A stream of Pokémon Sun & Moon (coming next month to the Nintendo 3DS) on Japanese video site NicoNico recently revealed a few small details about the pair of games, which can be found below:
- Shaking grass returns to the games, but its function may differ and there’s a new animation of the wild Pokémon jumping out
- The number of Trials has been confirmed as seven
- Ilima’s trial was previewed and featured the player finding Rattata in a cave, after which they were awarded with a Z Crystal
- Rotom Dex will show you your Pokédex completion percentage after catching a Pokémon
These small tidbits just make me want to play the games more! Not too much longer to wait…
FEATURED DISCUSSION: Preliminary Sun/Moon Teams
Only seven trials???? what??? :/ colour me unimpressed, that means there is only one left that we don’t know about. (Please be fairy)
it’s just one less than gyms, and they’re probably spread out better than some of the gyms in past games (you basically do gyms 2, 3, and 4 in succession in XY, and it’s not the only game)
plus, this game will probably have more plot bosses than usual. there’s lots of festival plazas and possibly two villainous teams.
Im aware of all of the things you said but thank you.
There’s the Kahunas as well which makes 11 main battles/trials.
considering there is only 7 trail captains I don’t think we will really get to battle them as the trial, the Kahunas yes, but the trails no, considering Hala’s crabrawler is lv 15 and if you battled all the trail captains on his island before you got to him you would probably be a higher level than that
It’s about quality and not quantity my friend. We could have no trials/gyms and the games could still be amazing. The story shouldn’t be totally dependent on the trials anyway. That’s what happened to gyms and look how boring the formula ended up. I say 7 is fine seeing as the story will likely be about much more than that.
I agree with you after your first sentence, but quality is kind of subjective. And really this wasn’t supposed to be me complaining why arent there more, but more of why did they show us almost all of them before the game came out
Yeah……ok fair enough about them showing the majority of them……I do wish that since there are fewer than people thought there would be they’d have left a bunch of them for us to find in game rather than showing them in pre release…….lol
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It appears to be Dragon
Gameplay Footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOLS07JT9ko
Thank youuuu
Ok so 7 trials, if the theory that you have to learn the z move poses from someone is true then i think it makes sense
-7 trials
-4 kahunas
So this makes 11 moves but where are the rest?
-Well Guzma and Plumeria were speculated to use the dark and poison z moves so they might teach it to you at some point if correct, adding two more moves bringing the total to 13, we are missing 5
-Well there is this the speculation that a certain somebody mentioned in the demo is the champion, wont mention the name to avoid spoiling those who dont know, and if there is a champion there has to be an elite 4 wich combined make the 5 that we are missing!
Haha it might be a bit of a stretch but still possible xD
I was thinking the same thing for Guzma and Plumeria, maybe you get the Ground Z move from the girl with the mudsdale
Just cause there are 18 crystals, doesn’t meant they will all come from Trial captains/Kahunas etc. I mean I’m sure that we’ll get some from other important NPCs out and about – like Lusamine and her team etc
I meant the poses you have to make, you gotta learn them somehow
That’s very true. I mean Kuiki’s studying moves, so he’s possibly another source of getting them – as in as you hit milestones of trials completed, he’ll give you some?
Oh right kukui could teach you some aswell!
The possibility of this makes me super excited because I’m hoping Plumeria plays a huge part in these games, she’s too awesome
I feel like both Team Skull and the Aether Foundation will, these games look to be heavily story driven as well as all the interviews with the developers involved saying how they want it to be more immersive & look at the connection between humans and Pokemon & nature – sounds like some good character development will happen
Plumeria was my favorite character in the demo and is by far my favorite admin of a team
Maybe it’s like mega stones. If I recall correctly some random person gives you a Gengarite, so they don’t have to be important to the story.
Valid point however I feel like they’ll try and make Z crystals more important as the whole dance/movement routine comes into play, gotta learn em from somebody, I doubt that protagonist is great at improv
But you’re implying you have to be important to know how to dance. :p
Some NPC could give you a crystal and say, “I was a trainer back in the day… Here’s something that helped me through my battles, and here’s how you activate it!”
