Spoiler & rumor alert: The contents of this article are speculative in nature (based on evidence from demo contents & official documents) and may also spoil surprises in the game. You have been warned.
Dots are being connected in what could be the biggest Pokémon crossover between the anime and games that the franchise has ever seen. Pokémon Sun & Moon could be the first titles in which Ash, the star of the Pokémon anime, makes an appearance.
Although his in-game counterpart, Red, has a storied history since debuting as the protagonist of the first Pokémon games, Ash has never actually appeared in any games of the main series. Ash-Greninja being available hinted at his existence in the game canon and the demo also made passing reference to him, but it was not widely speculated that he would actually be an opponent in the games, until now.
Recently a trademark filing by Nintendo & Game Freak for ‘Satoshi’ (Ash’s Japanese name) was discovered. This is interesting because it is obviously game-related, not simply a filing for the anime. Although Ash-Greninja will be available to players in Pokémon Sun & Moon after transferring it from the demo, there wouldn’t be much more reason that they’d need to trademark Ash’s name: after all, the anime season featuring his Greninja just wrapped up. The filing also makes no mention of a Pokémon in correlation to him either.
In addition, his Pikachu has already been confirmed by game data mined in the demo! Whether this is an event for players (probably) in addition to a Pokémon he may use on his team is still unclear. It does however point to one thing: Ash is definitely tied into Sun & Moon heavily.
This all comes together with the recent unveiling of the Battle Tree, a location in Alola that allows players to battle with and against some of the most famous trainers in Pokémon history! Sounds like a great place for Ash to make his game debut…
I’ll finish up by reminding everyone with exactly the same warning I gave going in: this is not confirmed. It is, however, definitely something that is being strongly hinted at!
FEATURED DISCUSSION: Fakemon?
The battle tree is for strong trainers and Ash is a loser
I would normally say this will never happend but judging by what we saw It seems that they where drunk throughout the whole process so anything can happen.
Umm you have several spelling errors dude
That cuz english isn’t his native.
Oh right
What if the sun and moon post game has you start again as a different character, you pick a new lvl 5 starter and this time take the Pokemon League challenge like the previous games. The champion will obviously be the original character, with the same team that you finish as.
Meh. They should just make the gyms high-leveled, ain’t nobody got time to do everything again
I said start again from scratch with a different character.
No thanks, it’d be a major pain to beat the game just to restart rather than get straight to the competitive stuff, the Battle Tree, post game areas
Also I’d be annoyed if you couldn’t switch between the two considering it means there’s at least one character I put effort into that I get locked out of
That’s a fair point. I just think it would be interesting as a Post-game scenario. Maybe if they allowed you to switch between the 2 it would be better.
It’s also possible that the pokemon league just gets built in these games and the next games act can as sequels (like b2w2).
Honestly at the moment there is very little for me to be interested about in these games, other than using the new Pokemon competitively.
Tbh I really want a sequel again
BW2 were really good and now since we have Z-Moves and Mega Evolution they could add plenty to sequels as well as new areas.
It’d be interesting if this game it’d be
Island Trials – > Gym – > League
Or
Island Trials – >League
And then the sequels would be
Gym – > League – > Island Trials
As well as starting from a different island, maybe as an Alola native?
Does the League not also encompass the Gyms within its system? You’re implying they’re separate, but I was under the impression that a League is 8 Gyms + Elite 4 + Champion.
League could easily be referring to the physical Pokémon League, the area in each Region where the E4 and Champion work
That’d how I define league
The full works, Gyms, E4, Champion
The thing is though is that variations of the phrase ‘collect eight badges then challenge the Pokémon League’ makes it out as if Gyms aren’t part of the league, but are part of the same system as them
True. But in the anime ‘Challenge the Pokemon league’ means beating the gyms and entering the league tournament. The E4 and Champion are referred to as the Champions League
That’d be stupid
I want this more than anything. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/822a555699d9e5751507c58c82761b8b3a532528909db9d3204f4cf0bcef94ef.jpg
Maybe they have…
Mega Rings!?!?!? 😮
Ughh why always the shipping what possible gain would people get out of doing so
see this is what i don’t get, “gay because its acceptable” seems a lot more insulting than “gay because that’s how this character is, and there’s nothing wrong with it”. we saw no connection between these 2 on a romantic level in any form of media.
I’m not saying they’re definitely gay. I’d like it if they are, but I admit I have no prior evidence to go on. But you have to consider where I and other shippers are coming from. There’s no representation in the games, so of course I’ll jump on the first hint of a possible gay couple, even if that hint is slight. And as for your romantic connection argument, they were 10 last we saw them.
its not just the original games though, in pokemon origins, (freaking disqus) they seemed to have no connection, pokemon gold/silver, no connection, the brief view of them we got in pokemon generations, no connection.
