Topic: Pokémon Sun & Moon - Discussion & Speculation

I've done about as much digging as I can stomach. Here is the image, the part with Mallow is cut off. Knock yourself out with google image search if you care to

I hope we don't get those as final evos. They look ugly

@Haru17 Judging from the time it was posted and from the trailer we just got, it doesn't seem to be a mere coincidence. Plus talks of a non traditional league being present.

If you look at the middle picture in the provided link below with the sketch of the trainers, you'll come across the Grass trial leader:
http://puu.sh/qlWKt/c2ab3a955d.jpg

@Marakuto Thanks, that makes more sense.

Fire crotch kitty shall be feared.

Going on my team.

Mind control eyes.

Metal meets manic-eyes.

if those are the final evos i am glad i was planning on rowlet

Actually, that's not true. The Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa have colder climates, and they have snowfall as well.

Edit: Just the Mauna Kea, actually.

Except it's a gen 4 Pokemon.

From a region with prominent snow areas.

Kiawe, the Trial Captain who specializes in Fire-types, is described as being close to his Marowak.

Fire-type Alolan Marowak confirmed?

Hmm, I just noticed Exeggutor's alt. is a dragon type. Makes me hate him all the more.

Gumshoos is supposed to be a detective. It's name is literally gumshoe + mongoose. Gumshoe is another word for a detective (hence Detective Gumshoe in the Ace Attorney series). It even has the ability Stakeout.

It just happens to look like Donald Trump.

Wowzers. That was trippe-cray.

Oh and @Octane, it appears you were right about everything. Please take these imaginary lemon drops.

I wondered this as well. I wouldn't mind seeing the gym formula shaken up a bit, and that seems to be what they're doing. Done right, this may be quite a refreshing change.

The alternate forms of the Ninetales and Sandslash lines didn't appeal to me at first, but they're starting to grow on me. They seem a little out of place in a tropical region, but from what I understand the higher peaks of Hawaii do occasionally get snow. At least most of their designs look neat. Exeggutor, though? Ugh. I think I prefer its original form (which is saying something).

Most of the new Pokemon are meh, but I do like Mudbray and Gumshoos, particularly the latter's punny, detective-like name. This is saying something as I'm generally not too fond of Normal types.

Z-moves look like a really cool way to shake up the battling formula. I'm not a competitive battler, but I wonder how something like this will affect competitions. The new bracelet has me wondering if Mega Evolution will return.

Riding Pokemon is always a plus. I know I've brought it up before, but it would be cool if there was a kind of Soaring mechanic that could be used with almost any Flying type.

Totem Pokemon also looks like an interesting concept; it looks like a nice spin on Horde battles.

Wonder how Alolan Vulpix evolves?

As a grass trainer, I am super excited to have a Dragon type now. However, my brother is an Ice trainer, which makes him worthless in my sibling rivalry lol

@IceClimbers Fir.. no idea TBH..

I don't know about you guys, but I'm really excited about this game. The pokemon variations were something I wanted for a long time.

Thank. God. That crystal wasn't Burst Heart/Synchro or whatever.

So Sycamore was studying Mega Stones, and now Kukui is studying pokemon moves. So will this be a new battle gimmick for the generation that will be replaced by something else in Gen 8?

Even though there's no Mega evolutions shown off yet, I'm not sure we can rule them out entirely. The main focus for this gen is Z Moves obviously, but they function similarly to Megas, as a Pokemon has to hold an item and it can only be used once per battle.

I can see an endgame quest where you also get a Mega Stone and are able to use either Megas or Z Moves. Maybe Sycamore will meet up with Kukui and tell you about Mega Evolution. Plus, the Z must have something to do with Zygarde, which in turn has to do with Kalos... Maybe we will return to Kalos after all?