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!)
<3 PJ
FEATURED DISCUSSION: What’s your favorite Alola Pokémon
HOLY FUCK!!! ROWLETT HAS BECOME A GHOST! THE FIRST GHOST STARTER EVER! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! NOBODY AND I MEAN NOBODY SAW THIS ONE COMING! I REMEMBER MONTHS AGO WHEN EVERY SWORE UP AND DOWN THAT ROWLETT WOULD TRANSITION FROM A FLYING TYPE TO A GROUND TYPE SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PLOT TWIST! ON TOP OF THAT POPLIO HAS BECOME THE FIRST FAIRY STARTER AND IM SO RELIEVED THAT LITTEN DID NOT GROW UP TO BE A FIGHTING TYPE! I HATED ALL OF THESE FINAL STARTER EVOLUTIONS WHEN THEY FIRST LEAKED BUT NOW I HONESTLY LOVE ALL THREE OF THEM AND IM SO HAPPY!!
i already thought that will be grass/ghost since on my native language for owl are burung (bird) hantu (ghost).
What language is that?
from google I’m guessing Indonesian
If Aether does research on Cosmog, you can be damn certain its an important Pokemon.
The question is: is it actually a Lunala pre-evo or an entirely different Pokemon?
From the dex order we can see that it’s either a 3 Stage Line, a 2 stage line related to the main legends, or part of a duo used to summon the legends
It’s probably bothe solgaleo and lunala preevo
You obviously did not see the official site. It’s classified as a entirely different Pokemon. I do not mean to disappoint you or anything. When Lucario was first reveiled I though it was a Legendary Pokemon until Diamond and Pearl had demos released. Then as Serebii did a coverage of the games, I was taken by surprise that it had a pre-evo (Riolu). It is what I would like to call “the Lucario Theory.” Since Zoroark followed when Gen V was first announced and its pre-evo Zorua was revealed for the final movie for Diamond & Pearl.
Official site up yet?
yep
Primarina got the short end of the stick when it comes to signature moves… why will I want to heal the burn of my opponent
To inflict another status condition?
I guess.. Water/Fairy is a pretty decent defensive typing so Toxic might be good
All the flame orbs holders…
Extremely situational tho
Won’t the flame orbs just burn them again?
this^
I honestly didn’t think of that. Maybe they’ll make a change to Orbs so that they can’t re-inflict status once its’ been healed away ? They’re really focusing super hard on competitive stuff this time around, so this could be a possibility.
But yeah, the healing of burns is actually a cool strategy, so you can slap a new status ailment on the opponent or strip Guts users of their power.
In double battles, I can see this move assisting allies who were unfortunate enough to be burned.
So now my team is:
Decidueye – Grass/Ghost
Sandslash – Ice/Steel
Kommo-o – Fighting/Dragon
Vikavolt – Bug/Electric
I wanted to use Alolan Marowak but I don’t want two ghost types. Any suggestions for the last two slots?
Im using the same team as u +
Rockruff
Tortinator
If you’re going for type coverage, Fire would be pretty good (Salandit’s evo perhaps?). Also maybe a Water type
If we only end up getting Gen 1, Gen 3, and Gen 4 characters in the post game, I’m adding that as potential hints that my Gen 1 re-remakes theory is right.
Not Kanto again pls
I don’t like that you can’t play FireRed and LeafGreen on 3DS… I wish they’d at least put them on the eShop. The originals aren’t really my jam.
Then GF should put then on the eshop and then we can forget about kanto until they make a game with all the regions in it
And that they don’t seem to like going back to gen 5 stuff
Relative to other generations they really didn’t do all that amazing so I feel like they avoid playing on the nostalgia of 5th gen cause they fear people don’t have any for them.
But we doooo
Maybe in a few years there’ll be nostalgia for them… once the people who played it when they were 7 grow up some more, the people who had it as “their first Pokemon game” and such.
To be fair they only showed three characters
And tbh it points more to Sinnoh remakes imo :p
“If” was the key word. As in, I’m saying depending on what’s in the final game, not just this singular trailer. I agree that Sinnoh remakes are happening.
I think I have a new favourite Pokemon and its name is
Incineroar
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Sorry I wasn’t here until now, I had things in the morning that I had to do, but I’m super excited 😀
I am shocked at the Grass/Ghost typing for Decidueye, but I like it. 🙂 And I’m glad Incineroar is Fire/Dark, as well (I’ve fully accepted it at this point, and yes I’m still getting a female one named after my irl cat, because she’s an outdoor cat that liked to get into fights and acts like a Dark-type to me) and Primarina, I love the name and its in-game model AND ITS CRY <3. definitely looking forward to using it after the other two. ^^
I like all the Tapu's designs, specially Tapu Lele and Tapu Fini. PLUS WE KNOW HAVE ALL THE ISLAND NAMES AND GAMEXPLAIN WAS RIGHT ON THE NAMES AND PLACEMENTS <3 I suspected it too awhile ago, but I'm glad it's officially confirmed now. And their Z-move looks weird at first and sort of reminds me of Power Rangers for some reason. xD
Cosmog is super important, since Lillie has it. I just want to know if its a prevo of Lunala or just a smaller form of it.
