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[Schnee117]

So Exeggutor becomes a Dragon Palmtree.
kay
Meanwhile the Sandshrew line faces incoming Coldsteel jokes.

 

[Z25]

The Chinese leaks were right! Dang!

So the Concept art is real....!

No new megas, but old ones return....

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

The Sun and Moon Trailer is live!

That Exeggutor....

I like other Alola forms, though. And the new Pokemon as well.

I guess the rumor about no gyms is true.

 

[Burruni]

First grass dragon: Mega Sceptile.
Second grass dragon: Exeggutor after a Skinny Mush.

First Ice steel: Snowshrew/Snowslash
Second Ice steel: Mega Vanilleuxe?!

Edit: AND FLUFFTALES IS ICE/FAIRY

THAT'S 2 MORE TYPE COMBOS ALREADY COVERED

 

[Z25]

The vulpix and sandshrew are pretty awesome, definitely going to add one of them to my team.

 

[Arcanir]

Just watched the English one, a few thoughts:
-I'm not sure how I feel about the Alola forms, on the one hand, it's a cool idea to go back and revisit older designs and repurpose them, but on the other hand, I'm worried how some of them will handle the original concept without deviating too much (and Exeggutor kind of pushes it for that reason), we'll see though. I also have a couple other misgivings, but I'm waiting to see how this news develops first.
-Speaking of which, I'm not fond of Exeggutor's new design, it just seems weird to me, Vulpix and Sandshrew are nice looking though (though the latter is kind of off since it no longer has the "Sand" in Sandshrew )
-As mentioned before, there are no Gym Leaders, there are instead 4 trial masters and Kahunas. Looks like that Chinese Leak may actually be true (and one other, but I'm looking for it right now...)
-Some of the new Pokémon are hit and miss, I'll go into detail once I read the official site though.
-Z-Moves sounds like an interesting idea, I look forward to seeing how it works.
-You can ride on different Pokémon, it's probably not going to be all of them like that leak implied, but I bet it will be a good chunk based on that video.

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

1. Grass/Fire
2. Fire/Ice
3. Fire/Fairy
4. Electric/Dark
5. Electric/Rock
6. Electric/Fighting
7. Electric/Psychic
8. Electric/Poison
9. Bug/Ice
10. Bug/Dark
11. Bug/Normal
12. Bug/Psychic
13. Bug/Dragon
14. Ice/Normal
15. Ice/Poison
16. Ice/Fighting
17. Psychic/Poison
18. Ghost/Normal
19. Ghost/Rock
20. Ghost/Fighting
21. Poison/Fairy
22. Poison/Steel
23. Poison/Normal
24. Poison/Rock
25. Rock/Normal
26. Ground/Fighting
27. Ground/Fairy
28. Fighting/Dragon
29. Fighting/Fairy
30. Normal/Dark
31. Normal/Steel
32. Dark/Fairy

32 unused type combinations remain.

EDIT: Forgot Ice/Fairy.

 

[Z25]

So the concepts are real:

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[Cutie Gwen]

I like this. Makes older pokemon stand ouy a bit more

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Interesting that it's Z-Moves. I wonder if they tried to make it part of Pokemon Z but couldn't have a battle system that different from the other games in the gen.

Also, Darwin's Finch mons based on different dances.

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

Gumshoos reminds me of Trump even more than it's pre-evolution.

 

[Burruni]

So the concepts are real:

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Welp.
Thanks for killing my hype by reminding me of the stupid evolutions. (Well, 2/3 are stupid)

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

Now that the Litten evo is basically confirmed, I'm really hoping that it is some other type than Fire/Fighting.

 

[Aetheri]

What the heck even is this?...
Dragon type Exeggutor? Ice type Ninetales and Sandslash?...So we're not getting Mega forms just flat-out region based forms?

Oricorios is pretty cool...Baile style and Sensu styles are pretty neat...
Minior....is interesting....I wonder if it'll evolve...
Gumshoos...Yungoos just went full Trump...
Fomantis and Lurantis......er....pure grass and not bug? They are literally praying mantises...
Mudbray....he's pretty neat, I actually like his eye and how it matches with a horse's eye in a way....but Riding Mudsdale confirmed!!!

Trial Captains look neat...
And totem pokemon? Kahunas?
Does this confirm that gyms aren't coming back?.....oh boy...

And finally, Z-moves confirmed and they look epic!! (That Rowlet never stood a chance, damn son)

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

Am I the only one who first though Minior was a pre-evolution for Solrock and Lunatone?

 

[powerprotoman]

so incase you forgot about the chinese leak here it is with extra info that was just confirmed
and because its an archived reddit thread from like 2 weeks ago you know its legit
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/4tokxf/rumor_more_on_that_chinese_rumor_from_some_time/

BRING ON dark Ratata, water growlithe, fighting abra, and Poison/fighting nidoking/queen

 

[Schnee117]

All descriptions for the Pokemon are on the site btw.

Lurantis is the Totem Pokemon of Akala Island.
Minior's Shell Break means it has great defence but when it goes below half it becomes more attack oriented.
Might be able to interact with certain flowers to change Oricorio's style.

You gotta find Z crystals and Pokemon have to know a move corresponding to the type and be holding the Z Crystal.

 

[A Distant Demon]

Man I really hope Litten is dark fire, because that would RASILY make this my favorite group of starters other than maybe gen 4.

Ill be using Popplio anyway



Also lol exegutor. Looks so dumb.

