32 days until Sun & Moon release!
Some of our older readers maybe remember our Journey to X & Y and Road to Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire countdowns back in 2013 and 2014. Now, we’re back with Road to Sun & Moon!
Recently, Nintendo invited several people to their San Francisco offices to preview and play the first entries in the 7th Generation of Pokémon – and although Nintendo put an embargo on a lot of what these lucky few got to see and experience, some details about the games have surfaced. For your ease and enjoyment we’ve compiled a list of the biggest new details from multiple people that got the opportunity to play through the first two hours of Pokémon Sun & Moon. The sources of all this info have been linked to the bottom if you’d like to see the articles and videos in full.
Pokémon
- Several players confirmed that they saw new Pokémon and Alolan Forms, but aren’t allowed to go into detail
- About “10-15” unique Pokémon (both new and old) were encountered in the two hours by trainer battles and in the wild
- Original Formes of Alolan Forme Pokémon were not encountered (i.e. Players only encountered Alolan Rattata, not Kanto Rattata)
Mechanics
- The D-Pad is no longer used for moving in the overworld – movement is no longer gridlocked and only the analog stick is used
- Default speed for movement in the overworld is now running, not walking
- The sneaking up on Pokémon mechanic from ORAS has been removed entirely
- Not as much noticeable framerate slow downs in general as there were in the previous generation (i.e. in battles with animations turned on)
- 3D has been removed completely from the game other than important cutscenes and the PokéFinder
- The 3D apparently does slow the frame rate down in cutscenes, but not as bad as it did in Gen VI
- However the stereoscopic 3D in the PokéFinder slows down the framerate to a very irritating and extremely noticeable degree`
General
- Sun & Moon is fairly fast paced and throws you into the adventure right away. Players note how you’re able to catch and battle Pokémon and Trainers well before a formal tutorial
- In the two hours of gameplay, very few people got to the first trial, much less completed it
- Reward money is plentiful in the Alola Region
- You are able to change your hairstyle in the first major city
- The local Alolan Pokédex is split into four sections – one for each island – similar to the Kalos Pokédex
- The player has a WiiU in their house – not an NX 🙁
- Confirmation that you do get medals for completing trials
- Several trials must be completed before challenging the Kahuna of the island
- When a Pokémon evolves you see its entire evolutionary family on screen
- Poké Pelago and Poké Ride were not available in the first two hours of the game
- Tackle has reportedly been lowered down to 40 basepower (as opposed to Gen VI’s 50 BP)
Story/Characters
- The early events of Sun & Moon take place over several days
- The protagonist moved to the Alola Region from Kanto and arrived via plane
- The protagonist’ father is mentioned, however you do not meet him in the first two hours
- Early in the game the protagonist falls off a bridge and is saved by Tapu Koko
- Prof. Kukui previously battled the Indigo Gym Leaders while researching Pokémon moves in Kanto
- Before choosing your starter Pokémon Lillie gives you a mysterious stone which is revealed to be a Z-Crystal later on
- However, they did not get to use Z-Moves or Mega Evolution in the first two hours
- After deafting Hau a second time, Hala gives you the Z-Ring
- There is a Tauros that blocks the road to prevent you from continuing on to a certain area at one point
- You meet the first Trial Captain, Ilima, at the Trainers’ School
- The EXP. Share is given to you at the Trainers’ School and still gives experience to your entire team
- The Gumshoos trail is the first in the game
Sources: GameXplain, IGN, Gamespot, Nintendo Insider, XGN, VG247, Metro UK
Are any of these new details making you rage, or possibly even more exciting for the release of Sun & Moon? With the demo coming out in a mere two days we’re finally all going to be taking our first (albeit limited) steps in the Alola Region. And with that comes the possibility of leaks…stay tuned!
//ozymandis
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Nah. It needs to be a Banette. 😉
No, it needs to be a Tsareena
You get kukui
I don’t want sloppy seconds :v
Even if it’s hot sloppy seconds https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2a97ae8f6b5a641f17b22c8850b3b897020ef28df5bc35f84e1dca46a4ab8984.jpg
Kiawe would probably burn you with his fire anyway
Drops his mixtape
I’ll dark void you so fast you won’t even time to blink
Not if I mega evolve and use Taunt first.
Dark Pulse then
Dark Void is rendered useless by Taunt :p
I meant Dark Pulse lol
Prankster doesn’t apply until the turn after (turn order is already set before Mega Evolution)
Darn. I replaced Banette’s role with a Sableye that doesn’t mega evolve a while back, so I didn’t remember that.
Agree that better.
fight me
I am ready cuz I will not let ruin my favorite pkmn by this way.
