The article below contains spoilers for Pokémon Sun & Moon.
We have chosen not to publish any images obtained from the demo version and as such the information below is a text rundown of what has been uncovered. The comment section of this article will also contain spoilers.
The demo version of Pokémon Sun & Moon is currently live in some regions and some avid trainers have gotten to work uncovering everything the demo has to offer.
It seems that lessons haven’t been learned from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire and the demo files contain information on some currently unannounced Pokémon and over information. It’s unknown if the demo contains files for all new Pokémon in the games, though at this point it seems almost definite.
Leaked Information
Alolan Forms
The demo contains files confirming the existence of many more Alolan Pokémon:
- Geodude, Graveler and Golem
- Diglett and Dugtrio
- Persian
New Pokémon & Ultra Beasts
- There are at least five new Ultra Beasts, bringing the total to 8
- The leaked Starter Pokémon evolutions are real
- Pikipek appears to evolve into a toucan Pokémon in it’s final stage
- Crabrawler, Wimpod, Morelull and Salandit all receive evolutions
- Solgaleo and Lunala both have a pre evolution/lesser form
- A new Pokémon that appears to be based on an anchor
- A new Pokémon and it’s evolution that were previously leaked by an Amazon listing for the upcoming Sun & Moon TCG expansion
- Another two Pokémon evolution line that appears to be part Bug type
- Marshadow is a real Pokémon, but doesn’t look anything like Solgaleo or Lunala
- Magearna has a form that looks more like a traditional Poké Ball
- Ash Pikachu is in the game and appears to be able to wear Ash’s hat from each region of the anime
- [NEW] The Pokémon models found within the demo are only from Pokémon found in the Alola Pokédex
[NEW] Pokémon Moves
- It seems there are a total of 719 moves in the games, by comparison Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire had 621
- 3 of these new moves appear to be taught via TM
- 29 of the new moves are Z-Moves (18 Z-Moves for each type and 11 special Z-Moves)
- HMs no longer exist and are not available as a regular TM
[NEW] Items
- There are 920 items present in the demo, 58 of which are related to Z-Moves
- A new medicinal item similar to Lava Cookie that cures all
- A new battle item with held effect (like Dire Hit)
- At least 6 new holdable items with effects
- A Key Item that is likely used to change Zygarde forms
- 3 items that are used to change forms
- Bikes and Travel Trunks (an unused key item) are not in the demo/games
- The Strange Souvenir item data appears unchanged in the games
- 1 new type of Poké Ball
- It appears the new ball cannot be bought or sold
We will update with further details if and when they come.
REMEMBER: This information is currently unannounced and has been leaked from the demo. Please respect the wishes of others and mark your spoilers correctly.
Sorry for the spam, but I need to know which one of the GX people played the demo. If I don’t get a response I can’t ask the question.
Ash and Derrick did
Alright, I’ll try to ask them. Thanks!
what your opinion on pikipek evo line
I love it, I love toucans.
right! what typing you think is going to have?
Normal/Flying or maybe Dark/Flying. Likely the former, but the eyes make me think the latter.
My dream tonight: Game-Freak reveals all of these Pokemon are from just the first island… 😀
I would expect they’re from two islands, I’m reasonably convinced that the ferry will open up later and we’ll get to visit a small part of another island.
I want to believe this but it doesn’t explain the legendaries and the UB! Im so torn
Before the leak I had a dream about Starters customization …..And 2 headed Typhlosion.
Honestly, I’d take a complete Pokedex over a full plot dump any day.
as would I, the plot is what I really don’t want spoiled, the pokemon Im ok with
Tbh, even a plot dump couldn’t ruin this now, the graphics, music and mechanics have me hooked.
(I’ll even put up with the cringey ‘alola’ greeting)
Yeah I’ll admit that sucks
I’m not sure what’s cringeyer, the happy-go-lucky “alola *waves hands like freak*” greeting or those “Innit blud” chavs called Team Skull Grunts.
Either way, Scenery > People.
I’m perfectly happy to run around and listen to the music XD
Team Skull might be cringey but they’re amazing.
same
I’m still going to avoid plot spoilers at any cost, I’m still leaving if somebody gets the full game (for real this time, oK?)
I’d give it another week or two until that happens.
