Topic: Pokémon Sun & Moon - Discussion & Speculation

Never played B/W 2 but yesterday I was playing Yellow and since I don't like to grind in games I replay, I went to fight Koga with my level 30-something team. It was a pleasant surprise having to fight tough gym leader.

While it'd be impossible that forced grinding returns (and personally, I think that's fine), I'd love to see difficult battles like these make a come back.

Those pesky legendaries though.

They can't let a kid have a battle.

Melting a wall doesn't seem like a smart thing to do though.

I wonder if they'll show off Team Rocket forcing the Red Gyarados events at the Lake of Rage or Team Galactic blowing up Lake Valor.

I don't know about the latter event, but the former event was referenced in a trailer, I believe.

I enjoyed the first two episodes (even though the first was more of a montage of all six regions, one for each Gen) and can't wait for more!

Edit: I was correct, the teaser trailer does reference the Red Gyarados.

Yeah, how the hell were they going to get in through that molten steel wall? Haha.

Anyway, it's alright. The first episode is just another trailer, and the second kinda boring, but I'll watch 'em. 360p tho...

That last bit with Giovanni contradicts his change in attitude after Red beat him in Origins.

That is because this is not a continuation of Origins.

And this Red apparently started with Bulbasaur.

Aaaaand... Hah he's apparently named Trainer. If his save file is anything to go by.

Then again, it is implied this happened right after that:

@DarthNocturnal @Meowpheel Yeah, but you guys are forgetting about something really important...

Youngster said:

"Hi! I like shorts! They are comfy and easy to wear!"

Think about it guys...

That's obviously an analogy for the evil of team rocket.

Being evil is so easy and comfortable that Giovanni feels like there's nothing else he can do with his life.

How will he support his expensive lifestyle otherwise.

Maybe he never left the angsty angry teen phase.

@Meowpheel That describes Cyrus more than Giovanni.

Cyrus is not afraid of showing it.

What if he decided to just flat out lie to Red because he defeated him several times allready?

The trailer is up on Serebii.net. customization and Poke Amie is back, although it is more expansive and called Pokemon Refresh. Showed off three version exclusives a monkey Pokemon for Sun and an ape for moon. Also the evolved forms of Rockruff the bipedal one is exclusive to Moon and the other one is exclusive to Sun. Also showed off UB02 Expansion and UB02 Beauty. My hype is at all time high.

"Rugby Monkey" confirmed. That also confirms the starter evos and some other stuff.

The new trailer was hype! I'm really happy to see better character customization, I'm hoping that there's anime-style hair (and a lot of hair colors.) Also, I really love Eevee's special Z-Move, Extreme Evoboost. It looks awesome seeing all of her evolutions give her power, it also will be very useful having an Evoboosted Eevee use Baton Pass. I also like Catastropika, it looks cool and it could be very strong.
Now, we just need to know what Stoked Sparksurfer does.
Also, I really liked the Pokémon shown off. Pokémon Refresh is a better version of Pokémon-Amie and it's gonna be useful. Overall, I think this was a pretty good trailer.

Here's the English trailer:

Passimian is the rugby monkey from the leaks, though it's more of a lemur. Receiver is a pretty cool ability for Doubles. Oranguru is cool looking. Instruct is a neat move. The different forms of Lycanroc, Rockruff's evo, are indeed version exclusive.

Great to see better character customization - we can remove the hat for once! You can also dye white clothes according to Serebii, which is pretty cool. Pokemon Refresh is a better Pokemon Amie that can also cure status effects. Catastropika and Extreme Evoboost are neat Z-Moves. The latter is the first non-damaging Z-Move we've seen.