Pokémon Sun & Moon Essentials Guide – Part 3

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, Part 2 can be found here. Anything related to the plot of the game will be “highlight to view” – Read at your own risk.

Pokémon Buffs

Stat Changes

  • Arbok – ATK +10
  • Dugtrio – ATK +20
  • Farfetch’d – ATK +25
  • Dodrio  – SPD + 10
  • Electrode – SPD +10
  • Exeggutor – SPD +10
  • Noctowl – SPA +10
  • Ariados – SPD +10
  • Quillfish – DEF +10
  • Magcargo – HP +10, SPA +10
  • Corsola – HP +10, DEF +10, SPD +10
  • Mantine – HP +10
  • Swellow – SPA +10
  • Pelipper – SPA +10
  • Masquerain – SPA +20, SPE +20
  • Delcatty – SPE +20
  • Volbeat – DEF +20, SPG +10
  • Illumise – DEF +20, SPD +10
  • Lunatone – HP +20
  • Solrock – HP +20
  • Chimecho – HP +10, DEF +10, SPD +10
  • Woobat – HP +10
  • Crustle – ATK +10
  • Beartic – ATK +20
  • Cryogonal – HP +10, DEF +20

Added Second Ability

  • Wingull – Hydration
  • Pelipper – Drizzle
  • Torkoal – Drought
  • Roggenrola – Weak Armor
  • Boldore – Weak Armor
  • Gigalith – Sand Stream
  • Vanilite – Snow Cloak
  • Vanilish – Snow Cloak
  • Vaniluxe – Snow Warning
  • Cubchoo – Slush Rush
  • Beartic – Slush Rush

Pokémon Nerfs

New Ability

  • Gengar – Levitate Cursed Body

New Hidden Ability

  • Raikou – Volt Absorb Inner Focus
  • Entei – Flash Fire Inner Focus
  • Suicune – Water Absorb Inner Focus

