Bevendre

Thank you Shiny Clause.

Her name is Sierra Miss

“What’s there to be excited about with Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon?  They’re just going to be Sun and Moon with new Solgaleo/Lunala forms.”

Firstly, we know that the games feature an alternative story set in Alola, and there have already been new/altered locations shown off.  How alternative that is is up in the air at the moment, but may be either a completely alternate timeline where characters (and possibly cities/ecologies) are altered, or a story set in the future of Su/Mo much like Black 2/White 2.

Secondly, we know that the games are confirmed to have Pokemon that were not available in Su/Mo naturally.  It’s pretty much guaranteed that it won’t be limited to Ultra Solgaleo/Ultra Lunala.

Thirdly, we know that Gold and Silver are coming out on the Virtual Console ahead of USu/UMo’s release, just like R/B/Y came out ahead of Su/Mo and allowed for transfer through the bank, which was announced prior to Alolan forms.

We have 5 months before it comes out, and a lot of opportunity for info to come out.  Between the emphasis on it being an alternate story/timeline (coupled with the multiverse aspects that were confirmed in Su/Mo) and the Gold/Silver compatibility, I’m going to guess that we get more Alolan forms, possibly even of Kanto/Johto Pokemon that were in Su/Mo but may have evolved differently in this different Alola.

Patience, time will tell.  Worst case scenario is that we end up with the new Black 2/White 2, which I’d say were the best parts of Gen 5.