CoroCoro Reveals Rockruff's Evolution & New Ultra Beasts for Pokémon Sun and Moon

The other one at the top looks like the head of foundation.

Usually i don't watch the anime with Ash(I like more Pokèmon Origins,with Red) but I definitely have to watch this season.

Okay, we will got Ultra Beasts, one is like Lady Mushroom and one like Muscular Mosquito. Also, Werewolf for Moon version. So many Surprises and .....Weird Pokemons.

@Randomname19
My gosh...
That Exeggutor faces....

Good thing I ordered Moon, UB02 Beauty looks great. Rockruff's night evolution looks weird but kinda cool so I don't know when to evolve it yet.

Oh cool, Wobuffet is back in the show

EDIT: So glad I pre-ordered both versions

Normally, I like most Pokemon designs, but seriously! UB-02 beauty and expansion please be fake! And that night version of rockruffs Evo is pretty creepy!

I'm actually all for everyone of these designs. I want to know what the deal is with ultrabeasts. They don't seem to be considered Pokemon and there designs are missing that humanizing factor that Pokemon usually have. Definitely seems different.

Ubo2 expansion and beauty sound more like a tcg promotion

Chinese leaks were right again (the werewolf)

So, "Rockruff and the starters share a secret."
Rockruff has a split evolution depending on the time of day.
Therefore, the starters will have split evolutions depending on the time of day

Also, UB-02 Beauty just gave a huge boost to both theories.

Definitely looks like the Ultra Beasts are not actually Pokemon... but could still serve a similar role to legendaries in the story.
It always seemed strange to me that you'd be able to just capture and then use legendary Pokemon that were about to destroy the world without the risk of destroying the world by accident... surely it would be safer to either destroy them, or send them back where they came from... which is exactly what I think will happen with the Ultra Beasts.

@Bruh yea the UB definitely have piqued my interest. They look more like Digimon than Pokemon.

I was a big fan of Rockruff's design so I was considering having him on my team, but I'm not sure how I feel about either of his evolutions. I'll have to wait to see what they look like in 3D. I love UB02 Beauty's design though!

I've just noticed that another page appears to mention Alolan forms in relation to Pokemon GO... is anyone able to translate that?

I've played most Pokemon versions from Blue through Y. But this might be the first time I skip a mon game.

Ash now looks like he's 7yo. Curious Case of Ash Ketchum.

I really like the look of both Rockruff's evolution's forms, but I wonder what their typing might be, as I guess both will gain a secondary type; probably Dark for the night one, but which one for the day form?

Regarding Ultra Beasts, I guess it's the new way of having bosses without having Gym Leaders, but I could be wrong. In any case, I don't like how they look.

Ash striking an Hawaiian pose is adorably dorky.

I like Rockruff's evolutions, especially the "day" one.
Ash looks weird in that last page. Did they redesign his face again?

oh man i hope bewear is james pokemon and is always trying to hug him to death, but i have a feeling the bewear in that picture is just one of their robots.

@dougphisig Kinda looks like it

I think I will take day Lugarugen. Night Lugarugen looks like some failed Sonic fan character

@Randomname19 I wonder if someone already got the joke of that image?
By the way I laughed so hard, I didn't think that they would have made already a parody like that

Wow, so I guess Lusamine, and (I guess) Gladion are actually Ultra Beasts too? Interesting. I'm also loving that Rockruff day evolution, and the night evo too. I'll also definitely be checking out the anime. Ash going to school sounds awesome!

Well RIP amour shipping, something I just learned about yesterday. That green haired one is probably going to be one of his companions for the region, and the leak several months ago seemed to support that. I was hoping that that was Ash's Charizard but it looks like someone else is riding it 😭. Hopefully that's his Lapras too. Also I think Sun and Moon will thankfully be more plot driven than Gym driven like the past games, so yay to that! I think the school part is Ash learning how to use his Z ring and stuff, I hope it's only going to be a few episodes of that because that would get old pretty fast. Unless he brings all his Pokemon to Alola and Z moves them all. Then that might mean that that is his Tauros because it's not an Alolan Tauros.

The day version of Lugarugan looks awesome!

@Grandpa_Pixel Actually he's been back since the XY anime began 3 years ago.

Welp, that's probably Ash reset-ed again. And if this generation is going to be as short as BW was to make way for an NX 8th Gen debut in about 2ish year or less like I reckon, then yeah this is almost going to fill like filler like Orange Islands and Battle Frontier to fill a gap before the next games.

But hey, at least like those seasons Ash might actually win/graduate for a change, even if its not a main league.... XD

Nevermind Serena, I'm sure May, Dawn and Iris will look after you in Johto....

I'm surprised nobody's made a Sonic Unleashed joke with Rockruff's evolution. That's the first thing I thought of.

UB-02 Beauty and UB-02 Expansion look pretty cool.

Rockruff's second evolution is cute. It's last one bleh!

The red Ultra Beast looks like a super hero who got bit by a radioactive, mutant mosquito from outer space.
He has the power to suck!

I don't know if I wanna laugh at it or cringe.

@DAO1988 If I'm not mistaken is a JoJo parody right?

