Pokémon Stars: The 4 Facts We Know

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With just over one more day until the big Nintendo Switch press conference (and don’t worry, we’ll be covering it!), fans are understandably excited. Pokémaniacs are particularly keen to hear about the rumored title that brings Pokémon Sun & Moon’s gameplay to the new console. While nothing has been outright confirmed, here is our mega list of rumors about Pokémon Stars (or Eclipse):

  • New Pokémon, Alolan Forms or Mega Evolutions: The game could add up to 20 (a number dropped by Laura Dale, gaming journalist) brand-new Pokémon or forms/evolutions to Alola. Whether or not these will be compatible with Pokémon Sun & Moon is currently unknown.
  • Improved Graphics: GameFreak didn’t skimp in Sun & Moon, but their successor will apparently utilize the Switch’s improved capabilities to breath HD life into Alola and its inhabitants.
  • Compatible with Sun & Moon: While the new Pokémon might not make it to your copies of Pokémon Sun or Moon, there will be ways to transfer existing Pokémon to Stars through an improved Pokémon Box app. Many are hoping that Pokémon caught in the console version will also be able to be transferred to the 3DS games as well.
  • Switch-Exclusive Features: Pokémon Stars will not only bring improved graphics to what we experienced in Sun & Moon, but will also introduce new features not found in the portable games. While not mentioned in the rumors, the animations found for walking Pokémon do hint that a companion system will be coming back to the overworld similar of that in Pokémon Yellow or HeartGold & SoulSilver.

This is mostly a compilation from various Twitter sources from gaming journalists, the initial leak, and also a Reddit AMA. The logo is an original creation of our wonderful moving and not official. If you missed it, don’t forget to check out for new Alolan Forms we’re hoping for!

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    I have 3 and a half hours left in my shift and I’m so freaking out if Switch pre-orders sell out the first 5 minutes of going live

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  10. Earthen bores so it’s time for a Fakemon
    Despite the Eyanu Region having hot and toasty savannahs and sweltering jungles, to the northeast of the region is a coastal mountain range and icy beaches filled with ice floes and occasionally you can find a delightful species of Ice/Water types that rarely turn up in the area

    Weewhal
    Ice/Water
    Tusk Pkm
    Thick Fat/Water Veil HA:Swift Swim
    A very small marine mammal Pokemon of a white blue coloring, it has a plump teardrop shaped body with a wavy tailfin and pectoral fin, they have “adorable” glassy eyes and their most prominent feature is their elongated horn like tooth sprouting from their heads
    “Extremely reclusive to humans, they spend their lives hiding underneath icy floes avoiding potential threats occasionally they poke holes in the ice with their teeth to catch their breath”

    And soon they become the mighty Northwhal!
    Northwhal
    Ice/Water (or Ice/Dark)
    The Horn Whale Pkm
    Thick Fat/Water Veil HA: Swift Swim
    Northwhal abandoned their cutesy looks and evolved much more intimidating, their body’s nearly triple in size and weight gaining a thicker and more “squarish” shape , their body turns dark blue and black with large tattered fins and tail fin, above their angry steely eyes is a cluster of bristled eyebrows. But the crown jewel of this Pokemon is is extremely long and powerful tooth coated in a thick jagged layer of ice that makes it barbed and dangerous
    “a normally peaceful species turned aggressive due to years of being hunted, they fend of attackers with their barbed teeth of ice which can deal severe damage, tales of this Pokemon recall it destroying ships out of great anger”

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  14. Pokemon Sun and Moon have sold a combined total of over 8.7 million physical copies (10 million physical copies were shipped worldwide on launch day) worldwide since release and consequently have become one of the best-selling 3DS games of all time. Standing as the seventh best selling 3DS titles to date, Pokemon Sun and Moon dial up the total number of Pokemon titles in the Top 10 Best Selling 3DS Games chart to a whopping three titles (Pokemon X/Y, OR/AS, and Sun/Moon)! HOWEVER, sales figures for certain regions such as Europe, Australia, and the United States only account for the first few weeks of release as data is released on a monthly basis depending on the region. X/Y managed to sell over 15 million copies in three years and Sun/Moon look to surmount that total within a single year or 1.5 years of release. Can they become the first titles to surpass the legendary 20 million sales figure? Only time will tell, but the future looks very promising.

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  15. I’M OFF TOMORROW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?!?
    I’M PULLING AN ALL NIGHTER IF I HAVE TO GET A PREORDER AND I GET TO WATCH THE ENTIRE TREEHOUSE LIVE!!! 😀

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  22. I’m hoping that Gen 4 remakes and Stars are on Switch because I’m buying Disney’s Magical World 2 online and I will only have 5700-6700 blocks left.

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