Well we’ll find out soon enough I guess! That could be a possibility, but I hope they don’t just hand them out. It should be somin you have to earn as opposed to just finding Mega Stones scattered around the region
Seven is disappointing, but it really makes me believe there’s another huge story plot that we’re missing.
Side note: I totally called it! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/36619f51e78f81286ee0fe08f3222425da87da14920e19c6681db1133b824b93.jpg
I guess I was hoping it wouldn’t be bestiality………..lol
I legit died when I saw that and I was like, someone on here totally called it! 😛
You think there’s another plot string? Already we have:
1 – Completing the trials with Hau and Lillie
2 – Team Skull
3 – Aether Foundation
4 – Legendaries and Ultra Beasts, the latter which might tie into one or both above
We don’t need more plots imo. We just need the ones we have to be good enough. This is already more than most Pokemon games.
You still have to consider post-game too. We’re supposed to be getting a good post-game with Sun and Moon.
I’m still a little sceptical of trials replacing gyms, The one we played in the demo wasn’t particularly fun imo and 7 seems like a rather small number.
It’s a shame because every other aspect of this gen looks amazing, here’s hoping we get a real gym challenge post game(doubt it)
If the trials are like the one in the demo then they’re gonna suck
The demo trial most likely won’t even be a trial again and it’s probably suffering from ‘shoved in’ and ‘make it easy becuase it’s a demo’ syndrome.
What about about it wasn’t like a gym? It was basically a more interactive version of Gardenia’s gym challenge with the exclusion of trainers.
I feel like the two – it trials (3 if you count the old man’s weird one) were just tasters, and they won’t hold our hand like the one with Jangmo-o/Hakamo-o
seven trials are way too little, I’m a bit disappointed.
Especially when you look for a Rattata in a cave.
What’s there exactly to do in the demo? I only played the first day, did the daddy kukui trial and caught some pkm
really you just find some items and such to help you out in the main game, like the wings and the nugget
Oh, not even gonna open it again then
I mean there are some very minor almost story elements but they are not really substantial
But that’s free money to make your character look fab
Aren’t we already getting a lot of money in-game though?
Please if there’s anything like the Lumiose you’ll need every scrap of money you can get
Also more money = more clothes :p
I’ll just walk around naked then
There’s a beautiful new location that opens up – Mahalo Trail – that has great music and a creepy old dude who gives you Stardusts. 🙂
I think I’ll save it for the game haha I know where to take daddy Kiawe now though
I found it weird because gamexplain mentioned that the mahalo trail lead to some ruins but i dont see any ruins when i go there 🙁 or are ruins really a metaphore for old man?
They probably changed it to a dead end
Oh true xD
It’s an old man who loves the company of young boys. It’s the ruin of society.
For all the Team Skull fans out there <3 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e85b7e10c940115092ba5b3fb7c0e97b04be9914fca7ff766472d8ba1d711bee.jpg
Seven Trials – please be long and interesting enough. Seems like each trial will end with a Totem Battle, which have the potential to be challenging.
Four Kahuna Battles – they will just be like Gym battles so I’m not expecting much.
Guess we have to hope for the Team Skull, Aether Foundation and Ultra Beast plot lines to be really good.
Also I’m hoping they don’t give us another non existent post game
According to an interview, they “gave it their all” for the game and post-game which is supposedly full of surprises
Well in that case I’m extremely hyped
I dont remember if the interview was from gamexplain but i do remember that it was with junichi masuda and ohmori
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One thing that did irk me a lil about the demo and when the games come out, is that battles seem to still take a bit too long to start end. I mean I feel myself definitely turning battle animations off as I progress further in the game just to speed things up a little bit
I think I read somewhere that they made battle animations longer
And looking at the length if a single Z move, I really don’t see myself using them all that much in-game
They’re nice to look at once in a while but they’re not essential for me haha
I mean I didn’t even use Megas in my runs of Gen VI but at least after you Mega’d the first time, it wouldn’t show it again. Z-moves however, I’m sure I read somewhere that it shows the damn animation every single time. Can’t be dealing with a battle that takes ages to complete haha
Yeh, I rarely used Megas as well in-game. They’re just not needed most of the time and are a waste of time with the animation.
