Towards the end of last week, a (potentially) new Pokémon seemed to be leaked through mobile sensation Pokémon GO. At first, the Pokémon was assumed to be the new creature destined to arrive in the upcoming Switch titles Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! - with a capture in the mobile game possibly being needed to transfer it over to the full shebang on console - but the situation has since become a whole lot more confusing and chaotic.
If you haven't seen it for yourself yet, the new Pokémon takes on the appearance of a nut on top of a Ditto-like body. It was first discovered as part of a datamine effort - which confusingly found the imagery of the Pokémon under the name 'Kecleon' (another character from the franchise) along with the number '891' - causing a number of fans to start speculating over its validity and whether or not this was some kind of mistake or placeholder put in place by GO developer Niantic.
Things soon took an interesting turn, however, as Niantic's head of marketing Kento Suga tweeted about the new Pokémon, suggesting that this definitely wasn't an accident. Sure enough, the Pokémon then began to appear in the main game at the end of this month's Community Day event, with players managing to easily capture their own for approximately 30 minutes before it started to become much more rare. Interestingly, the new creature had no name or other info, has no Pokédex records after capture, and instantly transforms into a Ditto when caught.
So what exactly is this Pokémon? And why did it disappear almost as quickly as it came? It's impossible to know for sure, but several theories have been circulating online suggesting that it will either be linked to Kecleon's introduction to Pokémon GO, is the start of Generation 8 (the next collection of Pokémon due to appear in the promised 2019 Switch games), or this theory which suggests that it's actually a Ditto failing to transform into the monster set to appear in Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee.
Whatever it is, it's caused a new spike of interest in the mobile game and has no doubt left fans of the series desperate for more information. Hopefully Niantic or The Pokémon Company will spill the beans soon.
Have you encountered this mysterious Pokémon yet? What are your thoughts on it? Feel free to share your ideas and theories below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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This is genius if they actually intended to introduce a ''glitch'' Pokémon this way.
''Since it has no name, I’m naming it Bob. Don’t ask me why! Here he is in AR+ with all his glory!''
Please don't name it Bob -_- Speaking of Bob and possible mistakes:
Kecleon's not in Pokemon Go yet. It's under the name of Kecleon. I think I know where this is going...
This was certainly interesting - I caught a lot of them, especially as it was free Ditto candy! It seems the nickname which is sticking is "Nutto", which not only describes the nut bearing Ditto... but the half an hour it appeared.
@ryancraddock Just to note, Nutto IS still appearing in the game, I caught another one today. If it is a mistake on Niantic's part then they've not fixed it yet.
I caught one. Took a pic before capture though since I'd heard it wouldn't count towards a pokedex entry.
This thing better be named MissingNo
If it isn't I will delete both my Pokemon Go account and my preorder for Switch game.
Or maybe they did it on purpose to block dataminers and this thing will now be a placeholder for any new Pokemon that's about to appear in pokego until the second it's meant to do go wild. So they trolled us basically.
@ryancraddock Another thing to note, Joe Merrick (Serebii.net) tweeted that it had been 808 days since Pokémon Go had released when Nutto appeared.. quite a big coincidence that we see our 808th new pokémon?
@zet A lot of people including myself thought that, though the model seems too finished to be rushed out. Other theories include Nutto bein Kecleon's eye, Megearna's pre-evolution, robot Ditto & Mimikyu without it's cloth.
I caught a whole bunch. I'm guessing it must be linked to Pokemon let's go!
I’m all for new Pokemon but was a bit with an eye the best they could have come up with.
The confusion is all because of people sticking their nose where it doesn't belong, really.
Niantic clearly planned to do this intentionally now that we've seen the aftermath of the Chikorita community day, and peering into the technical side of the game only allows for speculation as opposed to what's officially unveiled.
My personal theory is that this is not a new Pokémon at all, but merely a confused Ditto that transformed into something it saw, like a camouflaged Kecleon. It saw the eye and red stripe and transformed into something reflective of a perceptual error.
@RupeeClock That's possible, though that doesn't explain the Nuttos that transformed into Chikorita, or the odd few Kecleon that were also sighted & transformed into Ditto/Chikorita as well.
