Greetings Junglers, Evan here with the winner of Kalos’ Showdown. The winner is Malva! She won with 32%. She’s followed by Siebold (30%), Drasna (28%) and Wikstrom (10%).
Now the winners will compete against each other. Vote and let us know who you picked in the comments down below!
Lance
- Encounter 4
- Dragon
- Gyarados, Dragonair, Dragonair, Aerodactyl and Dragonite
- Name: A lance used by knights
- Trivia: Lance’s grandfather is the elder of a famous clan of Dragon Masters.
Karen
- Encounter 4
- Dark
- Umbreon, Vileplume, Murkrow, Gengar and Houndoom
- Name: Darken
- Trivia: Karen is the only Elite Four member in HGSS that changes her final Pokémon, namely into Umbreon.
Phoebe
- Encounter 2
- Ghost
- Dusclops, Banette, Banette, Sableye and Dusclops
- Name: Phobia or phantom
- Trivia: She is the only Ghost-type specialist who does not use a Gengar at some point.
Flint
- Encounter 3
- Fire
- Rapidash, Steelix, Drifblim, Lopunny and Infernape
- Name: A kind of stone used to set fires
- Trivia: Flint is the only Elite Four member who uses a starter.
Caitlin
- Mid-right encounter
- Psychic
- Reuniclus, Musharna, Sigilyph and Gothitelle
- Name: Cattleya, a flower
- Trivia: Caitlin is one of the few characters to have physically aged.
Malva
- Top right encounter
- Fire
- Pyroar, Torkoal, Chandelure and Talonflame
- Name: Malva (a flower genus) or lava
- Trivia: She is the only Elite Four member who is part of a villainous team.
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X — EVAN
https://twitter.com/RealShigeruM/status/788786790727503873
totally not bait
When people saw this and said “not another shitty recolour”
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Look who’s laughing now!
Rather dumb question, but do the Trial Captains have their own separate teams?
Based on the demo, it just seems that they are just siccing the Totem Pokemon on the player at the end of the trial…
But considering Olivia does throw a Pokeball and fight alongside a Nosepass… there might be more.
She’s a Kahuna though that’sdifferent
Whoops. 🙂
But it’s weird that they have type specialties if we don’t battle them, in a way
Well it probably just indicates the type of the Pokemon at the end of the trial.
No idea, so far I’ve taken it that we don’t actually fight them, they just host the trial and we only fight Kahunas.
They did say SOME trials will involve battling. Some will do other things.
I wonder though if you can maybe battle them for the post game, and they will have a fully fledged out team. Especially for the ones who you don’t battle
I have a feeling they left some of the sprites in the game on purpose, especially considering there are missing sprites of revealed Pokémon.
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Many ppl whining about Litten3 and call it shit if u check 4chan humanz team it the most popular one most ppl use in their team and I am not surprise I told u that u that’s will gonna happen human.
Litten3 -> Tony
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Burn in hell. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/364801b048a0c24d05ca45e93524f856ca400ca4b771b23f08ced07d5d0801d3.png
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Tears
You guys hate Litten3 like I hate Pikipek3
I like Pikipek 3.
Even if it is almost certainly Flying/Normal.
Pikipek3 might be a contender for my favourite bird. Currently Starraptor
I don’t like Staraptor.
The toucan is already high up my list, its typing just dictates how high up.
1: Starraptor
2: Pidgeot
3: Braviary
4: Honchcrow
5: Swellow
Completely forgot Braviary even existed.
I don’t have an absolute ordering but Honchcrow is up there. If we’re counting non-regional birds probably:
-Honchcrow
-Altaria (not the Mega though)
-Toucan
-Oricorio (Baile)
-Noctowl
What if Alolan Dugtrio is based off of Wrestlers hair and is actually Ground/Fighting…
4chan thinks it’s based on Pele’s hair and is Ground/Fire.
Until more evidence turns up, I’m assuming it’s either Ground/Normal or just plain Ground.
I don’t see why they’d just go with an Aesthetic change. It’s a ridiculous thing, they can at least give it something to use.
They don’t care about making things usuable anymore. Heck, if what they have been doing is anything to go by, it’ll be Ground/Dark or Ground/Fairy.
Or somehow Ground/Ice orz
I’ll be fair, 4chan’s idea sound the best so far since the Pele’s hair thing seems legit.
I guess we can only wait and see. I won’t likely be using it much if at all whatever it is, except perhaps for target practice..
At least it doesn’t have an iron filings mustache *looks at Probopass and Golem*
Golem looks like an evil Dictator. I imagine it saying Gulag instead of Golem.
Jokes aside, the Aloan Geodude line seems to based off lodestones. Rock/Electric seems very likely at this point. Which is a unique type combination and one I have been wanted for years
Yeah I know, I think it’s a pretty cool concept, even if it is strangely executed. The typing is certainly unique, not sure it can rely on Magnet rise to counter it’s 4x Earthquake/Ground weakness though. Maybe it’ll run Air Balloon before setting it up, assuming it even gets Magnet Rise. I’d also expect at least Discharge and Charge on it.
