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Pokémon Sun & Moon | Info and speculation thread

Remember the time they gave box legendaries "all new" abilities that were just two copies of Mold Breaker? (And then the third of the trio got Pressure). Good times.

really hate it when they did that, and still do

though the typing is the one that really irked me
 
I can't wait for Navi - I mean Rotom to interrupt me every five minutes reminding me where to go and telling me to take breaks.
 
Better look at the bracelet.

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The girls' bag has that same enemy Pokemon icon used on that map screen when searching for Pikachu...have they used that icon before? It looks familiar...

And that artificial island, I'm pretty sure that's the hotel we saw in the concept art.
 
I just want one game changing addition this gen - the removal of HM's have moves have secondary field abilities - its stupid you can CUT down a tree, but slash and blade moves tickle that tiny bush etc etc
let us not have to have HM slaves or be lumbered with keeping hm moves on our parties for christs sake


Those clouds so hide other areas of the map
 
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New Alola image.

Now we don't have to listen to idiots claim that a Hawaiian region would only have one island in it.

I was not expecting Solgaleo's typing at all, I'm actually kind of disappointed since this would've been a great opportunity to introduce Fire/Electric.

Rotomdex is cute! Hopefully they don't make it too pushy with its help because Nintendo games have a problem with assistants that never shut up.
 
Not necessarily final region so there could be more. But yeah, doubt it will be eight islands.

Visit the Alola Region!
Your new adventures in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will take place on the tropical islands of the Alola region! The Alola region centers around four islands rich in natural beauty and an artificial island. Many Pokémon that have never been seen before occupy these islands.

5 Islands. 4 Natural...one Artificial.
 
I kind of wish that Solgaleo's primary type was Grass, Bug or Ice. It needs a 4x weakness to Fire to match Lunaala's 4x weakness to Dark
 
Apparently the bracelets have the stone from the manga in them that enables synchro, at least that's what Reddit tells me.

So basically, Ash Greninja.

So this +
Might hint at something new for Sun and Moon:
Professor Kukui is the Alola region's dependable Pokémon professor. He lives near your home and looks out for you. He's passionate about his research into Pokémon moves and has sometimes taken direct hits from Pokémon when there was something to be learned from it. Sporting a white lab coat slung casually over his bare torso, he shows off his own unique style.
And the fact that trainer shows up in battle now...interesting.
 
Always-flying animations still in. :(

Also kinda weird to see Pokemon like Gengar and Salamence looking exactly the same as in XY/ORAS. With the jump between Gen IV and V you at least had different sprites to mix things up a bit, but I guess now we're using models multiple generations on the same handheld are going to look the same inside the battles.
 
Apparently the bracelets have the stone from the manga in them that enables synchro, at least that's what Reddit tells me.

So basically, Ash Greninja.

My heart. It's becoming all true.

Always-flying animations still in. :(

Also kinda weird to see Pokemon like Gengar and Salamence looking exactly the same as in XY/ORAS. With the jump between Gen IV and V you at least had different sprites to mix things up a bit, but I guess now we're using models multiple generations on the same handheld are going to look the same inside the battles.

That was the entire point of creating all those high quality models.
 
Apparently the bracelets have the stone from the manga in them that enables synchro, at least that's what Reddit tells me.

So basically, Ash Greninja.

That manga thing was a failed spin-off with actual Human-Pokémon Fusion, not just Synchro.
They may have reused the stone design for Synchro though.
 
Watch it not be synchro and more something like Digimon Frontier, and the trainer shows in battles because he can proceed to kick the pokemon's ass
 
That was the entire point of creating all those high quality models.
No it wasn't. The point was that they wouldn't need to make new ones when they moved to the more powerful successor of the 3DS.

Using the same models on the same hardware for two generations results in it being completely identical. On more powerful hardware they won't need to be compressed as much as will look better.
 
Thinking about it some more, I hope there's more to those signature moves than just "Mold Breaker in an attack". Steel and Ghost are pretty terrible types for it.

The pokedex now shows you how many evolutions a Pokemon has! That's amazing!
The screen for Eevee is going to be a mess, I love it
 
It's abundantly clear now(to me) that soaring will be a feature. Each of the islands have those rock barriers allowing for some surfing but doesn't seem like surfing between islands is a thing. Also that one picture of the map shows a few boats so I assume that means we could take a boat from island to island.

Again it makes sense lol. So there won't be too much water.
 
So, Meowth, Slowpoke, and Luvdisc confirmed for the Regional Dex probably since they have overworld sprites.
 
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