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Pokemon news alert! The fire type is a cute kitty!

^ Woot! I just saw a video from the Official Pokemon Channel, and we have our new starters and legendaries!


The region is Alola, so those claiming it was Hawaii appears to be correct. I saw a video that suggested that maybe we'd see Orange Islands in the new games, so a little disappointed that we won't be going there, but very very excited to see the new region!

The starters are presented a bit more here http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-gb/pokemon/

Strangely it says about Rowlet: "The move Leafage attacks an opponent by striking it with leaves. Rowlet knows this move from the moment it becomes your partner!"

Litten and Popplio will have the moves Ember and Water Gun. Strange that we only see new starter moves for one of them. I'm sure we'll see more as they level up, but still...

^How peculiar.
Shall we speculate about what they will evolve into?

Sure! In X and Y the secondary typing had the same weakness as the primary (Chesnaught's Grass/Fighting was weak against Delphox's Fire/Psychic type and strong against Greninja's Water/Dark type). If they do the same in the new games, then Litten will have a secondary typing that will be strong against Rowlet's Flying type and Popplio's secondary will weak against Flying. Of course these are just thoughts, it might as well be a secondary that is strong against the primary (like Litten getting Poison as secondary, which would be strong against Grass).
Of course, we don't even know if they will all get secondary types

What do you suppose they'll look like? I really can't think of much at the moment.

That's a good question! With the Sun legendary being so lion-like, Litten might not turn into a lion. Maybe a Fire/ Electric tiger or panther? As for Rowlet... It's hard to avoid comparing it to Hoothoot and Noctowl. It's bound to be stronger than them, but I have a hard time imagining how the little owlet will evolve TBH. I'm glad to see a new owl though All I can think of for Popplio is reminiscent of the Spheal line. Based on the basic stage, maybe Popplio might keep the ability to stand on its hind flippers?
Have you gotten any new ideas as to what they might look like?

Since we're talking Hawaii, I also hope we'll see some new Pokemon, like something similar to hummingbirds, dolphins and green sea turtles.

Having now seen the Japanese version of the trailer, there is already one thing I don't like, which unfortunately doesn't surprise me. As usual the female trainer is wearing shorts that end waay up on her thighs.
Real trainer customization would be great. I would love to play as a short haired female with brown hair and brown eyes whose shorts do NOT end WAY up on her thighs and whose T-shirt isn't revealing either.
I often end up choosing them male player because they're better clothed and are closer to me in looks.

/end rant

i always play as the girl in games when i have a choice.

I was really excited when I saw the first female character in Crystal. It was something entirely new. When I traded Pokemon between Silver and Crystal and she entered the Union Room, she'd twirl around and be made to look like the male character in Gold/Silver, and an exclamation mark would appear over her head, as if she was indignant. That made me laugh the first times I saw it.


I forgot to mention in this thread what arrived in the mail yesterday; Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon! I haven't come all that far but it has been pretty funny already. As always it starts with my character having no memory. A Nuzleaf brought my character to Serene Village, where the apparent young Pokemon is enrolled in school. Yes, Pokemon have schools apparently. My partner is a mischief maker whose adventures and remarks have already had me ROFLing. At one point for instance the two Pokemon are trying to sneak in to a mine, and 3 Drilbur are trying to stop them. Right infront of them my partner says that it's not a problem, we'll just sneak in. The Drilbur points out that they just said so right in front of them, and my partner says that we'll just create a diversion. It's pretty different so far from the usual start, and I really like it.

it's spherical.

Yes, Rowlet is spherical. Ironically it's the sea lion Pokemon Popplio who has a name that includes ball.
(According to Bulbapedia, "Popplio may be a combination of pop, pōpō (the Hawaiian word for ball), and lio from ʻīlio-holo-i-ka-uaua (Hawaiian for the Hawaiian monk seal, meaning "dog that runs in rough water").", while the Japanese word for it, Ashimari, "may be a combination of ashika (sea lion) and mari (ball)".)


I am currently participating in the site wide shiny hunt at GPX where you can choose between hunting Baltoy, Golett and Sigilyph. It was a hard choice but I finally decided on Baltoy. Needless to say, shiny Baltoy is as elusive as the other shinies.

^I'm not sure whether to buy Super Mystery Dungeon. I want to save SD space for Animal Crossing New Leaf and either Sun or Moon.

I take it you only buy them from that eshop then? I remember being confused by that statement from you before. I've never bought any game that way, I have them all in physical copies, so that problem has never popped up for me. If you get the physical copy of some of them, you don't have to choose. I think Super Mystery Dungeon has been great so far. I'm a Turtwig and my partner is a Squirtle. You can choose between any of the starters as well as Pikachu and Riolu.

How long must one be here before they get a topic dedicated to them?
It seems like quite an honour!