Final Pokémon Sun & Moon Trailers

In what will be the last trailers for Pokémon Sun & Moon before they’re released, new Z-moves and other gameplay elements have been shown.

  • Decidueye’s signature Z-Move is called Sinister Arrow Raid
  • Inceneroar’s signature Z-Move is called Malicious Moonsault
  • Primarina’s signature Z-Move is called Oceanic Operetta
  • UB-03 Lighting officially revealed, no other details released
  • UB-05 Gluttony revealed, no other details released
  • Alolan Diglett is officially revealed, and Alolan Dugtrio is seen for the first time outside the special demo – both are Ground/Steel-type
  • Alolan Diglett and Dugtrio’s new ability is Tangled Hair, which lowers the opponents speed if they make contact with the Pokémon
  • The trailer asks US trainers to come back to the official site for where and when you can get Magearna’s QR code – however it’s been confirmed that in Europe it will be distributed via the Pokémon TV app from December 6th, 2016 onward
  • Outside the trailer Necrozma was official revealed stateside as well

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  1. IUB-05 Glutton
    This beast has an astounding appetite, and it will completely devour anything in front of its eyes. It’s said that it devours not only objects, but the ground, rivers, and even the seas!

    Despite the abnormal amounts that this beast consumes, it’s said that it doesn’t produce any waste products. It’s possible that it’s completely converting everything it eats into energy to sustain itself, but the true details remain unknown.

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  2. Diglett in the Alola region live near volcanic areas, so they have few places to hide themselves away. Their tunneling activity plows the land, creating cultivated soil that’s great for agriculture. Because of this, many people in the Alola region are grateful for the presence of Diglett.

    The hairlike growths sprouting from Diglett’s head are metallic whiskers. It’s said they developed these stiff yet flexible whiskers in order to survive in the hostile volcanic environment. The whiskers provide a sensory function, enabling Alolan Diglett to scan the surrounding area without exposing their faces aboveground.

    Their current emotional state is revealed by their whiskers. When their whiskers stand straight up, they’re angry. Whiskers that wave are a sign that the Pokémon is on alert. When they swing their whiskers around, they’re in a good mood, and when their whiskers droop, they’re feeling lonely or downhearted.

    Alolan Diglett can have the Tangling Hair Ability, which is a new Ability that no other Pokémon has previously had. With the Tangling Hair Ability, opponents that hit Alolan Diglett with a move that makes direct contact will have their Speed lowered by 1

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    • This one I like and makes sense, the design is still somewhat lazy but this makes up for it. Dugtrios’ seems ridiculous but maybe that’s just ’cause of how it looks.

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  3. In the Alola region, Dugtrio is revered as an incarnation of the god of the land, and it’s treated with great importance. This is why the people of Alola fall to their knees and bow deeply whenever they come across an Alolan Dugtrio that has poked its faces out of its burrow.

    Alolan Dugtrio’s whiskers shine with a brilliance akin to golden hair. The whiskers are flexible, just like Diglett’s, but hard and strong. They continue to grow throughout an Alolan Dugtrio’s life, although at a very slow rate. Removing Alolan Dugtrio whiskers from the Alola region is prohibited. It’s said that those who take them receive divine punishment. Every year, many tourists come back, apparently to return whiskers they had taken.

    There is a superstitious belief that many Alolan Dugtrio come out of their holes on a day when a volcano will erupt. Older residents of Alola will flee immediately at the sight. It’s thought that Alolan Dugtrio, which live beneath the ground’s surface, detect movements in the ground that indicate an impending eruption and are so alarmed that they come aboveground.

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  4. “UB-05 Glutton
    This beast has an astounding appetite, and it will completely devour anything in front of its eyes. It’s said that it devours not only objects, but the ground, rivers, and even the seas!

    Despite the abnormal amounts that this beast consumes, it’s said that it doesn’t produce any waste products. It’s possible that it’s completely converting everything it eats into energy to sustain itself, but the true details remain unknown.”

    This is me in UB form :’)

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  5. These moves are so amazing omg! these starters get better and better imo. I couldn’t help but think spirit bomb when seeing Primarina’s XD

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    • At the very least it give GF/the people that fight off continuing onto new generations less to stall with. Every time a generation comes and stays for a little while if there are any unreleased Pokemon there are always naysayers even tho it seems like a new gen is coming. This time they may not have that excuse lol

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  6. I think the only thing in the trailers that I wish they hadn’t shown straight up are the battle scenes with the UBs (and maybe the UBs in general lol) We all knew it was bound to happen, but I would have rather them keep up the charade that we wouldn’t necessarily be able to battle them by normal means. Like up until now the only “battle” scene we’ve seen is with the UB 02’s facing off against Tapu Koko. It added a mystery, and I’m kind of sad they out right showed them in a regular battle scene before the games release.