I actually hate long winded time consuming and repetitive animations. I get annoyed with them and just wanna get on with the game.
Even on emulators on my laptop, animations are off and I speed things 2x faster, helps with grinding for a start, but the thought of doing it at the speed of the demo is gonna kill me haha
My system or arranging moves helps as I can usually tap the move to use without looking
I’m actually the exact same. I have a set location for moves on each Pokemom.
Top Left – Primary Stab
Top Right – Secondary Stab
Bottom Left – Status Move
Bottom Right – Filler.
So I can insticintly click without wasting time.
I rarely bother with status moves in game. I just arrange in terms of power, with Stab taking precedent, and always try to have 4 moves that aren’t the same type, easy peasy
Status moves are usually set up moves like Calm Mind or Bulk Up so I can steam roll Gym Leaders.
I just usually grind a lil bit beforehand so I can’t be bothered with wasting precious turns haha
I don’t mind the length, hopefully it’ll make the game seem longer, last time it was over in a matter of days.
Who’s gonna gonna blow all their cash in SuMo the moment we can customise our character
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2d40aff57ec821289178d721e1658a4f352f6357cd7e1fefc99a17a9b1be2dc2.gif
all i need is camo pants, a tan brown vest and a good hat
I’m probs gonna be changing my characters outfit every day or any time they go to a different biome (like the ice mountain) XD
my brother does that in Wow
he spends like 140g a day on stupid outfits that he comes up….high
he has this gimp suit that’s hilarious
I’m probably going to end up in the same set of clothing everwhere I go
(Just like real life! XD)
I’ll be spending my hard earned cash on TMs, Vitamins and other useful stuff
Excuse you
Cute clothes are useful uwu
I find customisation one of the most useless features in a game. Unless it actually effects gameplay, I never saw the point.
It’s a role playing game, it’s for immersion. The same reason they let you pick your name :p
Name is just so characters have something to call you by. I wouldn’t care too much if they have me a pre set name. It would make it easier to not have to give my real name when battling people online.
You have to remember you’re not the only player though, there’s tons of people who love to make themselves and their characters in the game. And for them (including me), this is an immensely useful feature.
That’s fair enough. I’m just giving my own opinion on the matter and why those features don’t matter too much to me personally 🙂
Yeah, I know, it’s just that as a whole it’s a beneficial feature because it adds choice
unless you’re a male in Kalos then your stuck with like five options:pNo hat option is awesome since I dont do hats irl usually!
ugh being a male in kalos suckeeddddddd
Thank you!
Ok, let’s remove shinies too.
Yeh, they’re pretty useless.
I once restarted a Game where I had two shinies caught cause I didn’t care about them.
I’m with you, I was glad they add appearance customization since 6th gen and are improving the feature for 7th gen, was so sick of looking like a goddamn clone when doing PVP lol
ditto, TMs, held items and move tutor outrank petty fashion
not in my books, especially considering the male protag is super awkward looking, my female play through it won’t be as important
Me!
I just need to chop all of that awful hair off of my character, and make him blonde and twinky as hell, so apparently nothing like me lol
I’m the opposite, I’ll be my character be me
for better or worseI used to do that but now I more or less make my characters their own stories so they have to have their own look, plus I wish I was a blond haired, blue eyed, adorable twink, but I have like jet black hair and a beard lol
Twinky XD
I will use the team skull attire except for the hat…maybe ill just use their shirt and necklace xD
The males still need longer hair, otherwise I’m going to be really annoyed.
Gonna try to make mine look like Ms Marvel.
Sure she’ll look marvellous
You’re my new favorite forever
Not me, FC seem easy enough to obtain.
The thing is though we only see the character with like 200 at a time and clothes are probably still gonna be expensive if you use FC instead
Looks like I’ll need to get a part time job chucking Pyukumuku then.
Depends how many friends you’ve got and how easy the festival plaza minigames are.
