Today the demo for Pokémon Sun And Moon went live, and it hasn't taken long for data miners to dig into the code and unlock secrets that really should have remained hidden until the final game arrives.
Needless to say, if you're keen to ensure the experience is as fresh and surprising as possible then you should leave this page right now, as we've got some major spoilers on the way.
If you're still here following that warning then we can assume you're not bothered about having things revealed, so we'll continue.
Despite the fact that it's only a sample of the full game, the Pokémon Sun And Moon demo contains unannounced Pokémon (including Alolan forms of existing 'mon), final evolutions for the starters and - perhaps most shockingly of all - the much-hyped ultra beasts. According to data miners, the Pokédex for the full game contains 800 Pokémon, but not all are to be found in the demo's code.
Shockingly, data mining took place when the demo for Pokémon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire was released and similar information was extracted - which means that Game Freak has essentially made the same mistake twice. Oops.
You can view some of the new monsters below.
Starter final evolutions:
Alolan versions:
Ultra beasts:
Do you think these leaks will impact your enjoyment of the final game, or are you not bothered? Let us know by posting a comment.
[source kotaku.com]
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nah I'm fine with them. I'm so excited for the games! ugh I hate how they're only coming out in Europe 5 days after everywhere else.
These data miners couldn't just mine their own business could they?
Alolan Persian is literally Garfield. I love it.
All they've got are sprites... no names, dex entries/numbers, etc.
And the dataminers have also said that some sprites seem to be missing, so it could be that the developers intentionally left those sprites in for us to find, to make the missing ones more of a surprise.
I'm not even surprised this happened.
God. Damnit. Another fire-fighting type.
And here we are to spoil them once again!
Alolan Golem looks cool! And Persian got.... round. Really digging the final evo of the starters, I just hope it won't be Fire/Fight :-/
Nah, not gonna look at them and I probably won't be watching any new trailers either. Nintendo themselves have already shown WAY too much content so I don't need some dataminers ruining my experience in Alola!
What the hell is going on with Alolan Persian???
@RudysaurusRex This has been known...
Pokemon is a series that I couldn't care less about spoilers. I care more about the competitive side rather than going through the main game and discovering everything.
"data mining took place when the demo for Pokémon X & Y was released"
There was no demo for X & Y, you're probably thinking of Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
@TeeJay Garfield! It's so awesome, haha.
Rowlet's final evolution looks kind of strange. I don't really like it. The other two are okay I guess. I'm betting on the trio being Fire/Fighting, Water/Fairy, and Grass/Flying, though I'm still hoping for two different final evolutions for them.
The new Alola forms look cool, but I'm really worried that they will only be for Gen 1 Pokémon, which in my opinion is a big waste.
I don't even know what to think about the new Ultra Beasts.
@ReshiramZekrom You're quite right, had a bit of a brain fart there. Have fixed!
@plug313 It used to be that Pokémon games came out months later in EU (I had to import Pokémon gold and the GBA-games from the US), so i can deal with a 5 days' wait...
@Yrreiht @RudysaurusRex It's Fire/Dark. That was already leaked a couple of months ago.
Officially dropping kitten as a starter, that final evo is quite the eyesore unfortunately
Looks like thosw final evolutions have been confirmed. That leak a month ago was right. Now I'm torn between the grass starter and the water starter...
Wow, didn't know Demonslayerx8 data mined. Usually I just see his Brawl/Sm4sh mods.
Also, goodbye, Team Litten. I'm upset that the starter I was going to choose evolves into an ugly cat on steroids, but not as much as I am happy to have a future badass archer to replace it. Go Team Rowlet!
I hate data miners
Well that's the entire of the Gen 7 revealed. I found the link below. I must insist huge spoiler material so only click if you are sure
http://i.imgur.com/tdteJwh.png
(On a side note, I am so training Wimpod)
@MysticX @plug313 Yeah 5 days is not as long as half year, as it used to be. But...
And as always, the Water starter is awesome. And I will challenge anyone who says otherwise.
Yeah definitely not liking any of the starters. Just gonna bench whatever I get and then trade in a cyndaquil.