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  7. If Lycanroc is available in both forms in both games in the Wild, then what’s the point in Limiting Rockruff to 1 form to evolve into in each game?
    Why not just make it night and day?

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  8. For those who like knowing the Japanese names like I do: (EN) • (JP)

    Decidueye – Sinister Arrow Raid • Shadow Arrows Strike
    Incineroar – Malicious Moonsault • Hyper Dark Crusher
    Primarina – Oceanic Operetta • Wadatsumi no Sinfonia*

    *Wadatsumi (also pronounced as watatsumi) is a legendary kami (神, god; deity; spirit), Japanese dragon and tutelary water deity in Japanese mythology. Ōwatatsumi no kami (大綿津見神, “great deity of the sea”) is believed to be another name for the sea deity Ryūjin (龍神, Dragon God), and also for the Watatsumi Sanjin (綿津見三神, “Three Watatsumi gods”), which rule the upper, middle, and lower seas respectively and were created when Izanagi was washing himself after returning from Yomi, “the underworld”. Sinfonia is Italian for symphony.

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  9. Out if curiousity, who else is going to make a story out of their SuMo run? I know Kurusu is, and I think I saw Earthen say he is but can’t confirm that

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      • It’s been on a stand still, I’ve been bouncing between homework and cleaning out my room because I’m planning on kinda generally improving my life (more exercise, cleaner space, more effort into school)

        It’s definitely getting completed at some point though, it’s a good venting tool because I genuinely enjoy writing battles

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  10. Just a theory the ub are real live things when ub 01 = jellyfish ub 02 = cockroach ub 03 = christmas lights and also one who looks like origami I don’t know the rest but just something I thought of

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  11. Spoilers about a trainer in the Battle Tree:

    I just saw Grimsley’s model, holy crap that’s my favorite re-designed character. I love the black and white color scheme, and he looks so old damn xD But by far my favorite detail is that he is holding a coin. “There are bad ways to win– and good ways to lose. What’s interesting and troubling is that it’s not always clear which is which. A flipped coin doesn’t always land heads or tails. Sometimes it may never land at all…” – Grimsley

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  12. I like Incineroar slightly more than I did. However, I still think the design is disappointing and also Torracat is cuter than it. Also Decidueye is superior.

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    • Same here. I find it tolerable enough to consider using it as a fire-type on one of my in-game teams due to the low number of new Fire-types this gen.

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  13. “Rockruff is a special Pokémon that can evolve into different forms depending on which game you’re playing. However, you may be able to find both of its evolved forms in the wild. Search for them—both day and night!”

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  14. how far before the elite four are the mascot legendaries usable? Like is it around the equivalent of before the last gym like they often are? I like to use them on the 8th gym and elite four for my firsts of many playthroughs

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    • I’m the opposite, I vastly prefer to use my regular team that I’ve travelled so far with for all gym and elite 4 battles. Of course we don’t have gyms this time but the same principle applies.

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  15. Guys help I’m trying to demonstrate my SuMo Fanfic character doesn’t care for fashion

    Do I have him commit that faux pas or nah

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  16. Story spoilers

    Saying there are seven trials is misleading, on the last island, there is no trial. The battle with the kahuna takes place as soon as you reach the island without doing any trials. The 7th trial captain(Fairy) just randomly walks by us and gives us the Z crystal. What was the point of having a 7th captain anyway?

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  17. So I was going to post a battle regardless of outcome because how interesting it was but then my opponent used Shock Wave Hydreigon

    Whyyyy

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      • I honestly prefer it to Tsareena or Lurantis so it was really no contest. I was considering using Lurantis instead of Alolan Golem on my Sun team, but they have pretty much the same number of weaknesses and resistances so I went with the one I liked more.

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  18. Ok two things. First is how early/is there a breeding daycare? Second is what’s the word on shiny hunting? Is there. New method in the game?

