Pokemon Sun and Moon General Discussion: Official Site updated to include every new 'mon

[Lightchao42]

Silvally:

When Type: Null gains a partner it can trust, it deliberately destroys the restraining device it wears. Once released from that heavy mask, the Pokémon’s speed increases substantially. Freed of the restraining effects of its mask, Silvally’s senses are heightened, and it reverts to its natural temperament. It has a wild nature, but it will obey a Trainer that it trusts. And to protect that Trainer from danger, it will put its own life on the line. Silvally is said to have been created to oppose a threat...

By inserting exclusive items into the drive on Silvally’s head, its RKS System can be activated, causing Silvally’s somatic cells to mutate and glow. The RKS System enables it to change its type, and its cells glow with different colors of light, depending on its type.

Silvally’s Ability is called the RKS System Ability, which no previous Pokémon has ever had. By having Silvally hold items that correspond to each Pokémon type, it can change its own type. Multi-Attack is a move that only Silvally can learn, and this move’s type changes based on which type-related item Silvally is holding.

Hakamo-o:

When a Jangmo-o evolves into Hakamo-o, it breaks from its fellows and begins to live on its own to train itself. Wherever it can find Pokémon to battle against, it seems to appear.

Hakamo-o dances before battle to show its strength, clanging its scales together to make them ring out. When this dance reaches its climax, Hakamo-o bellows a fierce war cry to challenge its opponent.

Its scales make for fine armor, so Hakamo-o doesn’t worry about self-defense as it makes multitudes of strikes and overwhelms its opponents. But, as a result, its scales often become damaged and get torn off. They grow back immediately, so this does not cause Hakamo-o undue concern. In fact, it views the number of lost scales as proof of how ferociously it has fought, and it brandishes its bared arms in a boast of victory.

Kommo-o:

At the end of its harsh training, Hakamo-o evolves into this overwhelmingly powerful form. It returns to the land of its birth, where it watches over the Jangmo-o from a distance.

There is a legend that says Kommo-o is covered in glittering scales in order to drive away a great darkness covering the world. The reason these Pokémon seek out battle is to gain the power needed to defeat this darkness. When it detects someone approaching, this Pokémon rings the scales on its tail to announce its presence. It has no desire to battle against weak Pokémon.

Kommo-o’s greatest move is the uppercut. It swings its arm up from below in a punch of great skill and force, sending its foe flying into the sky. By raising its arms aloft, it can generate a force powerful enough to change the face of the surrounding landscape!

Clanging Scales is a move that only Kommo-o can learn. It scrapes the scales covering its body against one another, attacking with a great clamor. After using this move, Kommo-o’s Defense is lowered.

Ribombee:

Ribombee collect flower nectar and pollen to make into balls known as Pollen Puffs. These serve as food, and what’s more, they also can cause effects like paralysis or dizziness. Ribombee may use puffs to strike their opponents during battles. Some of the Pollen Puffs that Ribombee make also have relaxing effects or can relieve tiredness. These are distributed around the Alola region as high-priced supplements.

Ribombee hate getting rained on. They’re covered with fluffy hairs that hold the pollen they’ve gathered, and the rain makes them wet and dirty. Alolan people know that if Ribombee are busily visiting the fields of flowers, you can be sure that the fair weather will continue.

Steenee:

The calyx on Steenee's head is harder than Bounsweet’s, so Steenee no longer worries about being stabbed by other Pokémon. As Bounsweet, this Pokémon may have preferred to run away from others, but now Steenee and other Pokémon can play together.

Upon evolving, this Pokémon’s fragrance becomes even more delectable, but it also gains a tomboy-like personality. Living together with one is quite the ordeal. As it moves around, it spins its calyx, striking nearby objects, but Steenee couldn’t care less.

Steenee unleashes combo moves using the calyx on its head and its hard legs. First it smacks opponents with the calyx on its head, and when the opponent flinches, it lands a whacking great kick. That usually does the trick!