I’m gonna do just like in XY, where I changed my clothes everytime I arrived in a new city or anywhere I could change :v And tried to use clothes that matched the weather. I love how pokémon is turning more and more into an RPG all the time. The more customization the better
I hope they have bucket hats In the hat style options. If they do it will give me life lmao????
Well, they say that you get a lot of money early on so you should enough left for about… 5 potions
only 7 trials? hmmm maybe guzma redeems himself after helping to defeat the aether foundation and becomes the 8th?
Keep dreaming.
*Future Pokemon game in the player’s room*
Oh, it’s a Nintendo Switch that your mom bought you! Would you like to take it on your journey?
-Yes
Hmm seems to be stuck, oh well. Time to get going!
Just watch the next Pokedex and/or appliance be based off the Switch and the PC works by docking the device into a port
That would be neat!
You mean the “Rotom Switch” XD
Should I work half day when the game comes out?
No
he’s right
Take the whole day off
YOU’LL BE LEFT BEHIND
I can make up the time during the week and work 4 hours that day. Lol. I feel if I work full day I won’t have time to play all that
Don’t worry about it. Others will be playing it. You can read up on all the spoilers online.
Only if you’ve got a copy preordered and know you’ll be able to get it on the day without delay.
Hoping Europe screws up and releases it 8 DAYS before release! ?
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“Rotom Dex will show you your Pokédex completion percentage after catching a Pokémon” – This is good
“Shaking grass returns to the games, but its function may differ and there’s a new animation of the wild Pokémon jumping out” – This is interesting
“Ilima’s trial was previewed and featured the player finding Rattata in a cave, after which they were awarded with a Z Crystal” – This sounds boring
“The number of Trials has been confirmed as seven” – This is really disappointing
I do agree that ilimas trial seems boring af but i dont think that seven trials is a bad thing but well have to see
One of the trials is ‘find Rattata in a cave’ and one is ‘find ingredients on the forest floor’, that’s two down right there – I can see this getting boring pretty fast.
Im scared there won’t be enough epic battles…
If the totem battle in the demo is anything to go by, they’ll be over quicker than most trainer battles.
That cant be right though, there being only seven trials. We have 5 officially revealed trail captains but 3 unofficially revealed ones and that makes at least 8 trial captains.
What are the unofficially revealed ones?
the 3 shown at the end of the demo
We don’t know those are trial captains, some of them could be Kahunas or just regular characters.
They were likely kahunas.
Well, other than the ghost girl.
I think the ghost girl was the Kahuna and the other ones were trial captains since the ‘ghost girl’ was dressed in purple and one of the islands is ‘Poni’ (purple) island. The Kahunas tend to be dressed in the colours that match the islands they’re on.
oh true, the poni kahuna could also just be the horse girl also.
Oh those are different people?
I haven’t seen a slowed down version of the trailer yet, I’ve only seen it twice, both times directly on my 3DS 😛
But yeah, I guarantee one of them is the Kahuna of Poni island.
Seeing as they make a huge deal of Olivia being young, I’m tempted to say the other Kahunas are older than her
No, ghost girl had a trial captain emblem.
To quote what I said to Allele “I haven’t seen a slowed down version of the trailer yet, I’ve only seen it twice, both times directly on my 3DS”
I’m just pointing it out. 😛
Nah. The Ghost Girl is a Trial Captain. She use the keychain thing to make a ponytail. rf. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f497300e2948db347c4409640c2957381452342304568187f1182255afd0b3f4.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1c30a6c752cd30392973b0abd2322877abb31ddc1c542561d76d17287b69e287.png
Neither of those show she’s a trial captain since none feature that symbol/charm that the confirmed ones wear. It shows she wears a gold arm band, but it doesn’t look the same as what the trial captains have.
Look in her hair. Those are bad images though for it, watch the trailer.
I’m just about to, I had to wait for someone to reply to my request for a link to the trailer.
Did you not read my comment? I said she uses it to make her ponytail.
I just watched thetrailer and it’s very likely but not 100% definite because they never show a clear enough shot of it.
