Pokémon Sun & Moon Essentials Guide – Part 2

SPOILERS AHEAD

Over the past few weeks, several anonymous sources have been leaking details about the upcoming Nintendo 3DS games, Pokémon Sun & Moon. As usual, we won’t be sharing any images, but we have been keeping track on any and all details about the game. Below is a compilation of information we’ve previously reported on and some new ones as well – all in one place for your convenience! Part 1 can be found here. Anything related to the plot of the game will be “highlight to view” – Read at your own risk.

Moves

New Moves

  • First Impression | Bug/Phys/90/100 – Although this move has great power, it only works the first turn the user is in battle 
  • Baneful Bunker – In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also poisons any attacker that makes direct contact
  • Spirit Shackle | Ghost/Phys/80/100 – The user attacks while simultaneously stitching the target’s shadow to the ground to prevent the target from escaping
  • Darkest Lariat | Dark/Phys/85/100 – The user swings both arms and hits the target. The target’s stat changes don’t affect this attack’s damage
  • Sparkling Aria | Water/Spec/90/100 – The user bursts into song, emitting many bubbles. Any Pokémon suffering from a burn will be healed by the touch of these bubbles
  • Ice Hammer | Ice/Phys/100/90 – The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy fist. It lowers the user’s Speed, however
  • High Horsepower | Ground/Phys/95/95 – The user fiercely attacks the target using its entire body
  • Solar Blade | Grass/Phys/125/100 – In this two-turn attack, the user gathers light and fills a blade with the light’s energy, attacking the target on the next turn
  • Throat Chop | Dark/Phys/80/100 – The user attacks the target’s throat, and the resultant suffering prevents the target from using moves that emit sound for two turns
  • Pollen Puff | Bug/Spec/90/100 – The user attacks the enemy with a pollen puff that explodes. If the target is an ally, it gives the ally a pollen puff that restores its HP instead
  • Anchor Shot | Steel/Phys/80/100 – The user entangles the target with its anchor chain while attacking. The target becomes unable to flee
  • Lunge | Bug/Phys/80/100 – The user makes a lunge at the target, attacking with full force. This also lowers the target’s Attack stat
  • Smart Strike | Steel/Phys/80/* – The user stabs the target with a sharp horn. This attack never misses
  • Revelation Dance | Normal/Spec/90/100 – The user attacks the target by dancing very hard. The user’s type determines the type of this move
  • Trop Kick | Grass/Phys/70/100 – The user lands an intense kick of tropical origins on the target. This also lowers the target’s Attack stat
  • Beak Blast | Flying/Phys/100/100 – The user first heats up its beak, and then it attacks the target. Making direct contact with the Pokémon while it’s heating up its beak results in a burn
  • Clanging Scales | Dragon/Spec/110/100 – The user rubs the scales on its entire body and makes a huge noise to attack the opposing Pokémon. The user’s Defense stat goes down after the attack
  • Dragon Hammer | Dragon/Phys/90/100 – The user uses its body like a hammer to attack the target and inflict damage
  • Brutal Swing | Dark/Phys/60/100 – The user swings its body around violently to inflict damage on everything in its vicinity
  • Shell Trap | Fire/Spec/150/100 – The user sets a shell trap. If the user is hit by a physical move, the trap will explode and inflict damage on the opposing Pokémon
  • Fleur Cannon | Fairy/Spec/130/90 – The user unleashes a strong beam. The attack’s recoil harshly lowers the user’s Sp. Atk stat
  • Psychic Fangs | Psychic/Phys/85/100 – The user bites the target with its psychic capabilities. This can also destroy Light Screen and Reflect
  • Stomping Tantrum | Ground/Phys/75/100 – Driven by frustration, the user attacks the target. If the user’s previous move has failed, the power of this move doubles
  • Shadow Bone | Ghost/Phys/85/100 – The user attacks by beating the target with a bone that contains a spirit. This may also lower the target’s Defense stat
  • Accelerock | Rock/Phys/40/100 – The user smashes into the target at high speed. This move always goes first
  • Liquidation  Water/Phys/85/100 – The user slams into the target using a full-force blast of water. This may also lower the target’s Defense stat
  • Prismatic Laser | Psychic/Spec/160/100 – The user shoots powerful lasers using the power of a prism. The user can’t move on the next turn
  • Spectral Thief | Ghost/Phys/90/100 – The user hides in the target’s shadow, steals the target’s stat boosts, and then attacks
  • Sunsteel Strike | Steel/Phys/100/100 – The user slams into the target with the force of a meteor. This move can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities
  • Moongeist Beam | Ghost/Spec/100/100 – The user emits a sinister ray to attack the target. This move can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities
  • Zing Zap | Electric/Phys/80/100 – A strong electric blast crashes down on the target, giving it an electric shock. This may also make the target flinch
  • Multi-Attack | Normal/Phys/90/100 – Cloaking itself in high energy, the user slams into the target. The memory held determines the move’s type
  • Leafage – The user attacks by pelting the target with leaves
  • Nature’s Madness – The user hits the target with the force of nature. It halves the target’s HP 
  • Shore Up – The user regains up to half of its max HP. It restores more HP in a sandstorm. 
  • Floral Healing – The user restores the target’s HP by up to half of its max HP. It restores more HP when the terrain is grass
  • Strength Sap – The user restores its HP by the same amount as the target’s Attack stat. It also lowers the target’s Attack stat
  • Laser Focus – The user concentrates intensely. The attack on the next turn always results in a crticial hit
  • Spotlight – The user shines a spotlight on the target so that only the target will be attacked during the turn
  • Gear Up – The user engages its gears to raise the Attack and Sp. Atk stats of ally Pokémon with the Plus or Minus Ability
  • Psychic Terrain – This protects Pokémon on the ground from priority moves and powers up Psychic-type moves for five turns
  • Fire Lash – The user strikes the target with a burning lash. This also lowers the target’s Defense stat
  • Power Trip – The user boasts its strength and attacks the target. The more the user’s stats are raised, the greater the move’s power
  • Burn Up – To inflict massive damage, the user burns itself out. After using this move, the user will no longer be Fire type
  • Speed Swap – The user exchanges Speed stats with the target
  • Purify – The user heals the target’s status condition. If the move succeeds, it also restores the user’s own HP
  • Core Enforcer – If the Pokémon the user has inflicted damage on have already used their moves, this move eliminates the effect of the target’s Ability
  • Instruct – The user instructs the target to use the target’s last move again
  • Aurora Veil – This move reduces damage from physical and special moves for five turns. This can be used only in a hailstorm
  • Tearful Look – The user gets teary eyed to make the target lose its combative spirit. This lowers the target’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats
  • Toxic Thread – The user shoots poisonous threads to poison the target and lower the target’s Speed stat

