The long awaited Nintendo Direct is just a few minutes away from going live! We’ve been promised a 45 minute presentation about what’s up and coming on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, and the Nintendo Switch – and we’re incredibly hopeful that we’ll be getting some new details on Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon! We’ll be updating this post with any Pokémon relevant live updates down below (be sure to refresh this post), and make posts about any heavy hitting news shortly after! Sit back, relax, and join us in the comments for today’s Nintendo Direct!
LIVE UPDATES
- 0:40 – The Direct is starting off with Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon!
- 0:45 – USUM trailer is showing off lots of new footage from the games. Including new areas, and a beautiful cutscene showing Necrozma absorbing Solgaleo/Lunala.
- 1:30 – Overview of Necrozma’s focus on the USUM story, and confirms the English names Dusk Mane Necrozma and Dawn Wings Necrozma.
- 1:50 – “Charting New Areas of Alola” feature that shows new locations in Alola such as a beach where surfers gather (notice the new surfer NPC and Poké Ride Mantine), and a valley full of Pikachu. New clothes such as a Pikachu hat and shirt is featured as well.
- 2:15 – The way you choose your starter in USUM is incredibly different. The three Alola starters defend you from a wild Yungoos, and you choose one shortly after.
- 2:20 – Reminder of the event Rockruff that can evolve into Dusk Form Lycanroc that will be distributed for players who purchase the game before January 10th, 2018. If you purchase a digital version of the games before January 10th, 2018 you’ll receive 12 Quick Balls in game.
- 2:47 – Reminder that Pokémon Gold & Silver versions are coming to the eShop on September 22nd. If you purchase either one you’ll receive a special Celebi for your SM or USUM games via code. You can pre-purchase the Virtual Console games shortly after the direct ends
- 3:10 – NEW ULTRA BEASTS! UB Burst will be exclusive to Ultra Sun while UB Assembly will be exclusive to Ultra Moon
- 3:40 – A gorgeous PokéBall Edition of the New Nintendo 2DS XL will be available November 3rd
- That’s it for Pokémon! Enjoy the rest of the Nintendo Direct!
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While I get it to some degree I’m not sure I get the excitement over ganes that were made for the ps4 and Xbone coming to the Switch. They won’t look as good on the Switch so what’s there to be crazy excited about? The portability? That’s really about it…..I love the Switch, but most 3rd party games will likely not look as good in it as they will on the consoles they were meant to be played on
Its the portability aspect more
I think if I had the choice of playing a game and knew it was a quality game either way I’d forego the portability if I knew it’d look better on one system over another.
It’s portability, though I do wish Skyrim Switch allowed mods. Whiterun is hideous without them. All well, I guess if I was playing it for it to be gorgeous, I’d be a PC gamer.
I guess….., but I’m just not sure I get it…….Newer games that are meant for better systems (hardware and software wise) won’t look nearly as nice on the Switch (which is fine) and I think for games that I REALLY want to play I’d like them to look nice rather than have them be portable. Nintendo first party games don’t count as they’ll look good on a Nintendo system regardless.
I think Skyrim switch does look just as nice as it does on Xbox and PS4 though, if we’re talking about the base game and not with the addition of mods. They’re all the special edition
But the difference is a 6 year old game. Games that are coming out now (last and this year) like Persona 5 and Doom prolly won’t look amazing. Not bad per say, but not amazing. Look at Nba 2k. It looks a little messy. I guess that’s juts my opinion on the matter tho
I guess, but that’s partly due to them being ports, so not developed for the Switch, and because the Switch is still underpowered compared to the competition.
just got to finish up school this week then Samus Returns is coming on Friday…. almost there..
meh i just want Silver
Let me just say that I dont want anyone to say that USUM is ok because Platinum was ok when they cant even fix the biggest issues with Sun and Moon the goddamn tutorials and cutscenes.
Don’t you think it’s a bit early to judge the games? I mean, I know the signs are there, but let’s not jump to conclusions.
If its too early to judge the games then no one should be saying that they are going to be good either
That’s a fair judgement as well. My point is, don’t mix up initial dissapointment or hype for actual game quality.
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100% agreed
The post-gameeeeeee
40$ post game
Maybe I should skip out on the base games and wait for the superior product. And if they do sequels again, then I can buy the first games and play them leading up to release of the sequel xD
Looks familiar I still like assembly though. http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1505346905752.png
I’m waiting for a Pokemon that looks like Pot Of Greed
https://static1.fjcdn.com/comments/Lifts+more+than+you+bitch+_2455f07d3f286eff0e1bc51c965ee898.jpg
Bless you, Earthen. Bless you for linking me to this
You are thanked my child
Wish there was a Cackletta and Fawful amiibo for the Superstar Saga remake
I would kill for a Fawful Figurine
Also a decent Skull Kid (They have them at my toys r us but i’m like….ehhhh i don’t wanna spend money on it)
I wonder if they’ll throw Mallow or something in as a throw back
I hope they keep the Geno doll in the mini-game in that one Toad town.