Yeah, I’d say around two weeks before the release.
One week maybe. Assuming you mean the ‘murican release.
To end the discussion:
I love the gardian deities #TapuYolo
TFW Dugtrio’s hair is longer than the protagonist’s…
Maybe a sign of things to come?
If I can’t have hair as long as Dugtrio, I’m gonna go ballistic.
Kill one and make a wig from the corpse’ hair.
To end the discussion:
https://s11.postimg.org/75ffogws3/3a4b6181f71db407f3e5ccc98c6788e23ad4d10b7016ed73.png
Yep, definitely see it now.
I don’t see it.
🙁 i see it
I’m in love with the Kokos…
Did you find them in the Alolos?
I’m going to miss this series so much! Did so many things right for once for the Pokemon anime! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3f815f09645b1c5489eccbf2f58bc23f9de895c05d2807cdfb9da5977a2a1c46.png
Except for the championship. That was just piss poor writing.
So late in realising this but just as i was sitting planning my team i realised that owed to the lack of Alolan Cubone, Alolan Marowak is the only Pokemon to not carryover ANY typing from its pre-evolution. Strange
In a few weeks we’ll (the people who watch the anime regardless of the narrative faults) be saying goodbye to the XY&Z gang! Honestly, the XY and XY&Z series have become the #1 Pokemon series in terms of plot, characters, development, battles, and many more! Going to sorely miss the group, but keeping an open mind for Sun/Moon.
http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13437239_1569219573372488_1602060575_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI3NjMyNTY0OTAyMjk3NTA1NA%3D%3D.2
good riddance
this cast was beyond insufferable
I loved them all equally. This series had iconic episodes from Serena’s hair cutting episode, to the Team Flare arc, to the gym battles, and the evolution episodes.
The animation quality in the SuMo anime looks fantastic, so I have hopes.
The only part I didn’t like was ash greninja beating dianthas gardevoir then loosing to Alain. Gardy should have been the strongest in the region
D*mn, somehow the twitter account I made literally 10 minutes ago has done something to violate the rules. I haven’t done a single thing yet, what? xD
GameFreak knows all 0-0
they’re watching me…
Always watching
This is all part of the plan
We must offer a sacrifice to appease our mighty overlords
*Grabs Fairy and tosses Him into a volcano*
Twitter must hate you.
ok i need help. this morning i found this great site on twitter that had like all the information in one place. it was like a black bacgrown with a long scroll thru for all the new pokemon and shiny forms and alolans. does anyone know the site or have the link?
Did u mean that? https://twitter.com/kaphotics
no it was a site someone posted on twitter. not a zip file. just a site. someone just took all the pokemon info and put it all together on a big site
https://sli.mg/a/4HOcnq maybe this…
i want dugtrio wig as part of character customization. all 3 of them
Wait, is it called Ten Carat hill because it leads upto the pokemon counterpart of DIAMONDhead?
Or pearls, or gemstones, or gold. Lots of things.
…that’s genius
I’m 80% convinced there are more pokemon that aren’t in the demo.
GF went to the trouble of scrubbing the Pokemons’ stats and preventing them from evolving, so it would seem odd if they hadn’t scrubbed other stuff too.
http://i.imgur.com/HuX7Xe6.jpg
I never thought Id see the day were Pokemon Conspiracy theories arise.
But I believe you are correct
They also forgot to scrub four moves that don’t even feature in the demo.
Moves that haven’t featured yet, I doubt anyone has analysed the script for the demo (i.e. what pokemon will appear). Sure there will be moves that weren’t used, but still. Besides, it might be harder to remove moves.
True, they could show up later in the demo, but if they don’t it’s really weird.
Also I doubt its that hard, they literally scrubbed every move except those four new moves and the ones that the demo Pokémon used: even the old ones and new ones already revealed, which altogether make like at least over 200.
The reason it might be harder is because moves probably require actual code. Stats and Pokedex entries are just data (numbers and text) but moves actually have effects, which implies they also require code, so unless GF has some sort of Pcode/Bytecode/data-based system for handling moves, they might be a different matter.
That or they just don’t care about leaked moves.
I’m 100% convinced, have been all day.
