We’ve covered various rumors which have mentioned Team Rocket returning under a new name, but we may have finally gotten official confirmation about its existence. A Japanese retail display shows what appear to be Team Rocket grunts in front of a rainbow background preparing to battle the protagonist.
Other screenshots seem to confirm that Team Rocket has set up a headquarters of sorts in Alola (or they could have taken over a certain location). We’ll bring you more as it comes! As always thanks PokéSirena for helping us keep news coming fast!
Why are they throwing out all of the plot threads that just needed fleshing out like Lusamine’s craziness….
I’m so tired
It’s probably post game star, there’s no way in hell rocket is main game
Ehm if the RR leak is true that means they take over Aether Paradise and kidnap either Nebby or Lusamine. If thats post game i sure as hell am curious what the main story will be
The main story is gonna be Ultron Recon and Necrozma obviously
I’m not gonna lie, Lusamine’s craziness was about as well executed as it could’ve been a Pokémon game
It wasn’t exposition’d all over your face but the material is there to make it obvious how it happened.
I guess so but I feel like the SuMo plot as good in its own, it just needed characters and relationships fleshed out so the player actually understands stuff like why Skull was working with Aether while minimizing cutscenes and dialogue or adding a skip button
I gotta be honest
I felt SuMo was flawed as fuckk plotwise
Obviously. So why are we throwing it all out in favor for a totally different plot
Honestly? I feel like it’s cause GF had certain plotpoints and lore the current plot couldn’t touch so they’re switching things up to get to them
Plus, the plot honestly isn’t AMAZINGLY different.
I mean Rocket is 99% postgame
Just saying, if you take pictures of people without them consenting or even knowing, f*ck you.
Platonically.
Like photo taking?
I remember a photo class forced me to do that.. super awkward
Like with their phone randomly
Oh…
Fucc that
I’m so fucking angry right now
So… may I ask what happened? Was it a random stranger or someone you know?
This dickhead who sits next to me in computer science. He took a picture of me and then got my attention to SHOW ME POSTING IT ON SNAPCHAT
How much of an inconsiderate peice of sh*t do you have to be to do that to me while I tell you I don’t want my picture taken. This isn’t the first time this has happened to me and I’m just livid
You could tell someone and get him in trouble
Posting pictures without consent is against the law actually
Platonically
Pretty sure that is illegal.
Good thing I never do that, if I want a picture I ask first and if they say no oh well, if they say yes then *click*
I mean if its not going to be posted anywhere its fine, but if they take it then without consent then post, that’s a problem
If all the big bads are back
Which Plasma is being taken
The Ninja one obs, It’s their more recent reincarnation
I can see it for sure
But like… two corlesses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknPcOzYRug
Can we talk about how USUM’s entire release season is a tease? Like I’m fine with it but it totally was
You are talking in past tense. There is still more than 14% of the release season left.
It’s still gonna be a tease
But it always has been
I need that trailer to drop nao I got nothing even remotely good going on for me right now cause of the stupid annoying stress is giving me PLEASE COME THROUGH GF
I’m not sure if we will get a trailer soon. I mean they didn’t do anything when it was leaked that Mimikyu had a Z-move. I know that situation is slightly different, but I still predict that we will get a trailer as early as Thursday this week. However, I am still hopeful that we will get a trailer today because I share your sentiments.
Yessh
I predict Thursday at the latest
Tbh I seriously wanna take a break from here because the USUM negativity is super strong rn
But like… I actually have nobody else to talk to sooooooo……
You got me
Mate I see you one period a day for around 5 minutes
Discord? Kik?
I’m in math class rn.. aka G A R B A G E
I meant after school
I can talk about sunny things about USUM, but I have class now.
Same…
I’d say just do it, God knows I am
Can you keep me company on the cord of discs?
Sure but I’ll be busy the whole week but I’ll respond when I can
kaaaaaaay
Am I the only one fed up with Team Rocket appearing so much? Same deal with Kanto in general though.
I mean……it hasn’t? It’s been in 4 sets of games. 2 of which were direct sequels/remakes. This will be the first time they’re making an appearance outside of the Kanto/Johto area.
If there’s other teams I do not mind
There are 4… that’s so many
Post game star
the only reason im excited for USUM
https://78.media.tumblr.com/e1f40a79229108b347e12108dd467716/tumblr_oxcyb5WaKP1uwlqvvo1_500.gif
I wish they weren’t version exclusive…
I really don’t like mustache guy
But moustache?
iPhone keyboard my dude
no i spelt it like that on purpose
I’m just an idiot
U are not!