They have railguns. Gonna spam Zap Cannon just because it’ll be satisfying
Golem is basically a taser.
I was predict that too.
ground normal would rock my socks!
It’s mostly the same as ground, but gains weakness to fighting and immunity to ghost.
….ok. I know how type matchups work lol
Just saying, it’s not that special.
normal types are special to me! 😀
All 97 of them!
And I’ve suddenly remembered Diggersby is a thing ; n ;
Alolan Dugtrio > Diggersby
I like ’em both! wait, there’s really only 97? or are you only counting fully evolved? (actually I take that back, I hate dunsparce.)
I’m going by what Bulbapedia says.
97 is a lot (35 ice types…)
I know its a lot I was just expecting like 120ish. I know normal and water have the most.
Water has the absolute most at 120.
maybe that’s what I was thinking of. Thanks!
Some people speculated Ground/Fairy. I really hope dont hope that, for the sake of Earthen’s housemates and neighbours lol
and neighboring nations
Before I head out to class I want to remind everyone, that today is the Greninja farewell episode. And I will cry
I will be cheering.
this. though, i’d prefer it if it were “farewell ash”
Pokemon B2W2 has such good music. Im in Virbank right now
Dewott – Chell
Sewaddle – June (side note I can never remember Sewaddle’s name
my favorite background music in pokemon has to be Driftveil City.
which city had Brycen? that music is great.
Iccirus City? I like how the music changed when you got close to the people singing and dancing
Sewaddle <3
No new megas 😀
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-10-19-pokemon-boss-explains-why-sun-and-moon-move-away-from-mega-evolution
Was it ever expected there would be? Clearly the focus is Z-Moves. Although I kinda hoped Solrock and Lunatona would get a mega, just because it fits the whole theme
I never thought there would be, but some people here did.
Aparently Solrock and Lunatone might not even be in the regional dex, but those might be false rumours.
I’m actually glad we dont even have access to Megas until after completion of the main game. Imagine having both Megas and Z-moves from the get go lol
So far I prefer Z-moves to megas since
A) Aside from the really specific ones, all pokemon can use Z moves
B) They don’t involve really weird/lame form changes
C) You can only use them once, for one turn only, not “once but they drag on for ages”.
Lol who even could have had any hope after the pathetic amount of pokémon/alolan forms we’re getting was revealed. Don’t rub it in, it’s too painful already :'(
I never thought there would be from the start.
I’ve been saying “no new megas” for at least a month, I’m just happy I can finally base my claim on evidence rather than foresight.
I haven’t had hope for a long time either, especially since pokémon-specific z-moves were announced, but honestly with the wasted mess GF have made of the Alolan form concept and the horrendous UBs, I’m starting to really miss good’ol megas, as much as I hated them on reveal.
I still don’t like the megas, but I agree that the UBs are awful and they wasted the alolans.
There’s only a handful of the alolans that I actually like.
(At least we know why they kept alolan Persian a secret now.)
yeah it sucks, should have given us at least flygon since he was planned anyway.
yeah, what this totally handsome dude who is in no way me that had to go onto firefox cuz disqus hates me, but he couldn’t sign in said.
It wasn’t ‘planned’ only ‘considered’.
“Sugimori: Flygon has had the potential to have a Mega Evolution since XY, but we were unable to complete a design and so it was dropped from consideration.”
Yeah I’m not the happiest with the news. but Oh well. He made a point at least to say game, and not generation, so I suppose its likely that the Sinnoh Remakes will make up for them, given their really isn’t much they can do with Z-moves once Sun and Moon are released. I really don’t see players saying a single powerful move is enough to replace standard hold items in competitive, and really it doesn’t seem likely that they’ll just keep creating new z-moves for specific pokemon.
I’m kinda worried about these games to be honest. now, I know I shouldn’t rush to conclusions, but it worries me anyways. I feel these trials may not be in depth. playing the demo, taking photos of those pokemon wasn’t really fun. we know a trial will consist of collecting items… idk, am I the only one?
I am with you on this. I felt a bit flat after playing the demo. The trial felt like a side quest in a way, and not substantial enough. I kept waiting for something more and went ‘is that it?’ after I beat the trial
They were always supposed to be like side-quests, what gave you the impression they would be something else?
I know they were. But I thought just maybe because they replaced the gym system, it will be something a bit more substantial.
Or maybe also because I was forced to use Greninja and not one of new pokemon 😀
yeah it was pretty much “Greninja destroys things instantly” the demo. I used Kukui’s Pikachu whenever I could. they shoulda gave us a starter and let us catch the wild pokemon, not like they could evolve anyway.
Yeah I know. I spent so much time in the catching contest hoping to evolve them
I’ve had that concern about trials from the moment they were announced. It seems most people didn’t realise what ‘colllecting items from the forest floor’ and ‘taking pictures of pokemon’ actually entails.
But at the same time, I’m hoping people will find them boring so it will make people realise gyms weren’t boring and they were never the issue.
I’ll admit though, having to fight the pokemon after taking pictures of
it make it more fun than just taking pictures, so the trials might turn out
better than expected. Totems are still pretty easy to beat though, beating that Hakamo-o was easier than beating a first gym.