My personal opinion is divided between an accidental release that Niantic is covering with a mistruth, or an elaborate placeholder... though neither of those really explain why they're still in the wild today.
@DanteSolablood
The problem with looking into the backend is that people are speculating and ascribing meaning to it when they shouldn't be, this "Nutto"'s appearance could be very much like the not-Pokémon featured in Black 2 and White 2's Pokéstar Studios. As in it's not a Pokémon but is implemented in a similar fashion.
Of course what actually occurred in-game with them rarely appearing, and then appearing en-masse after the community day, looks to be very deliberate and to get players excited and speculating. "Nutto" itself would not be placeholder as they've given it fully realized idle and attacking animations like any other Pokémon.
That said there's also been known issues with community day and other events ending or starting, where one Pokémon encountered can change into a different Pokémon when caught. It looks like they made a deliberate change so that all of the Chikorita get replaced with "Nutto" in the wild, and it appears that all "Nutto" are supposed to be ditto, but this bug resulted in some of them being Chikorita instead.
Looks like those Elric boys are still trying to bring people back to life...
It's a whole new MissingNo.
@RupeeClock Indeed, it is a little too elaborate for a placeholder - most developers simply use static squares or texture sheets (though there are a few examples of studios creating fully modeled placeholders in older games that later become full characters). However, I don't blame people at all for speculating on a meaning to this Pokémon's existence - it's something new & "released" unexpectedly after a long boring (and extremely wet in my local area) Community Day.
Excusing the possible not-pokémon/nut-pokémon pun potential, let's not also forget about Niantic accidently releasing legendary/shiny raids in the past... which lasted approximately half an hour. While it may have seemed deliberate, we can't really confirm anything.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Ditto, a Klink, and an Unown walk into a Pokémon Center...
I'm more concerned with the fact that people are still playing that game in 2018.
@Timppis
Its already called Kecleon so you can go ahead and cancal that pre-order and delete that account.
People who think it has anything to do with gen 8 are gunna be disappointed.
I was in Kyoto when this happened. I had just finished doing a Mewtwo raid with 19 other people when the event started and everyone went nuts!
@Neko77 And why is that?
I'm jealous of the people that got Kecleon out of this thing. I caught around 20 and they were all Dittos.
@Xaessya
What? Kecleon is the chameleon pokemon from 3rd generation.
@J-smash I don't believe anyone actually got a Kecleon, a few people found Kecleon in the wild... but they all turned into Ditto/Chikorita much like this Nutto pokémon.
@DanteSolablood Oh, gottcha. I had seen a couple post yesterday of people claiming nutto turned into a Kecleon, but they could be lying too.
@DanteSolablood
I wondered about the one's that changed to Chikorita, however they changed to chikorita because you clicked on them before they changed to the nut, like you 'shiny checked' them before the end of community day.
@dew12333 It's possible, that would explain why I didn't pull any chikoritas from my nuts as I was catching everything instead of shiny checking. That still leaves me wondering about the people who saw Kecleon (one of whom was in same UK community day with me).
@Neko77 I have proven with the datamined data that it is in fact a Generation VII Pokémon
This looks like a mini ultra beast to me. Faceless and bizarre looking. If it is indeed a tease to more ultra beasts for gen 8 then I think I am officially done with Pokémon. It’s a terrible idea and I hope I am wrong.
@Serebii
Don't leave us hanging, which one?
@dew12333 A new one haha
@HobbitGamer
You win!
@Sgt-Jack-V According to data by Niantic, more people play it than in 2016. Considering it has WAY more features now (Quests, Trades, Raids and monthly community days where you actually meet people) it's not really that weird.
@J-smash It still turned into Ditto, but was a Kecleon before transformation.
I had the same problem by playing Pokémon Go yesterday.
I like the "Ditto trying to turn into something it saw and failing" theory.
Lol ditto was up late watching tv and was working on costume ideas for next month.
My theory is that this is Ditto failing to duplicate Missingno.'s form
Ditto Evolution Gen 8 Pokemon confirmed!
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That’s nuts
I thought this was a 3D rig for a Pokémon. Who knows but it's interesting non-the-less
MissingNO Has a new form?!
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