Did you say moustache?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hle2-bGDh10
Probably the best thing in USUM so far coupled with Assembly
Honestly they look great
Smurfstache
Plot twist: They have cheesecake flavored skin and the girl with her tongue out is licking herself to get a taste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqUwBJFfzwc
My sole reason is this
https://img00.deviantart.net/aab4/i/2016/250/d/a/jangmo_o_by_notawesomeaki-dagtmrc.jpg
Spare me the early pseudo legend close cliché banter but
“Jangmo-o…you will be the warrior prince….this I promise. You were taken from from your kingdom, will endure many hardships, but in the end you will return…as King”
So we are getting a battle factory that’s worse than average battle factory. Well that sucks… I just wanted something like PWT or BF. Something where I can accomplish multiple things
Battle Frontier obviously had the frontier brains and symbols to accomplish.
PWT also had all the types and leaders and regions. I made a list myself to concur everything on every battle mode which made it fun. Even the medal system was amazing!
Battle factory+ Tree isn’t enough. I can’t stay on that for a while. I’m really excited for USUM and they still have time to show us something new, but so far it looks as if USUM will have the worst post game content out of any 3rd version
You already know that this battle facility is going to be worse than average battle factory, even though the games wont be released for another 24 days ok.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/451d5c8a2eb503b1cb7b6344c4f8c46507ff00c6009a84d56cc5174ccc104bc2.gif
Eye didn’t expect this gif
I’m so sick of this thinking. We know GameFreak by now do we not? We know they don’t care. We know that they know that they can tease us with features we want while cutting them in half.
Our expectations are so low they’re basically sitting in a grave. If game Freak wants to show they give a sh*t then maybe they should actually try.
Meh I play for the Pokémon not the features so… Don’t get me wrong their fun, but not my main focus
YOU ARE NOT THE ENTIRE FANDOM.
PLENTY OF PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS STUFF AND ITS RIDICULOUS THAT GAMEFREAK CONTINUES TO SHOW THIS LEVEL OF APATHY TOWARDS THEIR OWN FANS
Tbh, I don’t really see it. I guess the lack of trailers and the bringing back of the Festival Plaza, but other than that, it seems like they do care. Maybe I just don’t know what I’m talking about, but that’s how I feel
They care greatly as can be seen from the continuity of many features.
Some may say they’re not taking risks but how many times have we seen a series in games or anime change drastically and fail.
Also interviews show they have great thought process and effort behind most things.
Maybe the fans are showing a worse level of apathy, did that ever cross your mind??
Well thanks for adding to the conversation at hand. Because you didnt
Exactly. Its like how we expect Things, in general, we base it on our previous knowledge. And lately GF hasn’t done anything to prove they’ll add a note worthy post game.
Every enhanced version in the past has had a very good & extended post game, why should USUM be any different?
Because Platinum was made 10 years ago and the past 3 games have had nothing to do after the E4
Oh but we’re being ridiculous aren’t we
B2W2 wasn’t 10 years ago
Have you not seen the Alola map? No sign of anything.
And the rumor already said there is a factory like frontier. Which pretty much implies no frontier
If you gonna judge a game based on a map, which is scaled down in detail my initial point stands.
But judging a game based on a leak that’s been true so far isn’t good, right? Or judging it on its recent history. Those things aren’t good? You say it like were doing a wrong by judging it.
BTW. I’m not judging the game as a whole. I think you’re misunderstanding. I’m gonna love usum as I love alola, but all I’m doing is saying it probably won’t have good post game battle facility
i’ve seen you people bitching about these games since the Direct in which they were announced. Just stay humble and admit that you were wrong
Wrong. I actually haven’t said many things negative about usum. As I just said I fully supported it. So you aren’t talking about me. I’m.just disappointed in lack of post game from what I’ve seen.
Yeah he might be mistaking you for Star… or another person who has been real negative
probably star!
Yeah it got boring-ish, but that’s why I believe USUM is becoming the successor to its original
It was 5 years ago and we have had three games since then.