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It’s my favorite one too https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d07882819dc8a4f2b912fbcf09c1b849e3a6947d26991592d8d0374b6aea18da.jpg
Hey u stop this that make me angry.
Angry guys are hot
Hot more than u imagine that could burn u alive. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/9431051/images/1272347732222.png
I’m ready
What
I hope the demo has at least one or two pokemon not yet shown for us to encounter completely blind, I have never be able to have that surprise of encountering something entirely new in game
The last time that happened for me was in Diamond. :p
I mean I learned about the pokemon in D/P like 4 years after they came out and not in game, I don’t think I have ever had such a privilege… but I mean I do it to myself by being curious XD
That’d be awesome. I hope we also get to use the starters in addition to Greninja. I’ve already seen Greninja on my 3ds I need to see a new Pokemon now!! Lol
one can hope
So it’s puts you into the adventure right away? That is very cool, I was always bored with waiting a while with all the introductions and tutorials, so a fast-paced game is pretty good. Nice job GF
And it sounds like when they do give the formal tutorial it’s not as slow as in the past. So either way we’ll be in good shape lol
So happy about that, thank you 20th anniversary
Right? Lol
I’ll have to control myself not to spend the whole day playing the demo because I have a very important math exam next week and I need to study xd
Boo for the exam part, but yay for math! I really like it so if you need help or something (assuming I’ve done the course) let me know!
I actually got really lucky because all of my exams were last week, so I don’t have anything for this week.
I despise math on a cellular level *cries*. I’m forced to take it because of my business major, but I really wish I could take something else. I did get a very good grade last year in math but only because I forced myself to memorize how to do every kind of exercise (I don’t understand any of the theories though)
what business major are you cause im a business major too and I only took finite math and stats
It’s called “Licence eco gestion”. It’s in a French university and they apparently love math. My sister is studying the same in the US and she doesn’t as much math as I do. I had stats last year+ have it again next semester
that sounds fancy. And yeah most business major only take like 2 or 3 math classes in the US
It’s far from fancy but it’s free so I can’t complain. I can’t wait for it to end though, I was not born to study
Well that’s no fun 🙁
That’s like me and all the Gen Ed classes I have to take lol, I’m a Math + Biochem major but when I have to take something like English I cry…
What kind of math were you in last year? I might be able to shed some light onto those theories (even if it doesn’t help in your current position or anything, I just like teaching is all)
i feel you in the english part. I took all my english classes in my first two years and now im finally free
Last year math wasn’t hard, we had linear algebra (Diagonalizable matrix, linear independence and all of that) + we learned how to draw a graph from equations (limits, derivation, etc). And this year we’re having this: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b9e3e2acf22341fda55245de093660db61082117493a0d05f5563ad734381f0e.png
And this This is a final exam from a couple of years ago, so there’s not much theory in it, but they try to teach us a bunch of theories that we don’t even need to know to pass the class https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eb7ec30832849fd27184abe6019d686b8d338c5a8d98f1599bc9aef2a1c484f4.png
I’m gonna have to control myself from tomorrow around noon until Tuesday around 130ish. In that time there’ll be info all over the place, but I wanna play the demo fresh. Have work Tuesday morning so I won’t be able to play until around 130……..tis a shame……lol
i would feel you if i had a 3DS cause my last week of online classes is next week
I have 6 exams this week, plus the PSATs. Halp. ;_;
Nothing will compare to the horror that was IB. Still has me shivering when I think about it lol
My finals consisted of one exam every day for two weeks, sometimes with more than one per day. Never again, thank god.
I have two per day.
I have
German Test
PSAT’s
Most likely something else
German Quiz Friday
I feel your pain
Doesn’t look all too hard compared to my calculus and algebra exam, the horrors. We had to do a eigenvalue decomposition with an eigenvalue of like 9+sqrt(105), calculate a singular value decomposition, a pseudo inverse of the matrix, a projection matrix for it and a least-squares approximation and that was only good for 25% of the grade. It turned out to be all useful though to understand the following courses so it wasn’t all too bad.
“My life is worse than urs”
As I said, it’s not that complicated, but considering I didn’t do much math at school + it’s a subject I hate, it just makes it worse. I’ll sure I’ll do well in the course, the problem is mostly the theory, I don’t get any of it, but you don’t really need it when you can just learn how to do the exercises. And my major is management, not math x)
Ya’ll fawning over Kiawe and I’m still here shipping Blue and Red. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/cf/60/cb/cf60cb16cd990b4e434be6252f1df8a7.jpg
So much sexual tension in that. Pretty hot lol
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Eh. Too explicit for me. lol
It’s not like he’s naked
Hey not dissing it man. I’m cis and predominantly straight. My interest in anything other than cis women is largely arbitrary and random.