Items

New Items

  • _____ Memory – Memory discs that contain different data for each type. It changes the type of the holder if held by certain species of Pokémon. One for each type, eighteen total.
    • Normal Memory, Fire Memory, Water Memory, Electric Memory, Grass Memory, Ice Memory, Fighting Memory, Poison Memory, Ground Memory, Flying Memory, Psychic Memory, Bug Memory, Rock Memory, Ghost Memory, Dragon Memory, Dark Memory, Steel Memory and Fairy Memory
  • Z Crystals – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades moves to Z-Moves. One per type, 18 total
    • Normalium Z, Firium Z, Waterium Z, Electrium Z, Grassium Z, Icium Z, Fightinium Z, Poisonium Z, Groundium Z, Flyinium Z, Psychium Z, Buginium Z, Rockium Z, Ghostium Z, Dragonium Z, Darkinium Z, Steelium Z and Fairium Z
  • Bottle Cap – A beautiful bottle cap that gives off a silver gleam. Some people are happy to receive one
  • Gold Bottle Cap – A beautiful bottle cap that gives off a golden gleam. Some people are happy to receive one
  • Z-Ring – A mysterious ring that enables Pokémon to use Z-Power. It requires both the willpower and the physical power of the Trainer wearing it
  • Decidium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Decidueye’s Spirit Shackle to a Z-Move
  • Incinium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Incineroar’s Darkest Lariat to a Z-Move
  • Primarium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Primarina’s Sparkling Aria to a Z-Move
  • Tapunium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades the tapu’s Nature’s Madness to a Z-Move
  • Marshadium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Marshadow’s Spectral Thief to a Z-Move
  • Aloraichium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Alolan Raichu’s Thunderbolt to a Z-Move
  • Snorlium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Snorlax’s Giga Impact to a Z-Move
  • Eevium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Eevee’s Last Resort to a Z-Move
  • Mewnium Z – This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Mew’s Psychic to a Z-Move
  • Pikanium Z – It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Pikachu’s Volt Tackle to an exclusive Z-Move
  • Pikashunium Z – It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrades a Thunderbolt by Pikachu in a cap to an exclusive Z-Move
  • Forage Bag – A bag to carry ingredients gathered during Mallow’s trial in the jungle
  • Fishing Rod – A Fishing Rod made by Captain Lana. Cast a line over piles of underwater rocks to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon
  • Professor’s Mask – The mask that belongs to The Masked Royal. This pro wrestler apparently sews his mask on a machine himself
  • Festival Ticket – A ticket that allows you to host a mission in Festival Plaza
  • Sparkling Stone – A stone entrusted by a Pokémon that has been venerated as a guardian deity in the Alola region. There is said to be some secret in how it sparkles
  • Adrenaline Orb – Using it makes wild Pokémon more likely to call for help. If held by a Pokémon, it boosts Speed when intimidated. It can be used only once
  • Zygarde Cube – An item to store Zygarde Cores and Cells. You can also use it to teach Zygarde moves
  • Ice Stone – A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It has an unmistakable snowflake pattern
  • Ride Pager – By entering certain numbers on this pager, you can summon Ride Pokémon in an instant
  • Beast Ball – A special Poké Ball designed to catch Ultra Beasts. It has a low success rate for catching others
  • Big Malasada – The Alola region’s local specialty—fried bread. It can be used once to heal all the status conditions of a Pokémon
  • Red Nectar – A flower nectar obtained at Ula’ula Meadow. It changes the form of certain species of Pokémon
  • Yellow Nectar – A flower nectar obtained at Melemele Meadow. It changes the form of certain species of Pokémon
  • Pink Nectar – The flower nectar obtained at the flowering shrubs on Royal Avenue. It changes the form of certain species of Pokémon
  • Purple Nectar – A flower nectar obtained at Poni Meadow. It changes the form of certain species of Pokémon
  • Sun Flute – It is said that the tones it produces were offered up as an expression of gratitude to the Legendary Pokémon of the sun
  • Moon Flute – It is said that the tones it produces were offered up as an expression of gratitude to the Legendary Pokémon of the moon
  • Enigmatic Card – A mysterious card. Written on it is a request for you to go to a guest room in an Akala motel on Route 8
  • Terrain Extender – An item to be held by a Pokémon. It extends the duration of the terrain caused by the holder’s move or Ability
  • Protective Pads – An item to be held by a Pokémon. These pads protect the holder from effects caused by making direct contact with the target
  • Electric Seed – An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Defense on Electric Terrain. It can only be used once
  • Psychic Seed – An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Sp. Def on Psychic Terrain. It can only be used once
  • Misty Seed – An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Sp. Def on Misty Terrain. It can only be used once
  • Grassy Seed – An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Defense on Grassy Terrain. It can only be used once.

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1,008 thoughts on “Pokémon Sun & Moon Essentials Guide – Part 3”

  1. I’m thinking I’ll have this moveset for my Bewear:

    Focus Blast
    Hammer Arm
    Superpower
    Earthquake

    But that is two moves that lowers stats after use…

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  2. While i have a couple of Pokemon i want to use for sure, i think i’m going to just catch everything i can, and see what works well. First run will be only Alola Pokemon though

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  3. A hour and 20 mins then I’m finally done with this hellhole called an occupation

    Then to gather the remaining supplies for tomorrow

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  4. I feel like Gengar shouldn’t lose Levitate. I think levitate should be nerfed to increase evasion from ground type moves by 2.5x or 2x times

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    • But clearly GF wanted to nerf Gengar, not Levitate. Nerfing Levitate would have nerfed a lot of Pokémon that don’t even need to be nerfed.

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      • STOP TALKING
        PLEASE NERF LEVITATE AND FLYING TYPES it causes me so much grief

        Levitate should be immune from Earthquake, Magnitude and Bulldoze but the rest should hit them
        I mean if that logic stands flying types should be immune to every non-projectile attack

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        • Do you need some cheese with that wine?

          Sap Sipper shouldn’t be immune to Grass. Motor Drive shouldn’t be immune to Electric. Flash Fire shouldn’t be immune to Fire. Etc etc and so on.