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    • 1) Day care is very soon on the second island, Akala.
      2) Pokémon can summon allies, and each ally has a chance of a Hidden Ability, good IVs, or a higher chance of being shiny depending on how long it’s been chained. This process can be made easier with a consumable, cheap item called an Adrenaline Orb.

      Also, Shiny Charm will be available pre-bank: you get if for completing the Alola Dex, there is no in-game National Dex (bank does have a national Dex, however).

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  19. Okay… I need major help. I’m so torn! Here are my teams so far…

    Sun:
    Decidueye
    Crabominable
    Lycanroc
    Oricorio (Baile Style)
    Ninetales (Alola Form)

    Moon:
    Incineroar
    Toucannon
    Lycanroc
    Oranguru

    I don’t know where to put Kommo-o and Bewear, who I really want on my teams… Do I put both on Moon and Toxapex on Sun? Or I was thinking Kommo-o can go to Sun and Dhelmise and Bewear can go to Moon… what are your thoughts? If I put Bewear on Moon that would be 3 Normal types… But if I put Bewear on Sun my team is more vulnerable to more types…

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  20. So what’s everyone’s favourite music track from SuMo that they’ve heard? Keep in mind to spoiler it if it isn’t officially revealed or if it’s a spoiler for a character

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  21. GAH SO BORED
    I just finished Pikmin 3 which makes all 3 (i gotta say Pikmin 1 is my favorite to play but Pikmin 3 is my favorite aesthetically)
    i swear i’m blowing through Pikmin games like wildfire
    I completely burnt out my wow lust
    and we’re 3 1/2 days away from SM which is the only thing i want

    so yeah Earthen bored

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  22. I’m bored

    You’re bored

    Everyone’s bored

    Question time!

    What’s one thing that you never thought you’d like but when you tried it you loved it?

    Mines pretty much everything to do with Rocky Horror, going to see the live show was amazing (until the basophobia kicked up when everyone was doing the Time Warp, my city’s most well known theatre mostly consists of rows of balconies)

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        • Abuses 100% accurate Thunder and Hurricane. Also uses Surf for the rain boost, and I gave it Roost in the final slot to heal off Life Orb damage and reset multiscale if needed.

          It’s not the best but I didn’t want a generic rain team

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          • 252 SpA Life Orb Dragonite Hurricane vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Ferrothorn: 173-204 (49.1 – 57.9%) — 55.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

            Even better when this monster which usually walls Dragonite and Rain teams, gets 2HKOd on the switch.

          • Oh my God I actually love surprising Ferrothorn

            Hidden Power Fire Amoonguss just laughs at it, it’s not doing too much to it but it does have recovery and doesn’t care about T Wave or Leech Seed

            But back on topic, that’s actually really clever! Hope I can make a set this good some day, I’m a beginner so I tend to stick to recommended spreads

          • I’ve always strayed away from recommended spreads. Everyone uses them and they are predictable.

            I used Max HP, Max Speed Rotom-W (everyone uses Max HP, Max Def) at the beginning XY, was brilliant outspeeding and burning stuff I really shouldn’t be able to.
            I also uses Physical Sap Sipper Goodra, that was fun for a while. Earthquake, Rock Slide, Power Whip.

          • Yeah, unpredictable but good builds need to happen more tbh

            People underestimate how powerful surprise is, heck I lose to bad sets sometimes because I don’t expect them

            So I can’t imagine how your opponents feel with good unpredictable sets

          • Wanna know my favourite.
            Head Smash Rock Head Aggron. The trick is I use Head Smash when I’m safe from getting KOd to smack something really hard. They almost always send out a Fighting or Ground type to try and KO me. Bam, hit Mega Evolve, tank the hit and 9 times out of 10 KO them back (especillay if its a fighter using CC). Pair it with a wish passer for more fun.

            I actually experiment a lot, cos I get bored of the same thing over and over again.

          • Fudge that sounds strong

            Yeah, I’m getting bored of my stall team because it’s pretty much been stall or be stalled so far, Chansey is actually Satan

    • Pot. lol But on the real; embracing the competitive sides of my TCG and video game hobbies was something growing up I didn’t really want to do. I enjoyed being the best among my friends, but the competitive nature of these games typically means playing what’s best not what I like best flavor-wise. But every time I embrace a new competitive scene I get hooked and find it to be very intellectually rewarding and just fun in general.

