10/27 Pokémon Sun & Moon Information [UPD]

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New information about the upcoming titles Pokémon Sun & Moon will be revealed at 10PM JST and we’ll be cataloguing it all HERE for your viewing pleasure!

Information revealed:

  • Decidueye is Rowlet’s final evolution, Grass/Ghost. New signature move Spirit Shackle prevents foe from switching out
  • Incineroar is Litten’s final evolution, Fire/Dark. New signature move Darkest Lariat ignores foe’s stat changes
  • Primarina is Popplio’s final evolution, Water/Fairy. New signature move Sparkling Aria heals the burns of those it hits
  • Akala Island’s Guardian Deity is Tapu Lele (Psychic/Fairy)
  • Ula’Ula Island’s Guardian Deity is Tapu Bulu (Grass/Fairy)
  • Poni Island’s Guardian Deity is Tapu Fini (Water/Fairy)
  • Tapu Pokémon share a unique Z-Move called Guardian of Alola
  • Cosmog is a Psychic-type Pokémon with ability Unaware
  • Alolan Persian is pure Dark-type
  • Alola is still in the process of building a Pokémon League
  • Champions can take on the Battle Tree where they can battle alongside and against famous trainers (Wally, Cynthia, Red & Blue!)

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2,864 thoughts on “10/27 Pokémon Sun & Moon Information [UPD]”

  1. Well I’ve decided since if my math test did not go well and I get a D in Math this first marking period and my Dad will probably confiscate my IPod and computer privileges (and my 3DS!?) I’m not gonna leave I’m gonna stick it out till the reveal is here and stay with it to the end and stay after the reveal as well (if I have my stuff still)

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  5. Considering Primarina is a defensive pokemon (with focus on sp. defense), these are the only moves that may 1KO it if stab:

    Gunk Shot
    Bolt Strike
    Fusion Bolt
    Volt Tackle
    Wild Charge
    Frezy Plant
    Power Wip
    Wood Hammer

    Moves that may 1KO it if not calm + 252ev on sp. def.
    Leaf Storm
    Solar Beam
    Seed Flare
    Petal Dance
    Thunder
    Zap Cannon

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  7. Rate my team SM :
    -Decidueye
    -Arcanine or Tutronator
    -Alola Ninetales
    -Unknown Wimpod evo
    -Alola Exeggutor Or Tsareena
    -Lycanroc

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  12. According to bulbapedia Tapu Fini’s shell resembles a marlin not dolphin so Chinese leak was not accurate …..could be more but not likely.

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    • Too be fair though, if you look at it at a glance, it does look like a dolphin. Much like Crabbrawler looks like a snowman at a glance. Remember sometimes leakers only get to see a quick glance from across the room and report on them. That’s how the rumor of Chrom being in smash came about. He was confused for his daughter since they look similar enough at a distance.

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      • “Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar.”
        Maybe this is why they thought it was a monkey? Because they kind of look like one, or maybe they knew lemurs are a part of the primate family? Audino.

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        • I’ve heard the primate argument 100 times. Technically humans and gorillas are primates – that’s too far up the tree to have any meaning.

          Monkeys are simians, Lemurs are prosimians, they branched apart many many years ago.

          Point is, if they got that wrong, they could easily mistake a marlin/swordfish for a dolphin.

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          • That’s a bull argument. Humans and gorillas are both primates yes but genre are stark differences that enable you to tell the two species apart every time. I’d like to quiz you on randomly selected pictures of different species of lemurs and monkeys and see if you can tell them apart with 100% certainty.

        • Lemurs are far more archaic than what is considered a true monkey. They’re closer to animals like tarsiers, galagos and loris.

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    • Yeah, I said it looked more marlin/swordfish to me when we first saw it, and when we saw it closed, I knew it just couldn’t be a dolphin.

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    • Either way, this reveal makes me believe that the leaks were intentional. If not they just blew the all the tapus, the battle facility, the cameos of red and blue, a story relevant legendary prevo, and the starter reveals in one announcment.

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      • Each of the island might have a different way of housing their guardian. I’m not sure we’ve seen a solid spot on the maps that show where any of them could be for certain. Either way MeleMele might just be more laid back and not have a lavish entrance lol

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          • Yeah. I could see Tapu Koko being the slacker of the bunch. Tapu Bulu is also said to be a little on the less active side, but apparently has a sense of honor compared to TK whom seems like a schmuck lol

          • So Tapu Koko is a selective schmuck (cause he helps your player after all) , Bulu is lazy but docile, and will screw you up if you are evil. Fini is disgusted with everything, so that’s s thing. And Lele is a healer but also a total piece of shit because of the scale shit it does. … Noice guardians you got Alola

    • Yeah I could see that. It’s an area that you can see basically from the start, but can’t access until later in the game. So it makes sense lol

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    • I just noticed something about the demo by looking at this: the blank lot where the machamp is standing solo looks like it wont be filled. also, where the heck is 10 carat hill?