          For someone who claims to love Pokémon you seem to hate almost every aspect of it

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        • I agree wholeheartedly. I wouldn’t mind if flying types still retained an elemental immunity to ground attacks, but levitate shouldn’t justify sand based attacks or something like precipice blades not hitting you.
          IMO they should just dump levitate anyway and make it a natural condition that something floating shouldn’t be hit by earthquake-like moves. Then pokémon that are CONSTANTLY FLOATING like magnemite wouldn’t magically be hurt if the ground is shaking, but would still get wrecked by other ground moves. And all the pokémon with levitate could get other abilities. TBH I’d like it if pokémon battles applied more logic in general.
          At this stage though don’t really see the point of removing it from gengar, it’s not exactly a particularly necessary nerf, and anyway it means it gets affected by terrains which gives it other boosts…

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  5. I’ve held back on this but, Man I’m annoyed that Europe has to wait till next wednesday.
    I mean, why. First of all new 3DS games never release on Wednesday, it’s the middle of the week. Second of all, it can’t be because of retailers, cause Canada, so it’s Proably PEGI for some reason. 1 day would have been fine, even 2, but 5.
    All I can say is, at least it’s not months. But what’s the point in a Worldwide release if not getting it all together.
    It’s gonna be so hard avoiding story spoilers starting tomorrow, when everyones posting about it.

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    • Honestly the only thing that bothers me about this is that they haven’t given an official reasoning behind the decision to delay the game in Europe. Im honestly not bothered about getting it late, but they could have at least given a reason, even If it was legal BS.

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  6. anyone seen the new Anime episodes 1 & 2 already?
    totally enjoyed it
    was really funny, animation was great, and the battles still looked cool

    That Bewear scene was awesome 😀

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  7. this is what i’ve found on trades

    Player Lillipup for NPC Bounsweet (Called Bouncee)
    Player Zubat for NPC Poliwhirl (Called Whirly)
    Player Pancham for NPC Happiny (Called Happini)
    Player Graveler for NPC Haunter (Not sure of Nickname, Maybe Veler)
    Player Haunter for NPC Graveler (Not sure of Nickname, Maybe Macho)
    Player Granbull for NPC Steenee (Called Stena)
    Player Bewear for NPC Talonflame (Called Talo)

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  8. I just read this on serebii as the dex entry for Alola Raichu.

    It only evolves to this form in the Alola region. According to researchers, its diet is one of the causes of this change.

    Pancakes = Psychic typing confirmed.

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  9. Why did they nerf the legendary beasts hidden abilities?

    Also Mega Alakazam has been give a 10 point boost to its Special Defence

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  10. Why’s gengar even posion? Only Gastly should have Ghost Poison type. I wish I was CEO at GF.

    First thing I’d do is make Dragon Neutral effective against Fairy

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    • To give it another weakness. If it was just ghost it would’ve only had one weakness back in gen 1, other ghost types, which there were only 3.

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    • The whole point of fairies was to counter dragons though.
      Fairy needs a weakness to ghost or ice, and lose the Bug resistance.

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  11. well guys this is it,since tomorrow is going to be the release Pokemon Sun and Moon,we need a special video to dedicate this to Pokemon Sun and Moon!:D anybody got any ideas?

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  12. Y’know, I’ve always found utility Accelgor to be an underrated Pokémon, but I never used it that much. With the inevitable rise of Toxipex coming up, I might just use it more..

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  13. After playing sun and moon, I seriously want Sun 2 Moon 2 next, much more than DP remakes.
    But that’s probably never gonna happen 🙁

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          • There was already a short scene taking place in the Distortion World in last week’s Generations episode.

          • Yeah, but it just feels much more intense when Cyrus has control of both dialga and palkia. And then Giratina steps in and intervenes. Idk, a post game episode could work, but I’d prefer if it was during the climax

      • This I can get behind. They should have done it with Emerald, but alas we are stuck with ORAS.

        It still annoys me so much. Even HGSS got a battle frontier, but they couldn’t do it with ORAS (when Hoenn introduced the whole concept of battle frontier)

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        • If they just give us the battle tower in D/P remakes I’ll scream. Platinum had more significant changes than Emerald did, imo, so I hope this is what they do :/

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          • Emerald had a lot of significant changes. Especially story related suff (having to deal with two evil teams, which hasn’t been done since). Remaking Emerald made so much more sense to me than remaking RS.