I was not offended x) And isn’t cis the same as straight? I’m lost
I was under the assumption cis = not trans.
Oh, that must be it then
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The black and white protagonists are both really cute with N
I ship Lucas and Barry.
I don’t actively ship characters really but I really like Hilda/Dawn or Hilda/Rosa
The fact that B2/W2 don’t have an epic “Red battle” with your trainer from BW via memory link sucks so much.
I could’ve sworn they did. I thought that was what memory link was used for?
Mostly flashbacks, old player name mentions and N’s Pokemon
Also why didn’t they do something like that in HGSS where you could put Fire Red or Lead Green in the game boy slot on the DS and fight your Hall of Fame team?
This makes me so glad I pre-ordered Moon today!
im playing random battles at showdown and I got a gliscor and I was triggered to all those gliscors I had to competitive battle in XY days
I hate to admit it……but I might play Sun first.(gonna play them both most likely lol) I like Lunala WAY more than Solgaleo, but I kind of want to play in my actual time rather than 12 hours off. I’ll likely play the game in the morning the first day and I think it’d be weird for my character to do all the beginning stuff (getting a starter, pokedex, set out on a journey, etc.) at like midnight lol I won’t mind as much in my second play through, but for the first time I think I’d rather have things match up more realistically. I stay up pretty late anyway so I won’t miss out on the night time gameplay anyway hahaha
Can’t you just set the internal 3DS time 12 hours ahead or back?
So e.g. it’s 10:00 AM in the real world, your 3DS is set 12 hours ahead making it 10 PM on your 3DS.
Plus the 12 hours Moon jump, it’ll be 10 AMagain
I’d prefer not to mess with the time of my 3ds. Other games and functions rely on thr time too so I’d like to keep things easy
Makes sense!
Haven’t thought about that
I don’t really play anything else, that relies on time
I swear I just killed a mosquito that’s bigger than my future
UB-2?
Hopefully because I hate it
I hate this kind of bug too maybe cuz I am dark type……but I hate the tiny thing more something called Sand Fly it’s very small very fast and very gluttony, I hate anything that impede my sleep.
I want winter to come so there are no more bugs
Do we know when will the next batch of news be released?
There’s a livestream on the 23rd, I believe.
Yeah but its exclusive to NicoNico
What does that mean? Well info not leak?
NicoNico is a Japanese exclusive streaming site. We’d have to wait for someone to tell us, we can’t watch it.
I don’t think they’ve officially said the next date.
If I had to guess I’d say somewhere between the 1st and 4th of November, based on current trends.
😉
so finding out psyduck might have its own z-move coming, Still waiting on jigglypuff 🙁
I wonder if Meowth well get one as well.
WITH THE GUITAR 😮
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Is the genesect movie any good?
NOOO
Agreed
Better than Diancie’s but worse than all others
I didn’t like it much. A female-voiced Mewtwo shows up (long-lost sister of original Mewtwo?) and the plot is pretty similar to the first movie, maybe mixed with E.T. Mewtwo fills the “Mew” role and the red Genesect is in the “Mewtwo” role. They’re some sort of time traveling fossil bugs that want to go home. Also, it’s a really short movie, not even 70 minutes.
Hearing that you cant use the dpad encouraged me to finally go get my 3DS joystick fixed
the rubber thingy protecting mine keeps falling off. Should I just glue it back?
Sounds like it’d just be a temporary fix lolol
Wait if nobody got to the first trial then how do they know that Gumshoos is first?
because its a normal type.
I guess that makes sense…
It’s obvious. Nornal Type is the meh type and thus obviously first.
raticate is half meh then
It’s bluh/meh type
Normal’s actually a great type when used right.
Meh as in its the standard type, nearly every Pokémon learns a normal attacking move, it’s SE on nothing, and it’s exceedingly common. It’s not bad. It’s meh.
It says “very few” people reached it, which means some people did manage to get to the first trial. However, “even less” completed the trial, which may mean that the trials take long. I’m so excited!
I may soon leave for a while to avoid as many new things as possible then come back being that guy blasting the comment section with Love and Hate comments on Pokémon, and Characters
You mean like after the release?
Yep I’m setting a date to leave I’ll come back on Halloween to say Happy Halloween then be gone till the release… or maybe two days before I’ll come back
Lol @ my overleveled HGSS team, not even 8 badges yet.
Lanturn (lv 51)
Typhlosion (lv51)
Togetic (lv 51)
Ariados (lv 50)
Pupitar (lv 50)
Umbreon (lv 50)
Here I am at the league with LV 38 as my best Pokemon. ._.
