A description of the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon guidebook has revealed some details about the title. The following features will be returning from the original Pokémon Sun & Moon
- Festival Plaza
- Battle Royal
- Poké Pelago
- Poké Finder
- Battle Tree
It also mentions new information about attacks and abilities!
For fans of these in the first games it’s probably a relief! Did you enjoy these in Sun and Moon?
As much as I like the master balls being given to us, what is there in Alola that actually requires a master ball? I mean maybe fini but that’s it
I haven’t used a Master Ball in years.
I caught my Necrozma in a beast ball fgs
I caught it using like 3 Ultra Balls
I used a beast ball…
1/10th the chance of a pokeball
I did as well. I believe got a bold natured Necrozma because I thought that it would be like Zygarde and get an improved form. If the forms play similarly to the cover legend they absorbed than I guess my beast ball Necrozma is a nice trophy.
New Ability:
Chicken Skin: A hidden ability of Alolachu, if the user sees a ghost, dark, or bug type pokemon, it gets chicken skin Hoo-ees its way out of the battle and can avoid all attacks from those pokemon.
lets be honest here, this is the greatest ability
I’ve legit never met anyone who enjoys sauerkraut
I like sauerkraut
What the fucc is wrong with you
You’re actually inhuman what the hell
Sauerkraut’s really good, how do you not like it?
How do you even eat it? With like a spoon?
You put it on your hot dog and eat it like that
But like what about in diners where they give it to you before a meal?
What do?
What diners do that? Do you mean cole slaw?
Actually yes, I did I got the two confused
Schoolgirl Earthen
Tbh this is the only good thing about Festival Plaza
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“I’m actually an old man!”
Say this while having a girl avatar
Perfection
Being lonely is HARD
Ignore my previous statement
I never met anyone in my life who enjoys cole slaw
Yeah, I don’t like cole slaw
You better not
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Wait you do?
How do you eat it.. I legit don’t know
Idk I usually use a fork, I prefer it home made tho because store bought can vary from terrible to okay
Hmmmm.. I was curious cause the diner always gives the stuff in these little container thingies and I’ve never seen them even get touched
School food in general is bad
Not school, teh diner
Oh
Well tbh home made coleslaw best slaw
How does one make the slaw of cole
Various ways
Hmmm
Explain
Typically you cut vegetables up and put them in a dressing
Done
gonna need that in paragraph form with your sources cited
Shet
Suboptimal response, 0/84.9
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Eh kinda figured these would all be returning
Your profile picture pic describes that perfectly
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I mean, one of those is in the map that was released days ago
Oh my lord, it’s so hot in my lunchroom
Same Alexis
Good job winning Homecoming queen though ;3
Thanks, I’m so happy
How are you going to celebrate?
By cutting myself with a piece of lettuce
“Cut it like a cucumber”
I just professor oak this and assumed alex was a guy this whole time? my life is a lie. AM I A GUY OR A GIRL I DONT EVEN KNOW ANYMORE
He’s a boi, I’m just kidding around cause this girl in my school named Alexis (who’s a total piece of dung by the way) won homecoming queen somehow
So my life is not a lie?
Oh it still is, I unironically like Wingull and Pelliper
i do too even before the buff 😉
I legit find Wingull to be the cutest Pokemon birb
How dare you, I am an attack helicopter.Get your genders right, you attack helicopterist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTqtrGBYpxQ
I thought you were a covert submarine
I thought you were a salad
I am a salad though
A pepperkorn salad with candy corn
I am a phantom thief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl552rK8Sjo
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Literally me right here
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Wait, here’s a better picture
I thought this meme was dead
:p
Dead memes… more like
ENEMY AC130 ABOVE
Attack helicopter? Really? So immature and old
I, myself, am an extradimensional wolfkin trigender who’s self diagnosed with forty disorders
Is dissociative personality disorder at least one of them?
It’s ten of them
There we go, that’s correct
How many of them are not just a phase
None of them are a phase mom
This is entirely correct
Good joke I’ve never heard it before.
Humour is subjective
But still, this joke is already pretty old, and there haven’t been many improvements of it lately
I still think it’s funny
I think it’s funny, subjectivity ftw
My worst enemy
I think it’s annoying and mildly transphobic but hey what do I know
The internet has jokes for everything tho?
Doesn’t make them good in anyway
that is true
I find everyone annoying from time to time and actually find outrageous made up genders annoying and dumb so yay subjectivity
Like I can understand if your gender relates to the binary (switch between the binary, neither on the binary, both on the binary) but anything else is called attention seeking and not understanding the difference between interests and identity
All imo tho
It stops being a joke when people legitimately actually use it as an excuse to attack trans people. And they do. It’s just bullying at that point
Except I didn’t mention trans people at all, just people who actually take attention away from people with legit gender and sex issues ¯_(ツ)_/ ¯.