We shall see. I think there are some rights issues with those characters since Nintendo (I don’t think?) can use them anymore.
i would love a revamped 7 Stars
i tried to play it on Wii on 3 separate occasions i just did not get a hang of this one for some odd reason
Am I going to buy GS on Vc just to get ANOTHER Celebi? I just played through HG again this summer (haven’t beaten it yet. At the E4) and I don’t think I’ll play through GS even if they’re available on VC. That said I’m a whore for Pokemon so idk…….
Celebi is like the most common event legendary ever lol
It didn’t used to be hahaha And again I’m such a whore I’ll prolly end up buying it anyway
I kinda want to, but I own crystal so I probs won’t. Maybe if it came to Switch.
Art thou forgettingith what a Darkai is
Darkrai has been given out like once in the past 7 years
Here, some copypasta
“POT OF GREED ALLOWS ME TO DRAW TWO MORE CARDS. I WILL START MY TURN BY PLAYING POT OF GREED WHICH ALLOWS ME TO DRAW TWO MORE CARDS. I WILL PLAY THE MAGIC CARD, POT OF GREED, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO DRAW TWO NEW CARDS.”
South Park in an hour
After that I might download Octopath demo
I like how Earthen of all people ends up being hyped for this game
Pound it, bruh
I’m hyped too
Hyped is a very strong term
i’m just tolerant because i have a fleeting shred of optimism that USUM will fix a few things and i’m very more interesting in my Jangmo-o story which ive made numerous complaints towards the lack of young jangmo-os
Yaaaaaaaaaaaas
Peeps be getting salty over USUM haha Everybody take a deep breath. Everyone can have their differing opinions
then fucking let me
I never said anything…….You do you gurl
seems like everyone else is
I’ll agree everyone is being weird about it. I’m sure they don’t mean anything by it. Like I said everyone can have their own opinions on the subject
Not to hate on anyone here, but some of you guys are just easily pleased. And some of us aren’t. So let it be such
I’m not even one of the people crazy hyped about it tho……I’ve been griping about it since it was announced lol https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/beaa6a7971f21b2b2c59c3d1ed4ab5402b8d01346b0d07629b3ef9ba1ae54ce0.gif
I didn’t mean to say that you were, though it seems the consensus is that people were pleased with pretty much just 2 ultra beasts and mantine (which wasn’t even directly revealed)
I’m still on the fence. I’m getting there, but I’m still not sure about it. Either way let people be excited and hopefully they’ll let you be less so. I’m just trying to be a peace maker haha
Yeah I appreciate it.
It’s like trying to please spoilt children. Good luck GF.
It’s not entitled to expect them to emulate the quality of their past games, which they have long since abandoned. They put so much effort into HGSS and haven’t come close since Black 2 and White 2.
“which they have long since abandoned. They put so much effort into HGSS and haven’t come close since Black 2 and White 2.”
I disagree greatly. GF has really knocked out of the park with Sun and Moon. And to be honest, it’s probably for the best they don’t try to emulate past games.
Let’s see some Lurantis Z move hype.
Or Lurantis buff
Or just anything Lurantis :>. It deserves it. I hope we see some more Exclusive Z moves too. I love them, and their animation. Lets get it going!
I’m the opposite. I can’t wait till gen 8 when z moves are swept under the rug and forgotten
Omg like stop being such a debbie downa!Yea, I think thats the majority. I can totally see why though. They are pretty pointless and literally a one time thing. But I just like them. I dont feel OP or special using them. I dont like feeling like im the chosen one.
I dont want to be the chosen one, but the one who chose to be
– MenacingCascoon 2017
They’re not pointless at all. That one time move can be the difference in a battle especially competitively speaking.
It also enables mons to get KOs they wouldnt otherwise.
Yup! It’s like a big surprise attack, and I love it. And those animations. I could literally watch them all day
I just liked the attention megas gave to older pokemon, even if I wasn’t always a fan of the designs and even if some of them were unnecessary/not thought out.
Z moves are boring
Blossom Bladeflurry
I’d buy the Mario Party game if I could play the games online with friends. Will they ever put online in those games??
we can only hope, i just see communication errors and disconnections
I’d be the mini-game champion
I challenge thee to toadstool Titan
Bumper Balls!!!
