*Note: For now on, I'll be posting major Pokemon Sun & Moon News on individual posts, however I'll for sure leave a link to each news/event on the start of the pages (well the first 2 posts). This is sorta a "compromise" for those who don't want to see every press released information, those who don't want to review the information in one page which is a legit criticism, and to keep all the information simplified. What worried me about making this timeline is I can't give out my own thoughts/opinions not just relaying any information from either Serebii, the main Pokemon site, etc. These changes were made to conserve as much space for the timeline as possible up until we get to the launch day. Of course, clicking this page means you are going to see Sun and Moon spoilers so don't bother complaining on that aspect. Without further ado, here's the new trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon (International).
The Sun and Moon Legendary Pokemon
Today, TPCi released new footage showcasing the two new Legendary "box cover" Pokemon as well as revealing their names, abilities, typings, signature moves, and a brief description of their lore. First we'll start off with the Sun Legendary Pokemon, Solgaleo (named was hinted by the trademark leaks around April), to everyone's surprise (myself included) is a Psychic-/Steel-type. The main ability for the Solgaleo was revealed as "Full Metal Body", which is shown off as Clear Body given the trailer depicts a Salamence's Intimidate ability nullified by this. Sunsteel Strike is the signature move for Solgaleo and based on the information page is like a built in "Mold Breaker" which ignores abilities. One last note about Solgaleo is when it used SunSteel Strike against Salamence, it was depicted as a "neutral" attack, however chances are the move itself is a likely either Psychic- or Steel-type given the Sun legendary's typing. Now we'll get to move on to the Moon Legendary Pokemon, Lunala (funny enough "off" by one "a" from the trademark, maybe there another used), with a Psychic-/Ghost-typing. The main ability for Lunala was said to be "Shadow Shield", which is speculated to behave like the "Multiscale" ability found on the HA Dragonite / Lugias. Likewise, Lunala's signature move is showcase and revealed as "Moongeist Beam", and like Sunsteel Strike from Sogaleo, this attack can ignore abilties as well. We don't know the typing for Moongeist Beam other than the fact was used against a 0 HP IV Gengar and it was super effective. Then again, either Psychic or Ghost can do super effective damage to the Gengar and given the these are legends, Lunala can easily one shot something as frail as a Gengar. All of this information can be found on the main Pokemon Sun and Moon site.
Before I go on to the other newsworthy events, we do gets "moderate" confimation that Pokemon Sun and Moon will be using the same 3D models from XY / ORAS, well maybe for at least Salamence or Gengar though we can assume the sprites models are the same. We do get to see the Pokemon background battelfield more refurbished, the abilities screens shown (from the Sogaleo segment), and how the HP Bar looks as it drops to zero. Well I know it was small bits of info, though some competitive players have already speculated Solgaleo's HP stat is going to be rather "high" for an uber given it was at 212 total HP assuming no randomized EVs/IVs. Also on a final note, both Gengar and Salamence were shown with a minimum HP IV stat of 0 given both 155 and 120 are the absolute lowest to get again assuming no EVs/IVs are in play. Honestly, this was likely to showcase the signature moves of these two legendary Pokemon since it would be a rather weird marketing move to not have Sunsteel Strike or Moongeist Beam not OHKO a Mence, or even Gengar given how frail it is. I won't too much the potential viability of the these Legendary Pokemon given we still don't have much to discuss about or even the rest of the Alola Pokemon.
The Alola Region and the Characters
![[Image: alolamap.jpg]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/june_2_assets/art/alolamap.jpg)
For full information on the Alola Region and the Characters, visit here.
After getting the small glimpse of "starting" island, we finally get to see the full view of the Alola Region and honestly its well-made and showcased the different environments the player is going to visit. Based on the site information, there are about 4 major island for the Alola Region like Hawaii and other smaller islands such as the artificial one in the center, the top-right one on the northeast, and the many smaller islands near the main ones. There is an emphasis on shipyards and sailboats traversing the seas. One major implication I noticed no one has sorta called out sailing via boat from island to island instead of actually surfing from Island. This slight theory of my can be support by how there are rock formations as in any Pokemon game preventing the player from going from beyond what's possible in-game. Maybe the player can surf across the smaller neighboring islands, but they will need to travel via boat to each one of the Alola Islands until they get the HM Fly. Either way, the region looks well made, and I've "yet" to study the map in-depth.
