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Pokémon Sun & Moon | Info and speculation thread
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Tobias shows up again.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
not up to the news eh?
Team Flare
there's a reason the League is being held in Lumiose City (that is just being built even, rather than the usual "this is where the league has been always done" which is usually the game place), and one of the Elite 4 being Team Flare, and that the League plot came out first before even dealing with Team Flare
also Ash will reach the finals since he's already at the semi-finals with Shota
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
I think Satoshi will win it this season. It's easily his strongest team ever and he can match up with Carne. Then I think he will lose against the Elite Four which will make him still feel like he isn't the Master so he will go to yet another region.
They should retire him for Red, and then go grimdark!
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
I really wish they would try a different protagonist. Just make him and Serena get together and let their kid be the new protagonist, with Pikachu still being alive and being with him.
Edit: If it's Team Flare interrupting I will be pissed. That's so dang typical lol. This Team Flare plot is pretty interesting though. Should have an awesome finale.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
The pre-screening of the Volcanion movie should be soon, in the past these movies would have a new trailer---I remember for the Zoroark film there was a trailer for BW that revealed Patrat, plus Victini of course, and then with the Genesect film there was a trailer for XY with Trevenant in it, though it took awhile for the trailer to appear online so everyone made their own picture of how it looked lol.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Hopefully we see a new Pokemon or two! The Trevenant sketches were fun.
PreyingShark
Member
Goomy because it's just so cuuuuuute
Easy. The elite four/champion and the pokemon league are completely separate in the anime. Some dude who can also best the champion will be in the league and will come out of basically no where (fuck eevee dude and the kid who didn't even have enough pokemon from B/W), and it will be terrible.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
what if it's Iwanko and Nekkoala? They have to appear somewhere!
in Pokefan they usually show this mysterious trainer, but they haven't, the one they are pining for is Alain
it really screams "Team Flare interrupts League, Ash fights Alain repping Team Flare while Bonnie pilots Zygarde to fight the abomination"
Yeah I never trained a Goomy but I want one on my team this time.
Hmmm posted?
New Nintendo 3DS XL Pokémon Sun & Moon Limited Edition announced:
Still not clear whether it includes game, lol.
Plus steelbox edition for software:
New Nintendo 3DS XL Pokémon Sun & Moon Limited Edition announced:
Still not clear whether it includes game, lol.
Plus steelbox edition for software:
I think it was previously confirmed for Japan and now Europe. But no word on a North American edition?
EuricaeriS
Member
Good to see the n3DS coming to Europe, but I want that Pikachu one ;__;
chaobreaker
Member
Was this pointed out here already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
Was this pointed out already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
wait this is actually real? I saw it and assumed it was fake.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Was this pointed out here already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
Hopefully an extra slot for HM moves
panthapanda
Member
Was this pointed out here already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
That would change the meta so hard
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Was this pointed out here already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
I hope this is real. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough choices for attacks. My Sleep Talk Snorlax could be more intimidating now.
IfAllElseFales
Member
When the Popplio in the Nintendo E3 stream learned Disarming Voice towards the end of the stream and he went to choose a move, there definitely wasn't room for a 5th move slot. Unless that changes when you learn a 5th move?
Here is what I mean
Here is what I mean
Hikami
Member
Was this pointed out here already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
Saw Gamexplain talk about this here https://youtu.be/fN3HgWqKmF8?t=433
(at 7:13)
Was this pointed out here already?
5 slots for moves on the battle summary screen.
Ohh the madness that would ensure if they actually add a 5th move slot...
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I'd support this
As I've been saying, where would the hold item go?
I reckon that's the 5th slot if it did fit.
The game's balance would break. People say four slots is a pain, but it's necessary to keep a balance.
From a competitive standpoint I do a lot of "well if they have move x that means they can't have move y". Adding an additional move slot opens a lot of scary possibilities. Not sure if it would shake out to be a totally negative thing but I can think of a lot of Pokemon that would become very difficult to counter if they had room for additional coverage moves.
Considering how some Pokemon have 5 moves, if that, worth using (looking at you, Mega Banette) and how, even with 5 moves, utility Pokémon like Garchomp still have plenty of counters and weaknesses, I don't see this being a balance breaking choice any more than Mega Pokemon's massive contribution to the ongoing power creep over the past few generations. That said, I sincerely doubt Game Freak would give them five, mostly because they opted out of doing so when Ruby & Sapphire. Maybe they've given each a slot for HMs so that you don't have to carry around an HM slave or fill your party's moves with (mostly) useless moves, but the best guess is on the held item being the fifth slot.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Can you form a move set of four that can hit every Type for SE?
And if not, would that be possible with five moves?