Tbf I used action replay because grinding is such a bitch in HGSS. But I deactivated it now
Alright for now must say my idea of my team and what I feel my brother will use (I have more than 6 cause I’m undecided)
Me:
Brionne
Gumshoos
Tsareena
Alolan Muk
Komala
Togedemaru
Mimikyu
Alolan Sandslash
Turtornator
Snorlax
Lycanroc (Midnight)
Brother’s:
Dartrix
Mudsdale
Oranguru
Lycanroc (Midday)
Kommo-o
Silvally
Brionne and Alola Muk are mons I reccomend you picking up, but you may want more speed….
Yeah I feel I may add an Eeveelution to my team too
Jolteon would work with your composition. Personally, I’m starting fresh XD
I kinda want to start fresh but if I need to I will bring one back
Hmmmm
Here’s mine
Dartrix
Salandit
Alolan Ninetails
Pyukumuku
Kommo-O
Palossand
You could rotate them, try them out and see who you like best that way.
I’ll try that thanks
OH god c’mon Tuesday! I can’t take it anymore!
RKS System = Multitype
Queenly Majesty = Dazzling
Turboblaze = Teravolt = Mold Breaker
Full Metal Body = Clear Body
Shadow Shield = Multiscale
R Really GF aware of that ? ..if u r answer is yes u should have an explanation.
Shadow Shield?
Lunala ability.
It’s just trying to be unique.
I can at least see the reasoning behind RKS System. If Sivally is revealed to actually be an attempt to create Arceus, then they could say that humans cannot recreate a god pokemon therefore they cannot recreate a god pokemon’s exact ability. If that makes sense.
Becuase Solgaleo’s body isn’t clear, Lunala doesn’t have scales, Tsareena doesn’t have dazzle camouflage, Bruxish isn’t royalty, RKS System is to keep Sillvaly being synthetic realistic (how did it get God’s exact ability) and Turboblaze and Turboblaze is for rule of cool.
It’s extraordinarily simple.
Like how Battle Armor and Shell Armor are the same thing: Cubone’s HA is “Battle Armor” because it doesn’t have a shell.
Queenly Majesty: protects from ALL priority moves
Dazzling: protects from JUST high priority moves
RKS System: makes sense considering the origin
Shadow Shield: we don’t know all of its effects
Full Metal Body: same as Shadow Shield
wait so dazzling only works for like sucker punch and extreme speed?
Is this info about the Sun and Moon demo?
It’s from the news media that got to play the first two hours of the real games
So when Rowlet evolves, dartrix’s evolution is also shown. I don’t quite get that part.
well i’m back from pumpkin picking
i wanted to go apple picking so i can eat fruit constantly but they were picked clean
so what did you buttholes do today
Apple>pumpkin
And I have been playing SWTOR basically all day. A bit of HGSS in between
Well I left a dude ranch I was vacationing at
Oh right I discovered that the medal I couldn’t get my dad drove out to Reading on Saturday the lady gave him two so now I have two super super rare yo-Kai medals
Which Yo-Kai is it?
Hovernyan. my avatar is the medal
The best Yokai, other then maybe Darkyan.
Yeah oh right for any Yo-kai enthusiasts I suggest the channel I made its for Yo-kai watch 2
I’m a casual fan a best. More interesting in its designs and its childish charm then the actual game. Like how the Darknyan quest in the game is literally Hovernyan reads an “American Comicbook”, aka a batman comic that his butler game him, and asks you to give him a utility belt and cape, becoming basically batman
I mostly cover Teams, Top 10’s, Any special events, ect. Cause I love many of its interesting yo-Kai like Pallysol and Boyclops
Nice, looks awesome 🙂
finishing up one of my comic projects,
taking breaks to stare into the void because I want more Sun & Moon info now,
finishing my playthrough of Y
wondering if I should play anything else actually
I’ve been craving playng through Shovel Knight again
I’m not okay with being killed by a woobat in the battle subway
How long was your streak?
i can top that…..
1v1 Garchomp vs Maractus…..
I got swept by a Regigias… That was a special attacker
Yeah you should feel bad
They barely got to the first trial and two hours?! That sounds like a good thing!
It’s comparable to your very first run of a Gym based Pokémon game, where the first Gym takes about two hours of you idle a lot and try to catch all Pokémon, try them out, level them up, etc, which doesn’t sound too impressive:then you realise: there’s only eight gyms, and there’s going to be a ton of trials and four Kahunas. It’s truly impressive.
Reminds of the 2-3 hours gap between viola and grant in x and y and then after grant the gyms were like 30min-1hour apart but hopefully that is not the case xD