@Tsurii Just giving my opinion on these damn dataminers, that's all. Not that all are bad, post release dataminers often bring up interesting points on the development of a game but datamining demos and ultimately spoiling more or less the whole game is a big NO-NO for me. But don't worry, you won't be finding me on Sun & Moon-related articles up until the european release.
@Grandpa_Pixel The dataminers have said that there are sprites missing, so we probably haven't seen all of the new Pokemon yet... that's almost certainly just someone's guess based on the sprites they have found.
I Hope these sprites of The starters are just trash data that was abandoned after the leak last month and I am looking forward to seeing other final evolutions. These ones let me down. For the first time I am not keen on having one of the starters in my main team for the rest of the game. Litten seemed to be so cool before it's last form. 😑
One of the new pokemon they found is Marshadow, a mysterious name that has been floating in the intertubes for a while now.
It's a small cloud thing.
Huh, I guess that concept art leak of their final evolution form was right after all. And now the bigger mystery, does the evolution differ from day and night?
@Raylax @TeeJay
Also forgot this hansan group
I'm glad there are dataminers that share their findings. It's not hard to avoid. There are people that don't buy a game without knowing wether it has good content. I'm personally not fond of what I'm seeing here. I might save some money by not buying Sun or Moon.
Dam. I really hoped that final evo for Litten wasn't real. I'll probably go for Rowlett now.
When Rowlett was first announced I decided to pick him. This leak just further encouraged that decision. Not only does the archer look amazing, the other 2 final evolutions are unappealing to me.
@KTT Ok, i admit that this particular aspect of the situation is slightly different from those heady GBA-days, but with how the dataminers are going to town on the demo, and the usual style of the pokémon storyline, i doubt there will be much interesting stuff left to spoil by the time Pokémon Sun/Moon release regardless of territory...
@AlexSora89 I can vouch for that. Love the design, glad I've made my decision for Popplio. As for Alolan Persian, It'll be glad not to be released on Monday.
@Robin_Aisaga
I'm skipping these games too.
Maybe the next one.
@RudysaurusRex It's Fire/DARK
Whats everyone talking about!? The starters all look outstanding, especially littens final imo. It looks like a Super Wrestling Jungle Warrior Cat!
Well this is certainly interesting! (Now i want an alolah form for Porygon-Z because you can never have enough special attack!)
For the first time ever I struggle to chose between the three starters.
@Xaessya I remember seeing that, and finding out it's real. I still can't believe all they did was give Diglett and Dugtrio hair for their Alola forms
I'm still waiting for it to be released here in US. It keeps saying Coming Soon to the ESHOP.
@ASonic3582 I'm almost wondering if it's their idea of a pun... referring to the sort of hairy mole you can get on your skin.
So the leaked drawings were telling te truth.
@Ed_Fairway
You oughta appreciate the sheer irony of Alolan Persian: the once dark and brooding cat Pokémon... as a goofy cat that is actually a Dark-type. Some of the changes are hilariously meta.
@Bliquid
The other starters aren't anything that couldn't possibly be achieved without trading and breeding. So I'll go for Popplio first and the others later.
yikes... imo these final evolutions don't look good. sigh I should get used to it
@RudysaurusRex As I have said countless times in countless places: the concept art notes that it uses underhanded tactics. In Japan, fighting type is basically hero type and dark type is literally evil type.
It's dark type. Do your research before jumping to- oh wait this is the internet I'm expecting people to be smart.
@00Wyvern People who feel strongly must express their opinions. There's always people whining about Pokemon designs, and considering the reactions of a lot of people on this site to certain going ons it's not surprising at all.
These final evos are the best we've had in years. I'm probably going Popplio, her final evo looks so elegant and mystical.
Hail Empress Popplio.
@AlexSora89 Probably been spoiled with (must resist Garfield Joke) food by the alolan royal family. Concerning the Ultra Beast, would it be wishful thinking to propose there would be at least one ultra beast per type?
@BlatantlyHeroic I like the cut of your jib good sir, a man who appreciates the finer things of Pokémon
@CrazedCavalier On the bright side it's not as bad as youtube users
Just keeping to the middle evolutions and not evolving them to their evos, well except for maybe Rowlet. Not digging Alolan Dugtrio though. Still can't wait for these games to release. My kids have a PA day the day they come out. So we will probably be all play it on the 18th.