It’s been so long since I’ve seen that that I don’t remember it well enough to argue effectively, but wasn’t Origins essentially an animated version of the games’ plot?
that it was, except red actually had a personality, and spoke, and was a character rather than the player’s blank avatar. i’m not sure about the manga, as I’ve only red the summarized plot of red’s journey, which also showed no connection.
Fair enough. Like I said though, I’m not going off of any evidence, but them being together would fill all my shipping dreams. Don’t get me wrong though, I’d still be totally cool with them being separate rivals.
and its fine, if it happens, i just hope that if it does, they make it matter and meaningful for the character growth rather than satisfying a social concept because its politically correct (god i hate that term lol)
I don’t understanding how having them in a relationship would help their character development in any way what so ever. Useless romance plot lines should stay as far away from Pokemon as possible.
It wouldn’t do much admittedly, but Pokemon is all about coming together, and I could see them building off the “used to be rivals, now we’re lovers” cliche. Now that I think about it though, maybe Red and Blue aren’t the best candidates to put my hopes on. :p
any representation at all would be great but I personally am not holding my breath, after all we didn’t really start getting black characters in game until like black and white, and lets all remember this is the company that made tomodatchi life and thats incredibly heterosexual itself.
i should probably make it clear that i have nothing against gay people, that’s fine, it doesn’t bother me, you do you. what I’m saying is that, i, personally, would find it insulting that they just threw that character trait on a character because its socially acceptable to do so, rather than having it be meaningful. if i offended anyone, please accept my apology, i didn’t mean to offend you.
to be fair though in real life most gay people are not known to be gay until they tell someone so literally any character can be gay if they come out, even if that character has prior relations with the opposite sex they can still be gay, its not like that doesn’t happen all the time in real life. Heck even I have had girlfriends
More than anything?
Damn there’s a number if things I would rather have, but whatever makes you happy I guess.
Sorry to disappoint, but we clearly see that neither is wearing a ring in their ingame models, and given they are capable of small details like that with Kukui, it seem’s safe to say that this ship has long since sunk.
Regardless of your feel on the ship, stating they can’t be shipped because they’re not married or engaged isn’t exactly that solid
Love the new name
Thanks, love the new avatar!
No, I simply meant that the evidence presented was proven false. Personally I don’t care about peoples ship’s, so long as they don’t go to some questionable territories. Really while I would say its unlikely that these two would ever be a couple, I would never complain.
I would however bring up though that no matter what Pokemon is still a game aimed at children, and given its coming from Japan which still is sorting out its feelings of the LGBT community, I really don’t see them making something this big cannon. I mean it was just last year that Nintendo gave us their first sexuality insert(the idea tat the characters preferences are solely based on the players interpretation, and while their might be something eventually considered canonical, it doesn’t really matter) and even then came under massive fire due to the lady lover option being a creepy girl interested in the occult, and the man lover option being a sadist. While in the end both were no where near as bad as they were made out to be, and handled much better in the western localization’s, it still struck a pretty big cord with people that they have some growing to do.
Dude this was way to serious for a ship, shipping is all just dumb fun
And all I’m saying is that just because people aren’t married doesn’t mean they’re not romantically involved. OP was pretty much a joke post.
Well I apologize. If you haven’t noticed I tend to take everything serious as it does have value and merit to discuss. I enjoy learning and seeing things from others perspective.
And fair enough. I just simply meant that honestly I don’t see them using the poster child’s of nostalgia for a romantic same sex relationship. Though I really wouldn’t be surprised if we did find a new character being gay. Heck I wouldn’t be that surprised if it turned out to be Guzma given their track-record. But again I’m sorry if thinking about this a bit deeper came across as insulting.
It’s not insulting, it’s just that I was surprised :p
I dunno, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a bad guy being the only obviously gay character as long as he’s a bad guy who is gay, not a gay bad guy (if that makes sense)
Agreed. and personally I’m hoping for some redemption from Guzma by games end rather then making him a straight up villain.
Red and Blue is the ship I never knew I needed
ok finally the 8 hour freaking download is over… wish me luck, I’m on my way to the Fishing Hamlet!
Tbh I’m wondering, if we get a Pokémon League E4 along with Trials, what’s the odds of the Kahunas being the E4?
Gentlemen this is my final warning
Today marks the last two days of Pokemon Global Link
As of Tuesday afternoon all your Pokemiles will be gone forevermore and never to be used again
I please highly urge you to see if any rewards can be reaped, snatch an ability capsule or a handful of Rare Candy
This is your last chance to get prep supplies for Sun and Moon
So please make an effort to see if you qualify
I did and look at this
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3fe704c1b6c940efe544b080a441f0ca6215ae0a02167c41ca59b024b7c98868.jpg
http://www.pokemon-gl.com/oras/close_announcement/en/
I’m EarthenWarrior and I’m set for life Biatch!!!
