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!
Welp just landed back at my home state for my second Medical School Interview that is tomorrow. I feel confident right now but I’m sure that the nerves will creep up on me by tomorrow morning.
Nerves are what makes it worthwhile. That’s the fun part!
Not when your future depends on it and when this school is the one most likely to accept you according to statistics. I don’t want to be the odd 25% that is rejected after this point.
True but because you are nervous that means that YOU realise it’s importance and that will push you forward!
Don’t they say..when the going gets tough, the tough gets…going!
And always remember if it’s meant to be then no one can stop you!
Wait, WAAAAAAAT?
So, there’s Skull, Ultra Recon Squad, AF, AND this Rainbow team?!
(And why they lowkey look like Rocket grunts…)
I think they’re… Alolan Team Rocket! XD
I can totally see the grunts saying that…”we’re back, we’re the new and improved Alolan team rocket”!
So the big figurine news that Paul Ryan said was coming…was of Ash Ketchum and Serena…yea…this man really likes his merchandise.
ohh I expected more oh well 🙂
I mean his first and foremost interest is in merch. Not every “BIG THING” is gonna be USUM news. His job involves merchandise not the spreading of game info. It’s just that sometimes this stuff intersects. I feel like people need to stop looking to him for every leak and tiny bit of news. When he thinks it’s game related he typically says so. Otherwise you’re only tricking yourself.
Uh… well I mean that is kind of… big? She is the true canon love interest for Ash after all. He was reliable up until this.
2 hours until Animal Crossing! Pray for even the slightest acknowledgement of future Animal Crossing games…but I’ll be fine with just the mobile game.
They stick to their word when they say X Direct will not feature Y thing. So don’t count on it. It will just be the mobile game. You and others looking for AC Switch need to keep waiting. It will happen just a matter of time, and that time isn’t now.
Didnt they say something along those lines at E3 but still were like, “we’re also working on a pokemon title for switch. Stay tuned for more information”
And Metroid Prime 4. But eh… Still.
I never said that, the absolute most I’m expecting is the words “this application will feature compatibility with Animal Crossing on consoles” and leave it at that. Because we all know that it WILL have compatibility, the question is whether they tell us that fact now or later.
Why are you so certain it will have compatibility. Does Mario Run have compatibility with SMO?
So why are people so surprised that Giovanni could come back in USUM? He literally said in the HGSS flashback that he wanted to build a stronger team and eventually return better than ever. IF Rainbow Rocket isn’t that then idk what is. I feel like I’ve seen people saying that he went off and said he’d never return……
My copy of Odyssey is likely going to ship sometime tomorrow, maybe in the early morning. I honestly can’t believe it’s here…the future of Mario is NOW?!? It’s going to be one more notch in Nintendo history, just like Breath of the Wild! Now don’t even get me started on Stranger Things, that’s a whole different beast. It’s going to be one hell of a weekend.
It’s amazing. Trust me. It’s so amazing.
I know that I had no responsibility in anything of what happened, but I’m sorry about all the commotion that these games have stirred among this website. I haven’t been around too much recently on this site, but it sucks to see people taking a hiatus due to conflicting opinions. Y’all are pretty great people, and it just is bittersweet to see this.
BTW I’m not angry with anyone, just expressing my opinion on the matter prior.
I had no control over others reactions either and I still feel bad that it escalated to such degree’s
And Idk anyone who could be mad at you, you, UltraMonster and Monkeyfuzz are like the three most likable people here because you express your opinions in a passive way without trying to hurt others opinions in the process.