Z-Moves

  • Breakneck Blitz (Normal)
  • Bloom Doom (Grass)
  • Inferno Overdrive (Fire)
  • Hydro Vortex (Water)
  • Gigavolt Havoc (Electric)
  • Supersonic Skystrike (Flying)
  • Savage Spin Out (Bug)
  • Continental Crush (Rock)
  • Tectonic Rage (Ground)
  • All Out Pummeling (Fighting)
  • Shattered Psyche (Psychic)
  • Black Hole Eclipse (Dark)
  • Acid Downpour (Poison)
  • Never Ending Nightmare (Ghost)
  • Twinkle Tackle (Fairy)
  • Subzero Slammer (Ice)
  • Devastating Drake (Dragon)
  • Corkscrew Crash (Steel)
  • Catastropika (Exclusive to Pikachu)
  • 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (Exclusive to Ash’s Pikachu)
  • Stoked Sparksurfer (Exclusive to Alolan Raichu)
  • Extreme Evoboost (Exclusive to Eevee)
  • Pulverizing Pancake (Exclusive to Snorlax)
  • Genisis Supernova (Exclusive to Mew)
  • Sinister Arrow Raid (Exclusive to Decidueye)
  • Oceanic Operetta (Exclusive to Primarina)
  • Malicious Moonsault (Exclusive to Inceneroar)
  • Guardian of Alola (Excluisve to all four Tapus)
  • Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike (Exclusive to Marshadow)

Abilities

New Abilities

  • Stamina – Boosts the Defense stat when hit by an attack
  • Wimp Out – The Pokémon cowardly switches out when its HP becomes half or less
  • Emergency Exit – The Pokémon, sensing danger, switches out when its HP becomes half or less
  • Water Compaction – Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat sharply when hit by a Water-type move
  • Merciless – The Pokémon’s attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned
  • Shields Down – When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon’s shell breaks and it becomes aggressive
  • Stakeout – Doubles the damage dealt to the target’s replacement if the target switches out
  • Water Bubble – Lowers the power of Fire-type moves done to the Pokémon and prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn
  • Steelworker – Powers up Steel-type moves
  • Berserk – Boosts the Pokémon’s Sp. Atk stat when it takes a hit that causes its HP to become half or less
  • Slush Rush – Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in a hailstorm
  • Long Reach – The Pokémon uses its moves without making contact with the target
  • Liquid Voice – All sound-based moves become Water-type moves
  • Triage – Gives priority to a healing move
  • Galvanize – Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little
  • Surge Surfer – Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat on Electric Terrain
  • Schooling – When it has a lot of HP, the Pokémon forms a powerful school. It stops schooling when its HP is low
  • Disguise – Once per battle, the shroud that covers the Pokémon can protect it from an attack
  • Battle Bond – Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon’s bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful
  • Power Construct – Other Cells gather to aid when its HP becomes half or less. Then the Pokémon changes its form to Complete Forme
  • Corrosion – The Pokémon can poison the target even if it’s a Steel or Poison type
  • Comatose – It’s always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up
  • Queenly Majesty – Its majesty pressures the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves
  • Innards Out – Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit by the amount equal to its last HP
  • Dancer – When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed
  • Battery – Powers up ally Pokémon’s special moves
  • Fluffy – Halves the damage taken from moves that make direct contact, but doubles that of Fire-type moves
  • Dazzling – Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves
  • Soul-Heart – Boosts its Sp. Atk stat every time a Pokémon faints
  • Tangling Hair – Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker’s Speed stat
  • Receiver – The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally
  • Power of Alchemy – The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally
  • Beast Boost – The Pokémon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pokémon
  • RKS System – Changes the Pokémon’s type to match the memory disc it holds
  • Electric Surge – Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle
  • Psychic Surge – Turns the ground into Psychic Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle 
  • Misty Surge – Turns the ground into Misty Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle
  • Grassy Surge – Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle
  • Full Metal Body – Prevents other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon’s stats
  • Shadow Shield – Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full
  • Prism Armor – Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken

Part 3 of our Essentials Guide will be posted tomorrow and features info about new items, Pokémon nerfs, buffs, and more!

T MINUS TWO DAYS UNTIL POKÉMON SUN & MOON!

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1,204 thoughts on “Pokémon Sun & Moon Essentials Guide – Part 2”

        • Let’s be honest though. Games with various strategies that involve out thinking your opponent rather than simply being faster or stronger are seldom mainstream.

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          • Totally I’ve trained myself to mentally list nearly EVERY stat build and possible movesets of every Pokemon merely by a single glance

        • At least if you battle competitively. With all the “help” the new interface gives you by telling you which Pokemon has a stat boost, supereffective moves, etc. I’m confident I can use my “hit it till it dies/faints” strategy, perfectly embodied in my favorite Pokemon, Marowak.