Here’s a better image of it. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cad6c05957636b52884ff0d79b42a8de78ba5aceb0dd62e372d3f7d1ae973340.png
Imo Mudsdale lady just looks like she owns a ranch
Remember that Kahuna’s seems to consistently wear the colors of their island. Hala wears Yellow, Olivia wears pink, so the remaining Kahuna’s are likely wearing purple and red. While their is that young girl who wears some purple in the trailer, it seems unlikely for her to be a Kahuna given they made a point to say Olivia was young for a Kahuna. Having someone that appears to be a child kind of throws a wrench in that flavor text.
Hmm, never actually noticed that. I saw a theory that said she could be the one in charge of pokeride.
That honestly seems likely as well. We can clearly see she’s on Poni island(and has a horse on it, so good pun GF), so its a hard call. I would say she’s either a trial captain and her symbol is simply hidden off screen, or she is just a special NPC.
Aside from the girl in rags, we don’t know if they are Trial Captains.
Can we just commemorate how much of an improvement and how amazing the battle models look? These girls are hawt. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ab2d53fd131ae1813e3857a7f076a36406c0497f531d54c47cb6368f0dc5efe4.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5e4cd88140f939791b0587323ee232bca8909e6258890ae268138c81653f0e73.png
Huh, the female backpacker looks almost exactly like her BW counterpart
UNOVA CONFIRMED!?!?!?
Well they are both based on places in the US
OMG female backpacker!!! Maybe that means we will finally get a male Fairy Tale Boy or a Hex maniac male!
Not necessarily, backpackers were introduced in Generation V and came in male and female varieties.
oh shiz you’re correct, I was thinking of the hiker
I still kinda want gender counterparts of every class but it seems like a pipe dream 😡
same!!
Even furisode girls? XD
yes
“Furisode are the most formal style of kimono worn by young unmarried women in Japan.”
ok… but they can still have a male counterpart, obviously I’m not saying they have to be wearing the same thing -_- why do you treat people like they are idiots
What would they wear though?
They couldn’t wear furisodes.
oh my god did you not read my comment?
They can wear whatever they want as long as they specialize in the same kind of pokemon, thats what makes them counterparts…
i’m honestly not surprised about the trial things
they game will probably do an arm and leg’s worth of stuff for the trials
all i want is a Rockruff to come from Shaking Grass
Where in the footage was seven Trial Captains confirmed? So far, we know about six Trial Captains:
Ilima
Lana
Mallow
Sophocles
Kiawe
That Ghost Girl from the Demo Trailer
I wonder where we will get the rest of the Z-Crystals.
Well, we can guess the Fightium comes from Hala and the Rockium comes from Olivia
Probably lying on the ground scattered around Alola
I doubt it tbh, unlike Mega Stones which were deliberately a hunt except the Kanto Starters and Lucario (Both likely for demonstration reasons) there seems to be an importance set on earning Z-Crystals, as eleven will be coming from trials and grand trials.
Tbh I feel some will be coming from side quests
There is also that horse girl and the pelican submarine dude. It doesn’t quite add up the number of trial captains, which is strange.
Neither of them are confirmed trial captains?
Their either just important NPCs or Kahunas. They are not Trial Captains as they do not have the keychain/badge on them.
oh true good point
They may be kahunas
Let me think about this for a second.
7 Trial Captains
4 Kahunas
1 Guzma
1 Lusamine
4 E4 equivalent
1 Champion
That’s my theory at least
I mean I guess Guzma could give us Bug or Poison, but what would Lusamine give us? Tbh I feel if she’s battleable Tsareena and Milotic are obvious choices, neither of which shares a type.
Maybe fairy since its traditionally feminine, or steel since she’s based on technology that Aether has?
Maybe Guzma and Plumeria then?
I don’t think the ghost girl is confirmed as a trial captain. It does look like she is wearing something that is yellow on her head and arm and that could be the emblem that signifies she is a trial captain but I can’t really see it that well. They do give her some screen time in the trailer so she must be important-probably is the trial captain.
Upvotes for remaining noting potential evidence but remaining sceptical.
