Bevendre

What’s Team Skull’s motivation? Chaotic neutral grunts with a chaotic evil leader. There is no motivation. Their motivation is “fuck it, why not?”

There’s a reason why they’re not the main antagonists of Sun and Moon…

Pokemon Moon Nuzlocke

Rules:

Starter determined by last digit of ID number (1-3 is Rowlet, 4-6 is Litten, 7-9 is Popplio, 0 is choice)
A fainted Pokemon is dead and must be released
1 capture allowed per area per encounter type (I.E a capture via fishing, surfing or shaking spot can be done on top of the traditional encounter.) Only the first encountered Pokemon with any method may be captured
Routes divided into distinct or named sections, I.E. cave interior vs exterior, qualify as different areas
Areas that do not allow capture for narrative, I.E. Trial sites, are not restricted by the first encounter rule until capture is allowed on that route.
Gift Pokemon are allowed if they are not overleveled for the trainer (Event Munchlax is allowed, Ash Greninja is not)
Trading is only allowed for evolution, and must end with the Pokemon having the Nuzlocke trainers’ ID
Pokemon Refresh and PokePelago are allowed. Pokemon Refresh use is encouraged to better bond with Pokemon.
Pokemon who join the box through Pokepelago may be used in the case of a dead Pokemon but cannot be used unless a Pokemon dies.
Exp Share is disallowed and Exp Share must be turned off upon reception.
Pokemon switching is to be locked to Set, trainers will switch out before you can.
If the first Pokemon encountered calls for help, any summoned Pokemon may be captured within the same encounter, even if the initial Pokemon is defeated. A capture will end the encounter and no other capture may be made with the same encounter method in that area.
All captured Pokemon must be named whether they are used or not.
If the first Pokemon encountered in an area is the same species, or part of the same family as an already captured Pokemon (appears on the same Pokedex page), then it may be knocked out without negating the capture for that route.
Shiny Pokemon encountered do not count for the capture restrictions
In the event of a team wipe, the Nuzlocke is over and must be abandoned or restarted from scratch.
Breeding is allowed with captured Pokemon, additional captures are not allowed for breeding purposes, trainer must work with what they have.
Legendaries (Title legends, Tapu and UBs) may be captured without route restriction, but cannot be soft reset.
Nuzlocke will continue until trainer has reached the Battle Tree and defeated either Red or Blue. After defeating a classic champion of choice, capture restrictions will no longer be enforced and free capture will be allowed.
Defeated party members may only be boxed rather than released if they are capture restricted (Starter, version exclusives, fossils, etc.) These Pokemon may be placed in a grave box and traded away to another game, Pokemon received in trade for Pokemon in the grave box must be released
New clothes do not need to be purchased, but a new outfit is highly encouraged..
All revives given or found must be sold and cannot be used to revive fallen allies.
Player is allowed 3 save wipes/soft resets. If data is lost from the system losing power, or from being turned off without saving more than 3 times the Nuzlocke is forfeited. A save wipe is the only way to revive a fallen Pokemon, but runs the risk of losing rare catches. A save wipe cannot be used in an attempt to capture a legendary if the attempt failed. Save often, use them wisely.

Feel free to use these rules or adjust them for your own Nuzlocke runs, and good luck.

I have played every version of Pokemon since 1998. Sun and Moon are hands down the most immersive, most in depth, and most narratively beautiful in the series. Absolutely amazing. I just finished Sun, and the first thought in my mind isn’t how long or how good the postgame’s going to be, but that I REALLY want to start up Moon now just to relive the game from a different perspective.

If you don’t have it already, pick up a copy as soon as you can. If you do have a version already, I hope you love it as much as I do.

“It’s so ridiculous that GameFreak didn’t add any new fossil Pokemon to Sun and Moon!!!”

The games take place on a volcanic archipelago, it’s virtually impossible for new fossils to be prevalent in such a place, or any fossils for that matter.

“But the Pokedex has 4th and 5th gen fossils!!”

That are explicitly stated as having been imported from Sinnoh and Unova as trade goods and decorations. I would have loved new fossil Pokemon too, but chill.

I think my favorite little touch to Sun and Moon so far is the addition of background pieces in houses to better let Pokemon live among people. Stuff like your mom having a food and water dish for her Meowth, and some NPCs having little beds next to their own for their Pokemon.

ask-keystar replied to your post: I love it when everyone goes after one starter…

I want the cat. While I’m not a fan of the others, I don’t really mind them.

Minor spoilers for 7th gen starter stats, but Litten’s not a bad choice at all. Incineroar has really respectable attack and solid defensive typing and stats. It’s a little slow, but so are the other two.

Decidueye has average physical and special attack, special defense that’s decent and physical defense that’s below average, with base 70 speed. It’s set as a mixed attacker that doesn’t hit fast, and doesn’t really hit hard on either end of the spectrum. On top of that it has more weaknesses than resistances, (though it does have 2 immunities) and relatively thin coverage.

Then there’s Primarina. It only has 3 weaknesses, to relatively underused types while resisting 6 types and being immune to a 7th. Stat wise the best comparison would probably be Gardevoir, but Primarina does what Gardevoir does better, albeit slower. It hits harder and tanks hits better than Gardevoir, and has the highest Special Attack and Special Defense stats of any starter Pokemon in the history of the franchise.

Decidueye’s not bad in the scheme of things, but I expect to see a LOT more Incineroar and Primarina than Decidueye in competitive, and in just playing through the games.

Take this!

Energy from all the Pokemon of the sea!

Spirit Bubble!

Sun and Moon leaked early to a few people, and the games have been cracked open and datamined completely, so we now know the typing, stats, abilities and movesets of every new Pokemon, as well as version exclusives.

On top of those already announced by the Pokemon Company, Alolan Vulpix/Ninetails and Turtonator appear to be exclusive to Sun, and Alolan Sandshrew/Sandslash and Drampa appear to be exclusive to Moon.

“It’s so ridiculous that Decidueye isn’t flying type! It’s a bird!”

Since when do starter birds have to fly to be awesome?

Heads up! Pokemon Sun and Moon are now available for pre-purchase and download on the Nintendo e-Shop!