I’m probably missing something obvious, but aren’t rare candies “bad”? Why do I need them for Sun and Moon?
no no no, don’t let people tell you that. it all comes down to EVs. if you battle and gain ev’s, you can level up however you want. heck, gen 6 allowed you to ev train lv. 100 pokemon.
Oh, ok. I’d always heard not to use them, but I never bothered to see why. I guess I’ll be grabbing some Candies now.
There’s nothing bad about them. You can level something up without grinding. As long as your pokemon is fully EV trained with the right IVs, leveling them up through battling or rare candies has no difference.
Earthen, you need a man servant who works for rare candies?
Question time bouys and gills because I’ve been cleaning and doing homework all day 😮
Using four Pokémon, make a theme team of characters from a certain piece of media that are all linked somehow.
Example: Team RWBY, from RWBY
Ruby Rose
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Scizor
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Ruby has a scythe, referencing Scyther. Scizor also has multiple priority and speed boosting moves, and Ruby has super speed.
Weiss Schnee
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/415e58354e5576bd483883057f77525aa6b0e3c9b20ee8898bd35e3ad544e33c.png
Froslass
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/869f3be98bcc10bca612985bbfdd6a152fae20212e0cc3b7637854ca2f377b99.jpg
Weiss’ full name is LITERALLY German (incorrect as a full phrase, but individually the words mean) for ‘White Snow’. She’s also referred to as an ‘Ice Queen’ and is elegant, like Froslass
Blake Belladonna
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Incineroar
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/543c00d3acfef616e55746127be5a8af9ac02b0e7b1ed27520d9deee03c4d500.png
Blake is black cat themed, and spoilers is half-cat herself, as a cat Faunus. And surprisingly, Incineroar is like the only true black cat Pokémon. Furthermore, Litten is calm and reserved, but evolves into something passionate, similar to Blake (but Blake remains reserved with a passionate interior, not starting off as reserved and then becoming an angry cat heel). Furthermore, with Blake, they’d make a ‘Beauty and a Beast’ duo, which makes sense as Blake is based off of Belle from Beauty and the Beast.
Yang Xiao Long
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Yang’s name is pretty much ‘little sun dragon’ in Chinese, and Kommo-o is a Pokémon introduced in Sun
and Moon but that’s irrelevant for now. The long yellow scales kinda resemble her hair, Kommo-o’s forearms resemble her weapon, and both are dedicated brawlers.Zelda Team!
Nintales – Keaton
Noctowl – Kaepora Gabora
Cutiefly – Tatl
Ponyta – Epona
Wailord – JabuJabu or Jabun
Duskull or Shuppet – a Poe
A Zelda team without Link, Zelda, or Ganondorf? Love it!
well I went more for animals or creatures in the zelda universe, there are not many pokemon I feel I associate with the main characters anyways though
Mega Gallade could work as Link.
only really in Hyrule Warriors legends, normal gallade could work though as him in other games, scyther too I guess
Batman – Hawlucha
Manbat – Noivern
Mad Hatter – Hypno
Catwoman- Liepard
We…. are the crystal gems!
Garnet!
https://media.giphy.com/media/I6wqvSAN7BrTq/giphy.gif
Medicham
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/0/05/308Medicham.png/250px-308Medicham.png
Amethyst
https://66.media.tumblr.com/ce40db3b5836c45f2af56646d8c67b85/tumblr_obcxydwsQ01tandono1_500.gif
Zoroark (Shiny)
http://orig07.deviantart.net/9ebe/f/2014/006/a/6/shiny_zoroark_global_link_art_by_trainerparshen-d717i0f.png
And… Pearl!
http://i.imgur.com/x6FOfYA.gif
Gallade (Shiny)
http://orig13.deviantart.net/9164/f/2013/324/5/6/shiny_gallade_global_link_art_by_trainerparshen-d6uycn2.png
And STEVEN!!!!
https://67.media.tumblr.com/766141c43e43ab71db571ecfd4ed64eb/tumblr_oaowo2AFnZ1uwc145o3_r1_500.gif
Diancie (Shiny)
http://orig08.deviantart.net/8ce3/f/2014/338/f/4/shiny_diancie_global_link_art_by_trainerparshen-d88o44d.png
Eww neeeeeerd! :p
https://66.media.tumblr.com/3469ff65fe9590ec25786ba04eb40afd/tumblr_o7g5epjYfi1sdbhamo1_500.gif
Yep pretty much
But you’re forgetting the best one!