The leak was 100% right on the starters...and because of that Litten just became another fire starter I won't be using. They just had to put Litten up on two feet. And they had to make Alola Persian look like a joke. Great. I never thought they would make a dark type Persian look like that, it almost looks like a Ditto Persian.
Sorry, I was just looking forward to my favorite Pokemon getting an awesome looking Alola form, like Alola Ninetales, Sandslash, Raichu, Marowak and Muk.
At least the other two starters look really good. I think I'll go with Rowlet because owls.
If Litten's final evo is Fire/Fighting then I'm going for Rowlett until I get a shiny.
@Xaessya fabulous.
I don't think I've been this hyped for a new Pokemon generation since Diamond and Pearl!
@MegaMari0 You didn't have to click the link to see them.
After playing the demo, it's great to see even more cool new stuff. I was planning on going with Popplio, but that final evolution is far too... feminine, shall we say. The new Alolan forms and Ultra Beasts look awesome too!
lol these new alolans look TERRIBLE
However, I am firm in my decision to go with World Heavyweight Champion cat.
I do not understand why the Dragonite picture here, though.
@MarkyVigoroth
the label of that image says:
"Stop right there if you hate spoilers"
Then, Dragonite warning at all that there are SPOILERS!, XD
@World I'm naming my Kitty, AJ styles or John Cena. LOLZ
@NIN10DOXD YESSSS
@Yorumi Man, I spent all day trying to think of a good cat/wrestling pun; finally, I can rest easy! I knew there had to be one!
I woud love to complain about the fact there will be nothing left to discover when people will start their game, but Nintendo is already doing a great job on this even without the help of code diggers.
PS: I didn't watch more than the original Hawai trailer and didn't read this article.
@Bass_X0 I personally don't care about the spoilers. It's just one of those things where the data miners are mining because they can. Why not, I don't know, leave the surprises intact. A little mystery never hurt...unless it's the nx..then yes, hunt it down!
That Alolan Persian is absolutely hilarious!
So the leaked final evolution drawings that were out a while back were correct?
Yeah, Litten is going to be my starter and Alolan Persian will absolutely be on my team! Now I'm kind of thinking I want to try for an all cat Pokemon team lol.
@GoldenGamer88 You know.....one or two spoilers aren't bad....
In the end, the act of hearing the spoiler usually has the effect when seeing it in the game. Past a certain point, then it becomes a problem, but not this.
To me it matters how that spoiler is lead up to, or at least in a story (which could be similar to a reveal in gameplay).
@FlameRunnerFast I agree with everything you've pointed out, especially with the feeling after hearing/seeing a spoiler being similar to the feeling when seeing the spoiler in-game or wherever. Usually, I couldn't care less about spoilers but seeing Nintendo reveal this many Pokemon (the only thing I care about in these games) just got annoying to me for whatever reason. Maybe it's because I've been playing fan-made Pokemon games lately where every new route is filled with excitement about what kind of critters I'd be encountering there. And I just wanna have the same feeling with the official releases.
At the end, however, I'd have to leave the internet completely to avoid spoilers. And a friend did spoil me yesterday in his excitement so why even bother anymore ... I've gotta say, though, I love what they did with Rowlett's final evo and the alolan forms.
@MysticX By that I meant: if there are any creative parts in the story, I would like to witness them by my own eyes. If they spoil that, the game will turn into Red and Blue, the easy edition; go from point A to B, beat some trainers and maybe catch some pokemon. But with hand holding this time.
No gyms, UBs and perhaps two teams, sounds like they wanted to shake things a bit and this is why I'm interested in S&M. And I'm also hoping for interesting locations to visit and explore by myself. All of that making the traveling from point A to B worth it.
I'm calling that Alolan Persian Arlene, not Garfield.
I guess I'm with the minority here. I really like the final starter evos. I'm also enjoying the alolan geodude line a lot. But it's probably going to be dark rock type with 4x weakness to fighting, ugh. Dreaming for dark ground but probably won't get it. I'm also OK with alolan Persian but I agree that a more sinister looking one would have been really cool.
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