Tsareena:

Tsareena has the nature of high-class nobility. Any Pokémon or human that approaches it with evil in mind will be punished forthwith. It even turns its fearsome glare upon its own Trainer if the two of them are not fully in sync, or if its Trainer orders it to use a move that will be ineffective. Only the strongest of Steenee are able to evolve. When this happens, the Steenee evolves with the blessing of other Steenee. It then uses its strength to protect the Bounsweet.

Tsareena is a high-kicking virtuoso. It has honed these skills beyond the level it achieved as a Steenee, and it attacks with graceful movements. At the same time, its fragrance mesmerizes its opponents, dealing them a secondary attack. Trop Kick is a move that only Tsareena can learn. It lowers an opponent’s Attack by showering it with blazing hot kicks in a style similar to that originating from tropical countries. It’s said that this Pokémon loses its strength if touched on the crown-like protuberance on its head.

Some Tsareena have the Queenly Majesty Ability, which no other Pokémon has previously had. The effects of Queenly Majesty are so intimidating that it prevents opponents from using priority moves.

Grimer:

When the population of the Alola region increased, dealing with their garbage became a serious problem. As a solution, Grimer were imported from other regions. They fed primarily on garbage, so their body composition changed—as did their form. What appear to be teeth in this Pokémon’s mouth are in fact residual toxins from the garbage it eats, which have hardened and crystallized. No method has been discovered to break down these crystals. Direct contact with them presents a danger.

Alolan Grimer is always eating garbage, but its constant hunger will cause it to begin eating other manufactured objects if it runs out of garbage to feed on. There are more than a hundred Alolan Grimer in Alola’s garbage-processing plants, and all of the garbage produced in the Alola region is taken for use as their food.

Fabulous Muk:

Alolan Muk eats whatever is in reach without pausing, and if it feels the sharp pangs of hunger, it runs amuck. It’s thought that its voracious appetite stems from an inability to maintain its energy levels without a constant influx of toxins. Toxins have accumulated in Alolan Muk’s body from its steady diet of various waste products and manufactured materials. This accumulation has brought about a chemical change, producing a new kind of toxin.

Alolan Muk has the same poisonous crystals as Alolan Grimer, but they’re not limited to its mouth—they extend from all over the surface of its body. Alolan Muk uses them to attack, just like other Pokémon use their fangs or claws. And these highly toxic crystals are easily knocked loose, making them extraordinarily dangerous!

The Grimer and Muk in the Alola region produce and store their toxins within their bodies. So, unlike the Grimer and Muk in other regions, you won’t detect any unpleasant aromas when you draw near one.

Edited October 14, 2016 by Lightchao42

[Dai]

>RKS System

Dat subtlety.

Also! Ilima reminds me of Blanche. Maybe they're related?

By the way: Alolan Muk is GLORIOUS.

Edited October 14, 2016 by Dai

[Michelaar]

OMG I love bounsweet's evolutions!!

And alolan Muk looks disgusting.

[The DanMan]

"RKS system"?

Subtlety? What is that?

[Moblin Major General]

I love how Alolan Muk looks like a gasoline leak. Alola seems to be more natural than other places, but because of cars, I can see why Alolan Grimer and Muk are a thing.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Is it really great? Both Electric and Grass have ways to cripple it, and Water types always carry Ice moves, plus it's weak to a lot of common Pokemon in the current meta, such as Flying types like Talonflame, Therian-Tornadus and Mega Pinsir. Plus there's Azumarill, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Slowbro, Starmie, Mega Medicham, Mega Metagross and others for it to deal with. Have you seen the drop in the usage of Fighting type Pokemon?

Granted, it still resists Stealth Rock, which is a plus, but other than that, most of the type it resists have ways to deal with it.

Resist

Rock

Water

Electric

Grass

Bug

Rock

Dark

Weak:

Flying

Psychic

Ice

Dragon

Immune:

Ghost because who uses Shadow Claw?

