[NEW] Pokémon Sun & Moon Demo Leaks New Pokémon & More

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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.

 

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4,067 thoughts on “[NEW] Pokémon Sun & Moon Demo Leaks New Pokémon & More”

  1. dam I am extremely exhausted just cuz last night hype almost didn’t sleep …….I just want to assure if there’s Dark and Ice type in this gen I mean Litten3 and Crabrawler evo…..Zzzzzzz.

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  2. It really disappoints me how underrated the story in Black and White is in the industry. Iy gets almost NO recognition. It deals with mental abuse, morality, animal violence, and ideology in ways other games wish they could. Yet no one seems to notice and just look at the surface elements. “It’s a pokemon game”. Even with just how complex N is as a character shows how much thought and effort they put into the story.

    The story is also intertwined with the mechanics. It directly questions whether your actions throughout these games is right or if you really are enslaving these creatures. It asks you to look at it from a different perspective.

    I wanna talk about N for a second because he is developed so well. While it is obvious he is a villain from the moment you meet him, he starts out by stating that he can hear what your pokemon is saying. This sets him apart and is a major part of his character. N was taken in by Ghetsis as a young child. It is actually implied that kidnapping may have been involved. N is isolated from the rest of the world. In order to further his own agenda and plans, Ghestis brings him only the pokemon hurt by people. N is raised with a skewed view of how pokemon are treated, but he also grows up connecting with pokemon in a way no one else has. This means he both understands pokemon more than anyone, but also doesn’t at the same time.

    His views are soon challenged as soon as he goes out into the world. By now he is crowned king of team plasma and believes he is fighting for the freedom of pokemon, no longer letting them be hurt by selfish people. (Actually the grunts using pokemon themselves illustrates how many are on board with Ghetsis’s actual plans making the ones remaining who follow N in B2W2 very interesting). When N sees that pokemon are enjoying being with people, it makes no sense.

    By the end of the game, he still isn’t convinced though. He finds out he was essentially Ghetsis’s puppet and is even verbally assaulted by what he saw as his Father his whole life. The game ends on him saying “Farewell” and he flies off with Zekrom to really find out what the truths are.

    Brilliant writing. I hope this game will get the recognition it deserves.

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    • Deals with “serious” issues?
      Oh please, SM has interdimensional beasts resembling important characters, what could beat that?

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    • Agreed. BW sucked me into that world like no other game before or since. This is my nostalgia speaking but I’d take a remake in the style of SuMo and delay SuMo if I could. lol

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    • Exactly! I hope SM has a very solid story, maybe even a story that exceeds or is on par with BW. It has the tools to be one, so I’m pretty confident we’re in for a great story.

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    • The animal stuff and questioning the world I sympathise with/respect, the rest didn’t seem that impressive though.

      Also I don’t like ‘implied’ without some form of evidence that makes it almost irrefutable, otherwise it’s too open to interpretation.

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    • this…….THIS THISSSSSSSSSS a thousand times yessss 100% agree, its one of my main reasons why 5th gen is my fav (also 3rd gen too)

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      • Then I really need you to got back to literary analysis and creative writing, because B/W is one of two pokemon games with the least amount of cliches. Sun and Moon maybe the second. Same with storywise. The story in B/W and B/W2 were much better than most of the other games.

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  3. I just found yet another small ting GF added to the games! Just like if you keep spinning your character does a little spin thing, if you repeatedly press the B button quickly while walking your character will trip lol

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  5. First impressions

    Alolan Dugtrio – Nice and understandable. Some can argue it’s a wasted opportunity tho reveal its real body, but why reveal the man behind the curtain? It’s their mystery, one of which may never be explained if they really stick to their roots – which they do a lot nowadays. Maybe and if when it’s close to an ending for the franchise, they can though.

    Alolan Persain – I really don’t see a reason, even though I’m sure they have it, for its existence right now. It’s not only ugly, it’s grotesque. Hopefully it’s to do with something meta so we can bear it, otherwise just kill it with fire.

    Alolan forms – They really wasted opportunities here. Lots of mons could breathe new life like Ninetales and so on. Lots of types would benefit with new additions. So, why exactly introduce just a few and some questionable ones? That of course, if this is all there is. Would be nice to have some insight from the development team in that case.

    New pokemon – I’m generally satisfied, specially with potential Fairy/Poison and Bug/Dark new mons. My only complaint is the excessive amount of standalones – again, if this is all there is (which I believe it is). Why? The first generation’s got almost all of the mons covered with post-games evolutions (mega or not) and it just goes against the franchise’s main deal. I really don’t understand, it seems lazy.
    The designs, though, all are refreshing. I don’t care if it’s only a few new ones, I wanted new megas for sure, but the ones we’ve got are awesome. I even like the freshness of UBs. Still, it’s sad to see types like Ice getting no love, as always.

    Well, I’m very pleased in general! Nothing can be perfect though, right?! 🙂

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  8. I like the Ash Pikachu thing. Seeing a Pikachu wear Ash’s caps is cool. But I’m interested in Solgaleo and Lunala’s pre evos/lesser forms…

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  15. I’m glad I decided that Moon will be my main game because this Night music is so much better than the Day music in my opinion. It sounds very reminiscent of Sinnoh music.

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  20. Crap….just got up and nothing else was leaked…but I’ve been wondering who is our mew/celebi/jirachi/laketrio/victini/hoopa of this generation? Could it be the thing we’re calling Marshadow but if that’s that then…..who is our real 3rd main legendary to complete the trio? Zygarde? Is it possible that Kalos and Alola both share the same main legendary? Instead of a legendary trio, there is actually 5 main legendaries (sol+luna+yvel+xer+zy)??

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    • Magearna is our first event.

      Marshadow is likely the third Pokemon but could also be another event.

      If Zygarde is somehow also the third Pokemon (again) it’d be weird, but I guess Zygarde’s plot wasn’t discussed too hard in XY so it was more like a bonus capture rather than part of the plot.

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      • I feel zygarde will most likely serve some sort of plot in this game, whether that be post game or main quest, something will likely happen.

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    • As for legendary trio, I think the legendary quartet of Tapu Koko and Friends serve as their replacement. So it is also possible that there’s no real “third legendary” since it was moved to be one of the quartet.

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    • Or maybe we don’t know everything and we don’t know our third legendary yet.

      Or maybe I’m really keeping my hopes up and will probably get disappointed later on.

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  21. So I’m thinking the pokeride has to be like soar rather than like fly. Or at least different flying pokemon will do different things.

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    • I have 2 image files saved to my laptop incase they become hard to find: one of the entire list of non shiny pokemon introduced in gen 7, and one of all the alolan variants, shiny and normal, which does indeed have alolan marowak.

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