All the other pokemon were awesome though.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Thoughts on individual things
Exeggutor Alola: I like this, Exeggutor was a mon I always felt could use a boost
Vulpix/Ninetails Alola: They look absolutely beautiful
Sandshrew/Sandslash Alola: Somewhat disappointed as I wanted a Mega Sandslash and the Coldsteel typing is awful, but the designs themselves are pretty ****ing rad
Oricorio: Cute birb, though the Dancer ability has me wondering something. Will it be able to move twice, or does this mean you can choose which move it does?
Minior: This thing looks cool. especially the core
Gumshoos: You see Trump. I see Ace Attorney
Fomantis/Lurantis: Looks very cute, hope it's useful
Mudbray: It's a donkey! I want to cuddle the cute donkey!
Riding: Better be much better than XY
Island Challenge: They look more fleshed out than usual Gym Leaders
Totem Pokemon: I'm pretty curious about this
Kahuna: Discount Elite 4
Z-Moves: I love this concept, Limit Breaks!

 

[WeirdChillFever]

WOOOOOOOOO

NEW TEAM:

Rowlet
Comfey
Icetails
The New Super Dancer Bird
Pikipek
EDIT: Rockruff Werewolf

Also Lana for Smash.

 

[powerprotoman]

so incase you forgot about the chinese leak here it is with extra info that was just confirmed
and because its an archived reddit thread from like 2 weeks ago you know its legit
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/4tokxf/rumor_more_on_that_chinese_rumor_from_some_time/

BRING ON dark Ratata, water growlithe, fighting abra, and Poison/fighting nidoking/queen

on second inspection that called ninetales fire/fiary but seeing as they got everything else right im guessing that was a translation error

 

[Champ Gold]

Ice/Steel?


It's literally Coldsteel

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Holy **** look at the site's artwork for Z-Moves

 

[Arcanir]

Here lies Litten's hopes and dreams...

so incase you forgot about the chinese leak here it is with extra info that was just confirmed
and because its an archived reddit thread from like 2 weeks ago you know its legit
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/4tokxf/rumor_more_on_that_chinese_rumor_from_some_time/

BRING ON dark Ratata, water growlithe, fighting abra, and Poison/fighting nidoking/queen

I still don't get how that's supposed to work though, especially for Abra. Isn't the entire concept of the line that it's supposed to be a Psychic? It seems to be quite a deviation if it's going to drop that and become a fighter.

Also, it got Ninetales wrong, but that could like what happened with the XY Leaks and the Starter Evolution typings.

Edit: Greninja'd on that last point.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

My thoughts and impressions of the newest Pokemon Sun and Moon trailer summed up in one tweet:

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[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

Current planned team:
Rowlet or Litten (if Litten evo is Fire/Fighting, then it's definitely Rowlet)
Salandit
Mudsdale
Vikavolt
Snowslash or Icetails

 

[Burruni]

http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/the-rite-of-the-island-challenge/

So.

Better explanation of what the challenge entails.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

Ima let you guys finish you Pokemon discussion, but I just gotta say that Gigavolt Havoc should be Pikachu's Final Smash for Smash 5

 

[Aetheri]

So the starter leaks were real?....

Still not impressed with WWE Litten...I'm not one to dismiss a pokemon based on their typing, but if it becomes a Dark type at least it would make it more ideal for me...I'll probably get used to the idea but I still don't get why they went this route for their fire tiger...

 

[Arcanir]

Well, on the bright side, since the Chinese leak is real and the Reddit one is looking to be likely, at least I get my werewolf Rockruff and I can name him Keaton after best wolf boy.

http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/the-rite-of-the-island-challenge/

So.

Better explanation of what the challenge entails.

So basically the Orange Island trials in game form? I'm honestly excited to see how that's pulled off.

I'm really surprised GF actually went for it and decided to change up the Gym formula, it seems like one of those things that they'd never change and yet they actually went for it and introduced a new idea. I'm glad that they're taking risks like these again because it's always nice to see the franchise get out of its comfort zone, I hope it pays off.

 

[Deleted member]

My current team:
Rowlet
Vikavolt
Rockruff
Coldsteel
Still not sure about the latter though.

 

[Schnee117]

Alolan Exeggutor reminds me of this:

Spoiler

inb4 EA sue

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Honestly, I LOVE the idea of alternative forms depending on regions. Makes the world more alive as they are subspecies

 

[Aetheri]

Alola forms are a very cool idea though...
-If I don't get my Ice Wolf, I'll settle with Ice Fox instead! (unless Rockruff becomes a badass werewolf)
-Surprisingly works very well...I love how Sandshrew looks like an igloo...
-really don't know what to think of it...it's pretty much teh same cept with a long trunk and a tail....and dragon typing...

Who's next? And I wonder if they'll venture into other generations of Pokemon as well (they probably will)
I actually have the perfect candidate for alternate Alola forms...

Spoiler

Not only does it make sense since it's an island that is likely surrounded by various types of coral,, but Corsola really needs something to make it stand out/better

I wonder if it'll still be possible to get their regular forms in Alola...

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I wonder if it'll still be possible to get their regular forms in Alola...

The leak said that's not the case iirc. Bank would work though

 

[Z25]

Thanks to the announcement, we know several other typings and pokemon that change.

I'm liking the idea of water growilithe and another fighting and flying type.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

There was a problem fetching the tweet

ARE YOU ****ING SERIOUS ALREADY

 

[ChikoLad]

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ARE YOU ****ING SERIOUS ALREADY

To be fair, it's not like the design is any different from his classic look.

He just has a giraffe neck now.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

To be fair, it's not like the design is any different from his classic look.

He just has a giraffe neck now.

Still, that's really ****ing fast.

 

[Schnee117]

Found this for the Fire Type trial Captain
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/aug-1-captains/
"Together with his Marowak"
Ghost Rider Marowak maybe?