I’m sure there will be interruptions, such as team skull bothering you during the trial. the only reason I’m not too worried is because a recent interview with gamexplain, they said the games will be packed full of content. honestly though, i’d forgive mediocre trials if they gave us a battle frontier.
Team Skull are an annoying bunch of chavs though.
Doesn’t specify what content though.
The festival plaza, pokepelago, pokemon finder etc all count as content too. The game could still be ‘full of content’ and still have really brief/boring trials.
We’re not getting a battle frontier.
jeeze pharap no need to be a negative nancy all the time bro. I like team skull, they are great so far.
Team Skull are an annoying bunch of chavs. The admins have a bit of character, the grunts are just lame though.
I’m serious about the battle frontier thing. At most we’ll get another battle maison.
There are plenty of things I like about the game, but there’s a lot more that I dislike.
ugh please not another maison/subway because they were the same thing… I wouldn’t even care if its a remake of a previous frontier. after so much complaining, they had to have changed SOMETHING, right? isn’t that why we have trials over gyms? people were sick of the same formula. I remember people complaining about the lack of post game content a lot…
I was happy with the gym formula, I never understood why people complained about it. I think they were projecting their hate of XY onto all gyms.
The only things I liked about the maison were
A) Sit back, press buttons, no thinking
B) Spend BP on cool items
Also I have no idea how Nintendo even check what people are complaining about. Dunno if they do proper polls or actually pay people to go around forums reading complaints.
my assumption would be they read reviews from journalists, like game informer, ign, gamespot, etc.
Well, the demo actually reminded me of a gym with the exclusion of people. Most gyms are small, trivial puzzle rooms. I mean the demo trail was basically Gardenia’s gym all over again. Find the trainers before you can fight me sort of deal. It was seriously not that different from a gym. You guys just need to warm up to it a bit. 🙂
P.S. We need an updated Emarald Battle Frontier!
I miss gyms already
I feel that too, it didn’t really feel like a pokemon game while doing the first trial. It felt a bit too much gimmic-y like Yokai watch.. They really changed a lot from the previous games this time..
Hopefully I will still enjoy it (I probably will, but it needs some getting used to)
I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw the Yokai Watch similarities.
I like the changes to the overworld but the trials are begining to look like the disappointment I was anticipating.
I’m sure the games will still have battles that are climactic, but they may not be involved with the trials. I’m thinking guzma, aether foundation, ultra beasts, etc.
It’s only the demo so I’m not too worried. I mean after all, it was a demo and Kukui isn’t a trial captain. So I doubt that’s how quick our trials will actually be. It seems like (according to the trailers and lots of people who played a good amount of the game) that many of the trials involve some interesting things. Collecting ingredients, calming a rainy Pokemon, etc.
Even if they are short don’t forget how much we might be getting thanks to all the types.
Sorry correction, *raging not raining lol
its not how short they are, its what they consist of. Kiawe’s trial “watch 3 dances, spot the difference” or whatever. like, really? again, I don’t want to judge these preemptively, but still…
Right. I’m sure they’ll be some that are pretty lackluster and some that are exhilarating. Just like some gyms of gym leaders are really memorable, some aren’t. also I have a feeling we might be able to battle them in the post game.
Speaking of post game. I feel like that will be really improved this time around. Game freak I think is pretty good at fixing things that they are critiqued for. Ex: hms removed, gyms replaced and fresh new take, seems like a good story (people didn’t seem to enjoy X and Y story), etc.
yeah that’s for sure, they are listening to complaints based on what we’ve seen. (inb4 pharap disagrees) lol jk pharap your a cool dude.
It was kinda boring to be attacked by the hakanmo-o and not be able to catch it
POKE STAR STUDIO FREAKING CHEATS
Ok so I wanna do all of the movies because I’ve never done that before but come on! I’m doing Invaders and I just can’t do it! I miss, then I get crits and I just can’t get the good ending! Blaahh
Crits*
I must say with all of these different elements (UB, the two teams, trials, z-moves, Lillie, new Pokemon) in sun and moon I COMPLETELY forgot about legendaries .
How are they even going to be integrated in the main story is confusing to me lol
I have a theory. the thing in lillie’s bag? I’m guessing it changes depending on the version to the “pre-evolution” of the mascot legendary. NOT CONFIRMED BTW lol.
It was actually confirmed I believe by some site that played the first couple hours of the game.
I thought that was something they weren’t allowed to disclose?
Yes until after these leaks and then they published that article.
Legendaries > Z Moves > Trials > Aether > Skull > Lillie > UBs
Agreed. It’s just I forgot about them as all this overload came to us
Probably because everyone likes them, so any discussion about them would just be a ton of people agreeing that they’re good.
do we know how z moves work? does the pokemon using the move need to hold the crystal? I should mention I didn’t pay attention to Pikachu’s held item during my trial.
Yes, the pokemon with the Z move needs to hold the crystal.
The item is auto-equipped to the Pikachu we just borrowed.
One of the worst things about the new games is removal of the d pad. I have been playing these games using the d-pad since 2007.
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Karen is hands down the best Elite Four member.