The full artwork for the main protagonist, where shown in full detail as well as revealing/confirming some old news. The protagonist's gender and skin color can be changed to reflect how the players want it. Still no "full confirmation" of character customization but maybe next time. Based on the description from the site, the main storyline for the male/femal character is they've just moved into the Alola region and that their adventure begins as soon as they get situated there. There's full confirmation that "Professor Kukui" (not other Hala NPC), will be the regional Professor for Alola. The only other information know is he lives near the player (likely the starting town) and researches in Pokemon moves/attacks to the point he himself has taken them directly. The "rival" character name is Hua and he gets acquainted with the main protagonist rather quickly likely meeting them the first time.
The last character revealed in the trailer is "Lillie" and is actually based on the "female NPC" seen from a concept art image from the first reveal of Pokemon Sun and Moon. All that we know about Lillie is she's is the professor's assistant for personal reasons (likely related to the plot), about the same age as the main character, and has dislike towards Pokemon battling. One thing to note from the TCPi site is they specifically mentioned Lillie has an "important role" to play in the upcoming games and as an assistant should is rather studious. Maybe Lillie knows something about either the legends, something related to the plot, or maybe unlocking Mega Evolution for the player.
Before moving on, we dont't get to see it as well for the female, however the male character seems to have a bracelet similar to the Mega Evolution items from XY/ORAS. The only
difference is both the characters have a gold and blue diamond gemstone on their bracelet/ring and it also matches the one seen on the Japanese Logos for Sun and Moon. Maybe we'll get a new form change similar to Mega Evolution while still performing the former, who knows.
The Rotom Pokedex and DEX QR Codes
![[Image: pr-rdex.jpg]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/june_2_assets/art/pr-rdex.jpg)
In an unprecedented move by Pokemon themselves, the Alola Pokedex will literally be a new Rotom form who guides the player in their adventure. This Rotom-Dex is essentially a Pokedex with its own personality given by Professor Kukui himself to assist the player in their travels. Aside from recording information like any other Pokedex, Rotom-Dex or Rotom Pokedex (whoever you like to refer it) serves as a town map, their current/destined locations (maybe for the storyline), and where specific Pokemon are found on the grass (kinda like the DexNav). The most important question people have been speculating is if this Rotom-Dex is actually "usable" in battle, which would be a rather cool edition to have. This does leave some unanswered questions, likes if Professor Kukui or if the player will find this Rotom and use it early on in-game. Regardless, I do like the aesthetic design choice TCPi/Game Freak are going with this new Pokedex so we'll see how engaging Rotom-Dex is in the near future.
On last major news we got from the trailer is players can now use QR codes to scan Pokemon information into their Pokedex, sorta like how they see a Pokemon the first time in the wild, or when an NPC shows a pic of a legend. Before everyone goes on about "downloading" Pokemon from QR codes, no this is only for the Pokedex only. Basically the QR scanner allows the person to get info for a Pokemon such as the location where they can be found from the wild. Here's is where I can see the confusion. The final statemant about the QR scanner is players can share Pokedex information with each other, though "how far" this will go from getting the info + habitat to getting the full registration like when anyone captures/trades a new Pokemon remains to be seen.
More Japanese Trailers
Following the release of the International trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon, we also got new trailers, in fact 8 short trailers featuring most of the things we've already notice or have picked apart, however in these 8 trailers there are some new footage of gameplay to take notice like a good view of a Pokemon Center. I looked through all 8 trailers and honestly aside new footage there isn't much. I've linked all the trailers down in a spoiler box below (also correct me if these urls don't feature what they intend).