PeridotLapisThe Great and Lovable Peridot!
https://66.media.tumblr.com/34e079c7f8185a1f589267c03393b6a8/tumblr_obma4chMld1uxxhr8o1_1280.gif
Dousion
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/8/83/578Duosion.png/250px-578Duosion.png
https://66.media.tumblr.com/259c2fe67c58ab8054dcbcb227b2d77e/tumblr_o7c46c3hD01vpzwvso2_500.gif
Aurorus
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/9/9e/699Aurorus.png/250px-699Aurorus.png
Akame Ga Kill
Tatsumi- Bisharp
Lionne-Incineroar
Ezdeath-Froslass
Chelsey-Ditto
Free! team:
Haru – Tapu Fini
Makoto – Wailord
Nagisa – Empoleon
Rei – Beautifly
Rin – Garchomp
Momo – Samurott
What is your favouriote Pokemon of each type: (If it’s dual type you can’t use it twice, instead use your second favourite of one of those types, for example, If Lapras is your favourite Water AND Ice, use it for one, then choose your second favourite of the other)?
Mine:
Grass:Ludicolo
Water:Lapras
Fire: Talonflame
Normal: Pyroar (Male)
Fighting: Toxicroak
Ghost: Trevenant
Bug: Galvantula
Poison: Crobat
Psychic: Victini
Ice: Cryogonal
Flying: Swellow
Ground: Rhydon
Rock: Gigalith
Electric: Luxray
Dragon: Hydreigon
Steel: Excadrill
Dark: Krookadile
Fairy: Togekiss
Grass:Lurantis
Water:Primarina
Fire: Reshiram
Normal: Lopunny
Fighting: Mienshao
Ghost: Mimikyu
Bug: Vivillon
Poison: Salandit/Roserade
Psychic: Gothitelle/Gardevoir/Lunaala
Ice: Frosalss
Flying: Lugia
Ground: Gliscore
Rock: Diancie
Electric: Ampharos
Dragon: Noivern
Steel: Klinklang
Dark: Zoroark
Fairy: Sylveon
Grass Sceptile
Water Greninja
Fire Arcanine
Normal Staraptor
Fighting Lucario
Ghost Gengar
Bug Volcarona
Poison Drapion
Psychic Gallade
Ice Mamoswine
Flying Aerodactyl
Ground Excadrill
Rock Rhydon
Electric Manectric
Dragon Salamence
Steel Scizor
Dark Bisharp
Fairy Gardevoir
Grass: Ludicolo
Water: Primarina
Fire: Motisma-Oven
Normal: Miltank
Fighting: Emboar
Ghost: Aegislash
Bug: Heracross
Poison: Crobat
Psychic: Mushana
Ice: Vanniluxe
Flying: Jumpluff
Ground: Golurk
Rock: Sudowoodo
Electric: Ampharos
Dragon: Hydreigon
Steel: Scizor
Dark: Scrafty
Fairy: Togekiss
But it changes every let’s play, like Altaria is a tie for fav’ dragon type, and Florges for fav’ fairy type. And Primarina just dethroned Jellicent-F.
Grass: Lilligant
Fire: Infernape
Water: If it counts, Brionne, if not, Quagsire.
Normal: Audino
Bug: Galvantula
Flying: Sensu Oricorio
Poison:
Unrevealed-Salandit2, but Sea Urchin2 is a good candidate if it is Poison
Revealed: Roserade
Fighting: Mienshao
Psychic: Alakazam
Dark: Umbreon (Diving Bell Spider, then Pikipek3 if either turns out to be Dark)
Rock: Diancie (Especially Mega)
Ground: Nidoqueen
Steel: Magearna
Ghost: Froslass
Dragon: Dragalge
Fairy (and Favourite Overall): Primarina
http://img04.deviantart.net/02ec/i/2016/110/7/c/earthen_s_favorite_pokemon_of_each_type_gen_by_powerfuli-d9zlcmr.png
Oooooooo i forgot people who do this will be needing to add a new layer
How could you decide on a favourite Ground-Type from Gen V? There was so much variety!