The League/Battle Tree stuck looks interesting, but not sure how much I will use it.
CYNTHIA LOOKS AMAZING IN GAME AAHHHHH AND RED IS STILL QUIET ALL THE CHARACTERS WALLY TOOO SO ADORABLE
I remember you called Incineroar’s type first
I didn’t call it, the scans of the leaked starter evos said it would be Fire/Dark, I was hoping for that since the beginning. So I wasn’t the one who thought of it
I think the League and Battle Tree are seperate.
The League is on the Ice mountain while the Tree is on a different island.
I know, but they are grouped together cause I have similar feelings about them. They are both post-game stuff that I dunno how long I will play with.
It seems you can’t do the Tree until you’ve done the league anyway
SOMEONE ELSE NOTICES WALLYYYYYYY 😀
I always notice Wally 😉
I wonder, due to the starter typings, that Ghost would become supereffective against Fairy.
I hope you are right.
Ghost needs a buff and Fairy needs a nerf
Doubt it. Fire resists Fairy so, the whole rock-paper-scissors thing with their secondary typings just can’t be the case.
at the same time, why would they switch Decidueye typing. If they didnt want to follow Rock papper scissors
Right, forgot about that. Unless they want to remove the Fire resist, which I doubt.
AAAHHH! SO EXCITED! Looks like we’re finally going to get a super boss battle with both Red AND Blue! I remember training so hard to beat Red in HeartGold… the League seemed like nothing compared to him! And maybe Wally will finally be able to beat me.
And Alolan Persian looks super goofy, but I like that Fur Coat is one of its abilities. It was awesome on the Furfrou I used one playthrough.
And move over Delphox, Primarina is the girliest-looking fully-evolved starter ever.
And I’m really happy Incineroar is Fire/Dark! And that winking animation in Refresh.. priceless!
Not sure why Decidueye ended up being named that… or being Ghost type (did it die?)
ALL THE HYPE!
CYNTHIA IS IN THE MUTHERFCKNING HOUSE…and also red and blue. BACK TO FREAKING CYNTHIA BEING BACK IN THE GAME AND BASICALLY HELPING US DEMOLISH OUR OPPONENTS
Cynthia is love, Cynthia is life!
I wonder if she’ll have a Mega Garchomp
most likely
I wonder if she WON’T have a Mega Garchomp.
That Battle Tree reminds me so much of Mt. Battle from Pokemon Colosseum.. goood times.
I was all set on primarina and then decidueye is revealed to be grass/ghost… Now I’m torn! I play through the main games thrice anyway but who should I play with first? And I love all the tapus and that z move is effing mind blowing
The way Incineroar’s eyes are drawn reminds of Dragon ball Z
Definately going with Poppilo no doubt Primarina is beautiful, it’s signature move is just meh tho. Decidueye is part Ghost? That’s dope wasn’t expecting that, and I’m just glad Incineroar is not part Fighting.
Decidueye is a Grass GHOST ooooookoo!
Decidueye is the only Alolan starter not in the 5’11 club omg
CYNTHIA CYNTHIA CYNTHIA CYNTHIA
Didn’t expect Rowlet3 to be Grass/Ghost of all things, jeez!
Also, the starters are the three occult types, Dark, Ghost and Fairy
Primarina is the best thing and I love it >w<
Tapu Bulu and Tapu Fini have the most surprising types as well, but I'm glad we didn't lose Ghost representation due to Rowlet replacing Fini as a Ghost Type.
I seriously think Ghost, Dark and Fairy make a great combination together, although my favorite starter out of the three has a harder time than the rest. The combination makes me remember the Gen 4 trio, where they all had an advantage when battling each other.
Wait whos your fave?
Out of the new ones? Definitely Decidueye. I liked it when it was Flying but now that it’s Ghost I like it even more, especially considering I didn’t really like the Grass/Ghost lines in Gen 6.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS!!
So the league thing is true wow the Chinese leaker is still at it makes me think if they still have some hidden Alolan forms they have hidden from us???
They got the types of Alolan Raticate and Ninetales wrong so I feel they just guessed tbh
I don’t think they just guessed and got most things right and his the one that leaked the starters final evos that were shown today so can you explain that??
The XY leaker got things wrong, and I’m not doubting the leak as a whole. That would be stupid.
Yes I’m not saying the leaker is going to get everything right as you said Alolan Raticate and Ninetales typing but look at everyone was saying about the leaks in June even the that the pics were fake and I’m not saying he didn’t add some fake stuff of his own but I’m just saying maybe to throw off the leaks GF also put the normal forms of Pokemon to throw us off
That was a separate leak that gave those typings. They were from Reddit. They got their own things right, but were more so their own leak rather than being part of the Chinese leaks.
So I guess Dartrix became a Ghost because it’s drop dead fabulous?
Nailed it!