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          • Yeah… the few times I’ve battled competitively, I used a Meganium and a Milotic who healed themselves while the other guys slowly died of poison. But my Marowak Bonemeranged its way through the entirety of HeartGold, LeafGreen, and X with no problem.

            EDIT: I taught my competitive Marowak Thunder Punch and there are several very angry Gyarados trainers out there now.

          • New interface is fantastic. Children nor competitive players should be expected to take notes on stat changes that are currently effecting a battle. It SHOULD just be listed there. And seeing what moves are SE or resisted is good for the game. The game is about out thinking and strategizing your opponent not a test of who has the best memory.

        • Fleur Cannon, Nature’s Madness and Floral Healing

          (belongs to Magearna, the Tapu and Comfey respectively)

          I at least wanted a new status move that raised stats or acted as a healing move to buff weaker Fairies like Wigglytuff and maybe other Pokémon such as Mismagius and Jynx, and then a weak Fairy move for early game and then a Play Rough alternative

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      • Oh be quiet Earthen

        Who was the one moaning over only ‘two’ new Ground-Types? You. Fae can express his feelings over freaking Pokémon moves if he wants to.

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          • Because you don’t get Play Rough when you’re like Level 1 all the way to Level 30+ for most Pokémon, and that’s a decent portion of the game without fitting Fairy STAB

          • Oh contrair (if that Twitter was right)
            Did you hear that Move Relarner actually lets you learn moves despite your level

          • Cute, but no

            Move relearner is after the sixth Gym in Kalos, and at the League in Alola

            Not exactly early game, is it bud?

          • There’s going to be more physical Fairies as time goes on

            And other Pokémon would appreciate physical Fairy coverage

            The majority of ground types are physically offensive and we have Mud Slap, Mud Bomb, Mud Shot, etc all as early game options.

          • Lol The majority of your argument is little more than [with a pouty face and arms crossed] “I don’t like them!”

          • we see things very differently you and I. There are many reasons I want weaker fairy moves and I wouldn’t necessarily replace them with play rough

          • Lol no

            1) It’s not well distributed because it doesn’t fit much Pokémon, not just Fairy-Types. There’s things like physical Ghost and Psychic-types nd the Tapu which would appreciate a fitting, physical fairy stab.

            2) Because it’s 90 BP, you’re not going to see it early game, and people actually care about that too because your physical Fairies (especially when more happen, which they will) are stuck with special STAB.

            3) It doesn’t have 100 accuracy, every move should have a strong (80+ base power), reliable attack

          • Not really…most other types have moves that are at least over 100 in both physical and special. While I think they’ve done a good job of filling in more fairy pokemon, they should’ve expanded their movepool.

          • I’m all about them expanding move options and balancing types. Like there need to be more physical psychic and water moves, fairy and bug moves in general, and more special dark, rock, steel, ground, and fighting.

          • Tbh Bug is on the right track this Gen, they got Lunge and usable Leech Life, hope they keep it up.

            And tbh I pretty much agree with all these

          • Tbh seeing as Regional Variants, Mega Evolution and Z-Moves may start to get distributed in later games in a generation, full moves and abilities in the middle of generations wouldn’t be surprising in the future

  1. THESE ARE AWESOME

    – Ice Hammer? YES!! More physical ice moves thank god!
    – Gear Up? Neat! Probably some Magearna/Klinklang combos is what they are going for
    – Pollen Powder is great. For Ribombee I assume?
    – Woo Bug is viable
    – Slush Rush Yuss
    -power of ALCHEMY OH MY GOD

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  2. Okay, if you guys could make a Pokémon exclusive Z-Move, what would it be?

    Rules and Requirements

    1) Must run off of a move the Pokémon can learn.
    2) It must match the type, category and general theme of that move, and the move must be the same type as the Pokémon.

    Optional

    3) Mostly for fun, the Z-Crystal name (Pokémon-ium Z, example being Decidium Z or Snorlium Z)
    4) Brief description of the Z-Move animation’s animation
    5) The exact power of the Z-Move (caps at around 200)

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    • Hmmmm
      I want to say
      Hyper Horn Devastator (Sadly it’s a Normal Move)
      Rhydolium Z
      Horn Drill

      It draws forth the great power long forgotten in Rhydon’s horn and extends over twenty feet and strikes the opponent fainting them and causing 1/4th of remaining HP to be dealt equal amongst party Pokemon

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    • Mamoswine:
      Glacial Grave – Phsyical – 160 BP – Base Move: Icicle Crash – Flash freezes target in a glacier. Mamoswine sprints at and demolishes it open, damaging the target.

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    • Lopunny running off High Jump Kick.
      Ultra Sky Kick

      Jumps in the air does a bunch of flips? Lands on the enemy and then bounces back to the ground and flips its hair ear thing in style

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    • Name: Wight Noise
      Type: Normal
      Base Move: Perish Song

      Effect: Breaking through all defenses, Mismagius permanently (the rest of the battle) gives all Pokémon around it the ability ‘Zombie’, which halves the opponent’s speed stat.

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    • Volcarona w/ Volcaronium Z & it runs off of Fiery Dance

      Coronal Aura
      -Volcarona blocks out the sun and a halo of light appears around it (that’s the corona). Then it fires hot plasma onto the opponent and all stats raise on stage.
      -180 power

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    • I’m going to make a new Pokemon for this, then one for Diancie.