And also immune to Focus Blast and Aura Sphere for what it worth

This is actually really good. Having those weakness is OK when all you need to do is click some of the most easy to use Pivot around. Click heatran. Click Metagross. Click Scizor. Click Rotom-W, Click Clefable. The list goes on.

Also fighting usage is still pretty high outside of those scrubs that gets 110 speed metagame'd which is basically just Terrakion.

Keldeo, Loppuny, and Mega Medicham is still Top 10 pokemon in ORAS

That said I perfectly get that this thing is bound to have issue - the #1 - Landorus Therian cockblocks it, and thats the problem with half the metagame. It need to enter or surpass the 110 Metagame to at least deal with weakened Metagross, but for this one at least you can use Tyranitar to covers some of it, Loppuny does everything it ever wants to do and having Ice Punch means at least it gets to play 50-50 with Landorus, and Keldeo had a generally more useful typing and would outclass it regardless of Physical(lol Keldeo have Mystic Sword) or Special(because Keldeo is special), but defensive typing is the least of its problem

Edited October 14, 2016 by JSND

[Magical Glace]

Ugh, Alola Muk is even more ugly than Kanto Muk.

I didn't even know how that's possible.

(signed not a fan of the Grimer line ever)

I really like Bounsweet's first evo, though! It's adorbs. The second one is nice enough but I like the first more.

[Anacybele]

I googled the official Pokemon Youtube channel this time like I said I would, and found the trailer there, so I didn't have to search here this time. lol

Colorful Muk! I like it. XD

Bounsweet's evolutions are adorable! Definitely locked in as my Grass type!

I like Olivia's design too!

[Quintessence]

Alolan Muk might be pretty good since Poison Dark is a good typing.

Bounsweet's evolution ability looks like Bruxish's, apparently it prevents priorities from being in use and Tropic Kick looks awesome. If it prevents priorities then priority moves are being balanced and neutralized to some extent, warying off some attention at them, and stop the +2 STAGE BOOST + AQUA JET/BRAVE BIRD ETC

Kommo-O looks cool and Digimonish.

[The DanMan]

I can already see people bitching about "dex filler" (how I hate that term) in regards to Bounsweet having two evolutions.

Really like the effect on Alolan Muk.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Jarrango in game actually looks legit, i still can't get over its ornaments though

FUCK YES TYPE NULL BEST POKEMON EVER

[Anacybele]

Also, does Cutiefly only evolve once since it didn't get a second evolution shown? I really thought it would have two evolutions. Its first evolution doesn't look fully-evolved to me. But then again, some other Pokemon look to me like they should evolve as well, yet they don't (Heliolisk, Farfetch'd, Dunsparce...).

Edited October 14, 2016 by Anacybele

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

"Changing Scales deals a lot of damage but lowers your defense"

Oh god

Dragon Type Close Combat

Its happening

[Dai]

Japanese trailer.

"Changing Scales deals a lot of damage but lowers your defense"

Oh god

Dragon Type Close Combat

Its happening

It seems to be special-based as well, so I suppose burning it won't hurt too much.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Lets have Water type Close Combat next based Gamefreak

[The DanMan]

Huh...

There is a legend that says Kommo-o is covered in glittering scales in order to drive away a great darkness covering the world. The reason these Pokémon seek out battle is to gain the power needed to defeat this darkness.

Silvally is said to have been created to oppose a threat...

Some people were saying the fact that Jangmo-o was revealed alongside Type Null and UB-01 could be a sign of greater importance.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Yeah i was thinking about that too

People was thinking the mythology that TN wants to defeat is Arceus, but i always thought it was reffering to Ultra Beasts, and it happened to copy Arceus because its the big boss of all pokemon so it kinda made sense

Also thinking about it, i wonder if Scale Change is going to have more widespread distribution besides Jang Mo-O. Dratini comes to mind because of Shed Skin

Edited October 14, 2016 by JSND

[Nym]

Sillvary must be related to Arceus, right?

