RUMOR: Pokémon Sun & Moon’s HUGE SECRET Revealed?

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.

ash-sun-moonDots 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.

satoshi-trademarkRecently 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.

ashs-pikachuIn 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!

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2,212 thoughts on “RUMOR: Pokémon Sun & Moon’s HUGE SECRET Revealed?”

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  2. SO for anyone who saw the leaks, what is your fav shiny this gen? for me its Minior because its like a secret minior colour and its super cool!!! It will be the first hunt I go on

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  3. theory time: what if the reason why there are so many standalones pokemon this gen is because for the first time in pokemon history a remake will bring new pokemon aka evolutions for old pokemon aka Sinnoh remakes will have new evolutions for the standalones in SM

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  4. Going off of thegreatcarbinkle’s theory earlier, if we had another sinnoh-like gen that introduced evolutions, what would you like to see?

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  5. Alright, I have another question.
    What is your favorite and least favorite new Alola Pokemon (even the leaked ones)?
    What about Alola forms (favorite and least favorite)?

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  6. So can we just take a moment to consider the fact that Wishiwashis “form” is basically just an evolution, like its activated when it reaches a certain level and from what I can tell its permanent so like once it reaches that level you will always be battling with the school form

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  8. Whats everyone playing/doing in their spare time to pass the next 3 weeks? ive got the old hunters DLC for bloodborne, and the chalice dungeons to keep me occupied. one of my favorite games, top 3 for sure.

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