            I don’t think I’ll get over my disappointment with ORAS any time soon. *sigh*

          • I eventually got over them not doing Emerald’s story, but no BF or hard gyms killed it a bit. I have a very strong affinity for Platinum though so if they screw up the remakes I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it. (Also, B2W2 did 1 evil 1 good team as well)

          • I still maintain to this day that Emerald is my favourite Pokemon game, it’s the one I had the most fun playing. Can’t believe they didn’t even incorporate a little of Emerald into ORAS, and instead we get stuck with a rather lacklustre (in my opinion) Delta Episode

          • Emerald had 2 evils teams with their own agenda’s. I get what your saying though and it makes sense that I actually enjoyed BW and B2W2, probably my favourite games straight after Emerald.

          • Yeh ORAS ( and the original RS had the opposing versions team be the good guys), and that added a cool dynamic. B2W2 did that a little bit with Old Team Plasma acting as pseudo good guys.

          • it’s funny that I haven’t been trying to actively avoid spoilers and i still don’t know anything about the plot line. Something tells me I’ll be dissappointed with one of the evil teams though

  14. So going over the new Pokemon move pools and I think I might actually hate Oricorio’s move pool. Like a lot actually. I can get over the fact it doesn’t learn moves of fire, electric, psychic, and ghost typing naturally, but the fact that it can’t learn any of those types through TM at least is bs. It should have been able to learn something like Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Psychic, and Shadow ball, but it doesn’t at all. The only move that it gets of any of it’s first types that are useful is Revelation Dance. It bums me out majorly. I really like Oricorio’s design and background, but its lack of moves that would be STAB for it other than Flying type moves is frustrating…….

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      • I hope that doesn’t happen. But if we’re getting day 1 3D Mario, I’ll survive. Hopefully if Zelda isn’t day 1, it’s a summer title.

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    • Well yeah, but not official news. Nintendo already stated it’s not saying anything until January. So we’ll have to see what Eurogamer says and see if it’s complete truth or just parts of it are. Either way it’s more like a rumor than real news.

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      • EuroGamer doesn’t put out rumors unless they know they’re true. They’re the ones who leaked the Switch design. And I’m not a Emily Rogers hater.

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        • Yeah, but even the Switch design wasn’t 100% accurate. It was basically the same, but there were details that were wrong. I’m not saying the info they post will be fake, but it might not be completely all there or exactly what we get. Either way it should still be interesting to see what they post lol

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  15. So I’m away off until I complete the games! Going to miss you all! So I’ve decided to do a. ‘Pre-Release Period in Review’-basically, everything I’ve learned from my time here, or in other places during pre release

    1) Site has a ton of LGBT+ members
    2) Fairies are Pokémon Marmite
    3) There’s bigger dorks than me
    4) I’m not the youngest
    5) The people here feel like actual people, not just people over the Internet you know nothing about.
    6) Love y’all <3
    7) You're all so open to ideas such as a shared fanfic universe, CAH, casual tournaments
    8) Gonna miss you all on my hiatus
    9) Sombra is bae, good but not OP. She can act as a flanker, a lure, a pseudo healer (hacking health packs), a pure assistant for more damaging characters, a scout… And you can practically switch on the fly!

    (Seriously Star be excited Sombra is awesome AF)

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  16. Right, before I go, does anyone recognise either of these friend codes? They’re down as Star and Ithsme but idk if I got them wrong or you guys forgot 😮

    Also, final image is my FC for anyone interested! (sorry for the images, my phone is actually Satan)

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0eee0118f30921c25ce111972aa8572af5cce2c97421590e1ea8347f4e5aefb9.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2b62a96e68e6a1614db8332f712724cc67dc9ebcfb74bae2551998d60f24ce7a.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/58b7a675004b70babc5e895d1cc25bccfb31acf4a260bdaf1910e9203455e7a2.jpg

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  17. As per usual, I need to know something… Does anyone know how much Base Power Stoked Sparksurfur does, and also can I only use it on thunderbolt?

