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Pokémon Sun and Moon Starters Revealed. Releases November 18th 2016.

I wouldn't mind this...


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Something like that would be great. Water/Fairy would be a great type too.
 
I would prefer Game Freak to abandon the "Team ______" paradigm. I think the predefined, structured nature of the plot limits their creativity. If that element were removed, I think we could see some really great stories.

Thing is, Masuda and crew still think that their main audience 'are small kids that won't be able to appreciate a better story anyway so why put any resources into it'?
 
Thing is, Masuda and crew still think that their main audience 'are small kids that won't be able to appreciate a better story anyway so why put any resources into it'?

Are there any numbers that indicate the majority of player are older? Don't mean to sound condescending, I'm genuinely curious.
 
Im gonna spoil it for you right now because im a dick. You see that guy that looks suspicuous?

Yeah that guy wants to rule the world via stealing, abusing and/or manipulating pokemon. Why? Because hes a dick.

Prove me wrong gamefreak. Prove. Me. Wrong.


You Bastard. Sun and Moon ruined.

jk

I know GameFreak won't announce or show the starters middle and final evolutions until as late as possible but what are the possibilities of CoroCoro leaking them?

I mean, isn't that what CoroCoro does?
 
You Bastard. Sun and Moon ruined.

jk

I know GameFreak won't announce or show the starters middle and final evolutions until as late as possible but what are the possibilities of CoroCoro leaking them?

I mean, isn't that what CoroCoro does?

FWIW, CoroCoro during XY only showed the 1st stage evolutions and iirc that was before the game was released. People were on kosthedin back then hoping to see what the 2nd stage evolution was.
 
You Bastard. Sun and Moon ruined.

jk

I know GameFreak won't announce or show the starters middle and final evolutions until as late as possible but what are the possibilities of CoroCoro leaking them?

I mean, isn't that what CoroCoro does?

CoroCoro isn't leaks, it's an official magazine.
 
Thing is, Masuda and crew still think that their main audience 'are small kids that won't be able to appreciate a better story anyway so why put any resources into it'?
What about Black/White, which had a jrpg plot complete with opening cutscene?
 
I wonder if they're gonna pull a gen 6 on us with the starters, in the way the evolutions aren't logical steps from the first. You could imagine Fennekin turning into a Ninetales esque majestic fox but instead it's a witch that stands on two legs and carries a wand.

Have people figured out if there's something similar to the medieval theme this time too? Cats hate water and they hunt birds so there's that, I can't think of anything else though that makes sense thematically.
 
I wonder if they're gonna pull a gen 6 on us with the starters, in the way the evolutions aren't logical steps from the first. You could imagine Fennekin turning into a Ninetales esque majestic fox but instead it's a witch that stands on two legs and carries a wand.

Have people figured out if there's something similar to the medieval theme this time too? Cats hate water and they hunt birds so there's that, I can't think of anything else though that makes sense thematically.

I would hate it if they turned Litten bipedal. I want him as a qua-draped.
 
You Bastard. Sun and Moon ruined.

jk

I know GameFreak won't announce or show the starters middle and final evolutions until as late as possible but what are the possibilities of CoroCoro leaking them?

I mean, isn't that what CoroCoro does?

No CoroCoro gives out official information from TPC/Game Freak. The reason you may have associated the words CoroCoro and leak is that the CoroCoro magazine itself leaks by about 2-6 days before its official release date each month.
 
CoroCoro can only leak what they print, and they [likely] won't get final evos to print until the issue that coincides with the game release. That's what happened with X/Y. (although, we already saw them through other means of leaking)
 
I wonder if they're gonna pull a gen 6 on us with the starters, in the way the evolutions aren't logical steps from the first. You could imagine Fennekin turning into a Ninetales esque majestic fox but instead it's a witch that stands on two legs and carries a wand.

Have people figured out if there's something similar to the medieval theme this time too? Cats hate water and they hunt birds so there's that, I can't think of anything else though that makes sense thematically.
Circus.

The seal's nose is like a ball or a clown.
The owl has a bowtie, and may evolve to look like a ringmaster.
The cat is a tiger, a popular circus animal.
 
I wonder if they're gonna pull a gen 6 on us with the starters, in the way the evolutions aren't logical steps from the first. You could imagine Fennekin turning into a Ninetales esque majestic fox but instead it's a witch that stands on two legs and carries a wand.

Have people figured out if there's something similar to the medieval theme this time too? Cats hate water and they hunt birds, I can't think of anything else though that makes sense thematically.

Circus performers. Rowlet has a bowtie and the makings of a tailcoat like a ringleader. Litten is the circus cat that hops through rings of fire (and also doubles as the fire breather since spits fire). Popplio is the clown/sea lion performer.