Except the meme is constantly grouping the two together
No it’s not.
What makes you laugh is subjective.
Humor can actually be a really thought out process. Just listen to any comedian explain their art.
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Good joke I’ve never heard it before
IKR
festival plaza being back could mean they fixed the iss- oh wait its gamefreak they dont listen to us anymore
Indeed
When have they ever actually listened to us?
Gen 3 remakes?
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Yeah, you’re right. How about Stars? Oh wait, that was never confirmed.
oh haha you’re totally right
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Oh, Mineta, you’re trash
The only listen to the green thing that grow on trees ?
Guavas?
I was hiking through the mountains and suddenly the incestual child of several generations of Birdo Bowser offspring violently exploded on my microwave, killing it
Aka, a turtonator used explosion on a Rotom Heat
Pidove is an underrated cutey, come at me
Pidove is adorable. Not a huge fan of its evos tho
Unfezant was a mistake with a super shallow move pool that makes Oricorio laugh
Pretty much!
Tru that tho, barely learned any physical moves
I like it but why is the female version of the evo so gross looking
Sexual dimorphism, that’s why
Pretty much how it is in nature unfortunately. Males need to he fancy to attract mates
I love them in Pokken
They kinda just sit there and bob up and down in the background
My Pidove lasted until the E4 in my nuzlocke, one of the strongest members of the team.
Of course it is >:3
Story wise I’m still waiting for something like 5th gen. S/M had a great story towards the second half of the second half of the game but it didn’t create the beautifully dark and melancholic atmosphere of BW and B2W2… USUM might yet surprise but I hope they really work on the plot for the switch game(s)
USUM could have a great story if they just work on a few key things.
Yeah, S/M already had a great story but ofc it would be lame if they didn’t change much. All they have to do is see through this promise of “an alternate story” set in the same universe with the same characters (with some development) since both were already solid in S/M
Yeah and def make the first half have more plot. And develop skull and aether
Carnivores be like
The floor is lava? More like the floor is Guava
5 in game hours spent walking up and down a patch of grass. 10 dollars well spent
Gold and silver? You shiny hunting or just looking for a specific Mon?
Shiny hunting.
It must be painful wasting such precious time hunting for a shiny while people all over the internet are finding shinies without even trying
Yep and some people who are hunting are finding them quickly
You should breed for them 1/64 shinys.
Read some comments below that GameFreak should change the formula and make Pokemon more like Odyssey or Zelda? Hope y’all realise that it is literally impossible to make a game with 800+ animated models and expect it to run, let alone smoothly. Not to mention that the Switch would not be able to handle that kind of power required, not even the PS4 pro could. Possibly the new Xb1 X but even that is a stretch.
I’m all for change, but an open world Pokemon game will remain impossible for another 10 years, unless technology takes a leap to 2040
Then don’t include all 800
I just want something different. The games peaked at gen 4 and 5. Why keep making these games if you aren’t going to change it around and improve it?
I dont so much care about innovation as I do just keeping the features that make the games good instead of removing them…it’s idiotic. If that makes the development longer then so be it as long as it makes a better game
Because GF still sees it as a children’s game
That doesn’t matter. If they aren’t looking to improve their art or do something new and unique, what about it is art anymore?
You know what gen 8 will be? More cutscenes, better graphics, another evil team that isn’t developed, 80 more Pokémon, and three to five new mechanics that will be shelved next game.
Same battle system. Same formula. Nothing new or unique.
Don’t forget introducing Pokemon that cant be transfer over to next game, regardless of their usefulness its a dumb idea to put effort into it just to drop it next game and its become annoying to me
Can’t wait to see what Pokémon Switch will provide us with.
Its just going to be the same, but with a much bigger region and graphically improved for the Switch. Its definitely not going to be like BotW
Oh, does your father’s uncle’s grandaughter’s second cousin’s mother’s husband work for Nintendo? Is that how you know? Or maybe… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f5d03761ac704bdc496a99e100ee1c10a912db4c451a4b52b4ced54a1f0c1b16.jpg
Yet you realize how big SuMo was? Holds the Record on 3DS and GF/Pokémon for most pre-ordered game and most downloaded
I think in amount of New Pokémon being added 4 and 5 peaked, but in new content these games have never peaked cause there’s always tons of New stuff (other than Pokémon) added
Pokémon Vega is a fangame that has a nearly nonsensical story, a shitty level curve, and a worse battle facility than the Madison
And it’s better than most Pokémon games to date… why?