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    • Shiny Solgaleo hurts my eyes. The Tapus are cool with the black shells. Some of UB look cool as well. Especially UB-03. I like Marshadows shiny better than it’s original

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  23. When building an in-game team does anyone else have certain things they have to have, like a Pokémon based on a mammal, or equal amounts of special and physical attackers? I do and it can get pretty annoying tbh.

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    • I used to always build special teams with maybe one physical attackers and a support, but now for Sun and Moon I’m going to build a team with an extremely fast special sweeper (Raichu), a fast support (Tapu Koko), A fast physical sweeper (Silvally), a bulky defensive physical Pokémon (Mudsdale), a bulky specially defensive special Pokémon (Ninetales), and an undecided support Pokémon. So pretty even this gen.

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    • A pokémon per color XD i didn’t realize until recently but I often make my team visually balanced ahah (Miltank/pink + Emboar/red + Ampharos/yellow + Togekiss/white + Salamence/blue + Trevenant/green for exemple)

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    • When playing new games I try my best to type balance my teams but a little bit of overlap can be fine if I like the Pokémon enough. When going back to play versions I never bought I just check out what Pokémon I haven’t played with yet and use whatever ones sound fun regardless of type.

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  24. I need some serious help. The official Pokémon website and various leaks say that Alolan Vulpix is exclusive to Moon, and Sandslash is exclusive to Moon, but the data mine states that is the other way around. Help me!!!

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  25. So I’m in a battle with a guy who used Shuca Heatran

    Thoughts on that? Might let it live and retaliate but there’s much better items

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    • It’s usually just a lure. Allows it to live a hit it shouldn’t and retaliate. It’s only useful if you have a move to KO the Pokemon that earthquakes, like HP Ice for Garchomp or Landorus for example.

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        • My favourite Heatran set is Toxic, Taunt. Brilliant for stallers like Chansey.

          I’ve actually seen completely offensive Heatran as well as scarfed variants. Probably not used too much now, haven’t played OU in a while

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  26. Another question since this place seems to have entered those unholy dying hours

    You live in the Pokémon world:

    -Where do you live?
    -What is your occupation
    -Who is your idol?/Who are your idols?
    -What is your speciality type/theme, if any?
    -What Pokémon would you start with?*
    -What realistic Pokémon would you want to catch the most?
    -If you could catch a Legendary, which one would you catch?
    -If you could catch an Ultra Beast, which one would you catch?
    -What Legendary Pokémon and/or Non-Pokémon Dieties would you worship, if any?

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    • – Ecruteak City
      – Animator (since video games dont seem to be too prominent in the pokemon world) and a mythology researcher on the side
      – Cynthia, Elesa
      – Fairy
      – Buneary
      – Lunaala, Marshadow or Shaymin
      – Beauty
      – Nah fam

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    • I live in a piece of self own property “a Pokemon ranch”
      I own a business where my legions of Ground, Rock and Fighting types mine ore and minerals
      Ground
      My Rhyhorn/Rhyperior who is nearly….. 13 yrs old
      My battling team, but my mining usually employs Graveler, Sandslash and a few imported Mudsdale
      I would hunt down the Red Orb to control Groudon
      Absorbtion or Glutton
      Groudon

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      • Surprised you wouldn’t be aiming to become a Ground GL, E4 or Champion tbh

        Also, hate to be pedantic but where is the ranch? 😮

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    • The only reason I respond to my own things most of the type rather than just do it immediately is because I like posting these quicker, as well as the fact that I don’t like bulking up OPs

      -Where do you live? Hau’oli City, Melemele Island, Alola

      -What is your occupation? Part-Time Pokémon Trainer, Part-Time Student, Aiming to be a Professor on Pokémon Dietology

      -Who Are Your Idols? Name any Pokémon Professor. Especially Kukui and Sycamore.

      -Speciality Type/Theme?: Not really any, but gravitates towards Fairy-Types and elegant Pokémon.

      What Pokémon would you start with? Bounsweet rescued when observing the dietary habits of Snorlax

      -Pokémon you’d want to catch most? Popplio, very elegant.

      -Legendary Capture? Diancie

      -UB Capture? Beauty/Pheromosa

      -Worship? Obviously the Tapu + Solgaleo and Lunala, but Koko especially.

