect noises and android sounds?
      Tbh they already messed up chandelure’s voice, so this is nothing new.

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      • That’s kind of an oversimplification (He was one of the discoverers of natural selection, there were previous concepts of evolution but indeed his work on evolution laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory), but the idea people wouldn’t know the man who’s arguably not just the father of modern evolutionary theory but the father of modern biology makes me sad.

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    • Professor Oak v. Darwin would make way more sense (actually a french youtuber who did a ERBH parody already did exactly that), but cool I guess!

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  141. Ilima is most likely the Normal Captain, Idk why they would show Totem,Gumshoos in the same page as Him/Her. People are like debating what Type Ilima specializes

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    • I also thought normal. I hope he/she is not a bug trainer. I’m bored of early bug leaders so i really hope the first trial captain isn’t bug.

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    • Seems obvious to me Illima is the normal captain, that’s what most evidence is pointing to so it’s the surest assumption to make

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      • Pokemon Sun and Moon is all just a coma induced dream. Ash is really in the hospital and the way everything seems to be more comical in the new anime is his brains way of coping with the damage lol

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        • I thought he was already in a coma from the start of the series and that’s why he doesn’t age. This is like…(I’m gonna say it)…comaception.

          And seriously, how funny is it that, even in your subconsciously constructed reality, you stil can’t win a league match. Or maybe that’d be like “walking into the light” for him which is why he keeps unwittingly fighting it.

          This just got deep.

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  142. OMG I was right about the Riddler’s clue about Jangmo-o’s evolutions being “Royal Knights” I love its evolution’s, and that has totally sealed the deal for me, having it on my team. XD

    And I can see the slight differences with Type:Null’s evolution as well. If you look at Type:Null the fur (or whatever it is) around his neack is grey, but once it evolves the fur becomes white, and he actually gets a bit bigger. 😀 I definitely am loving his evolution. His face looks like Solgalio’s face.

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  143. Jangmo-o turned out really damn cool, I was a little worried about the heart shaped scale, but he grew so bad-ass and regal, please don’t be a late game ‘mon that evolves at level 47 then 58 or something, that’s always spoils the fun if the first stage is weak. Aka goomy.

    I’m so into Shiruvaldi, it’s like Arceus and Solgaleo had weird sex and somehow made a robot baby, it’s so damn cool. I neeeeeeed it. Gah, again, please don’t make it some endgame ‘mon, argh. Or even worse, if it’s a legendary.

    I love how androgynous Ilima is, it’s awesome and he’s pretty cute. But what on earth in on his hand and dangling from his ear? It’s so puzzling. I’m gonna guess he’s the normal or perhaps flying leader, if that’s one of those bird training glove things, or are they archery gloves instead! Hmm…

    Anime looks a little more western cartoon like’ but I’m liking it, could be a fun change.

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      • No breasts. if they were a girl they would have some. since they look the same age, or a little older than you character. So to me that proves that they are more likely a guy, and not a girl.

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        • the blue haired girl has no boobs either and is a girl + its a pretty small pic to see whats what haha, idk men.. it could be a dude, but I’m still putting my money on it being a girl

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  144. Really digging the direction Jangmo-o is going. Wasn’t all that big of a fan of Jangmo-o, but it’s evolutions are pretty awesome!. It’s definitely making me think about my team again lol Type Null’s evolution is pretty cool itself too! I love how once it becomes so strong, Type Null basically takes control of it’s imprisonment and breaks the helmet off itself. It basically gets so strong that it’s power changes the way it looks….Kind of reminds me of a super Saiyan of sorts….only more permanent hahaha As for Ilima, I do like his design a lot. I don’t mind him being a guy, but where are people getting this? Neither this article nor Serebii have stated a gender for Ilima. Again I don’t have a problem either way I just want to know is all lol

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  145. They shot and buried the little dragon real good. Those evos are hideous. And they need to stop giving everybody fighting type and bipedal design. It’s beyond ridiculous already.

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  146. That’s enough Gen 1 Alolan forms Nintendo! I want my Alolan Hawlucha and Octillery for god’s sakes!

    I dig Jararanga’s design. Definitely using him on my Sun Team now. Wasn’t initially sold on Type:Null but now that I know it can evolve and has a Type changing gimmick, I might use it for my Sun Team as well if its stats are good enough.

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  147. omagaaaaaad i love jangmo-o evolutions soon much !!
    So my team now is :
    Popplio
    Comfey
    Jangmo-o
    Fomantis

    with my favourite pokemon from gen 7 until now being Lurentis.

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  148. When Type: Null and Jangmo-o were introduced i liked Jangmo-o and was indifferent to Type: Null… now with the evolutions it has changed. Jararanga and Tortinator have something about them, a certain design element between the two that is extremely similar, and I am not sure I like it, maybe its the faces and the sharp edges but I hope they both grow on me

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      • That’s a pretty fallacious not pick considering pseudo is a fan term and thus could not be “confirmed” officially. Based on what we know of pseudolegendairies jangmo-o and his line fit pretty well

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          • I know what it’s based on. Btw you’re missing a few.
            3 stage line, (which it is)
            Usually part dragon type, (only two aren’t…therefore it matches there as well)
            And yes a 600 BST… this is the only thing that isn’t confirmed. There’s only two examples of Pokémon in the series history having 2/3 of those characteristics and not being pseudo. The Flygon line and the Haxorus line.

  149. The name for Cutiefly’s evolution and the English names for Jarango, Jararanga, and Shiruvadi will be revealed on October 14th, along with Alolan Persian, Alolan Muk, Robinroot (Dartrix evolution), Beltigre (Torracat evolution), Sirene (Brionne evolution), Marshadow, and an update on Alolan Grimer..

    Also, October 14th’s update on Pokemon Sun and Moon will reveal three more Alola Guardians, plus more new Pokemon, plus some new Pokemon with gender differences, plus new Pokemon based on a dolphin, snowman, tiki, and toucan, plus more Alolan forms, plus a few new Mega Evolutions, plus some new evolutions and pre-evolutions of Pokemon from previous generations, plus a new Pokemon based on Aristotle.

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  150. Not crazy about jarangangaga’s design but I think it will grow on me once I see it in action. Also pleasantly surprised by type nulls evolution. Looks really cool even though I don’t understand its ability. Alolan Grimer is a wasted opportunity as I’m sure you all know. And I’m still really shocked that ash-greninja has actually made it into an official game. Completely unnecessary imo

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  151. A HEADS UP for those of you, if you preordered Sun or Moon from GAME and expected the Figure, you’re out of luck, they changed it to an Art Card without telling anyone and aren’t even giving it to people who’ve already preordered, so if you want the figure you should probably change your order to Nintendo Store while you can

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  152. Meanwhile, at a meeting in Game Freak headquarters:
    “You know what Pokemon people love? Grimer and Muk. We need Grimer and Muk to go to Alola, and you know what that means… Alola Forms!”
    *finds coloring page of Grimer and colors it puke green and mucus yellow*
    “Perfect! Also, it’s now half Dark type.”

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    • I just want to say I’m not mad or anything, I’m just thinking “…Why?”
      It’s their game and they can do whatever they like, but really: why bother?

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  153. I already have a clue on the evolution method for Type: Null. I have read that “once it finds a trainer it trust, it will evolve.” This lead’s me to believe that you would have to max out its Friendship level.

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