      Pokemon 1: Patrimelon
      Type: Grass/Water
      Z-Move: Mighty Melon Massacre
      Name of the Z-Crystal; Patricium Z
      Description: Takes out large melon from body. Does triple somersault, then slams the melon onto the top of the opponent. After, he burps vigorously.
      Power: 160

      Real Pokemon: Diancie
      Z-Move: Deadly Diamond Disaster
      Name of the Z-Crystal: Diancium Z
      Description: Diancie begins to spin. Diamonds launch off her body and her diamond hair begin to glow and enlarge. Diancie then does a diamond shape with her arms, and then lowers her head, and points, launching out diamonds from her head and from the surrounding. They spin and spin around like a hurricane until the final diamonds lands in the middle, exploding diamonds all over the opponent.
      Power: 175

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    • arceus judgement
      judgement day
      arcium z

      arceus will summon big meteors

      that will all randomly on the earth but one of them hits the opposing pokemon which leaves a big explosion afterwards
      power 225 additional effect: arceus stat boost equal to what was the opposings pokemon most proficient stat by 1.

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    • Bewearium Z changes bewear’s Crush Grip (not even sure it can learn it, but play along lol) to Clingy Affection, Bewear rushes the enemy (like breakneck blitz) with hearts for eyes, and delivers a painfully powerful hug that cuts the opposing pokemon’s hp down to 25% of its maximum, and leaves them paralyzed. Normal type.

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    • Mamoswine: Twin Tusk Terminator
      Mamoswine tosses the pokemon in the air with its tusks and summons icy boulders to bring it back down. Target is confused. 200 power
      Mamoswinium Z

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    • If I were to make a Pokemon exclusive Z-Move,it would be for Lucario.

      I haven’t come up with a name yet,but it focuses around Bone Rush

      The animations would Lucario basically beating their opponent a bunch of time with the bone,then it focuses a bunch of power through the bone for one last powerful strike.

      I’d say the power would be around 160-170

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  3. so Pokemon Go was nominated for best Mobile/Handheld game (alongside FE:FATES) and best Family game for the Game Awards 2016

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        • See fell behind on Fire Emblem by not buying Awakening till the Fates hype was real. I beat it so fast and got so obsessed that once Fates came out I had my FE itch satisfied. I’m sure the iPhone game will push me to purchase Fates.

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          • The main thing that disappointed me with Awakening was the lack of unique mission objectives. But I hear one of the two halves of Fates solves that problem.

          • i mean fates gives u 3 different paths to choose from (one being dlc) that means 3 unique stories within one universe its just your choice where you wanna move. the mission objectives are really different sometimes

    • As it should.

      The game gets more hate around here than it deserves. Yeah, Niantic didn’t always handle the game well. TONS of early server problems, several promised features that still aren’t in the game, no legendary events, tracker issues, overly simplistic gameplay. It definitely holds no candle to main Pokémon games.

      HOWEVER, the game did several things I never thought would happen. It got me to exercise way more than I thought I would that summer, it brought about a wave of Pokémon popularity that the world hadn’t seen in years (even if many of them were genwunners) – and, my favorite part, it got my fiancé into Pokémon. At least for a little bit. I’ve never been in a relationship with anybody who wanted to play Pokémon with me, so Pokémon GO was a big deal to me for that reason.

      Maybe I can convince her to try out a main-series game ;D Leaf Green would be a good start.

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        • That would be great. Can’t wait to see Gen II in the game. I already have enough candy for Espeon, Umbreon, Crobat, Slowking and Steelix!

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      • My dislike for that game has 5000% nothing to do with Niantic. It’s a fun little game. It got me back into Pokémon during a time that I was essentially “done” with video games in my mind. I’m forever grateful for it for getting me back in. But once I started playing real Pokémon again I was quickly disenchanted with GO because the truth is… it’s just an basket toss game attached to a GPS and a top tier IP.

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    • are they counting 3DS games in this category too or just like mobile games on phones and stuff because if they are why tf is pokemon go on there with so many amazing 3DS games this year

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  4. Crabominable with Ice Hammer and Hammer Arm in Trick Room should be good. Probably Protect and either a boost or coverage move in the last slot for doubles.

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  5. Lycanroc not learning Earthquake is quite frustrating. Ekans, Slowpoke, and even Chansey are just some examples of things that make less sense learning it than Lycanroc.

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  6. Guys I need help, after my Dark Mono do I go for

    Psychic or Steel (its basically an excuse to use Metagross either way but still)

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  7. Does anyone know how late in the game you can evolve Crabrawler? I know it’s on Ula Ula but I heard you can’t reach the summits until way late and I don’t want to carry around an unevolved Crabrawler Til the end of the game lol

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  8. I feel like I’m being hella annoying with the constant questions, but do we get another rival who uses the starter stronger to ours? Yes or No? 🙂 (sorry again if I’m being annoying lol)

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  9. Am I the only one who likes the terrain based evo? Adds variation rather than just ‘slap a stone at it’, which tbh would just get meh over time

    Tbh if they just moved Icy Rock earlier and then got another Pokémon for the Moss Rock it’d be much better

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    • I just think it leaves a plot-hole, like if I set an Eevee on fire or drown it or taser it it doesn’t evolve, but if it’s in “extreme weather conditions” like “near a mossy rock in a forest” it does.

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    • I wish there were more of these.

      Some fire types could evolve in volcanic areas. Ground or Rock Types could evolve in sandy areas.

      I also liked Goodra Rain evolution. We need more of these. We also need Sun to be prominent in the overworld like Rain and Sandstorm are

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      • Tbh I wish fan games would consider methods like these when adapting trade Evolutions, stuff like Magmar evolving at volcanic areas would be so cool!

        But speaking of weather, what I really want is a Flying-Type breeze Pokémon with Cloud Nine that evolves into a heat wave in sun (Flying/Fire), a hurricane or cyclone in rain (Flying/Water), a blizzard in Hail (Flying/Ice) or a sandstorm in… Well, you guessed it (Flying/Rock)

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        • While that would be a cool idea, my imagination doesn’t allow me to picture those things as physical beings :p

          I’ve always been a fan of weather and I only wish it was utilised more in-game

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  10. I’m sorry guys I’ve decided I’m leaving till the reveal or a little after it comes out.

