Apologies for not updating the post or making any updates concerning Pokemon Sun/Moon Information since my laptop has been rather unusable until good friends here helped me out. Enough of that I've wanted to wait awhile until we got maybe a patch of info to discuss and someone people here are already ahead of the curve and know what's been going on. I'll give my thoughts an opinions about the latest batch of news and speculations:
1) Pokenchi Screenshot of Battle/HP Bar/NPC Bystanders
![[Image: sunmoonpokenchi.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/sunmoonpokenchi.jpg)
Well we finally got information from Pokenchi this time around and likely we'll get only bits and bits of screenshots (maybe reveals) in the upcoming shows. As everyone sees the player is battling the rival with their starter Pokemon that's strongest against the potential Rival shown here. What made this newsworthy to cover is the HP Bar is shown off for the first time and potential NPC bystanders will watch on these battles. I guess the battles will correlate with the player surroundings and over world which is a nice touch to the game. If anything, I still want to see how the battles are performed instead one the starter matches from May 10th reveals. Again take note that Pokenchi won't showcase everything, rather just small teases at a time.
2) The Starter Typing Leaks:
Ok I'm not going talk too much about the potential final starter typings being Grass/Flying, Fire/Ground, and Water/Fighting though there has been heavy debate about this since Pdwinnall's video went online. Honestly, we are kinda jumping the gun on the typings without having some solid information aside from the images of the Japanese Fighting- and Ground-type logos being found on the Alola Starter's descriptions. For sure having a Grass/Flying, Water/Fighting, and Fire/Ground type final evolutions would be an excellent editions to the starter family since those are all unique and rare combinations. It bothers me a bit people are suggesting that the Rowlet will become Grass/Ground type in the end which I really don't see to be the case. Yes there are birds that live on the ground close to trees and other vegetation but seriously a part-Flying type Pokemon becoming a Ground-type seems off even by Pokemon standards. The only Pokemon I can think of who lose their Flying-type are Charizard X and Mega Altaria which both are Megas. Though its definitely going to be a twist if Grass/Ground is true.
As for the other two, Fire/Ground for Litten seems like a great offensive typing with the powerful Fire STABs and even STAB Earthquakes/Earth Powers if this becomes the case. The only Pokemon with this typing are the Camerupt line and Primal Groudon who are known for their hyper offense so chances are the Litten evo line will be either somewhat fast with mix capabilities. Then we have Water/Fighting for Poppleo which is a relatively rare typing only being shared by Poliwrath and Keldeo. Most of the Water-type starters have been shown to be rather based on combat (Blastiose with Cannons, Greninja being a Ninja, Samurott being a Samurai), so chances are relatively good for Poppleo to become Water/Fighting which I don't mind. In all, I don't really care too much about the final typings aside from the fact I'll most definately follow the crowd and use the best competitively adept Pokemon even if it means using one of them (remember Greninja in early XY?).
3) Multiple Islands
![[Image: alola.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/alola.jpg)
Let's be honest here. Is the entire Alola region going to be based on one particular Hawaiian Island (Oahu), or will Game Freak have the player visit multiple islands as references in the description? On the former, no though the ladder yes. Recently Amazon updated the Pokemon Sun and Moon retail information, you know the box cover descriptions of the Pokemon and we get this one line that says, "Embark on a new adventure as a Pokemon Trainer and catch, battle, and trade all-new Pokemon on the tropical islands of a new Region and become a Pokemon Champion!". There are also 7 other main Hawaiian Islands in the real world so chances are we will be visiting most of them with some specific to a couple gyms and others housing the Pokemon League, the legendaries, and the postgame.
4) Mark your Calendars! June 2th (Thursday) New Pokemon Sun and Moon Info!
Recently the Japanese Pokemon Company posted a tweet saying there's going to be new information concerning the games so potential new Pokemon reveals, the official names/typings of the legendaries, or something else we don't know about. Just remember June 2th is when new Sun/Moon info and discussions will light up for sure.
1) Pokenchi Screenshot of Battle/HP Bar/NPC Bystanders
Well we finally got information from Pokenchi this time around and likely we'll get only bits and bits of screenshots (maybe reveals) in the upcoming shows. As everyone sees the player is battling the rival with their starter Pokemon that's strongest against the potential Rival shown here. What made this newsworthy to cover is the HP Bar is shown off for the first time and potential NPC bystanders will watch on these battles. I guess the battles will correlate with the player surroundings and over world which is a nice touch to the game. If anything, I still want to see how the battles are performed instead one the starter matches from May 10th reveals. Again take note that Pokenchi won't showcase everything, rather just small teases at a time.
2) The Starter Typing Leaks:
Ok I'm not going talk too much about the potential final starter typings being Grass/Flying, Fire/Ground, and Water/Fighting though there has been heavy debate about this since Pdwinnall's video went online. Honestly, we are kinda jumping the gun on the typings without having some solid information aside from the images of the Japanese Fighting- and Ground-type logos being found on the Alola Starter's descriptions. For sure having a Grass/Flying, Water/Fighting, and Fire/Ground type final evolutions would be an excellent editions to the starter family since those are all unique and rare combinations. It bothers me a bit people are suggesting that the Rowlet will become Grass/Ground type in the end which I really don't see to be the case. Yes there are birds that live on the ground close to trees and other vegetation but seriously a part-Flying type Pokemon becoming a Ground-type seems off even by Pokemon standards. The only Pokemon I can think of who lose their Flying-type are Charizard X and Mega Altaria which both are Megas. Though its definitely going to be a twist if Grass/Ground is true.
As for the other two, Fire/Ground for Litten seems like a great offensive typing with the powerful Fire STABs and even STAB Earthquakes/Earth Powers if this becomes the case. The only Pokemon with this typing are the Camerupt line and Primal Groudon who are known for their hyper offense so chances are the Litten evo line will be either somewhat fast with mix capabilities. Then we have Water/Fighting for Poppleo which is a relatively rare typing only being shared by Poliwrath and Keldeo. Most of the Water-type starters have been shown to be rather based on combat (Blastiose with Cannons, Greninja being a Ninja, Samurott being a Samurai), so chances are relatively good for Poppleo to become Water/Fighting which I don't mind. In all, I don't really care too much about the final typings aside from the fact I'll most definately follow the crowd and use the best competitively adept Pokemon even if it means using one of them (remember Greninja in early XY?).
3) Multiple Islands
Let's be honest here. Is the entire Alola region going to be based on one particular Hawaiian Island (Oahu), or will Game Freak have the player visit multiple islands as references in the description? On the former, no though the ladder yes. Recently Amazon updated the Pokemon Sun and Moon retail information, you know the box cover descriptions of the Pokemon and we get this one line that says, "Embark on a new adventure as a Pokemon Trainer and catch, battle, and trade all-new Pokemon on the tropical islands of a new Region and become a Pokemon Champion!". There are also 7 other main Hawaiian Islands in the real world so chances are we will be visiting most of them with some specific to a couple gyms and others housing the Pokemon League, the legendaries, and the postgame.
4) Mark your Calendars! June 2th (Thursday) New Pokemon Sun and Moon Info!
Recently the Japanese Pokemon Company posted a tweet saying there's going to be new information concerning the games so potential new Pokemon reveals, the official names/typings of the legendaries, or something else we don't know about. Just remember June 2th is when new Sun/Moon info and discussions will light up for sure.