Then I wouldn’t Platinum as your only example. If one doesn’t think first one might think you are adding BW to the list with nothing in them
Wait BW added a whole new portion of the region to explore? That’s just slightly less than Platinum (Platinum add three islands)
BW and BW2 added White Hollow and Black City
XY you caught me with
ORAS had catching the multiple Legendaries and with the Battle resort trainers who help you train up teams to play with (not my best example)
Catching legends you won’t use
Is
Not
Content
Grinding that is faster than the other grinding in the game
Is
Not
Content
XY and ORAS were not enhanced versions
Before someone complians about she didn’t say BW. I also didn’t realize she wasn’t adding them to the list of zero post game content
So I’m thinking we’ll get a trailer either tonight or tomorrow. The Team Rocket event thing Masuda has been tweeting about is set for tomorrow so it makes sense for them to reveal Rainbow Rocket in the next or so. I suppose it depends on when the event opens. if it opens in the morning we may get something tonight as that would line up with Japan’s morning. If in the evening then tomorrow morning for us.
Yay more USUM news
I honestly don’t see any problem with it being Rocket (as Bulbapedia confirms they have legit set up bases in every single regions game excluding Kalos so far)
So yeah I decided
Officially ghosting and skedaddling until a trailer drops
The negativity is waaaaay too much for me
Aww then see you my friend 🙁
I shall sit during lunch alone now (literally most of my lunch periods I come here because I have no friends there that day or the one person my friends are friends with, but I hate is there and I just stay silent)
;~; (insert hug here)
I hope things get better!
They will, I’ll eventually just bring my DS and Play Silver the whole time for thr rest of the Year
Same here, I only have like 1 or 2 friends at my table, but I can barely relate with them
I’m sorry for being a negative nancy :[
But yeah, hope that when a trailer drops it gets me excited like the Retcon one or the Necrozma one did :0
You’re entitled to an opinion seraph. Don’t let negativity get to you. People can express discontent but don’t let that stop you from saying anything.
That reboot lockstin was rambling about can happen at any time now
I can’t believe how excited I’ve become for these games since their initial reveal. It’s amazing how much info we’ve gotten for them over the past 2 months. I wonder if they knew that they’d get a bad reception right off the bat and then opinions would change
It’s crazy to think that we are almost in November. Surprised to see Team Rocket back. Can’t think of a reason why they’d be back so it should be pretty cool
Im starting to get inclined to consider the possibility that we’re going to travel through alola just like sumo… and in the post game we’re going to travel through a wornwhole to kanto….
I don’t know about the 8 badges travel… but i can see us having to beat team rocket in some kanto plot thing…
I’m honestly tired of this all
I’m tired of USUM
I’m tired of the negativity
I’m tired of the positivity
I hate these games for what it’s doing to me and the fan base.
I’ve never felt this way towards a game and I hate it.
I want it to come out so we can stop talking about it. Every single peice of news just causes more of a split and it’s ridiculous.
These 6 months of marketing started off with the worst way possible barely explaining what it is and leaving everyone disappointed. Calling it an alternate story instead of a third version, by clairifying what “new Pokémon” means, and showing it after a Switch Pokémon game and letting us all down by putting it on the 3DS
So much basic info about the game took months to be explained
I’m tired of this. F*ck these games and their marketing. They will probably be fine, but they’ve caused me to be pissed at not just Game Freak but my friends on this site. I’m tired of it all.
don’t worry you’ll be fine there’s only a few weeks now. Who knows the games might make up for the strange marketing we’ve seen!
I wonder whose in charge of Rainbow Rocket? Giovanni still…or some one else? As far as news goes I’m kinda *meh*? on this one.
Gender fluid Jessie
Would be nice for her and james to make a cameo again. As for her being the new leader i could see that. After all her mother was a high ranking member second only to Giovanni right?
According to the leaks it would be Giovanni though that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, but eh.
Am I the only one who feels everyone’s at each other’s throats here? That’s including me too, btw
I just got here
I’m sick of it all
Maybe you should take a break then
Yeah I’ve been popping in in out since BW and it has increasingly become a place of negativity. The tact is really going down the drain
I never really thought you can outgrow Pokemon, but this site makes me think that some people have outgrown it. There isn’t anything wronf with this site, I think it’s just an overcharge of emotions
Yes and although we all play a part there are certain individuals who play a major role in creating these environments. No need to mention names.
I feel I have been brought to the stand… I feel, I should hold a lot of blame in this.
