Pokemon Sun and Moon are out! Alola, MoTK!

[BT]

ROTOMDEX made my day and I'm loving it atm. You have a Rotom in your Pokedex!

Psychic / Steel for sun lion is dumb, but not dumber than naming his special attack Sunsteel Strike.

Apparently it "Lowers damage taken from damage-dealing moves when at maximum HP."

This basically sounds like a weaker Focus Sash...

Nuh-uh, it sounds like Multiscale, Dragonite's Dream World ability.

[Drake]

Seems pretty clearly better than a Focus Sash considering OHKO setups can often be pretty precise and this would screw those up regardless, then leaving you with anything >1HP lets you not die against hazards, and most obviously it still helps if you get hit by anything other than an OHKO...

[commandercool]

Yeah,  that's just Multiscale. Multiscale is a good ability.  That makes this a good ability too.  It's more or less a better Sturdy,  because if something does hit you very hard you'll be left well above one HP,  unlike Sturdy most of the time.  Although it is technically possible to one-shot a Multiscale user anyway.

[Espadas]

Multiscale is good but a 4x weakness to Dark when half the metagame packs SUCKER PUNCH is hilariously dumb  :V

Btw, someone calculated that Solgaleo is probably sporting around 150 base HP stat.....

One good point of them is that apparently their signature moves have Mold Breaker-effects built in.

[commandercool]

Substitute is the classic Sucker Punch workaround,  although it would be shitty to have to break your own Multiscale to go for it.  Knock Off seems like the worse threat, although at least there's Colburr Berry for that..?

[PX]

It seems like they're psychic because that's a general theme of psychic types, they are from outer space or have some sort of connection to space.
Also Solgaleo who is the Steel/Psychic type is inspired by "the beast who devours the sun", because the lion who eats the sun is an alchemical symbol for the purification of metals.
Lunala's weak to dark because of its description, which basically says it sucks the light out of everything around it, and it looks like a lovely crescent moon.
Dark obscures the light of the moon.

[Giratina93]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTKAX-UcQs

I for one welcome our new Zygarde overlords.

[Chaore]

so zygarde became a pupper and a fucking super robot

alright

[The Hating Hater]

CoroCoro also had two new pokemon shown.

Spoiler:

The koala pokemon is giving me some sleepy vibes, like a certain other group of pokemon. moar yawn pls.

[MatsuriSakuragi]

So many options for an all pupper team

Puppermon

[BT]

So many options for an all pupper team

Puppermon

Growlithe Houndour Poochyena Lillipup Furfrou Zygarde 10% OFF who am I missing

[commandercool]

Depends on how you view the legendary beasts. Are the dogs? They might be. Also Snubbul I guess?

[MatsuriSakuragi]

Iwanko, the rock pupper!

Also I had no idea Magearna was a thing. Steel and fairy types sound like a perfect match for me~

[Mew seeker]

Guys! Guys! Bad news!

[Bio]

Multiscale is good but a 4x weakness to Dark when half the metagame packs SUCKER PUNCH is hilariously dumb  :V

Sucker Punch's distribution is actually quite low and predictable. Knock Off is much more an "everywhere and more" sort of move. Compounding to that is how dangerous Pursuit is.
I would like the bat to be as fast as Crobat since the typing is really stopping it from coming close to Lugia. Bats are cool though.

[Aya Reiko]

New Japanese trailer appeared

[ふねん1]

Nice, several new Pokemon at once. I'll try to split up my thoughts here.

- If I'm interpreting it right, the first mon's ability is basically an auto-Electric Terrain. If so, that's pretty interesting since terrain moves didn't seem that useful in Gen 6.
- I'm totally calling the nickname "Boxbug" for the second mon. :V
- And am I the only one who thinks Boxbug's evolution is way too similar to the name Kuwagamon from Digimon?
- That new dragon Jijiiron's ability can be translated as "Frenzy". I'm guessing it raises its Attack when hit by a super-effective move? I only wonder if it has the defenses to pull it off though. Normal/Dragon doesn't seem that spectacular, despite being brand-new.
- That sure is one fabulous fish lol.
- Another new type combination: Aburii is the first Bug/Fairy type in existence.
- Looks like we have this gen's Pikachu clone in Togedemaru, but it's Electric/Steel? That's certainly a change of pace. And it apparently has Lightning Rod.
- We now have confirmation on when Zygarde enters its Perfect Forme: 50% HP, just like with Darmanitan's Zen Mode. Here's hoping nothing else ends up crippling it after transforming, aside from the lack of health. Oh, and the text before transforming is something like "I sense something..." Like the planet doesn't want Zygarde to die lol.

EDIT: More info on the English names of everything is already on Serebii.

[Drake]

Am I the only one consistently disappointed that all the trailers use music that is severely compressed and clearly meant for in-game audio rather than using the originals?
This actually distracted me so long that I completely missed the first pokemon

[BT]

W-Why are they so ugly?

[Suikama]

TapuKoko looks fuckin sick I don't know what you taking bout

New Pikachu is cute too

[commandercool]

They all look good to me, except for the fish. And I'm pretty sure the fish isn't supposed to look good.

[Suikama]

The fish is basically luvdisc 3.0

[BT]

Tapu Koko Totem Thing looks good conceptually but doesn't actually? I don't know. The yellow shield is its only good feature. The only one of these I really like is Boxbug but that's just because he's funny looking. Even the Pikachu clone is just a ball with spikes along with the trademark white-face-yellow-cheeks combo. BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

[Neptune]

I really like Cutiefly and the new Pikachu. They're so cute!

Everything else doesn't interest me much, though.  :ohdear:

[Chaore]

i fucking love everything about the doofy child-loving dragon

i want

twelve

for each of my children i'm now adopting specifically for the dragons to guard

[Bio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3jjynIAJ20
This is a pretty exciting video.
Just everything in it.

[Edible]

Ice Vulpix tho.

gumshoos

What the fuck

INFERNO OVERDRIVE

:getdown:

[Kasu]

Seems like they're stepping away from gyms in this game. It should prove to be pretty interesting considering all the new things they're doing.

Also, oh my god exeggutor what happened to you?

[commandercool]

Alright, finally at my desk to check this shit out.

-Oh dang Exeggutor looks cool. Dragon type is weird, but whatevs.

-AAAAAAW I WANT TO HUG THAT VULPIX SO BAAAAD! Amazing.

-Igloo Sandshrew looks kind of dumb TBH, but icicle Sandslash is fine.

-Some Oricorios look cool, some look ridiculous. I like.

-Minior is cool as shit. At first I wasn't that into it, but then it transformed. Those eyes~.

-Lol Gumshoos WTF even. What a smooth motherfucker.

-Fomantis looks not dissimilar to the Leavany line.

-Mudbray is kind of goofy. Prefer it to its evolution.

-All of the captains seem cool.

-Aw dang, legit boss fights against wild Pokemon! I've been waiting for this forever! I hope they carry pver the totem mechanic to legendaries too.

-So does four captains and presumably four kahunas replace gyms? Or four captains and four totems replace gyms and the kahunas replace the elite four?

-I wonder if Z-moves still take up a move slot? Lol Bloom Doom. This could be tricky for competitive battling.

Yup, pretty excited. Pretty good.

[The Greatest Dog]

inb4 z-moves get blocked by protect

I'm interested in the dancer bird in doubles. Will it be able to copy a partner's Quiver/Sword/Dragon Dance?

If it's fast enough on its own, you could swap it into a setup sweeper and wreck it like an Imposter ditto would, I guess. Four different type possibilities means ~options~, especially with fire and electric.