Diggersby is life thobecause there was no truly favorite then my Excadrill also i rigged for when it came to [all] Excadrill showed up but if i had to redo it maybe Krookodile
Oops I meant Gen VI, hence the facetious tone due to Gen VI’s bad Ground numbers
But Gen Vmust of been a really good Gen for you, the ground types were perf
it went downhill by mid gen 5
that’s when Weather teams ruled like gods
but that introduced my mortal enemy Keldeo and HA which though good introduced so much badness
and now i can’t even take two steps without scald ruining my day or something like it
I used to run a pretty successful rain team on showdown a few years back
well, successful for a 12/13 year old ^^;but looking back I don’t miss the weather wars one bitGrass- Torterra
Fire- Houndoom
Water- Politoed
Normal- Porygon2
Electric- Dedenne
Rock- Gigalith
Flying- Togekiss
Poison- Garbodor
Ground- Flygon
Psychic- Reunicleus
Ghost- Gengar
Bug- Venomoth
Dragon- Goodra
Ice- Mamoswine
Fighting- Hitmontop
Dark- Weavile
Steel- Steelix
Fairy- Sylveon
Ok here we go! lol
Normal: Furret
Fighting: Hitmontop
Flying: Oricorio (it’s just such a clever idea lol)
Poison: Drapion
Ground: Donphan
Rock: Rampardos
Bug: Vikavolt
Ghost: Lunala
Steel: Excadrill
Fire: Alolan Marowak
Water: Totodile (honorable shout out to Ludicolo who is duh man lol)
Grass: Ferrothorn
Electric: Heliolisk
Psychic: Lugia
Ice: Regice
Dragon: Alolan Exeggutor
Dark: Sneasel
Fairy: Mimikyu
No legends
Grass: Sceptile
Water: Greninja
Fire: Charizard
Normal: Snorlax
Fighting: Blaziken
Ghost: Gengar
Bug: Shednja
Poison: Nidoking
Psychic: Alakazam
Ice: Alolan Ninetales
Flying: Gyarados
Ground: Garchomp
Rock: Tyranitar
Electric: Manectric
Dragon: Goodra
Steel: Metagross
Dark: Incineroar
Fairy: Sylveon
I only like Talonflame and Lapras from your list 🙂
Grass: Serperior
Fire: Flareon
Water: Vaporeon
Normal: Furret
Flying: Lugia
Bug: Beautifly
Poison: Crobat
Psychic: Victini
Ice: Articuno
Rock: Amaura
Ground: Gliscor
Electric: Emolga
Dragon: Dragonair
Fighting: Hawlucha
Ghost: Decidueye
Steel: Jirachi
Dark: Umbreon
Fairy: Sylveon
What is your favorite Pokemon from each region?
Ninetails
Lugia
Gardevoir
Lopunny
Chandelure
Sylveon
Primarina
Raichu
Bellosom
Roselia
Roserade/Infernape Tie
Vanilluxe
Florges/Aromatisse/Dragalge/ Tie
Primarina and UB-02 Beauty, if it counts
Snorlax
Typhlosion
Gardevoir
Lucario
Volcarona
Greninja
Mimikyu
Sandslash
Heracross
Aggron
Rhyperior
Excadrill
Chesnaught
Lycanroc Day
For me
Venomoth
Porygon2
Flygon
Weavile
Samurott
Goodra
Popplio
Abra
Slowking
Sableye
Tangrowth
Zoroark
Aegislash
Incineroar
Arcanine
Scizor
Salamence
Luxray
Volcarona
Greninja
Silvally
Dragonite
Misdreavus
Banette
Rotom
Cofagrigus
Dragalge
Lurantis
Charizard
Tyranitar
Blaziken
Garchomp
Bisharp
Greninja
Incineroar
I see questions are a thing, so an odd one
What’s everyone’s favourite Ultra Beast, aesthetically?
If it’s leaked, please spoiler tag it!
Mine is UB-02 Beauty :p
Absorption but whatever the crab thing is (I call it UB-06 Devourer) might make it
I like the one that looks like a teardrop with cannons as arms
deoxys, shouldve been an ultra beast
Maybe it is. Delta Episode Part 2. Dun dun dun.
UB07 Galaxy eater
I like UB-01 and -02 Beauty.
Although I normally don’t like feminine looking monsters, I like UB-02 Beauty
omg just a couple more weeks, just 19 days, until Sun and Moon
It feels like forever ago they revealed the names then just nothing for months
yup
omfg i need it now
i want to spend the whole day on it
I can’t wait. I’m going to get home from school, go to gamestop/target/whatever, then play it all weekend
i’m gonna camp out my toys r us an hour early to ensure i get the first one
then later that day my Moon copy will arrive in the mail
and if i’m feeling generous i’ll give it to my younger brother (who’ll i’d trade him a Rockruff for a starter since he hates the starters
Jealous
Were getting it on a Wednesday
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ae12d947853db1b51145c40fedcdcc3b8cbbb0dfdca54fef2ae8e11611113e0e.gif
And I have an important English test to study for
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a9182b4d737210e6e957eeffff2ecdce084c08c889b68a197e862ca1640475c5.gif
BUUUUT me and a few friends are gonna get the game and have a Pokémon day so yay!
I am sad because I won’t be able to play until I go home for Thanksgiving break 🙁
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1828db42406f5757731cb1db8b8f776eb2dd43dfdf88d37512a327a460524420.png
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r.i.p
I’ll be dead on Pokejungle from Japanese release until I complete the full game, post game and all, so I might as well be dead for a while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7lYxcWIAY
Y’know? They rarely made any sense, but I kind of miss David Nixon’s comments.