More Pokemon Sun and Moon Information/Footage via Nintendo Treehouse at E3
Again mark your calendars, both the Official Japanese Pokemon twitter and Nintendo confirmed there will more footage and maybe new information for the upcoming games on Nintendo Treehouse starting June 14th at 9:00 pm pacific. Considering Nintendo was thought to only showcase the upcoming Zelda Wii U and NX game, I think maybe there will be more game showcased not just these two alone. If there's any other information and mistakes I've made reporting this I'll be back to make these changes. This page has also been being constantly updated given my laptop might hang/freeze at random moments to where I could lose my progress. Again I'll attempt to relay the information for everyone from the forums as best as possible so until then, comment down below your thoughts on today's news.
New Pokemon Sun and Moon Trailer
Information and Review
The Sun and Moon Legendary Pokemon
Today, TPCi released new footage showcasing the two new Legendary "box cover" Pokemon as well as revealing their names, abilities, typings, signature moves, and a brief description of their lore. First we'll start off with the Sun Legendary Pokemon, Solgaleo (named was hinted by the trademark leaks around April), to everyone's surprise (myself included) is a Psychic-/Steel-type. The main ability for the Solgaleo was revealed as "Full Metal Body", which is shown off as Clear Body given the trailer depicts a Salamence's Intimidate ability nullified by this. Sunsteel Strike is the signature move for Solgaleo and based on the information page is like a built in "Mold Breaker" which ignores abilities. One last note about Solgaleo is when it used SunSteel Strike against Salamence, it was depicted as a "neutral" attack, however chances are the move itself is a likely either Psychic- or Steel-type given the Sun legendary's typing. Now we'll get to move on to the Moon Legendary Pokemon, Lunala (funny enough "off" by one "a" from the trademark, maybe there another used), with a Psychic-/Ghost-typing. The main ability for Lunala was said to be "Shadow Shield", which is speculated to behave like the "Multiscale" ability found on the HA Dragonite / Lugias. Likewise, Lunala's signature move is showcase and revealed as "Moongeist Beam", and like Sunsteel Strike from Sogaleo, this attack can ignore abilties as well. We don't know the typing for Moongeist Beam other than the fact was used against a 0 HP IV Gengar and it was super effective. Then again, either Psychic or Ghost can do super effective damage to the Gengar and given the these are legends, Lunala can easily one shot something as frail as a Gengar. All of this information can be found on the main Pokemon Sun and Moon site.
Before I go on to the other newsworthy events, we do gets "moderate" confimation that Pokemon Sun and Moon will be using the same 3D models from XY / ORAS, well maybe for at least Salamence or Gengar though we can assume the sprites models are the same. We do get to see the Pokemon background battelfield more refurbished, the abilities screens shown (from the Sogaleo segment), and how the HP Bar looks as it drops to zero. Well I know it was small bits of info, though some competitive players have already speculated Solgaleo's HP stat is going to be rather "high" for an uber given it was at 212 total HP assuming no randomized EVs/IVs. Also on a final note, both Gengar and Salamence were shown with a minimum HP IV stat of 0 given both 155 and 120 are the absolute lowest to get again assuming no EVs/IVs are in play. Honestly, this was likely to showcase the signature moves of these two legendary Pokemon since it would be a rather weird marketing move to not have Sunsteel Strike or Moongeist Beam not OHKO a Mence, or even Gengar given how frail it is. I won't too much the potential viability of the these Legendary Pokemon given we still don't have much to discuss about or even the rest of the Alola Pokemon.
The Alola Region and the Characters
For full information on the Alola Region and the Characters, visit here.
After getting the small glimpse of "starting" island, we finally get to see the full view of the Alola Region and honestly its well-made and showcased the different environments the player is going to visit. Based on the site information, there are about 4 major island for the Alola Region like Hawaii and other smaller islands such as the artificial one in the center, the top-right one on the northeast, and the many smaller islands near the main ones. There is an emphasis on shipyards and sailboats traversing the seas. One major implication I noticed no one has sorta called out sailing via boat from island to island instead of actually surfing from Island. This slight theory of my can be support by how there are rock formations as in any Pokemon game preventing the player from going from beyond what's possible in-game. Maybe the player can surf across the smaller neighboring islands, but they will need to travel via boat to each one of the Alola Islands until they get the HM Fly. Either way, the region looks well made, and I've "yet" to study the map in-depth.