Well I did it, I have caught all Gen.3 Ghost types in Go
I evolved my Shuppet and it became insanely strong
Yeah I’m trying to find a good duskull to keep for Dusknoir but am not having any luck
Yeah sadly I used a strong Duskull with 147 CP, and it only got to 300 something
But I’m ok because its a good collectors item
Yeah the multiplier for dusclops is not very good x-x
Yeah Gen.3 will probably have some Pokémon that will have erratic changes
I wonder though why everyone thinks Slaking will break the 4000 CP barrier, I mean Mewtwo can’t even get that high and its a Legendary
Yeah but slakings bst is super high so it’s possible. It’ll probably be a tank in gyms at least
Yeah I gotta say it possible, but I think it will be around 3500 something for its highest
And a tank… Completely agree
I think Gen.3’s Top 10 in no order
1. Swampert
2. Sceptile
3. Blaziken
4. Slaking
5. Salamence
6. Metagross
7. Ludicolo (always possible)
8. Gardevoir
9. Hariyama
10. Aggron
I also think Manectric will also be very resourceful
Outside of the awesome legends (excluding the stupid latis) I don’t care for Gen 3 too much. The best pokemon designs are gen 4 and 5 for me. But:
1) Milotic
2) Sharpedo
3) Aggron
4) Flygon
5) Sableye
6) Swampert
7) Blaziken
8) Sceptile
9) Torkoal
10) Kecleon
This order def is not set in stone, but Milotic for sure is my #1 Hoenn mon
Oh I was meaning the strongest Pokémon for Gen.3 Go
My top 10 has to be
1. Glalie
2. Flygon
3. Torkoal
4. Tropius
5. Armaldo
6. Plusle
7. Castform
8. Hariyama
9. Swampert
10. Walrein
Tha’s pretty ghastly my dude
Hmm.
That’s pretty much my reaction to this. I don’t really know what to think, there are so many possibilities with this.
Pros:
– It’s Team freakin’ Rocket! Maybe they have a good motive this time
– It’s possible the story goes deeper than we know now, but this is more than likely just an extra feature I’d assume.
Cons:
– 3 (maybe 4) evil teams– that could get a bit crowded. I worry the story will get too tangled up. Having too many evil teams sounds like something my 7 year old mind would have loved when I was jotting down notes for my own pokemon game, but it’d get cluttered in practice I’m sure
– More Gen 1 stuff, and of course we can never move past that.
Really don’t know how I feel. I’m going to stay cautiously optimistic, but this could really mean anything.
It’s strange because we thought the URS took Aether’s place and now all of a sudden we have Rainbow Rocket claiming Lusamine’s mansion… maybe Skull and Aether are in the background now, with the URS and RR at the forefront.
Whatever the case, Team Rocket in any form is a welcome addition.
I’m inclined to think that maybe the whole RR scene is a post game episode.
It’s possible. Although I hope they actually have some sort of involvement as opposed to just fighting them and doing a small sidequest.
I just like the whole idea of “Rainbow Rocket”: it builds off of the whole prism/light refraction concept of Necrozma as well as ties back to the roots of Gen 7 with Hawaii and its rainbow themes! It really does come together in USUM.
I’m curious as to what their mission in Alola really is. They could pull it off well, but I’m hoping they take the safe route and have it be unconnected to the main Necrozma plotline. Too convoluted, possibly.
I’m just curious as to HOW Team Rocket came into control at the Aether Paradise. I guess since this is an alternate universe or something, they rise to power before Lusamine can?
Could just be a post game thing. Maybe Aether disbanded completely, and now there’s an empty cool floating island thingy to take over.
I’ve been reading in places that apparently Giovanni summons past team leaders from timelines where they achieved their goals. I think that would be insanely cool, but part of me believes if this ends up being true, it will simply be a “battle him, then him, then him” kinda deal. No real tie to the story.
As amazing as breath of the wild is, I really wish there were dual hook shots or something because it takes so long to climb mountains
Yeah. Item and enemy variety is a definition an issue, hopefully they won’t impact how the game is looked back on in the future. The wow factor saved them for the initial run.
I think the next game will do something like Link to the Past which gave him Pegasus Boots to fly across the map. They’ll probably go a bit wild with power-ups instead of the pure nature themes.
Yeah that would be nice. I do hope that whatever comes next the map isn’t quite so big though. I like big open world, but perhaps this particular Hyrule is enough for one lifetime.
10 minutes! I’m eating dinner like a maniac!
https://youtu.be/bowLE5PHLw0
It better be worth staying up this late, Earthen wants his sleepy time
30,000 people are hoping the same thing!
Why do I do this to myself? I have a 50 question Math assignment that I got on Monday and it’s due tomorrow. I’m not even halfway done with it…
Yay, they’re bringing back Isabelle…
Crap it’s just a happy home academy ripoff
But you’re an actual villager walking around, I wasn’t expecting them to go that far!