I miss Djja .-.
I don’t want to sound mean, but I don’t. He was a jerk to me on many occasions.
David really got me pumped up whenever we were in a news drought. I do believe they’re still active here, just not commenting.
I didn’t know wat this belong to but Alola have good architecture. http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1477841985203.jpg
It looks just like Oahu >o<
http://q-ec.bstatic.com/images/hotel/840×460/190/19010438.jpg
So out of curiosity, how much people will be starting their journey in Alola with friends?
I’m starting with my brother if that counts
Well I’m hoping you’d consider your brother as at least a friend XD
Same lol
Pretty much. Generally starting with some of my old friends and some of my coworkers,
My friend and I have been playing Pokemon with each other since Gen 3. We’ll be doing what we’ve done since XY and play for many hours on end together at launch. This will certainly be the last time before we part ways for college.
What are these…friends? Of which you speak
Not me sadly.
Wait nevermind I’m playing with my brother if that counts.
Nevermind apparently it does.
I’ll only be starting with you guys.
Ditto!
Ditto
Me and my two best friends are actually starting together. Two of us are experienced Pokemon players but my other friend is playing for the first time. And we all have different starters and teams.
with my boyfriend, i’m picking rowlet and he’s picking popplio, different teams, different versions. So, looking forward to it for sure
I have three other friends who are gonna get the game, but I’m going to lock my room and cut my self off from civilization and enjoy the game alone,until I reach post game
If I were you I’d play with them but I have no friends who play lol.
My brother, roommate, and 3 other friends.
My girlfriend, our two roomies, and one of their boyfriends are all getting it.
I will be with my friend, I’m getting Sun and they will be getting Moon.
Another question since the conversation seems to be warming up: for those of you who give their Pokémon and characters backstories, do you give your starters the typical starter story or do you headcanon them otherwise?
I play as though the whole pick your starter event didn’t happen. I like playing as though I received an egg from a breeder family friend who had given me the egg to take care of and through dedication and care I raised my first pokemon.
Poison Legendary
What do you think it would be based on? Would it have an ability like Salandit’s? Or would it loosely be a poison type? Would it make Earthen proud? Would it be the ultimate fairy bane? Discuss! 😛
Tbh I feel like it might be Marshadow and it sure as hell won’t be making Earthen proud if it’s Poison/Fairy :s
It doesn’t look poison at all to me.
It’s loose, but it looks quite smoggy imo.
Also, the theories of its name including ‘Mars’ and ‘Mar’
Maybe Ghost/Fighting since Mars was the god of war? It doesn’t really look fighting though
Well, it’s speculated that marshadow has another form. So maybe he’s like hoopa?
It could be he’s Ghost/Normal in small form and Ghost/Fighting in large form?
Maybe? I’d like to see those combos!
I hope Marshadow isn’t a fairy. I’m still hoping its Ghost/Normal. >:D
Ghost/Normal, Dark/Fairy, Normal/Poison, and Poison/Normal are my hopes
I’d like to see the first poison legendary be immune to ground moves.
I think a snake would be an obvious choice for a poison legendary. But, I think a more interesting representation might be Scylla or the Hydra (basically a multi-headed serpent). I imagine an ability that poisons any opponent that enters battle with the pokemon. Toxic smog of sorts. http://orig09.deviantart.net/5f61/f/2014/034/4/1/hydra__dipsy_demo__by_sandara-d74271p.jpg
A land-based hydra?
Perhaps
A giant ground/poison hydra could be dang fantastic.
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So I started working on some poison legendary ideas and wound up throwing that out the window to create the following:
Dark/Fairy legendary based on the xenomorph queen. Have it be a fabled slayer of the other legendaries, hunting down the way too dang many mythical psychics and dragons, as it’s immune to both.
If Ash really did come to the game, I would be very happy, but not at all because I like Ash. I don’t watch the anime and I personally could care less whether he is in SUMO, but I’m friends with a little kid who looks up to Ash as the best pokemon trainer ever. Ash teaches kids about the value of friendship and the importance of being a good sport and being okay with losing. So for my buddy Luke to get to meet his Pokemon idol in-game would be adorable and an unforgettable experience for him. So sure, I’m okay with Ash being in my game.
Hey who wants to here my Favorite song ever
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xoGh4d3q_gU
This is my favorite song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RttuiU6zj2k
Someone get that cat-bear thing some ice cream for having such an adorable theme so fitting to the little bumpkin.
http://youtu.be/qDoBcqdPx-Y
My favorite track of all the games I’ve played: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcUHZv5o41I
I just love the mellow tone and calming feeling it gives me.
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“Incenaroar is the worst starter”
You go ahead and be your bad self, Incineroar ?
