Nintendo Pokémon Sun/Moon

Yeah, i know, but I just like the idea of one person going up against a whole army and beating them. Oh well, we'll find out soon enough either way, since we've got a few more months till it comes out

 

Introducing the newest feature of Pokémon; literally everything. Everything is canon now. All of it.

 

Exeggutor just looks ridiculous with that new look. Though I like the idea of having an ice and ice/fairy type for vulpix and ninetails. And it looks like riding around on the pokemon does a little more than it did than the last generation, opening up new paths and stuff. Can't say I'm a giant fan of the trial thing though. It's probably going to be what replaces the gym system, but I get the feeling it's still going to be as easy as ever now. There better be an actual elite four and champion to fight, and some kind of story to this.

 

I'm pretty certain that like Gen 6's Deerling, you can transfer an old Vulpix/Sandshrew/whatever from Bank and use it as normal, and even breed them for more. Which makes this even more exciting for me, because it means the possibility of having the new and old forms side-by-side in double battles and the like. It also opens way more options for monotype runs and tournaments. It may even end up possible to breed egg moves from one type to another, resulting in Vulpix that know Flamethrower and Ice Beam at once!

There's so many directions this could go in and I am so excited at the possibilities!

 

I HAVE NO ****ING IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON

WHY DOES EXEGGUTOR HAVE A LONG NECK

Why is Vulpix/Ninetails and Sandrew/Sandslash white?

Everything in that video is amazing AAAAAA

 

Okay thoughts on the forms (warning I'm a sucker for cute)

Exeggutor is really dorky but kinda cute. It reminds me of a dinosaur.
Vulpix and Ninetales look AMAZING and I want them like RIGHT now (in plushie form plz) Also another Fairy! They look like heaven *heart eyes*
Sandshrew and Sandlash look really adorable too and now I want all these Pokemon for my team and I'm totally gonna end up making an ice team. I just know it.

The changing birds are really cool too. The fire and ghost types are probably the ones I'd get. Most of the new Pokemon seem really cool. Except for the Moon one. I just. Don't even.

I agree that the trial thing is probably gonna take over the gym system, which is a heafy change considering that's been a thing since Gen 1. They look pretty cool though so hey, maybe the change will be a good thing.

 

These are special Alola form Pokémon! They're the same or similar to the normal versions in both stats and appearances, but with some differences like Vulpix being Ice instead of Fire, and so on. It's unconfirmed if these will be replacing the originals, or simply appearing alongside them, but they're essentially new spins on old favourites, like what Mega Evolutions were in X and Y.

Whether the existence of Alola Pokémon and Z-Crystals means that Mega Evolution as a mechanic won't return is yet to be seen, but there has been a suspicious absence of Megas so far in the trailers. This could just be a marketing technique however; with Megas returning but taking a back seat to new features.

Vulpix is a very popular Pokémon in Japan and overseas, so I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Alola Form Vulpix gets a plush toy during the run-up to Sun and Moon's release. If not, I'm absolutely certain it will get one not long after.

 

*heart eyes* Yes please! Hopefully they decide to sell them in the US because sometimes they don't and I get sad.

 

We have a whole new set of reveals as a result of CoroCoro leaks!

First of all we have a new Water-type fish, Yowashi, that can change formes from a single fish into a large fish-shaped School Forme!



A new sandcastle Pokémon was also revealed! The little sandcastle is called Sunabaa while the big one is called Shirodesuna. Both are Ghost/Ground-type.
On the same page Bewear shows a pre-evolution! This tiny thing is called Nuikoguma in the Japanese version and is still Normal/Fighting.



Alolan forms of Meowth and Marowak are revealed! Meowth was bred by the royal family to become Dark-type instead of Normal, while Marowak became Fire/Ghost in order to fight off its natural Grass-type predators!



Lastly, the fourth page reveals Team Skull, whose motives are unknown so far. The Leader's name is Guzma, while the woman shown with him is Plumeri.

 

i don't understand the point of alolan forms; some of pokemon should have a mega evovle instand of having alter types.

 

At this point we have no idea whether Mega Evolution will be returning at all. If it does, then Alolan forms may be able to Mega Evolve differently to their normal counterparts. And more variety is good!

Alolan forms also give a bit of new life into old Pokémon. I'm not a fan of Fire-types, for example. But I love Ice-types, and now that Vulpix can come in both types, I have the freedom to use a Pokémon from Gen 1 that I just wouldn't have otherwise.

Lastly, it helps from a developer standpoint. New Pokémon designs that are completely original from anything we've seen before are going to get harder and harder to create as time goes on. By setting a precedent that some Pokémon are old ones but in new flavours, GameFreak give themselves a lot more room to grow over time. And that means that Pokémon as a whole will be able to be fun for all the longer!

 

Okay, I am officially disappointed in the design for the team this time around. The leader looks like a pimp for crying out loud. They better have some kind of good plot to them, otherwise I'll just have to say that the good antagonistic teams died with Team Galactic

 

Although CoroCoro not having information doesn't necessarily mean that we don't, as another leak has happened revealing some interesting things.

First of all; Yowashi's English name is said to be Wishiwashi, and comes with the new Ability, Schooling.

In addition to that information, these three images were leaked, supposedly showing content that will be revealed in a new trailer to be release this Friday.



Yes, the Chinese leak is becoming more and more clearly real, as the promised mushroom and sea cucumber Pokémon are seemingly official. But please keep in mind that these are leaks, and thus are not officially confirmed as of yet.

 

Well damn it looks like @Plums has a sister he never told us about!

Seriously though, Plumeria looks really really cool (and i'd hit that). Guzma looks... okay? I guess. I feel like these guys are gonna be really interesting or a HUGE fail.

Also loving all these new forms. Like holy crap I'm caring about certain Pokemon again.

 

Do I want to know why the Skull Grunts looks like they're imitating a monkey in that screenshot? Also, Please don't tell me from that screenshot with Guzma that all of team skull is just a bunch of people who are upset they couldn't become leaders in the Island Trials. Because that's what it looks like so far. I'm falling a fail on this team, but that little ray of hope in me will keep shining, as faintly as possible, till I play the game

 

I actually LOVE the take Sun/Moon has right now. Via a tumblr post that caught my eye (which idk where it is and don't have the energy to look for) stated that the aloha forms are done intentionally, as in they did this NOT because they lacked creativity- but to give more of a creative flow for fan art and pokmon ideas. We the people (hah pun) gave inspiration to do this and I enjoy it WAY more then ANOTHER set of pokemon that I, personally, would be disappointed in. (I'm a cute player/collector but I do play competitively so I do take in stat base pokemon. i'm hoping these revamped pokemon have killer stats).

Just over all happy with the positive news for Sun/Moon over the set back of PoGo news.

 

On the tail of the leaks from yesterday, the official trailer has been released in Japan early. This trailer shows much more about Team Skull, while also showing the new Pokémon.

It also seemingly shows the standard, non-Alolan forms of Cubone and Pikachu evolving into the Alolan forms of Marowak and Raichu. We've yet to find out officially whether this means a standard Cubone etc from a previous generation would evolve into it's Alolan form if transfered to Sun and Moon. I personally hope that is not the case, as it would make using the older versions of those Pokémon a lot more difficult.