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      • Ten Carat hill and Mahalo trail are likely demo exclusive areas that they created to give us space to run around int. There aren’t any other spots on the map that they could go. As for the empty lot, I’ve noticed that there are a few other empty lots around the region. at least they look like empty lots. I’d be surprised if at least some of them didn’t get filled by the end of the game.

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          • I doubt there will be gyms. I don’t think there enough lots to cover the typical 8 gyms. Plus Ohmori already stated in an interview that there are no gyms in the games. Plus it seems like the only part of the traditional league we’ll see is the E4 and Champion. Maybe if we get a SuMo 2 or whatever a proper league will be in place with gyms and whatnot.

        • But in a couple of the earlier trailers, we saw the player running in a trail similar to Mahalo trail (at least it had the same statues and uphill path)

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          • That’s true………well idk…..I’m sure we’ll find out eventually hahaha. Maybe they’re like the mirage spots where you can travel to them, but they’re not on the map per say.

          • Or they might be hard to spot in the maps we have or not on Melemele Island. At this point, we just don’t have enough info.

      • It’s supposed to be a nod to that empty lot in Kanto.
        Yes, more genwunnerisms – dammit GF

        I think 10 Carat Hill is that big mountain near Kukui’s hut.

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  20. So did anyone complete a weakness, strength and immunity chart for the starters yet? Also how is a healing attack helpful? I guess only in doubles.. but with what move?

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  21. So two questions come to mind after this last trailer. 1st: Do we think that that research looking building on the snowy mountain is actually the Pokemon League that’s being built or is the league on of those things they don’t show on the map as it’s not there until post game? 2nd question is regarding Cosmog and potential leaks to I’ll spoiler for those whom may or may not want to know stuff. Anyway the question is whether Cosmog evolves into the legendary that is on your game box or if it evolves into the opposite legendary to allow you to be able to get both in one game. Clearly it’s an evolution line, but I’m hoping it’s the second choice so we can get both legendaires in a single game. Similar to how we could get both Lugia and Ho-oh in gold and Silver. Anyway I’m leaning towards the second option as otherwise I have no idea how you’d have time to pet and spend time with Cosmog in the Refresh app. Anyway those are my thoughts/newly thought of questions after today lol

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    • 1. Considering the trailer where Kukui says it’s a mountain that is the highest peak of Alola, I’m betting the snowy one on Ula’Ula.
      2. After thinking about it, I think that Cosmog can evolve into either Solgaleo or Lunala depending on your version as well as the other one shown in the datamine (might be a middle evo of sorts?) I definitely think it’s more Ultra Beast ish because in the Japanese trailer, Lillie says that Cosmog has come from a far away place and is a rare Pokemon. a far away place…like a different dimension? Only time will tell I guess

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      • Regarding your second question:
        Different dimension sounds plausible because in some trailers it shows Solgaleo and Lunala jumping through some sort of dimensions it looks like

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    • I assumed that was the big white mountain on Ula’ula since the player and Kukui are standing on the weather-institute like place:
      https://i.imgur.com/8WhXUFI.jpg
      If you look carefully the radar dishes are also prsent.

      ‘app’ *nails on a chalkboard*

      Probably the legendary from your game, not the opposite one.

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      • Huh I didn’t think/ notice that. Makes sense to me. I was kind of clumping the whole mountain together and including the building as being part of the mountain. It’ll certainly be interesting to see how the landscape changes before, during, and after the league is put into place lol

        I think it turning into the legendary on your games box is kind of boring tho. It would also mean that you could never have one for the long run unless you started a game and then transferred it over to a finished game (if that’s even possible). Unless the legendaries are able to breed for them (which I don’t really think is going to be a thing) I say Cosmog is an extra Pokemon that lets you get the other legendary. If you so choose to do so anyway lol

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  23. gotta be honest, I think we can all say nobody expected Decidueye to become ghost type. its pretty cool. but, I’m not a fan of its name, but I’m sure like talonflame it will grow on me eventually

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    • The secret is that there is no secret. It was a mistranslation. It might have mentioned that Rockruff had a secret (it’s evolution having split forms), but the starters have no such secret.

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      • ok enough people have said it so I believe it. man it’d be so much easier if we knew anyone who could read it and tell us directly lol.

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        • Yeah unfortunately people got too hype over it to the point where the few explaining that it was a mistranslation simply got ignored.

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        • Kinda, I mean the best we could’ve gotten is split evolutions. With all of the new mechanics introduced this generation, the last thing we needed is some kind of fusion/Z-form to throw things off balance. I think we’re perfectly fine the way we are, though a split wouldn’t have hurt either.

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          • I would have been perfectly fine with split evos… even if they changed the types of the final evolutions. I was NOT expecting decidueye (where did they pull this name out of) to be grass/ghost when the first two were grass/flying. Maybe if it was split they could have had grass/ghost and grass/flying. Incineroar (clever name) won me over just based on its name alone they could have done fire/dark /fighting as split evos. Primarina was my fave when they were leaked along with decidueye. Im glad for the water/fairy and if it was split i could see it as water/psychic.

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