I feel if ash chooses litten, when it evolves into inceriroar it’s going to be worse than charizard
Incineroar is a kind hearted pokemon despite its fighting tactics. So I think he’ll be loyal if Ash gets Litten.
Barf
For once I want one of Ash’s Pokemon to be a downright asshole
I it being very attention hogging and very dangerous In battle often going too far and disobeying commands
He’s had asshole pokemon before. I mean that Mankey episode to this day is one of my favorite episodes of any tv show.
Honestly, I think Litten being the troublesome pokemon is too obvious. And tbh Ash has been through so much that he should (Ideally) be able to handle difficult pokemon.
To incineroar, it only matters what the kids think.
inCENAroar! things are about to get pg-13 in here!
I can’t see Incenaroar, where’s he at
I’ve gone through the alola map and picked out empty lots in cities that I thought could serve as placeholders for gyms. Here are my predictions: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3eb21169e81b5a59c1d398395d908e2304aad220c283b8de0860f25b2258afb3.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e2cbeb226f4b027dcd5ed6484c7381dc8a6158e702bd002fdbb74e1e066df9af.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/93ff7a1c674caa34fe02359f2c200f6668302190c182fd84d9c752e2d4e76884.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/589e97ed187a993b742cc33958db9afad4f2abd3f1d1544994fd6f4ef8de2ea0.jpg
Is there any evidence that gyms will be in Sun and Moon at all? It just seems like a lot of post game content. (I’m not used to it from a Pokémon game except maybe SSHG and LGFR. :P)
Its a hard call. We know that lot one is a big open lot since we can see it in the demo, so something likely goes there at some point. On the other hand we know that lot seven is a bunch of ruin’s since you can see it in the most recent trailer. So who knows. Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised given how much their trying to build around the game.
It would be weird to have a league without gyms. Plus the chinese leaks (which have gotten NOTHING wrong yet) said “after you build a league, the E4 appears”, which implies that you there is something before the elite four.
Well, maybe Alola will keep its tradition of trials rather than form gyms.
The island trial is not the same as the pokemon league in anyway, nor are they connected at all. The island trial is a rite of passage that anyone is supposed to be able to do (sry Guzma) and the pokemon league is supposed to be for the best only. Plus, you can’t enter the E4 without 8 badges for a reason (in previous games). If they let any old kid 11 year old kid who completed the island trials take on the E4, then they’d have way too many imcompetant challengers. Plus, they already have an “island challenge champion”, so they already have a endgame to the island challenge.
I’m pretty sure the island trials will also require skill seeing as they’ve actually got more fights to do than the Gym Challenge (7 Totems and 4 Kahunas), as well as requiring puzzle solving skills in universe.
Then it seems odd to have it be a rite of passage for 11 year old kids.
Anyway, I’ve found something else: remember in the english trailer, the two construction workers who are saying “we’re going to build an awesome league here, so you’d better become an awesome trainer”? Well it appears that they are not on mount Lanakila, where the E4 and league is being held. If there isn’t gyms, and just the E4 and champion, then what could they possibly be constructing that isn’t on mount lanakila?
Red was 11 when he bet the Gyms
You’re missing the point.
That was supposed to be a very rare occasion (this applies to every protag tbh). Not every 11 year old kid is expected to be able to beat the pokemon league, that is for the very best of the best. This is a rite of passage, implying that many people were able to complete it.
They never said it was a very rare occasion though, it’s easily possible that many kids beat all eight Gyms but just failed at the Elite 4
And its implied that the island trials is a right of passage for trainers, seeing as the whole point is to battle and grow closer to your Pokémon. Not every kid in Alola is going to participate (for example, Lillie most likely won’t) due to how impractical it’d be and it’s never said how much people fail the rite and give up
The Hawaiian aka Alolan people hold tradition and nature as very important. So it’s not far fetched to assume they would keep their traditions and make their own rules of how they govern what is passable for their own league’s requirements. We’ve never seen how a league is formed so we have no clue how they are conducted. Just because all leagues thus far have had the same structure doesn’t particularly mean that Alola will follow its lead to the T.
That’s true. We’ll find out soon enough anyway. With all this, I’m betting (and hoping) that there will be post game gyms.
Also, GF said in a recent interview that they wanted to focus on longevity and post game this generation, so anything is possible.
But yeah it’s sad that so many recent pokemon games have had virtually no post game.
It makes the most sense for me to believe that gyms will arise post-game since a league will have formed. If not places for gyms, the empty lots might very well be landing pads for Charizard poke-ride feature.
And none of them will be Dark-Type
T.T
TBH if this is the case there may likely be national dex only new pokemon like in Sinnoh.