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    • Hometown: Celestic Town, Sinnoh
      Occupation: Fossil Excavator
      Idol: Byron
      Specialty: Water yet I have Weavile as well
      Starter: Sneasel
      To catch the most: Poliwag
      Legendary: Suicune
      UB: UB-01
      Dieties: Dialga

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    • -Somewhere in Alola IDK where yet
      -Simple, travelling trainer :3
      -My Idol would be …. honestly? Either Wally (His story breh) or maybe Iris (Cause shes a prodigy and is the youngest technical champion after all)
      -A mix between ghost water and dragons
      -Rowlet
      -Dewpider/Araquanid (I’m supposing it’s realistic enough,being that it is based off an actual spider)
      -Marshadow
      -Either Nihilego or Celesteela
      -Lunala, Marshadow, Victini, Kyogre :3

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    • – Mosdeep City.
      – Lead scientist on the Deep Space Exploration Project.
      – Steven Stone.
      – Computers, tech, machinery.
      – Caught a Ralts when I first started out. Steven Stone gives me a Beldum when I first meet him.
      -Scrafty.
      -Deoxys (as part of my space exploration project).
      -I used my Deoxys to prevent UBs from entering out universe.
      -Legendary Pokemon worship me.

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  27. Do we think Bulbapedia will ever class Zygarde as related to Xerneas and Yveltal?
    The reason they haven’t is somewhere along the lines of “Theres no proof”, but I think there is proof, but maybe this will help, an Entry for Zygarde 100% in Gen 7 ” This is Zygarde’s 100% form. It has enough power to overwhelm even Xerneas or Yveltal.”
    It just really bugs me they’re classing it as seperate and calling Xerneas and Yveltal a duo when it’s obvious they’re a trio.

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  28. If you live in a Pokémon World, part zwei

    1) You’re given a Z-Ring. Do you:

    A) Politely decline
    B) Hunt for (insert Z-Crystal here)
    C) Take it, but don’t actively hunt for a Z-Crystal
    D) Z-CRYSTAL HUNT KIDDOS

    2) You’re given a Key Stone Accesory. Do you:

    A) Politely decline
    B) Hunt for (Insert Non-Legendary Pokémon Here)-ite
    C) Take it and not actively hunt for a Key Stone
    D) Yeah, Mega Evolution sends Pokémon into murderous rages if they don’t have a trainer with a strong bond and I don’t want to die, no thanks

    3) You’re offered to become a Gym Leader/E4/Trial Leader/Kahuna (last two only if you’re born in Alola)! Do you accept!?

    4) Give yourself a Pokémon you’re afraid of, or at least uncomfortable around. Why are you afraid of it?

    5) Which forum member is most likely to be your rival?

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    • 1.
      B, for dragon, ghost, water, Decidueyes and Marshadow’s
      B). altarianite until mega flygon is a thing.
      3. Nah, I prefer travel
      4. Ferrothorn……. I despise it cause of all the matches this thing has screwed me over
      5. Honestly? I really don’t know! Who ever would wanna challenge me I suppose

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    • Take the Z-Ring
      Tamper with it to enable me to locate all other Z-rings in existence.
      Steal them all.
      Throw them all into the fires of Mt. Doom

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    • I’d go out of my way and hunt/steal a Z-Ring
      i usurped my Keystone from some failure trainer and for the Garchompite i found it in a cave
      Screw that i’m way stronger then those chumps, i’d rather start my own villainous team
      I despise most Fairy and ghost types
      Everyone is my rival

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    • 1) I’d get the Z-Ring and collect the Island Trial Crystals but probably not actively invest in the others.

      2) Audinite Boysss

      3) I’d happily become a Fairy Kahuna or Trial Captain tbh

      4) My character would be scared of any Pokémon with mind control capacities due to a childhood incident with a Sandygast, but doesn’t fear Salazzle due to an Immunity to its pheromones.

      5) Tbh probably Prince Fae, two Fairy-Type living researchers? You’re on!

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  29. There’s a rumor that Breath Of the Wild won’t be a launch title for the Nintendo Switch. If thats true I’m glad I haven’t preordered it yet.

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  30. GF: let make an ability that slows down pokemon on contact!
    also GF: lets give poor defenses whoever carries that ability too!

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  31. So does anyone else get that thing when you can find someone you have no interest in attractive but don’t havr an attraction? Because like below I can tell all those girls are attractive but I just wish they were a bitty more male 😮

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    • You really just change one mon each time you move from each team!

      Team A seems to be the least painful to use with an uncommon (for in-game) weakness.

      Though you can just grab all 8 mons and swap in/out as needed. Even with Exp Share you should not be too overleveled this gen thanks to scaling.