Shy. Guy. Says…
Dun Dunn dunnnnn
Or if we’re pure masochists
Tug’o’war or the Beat Goes On
BAZABAZA
When they implement battle facility Co-Op online.
Cmon GF arent we supposed to be playing with our friends! Why do I always have to be against them
Well I’m gonna piece out for a while. Will maybe be back tomorrow. See ya’ll!
See ya :]
Goodnight
I buy Pokémon because it’s the same game every time. USUM hype!
Goodnight y’all see ya tomorrow
We have yet to see any new characters yet. I mean they have to have some. All third versions do, it’s necessary… Maybe it’s the predicted Ice trainer…
Any ideas for what it could be
Ryuki is if you want to get technical.
I wouldn’t really say he is, just that he has a bigger role
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bf411d7dca010424e0307ec72ac0cd3f3ca8e8df80db7d72d877d2f92caf7add.png
That so has to be part Ghost type
Yeee
I’ll probably nickname this thing “Trump’s Wall” or something.
Gumshoos wall
Holy crap, I got a code for the DBFZ closed beta!
Idk what you guys do with your money or free time, but I collect Lego with my brothers, and I saw that they had Pokemon mega construct buildable figures (which is by megabloks I think? So they’re basically Lego) and I bought the Ivysaur and Wartortle ones and they’re actually really cool! I mean I wish Lego had snatched up the license, but if you have some extra money and like that kind of stuff, I’d definitely recommend checking them out.
Was looking at everyone’s comments earlier before posting my thoughts, so here are mine:
Overall, it’s mostly what I expected, some relayed information about Necrozma’s forms from CoroCoro was what they are. I did notice the head part of Necrozma was forged into the back of the Dawn Wings form, which was pretty interesting to see.
Continuing on, seeing Mantine as a Ride mon was awesome. It excites me that maybe some Pokemon will replace the older Ride mons, or there will be new Ride mons for different uses (like Mantine being used for diving).
What was a little bit shocking but a tad bit disappointing was seeing the almost same exact curscene with Hau, Lusamine, and the player. It mostly confirms not to many (or practically any) changes to Hau and Lusamine, which is a little sad. It also informs us that prob some of the plot elements from SM will be pretty similar though, but it’s kinda expected from a 3rd version.
In spite of the SM plot mostly lingering in USUM’s, I did notice something else in the trailer. When UB Assembly (awesome design in my opinion :D) drops down, you can see not only Hala (like when Buzzwole/Pheromosa dropped down in SM) but also Hau. It’s small, but it could hint that the UB invasion this time around is actually different in terms of story, as Hau was with you when the UBs were unleashed in SM. Not only that, but also other many other big events in SM could potentially be tweaked a bit.
Overall, I liked the information we got so far, it gets me excited for Necrozma and the UBs.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/baa3fe1da8829c560f669436be26300f04d2c0eaa7a17b7cbaa694b2ee55fdfa.jpg What type do you guys think is this new Ultra Beast?
Ghost/Fairy
Fire/Fairy?
Seems very likely to be the case considering it’s whole firework attack
It/Mirror B type.
I have a theory on what the story of Necrozma is
Thanks for sharing that you do.
Dont share the theory though.
Why are you so “menacing”?
;3 I wanna do research onto whether I’m right or not
New pokemon midgen?
That’s a new one…
In fairness they did say that during the USUM reveal, though the wording was intentionally ambiguous.
So far I think Necrozma is literally just a mon in pain that needs light in order to escape its body which causes it pain. Hence why it needs the other legend
That seems very likely, considering how viscious it acts towards others.
Indeed
Plus this is the first time we’ve seen a Pokémon presented as 100% malicious
Also here’s some interesting information from the website that adds to your theory:
Necrozma is a mysterious Legendary Pokémon said to be from a different world. Necrozma uses light as an energy source to stay active. It also absorbs light energy from its opponents and turns that energy into powerful lasers using the prisms in its two arms. The lasers can blast through anything. It has a dangerous nature, and rages about in search of light, but also appears to be in pain when it does so
Possible
But I’m sick of non evil Pokemon just causing trouble out of influence or rampage
Just once a malicious Pokemon that has evil intentions
This whole philosophy is what caused me to create Insatyr
Oh it’s fully possible Necrozma is just bad
It’s confirmed in pain but this is the first time a Pokemon has been shown as EXCLUSIVELY malicious
In what part of the trailer they show Hau and Lusamine?