Because it has the right atmosphere and an aftergame
The game feels new, it feels special, unique. It feels pristine. The region is diverse and feels special… but the big thing is this
Without a battle facility and adding only one new area to the post game… why is it so good?
.. they expanded on old areas
When the Pokedex was complete, new parts of previous area opened that held higher level trainers and legendaries and countless events. There was an endless number of new events to do and areas to explore created literally by adding one floor o areas. Gym leader rematches were held in these areas, sidequests were there
And best of all? Completing the dex unlocked a challenge dungeon LIKE area with hard puzzle and high level Pokémon as well as more legends
By adding a post game that is even longer than the main game , Pokémon games will feel so much more fulfilling…
Of course battle facilities are nice too
But regardless, this would help a lot
And for those of you who know what I’m talking about, YES I GET THAT THE SPHERE RUINS ARE BULLSHIT
But when have we gotten something in a main game that was that cool
Some Cut scenes from BW2 and DP were pretty good
Pokeride is fun
Minigames keep peoples attention
Anyone else noticed how common some Pokemon are as starters in fanfics? Like okay we get it you like Ralts but your story suffers because everyone and their mum has had a Ralts
Yo my eevee is unique
My Dusk Form Umbreon is truly superior
Eww fanfic ?
And yeah, it’s common for some Pkm to appear more often as starters for being more popular, what I don’t get is why would he make every other character have a Ralts
They call me no guard cause I’m always getting hit
If they use double team I’ll hit em with a bubble beam
If they can’t rhyme for sh*t then smack ’em with a Double Hit https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5b1497e531151319f43aebe77c1e1e706fdc7279c268a5a0eb6dee4d8534c9c4.png
If ya need to protect than just smash detect
I’m Roxxxy Andrews and I’m here to make it clear
I know you love me, baby, that’s why you brought me here
Was a b!tch on Season 5, I’m gonna make it right
Give me a sewing challenge and I’ll give you what you like
I’m full of tricks, baby, just like on Halloween
A room full of monsters and it makes me wanna scream
I have to get this right so you don’t waste your time
Not like my comedy, I’m killing on this rhyme
I’m gonna show you what I can do
You’re going crazy and seeing two
It’s not my fault, you can’t blame. my game
All these other h0es, but they’re all the same
Goddamnit
https://youtu.be/jaJ76tgyNUo
Ctrl C + Ctrl V ≠ Good rhymes ?
Dont think the walking Pokemon feature will be in USUM. I know we saw that cutscene with Hau and Torracat in Paniola Town, but there is this (rf) and we didnt have it in SM either https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/81819c5eb96a3a93a228a95b6af82c6e199cb01a4b0b60b916ded1faf04b4a86.jpg
Cookui
I like Hau he seems to be keeping his starter out more tho
Ugh, they’re teasing us, they know we want that feature back
Yeah sadly it has been confirmed as not happening for a while they just like to tease us and rub it in our faces.
Who confirmed it?
The trailers showing no walking Pokemon with you.
Surprise features exist
Eh don’t count on it.
My best team name on showdown yet
“Daddio’s givin’ me them money cash dollaz y’all”
If Pokémon were real, is there any Pokémon you’d be afraid of?
All of them
You would be afraid of Eevee?
Muk
Basically every bug type, I’m dead afraid of bugs and I’d be more of those that are 100x bigger than normal; fire typer for burning everything; Kyogre and Groudon, someone can make the same mistake team Magmaqua did and doom us all; poison types, just imagine how deadly they could be irl; electric types, one touches you and you’re dead; ghost types, imagine if ghost were real, now imagine if ghost were real and thirsty of your soul; dark types because I know they hate everything.
Gyarados, its dex says it can destroy a lot of cities, I know it’s bs but stil; ground types, I feel like these guys like to cause deadly earthquakes just for fun; flying types can cause tornados and the list goes on and on and on…
The only ones I wouldn’t be afraid of are Normal and Water types (atleast half of them)
Ariados and probably most Ghost types
Litwick, I don’t want my soul drained by it.
Cute, but serial killery
That’s why I love it :3
Every single one with mind control powers. The uses… Uuugh, pls no
Hypno, aka pennywise the pokemon
Gorebyss…. the thing is a fish shaped probe that drains your body dry
Most Fire types
I’d totally cuddle any bug type or ghost not named Misdrevous
🙁
Why the long face?
Because Misdreavus is cute :<
No
Mismagius is 100x better
The shrieking
Who thought that dex entry was a good idea lol
Nobody XD
Guzzlord, Incineroar, Bruxish and Probably Haunter
Why Afraid of Inci?
Its fanbase ?
Certainly XD
There are fanbases for separate pokemon?
Yeah, even Stunfisk which I’m a proud member of
Church of Goomy
It’s haters too ?