The full artwork for the main protagonist, where shown in full detail as well as revealing/confirming some old news. The protagonist's gender and skin color can be changed to reflect how the players want it. Still no "full confirmation" of character customization but maybe next time. Based on the description from the site, the main storyline for the male/femal character is they've just moved into the Alola region and that their adventure begins as soon as they get situated there. There's full confirmation that "Professor Kukui" (not other Hala NPC), will be the regional Professor for Alola. The only other information know is he lives near the player (likely the starting town) and researches in Pokemon moves/attacks to the point he himself has taken them directly. The "rival" character name is Hua and he gets acquainted with the main protagonist rather quickly likely meeting them the first time.
The last character revealed in the trailer is "Lillie" and is actually based on the "female NPC" seen from a concept art image from the first reveal of Pokemon Sun and Moon. All that we know about Lillie is she's is the professor's assistant for personal reasons (likely related to the plot), about the same age as the main character, and has dislike towards Pokemon battling. One thing to note from the TCPi site is they specifically mentioned Lillie has an "important role" to play in the upcoming games and as an assistant should is rather studious. Maybe Lillie knows something about either the legends, something related to the plot, or maybe unlocking Mega Evolution for the player.
Before moving on, we dont't get to see it as well for the female, however the male character seems to have a bracelet similar to the Mega Evolution items from XY/ORAS. The only
difference is both the characters have a gold and blue diamond gemstone on their bracelet/ring and it also matches the one seen on the Japanese Logos for Sun and Moon. Maybe we'll get a new form change similar to Mega Evolution while still performing the former, who knows.
The Rotom Pokedex and DEX QR Codes
In an unprecedented move by Pokemon themselves, the Alola Pokedex will literally be a new Rotom form who guides the player in their adventure. This Rotom-Dex is essentially a Pokedex with its own personality given by Professor Kukui himself to assist the player in their travels. Aside from recording information like any other Pokedex, Rotom-Dex or Rotom Pokedex (whoever you like to refer it) serves as a town map, their current/destined locations (maybe for the storyline), and where specific Pokemon are found on the grass (kinda like the DexNav). The most important question people have been speculating is if this Rotom-Dex is actually "usable" in battle, which would be a rather cool edition to have. This does leave some unanswered questions, likes if Professor Kukui or if the player will find this Rotom and use it early on in-game. Regardless, I do like the aesthetic design choice TCPi/Game Freak are going with this new Pokedex so we'll see how engaging Rotom-Dex is in the near future.
On last major news we got from the trailer is players can now use QR codes to scan Pokemon information into their Pokedex, sorta like how they see a Pokemon the first time in the wild, or when an NPC shows a pic of a legend. Before everyone goes on about "downloading" Pokemon from QR codes, no this is only for the Pokedex only. Basically the QR scanner allows the person to get info for a Pokemon such as the location where they can be found from the wild. Here's is where I can see the confusion. The final statemant about the QR scanner is players can share Pokedex information with each other, though "how far" this will go from getting the info + habitat to getting the full registration like when anyone captures/trades a new Pokemon remains to be seen.
More Japanese Trailers
Following the release of the International trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon, we also got new trailers, in fact 8 short trailers featuring most of the things we've already notice or have picked apart, however in these 8 trailers there are some new footage of gameplay to take notice like a good view of a Pokemon Center. I looked through all 8 trailers and honestly aside new footage there isn't much. I've linked all the trailers down in a spoiler box below (also correct me if these urls don't feature what they intend).
More Pokemon Sun and Moon Information/Footage via Nintendo Treehouse at E3
Again mark your calendars, both the Official Japanese Pokemon twitter and Nintendo confirmed there will more footage and maybe new information for the upcoming games on Nintendo Treehouse starting June 14th at 9:00 pm pacific. Considering Nintendo was thought to only showcase the upcoming Zelda Wii U and NX game, I think maybe there will be more game showcased not just these two alone. If there's any other information and mistakes I've made reporting this I'll be back to make these changes. This page has also been being constantly updated given my laptop might hang/freeze at random moments to where I could lose my progress. Again I'll attempt to relay the information for everyone from the forums as best as possible so until then, comment down below your thoughts on today's news.