    Bye Guys I’ll miss you Goodbye.?

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  11. Fakemon Idea! (literally wrote it beneath but it’s more accessible as it’s own post

    Babreeze (Baby + Breeze)
    The Blustery Pokémon
    Flying-Type
    Cloud Nine/Wind Waker

    It’s just a cute little wind monster, with a cute little cloud in the middle being blown by wind

    It’d learn moves such as Rapid Spin, Defog, Air Cutter/Slash Weather Ball, all four weather moves, and a new weather attack which activates a weaker version of Delta Stream (just called strong winds as a field effect) called Gale Force. It also has a hidden ability that sets this weather up.

    Depending on the weather, it evolves into one of the many forms of

    Estormous
    The Stormy Pokémon
    Flying/Fire, Flying/Water, Flying/Ice, or Flying/Rock
    Abilities*: Drought/Drizzle/Snow Warning/Sand Stream* or Spin Out*/Wind Waker

    Sunny Form and Sandy Form are white clouds surrounded by a heat wave (so red wind) or a sandstorm. They look more similar to even other due to being ‘dry’ weathers. When they evolve, Sunny Form learns Heat Wave and Sandy Form learn a new attack, Desert Fury (Rock-Type Fire Blast).

    Rainy Form and Snowy Form blank clouds, surrounded by a hurricane or a blizzard. They look more similar due to being ‘wet’ weathers. As all of them learn Hurricane, Rainy Form gets ‘Tropical Storm’ (a Water-Type Blizzard clone unique to it and Castform), and Snowy Form gets Blizzard.

    I might make a companion Fakemon, a Ground-Type that evolves depending on terrain status.

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      • I just can’t keep up with all the video games I’d like to play like I did in high school but dammit if I’m not excited by the idea of consolidated Nintendo game development.

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      • Honestly have no clue what it could be. My guess is a Stadium style game where they can prepare for transitioning Pokémon onto the Switch by making a game that needs little more than the Pokémon and attack animations. No overworld.

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  12. Dazzling inspired time to share my One of my Fakemon!
    This is a water starter line I came up with a long time ago

    Plataby (Platypus + baby)
    Water
    Torrent (HA: Toxicity)

    Platysaur
    Water
    Torrent/Toxicity

    Poseidypus
    Water/Poison
    Torrent/Toxicity

    Its ability Toxicity give all its damaging moves a 20% chance to Toxic poison.
    It learns the basic water moves water types learn as well as poison type moves. Also gets access to Thunderbolt/Thunder and Hurricane. Also learns a new move called Toxic Spout, a 90bp water type move that also deals poison type damage.

    I made this cause i so desperately want GF to make a platypus Pokémon

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    • Y’know just because Platypuses have venomous barbs on their elbows doesn’t make them lords of water and storms with venom

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    • I’ve always wanted a Fire bear starter that turns Fire/Dark… and a Grass leemur that turns Grass/Psychic…. Then the water type would be Water/Ghost and most likely a dolphin based on my friend and my story

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  13. Here’s the corresponding Terrain based line!

    Earthant (Earth + Infant)
    The Steady Pokémon
    Ground-Type
    Surge Scourge/Geo Surge

    I don’t know how to describe what I see, it’s like a little mound of compacted earth which has veins of energy going through it. It’s basically earthy mound powered by elemental energy, because we needed another golem based pokemon. Its eyes, veins and moth colour glow with orange.

    It learns Rapid Spin, Terra Smash (physical, Normal Weather Ball effected by terrains) and Level Smash (user performs a strong (70~ Base Power) Ground attack) that gets all entry hazards on the field to affect it before destroying them, as well as the usual subjects like Earthquake. It also learns all the terrains.

    It also gets a new terrain, Geo Terrain, which prevents the forced switching of Pokémon (as well as Baton Pass, U-Turn and Volt Switch) as well as doubling the power of seismic techniques (like Earthquake)

    Depending on the terrain, it evolves unit the four forms of

    Terrorain (will be improved name wise)
    The Stubborn Pokémon.
    Ground, Ground/Grass, Ground/Fairy, Ground/Electric or Ground/Psychic
    Grassy /Misty/Electric/Psychic Surge or Earth Crush/Geo Surge

    Geo Terrain Terrorain is the same colour as Earthant, same aura flows through its body, and will always have Earth Crush (Spin Out clone, but the Pokémon forces the hazards to affect all Pokémon on the field to make up for the fact that it is effected by all hazards rather than just SR)
    It’s a goliath of earth that will smash, and despite being slow a jack of all trades attack wise, it’s a behemoth at everything else.

    Electric and Grassy Terrain are lighter coloured, and have shrubs on their back and forehead. Grassy has healthy shrubs, and Electric has dead, burnt shrubs. This gets them Spiky Shield and Spore. All forms get High Horsepower as Grassy Terrain would make Earthquake counter productive. They have yellow and green glowing veins respectively. They have great Attack stats, but pathetic Sp. Attack stats. Sp Def is 10 points higher.

    Psychic and Misty Terrain are darker, and have mushrooms on their back. Misty’s are toadstools in a Fairy circle, and Psychic’s are hallucinogenic highly mushrooms floating around its back due to its psychic power. Thus both forms get Spore and Rage Powder. They’re monsters at special attacking and bad at physical attacking, and Sp. Def has a loose edge over Def. They have purple and pink veins respectively.

    All forms have different recovering moves. Geo has Slack Off, Electric and Misty get Synthesis, and Psychic and Electric have ‘Geo Draw’ , where the Pokémon borrows the the energy of the Earth around it to gain health, which strengthens in Geo Terrain.

    Do you approve Earthen senpai?

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    • Forgot to mention

      Sourge Scourge removes all terrains.