Just means it’s gotta worry about Sucker punch and Knock Off
Still a better type than grass/flying
4x ice weakness
Yet another fucking disappointing trailer
Nothing but my most disliked types Fairy, Psychic, Ghost and Dark
This is starting to be my most disliked region maybe even surpassing Hoenn
I mean Earthen, Fairy was one of the most underpopulated types they needed more pokemon. Gen 8 probably will have fewer Fairy types
On the other hand they had more than Ice….. In last gen
Ice will most likely get lots of new mons next gen
I really hope so..
What about a hulking polar bear Siberian Husky monster
Ice/fighting? Like what Beartic should have been?
Beattie should’ve been not a triangle
??
I mean Beartic. Autocorrect sucks. But look at the design it’s just a triangle with legs and arms
….With a crotch drawn on it….. :(…. like why?
Ice/Dark
The list was short to begin with
I am not having a good time
I think you just need to start opening your mind a bit. If you only want one kind of thing you are bound to be disappointed
It’s not even that, I don’t like a lot of the news stuff
Do u honestly think I’d go gags over Oricorio or Comfey?
The only decent thing I have left is Wimpod’s evo and that will probably be lackluster
I might as well not even bother since the competitive scene is looking grimmer every week and month
I try so hard and hope for the best just to be crushed every step of the way and the worst part is having to watch everyone be super hyped and excited while I’m disappointed and unsatisfied
Not trying to be rude, but you’re kind of a downer you know that? Are you saying that there’s not one thing in this latest trailer that you like?
It annoys me when people on this site can only complain about the games, like stop playing if there’s so much you dislike.
Haxford, how do you feel about that new ghost typing for Decidueye? 😀
It makes me pretty happy, I liked it as a Grass/Flying but Ghost is one of my favorite types so it makes me like Decidueye more 🙂
I like it more for its ghost typing! Have you read its bio on Serebii yet?
I know I’m a downer, you’d be too if nothing you liked showed up
Well I’m sorry you’re having such a rough time, but remember that this is just a game. No reason to let this ruin your entire day.
all my days are ruined
Because they’re just gonna be there tomorrow and the next day and until the thing comes out
Because if competitive wasn’t stressful enough now I gotta deal with the types I hated already getting more and more harder
HOWS A FUCKING MUDSDALE SUPPOSED TO BEAT ALL THIS NOW, PALLOSAND IS PROBABLY GONNA BE USELESS TOO WHAT POSSIBLE GOOD IS THERE HUH NOTHING NOTHING!!!!!!!
I meant maybe you need something else in your life other than Pokemon to give you happiness……..If it’s really giving you that much grief then take a break and find something else that you enjoy. And don’t tell me you don’t enjoy anything else. If that’s the truth then you’re not trying hard enough lol
Nothing else makes me happy anymore
I have not been genuinely happy in YEARS
No friends, sucky job, student loans for a school THAT WASTED MY TIME, and my beyond horrible body
I’ll probably be dead by 30 earlier if I’m lucky
There is no hope for me
You need to try then. Try looking for a job that makes you happier, try going out and meeting new people, try finding a new hobby that you enjoy, try to make yourself healthier. You can complain all you want about how sucky a life you have, but in the end it’s up to you to make your life what it is. It’s not always going to be happy times sure, but ultimately it’s your own fault if you don’t at least try to make it better.
I’ve been doing nothing but trying and nothing works
No animal shelters or hospitals hire me
Exercising is both physically and mentally exhausting
And I just don’t get along with anybody anymore
And my parents keep wasting their money on therapists, nutritionists and job coaches BUT NEVER WORKS
I am just destined for unhappiness
Good, then you don’t have to play 🙂
boo hoo
Incineroar with that lariat was SO a Fighting type at first. Sad
So could it mean all these empty plots of land/grey squares all over the map will actually become gyms in the post game?
In japan Incineroar is Fire Evil.
In my opinion evil and mischievous looking pokemon like Gengar are the best in the series
Fire evil… that sounds magical XD
yeah! i like heihachi litten because heihachi is evil.
OK grass/ghost is so unpredicted and sooo cool!
Best starter ever
Hands down
Exactly!!
Not when Primarina exists
I didn’t think the name could be worse than the design. I was wrong.
It probably comes from “primadonna” and “marina” so it’s awesome, at least to the ears of a non-native English speaker (rowlet3’s name is awful though)
And maybe also ballerina, since it does have that performer vibe. I love its name the most ^^
Primadonna is the leading lady in a performance 🙂
I know that too, but it also makes sense to also have ballerina too. A good amount of the info in the site about Popplio’s line does involve dancing. It can be both xD
Yeah haha, Primarina is really a pop star. People should stan ha!
primarina about to snatch ariana ponytail with ha vocals
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NSDNDSDSDSMLKNDS LITERALLY HER ON THAT CARPOOL KARAOKE YESTERDAY. HER VOCALS WERE SO GOOD
YAAAAAAS
it comes from marina and the diamonds and her song primadonna
Marina ha revival era!
electric heart her best album
I agree, but I also love some FROOT songs though (title track, better than that, immortal, savages)
omg savages should have been a single
Will be honest, Primarina is up there