Idk, I feel if there’s Pokémon not in the Dex they’d be in small islands and nooks and crannies we didn’t get to explore, and just one of those would be to small alone
and still wouldn’t give Komala an evoBut if we get some evos of old Pokémon ill actually cry if one is an common prevo for Sawk and Throh, seeing as a common prevo for Miltank and Tauros looks unlikely
That’d be amazing.
I still think the alola dex is incomplete though, but there’s no way to tell for a while at this point.
What’s the possibility of them only having seven Gyms (or seven typed Gyms and one untyped to continue the Gen II feels Alola kinda gives off) in your opinion? I feel it’d be a good opportunity to show off every type with a specialist.
It’s definitely a possibility at this point. It makes sense with the Z crystals, since there would be a notable character to give each one, rather than having some just lying around.
I dunno, I feel like leaving some Z-Crystals post game would be kinda sucky, IMO I feel the best way to do it would mandatory Z-Crystal quest where you collect the 7 you don’t get from the Island Trial by revisiting old areas whilst simultaneously adding new trainers and dialogue there and keeping the story going
I just really want a cool post game.
Also, what do you think will happen to the aether paradise after we take down the aether foundation? IMO it would be a good place for them to host the league but we’ve already seen that that’s on mount lanakila. Maybe a safari zone type thing, since it’s home to rare pokemon.
I’d say just blow it up/destroy it. Like make a post game encounter involving Zygarde and an ultra Beast duke it out there, leveling the place into nothing and serving as a good battle field for a final battle.
The Aether Foundation could easily remain friendly or get reformed and the Paradise can just stay the same with some post game quests and areas
Not true, have you seen the “all battle intros” video? That all but confirms that they are evil.
They have battle intros!? They must be evil! Like Hau, Kukui, Hala, Olivia, etc
And regardless, it could easily just be a section of the Aether Foundation, or as I said, they get reformed. Lusamine has already made it clear she loves and respects Pokémon and has shown no disdain for humans as a whole, meaning her redemption will be easy
I feel as though some members of the AF are truly good and that they’ll take over when the evil members are displaced.
If not then maybe Kukui can requisition it and finally have an actual lab instead of a beach hut.
That’d be cool.
team skull takes it over lol
Sun and Moon post game!
What do you want to see?
Ithsme wants gyms galore for example!
I want abs
Lots and lots of abs
Girl, you and me both, but I’d like to see some Hala belly. <3
D̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶S̶i̶m̶u̶l̶a̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶f̶e̶a̶t̶u̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶H̶i̶l̶d̶a̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶E̶l̶e̶s̶a̶
Sinnoh’s battle frontier and or maybe a new island to explore!
I don’t remember Sinnoh’s Battle Frontier. Hmm…
Travel to the Sevii Islands!
Battle frontier. Probably hoenn style since they already fucked up the chance to put it in the remakes. The sinnoh one can wait until their remakes
Yay!!! I’m finally getting my Gengar in Pokemon GO! Gengar is my second favorite Pokemon in Gen 1 so I’m so excited! If Pokemon GO did more events like this where certain pokemon are more common and you get more candies that would be amazing. Maybe double candy weekends? I need more excuses to get outside on the weekends
Pfft, why would you need Pokémon GO outside at weekends when you can drink water and be nicely hydrated?
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Becuase you should drink dihydrogen monoxide responsibly
So, unorthodox question: for those of you with Pokémon playing friends and family who don’t frequent the jungle, what Pokémon are they going to start with?
Pretty sure my youngest sister is going to start with Popplio, she’s seen Brionne and thinks it’s adorable and I feel she’ll really love Primarina
My bro and I are Liften. Lol
Buff buddies :p
We just love cats in my family lol
My brother is picking Rowlett and my two pokemon playing friends are picking Rowlett and Popplio
Rip Liften
;-;
Forgot to mention: my friends are:
1 Rowlet
2 Litten
3 Popplio (Including yours truly)
I dunno what my best friend might start with, but I think she’s leaning toward Rowlet I think
Rowlet: The Right choice, every time.
Also as an Aside Percy, check the official league forum. Something important to yourself has come up involveing you.
I’m picking Litten and Popplio in the two playthroughs I’m doing, and my brother is starting with Rowlet.
What’s with all these friend questions making me feel more lonely than I already am. ;_;
But my brother is picking Litten. He was going to pick Popplio but didn’t like how feminine it became.
You have us though! 😀
Haha that’s always true. I fear that this place will die down a few months after SM, so I’m hoping we get another game next year to keep things going around here.
I’ll be your friend! I could use more FCs I literally only have 2 T.T lol
Mine is 2063-0267-5863. 🙂
Thanks, but I mean in person. xD
I have to be at school for nine hours a day, and it can get pretty lonely with nobody to talk to lol.
Oh, yeah. I have like no irl friends either. Lol
Then PJN is a win win for us, I guess. xD