      And I’m revamping my weather mons so they have a pure form as well.

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      • Also forgot, Earth Crush is its Ability if it’s evolved into its Geo Form or if it doesn’t have the corresponding Terrain move to the Terrain it evolved in.

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  14. For people who make Fakémon, what’s your favourite type to make Pokémon for? Mines is Rock, they have such potential for expansion.

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  15. I just remembered that my Brother lost his original Y cart behind the car seats… I wonder if I can find it? It has a ton of my old Pokémon from my first soul silver and black playthroughs

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  16. finished paying off my pre-order, and they told me they were only getting 250 copies to my local store. I asked if i should get in early to make sure i got one before they ran out, and they told me that they weren’t likely to run out, but them saying ‘only’ 250 makes me wonder…oh well

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  17. Still struggling with my last 2 Teammates for Sun. I have these so far https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+lycanroc+salazzle+kommo-o

    I want to use either Golisopod or Ribombee, both have to be bred to gain moves that make them useable to me. I do NOT like having type overlaps. Other ‘mon I like of other types: Comfey, Mudsdale. Togedemaru, Komala, Oricorio (Fire, would need to remove Salazzle). Even though I’d rather avoid them I’d also consider these Alolan forms: Ninetales, Raichu, Muk (would need to remove Salazzle, don’t want to be Fire-less though).
    Any helpful thoughts are appreciated.

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  18. Friends and losers!
    For the time has nearly come!
    I have spent the last 2 hours dragging up a big honking armchair from the basement to the living room and perfected the ultimate Sun and Moon playing station
    -comfortable armchair (w/ footstool)
    -3 table like surfaces each to hold a precious beverage or snack
    – extension chord with chargers comfortably positioned to avoid clip
    -desk fan to alleviate stagnant chair funk and my tenitis
    And finally a bag of Cheetos puffs, gallon of water, fruit salad and gum

    Everything I need to have the most relaxing hyper extended immobility gaming session

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  19. Wait…….I just thought of something……..So Sun and Moon are apparently 20 years after the original games more or less…..does that mean that Red and Blue are 30/31? Am I the only one who just realized this? for whatever reason I had them closer to 20-25……I may have just blown my own mind…..am I wrong about this or what? lol

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      • Well yes, but everything around Wally is incredibly odd already. We already know there’s a time skip of some kind between ORAS and SuMo, but unlike all the other characters that seem to have aged in some way Wally is still young looking. there’s going to be a problem with him no matter what. Unless for whatever reason they decided he’s like an anime character and always looks young despite being like 30 something lol

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        • I mean…. apparently fire red and leaf green took place at the same time as ORAS… personally I think Red and Blue were never exactly “ten” in the games and maybe were almost already adults and just aged a bit

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          • I belie they were stated to be around 11. I wanna say that info came from another source (that was official), but not directly from the game. Idk where tho.

          • Hmmm
            (If they’re eleven, I’m two…)
            Seriously.. thats the age of the SUMO protags… its clear that from when they were playable, there was a HUGE difference

      • I really hate the fact that GF brought up multiple universes. It unnecessarily complicates things. lol Yes there is always the possibility that SuMo is in a different universe, but More or less I’d say it’s in the same general one as XY/ORAS. As we’ve already seen that Sina and Dexio are older in SuMo and XY are already after ORAS it stands to reason that SuMo is after both by some stretch of time.

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        • I’d estimate that it’s only a 2-3 year timeskip, ORAS takes place the same time as the kanto games in this new universe so id assume that these new gamea take place a little after gen 4 timeline wise factoring in red and blues ages in S/M

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          • I really do wish they’d come out with an official timeline lol They’ve thrown in a bunch of stuff and given us a general timeline for events, but it’s so hard to say when exactly stuff happened. I’d be willing to bet that ORAS and FRLG didn’t happen fully concurrently. Maybe within the same year(s), bu I can’t see Brandon/May leaving home exactly at the same time as Red/Blue only for both to have saved the day/world at the same exact time. If that’s true then that’s quite the coincidence lol

          • Could be. again I really wish they’d outline this stuff more. I hate the mutli universe thing and the timeline they’re building could easily be straightened out if they just came forward and explained it lol I get they introduced the multi universe idea to help people deal with the idea of megas being in some games and not in others, but it only made things confusing hahaha

          • That’d be great. Nintendo released a Zelda history book and that was even more convoluted than Pokemon It shouldn’t be too hard to put something together lol

  20. Two questions:
    1. Has anyone compiled a map of alola complete with location names?
    2. Who all can you rebattle in the post game? I saw the “rebattles” on the post game section of the previous compilation and now I’m curious.

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  21. It’s super exciting to think that in a little over 24 hours I’ll be leaving to go the midnight release. After 10 long months of waiting for these games, they’re almost a day away. It’s almost surreal to think that I’m so close, as I’m so used to having the day count be in the tens or even the hundreds.

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  22. I copied this from 4Chan

    Its’ about z moves

    WHY ISN’T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS S***?!

    Z-GEOMANCY

    Every stat +1 1st Turn, then spatt spdef and spdef +2 2nd turn.

    That’s 11 stats in 2 turns. Is it gonna be AG with mega ray?

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  23. Guys I have a question

    Is there a Dex entry better than this?

    Primeape: It has been known to become so angry that it dies as a result. Its face looks peaceful in death, however.

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  24. Just got the e-mail, my double pack is arriving on Friday! This wait has flown by. I remember that day the Pokémon Direct was first announced and being so thankful that the news drought was finally over. And now here we are, in November 2016. I hope you all enjoy yourselves, you deserve it.

