Pokemon Sun and Moon News

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To start off with, we have a new image of what looks like a new Pokemon from the reveal trailer.  The link is below.

https://imgur.com/1VbrUGa

What do you guys think?

EDIT: Also my 2000th post!

Yes, definitely. I doubt Eevee is used competitively, so its Z-Move won't be abused. And they are creating all these new unique typings, but most of them are with normal. I'm still waiting for Fire/Electric.

Yes, definitely. I doubt Eevee is used competitively, so its Z-Move won't be abused. And they are creating all these new unique typings, but most of them are with normal. I'm still waiting for Fire/Electric.

it might be abused in lC XD

We have more information, courtesy of Serebii.

"First, Rowlet's evolution, Dartrix has been revealed. As has Litten's called Torracat and Popplio's called Brionne
A new area called Festival Plaza where you can play games to collect Festival Coins to spend in various shops including ones that boost Effort Values. It is also accessed through the bottom screen to allow for battling & trade with other players, as well aschange theme of the plaza. There are also missions to follow
Next, the Poké Pelago uses boxed Pokémon to attract wild Pokémon on Isle Abeens & Isle Aphun for items
Mega Evolution has been confirmed for Pokémon Sun & Moon
Ash-Greninja is obtained through a special demo to be released October 18th 2016. It can then be transferred to the main games at launch. Ash Greninja has the ability Battle Bond which causes it to change form when it knocks out an opponent
The next release of Pokémon Sun & Moon information will hit on October 14th at 22:00 JST, which is 00:00 AEDT, 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 09:00 EDT, 06:00 PDT
Battle Spot has a special ruleset for VGC. VGC 17 rules are as follows:
Double Battle format is limited to Pokémon that appear in the Alola Region Pokédex (excluding some Legendary and Mythical Pokémon).
Use of Mega Stones is not allowed.
Only Pokémon that can be obtained in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon may be entered.
There is a way to play with QR Rental teams by scanning the QR Codes from their Pokémon Global Link. This allows you to utilise other people's teams but you can't enter certain Rating Battles, but can have Link Battles with these teams
Global Missions are also to be added to the Global Link. These are shared missions on the Festival Plaza. The first in Late November is "Catch A Lot of Pokémon"
A new system being introduced to the battle time settings is “Your Time.” When using this method of time accounting, players will have a maximum of 60 seconds each turn to select a move or Pokémon, and they will also each be awarded 10 minutes of “Your Time.” Under these rules, if a player runs out of their 10 minutes before the battle ends, that player loses the match. This will mean matches can be decided more quickly than in the past, allowing players to enjoy thrilling battles."

Here's a trailer:

ASH-GRENINJA HOLY
i might get the demo version, that's all i want right now

We have more news, courtesy of Serebii.

"These images confirm the information revealed yesterday but not shown of Jangmo-o's evolutions, Jarango & Jararanga, and Type: Null and its evolution Silvadi. When Type: Null finds a trainer it trusts, it destroys its helmet and evolves into Silvadi. While it is Normal-type as standard, there is a special hold item called Memory that lets it be one of all 18 types at any one time thanks to its ability, AR System. It's not currently known if it's one item that can change this, or if there are 18 different ones. The type change is reflected in its eyes, mane and tail which glow the colour representing the type. It has a new attack called Multi Attack which changes type based on its hold item
It also confirms the Trial Captain Ilmia is the first Trial Captain
The first town is known in Japan as Hauori City."

We also have Alolan Grimer, which seems to be Poison/Dark. And Jarango and Jaranga are Fighting/Dragon type.

Here are some screenshots.

Here's another trailer and some information, courtesy of Serebii.



"First, Silvally is revealed as Silvadi's English name with its ability RKS System. It also confirms that there are unique memory items for each type
Jangmo-o's evolutions are Hakamo-o and Kommo-o respectively, both retaining Bulletproof and Soundproof. Kommo-o has a unique move, Clanging Scales which does a lot of damage but lowers its own Defense
Bounsweet evolves into Steenee, which is Grass-type with the abilities Leaf Guard and Oblivious, which then evolves into Tsareena which is also Grass-type with the ability Leaf Guard and Queenly Majesty, which blocks Priority moves. It has unique move called Trop Kick which does damage and lowers the opponent's Attack
Finally, Cutiefly's evolution is called Ribombee, which is Bug/Fairy-type and the abilities Honey Gather and Shield Dust Next, Alolan Muk is also revealed, with both it and Grimer having the abilities Poison Touch and Gluttony
New trainers are also revealed including Olivia, the Kahuna of Akala Island and Ilima
It has been indicated in the Japanese trailer that Parental Bond's second hit damage has been reduced to 25% of the first damage"

Lol rainbow alola muk XDXD
RKS system seems a lot like arceus's multitype. Hopefully the item it requires to change type is not trash.
queenly majesty seems interesting, not sure if it is going to be partically useful. Does well against extreme speed and sucker punch user i guess, and band talonflame when it locks on to BB.