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    • I’ll add this stuff as a reply so people don’t have to refresh, I chose Desidueye because I always choose the grass starter the first play though, Alolan Dugtrio for kind of nostalgic reasons (I had a really strong Dugtrio back in the days of Red and Blue who I loved), Alolan Raichu for the same reason, Talonflame for fire and flying coverage, oranguru because he’s cool and water spider because he’s a beast!

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  18. One day left? I might as well come back from the shadows. Lol its been almost 4 months of barely any spoilers. I wonder/hope (if) my gaming experienced will be enhanced.

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  19. I can’t wait to do battle royales on here.
    Battling was so fun back in gen 6 on here, so I can’t wait to relive that (but even better!).

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  20. SERIOUSLY THOUGH!! Did they finally remove:
    1) The name rater? Can I just rename pokemon from the menu?
    2) The dumb rule that a pokemon that was traded to you cannot be renamed? (I despise this rule.)

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  21. i cant wait to play competitive tbh. I am so excited to use Minior so much. Tsareena, Mudsdale, Bewear, Topapex also have a lot of potential

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  22. It’s kind of a shame that we’re in this beautiful island region but there’s no diving :/ Like they could’ve had a dive pokeride and had some really gorgeous coral reefs and stuff..

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  23. I’m actually building my own Fan region of Pokémon to cope with things we should have so here’s some highlights

    -Over 100 new Pokémon
    -At least 10 Mega’s
    -Forms of old Pokémon (that come from more than Kanto)
    -New Eeveelutions

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  24. Well I got EVERYTHING ready for tomorrow
    Two bag of chips (they wouldn’t let me only buy one singular
    5 gallons of water (each a buck couldn’t resist)
    Armchair positioned to perfection
    Powerstrip with chargers
    Fan
    Headphones
    Money and per-order card
    Cleaned and polished my 3DS XL (sadly natural hand oil does not polish off
    And I cleaned the whole house so my family doesn’t bug me for the entire day

    The only possible hindrance that could possibly befoul my grand day is my car runs out of gas or my local Toys R Us doesn’t get the shipment in on time (they were two hours late with SMD)

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      • But also a studio willing to fund it. Surely the guy has had ideas over the course of his life other than just AT and Bravest Warriors.

        I dunno what she’s up to these days, but I’d love for Bee & Puppycat’s creator Natasha Allegri to get a show on CN. (Or for B&PC to just get on there somehow.)

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  25. watching a couple of LPs on YouTube, I have discovered that the beginning of the game is incredibly slow paced with cut scene after cut scene….damnit.

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  26. As we move into the final day before Pokemon Sun and Moon are released, I just want to extend one big THANK YOU to all of the members of this community. For the past 9 months, it has been a pleasure speculating, theorizing, and sharing ideas for these upcoming titles, and I am ecstatic to experience them for myself. In an effort to prevent any more spoilers, I will be back on PJN in the coming days as I share my experiences and thoughts of the games so far.

    Everybody here holds a special place in my heart, and I am more than happy to have shared so many wonderful moments with everybody. Not only do I look forward to continuing to bond with all of the members here on PJN, but see what the future holds in terms of our community. I have been part of this group for over 3 years, but no experience has been as memorable and wonderful as the road to Generation 7.

    Down the line, I know people will come and go, but I will remember how far we’ve gotten and the memories we’ve shared along the way. We are truly one big happy family, and I’m just honored to have been part of it for such a long time. Here’s to a successful launch day and best wishes for all the new Alola voyages waiting to start. While I don’t know what the future holds, I will always have this community and its members in my heart. 🙂

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  27. The new Sheer Cold:The target faints instantly. It’s less likely to hit the target if it’s used by Pokémon other than Ice types.

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  28. Is my math correct here?
    Araquanid w/ water bubble means Liquidation will be 212.5 power
    (85 power + 85 from water bubble + 42.5 from STAB)
    or is it:
    (85 bp + 85 from water bubble) = 170 power + 85 from STAB = 255?

    Description for Water bubble says it doubles water type attacks power before STAB..so I’m not sure if I’m doing this right

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  29. My plans for the night: watch every trailer in succession to get hyped, and then get ready for the midnight release.
    I’m so hyped everyone!!!!