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  25. Guys,

    Desgin stats for Mega Pokemon who never got real Mega evo example: Meganium

    please don’t make them overpowered like 150 in sp atk and speed

    Delphox 75/80/90/120/125/144

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  26. Hypothetical
    Pokémon introduces fusion ala White/Black-Kyurem. The main difference being the new ‘mon gets its own unique name and the form change shows up in the dex under both Pokémon’s possible forms.
    Do you
    A. Get hyped cause you love Mega Evos and Alolan Forms so you’re ready to embrace more ways to revisit older Pokémon.
    B. Remain neutral but get excited when you see a design or typing you like.
    C. Get pissed cause they only real way to revisit old Pokémon is by giving them a real evolution.

    A all the way for me.

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  27. Sooo I think it’s all conjecture but GameXplain’s recent video has some of them feeling confident that the Switch Pokémon game is the third version for Sun and Moon. That’d be pretty crazy.

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    • I wish it’d be Z. It would explain so much. OR I wish Z would act as a third version for both X and Y & Sun and Moon, with the added power of Switch being able to power Kalos, Alola, Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, and more all at the same time.

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  28. Does anyone know… I’m preloading the game but I won’t have an internet connection when the clock strikes midnight my time. Will I be able to access it right away without a connection (since it’s technically already on my 3DS), or will I have to connect for the system to confirm the time?

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  29. Frosslass dex entry is Evil as a hell she is snow women by the way …..I told u she is evil look at that. ………“When it finds humans or Pokémon it likes, it freezes them and takes them to its chilly den, where they become decorations.”

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  30. @TigerMasku
    That’s cool if true about the first part. 2nd part yes, the game mechanics have changed. Speed stat of the Mega evolution is now used for the calculations for who moves first and so abilities that effect that now need to be the Mega’s ability. So Mega Swampert can now utilize Swift Swim turn 1.

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  31. Ugh…….. reading people talk about the differences between playing SuMo on a regular 3ds and a New 3ds is driving me crazy……….I have a reg 3ds xl and I wasn’t planning on getting the new 3ds as the Switch is so close to coming out. Now I’m frustrated as it seems the start up time is pretty lengthy for SuMo on the reg 3ds. Idk what to do. I’m sure it’ll be fine, but do I dare try and justify spending $200 on a 3ds………..

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    • I think so. Should be interesting. I guess another country, I forget which one, is gonna have a dubbed version air as well soon. Sort of like what they did with XY. Hopefully they can dub it in English.

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        • Lol As if we’ve ever cared about staying on topic. I’m happy you’re happy Star. Have you come out at school? You were talking about how that was potentially happening at one point.

          And yes Sylveon’s adorable. Lol totally agreed.

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          • I haven’t fully but I’ve been more open about it. I have a transflag on my binder (dont really think anyone recognizes it but idk) and I dont really shy away from it. Maybe I should straight up say it but I dont know. I’m enjoying a couple less dysphoric days and then I’m super hyped for Steven Universe and of course Pokemon so I’m just taking it easy for a bit. Stuff’s stressful 😛

          • I can literally only imagine. But that’s good. I hope this doesn’t sound forced or corny, but I’m glad to hear you’re doing good. You’re an incredibly sweet human being. You’re excitability on here is highly infectious. I only wish you the best.

            Have you watched the new round of mini sodes they put out?

          • Aww thank you so much. And yeah they were so cute! My favorite was probably the video chat one with Lapis and Peridot… probably because those are my favorite gems?

          • Yea! Oh my god. I was laughing out loud so hard at that one. Those two make my life. I want an entire spin off series that’s just a slice-of-life of them being room mates. xD

            Also loved how that shat all over the fan base with Steven live reacting to the Sad Breakfast Friends episode.

          • Are you trans Star? If so congrats!!! If you don’t mind me asking, boy>girl or girl>boy (It’s hard to know who’s a girl and who’s a guy over here :D)

        • The new age genderism that pisses me off to no end
          I heard one teacher got fired just because he refused to use politically correct gender pronouns

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          • Avoiding getting into an argument of any kind and in the nicest way possible:

            It’s honestly just people being comfortable with their true gender. The way I see it if someone identifies as male, female, non-binary, gender fluid whatever, I see no problem to just respect that and use whatever pronouns they want.

            And like, I dont now the whole teacher situation but pronouns are really important when your trans because, at least to me, they really validate you and is just respectful. So if the student asked the teacher to use different pronouns, it is kinda pointlessly mean to not use them. Maybe he shouldn’t have been fired, but it really isn’t politically correct to call someone by what they want to be called. Its just respecting what they want to be called.

            And I see how cisgender sounds like a dirty word but it literally just means not trans. Nothing bad about it 🙂

          • Well that’s all fine and dandy but what about those crazies who blow their lids when somebody else uses traditional pronouns

            Then the whole shit boils up and goes nova

          • What do you mean traditional pronouns? Do you mean like, if they want to have ze/zim/zher used or they pronouns? Then yeah they are kinda being ridiculous IMO. Well, at this point of time at least. If like, they just ask them to use it its fine but people naturally just look at a person and think [insert gender here] right? Because that’s how gender has kinda been for most of history? But I think as it becomes more widely accepted then it wont happen as much.

            But yeah like, there are some unreasonable trans people just like there are unreasonable non-trans people. Just unreasonable people.

          • That’s why I don’t give two shites about it
            One I don’t want them to get all huffy or political and talk ma’ear off just because I didn’t call them their preferred gender
            And two I really don’t like how they assert gender privilege

          • People who get radical about it are sadly… Way too many people and in my opinion not helping anyone on any sides. They just make the whole situation more hostile and create “sides” in the first place by trying to separate people in such a fashion that one feels obligated to defend the side they’ve been pushed into because they feel attacked.