That's our best guess so far.
 
I would prefer Game Freak to abandon the "Team ______" paradigm. I think the predefined, structured nature of the plot limits their creativity. If that element were removed, I think we could see some really great stories.

I want a pokemon game where it's just gyms and a metric ton of side quests on the level of the looker side quest from XY. No evil team, though maybe some overarching villains across sidequest chains and just a bunch of nice slice of life episodes.
 
I wonder if they're gonna pull a gen 6 on us with the starters, in the way the evolutions aren't logical steps from the first. You could imagine Fennekin turning into a Ninetales esque majestic fox but instead it's a witch that stands on two legs and carries a wand.

Have people figured out if there's something similar to the medieval theme this time too? Cats hate water and they hunt birds so there's that, I can't think of anything else though that makes sense thematically.

Current speculation is that the starters fit a circus theme (Rowlet as the ringmaster, Litten as the fire-breather/fire hoop jumper, Popplio is self-explanatory).
 
CoroCoro isn't leaks, it's an official magazine.


Okay, time to take me to the learning chair. I'm not familiar with CoroCoro. Isn't the infomation they receive about Pokémon from like a mole in GameFreak or Nintendo and when it leaks it's considered a leak because someone got their hands on an early copy and scans them online.

Is everything I stated correct? If not please learns me.

If the above is correct wouldn't they release any info they receive reguardless of what Nintendo or GameFreak thinks?


Edit: I got taken to the learning chair above.
 
Okay, time to take me to the learning chair. I'm not familiar with CoroCoro. Isn't the infomation they receive about Pokémon from like a mole in GameFreak or Nintendo and when it leaks it's considered a leak because someone got their hands on an early copy and scans them online.

Is everything I stated correct? If not please learns me.

If the above is correct wouldn't they release any info they receive reguardless of what Nintendo or GameFreak thinks?

No, it is an official source of information. They get official information from Game Freak like Edge or Game Informer would get from a western game developer.
 
Okay, time to take me to the learning chair. I'm not familiar with CoroCoro. Isn't the infomation they receive about Pokémon from like a mole in GameFreak or Nintendo and when it leaks it's considered a leak because someone got their hands on an early copy and scans them online.

Is everything I stated correct? If not please learns me.

If the above is correct wouldn't they release any info they receive reguardless of what Nintendo or GameFreak thinks?

No. TPC, Game Freak and Nintendo give CoroCoro information to print. They are a vector which TPC and Nintendo use to make Pokemon related announcements. CoroCoro leaks because people get the magazine a few days before its official release date.
 
Okay, time to take me to the learning chair. I'm not familiar with CoroCoro. Isn't the infomation they receive about Pokémon from like a mole in GameFreak or Nintendo and when it leaks it's considered a leak because someone got their hands on an early copy and scans them online.

Is everything I stated correct? If not please learns me.

If the above is correct wouldn't they release any info they receive reguardless of what Nintendo or GameFreak thinks?
Nooo, they are given information directly from The Pokemon Company/GameFreak.

It's not a tabloid/rumour magazine, it's a magazine released in Japan every month on the 15th. It's a magazine aimed at little kids used to promote different games and toys, such as pokemon. It's a platform for TPC.
 
No, it is an official source of information. They get official information from Game Freak like Edge or Game Informer would get from a western game developer.

No. TPC, Game Freak and Nintendo give CoroCoro information to print. They are a vector which TPC and Nintendo use to make Pokemon related announcements. CoroCoro leaks because people get the magazine a few days before its official release date.

Nooo, they are given information directly from The Pokemon Company/GameFreak.

It's not a tabloid/rumour magazine, it's a magazine released in Japan every month on the 15th. It's a magazine aimed at little kids used to promote different games and toys, such as pokemon. It's a platform for TPC.


Ok.. feels like I got taken outback and smacked with the big book of knowledge and power. Thanks the for the info fellas/gals!
 
"You should really check out my region! There's this facility you wouldn't believe. Ah nevermind, you'll see it in due time." - NPC from X/Y

Guess we'll get that facility in this game. Pls be amazing battle frontier like area post-game. Still sad that ORAS didnt have the Battle Frontier, it was the thing I was most excited for.
 
Popplio looks so good man, and his name is so fun to say. Popplio. The dude just makes me happy, the lovable thing I just wanna hug him.

What's the opinions on the legendaries? Both look cool as fuck imo. I honestly think Sun looks better
(tougher)
but I'll probably go with Moon because it looks pretty unique and I've always gone for the blue Pokemon games.
 
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