I think at this point we can confirm the Ultra Beasts to either be mutated humans or sentient aliens that can take human form.

@IceClimbers THAT'S who it reminded me of, cheers there. Cue the victory music

i wonder if they're going to call it something like Rockwulf. just because Lugaru (french for Werewolf) and Gan (Japanese for Rock.) makes its japanese name. though in context, the Gan portion would be more like Stone, as if something formidable. rather than physical stones you find within the earth itself. (excavated rocks, Ganseki?).

Mostly since Iwanko (Rockruff's jp name) already brings to mind Rocks/small pebbles. it just logically grows to larger units.

@Basilgarrad As far as I'm aware, there hasn't been an Alolan Tauros announced, and regular Tauros appear to be present in pre-release footage and artwork for the games... there is one that appears to have lighter fur, but that is likely due to the art style.

So if the starters get split evos, then there's hope lol. I hate the leaked evos but a different form depending on day or night is really interesting. Idk how I feel about the Ultra Beasts, but I don't think they're as bad as other people do. And Rockruffs evos look pretty cool to me. I wish he could change between the forms depending on time of day, like a true werewolf though. When it gets dark and you use him, have a transformation animation and he gains the Dark typing

This is shaping up to be a great new adventure.

I just realised... if Lugarugan is inspired by werewolves (which is a safe bet) then it is possible that it could change back and forth between the two forms depending on the time of day (and possibly in response to certain moves)... the translation only refers to the form it takes at the moment of evolution, and doesn't say that the form is fixed.

@DragonEleven
That's what I'm hoping for. It'd be a cool mechanic

Finally! They are making a cool and (somewhat) majestic dog/wolf Pokemon that turns into a werewolf depending on certain conditions. I've wanted this for so long, I am so happy they are doing this and I am 100% putting him on my team.

The day version is so cute. ^^ <3

@retropunky So the first time they actually start doing things right by changing up the formula and actually introducing things like a new game entry should, you get turned off?

What I'm getting from this is that you're put off because they're not following the same formula they've followed ever since the very first games...

@Angelic_Lapras_King Umm... there was three years between BW and XY (late 2010 -> late 2013). Thing is, due to the latter having a world-wide release, it was functionally two and a half years between for the West.

@retropunky Heaven forbid they actually get somebody who's not Masuda to be the director and actually change things up.
I'm the polar opposite- got burnt out on the series and skipped ORAS, but Sun and Moon are making me the most hyped I've ever been for a Pokemon title.

@Anti-Matter Those are JoJo-styled faces.
@DAO1988

i forget but do we know the pokemon that are in that girls green hair and that other 1 falling off or jumping beside the guy beside tauros.

@DragonEleven Pay no attention to the Pokémon Go bit. It's just saying some Pokémon found in GO have different forms in SM, which they could've just said "Gen I".

@Randomname19 Calling it now, the Ultra Beasts are stands.

@Tyranexx Maybe the number is a category, like in Pacific Rim (only example I could think of) where there's multitude of kaiju in the same class. Plus has anyone noticed the ultra beasts thus far are based on invertebrates?

@Rafx I have a feeling the Ultra Beasts aren't Pokemon but they'll probably be boss fights.

Love Rockruff's evolutions! Really not sure what to make if the Ultra Beasts, they're cool designs but don't feel very Pokémon. Curious to see how they all work.

So Ultra Beasts...meh, not particularly interested. Still looking forward to Pokemon Sun (got my pre-order in)!

@BlatantlyHeroic
Not at all, I guess I'm just burned out. Admittedly, I just finished Y a couple of months ago, and barely halfway in Sapphire. Don't get me wrong, the new stuff that has been revealed is neat.

@CrazedCavalier
It's not that they changed things, I just need a break from the series in general. I still enjoy all the reveals and updates for it though.

Who is riding Charizard?

@Tyranexx Thanks. Can say the same to you, let me guess, signature pokemon? As for Pacific Rim, it's from the mind behind Hellboy, so we're in good hands.

@retropunky Okay then. Wish you had included some of that as context in your original post- just saying that this is the first gen you'll probably skip makes it way too easy to jump to conclusions. Sorry I did, but I've seen behavior like that on here.

@retropunky Oh, that makes sense. You could have said that you were personally burnt out though. We thought that you had an issue with everything changing. What a misunderstanding. XD

@Kmno YESSSSS
Congratulations!
You won....... mmmm.... a sandwich!!!
Now go and make it one for yourself

@DAO1988 Right away sir!

@Tyranexx What other films are on the list?

Ultra Beasts?? And I thought Mega Evolution was pushing it. What could be next I wonder. Decided this before, but more reason to skip for me.
Also, Ash seems to be aging backwards; he looks younger.

@CrazedCavalier
Yeah, I should have been more concise, sorry about that. But it's all good!

@BlatantlyHeroic
That was my fault, but no worries. I gotta work on putting more than just a few words when discussing these things.

@Tyranexx I'd definitely recommend Guardians of the Galaxy, as for the 2nd trilogy, Do not watch it with a die hard star wars fan. Personally I've got nothin' against 'em, heck Darth Maul was voiced by my favourite comedian: Peter Serafinowicz