          • Can’t say nothing to nobody without them getting into a tizzy
            That’s why I choose to remain blunt when it comes to genderism

          • Really just comes down to respecting others and separating an idea from the more radical people that support said idea. That’s what just about any issue comes down to. But I know you’re blunt with everyone about everything. So I guess you’re just being consistent. Haha

          • Respect is earned
            You can’t make me do it just because you want me to or you if threaten me
            *mike drop*
            Narighty going to bed

          • I don’t mean to start an argument but trans people have earned respect for surviving people with your mind sets behaviour towards them

          • Respect is earned but you’re also suppose to have basic levels of respect even for complete strangers. If not you’ll just be walking around in life being rude and pissing people off. The least you could do is respect what someone wants to be called wether it be name or gender pronoun. But I’m sure you’re probably to ignorant to even comprehend something like that so nvm

          • Well firstly, most trans people aren’t going to get like that. Most won’t even want to make it obvious that they are trans unless they know you or are in a safe space. Because trans people aren’t really trans. They are their gender if that makes sense? I see transgender as more of a process.

            And calling someone by their gender is kinda important. Like if I called you female and used female pronouns, you wouldn’t like it. It’s just respecting what others want to be seen as and what they want to be called.

            I kinda think you have a screwed vision on what trans people are really like. Not trying to be disrespectful at all here, but we are just people. People who happen to feel differently than what our bodies show.

          • lol Oh Earthen. If you were anyone else.

            I’ll leave you with this.
            1. It harms no one by acknowledging that gender is not as finite as the sex organ that one is born with.
            2. Some people, like Star here, experience gender dysphoria which I won’t even pretend to be able to explain in such a way to give the issue justice. But gender not as simple as, “Today I feel like x.”
            3. Separate a ridiculous situation from the issue itself. There’s no reason to be against the gender spectrum just because a school administration and a teacher refused to be adults and acknowledge each other’s views.

          • “The new age genderism that PUSSES ME OFF TO NO END.”

            These are the type of people holding our country back guys. People who get pissed off to no end over things that have NOTHING to do with them. These are the people voting for Donald trump. These types of people are the ultimate poison in our society. They hate whatever is not the same as them and it, once again, PISSES THEM OFF TO NO END. Being trans or queer or non white, pisses people like THIS off to no end

  32. In 24 hours almost exactly I’ll be leaving for the midnight release!!!!!!
    I seriously don’t know how I’ll be able to get through my school day tomorrow, I won’t be able to focus at all.

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  33. Ok….ok enough people have talked me down…..I’m calm again….I won’t get the dumb 3ds……….*sigh*…….thanks everyone…..you saved me from going into a dark place hahaha

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  34. Kinda unrelated but I finished Mega Man 2 for the first time the other night and loved it. Never got around to finishing it because I got stuck on a Wiley stage around the time other games were coming out but dang it was good.

    If only Mighty No. 9 could’ve been better….

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      • nah, most of the bosses are easy, its the stages that are difficult, but play through them enough and they become pretty easy. megaman 3 was much harder in all aspects, I think in part to the boss acquired weapons being not nearly as good as they are in megaman 2.

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  35. LOL I’ve already seen 80 % of the game (Thank god for the people on Youtube, who got the game early.) so I’m pretty sure that I’ll be well prepared for when I can actually get my hands on them. 😀
    If I can’t play the game when it comes out, than I should at LEAST get to watch the game early.

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  36. Aegislash has a minor buff where if it is attacked by a contact Normal, Fighting or Poison move (that it’s immune to) while using King’s Shield, the opponent will still suffer the stat drops regardless.

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    • Unless you live in the EU *cries*

      I’m just gonna spend all my time staring at spoilers and living vicariously through you guys till the 23rd 🙂

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    • Watched half. Seems less like he’s laughing at himself and more him trying to defend the lunacy of it all through self deprecating humor.

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      • Its a bit of both really. It more so him not wanting to say he’s wrong, and we do know now with the game released that he was on several points, but also wanting to say that some of it could maybe be true if you really stretch things. But whatever.

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  37. The first two episodes of the Sun and Moon anime are out and without delving into spoilers, I can confirm a few things:
    – More continuity in the first twp episodes than the whole of X/Y
    – It’s insanely funny
    – The animation and visuals are vibrant, pull you in, and are immensely expressive (Cannot for the movie’s animation and visuals)
    – Ash is competent and there is no reset
    – The characters are already well fleshed out except for one
    – The battles look AMAZING
    – THE OPENING IS DAMN BEAUTIFUL, CATCHY, AND AMAZING

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  38. Omg the sun/moon anime is so freaking amazing so far, and that music on the roof when he got the thing which I won’t say because, spoilers. But it was gorgeous music and I felt like I was watching a pokemon Movie

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  39. I’m so salty about the delayed European release date 🙁

    I ordered from ShopTo this time because when XY came out, they were dispatching the pre-orders 5 days in advance. I just contacted them to ask when they’re dispatching Sun/Moon and a rep told me next week. So I will get Sun Tuesday at the earliest. Hopes of playing by the end of this week…dashed. LOLSOB.

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  40. The anime is so good! Introduces a legend, the main gimmick and the rival(?) and the evil team all in the first episode!

    Lana’s Popplio (possibly) vs Mallow’s Bounsweet for best girl

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  41. I LOVE THE S/M ANIME!! Ash retains his XY/Z competence but with the added goofy characteristics. Love Kiawe and Mallow too. Don’t have an opinion yet on Sophocles and Lana

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    • Good to hear. A lot of people were worried this would be a complete change in the anime, but it seems that really only the animation has changed dramatically. I’m glad is still competent like in XY. That gives them room to have goofy elements, but also allows them to go a little bit more serious if they want to at certain points. I can’t wait to watch the new series!! lol

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    • It aimed for the top but got lost and ended up on a snowy mountain. Being forced to endure the cold, this Pokémon evolved and grew fur.
      It just throws punches indiscriminately. In times of desperation, it can lop off its own pincers and fire them like rockets.

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