I’m really not liking all the reused characters and assets from New Leaf. That doesn’t make me feel optimistic…
I already lost hope
But I’m thinking that in the Switch game, we could possibly visit the camp we made in the app!
OKAY WE CAN ACTUALLY CATCH BUGS AND FISH
Nrrrrrr I’m not sold, it’s just a constant mat grind and churning out items and micro payments to avoid grinding
They better add that throw net in the switchie
You know, I’m beginning to think that AC Switch will be a direct sequel to New Leaf. Also, Nooklings Global! I’m proud of them.
Might be nice for AC to acknowledge some continuity.
Why is there no “shank the deadbeat” option with friends?
“Leaf Tickets”…disgusting. I can’t believe they’re associating micro-transactions with MY Animal Crossing.
Freemium ain’t free
They misspelled Pocket in the URL at the end. But it’s Late November 2017, officially!
How was that Switch mention Xatu? Oh wait there wasn’t one? Told you.
Downvoted. I never even expected a Switch mention!
Yeah you did. I told you it wouldn’t happen not even “yeah this will connect to the next REAL not trash “game” in the series”.
Who cares what I think, GameXplain will still try to analyze how this will connect to future games in their discussion. I pass this argument over to them.
GameXplain is full of a bunch of nutjobs who have their heads so far up Nintendo’s a’s it isn’t even funny.
Wow, you’re just a Mr. Poopypants tonight my friend. PokeJungle is for smiles.
PokeJungle is for Pokemon discussion and I suppose Nintendo discussion in general. Not smiles.
NO! How dare you say things and have them not come true!! Shame on you!! lol
Blehhhhhh it looks like a decent time waster but I’ve been down this road with Dragon City….
If it’s free I’ll pick it up otherwise I’ll just focus on more important things like busting rocks with my skull or being a certified grime taster
To me it just looks like another battery sucker. Pokemon Go completely drained my battery AND my back up battery in like 1 hour.
Whelp I cared just as little about this AC game as I thought I would. Sooooooooo boring…….hahaha
Animal Crossing is not boring. This app doesn’t look that exciting though, but I mean…it’s a free app. What were you expecting
It totally is. I always get sucked in because it’s a cute series and then not long into I wonder what the hell I’m doing and don’t want to play anymore. Not saying others can’t enjoy it, but my own opinion is that it’s crazy boring in the long run.
Nah I can play it for months. I do get bored eventually when I’ve basically completed the collections and gone through all the events, but then I jump back in usually with a new town and I’m hooked.
You sir are a weird person (sorry not sorry) hahaha
Well yes, but I feel like a lot of people go through the same cycles with games like these
Fire emblem heroes is a free app and it’s amazing so I don’t see the connection lol
Ew fire emblem
?????????
Not a big fan of the series. I just don’t really like turned based rpgs…pokemon being the exception because it’s quite different
So I stupidly forgot about the direct after talking about it on discord a lot. Does the mobile game look good? Would it appeal to someone like me who finds AC to be a little boring?
It looks like a very polished game. I’ll give it that. It’s well constructed and for fans of the series I’m sure it’ll be a good time waster. For those that find the series boring it may not have much longevity. Worth a shot at the very least. It seems kind of like a Happy Home Designer for camps
I’ll definitely try it. I’ve definitely gained an appreciation for mobile games because of FEH Which is incredible. Mario run got boring to me and the mii app wasn’t really a game so let’s see how this goes
Ehh if you don’t really like AC I can’t see you liking this.
Well here’s the trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BihO3wBLGzo
It has the one thing I’ve ever done in AC, fishing. I used to fish for my brother when he played ACNL
I was so happy to see that we could fish AND catch bugs! Really, you can do everything you can do in a normal Animal Crossing game, just in a much more limited way.
Oh that too. Bug catching.
I found it fun especially when you reeled in something good and we would catch specific Beatles I believe. My reason for disliking AC however was just that I didn’t get the appeal and how you can play for such an extensive amount of time
Cute animals and music. What more could you want from a game?
Ugh this is just going to kill my phone battery. I wonder if it will be downloadable on ipad though…