And i see, they nerfed parental bond :^) That's totally fine cuz mega kang op ._.

Hopefully Kanga can get into OU now rather than Uber.
I can see Queenly Majestly used in OU just to be a counter for Sucker Punch Bisharp and Genger, Extreme Speed Dragonite and Gale Wings Talonflame. That's not good for my team considering that three of those Pokemon are in it.

tho talonflame still rekts da grass type XD and so does gengar and if tsareera doesn't have coverage against steel, bisharp also rekts it XD. Dnite also doesn't need espeed to kill it. Queen majesty will still be useful tho, so that it can't be picked off from things if it is fast enough n_n. inb4 it gets no speed so other pokemon can still revenge kill it ._.

The demo has been released. Here is some new information thanks to Serebii.

"The city is called Hau'oli City
You go for a trial in Ten Carat Hill
Water Shuriken is now Special
Battle Bond also boosts Water Shuriken's strength
The trial is to photo two Jangmo-o and two Hakamo-o, one of which is a Totem Pokémon
Z Move Power varies depending on the base move. Gigavolt Havoc from Thunderbolt is 175 base power. Nuzzle it has 100 and is Physical. Electro Ball it is 160 and Special
After initial completion, when demo is loaded you learn and can use Poké Ride through the Ride Pager
In the demo there's a Pokémon Capture Challenge where you catch wild Pokémon
Super Potion now raises HP by 60HP
The Capture Challenge yeilds items such as Nugget to send to the main game
A trainer takes you to Mahalo Trail where rocks block the path. Clear the rocks and you get 3 Stardust to send to the main game
Various characters reference events happening in X amount of days. One in 5 days, one in 18 days and one in 24 days. We'll post these new events as they go live
In one part of the demo, you can sometimes find a NPC who is startled by a Pokémon. When you view the PokéFinder, you discover Alolan Dugtrio.
It appears that Paralysis now halves your Speed rather than dropping it to a third.

water shurriken is now special, it's prob going to be pretty useful now
inb4 ash greninja is worse than protean greninja battle bond water shurriken spam :^)
175 bp thunderbolt what would explosion work on z move inb4 330 bp XDXD (not like it would be that useful XD)

Alolan Persian has been announed. It isn't much different from its predecessor.

honestly i was hoping ash greninja to be more op. Some people says it's already very op but honestly, battle bond is like only about as good as moxie. It boosts your stats a little bit after defeating a pokemon, which won't be easy for greninja to accomplish, then potentially just die to a priority user .____. Maybe if battle bond buffs water shurriken's power by a hack tons then it could be useful.

Z-move+tackle for the win

It seems like a big jump. What would you class as 'good' Sp. Atk?

120 or above for regular pokemon would be "good" in my opinion. Ash greninja by stats have a really good special attack but considering you have to faint a pokemon to get that, it doesn't seem that much. Let's say magearna, if it has 100 special attack and if a pokemon faints in the field, it will have an almost equivalent of 174 special attack (ability boost special attack by one stage after fainting each pokemon). (full ev no special attack nature). From what i've heard, ash greninja has 154 special attack. Plus, magearna can keep boosting after each pokemon faints while ash geninja can only increase once. Of course that's not saying magearna is better than ash greninja because we don't know about magaerna's stats and things but ash greninja's stats really isn't that op imo.

Here's some more info, courtesy of Serebii.

"Rowlet's evolution is called Decidueye which is Grass/Ghost. It has the move Spirit Shackle that prevents opponents switching out. Litten's evolution is Incineroar with the move Darkest Lariat which ignores stat changes. It is Fire/Dark. Popplio's is called Primarina and is Water/Fairy
The island guardians are Tapu Lele which is Psychic/Fairy with the ability Psychic Surge. Tapu Bulu which is Grass/Fairy with Grassy Surge and Tapu Fini which is Water/Fairy with Misty Surge. Each of these set their respective Terrains. Psychic Terrain prevents Priority Moves being used. They have their unique Z-Move, Guardian of Alola.
A new Pokémon is revealed called Cosmog. It is Psychic-type with the ability Unaware.
Persian is pure Dark-type with the abilities Fur Coat and Technician
In the game, they are trying to create a league and the champions of the league take on the Battle Tree where trainers like Cynthia, Blue and Red are. They can be battled against and teamed with."

Here's the trailer:

persion with fur coat XD
why does persion need furcoat i thought it's hot in alola
they are really nerfing priority >_>
there's the fish that's immune to priority, the grass type that's immune to priority, now a terrain that prevents priority.
and yay Incineroar is a fire/dark type, yay for dankness