Wasn’t convinced until the hackers got on board but for now I’m that one guy always prepared to jump off the hype train in case it crashes
Fair enough. Though I’d like to point out this has convinced me more than most rumours ever did since it’s based on analysis of discrepencies in an actual technical artefact.
You can view them in battle though? I am looking at it right now.
What do you mean “you can view them in battle”?
The stats. Summary screens are available in battle.
yeah the pokedex seems incomplete
For the first time in two years, Pokemon is FINALLY breaking the 4.0 ratings and DEFEATING Yo-Kai Watch with its ratings!
– Pokemon X and Y debut with a 5.3 rating
– Pokemon X and Y ended with a 4.2 rating
– Pokemon XY&Z debut with a 4.4 rating
– Pokemon XY&Z consistently dropped and wasn’t registering in the Top 10 for quite some time, but after the League it’s picked up pace and S/M should debut anywhere between 3.9 – 5
omg consipiracy theory: what if GF decided to leave all those shines to trick us that is the entire pokedex when in fact there are more pokemon scrubbed and nobody had crack the code yet
yeah thats what people have been saying
you don’t scrub a pokedex of names and typeings and leeve the images thats the biggest part!!!!
I don’t have this woman in my game https://twitter.com/ruiisud/status/788211743201734657
um…. were you allowed to zoom in when taking the pics of jangmo-o?? i didnt realize this lol
No. It unlocks at Dugtrio apparently.
ah ok good… i was having trouble with it when i didnt it lmao
While I watching some steams no one does.
I don’t either.
I believe she randomly shows up
I guess I’ll keep going back and forth for a bit then.
I’m betting on it being when you get a perfect score in the catching challenge or something.
I got a perfect score and I don’t think she’s shown up for me 😡
Fair enough then.
She looks like the 4 day woman, maybe they hacked her thing to happen early.
I’m expecting it was hacked, but I’m feeling too nice to auto-assume it today.
found it!! https://sli.mg/a/4HOcnq i just love how its all together
Oh well, it wants me to put in my phone number, which I dont want to do, so now I have to create a throwaway email adress for a throwaway twitter account.
This is such a chore, I better get a response.
We believe in you! *cheers*
for what ithsme??
Yeah, I get annoyed with that.
What do people do when they lose their phones?
(Though in 10 years I’ve never done that)
I lose my shi*t and pray to God and then I realize it’s in my locker.
And when it isn’t?
(And damn, we never got lockers.)
Most of the time it is or my friends have it.
Would never trust my friends to handle my phone.
Meh. We share a lot of things, and we’ve known each other (most of us) since pre-school, so we basically act like family.
One way or another I’ve lost contact with almost all my friends.
:C I guess that’s apart of life. Once we reach certain steps in our lives, I’m sure my friends and I will drift apart as well, but I’ll enjoy the ride while it lasts. The ride with them will always be worth the fall in the end.
I’m just really happy you can dress like Team Skull, or close to their attire. 😀
Dress like a chav? *cringe*
It’s the opposite of how I dress in real-life, but I find their clothes to be somewhat appealing.
I’ll be fair, I like their bandanas, but their admins have more style than the grunts.
Newly released images of Team Skull on their day off:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/5/6358421_b0b13495e1.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CM9bhPKYPi8/maxresdefault.jpg
http://media.thedailytouch.com/2015/06/ChavFeature.png
Umm… okay… ?
lol You’re too much.
I’m just salty because I live in a town where 20-30% of the young population are chavs 😛
When I encountered Team Skull in the demo and saw their text I thought “Oh god it’s secondary school all over again” XD
Lol Yoire going to have a lot of fun beating Team Skull, aren’t you? 😉
On the one hand they irritate me, on the other hand beating them and watching them panic made me happier than expected XD
Lol. They have a solid theme though! To be honest, I feel like as of right now excluding team rocket they are a more realistic team. Team Flare I think was the worst team plot in the series. XD
Fair enough.
So what did everyone think of the Totem battle? I was surprised that Hakomo-o was able to summon Rockruff rather than Jangmo-o. I wonder if that means that Totems can summon Pokemon that aren’t part of their line
I was of the opinion it summoned Rockruff to give you something to activate Ash-Greninja off of since it’s weak to Water Shuriken.
That could be