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  30. Ok so Decidueye is really not that good according to GamexPlain. I really hate this because I always pick the Grass starter first. But I might go different this time and pick Popplio

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  31. I’ve been spending the entire afternoon finishing up my layouts and stuff for me and my friend streaming Pokemon Moon tomorrow @.@ I’m exhausted but really excited!

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  32. So apparently, if you scan 10 pokemon in your qr scanner per day, it unlocks an island scan you can do, that will find a super rare pokemon (one that isn’t part of the Alolan dex)

    apparently if done on Mele Mele, you can potentially get one of the Johto starters

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      • Realistically, you could fill the dex in a day with QR codes. You just won’t own them, unless they’re naturally spawned in Alola.

        I know the first thing I’m doing tomorrow is trying for something special 🙂

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  33. I may or may not have squealed in excitement, new Pokemon games never fails to make me happy xD we’re so so close just a few hours away!

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    • 1hr and a half for me, provided they allow it to release at midnight my time, most times I have to wait an hour later in which case I will be asleep

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  34. Well this is goodnight and goodbye for now
    Normally I would probably blab my every step of my journey but I rather not taint my experience by religiously comparing it to me peers
    So I’ll probably be popping in and out with team updates but I don’t plan to stay on long tomorrow

    Earthen Out

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  35. Sorry I must go folks Going to Study for my Math Test tomorrow so Goodnight have fun Midnight releasers and Digital Downloaders

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  36. Everyone’s talking about it, but I have to say it too. Choosing to join the site for this game’s speculation period instead of lurking like in X and Y was such a great decision this summer. Thanks for all the friends I’ve made and I hope I’ve impacted you all as much as you have to me. Theorizing and just casual chatting about my favorite video games is such a fun time in this jungle. ❤️

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  37. I just finished watching every English news trailer, the train on trailers, and the Legendaries trailer.

    So, um, I maybe starting crying a little during the train on trailers.

    I’m so ashamed of myself lol.

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  38. Location spoiler
    Minior is found at a place called “hokulani mountain”. That reminds me of hokulele, and as it turns out, hokulani means “fallen star”.

    Kinda random, I just appriciate that naming theme there.

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  39. QUICK REMINDER: If you like playing with music, play with headphones. The 3DS sound quality doesn’t do justice to the soundtrack, it’s MUCH better with headphones.

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      • I never noticed much until somebody told me, and then I realized it’s a ton better.

        If you don’t like it, you don’t have to, I’m just trying to optimize the experience for everyone. xD

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  40. So I’m driving thru Texas on my way to Florida for a move and it’s currently 11:15. By the time I check into my hotel I can go to the GameStop across the street and pick up my Sun version! Talk about luck!

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  41. This feels so surreal, as if the whole thing is a dream.
    I’m so used to the game being so far away, having to wait seemingly forever, and now that the wait is all but gone, it feels odd. xD

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  42. Leaving now for the midnight release. I want to thank you all for making the wait and time leading up to sun and moon bearable and even fun. This wait has flown by, and here we are, at the release. I hope you all enjoy the games, enjoy the battling, enjoying the collecting, enjoy the story, enjoy the features, and enjoy the exploration. Thank you all, and I can’t wait to battle you all in generation 7!

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  43. Finally got the game! Also bought the two Alolan TCG sets and a Solgaleo/Lunala 3DS case! Just wish i didn’t have to work this weekend and not be able to play until Monday 🙁

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  44. Well, I bid you all Farwell for now, I’ll be back tomorrow. But as a parting question, what are nicknames for litten? I’ve had more then 9 months to decide and haven’t come up with anything

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  45. Standing in my GameStop line! Just battled some guy who was flipping out over the fact that I asked for no legendaries, and then continued to freak out with each subsequent turn that he failed to take out my Kecleon xD When you use moves like Hyper Beam and Blast Burn, that’s gonna happen…

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  46. Tomorrow will be very fun. I have a field trip/fun out-of-school working opportunity all day, then I’ll come home to my copy of Sun and Moon (hopefully) and hang out until the next morning with my friend of around 10 years, who I’ve been playing Pokemon with since 2nd grade. We started in Gen 3 and played lots of Gen 4, but around Gen 5 Pokemon became “uncool” for us middle schoolers so he didn’t play with me any more. He eventually bounced back and I sold him my extra 3DS so he could play X&Y with me (after getting very hyped about it). Now, we’re both seniors in high school about to experience the 7th generation of Pokemon before parting ways for college. This isn’t just a game launch, this is the end of a journey.