I admit I have instigated people with my sometimes poorly worded or just plain hateful comments on this topic 🙁
I’m sorry to all whom I have fought with and or hurt these past few weeks 🙁
I just find it odd that I’m one of the few people arguing so much over USUM…
Maybe I’m just losing my touch
I’ve barely been arguing, and I still feel angry
What exactly is there to argue about? Think of it like this. They say it’s supposed to be very enhanced versions of sun and moon. We’ve seen a little bit but not everything. There could be more content than anyone here thinks we just don’t know it yet
Zactly (granted I’m too busy to get into the heavy stuff ATM)
I’m just gonna wait to play the game THEN rail it for the parts that didn’t meet expectations
I mean I’ve been pessimistic because I got bored with sun and moon and I hate Z moves so much. If the story is longer then I’ll be playing for a while. Some of the new areas like the UBs homes or whatever look pretty cool. If anything else just remember there are other arguably more exciting games coming
I think everyone has just set their expectations way too high given the amount of info we have received in the past with XY/ORAS/SM. TBH getting mad over something as small as a video game and its “lack of post game content” is rather ridiculous when theres still new information being revealed. Maybe GF realized their marketing mistakes for SM and not releasing everything at one time. Fans have just becoming spoiled and set themselves up for failure when old features arent in games no more
No matter how you slice it content is getting out. There is no demo but there will be big data dumps before launch I am almost certain
you’ll be ok fam
I think you’ve had a few tough days judging by recent posts
just wait till a trailer drops and I bet you’ll be back to your “Conkeldurr stance: 😛
I’m leaving. Don’t know when I’ll be back, maybe when there is a new trailer but I’m just not going to ever be excited for USUM. Don’t even know if I’m getting it. I just have too many bad memories associated with it at this point and I have a list of games I’d rather play
I’m more unhappy than I’ve ever been and coming here to be repeatedly frustrated at USUM isn’t helping. I’m not even the same person anymore. And I hate that. I’m just that angry girl now. No ones going to say it. But it doesn’t matter. I’ll be back eventually
I’ll probably still be here whenever you come back. Just take the time to clear your head.
I’m sorry you feel that way. Hopefully with a little time away you can recharge your batteries and feel better.
I don’t get why dislike of a game is making you crazy and want to leave. Since when is pokemon the only thing people talk about here? Other than USUM there’s no reason to leave.
Pokémon isn’t the only thing making me depressed dude. I have a life and it’s slow, tedious and frustrating.
Pokémon is something that has always kept me going and now even that is making me angry now.
I don’t need it in my life if im just going to feel bad. I don’t need to be here if im going to take it out on others
I don’t see how disliking USUM is taking anger and depression out on others. There’s nothing wrong with not being excited. Don’t make yourself crazy over these games it’s really not worth it
Also idk why Alex deleted his post but I cut and pasted my reply:
Well then shame on those people. It’s better to ignore because apparently if you aren’t excited you aren’t a true fan. Just avoid the negativity and in that case avoid Joe Merricks twitter cuz all you’ll get is negativity towards those who are not hyped
Easier said than done. It’s like trying to avoid politics, they’re everywhere
It’s impossible to avoid politics. It’s literally part of everything in everyday life tbh. They can also be fun at times lol
Not when you don’t like the current president. But, I’m getting off topic, it’s not impossible to avoid “negative” opinions, but it’s extremely hard.
Nothing about US politics is fun. Especially when the current administration is quietly phasing out any mention of LGBTQ+ and the president is joking that the Vice President wants to hang me and people like me.
I meant fun as in laughable. The mans a moron. Doesn’t know what he’s doing at all. And the VP is even worse
It’s not that simple. If it was that easy I wouldn’t be making this post.
People here are either excited or cynical and no one is going to change their mind. The negativity will get to me. And it does. Because human beings aren’t robots who can just filter the bad stuff. Especially when I’m in such an unhappy spot and I’m not all mentally there so I’m going to get mad at people. Im going to scream and yell and cause arguments. No one needs that.
I’m sorry you feel this way! Pokemon and especially Pokejungle (even if I’m little more than a lurker) has always been my safe space that I escape to when things in real life get too hard. I’m super excited for USUM but everyone doesn’t need to be. They might meet my expectations or even exceed them, or they might disappoint. I’m not thinking about that now. But it’s equally okay to feel uninterested, which is honestly largely what I felt for XY. Remember, no matter what you’re going through, it’s all a phase and will end eventually only to move onto the next phase, as long as you keep moving forward. That’s what I tell myself when things get too hard to deal with. 🙂 Anyways, coming from a longtime lurker, I’ll miss your sardonic humor and ranting. Hope you feel better soon!
