Hijikata and Melt are my husbando and waifu respectively, Merlin I don't really have any feelings about as a character but given that he's...
Too many to fit in the character limit here, lol. Significant ones are Meltlilith, Hijikata, Merlin, Skadi, Saber Alter, and NP3 Angra Mainyu.
Then what fools the Illuminati are. Surely they should have considered my self-loathing, why would I fall for a virtual representation of myself?...
I also love foxes and bats. They're my favourite two animals, so the fact that she resembles me so much and then also identifies with those...
It's more of an identification thing. I look and act like her. We're basically the same person, so she's a natural go-to choice to represent me in...
The second patch for Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon has gone live. This patch takes the game to Version 1.2 and is required to use all online functions and requires 539 Blocks. The patch fixes a number of bugs that have existed in the game, mostly dealing with moves. It fixes a bug where Curse, Forest's Curse, Power Trick and String Shot could cause the game to freeze during Live Competitions. All Battle Videos from before this patch will unfortunately be unable to function.
In a surprising move, it was announced today that paid DLC is coming to Pokkén Tournament DX, introducing Aegislash and Blastoise as playable characters, while also introducing Rayquaza, Mimikyu, Mew, and Celebi as support options, split between two waves of content. As of January 31st this content will be available for download, and can be pre-purchased now for £13.49/$14.99/€14.99/1852¥ on the Switch's eshop.
Game Freak have announced that a patch is to be released later this month to fix several issues in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. This patch will rectify the issues where the game sometimes freezes after you pick Litten, Wide Guard protects against all Z-Moves, the move Ion Deluge doesn't work at all and an issue where Pokémon who know less than 4 moves will forget the first move when being taught a move at the Move Tutors.
Even this close to the release, Pokémon isn't letting up with the new reveals and teasers, as a new trailer was posted to the Japanese Youtube channel. As we're so close to release, I'm going to put this trailer and the information pertaining to it under a spoiler tag, so that people who want to keep a surprise for the full game yet. Spoiler Today's new trailer contains very little new, except once you reach approx. 1:15 in the video. There, Necrozma's two forms are shown using Solgaleo and Lunala's exclusive Z-moves itself, and after that comes the reveal of something new known as Ultra Burst. From what is shown, this appears to be similar to a Mega Evolution, as Necrozma is wrapped in a sphere of light, but the video only shows a hint of what this Ultra Burst form may look like.
With one more week to go until release, the official Japanese Youtube channel revealed Mimikyu's exclusive Z-move, Let's Snuggle Forever, an improved version of the Fairy-type move, Play Rough.
Massive reveals in today's trailer. Team Rainbow Rocket is confirmed to be a huge part of the plot, it's comprised of all the team leaders from previous games, Giovanni uses Mewtwo in battle at some point, and much more. This trailer also reveals that Totem Pokémon can appear after their totem battles and be captured via collecting Totem Stickers throughout Alola. There's no word yet on whether all totem Pokémon can be captured, but Gumshoos, Lurantis (US), and Salazzle (UM) have been shown so far. We also saw today the existence of a new battle facility within Festival Plaza; the Battle Agency. In this facility you rent Pokémon, which seem to be on the stronger side of things, such as Thunderus. Certain NPCs will appear here as well, such as Trial Captain Sophocles. The next information will come on Nov 10, just over a week away.
According to a leak back in March, long before USUM was actually announced that got a number of things correct, including the abbreviation of USUM itself... Spoiler: potential but unproven spoilers Team "Rainbow Rocket" is led by Giovanni and is comprised of characters from all of the previous villainous teams from various worlds where their goals were accomplished successfully. Make of that potentially-completely-false information as you will. 2018 or beyond. Don't expect the game to actually be out before 2019; they only started production on it a few months ago.
Images of the download cards for the games have revealed that Team Rocket will have some presence within the games. There's no further solid information than that available at the moment, but a building that looks look their headquarters is seen, along with battle cut-ins featuring both male and female Grunts.
A trailer for the story of USUM has been released. This trailer is the same as the trailer that was uploaded to the Japanese youtube channel a couple of weeks ago, but this time in English. In addition, an interview in Famitsu apparently claims that USUM has twice the story that SuMo did, and that by using the Ultra Ride mechanic, there may be the possibility of encountering Mewtwo and other legendary Pokémon.
Necrozma's two new forms have signature Z-Moves (which can also be used by Solgaleo and Lunala without being absorbed by Necrozma), as shown in a new trailer. In addition to these Z-moves, the Rotom Dex has been altered to be more involved in the gameplay. Now as you go through the story of the games you will be asked questions and grow closer to Rotom, eventually resulting in being given the equivalents of O-Powers from the previous generation, and even the ability to use a Z-move a second time during a battle.
I thought that mechanic was kind of interesting, since it meant you were facing different type-oriented teams in each game. I do think Emerald was that bit better though, since only Courtney had a total back seat. But then again, I'm a person who buys and plays both versions of the games rather than just one, so perhaps my perspective is different because of seeing it from the perspective of a replayer. From what we've seen so far I'd assume they're trying to find Necrozma and get their world's light back. They'd probably be looking for the boxart legendary in hopes that it could fight it and win, if that's the case.
I would imagine it'll be like ORAS, and that the other two will be there, but the roles are reversed between versions.
Well that was a short wait. There's another new trailer already. This trailer shows the protagonist visiting the various Ultra Spaces to encounter Ultra Beasts on their home turf, as well as a brand new Pokémon; UB Adhesive, a pure Poison-type. It also shows the typings of the previously shown new Ultra Beasts; UB Burst is Fire/Ghost, while UB Assembly is Rock/Steel. In addition, the legendary-riding section appears to be how you reach the various Ultra dimensions. Lastly, the new villainous(?) team was shown off. This team is apparently a collection of people from a world where Necrozma has stolen the light, and is known as the Ultra Recon Squad.
Loving everything we've seen so far. USUM looks to be a bigger improvement on Sun and Moon with each trailer. It's like the Platinum to Gen 4's Diamond and Pearl. That brief scene that showed the protag riding through Ultra Space on the back of Lunala looks incredible. It looks like it uses the same gameplay that Mantine Surf does, and that's exciting as hell. I hope we can revisit that later in the game, and it isn't just a one-time event.
Only a week later, but we have another new trailer. This time it shows off the new Ride Pokémon, Mantine, used to Surf between the islands of Alola, along with several of the Pokémon we can expect to encounter in the wild in the new games.