As I posted below, here’s a better image. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cad6c05957636b52884ff0d79b42a8de78ba5aceb0dd62e372d3f7d1ae973340.png
It seems obvious to me. I don’t understand why it’s being questioned.
you can literally see the trail captain emblem in her hair clear as day, so I agree
Because there’s still no clear shot of it, every single one is from an angle because the trailer never fully shows it, only parts of it. It can still be refuted/explained by other means.
Plus it matches the big band on her arm, which seems a bit odd.
So it’s “likely but not definite”.
The badge is essentially a quatrefoil with a thin border of a lighter color and with the North sector matching the color of the trainer’s specialty. All of this is clearly visible in the screenshot that libra posted.
Thanks, yea it is definite that she is a trial captain. Now I am curious as to where on the map she is located.
Anyone know where I can get a full video of the trailer from the demo?
(Preferably just the demo on its own, without talking or anything)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvrkhN3giKs
here you go
Annoyed because it’s gamexplain, but thank you anyway 😛
I’m curious to ask why exactly? Their effectively a gaming news channel at this point.
they’ve done nothing but above and beyond satisfactory up to date information
I don’t like any youtube channels that are trying to analyse the stuff or make their own theories, I just want the original, unadorned footage so I can make my own conclusions.
They usually put out just the video for anybody who missed it, then analyze it later on in a different video
Dunno how anyone can miss any of the trailers that are on the official channels though. This one is the only exception because it hasn’t been posted on the original channels yet.
sometimes some wads don’t even go to official sites for new info, they wait for others to post about it
Society is slowly crumbling.
When Gen8 arrives, if they post videos like they have this year, I’m going to start reposting them until I have a following and then post a couple of fake ones as a joke and see who notices
So you don’t like speculation? Alright, to each their own. Again I would mention that they generally make it clear what is analysis, a simple discussion and what is purely the trailer posted on their channel for those who are unable to easily find it, much like other news sources do. But again each their own.
I didn’t say I don’t like speculation, I just don’t like watching videos of youtube people trying to speculate.
I like the speculation here on Pokejungle, but not the youtube stuff. I don’t have the time to sit through an 8 minute video full of pauses when they could just post it as a nice block of text readable in 3 minutes.
I also don’t like them sticking their branding all over the trailers, I’d rather it were unadorned. If the demo trailer were on the official Pokemon channel I’d watch it there instead.
that’s a dumb thing to think and they rarely make theories their own but honestly its a theory its not a promise its a hypothesis
It’s still a waste of time sitting there listening to them ramble on. If they just left a transcript somewhere then I might read it, but I cba to sit though some 8 minute video of people saying something I could easily read in 2-3 minutes.
well boo on you i am a loyal supported of Gamexplain
Call me when they write articles with their analysis instead of posting videos.
This is literally plain footage though. 😛
I know, but by watching it I’m effectively supporting the channel because they get paid by the number of viewers/upvotes/whatever.
And it’s not plain, they adorned their logo on it which means their logo will be on all my screencaps.
Okay, so if you guys were in the Pokémon world, where do you think you’d live and what starter Pokémon would you get? Keep in mind it can be any reasonable Pokémon as long as it has a backstory (the traditional ‘oh professor gave it to me’ to ‘my family caught it for me’, etc).
Unova Region
maybe Nuvema Town
but as for a Starter i actually went to Kanto for my birthday to my Aunt who gave me a newborn Rhyhorn calf
Out of curiousity, would you name the Rhyhorn or nah?
nope
I would start out in a house in Johto, Ekruteak to be exact, and instead of looking to become the pokemon champion I would dream of being a pokemon researcher who specializes in the identification and classification of fairy types. I became fastinated in the type when it was first discovered by a notable pokemon researcher in Kalos a few years before my journey. The researcher held a competition in Pokemon Today Magazine that would bring someone to study under him provided they could share their own findings on what makes the fairy type truly unique. When I won I traveled to Laverre City where he presented me with my first pokemon to help me in the field as we did our research. My trusty Swirlix named Puff. We would eventually branch out and continue the researchers line of work traveling to many different regions in his stead. This fall our journey would take us to a distant and tropical region where fairies seem to be thriving.