Actually, I might just be taking a break too. I don’t really come here as often, and I think I just wanna focus on other things. I know what I just said to Star, but that’s just how I am. This isn’t definite though, so whatever. If I do leave, then I’ll see you in probably a week or something
I’m not leaving, but I don’t know how often I’ll come here if so many people are
I’ll be here almost hourly (save the fact I have school) and so refuse to leave… I have nothing else to do in life
Well I guess I will be the odd one out and not join the bandwagon that is leaving Pokejungle for a short break. I can see where Star and others are coming from in saying about how some of us will be positive or negative regardless of these games regardless of what info comes out. With me belonging to the former party. If the environment on here is becoming toxic and detrimental to some individuals then it would probably be for the best for a break to be taken. At some points in our lives it is important to take a look atourselves and ask if what we are doing or who we are is congruent with the ideal selves that we want to become. I did not expect for the prerelease season to be as controversial as it has become. Nevertheless, for those who feel it is necessary to take a break from Pokejungle and maybe even Pokémon, whether it is temporary or permanent; I wish them the best of luck in their pursuit of happiness.
I’ll still be here but I’m glad some are taking a breal hopefully they’ll be back fresh ✌
Don’t worry I’m not leaving either (I literally do nothing else some days, but come here because got nothing I’d rather do then see y’all)
But I do feel sorry as I feel I caused much drama and agony in some of these aggressive arguments we have had, and I feel responsible for driving Star away (even though I really like her… In the friends type of way, not the other way). So I can’t recall, but I want to apologize to you in case I ever did fight with you
No worries. I never felt offended nor do I remember having a fight with you. I also share in your sentiments about possibly driving people away. There were times when I would make comments that I thought would lighten the mood but in retrospect they may have been too juvenile in terms of humor. Aside from SM, this is the only prerelease season that I have been through on this site as an active participant. Thus, I did not expect for some people to have left due to the environment created by the discussions of USUM. I feel the same way about Star and the others, but I think at this point it is important for some people to get a break. It might be the breath of fresh air that they needed.
Yeah I hope that they come back fresh and happy some time down the road
This video by Nintendo UK was posted on a rumor thread. Supposedly they explicitly says that there will be new Pokémon in USUM. I can’t watch it right now so I am posting it to ask if someone could confirm this for me. I don’t know when they say it in the video but it is less than 4 minutes long so it shouldn’t take that long to watch.
https://youtu.be/b7RxGaNZu7U
Thus, please let me know if they said anything new and if they do confirm the presence of new Pokémon in USUM and what they mean new Pokémon (do they mean Alola forms, UB, or maybe an actual new Pokémon).
The USUM wishlist also says “new Pokemon” but I always assumed it just meant new to alola
Maybe
Yes, but I’m wondering in what context they said new Pokémon, I can’t watch this video now without wasting loads of data. Thus, I am asking someone to do me a solid and le that me know of anything peculiar in this video.
UB’s
Well yeah, but they listed the. Ew UBs as well to it’d be a separate thing
Imo he meant realy new pokemon cause, always imo, there’ll be at least one new mythical
I guess we shall see. This time around it feels like they’ve held onto a crap ton of info to reveal just before the release.
The wishlist was before the UBs were announced right? It could just refer to them because like it or not they are new Pokemon, people.
1st question: are there any new forms of PKMN in this adventure ans are there any entirely new pkmn?
-New Necrozma forms
– New UBs (more than Burst/Assembly/Adhesive but can’t talk about them currently)
2nd question: Returns of legemdaries?
– Riding Solgaleo/Lunala on the Ultra Warp Ride
– Meet new pokemon and among them is Mewtwo
3rd question: how many pkmn featured in the game
– More additions on top of whats in SM
– Over 400 types (some you can find using the Warp Hole feature)
Thanks!!
And also:
What’s your favourite Sun/Moon Pokemon?
Shigeru Ohmori: Rockruff (he has a dog at home and he mentioned LycanDusk and its Z-move)
Kazumasa Iwao: Togedemaru (he mentions that in USUM there are some new scenes with Togedemaru)
I see that they are pandering to their favorite Pokémon.
I still hope Toge gets the Z-Move so it’s worth using, but ”New Scenes” sounds more like Totem cutscenes
No probs! It was a pain to do since my phone runs on Sprint 3G while at work ?
Sorry about that. I’m still very grateful.
don’t worry bout it! I was bored at work
I’m confused am I supposed to know what rainbow rocket is
Rainbow Rocket was hinted by USUM wishlist back in March and less than a month ago it has become public knowledge to the western world that the Chinese Riddler compiled rumors that explicitly backed up the existence of Rainbow Rocket.
Oh I thought maybe the code name of Pokémon rainbow. More meaningless rumors online that people are quick to hype. Even if the stuff rumors say is true, so what? In that case they had to have some connection but you wouldn’t know that till confirmed. They mean nothing lol. Meant for entertainment
Just a new version of Team Rocket in Alola for some reason.