Two New Pokémon and Fresh Zygarde Formes Revealed for Pokémon Sun and Moon

Iwanko looks pretty cool. I'd be happy to add that to a team, depending on any evos. I guess the starters' final evos are getting megas, and that's the 'secret'. Could be something else, I guess, but it'll prolly be megas.

Cool! I can't wait to catch them! But I wonder how the Zygarde thing is going to work...

Was wondering when you guys were going to report on this.

Anyway, Iwanko looks pretty cool. I think Rockweiler would be a cool English name for it. Definitely going to have it on my team!

Nekkoala is so cute! I also think that the "secret" mentioned has something to do with alchemy, like Gamexplain and so many others have mentioned.

Without the ears, Nekkoala would look like a tiny bald man with sideburns hugging a keg of beer

I like both of the new designs, particularly Iwanko. Depending on its evolutions, I may have it on my main team in Sun/Moon...or at least raise one. I think that the Ground typing for Iwanko would have made more sense (dogs like digging), but I don't mind it being a Rock type either.

I wonder if the "secret" that the three starters plus Iwanko are hiding is an alternative way of Mega evolution? Kind of like what's happened with Ash's Greninja in the anime.

Please can you not put the new Pokémon on the thumbnail? I would very much like to be surprised by the gen 7 Pokémon designs as I'm sure several other NintendoLife users want as well. I only clicked on this because I saw it somewhere else and because I wanted to ask that of you. Thank you very much.

THIS IS SO COOL! I can't wait to get a hold of the Zygarde 10% and 100% formes! I seriously hope they don't just hand it to us through an event, I wanna be able to encounter it and catch it.

So Zygarde is Cactuar Zorro, got it.

The Zygarde thing isn't much of a spoiler as that's how it is in Pokémon XYZ the anime and in XY10/Fates Collide in the trading card game.

Those new ones are so adorable

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy I was wondering how many people would have to send news tips before NL realized that news had happened. I guess the staff's resting up for E3 coverage next week and just forgot to check the News Tips for a day.

@TheXReturns Yeah! That pokemon looks cool.

Hopefully, the overall pokemon are just as creative as Hoenn.

Really liking Nekkoala! It's always exciting to see an animal that hasn't been pokemonised yet get added in. Definite Sleep is interesting too. I forgot to be curious as to what new abilities might spring up this gen.

Wondering if we can catch a fresh Zygarde & they'll shiny unlock it unlike XY...

@Decapre Unleash the Toothpaste Serpent.

I like both, so far so good. Not sure how useful the koala's ability is, since sleep status overrides other status conditions by default anyways. You got toxic-ed? Yeah, just use rest and it's gone. For the puppy, sleep immunity from Vital Spirit is far better than accuracy drop immunity from keen eye, if only because accuracy stuff is not seen very much.

@Piersen
Why must taunt our country so...
And accurately. o.o

Iwanko's type should be "dog Evee". I wonder if it will have 7 different evolutionary forms?

Iwanko's might have some trouble playing online with it's name...

Iwanko is so damn cute. 100% adding him to my team, which is a first for a rock type. But that name though, I know it'll most likely be different when it comes out over here, but wow.

The koala's ability is too OP.

@Spike6958 I feel exactly the same. Normally I don't care for rock types but I NEED this on my team. I NEED it.

Yay, more doggies....-w-

I'm not too hot on Iwanko, to be honest. I just feel like the Pokédex is overly saturated with dog Pokémon as it is. Growlithe, Houndour, Poochyena, Lillipup, and I am certain there are other lines that I'm not remembering at the moment. I'm really just content chilling with my Houndoom. That being said, I will say that I'm really digging Zygarde's 10% Complete form. Very sleek design.

Rock dog!
Dog of rock!
K9 stone!
(I couldn't resist)

You know who's really hiding a secret?

"Central to the plot"? Check. "Assists Professor Kukui for personal reasons"? Check. "Dislikes Pokémon battles, but loves to read"? Total loner, not unlike N. Lillie's up to something sneaky, never fooled me ever since I first saw her in the trailer before even knowing her name. You heard it here first.