They can do the exact same thing

Bounsweet's evo are cute

The fairy bug is so tiny.

I don't like Muk at all.

Edited October 14, 2016 by Nym

[The DanMan]

The amount of fanservice Olivia displays makes me wonder why the game still has just a flat E rating.

[Anacybele]

The amount of fanservice Olivia displays makes me wonder why the game still has just a flat E rating.

I didn't get a fanservice vibe off her at all.. At least until I saw her in the Japanese trailer that Dai posted... But that was only when she walked with her ass facing us. She doesn't look nearly as impractical or sexualized as Camilla in Fates, imo. In fact, she kinda looks like something out of a Lisa Frank coloring book, imo.

[Dai]

Something from the JP trailer that Serebii mentioned:

"Edit @ 14:38: It has been indicated in the Japanese trailer that Parental Bond's second hit damage has been reduced to 25% of the first damage"

Edited October 14, 2016 by Dai

[Tamanoir]

Sillvally loses 20kg when it evolves.

That helmet was freaking heavy, damn.

[The DanMan]

I didn't get a fanservice vibe off her at all.. At least until I saw her in the Japanese trailer that Dai posted... But that was only when she walked with her ass facing us. She doesn't look nearly as impractical or sexualized as Camilla in Fates, imo. In fact, she kinda looks like something out of a Lisa Frank coloring book, imo.

Really, one could a wear a bikini and look less sexualized. Low neckline, virtually no back to her top, shorts that are tight around the butt and (sorry for this) show off that mound... .

I'd wager she's the most fanservicey character in the series. If I showed Olivia to my parents, they'd freak a bit which tells how little they actually know about what I play.

In general, the series has been giving me an E10+ vibe.

The ESRB itself is kinda nebulous with the ratings, though- I've played E10+ games with a lot of mild language (Supreme Commander) and rather blatant innuendos (the first Gunvolt game). Almost feels like there needs to be a classification between every single existing rating.

Just my two cents on things, though.

Edited October 14, 2016 by The DanMan

[Water Mage]

Resist

Rock

Water

Electric

Grass

Bug

Rock

Dark

Weak:

Flying

Psychic

Ice

Dragon

Immune:

Ghost because who uses Shadow Claw?

And also immune to Focus Blast and Aura Sphere for what it worth

This is actually really good. Having those weakness is OK when all you need to do is click some of the most easy to use Pivot around. Click heatran. Click Metagross. Click Scizor. Click Rotom-W, Click Clefable. The list goes on.

Also fighting usage is still pretty high outside of those scrubs that gets 110 speed metagame'd which is basically just Terrakion.

Keldeo, Loppuny, and Mega Medicham is still Top 10 pokemon in ORAS

That said I perfectly get that this thing is bound to have issue - the #1 - Landorus Therian cockblocks it, and thats the problem with half the metagame. It need to enter or surpass the 110 Metagame to at least deal with weakened Metagross, but for this one at least you can use Tyranitar to covers some of it, Loppuny does everything it ever wants to do and having Ice Punch means at least it gets to play 50-50 with Landorus, and Keldeo had a generally more useful typing and would outclass it regardless of Physical(lol Keldeo have Mystic Sword) or Special(because Keldeo is special), but defensive typing is the least of its problem

I see your point, but the current meta game isn't going to be kind to it. If it were Gen 5, this thing would rule without fear.

Also, the trailer was pretty cool, and Tsareena's ability caught my attention. Like Bruxish, it's immune to priority attacks, and if it can learn powder moves such as Sleep Powder and Stun Spore and if it has high speed, Tsareena might have a lot of potential.

And Alola Muk...SUCH PRETTY COLORS!

[Anacybele]

DanMan: Yeah, but then you have to think about games like FE: RD, which have an E10+ rating. Do you really think a Pokemon game should have the same rating as an FE game?

Edited October 14, 2016 by Anacybele