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

It sucks that they got rid of the concept of rivals in Pokemon. Everyone's friends now. Except the Evil Team (whoever they are).

"Hey _____, you're just the best!"

"Hey____, do you want to battle? I hope I can win this time!"

"Darn, you're still too good for me!"

"Here, let me heal all of your Pokemon!"


Ugh. Where's Gary when we need him.

I want a rival that is tough to beat, and one that doesn't fawn all over my character as if I'm some kind of celebrity.
 
i'm okay with rivals being friendly as long as they end up with a team of 6 diverse pokemon. this whole "we have 3-4 half evolved things at endgame" shit needs to go.

edit: everyone hating on popplio has forgotten that monferno exists and looks almost as clownish, and check out how awesome infernape is
 
"Hey _____, you're just the best!"

"Hey____, do you want to battle? I hope I can win this time!"

"Darn, you're still too good for me!"

"Here, let me heal all of your Pokemon!"


Ugh. Where's Gary when we need him.

I want a rival that is tough to beat, and one that doesn't fawn all over my character as if I'm some kind of celebrity.

Agreed.

Then again...you are normally some one, who one shots gyms (their no dialog stating that you are trying again if you do wipe on gyms), spent most of the game styling on them, saved the world..and by the end become the champion. You kinda are a celebrity lol
 
Oh right I forgot, what did Bass.EXE do in BN?
1.Held back against Mega Man (even if you won) in BN2 (post game)

2. first fight with him was unwinnable (BN3) until you finally get a win on him at the end of the story and in the post game area

3. Swiped alpha from Mega Man after he defeated Drill Man

4. Mega Man tried to use the Giga Freeze to stop him, but Bass ends up catching the program/attack with one hand. Seeing that Mega Man was capable of using something so powerful, decides to let him live until the end.

5. Absorbed Gospel (BN3, which ends up giving him amnesia), absorbed Dark Power from the Nebula area (BN5 DS), absorbed the power from the opposite version's Cybeast (BN6)

6. Dr. Cossak (his creator in the battle network series) attempted to sacrifice his life to stop Bass from helping Wily succeed at his plan (BN3), but bass ends up kicking him out of the net, sparing his life. It's implied that a tiny part of Bass still cares for Cossak

7. killed Regal by blowing up his submarine (in the manga)

Mega Man doesn't really seem hate him, but he knows damn well that he has to fight him no matter what. After BN3, bass just wants nothing more than to delete Mega Man. It helps that he was fleshed out in BN3, so he wasn't completely 2 dimensional.
 

I thought the change came around in DP though? Like it was how the whole Old Gateau localization idea. I remember reading it from an interview posted in /vp/ and SA I think.

1.Held back against Mega Man (even if you won) in BN2 (post game)

2. first fight with him was unwinnable (BN3) until you finally get a win on him at the end of the story and in the post game area

3. Swiped alpha from Mega Man after he defeated Drill Man

4. Mega Man tried to use the Giga Freeze to stop him, but Bass ends up catching the program/attack with one hand. Seeing that Mega Man was capable of using something so powerful, decides to let him live until the end.

4. Absorbed Gospel (BN3, which ends up giving him amnesia), absorbed Dark Power from the Nebula area (BN5 DS), absorbed the power from the opposite version's Cybeast (BN6)

5. killed Regal by blowing up his submarine (in the manga)

wow, yeah they should really do something like this, like maybe a more successful Silver
 
The English site has more info and art.

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litten-large.png


popplio-large.png

Rowlet is really really cute though.
 
i'm okay with rivals being friendly as long as they end up with a team of 6 diverse pokemon. this whole "we have 3-4 half evolved things at endgame" shit needs to go.

edit: everyone hating on popplio has forgotten that monferno exists and looks almost as clownish, and check out how awesome infernape is
So you like X/Y, that's cool
 
i'm okay with rivals being friendly as long as they end up with a team of 6 diverse pokemon. this whole "we have 3-4 half evolved things at endgame" shit needs to go.

Barry from the gen 4 was the last rival to have a full set of team that would grow with yours and that was nearly 10 years ago.

They really need to stop making the Rival so weak and carrying only 4 Pokémon, with them having a full team post game.
 
I hope I can be wealthy enough to get a 3DS and this game by the time it comes out. I wonder how easy it is to trade Pokemon from previous gens. I can't go without my Drowzee.
 
You have to love all 3.

Rowlet is a cute grass owl Pokemon.

Litten might have the best final evolution. It's got that cool dark and fire look to it.

Popplio has the fun factor. It looks like a performer in a circus and I can see it being a funny Pokemon in the anime.
 
What is Pokemon Bank? Is it just a depository where you can pick every Pokemon from every gen? Does it cost money?

It's a subscription service that costs $5 a year. It lets you store a ton of Pokemon and move them between games. you'll even be able to transfer Pokemon from the virtual console versions of Red/Blue/Yellow into Sun/Moon. It's a subscription service that costs $5 a year.
 
It's a subscription service that costs $5 a year. It lets you store a ton of Pokemon and move them between games. you'll even be able to transfer Pokemon from the virtual console versions of Red/Blue/Yellow into Sun/Moon. It's a subscription service that costs $5 a year.

Cloud service, you can transfer your Pokémon with it, compatible with X/Y/OR/AS and of course Sun and Moon.
For that you simply need to insert your game and launch the app.

Real money errr and I need to buy other games just to get one or two Pokemon?
 
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