Pokémon Sun & Moon |OT| Ultra Beasts and where to find them

UberTag said:
In addition to the one you get gifted, there are Munchlax in the wild and you may want to invest in finding one as they carry Leftovers as a hold item and it would be beneficial to nab that early in the game. Plus, they call Snorlax at low health so you can just catch one of those if you don't want to happiness train a Munchlax.
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I see on Joe's dex they can be found on
Route 1
? That's crazy. Is there any catch to that or are they just a low encounter rate? I've always wanted to raise a Munchlax but they usually make it such a huge pain in the ass to get during the adventure.
 
Salty 100% right now. I hate Nintendo for delaying this in Europe.

In the meantime I've seen the first chapter of the Sun/Moon anime and it's great. It has that lost charm of the first seasons and the animation is actually really cool when you get used to it.
 
Finally the day is here (in less than 8h), but my Moon copy only arrives to my home on 20-22 so the wait this days will be painful... XD
 
I read somewhere yesterday that if you pre-downloaded the game, it would be available to play at 7 eastern US time rather than having to wait until midnight.

Was this ever confirmed true?
 
Hyped beyond belief.

And for the first time, I'm really struggling on which starter to choose. Definitely the strongest starter designs we've had, in my opinion.
 
Maintenance said:
Is there any guide yet to make a reliable chain?
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There are a couple videos up on YouTube already that go over the chaining process here and here.

Maintenance said:
There is a moment that you might be able to save right before the starter, but I can't remember if you move automatically or not.

EDIT: Nevermind, there is a huge cutscene after choosing the starter, before you can check the stats.
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If you at least get the option to set the Pokemon's nickname before the secondary cutscene, you can at least soft-reset quickly for gender.
Nature/stats will obviously need to wait for the following cutscene.

<looks immediately above> You're still too young to play Pokemon, Maggie.

brinstar said:
I see on Joe's dex they can be found on
Route 1
? That's crazy. Is there any catch to that or are they just a low encounter rate? I've always wanted to raise a Munchlax but they usually make it such a huge pain in the ass to get during the adventure.
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Low encounter rate and given their starting level of 10 compared with the level 2s and 3s you'll typically find on that route I suspect you'll need to unlock Tauros Charge to get access to them.
But that's just my suspicion. I don't know that conclusively.
 
brinstar said:
I see on Joe's dex they can be found on
Route 1
? That's crazy. Is there any catch to that or are they just a low encounter rate? I've always wanted to raise a Munchlax but they usually make it such a huge pain in the ass to get during the adventure.
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5% encounter rate IIRC.
 
Is there any reason to get the dual pack? It looks like you get 200 pokeballs but that isn't a huge incentive. Do we know if there are 2 codes in the pack or if it just counts as 1 product?
 
UberTag said:
There are a couple videos up on YouTube already that go over the chaining process here and here..
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Thanks, will watch.

UberTag said:
If you at least get the option to set the Pokemon's nickname before the secondary cutscene, you can at least soft-reset quickly for gender.
Nature/stats will obviously need to wait for the following cutscene.
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I can't exactly remember how long it was on my playthrough since I bum-rushed it as fast as I could and the game would just keep going so I barely slept the past day or so (
Thanks Metagross for carrying me the whole game
). According to some youtube video I'm watching here you can name it, but there is still a good 2-3 minutes from cutscene start - choosing nickname. After that another 1-2 minutes before getting back control of the character.

kev_bundlesss said:
can someone explain the OT tittle to me ?
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kev_bundlesss said:
can someone explain the OT tittle to me ?
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It's a play on the new "Harry Potter" movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I'm guessing there must be some sort of ultra evolution or something in the new Pokemon -- I forget what the terminology is nowadays but you got a certain item in X&Y that made you especially powerful.
 
Meier said:
It's a play on the new "Harry Potter" movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I'm guessing there must be some sort of ultra evolution or something in the new Pokemon -- I forget what the terminology is nowadays but you got a certain item in X&Y that made you especially powerful.
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I think you're thinking of Mega Evolution, which is different. Ultra Beasts are mysterious entities that appear to come from another dimension, and they play a role in the game's plot.
 
Do we know if the chain resets when the allied pokemon fails to arrive? Because that's my fear with it, pokemon not coming breaking the chain like in X/Y/OR/AS fishing.
 