Might as well add mine:
I’d start in Sinnoh (Celestic Town), but would’ve moved from Alola due to the rumors about Ultra Beasts before I would’ve started the island trials. I’d of gotten Popplio at that point, and then I’d head off for adventure in the Sinnoh region to try and become a Fairy-Type Gym Leader.
Maybe our characters will meet and I’ll battle your gym for research purposes! lol, oh the land of make believe is a wonderful place
We should totally collab a story for that when we both have free time e-e
that would be cool, although I work two jobs LOL
Yeah, it’d be a miracle if it happened because I have school and homework has been an absolute bugger as of late
But it’d be so worth it!
Jhoto. Not a major city or town, but out away from people.
On my way to get a proper starter I came across a Yanma that was smaller than the others I had seen.
It was a runt and could barely hover, but the way it wobbled mid-air was adorable and I became attached to him.
I befriended him with some berries and later bought a ball for him.
Undella Town in Unova. Near the sea, just like where i’d want to be.
Lapras, met it on the Beach and nursed it to health.
7 Trials.
Normal (Illima), Electric (Sophacles), Water (Lana), Grass (Mallow), Fire (Kaiwe), Ghost (Ghost Girl from Trailer), Dragon (Unknown) as shown by the 6 Totem sprites +Wishwashi school form .
4 Kahunas.
Fighting (Hala), Rock (Olivia), Ground (Woman with the Mudsdale in trailer), Flying (Unless they repeat Water, Guy with the Wingull)
Man it seems they’ve screwed Dark over again.
However, I feel theres a Central Person, a Champion Figure. If it’s a Royal Figure, then maybe Alolan Meowths existence points that they’re a Dark Type user, though probably not.
Small issue. The man on the restaurant ship isn’t likely a Kahuna. Not only is he on the same island as the purple girl, who isn’t likely a Kahuna as well, but he isn’t wearing any of the colors of the Kahuna’s. If he were one, he’d be dressed in Purple or Red, not blue. So that Kahuna still remains a mystery.
Also remember that one golfer mentioned in the demo. Her name is literally that of Hawaiian royalty. We have dark meowth’s that came from the Alolan royalty. If their is going to be a dark specialist, she’s are safest bet, and could be our missing trial captain.
Unless the guy with the Pelliper is the Dragon Trial Captain, then he’s either a Kahuna or maybe the Champion character, we do tend to meet them before fighting them. However if he’s the champion Character then that means the Royal Girl isn’t. So either he’s a Kahuna, or the Dragon, or Fighting tbh, Trial Captain. Though if he is a Trial Captain, why a Pelliper? Maybe cause he seems to be some sort of captain, but even then. That’s WHY I said Kahuna, though yes now I notice it, the colour thing points against that. So perhaps he’s none, and just a guy with a Pelliper.
Seeing as Hala most likely specialises in Fighting, I doubt he’d a Fighting Kahuna tbh
Yes, so the final trial would most likely be Dragon.
What makes you think it’s dragon?
I still think the guy with a Pelipper is just some random ship captain.
same
Kommo-o is a Dragon type and Fighting is already taken by Hala. Given we know that those blank spaces ARE Totem sprites despite people thinking otherwise, as shown by Raticate, the final Trial is Dragon.
How and why do we ‘know’?
Raticate has one, and the next Pokemon is Spearow, they’re right next to each other in the Pokedex, so it CAN’T be another Pokemon, and we KNOW it’s a Totem, based on that we can determine the rest, and what do you know, the ones we know are Totems already have one after them, so then we can determine the rest. Wishiwashi doesn’t have one and that’ can be explained, it’s School Form. It makes perfect sense. They also match up with the known Trial Captains.
The only Mystery is Zygardes, it’s either it’s Cell and Core, which have now been found as Items, OR it’s some sort of Boss Totem.
He clearly isn’t a fighting specialist given that Hala’s a fighting specialist. As well he’s clearly not a Kahuna given he’s not wearing the colors of a Kahuna. Could be be a dragon captain, yes maybe, but we don’t know. As for the Pelliper, maybe its just in their for effect. He’s standing up on a high place, so having a bird swoop by is good cinematography. It gives more life to the scene.
