Bevendre

“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.

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…

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.

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

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Originally posted by shattered-earth

As much as Robin Hoot, or Owliver Preen work as names for Decidueye, I feel like Hamlet is a good nickname for the whole line.  Think about it, the father’s a ghost, the first you see it as Rowlet it’s a bit of a lovable dork, then it becomes emo and brooding as Dartrix, before finally becoming Decidueye, deadly, serious and focused on murder.