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  32. Let out a sigh of relief, because I can confirm that online multi battles are indeed still an option. I mean it was sort of obvious, but I was afraid that battle royales threatened the need for them.

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  33. I didn’t know wat First Impression really do but it looks like bug version of Fake Out………….Just for ppl that complaining about Golisopod’s ability ….this ability will be damin OP with First Impression ……….. Golisopod is movable,has nice stats and Awesome design one of the best pkmn in this gen.

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    • You don’t have to leave because we all have different opinions smh

      Just be respectful and you won’t have to deal with it

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      • I don’t mind you guys having different opinions but we can’t even discuss about anything other than “omg what stupid pkm team do you guys wanna have?” without someone getting offended around here (not talking about you)

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          • Nah, people are pussies today. Can’t discuss religion, politics, money, sexuality or anything because it offends someone. Some things like biology/etc can’t be changed no matter what people want to believe.

          • The truth hurts but what can I do? A lot of people today are pussies, nothing can be discussed anymore and it’s not only here that I’ve seen this happen

          • People aren’t pussies, they are just more sensitive of other people which if you ask me, isn’t a bad thing. Less conflict if you dont get upset that people are thinking about how others feel. I’m not trying to insult you, but thats how I feel

          • Late to respond. But we’ve discussed a lot of serious stuff on this site plenty of times without people getting irreconcilably angry at each other. No one was angry? Just a few people expressed their thoughts, including myself, that we don’t need to be posting purposefully sexual GIFs on here.

          • I didn’t get angry because of the gif, I even understand why it would be a problem (hence why I deleted it). What got me pissed was a certain someone telling us to stop talking about that gender/Sex thing when it wasn’t even me who started. The problem wasn’t you or requiem

  34. I went to game the other day to preorder the fan edition and they’d already allocated all the ones they had so I can’t get the statue ; n ;

    I’m going to have to hope the Nintendo store still has them and risk getting the game a few days late.

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  35. After reading Alolan Diglet and Dugtrio’s entries I feel compelled to tolerate their respective designs.

    PS: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TRAILER OUT! xD

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      • I’ve seen Alolan Diglett and Dugtrio’s entries already, I don’t need to see…

        Oh, you mean the trailer? Carry on, I’ll pretend it’s about Ultra Beast…

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      • “Diglett in the Alola region live near volcanic areas, so they have few
        places to hide themselves away. Their tunneling activity plows the land,
        creating cultivated soil that’s great for agriculture. Because of this,
        many people in the Alola region are grateful for the presence of
        Diglett.

        The hairlike growths sprouting from Diglett’s head are
        metallic whiskers. It’s said they developed these stiff yet flexible
        whiskers in order to survive in the hostile volcanic environment. The
        whiskers provide a sensory function, enabling Alolan Diglett to scan the
        surrounding area without exposing their faces aboveground.

        Their
        current emotional state is revealed by their whiskers. When their
        whiskers stand straight up, they’re angry. Whiskers that wave are a sign
        that the Pokémon is on alert. When they swing their whiskers around,
        they’re in a good mood, and when their whiskers droop, they’re feeling
        lonely or downhearted.

        Alolan Diglett can have the Tangling Hair
        Ability, which is a new Ability that no other Pokémon has previously
        had. With the Tangling Hair Ability, opponents that hit Alolan Diglett
        with a move that makes direct contact will have their Speed lowered by
        1.”

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      • “In the Alola region, Dugtrio is revered as an incarnation of the god of
        the land, and it’s treated with great importance. This is why the people
        of Alola fall to their knees and bow deeply whenever they come across
        an Alolan Dugtrio that has poked its faces out of its burrow.

        Alolan
        Dugtrio’s whiskers shine with a brilliance akin to golden hair. The
        whiskers are flexible, just like Diglett’s, but hard and strong. They
        continue to grow throughout an Alolan Dugtrio’s life, although at a very
        slow rate. Removing Alolan Dugtrio whiskers from the Alola region is
        prohibited. It’s said that those who take them receive divine
        punishment. Every year, many tourists come back, apparently to return
        whiskers they had taken.

        There is a superstitious belief that
        many Alolan Dugtrio come out of their holes on a day when a volcano will
        erupt. Older residents of Alola will flee immediately at the sight.
        It’s thought that Alolan Dugtrio, which live beneath the ground’s
        surface, detect movements in the ground that indicate an impending
        eruption and are so alarmed that they come aboveground.”