@NinjaAceTrainer seconded! I really would like to play the game blind if possible. Thanks

@NinjaAceTrainer
No one wants to be spoiled (or "spoiler'd", in order not to confuse this past participle with the one used in the "spoiled brat" context), but Gen VII designs are bound to surprise you anyway. I mean, who could have seen Trubbish or Klink coming?

@greengecko007 That only applies to Rest. You can't use something like Sleep Powder on something that's paralyzed, poisoned, burned, or frozen.

@BulbasaurusRex True. I get the feeling though that it is going to be able to use sleep talk and rest effectively though. Just basing that theory on design obviously.

@Piersen So... Danny Devito?

I bet their secret is based on gender. All 4 having different evolutions depending on whether they are male or female resulting in 15 different starters instead of 9.

@BulbasaurusRex I think in Gen 1, you could change statuses whenever I believe

The "secret" might be mega evolutions for Iwanko and the starters in their final formes

Cool designs. I'm a sucker for the dog Pokemon. So Iwanko will be in my party for sure.

Puppyyyyy Pow- Sees Koala

Move over, rover. Daddy's got a new favorite.

@TheBigK There are never enough dog pokemon.

As someone who tries to avoid spoiling the Pokemon in Sun & Moon I would highly appreciate you NOT showing the pokemon in the thumbnails.

Iwanko looks pretty sweet cant wait to see its evolution

@CanisWolfred this is pure gold.

A rock type? That's certainly an unexpected type choice for Iwanko. Had I seen it without that bit of information, would have assumed it to be another generic early-game normal type. I guess we'll be getting a rock type arcanine then, and that could be pretty interesting (just hope it doesn't become rock/normal though!)

Definite sleep is also interesting, though something tells me that Nekkoala won't be all that strong a pokemon, unless it evolves of course. Either way, have to use it alongside snorlax and slaking for a healthy dose of laziness.

@AlexSora89 I know what you mean but it's still a lot more fun (for me anyway) seeing the new Pokémon in the games than finding out about them online. Still can't do anything about the Youtubers who put the new Pokémon on their video thumbnails however...

Finally! Some Aussie representation and a cute puppy! I'm SOLD!

@MrWarner14 I'd like a platypus Pokemon. That would be cool!

Calling it now, Kalos will show up at the end of this game just like Kanto did at the end of Gold/Silver. This is where Pokemon Z went!

Just wait, we'll get more Pokémon news in the coming days. Either Monday, where Nintendo appears on the Youtube E3 Channel OR Tuesday at the beginning of Treehouse Live. Either way, we are getting new info.

@Radbot42 That would be pretty neat.

@TheInsAngel Not its English name.

Zygardoge has a glowing dot in a very... suspicious location... (hint: it's staring at you most of the time in the battle screen). Look it up.

...and there we are, spoiled without even clicking the article.

@MitchVogel Can't tell if you're joking or not but if you aren't...just know that the only reason we got to explore Kanto back in Gold and Silver was because Gamefreak thought that would be their last pokemon game and they wanted to go out with a bang.

@Aerona His butt. Because butts are hilarious. Also a bit of a silly trope for cartoon dogs in japan, as far as I can tell.

@NinjaAceTrainer
Especially given the few who go to great lengths in order to avoid spoiling stuff, such as Etika.

Iwanko is cute

@AlexSora89 And that's exactly why I hate TyranitarTube, MunchingOrange and ProtoMario just to name a few Youtubers who don't censor their video thumbnails.

@NinjaAceTrainer
Then again, sometimes media authors themselves spoil stuff without even realizing it. Case in point:

Puppy....! :3
And Koala....!
And then Puppy evolved into Gigantic Dog like Doberman or German Shepherd. XD

@AlexSora89 I suppose I'll just have to refrain from looking at my YouTube homepage or from going on pokemon.com then.
sighs, It's going to be a long 5 months...

Or maybe you could consider unsubscribing from all the spoileriffic youtubers so that the thumbnails don't show up in the main page (unless they pop up in the "suggestions" box and you're screwed anyway).
I realized that not being spoiled is a futile battle, for me, so I fully embrace the possibility of bumping into spoilers every now and then. I don't mind spoilers anymore, because getting hyped for a game shouldn't depend on how early you run into a plot point.

@King_Johobo Me too...

@CanisWolfred Indeed, I mean just look at Ametarasu from Okami.