Anyone who has anything but a neutral opinion on Inci scares me
Including me.
It must be a nightmare cuz you either hate it or love it
It is a 7 ft. Something cat that is known to attack people
I like it, but would never truly want one irl
It’s a violent tiger that can shoot flames from its navelcrotch and doesn’t have the nicest attitude
Fears justified imo
I hope Pokémon Switch actually really is an open world. They kept talking about this in the game informer interviews but I wonder how far they are actually willing to go
Prolly won’t be open world. From what I remember I think either Masuda or Ishihara said that they don’t think open world would be something they’d want to do for Pokemon. Bigger routes I can definitely see, but not sure about full open world
I think true open world would fit a spin off better, and the main series would be better with something along the lines of ‘fauxpen world’ if you will
But why? People keep saying that it wouldn’t fit Pokémon but I don’t get that. It would literally be the best fit for Pokémon
Because ‘collect X number of Ys to fight the champ’ won’t translate as well, especially with the levelling system. They could change it all, but gradual would be better.
Then… change it. Because the gym badges/trials are secondary to catching pokemon.
Make some new win condition.
The thing is though, there will always be a string of boss battles leading you in a main series game because although catching is your objective, battling is your method of advancing through the game. And because of the levelling system, which interacts with the move and evolution systems, it’s always going to have some version of a straight progression or slightly branching progression unless they completely overhaul the franchise to the point its unrecognisable, which would risk alienating fans and losing money.
Hence why a gradual change is way better even tho it’s not the most likely option imo
Then scale it to your progress like Breath of the Wild does. Defeating a gym causes more dangerous and higher leveled Pokémon to spawn. Gym battles are done in a similar way to divine beasts.
Gyms are harder causing you to have to explore and find pokemon that would counter the leader’s
I like the idea and it’s what I wish would happen, but tbh it sounds like a lot more hassle when GF can give a linear to semi-linear narrative and then spend the extra dev time on other things.
I agree with you there bud
I forgot my friends reasoning exactly, but he actually gave me a pretty good reason why open world wouldn’t be perfect (I’ll ask him when I have Lunch with him on Wedsday)
Not necessarily whether it’s a best fit or not. If GF doesn’t want to do it then Gf won’t. It’s not a bad or good thing it’s just a thing. I’m sure they have their reasons.
Wont be open world but multiple regions would be possible now
I’d be satisfied with an open-ish world. Not that far off from the previous games, but more epic.
So… the same thing we’ve been doing then
I imagine instead of one small path you can choose one of few bigger ones, Maybe depending on which path you chosen you battle a diffrent gym.
They now have the luxury of creating lesser routes, but much much bigger. So instead of 22 small ones, maybe the Switch game will have 9-10 really large ones.
And of course because they’re not bound by technological and/or memory restrictions, they can incorporate more than 1 region.
I don’t think more than one region would make sense. Maybe in a Gold/Silver way with an old one, but that’s all.
I never said 2 new regions. But they can add in an older region to revisit
Theory:
Pokemon Switch is based on the UK, you can visit the smaller south Ireland region and travel by a sea train to revisit a Pokemon Z like Kalos
Please, if there wouldn’t be a UK region because each country has enough culture to support its own region.
Even Wales, the country everyone forget it exist?
What’s a Wales?
The land of mass near England that, apparently there are people living in it? I’m not sure but probably not
Are they the ones with the sheep?
That’s it’s its stepbrother New Zealand
British Hollywood (most UK productions are filmem there)
Kuppo jw where are you from?
Planet Earth I think ?
Hey I’m of Welsh decent…
I too must have been forgoten
Just have the two regions be beside each other and have some sort of history
Boom makes sense
No? Past games have all been pretty linear, especially compared to other games. The only real choices you have in the game to break order also don’t work out well because levels make it obvious who they want you to fight first
I’m sure it will be a very open world not a skyrim like world but very open and vast. That will probably be GFs first target taking advantage of Switch power and graphics
If anything the GameInformer stuff hinted that it wouldn’t be open world.
Real talk the order of the trials in SuMo should’ve been Mallow > Kiawe > Lana, Kiawe > Lana > Mallow, or Lana > Mallow > Kiawe bc the fact you get the Z-crystal SE on the next totem is kinda ehhhh
that’s the point tho
I know it’s the point, I just find the point dumb imo
I never used Z-moves on any totem so it didn’t bother me, but I can see it being a reason people were finding them quite easy.
Gotta make the game izi for kidz
Well I mean Z-crystals are optional so it’s not a major problem that makes the game too easy? I just think it’s a better progression imo
Tru, it’s optional, but it’s clearly there so you can use it and not have any issue with the Totem