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  36. I ended up preordering both games, and now I’m trying to decide which to play first. I wanna say Sun, since I preordered it first, but Moon has Midnight Lycanroc and Drampa… decisions decisions.

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  37. Ok wow so this is crazy. So I’m in once of those moods where is want to really f*cked uo scary stuff on YouTube because ya know, who needs sleep and found this video of this caller who called in on this radio show. His voice was super uneasy and shakes and he was panicking. He claimed that he worked for Area 51 and was released on a medical discharge. He said that he had been traveling across the country for a week and that what we know as aliens are being used. He used the term “inter-dimensional beings” and said that they were using them to lower the population of major places in order to make it more controllable. Few seconds afterwards the radio signal was cut off and the show escorted to a back up cable.

    A while later, someone called back claiming that they were that guy and it was a hoax but many debate whether if it was actually the same person or if it was and he had to be shut up and lie that it was all fake. Nobody knows if it was real.

    HOW AMAZING WOULD THIS BE AS INSPIRATION FOR SUN AND MOONS STORY WITH ULTRA BEASTS

    (If you know the SuMo story don’t confirm or deny this)

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      • Mainly because the game is released 5 days early for NTSC regions so all the people in PAL regions are going to be bombarded by spoilers and being constantly reminded what we’re missing out on for 5 days won’t be fun. Avoiding it will make the time go quicker.

        When I’ve finally got the game I’ll probably be playing it instead of using my computer for a few days and I’ll be trying to take it slowly to make it last this time.

        As for the potentially not returning thing, it’s been fun here, but once the game’s been released there will be nothing to speculate about or anticipate, so there will be less reason to hang around. Besides which when I get here it’s hard to leave so I could do with cutting down anyway.

        I don’t know, I might return, it depends how things go.

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        • oh. well if you do decide not to return, just remember that even though you and I didn’t always agree on everything, I still considered you (and everyone else here for that matter) a friend 😀

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          • I can’t remember us ever having any major disagreements, at least not compared to some of the disagreements I’ve been a part of here.

            (That said I think the person I’ve had the least disagreements with is Earthen, ironically.)

            It’s nice to know I will be missed if I do go though. Like I say, I might return afterwards, but it probably won’t be for a while.

  38. well, I’m not sure if anyone is familiar with the youtube channel “Epic Rap Battles of History” but they finally made a pokemon one, between Ash Ketchum and Charles Darwin. kinda relevant I suppose.

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    • The title only says Wonderful Funny Pictures. (so non-indicative of the story heh)

      The starters play with a ball and lose it. They stumble upon Time City where time seems to have stopped, so they play pranks on the time-stopped Pokemon (expecting the time to resume later). Eventually they find the ball lodged in the clock tower which is the cause of the time stopping. After they remove it, time resumed which resulted in the pranked Pokemon getting confused and trolled.

      Probably for that certain Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game involving Time or something? Though it does say Pokemon Daisuki Club in the end.

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  39. Hey so I saw this thing that when you use a Z move in conjunction with a status move an additional effect with occur, i.e. Your attack raises by 1, etc. my question is: say you have your Rowlet use a normal type Z move in conjunction with growl: will you do damage the way you would with, say, tackle? Or would you just have the side effect that comes when growl is used with a Zmove, or both? Hope my question is clear! Because these Z moves are really confusing me lol

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    • If you have a normal type z crystal on your rowlett and you press on the z power option,

      Your normal type attacking moves such as tackle will turn into breakneck blitz, the normal z move and will do damage.

      Growl will turn into Z-growl
      I’ll raise your attack by 1 stage, which is the z power side effect and then the normal growl animation will play and you’ll lower your opponents attack. It will not do any damage

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    • And yet it still has a place in the meta as a hard counter to Beauty given it doesn’t have any way of shutting down Priority on its own.

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  40. MAJOR STORY SPOILERS
    This is seriously the best Plot in any Pokémon Game. Lillie’s character development is unlike any in a Pokemon game. I thought Hau would be annoying, but I grew to like him as well. Gladion is up there with N as my favourite Character. Lusamine is crazy,and the best villain in Pokemon. Her merging with UB-01 was crazy. I loved everything.
    Now it’s time for the elite 4

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  41. Anyone alive? I’m out of school for an appointment and I’m bored as all loving heck

    How about dem Necrozma? How do you guys think it’s related to Solgaleo and Lunala?

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