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  47. Omg just got home from Gamestop, this feeling is amazing see you all on the other side! hope you all have fun, I’m going into hibernation 😀

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  48. hows everyone enjoying there adventure so far? I finally got a female popplio, soft resetting for a starter in this game is hard! if you plan on soft resetting for whatever reason, after Lillie asks you to escort her back to the city, right after the bridge scene plays out, I the latest you can save before choosing a starter!

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  49. All right, I had been playing for 4 hours straight and I was forced to stop by my battery running out!

    Progress and thoughts so far in Sun!
    * Popplio 14, Yungoos/Pikipek/Munchlax 9, Pichu 7 (WHAT ABOUT MONOTYPE YOU SAY? When I get more water types maybe.)
    * Wow, (seemingly) massive spoiler 2 minutes into the game. Thanks Game Freak.
    * I soft reset until I got a female Popplio. (2nd try, thanks!)
    * After some fights, I make it to the first Pokemon Center, which is right next to my house (but of course this being Pokemon you can’t walk there until the story says you can. THANKS KUKUI.
    * I spent 1 1/2 hours soft resetting Ash-Greninja and Munchlax to Timid and Brave, respectively.
    * You get Exp. Share way before first trial.
    * The first real challenge to me was A RANDOM TEACHER… and if this was a Nuzlocke I’d already have 2 boxed Pokemon already… or maybe it’s because I have a type disadvantage because of my starter… whatever.
    * Finally made it to the city in the demo. Reached the clothing store and the battery died. BOO!

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  50. Ughhhhhhhhhh I knew I was gonna wake up early but I didn’t think I’d wake up at freaking 2AM
    But now only 3 hours to go…

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  51. went to every single store in my city, in the hopes of getting the games early
    but no luck – I’ll have to wait 5 more days *mental breakdown*

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  52. I have a feeling those who preorders, in the UK at least, will be getting it Tuesday instead of wednesday, maybe even sooner. Because I’ve just received a Dispatch email , when realistically that shouldn’t be until Monday. So fingers crossed.

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  53. Everyone in Minnesota drive safely I live there stuck at target getting the game zero visibility roads are closing hopefully I don’t get in a accident

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  54. Just got my Ride Pager and about to head to the next island. Surprisingly not too hard of a fight against the boss fighting-type trainer, but I guess there’s a good type matchup involved (Ribombee cut down the attack of the enemy, and then tanked a Z-Move. :p)

    Got Rockruff and Grubbin in GTS trades with Gastly and (another) Ribombee respectively. Grinded a bit afterwards to catch more species.

    Team so far:
    Brionne 21
    Meowth 18
    Kadabra 18
    Magnemite 17
    Muchlax 17
    Pichu 17

    I will be ridding myself of the Pichu once it evolves and replacing it with Oricorio-Pompom, Crabrawler, or the Ribombee I subbed in for the previous fight.

    Let me tell you something: Alolan Meowth is has a surprisingly good moveset for early game.

    Also there’s a ghost-type area this early in the game, which is cool for the ghost fans, and where I got the Gastly I used in GTS.

    Also sparse water-types in this island. Hopefully the next is better. Or I guess I’ll save the monowater for a future re-run.

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  55. Hi everyone I’m new to this community but I recently just finished playing Pokemon Sun and all I could say is the story arc of Lillie and Nebby is one of the best stories a Pokemon series ever has. This is up to par with N’s story arc! To see and be an instrument of Lillie’s growth, and those little moments (like in Exeggutor Island when they sought shelter when it was raining, or when she completed her “trial”) are so heartwarming to watch. :’)

    I also really like how they displayed the theme of friendship in this game unlike in X and Y where I felt that it was kinda half-baked and uninspired. The last picture in the end credits gives me the feels :’) 11/10 a great game.

    Let’s have a discussion!

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