And if not, would that be possible with five moves?
Neoleo2143
Member
I hope its not 5 moves because that would literally mean Gamefreak have gone insane or rebalanced the whole game.
4 Moveslot syndrome is an unfortunate thing but having limits is what makes things interesting. Having access to 3 free attack moveslots would bring back a ton of universal neutral coverage and make the game even more offensive when defense should be buffed in this game.
4 Moveslot syndrome is an unfortunate thing but having limits is what makes things interesting. Having access to 3 free attack moveslots would bring back a ton of universal neutral coverage and make the game even more offensive when defense should be buffed in this game.
I don't really care for it, not colorful like the Dialga and Palkia DS Lite. I want that new Pikachu XL for sure tho :>
EndlessSky
Member
Far as I can tell, this doesn't work for spacing for five given the size of the single top move:
You can only fit four moves given the size of the first and equal spacing between.
I think your line spacing is incorrect. The normal type sign doesn't go past the background multicolored lines, of which there are five. The next move would be touching or one pixel away from the other moves. Having five background lines and the one move doesn't extend past the those lines is enough evidence to assume each move is assigned a line, even if it's a bit tight.
But the last line could be for a held item, though I think the held item would be shown in the spot between the pokemon's type and health bar; it wouldn't need a big spot. The space below the switch sign is likely for mega/synchro evolution.
chaobreaker
Member
If it's a dedicated HM move slot, then I hope we can still give multiple HMs to slaves. Can't deal with having dedicated surfers, fliers, tree cutters, rock smashers, and waterfall jumpers.
Probably with 5 moves, but Gen 5 and 6 added moves that change the defending Pokemon's type to a specific one (Soak) or adds an additional type for a potential triple typing (Forest's Curse). Technically you could always get SE coverage but it would cost a turn which is incredibly not worth it half the time.
Probably with 5 moves, but Gen 5 and 6 added moves that change the defending Pokemon's type to a specific one (Soak) or adds an additional type for a potential triple typing (Forest's Curse). Technically you could always get SE coverage but it would cost a turn which is incredibly not worth it half the time.
Probably already mentioned, but maybe the fifth slot is for an extra move that only becomes available when you use Synchro? So in other words, you'd do something special to sync with your Pokemon, and your Pokemon would gain access to an extra move in battle. In a way that could be more dramatic than a Mega Evolution!
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I knew I've seen Pikipek before.
So I wonder when these other two will be revealed.
So I wonder when these other two will be revealed.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
You should post a source for us to check it out if it's legit or not.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Lord_Byron28
Member
Pikipek was revealed back when Sun and Moon were first unveiled. Are we sure that someone didn't just sketch pikipek into it to seem more credible?
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Those other two are fake. People were drawing up art like that for Pikipek for months because the first teaser trailer for SM showed a bit of its model.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Oh, it's debunked. Grass Pokemon really reminded me of someone from Zelda.
Just a note about that 5th moveslot speculation: Even if one was just dedicated to HMs, that would certainly be a shake up to competitive Pokemon. The thing this would benefit most would be offensive Water-types. Waterfall is already the standard on physical ones, and while Scald has fallen out compared to Surf, I imagine a lot of offensive Water-types would opt for Surf if it meant extra moveslots for coverage!
I wouldn't be surprised to see some more strange, esoteric effects from it too. Like I imagine Mega Kangaskhan in Battle Spot would use Strength, which would mean the death of Return, because they'd just use Double-Edge for smashing stuff, and Strength for smacking weakened opponents (however it is a 30 BP drop when you account for stab compared to Return).
I wouldn't be surprised to see some more strange, esoteric effects from it too. Like I imagine Mega Kangaskhan in Battle Spot would use Strength, which would mean the death of Return, because they'd just use Double-Edge for smashing stuff, and Strength for smacking weakened opponents (however it is a 30 BP drop when you account for stab compared to Return).
lmao, that's because Pikpek was the first new Pokemon we saw in Gen VII when it appeared in the announcement trailer. It's fake as hell and the art doesn't even match the official release
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
The World Hobby Fair seemed to just have Masuda doing a Route 1 playthrough, not surprising since WHF in 2013 was just a quick demonstration battle with already revealed XY Pokemon.
Seems we know according to what Joe has read on Twitter we know Yungoos evolves once and Grubbin twice, so I guess he really is the Early Bug with the cocoon form in the middle.
Seems we know according to what Joe has read on Twitter we know Yungoos evolves once and Grubbin twice, so I guess he really is the Early Bug with the cocoon form in the middle.
Oh did they actually show the Pokedex screen for Yungoos this time?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
if you guys are curious, the Magearna movie exclusive trailer