And I’ve changed it after you pointed it out.
Pelipper, not Wingull 😛
Thanks.
i feel like the woman with mudsdale is a trial captain
I feel like she’s just going to be the character that gives you the mudsdale ride feature
oh that too
From the leaks we know Theres no Ground Totem Pokemon
Did the leaks actually confirm the totem Pokemon at all?
Last I checked they didn’t find out much about the totems.
Only the Dex Sprites missing. Yes it’s odd for that but, how else do you explain the one between Raticate and Spearow. And the others we can determine that they are based on the ones we know.
So we have Raticate/Gumshoos (Confirmed), each have that space, so going by that we also have. Normal
Vikavolt (Was shown early on too) Electric
Lurantis Grass (Also was shown)
Salandit Evo Fire
Mimikyu Ghost , maybe fairy but the girl screams ghost to me tbh
Kommo-o Dragon most likely.
In addition to this Wishiwashi’s School form (Negating the need to be a Totem) was shown as one of the Trials, the Water one.
http://imgur.com/gallery/5C8ry
I think there’s got to be more than just 6 totems though. Plus there’s no water totem shown.
They literally just explained the lack of a water Totem: Wishiwashi’s school form size negates the need for a separate model, as its already big to the point it won’t need a bigger model.
Different sizes wouldn’t need different models anyway, they can just scale the regular models as required. There has to be something else that would warrant having separate Pokedex stills for Totems.
Wouldn’t scaling lead to issues with the detailed the details on the Pokémon’s body though?
Not necissarily. It might mean you need textures with more detail to prevent detail degredation if it were scaled significantly enough, but colour interpolation should be sufficient for a small upscale.
Otherwise, scaling a model is as simple as changing a few numbers.
That’s the big mystery, it’s almost a certainty those Models are Totems, I’ve already explained why, so the big question is, why?
And why does Zygarde have 2 missing between after it’s 50% 10% and before 100%, and why were they there, when other Pokemons forms weren’t?
The more I think about it the more I’m convinced the Pokedex stills were left there on purpose. There’s just too much that doesn’t add up for them to have not attempted to remove some of the data.
We’ll we’ll see if thursdays news gives us anything new or helps us figure out based on the rest of what we can determine.
I feel it might show a couple of the leaked pokemon, which is good because I really want to know typings. Typings seems an odd thing to not have been found tbh.
Yeah, I knew I was forgetting something else.
I’ve explained that already. It makes sense to me that Wishiwashi’s School form negates the need for that. We’ve seen it in one of the trailers. So adding 2+2, it’s the only thing that makes sense to me. At this point.
Regular Wishiwashi would need one though, School Form Wishiwashi turns back to normal when its health gets low.
That would mean there are three images not shown on that image: Totem Wishiwashi, Wishiwashi SF and Totem Wishiwashi SF.
It’s possible in order to make the fight harder Wishiwashi will remain in its school form throughout. It’s as simple as starting the fight as Wishiwashi School Form and give it a different ability (for example, illuminate to balance it out)
It’s possible, but that doesn’t explain why alternate forms weren’t found in the Pokedex stills for Wishiwashi or Mimikyu, yet they were for Zygarde.
It’s possible it wasn’t found. But Wishiwashi is certainly the “Missing” Totem. And so theres not really issue. Either, it’s not a Totem on account of it’s School form, or it’s Totem sprites are missing, you can think whichever till we find out in a months time.
supposedly the guy with the Pelipper is the veteran trainer class.
That’s interesting
I know it’s just hopeful thinking, but what if the last trial is to organize a sort of league by asking the other Trial Captains if they would like to act as Gym Leaders? Organizing a league was part of a certain set if leaks if I recall correctly, and it would also add another layer of plot to the games.
Yeah it was part of some leaks, that would be so cool, but it’s extremely unlikely.
but there is only 7 so why bother asking them? If there was going to be one for each type like we thought at first thats what I was thinking would happen
Well Kukui and Guzma both tried to become Captains, so maybe they’d be eligible? I don’t know- I hadn’t thought this through. :p
Maybe and maybe Plumeria could be the poison one