I ordered pretty late and Amazon just updated my order to say I won't get it till Tuesday. Boooooo. I got it for 32 there but might just cancel and grab it at literally any store and eat the 8 bucks. Or just digitally... hmm.
 
Maintenance said:
Do we know if the chain resets when the allied pokemon fails to arrive? Because that's my fear with it, pokemon not coming breaking the chain like in X/Y/OR/AS fishing.
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The chain does not reset if the ally fails to arrive. It only resets if the pokemon flees, your entire party dies or the last pokemon remaining on screen dies or gets captured. That's it. It's pretty foolproof. And expect allies to NOT arrive more often than not. You'll want a stalling tactic to avoid draining your PPs while this is happening. I recommend attempting to throw additional Adrenaline Orbs as it will not deplete your stock with the primary one still in effect. Additionally, make sure you shuffle pokemon so they don't run out of PPs and struggle themselves to death.

The last wrinkle is to be mindful of pokemon that call different allies than themselves as those allies typically won't call for assistance themselves and some are predatory and will end the chain immediately by killing off the pokemon you're chaining. In those instances, you'll need to kill off the stronger ally first so the chained pokemon can continue to call for additional help. I believe you can still chain allies this way for hidden abilities / shiny status but this will be easier said than done for some like Regenerator Mareanie and Prankster Sableye.
 
UberTag said:
The chain does not reset if the ally fails to arrive. It only resets if the pokemon flees, your entire party dies or the last pokemon remaining on screen dies or gets captured. That's it. It's pretty foolproof. And expect allies to NOT arrive more often than not. You'll want a stalling tactic to avoid draining your PPs while this is happening. I recommend attempting to throw additional Adrenaline Orbs as it will not deplete your stock with the primary one still in effect. Additionally, make sure you shuffle pokemon so they don't run out of PPs and struggle themselves to death.

The last wrinkle is to be mindful of pokemon that call different allies than themselves as those allies typically won't call for assistance themselves and some are predatory and will end the chain immediately by killing off the pokemon you're chaining. In those instances, you'll need to kill off the stronger ally first so the chained pokemon can continue to call for additional help. I believe you can still chain allies this way for hidden abilities / shiny status but this will be easier said than done for some like Regenerator Mareanie and Prankster Sableye.
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So I probably ended a few long chains because I thought it actually broke the whole thing.

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Goddamn I hate playing in the dark / blind.
 
Maintenance said:
So I probably ended a few long chains because I thought it actually broke the whole thing.
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I watched a guy chain Skarmory for two hours and allies routinely failed to show and ones that did immediately afterwards had their HA.
So yeah, you ended them prematurely. Ally no-shows are fine and should be expected.
 
UberTag said:
I watched a guy chain Skarmory for two hours and allies routinely failed to show and ones that did immediately afterwards had their HA.
So yeah, you ended them prematurely. Ally no-shows are fine and should be expected.
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Well, at least now I know that. Thank god they don't break like fishing did.

Thanks btw.
 
LotusHD said:
Probably a dumb question, but is the only way to technically play "multiple save files" of the same Pokemon game (Say, Pokemon Sun) on the same 3DS is to buy two copies of the game? Or is it just not possible at all?
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May as well ask once more haha
 
Meier said:
Is there any reason to get the dual pack? It looks like you get 200 pokeballs but that isn't a huge incentive. Do we know if there are 2 codes in the pack or if it just counts as 1 product?
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It looks like they did the official dual pack with ORAS as well and probably some others. Can anyone who's bought one before confirm if there are two separate cases inside and this is just a slipcase or some sort of packaging surrounding them?
 
Is there a list of the Alolan dex showing version exclusives that also details where Pokemon can be caught/how far into the game they are?
 
Milijango said:
Also it's hilarious that they nerfed Tackle of all things. A Ratata just missed me with it.
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The base power is lower now (40 power, it was 50 power in Gen V and VI) but it missed because Alola Rattata can have Hustle as a normal ability (it was the hidden ability on regular Rattata) which also lowers their accuracy.
 
ClayKavalier said:
Are Ultra Beasts something you can use without breaking the game or are they basically legendaries?
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Spoiler:

They are post-game content. Don't know if they are too strong for competitive uses though, their BST aren't that high. Need to look at movesets too, the only one I looked at disappointed me.
 
Damn. Amazon apparently screwed me too. Just got off the phone with them, it'll be Tuesday. Guess I'll go ahead and cancel and just pick it up somewhere tomorrow.
 
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