Topic: Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon discussion

Oh how I wish they could make another game where double battles are the standard.

One day.

Oh, and too bad they removed triple and rotation battles, we hardly got to enjoy them at all. Hopefully they'll come back when they make the move to the switch.

@Meowpheel That's why I still play Colosseum once in a while.

@BlueOcean
Well I enjoyed X/Y, so yes, S&M are more boring.

We have the cover, but it seems to just be hinting at some kind of promotion (maybe just talking about the Japanese Silvally event). If there were anything interesting in CoroCoro, we would probably know by now.

So yet again nothing?

@Tsurii CoroCoro comes out after the Direct.

Ooh interesting, so they are actually necrozma first, the nebbolution second.

Like Kyurem.

@Meowpheel How do you know?

Edit: Never mind.

@Octane it's... Uh... On the post up there? It says they're forms of Necrozma.

It's just a bit more confusing than with Kyurem, since you're literally looking at solgaleo and lunala there.

Well at least we finally have names for those forms. Took long enough.

This. Interesting to learn that Necrozma is actually the base Pokemon, kinda like Kyurem.

WHAT?! Dang, I liked both of those formats. I was hoping they would pop up in an obscure location again....

Can we also assume no Johto Alolan forms? I mean, it's September, if there was anything worthwhile to reveal, we would've known by now...

I'll wait until after the Direct tomorrow before assuming that there aren't any Johto Alolan forms.

It would be great if there were Alolan forms from every past generation and not just Kanto or Johto, but lack of info is making it seem more and more unlikely.

@crimsontadpoles Pretty sure tomorrow's Direct will just give the localized news from CoroCoro.

CoroCoro is much more likely to show off new stuff than a Direct, Nintendo Directs rarely feature main series Pokemon news and when they do, it's usually the announcement of new software in a focused Pokemon Direct. They don't really just drop a trailer for the already announced upcoming game in a Direct. So don't get your hopes up for any sort of USUM news in this Direct, there's a good chance that it won't happen.

It's weird. US and UM sound like the most boring and predictable ''sequels'' of any Pokemon game, yet they decided to make two of them...

Even worse, they probably get away with it.

@Octane
I wish next Pokemon games has more things to do such as Mini games with reward, Small Tycoon, Item Gathering, Decorating town / house , etc.
I'm quite bored with same routine to hunt certain Pokemons.

I'm not so sure about that. Even Pokemon's pedigree will have a hard time saving this game from poor marketing and poor word of mouth. I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up a sub 5 million seller and becomes the worst selling main series game in history.

In a sense, this game feels like Pokemon's Federation Force. It's the game no one asked for and is hitting all of the wrong notes of what people want in a Pokemon game. That usually not a formula that translates into success.

Excuse me but do you know something the rest of us don't? Because I'm pretty sure that none of us know anything about the game to make that kind of a statement. And I totally disagree with no one wanting these games because I know plenty of people who do. Since when do you speak for the whole world? Next time just speak for yourself.

While I'll say that @Pokefanmum82 was overly harsh with their post, I will admit that I totally agree with their point.

Yes, we know absolutely nothing about US & UM, which means anyone saying they may become the "worst selling main series game" is just going too far. But I know I'm still interested in getting these games. Heck, I bought both versions. And I know a few dozen friends who intend to buy them too, even though we know nothing.

Thing is, unlike with Metroid Federation Force, we know we're getting Pokémon on Switch. So I don't think that comparison can be made so easily. This is essentially the Black 2 & White 2 to tide us over until pokemon comes to Switch. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Besides, we know that the region is going to have a few changes here and there (etc, the black portal, Necrozma's new forms/story, more Z-moves, Dusk Lycanroc and whatever else they have yet to mention) which is good enough to many people. Particularly for those who never got Sun & Moon and for those who fully intend to double-dip like myself. Some people prefer to be surprised.

Maybe Gamefreak has heard how disappointed people were when they played the games and already knew about 90% of the new pokemon? Maybe this is the response to that.