Seems like the Pokemon news cycle doesn't want to end as we got new reveals of 6 new Alola Pokemon including the two Pokemon revealed in the Corocoro magazine. In addition to these 6 new Pokemon, we also got some new features concerning the game that's probably one of the biggest news regarding competitive battling with the announcements of personalized tournaments from PGL and the new Hyper Training mode. We'll first discuss the new Pokemon, then have follow ups with the other two revealed in Corocoro (their localized names + abilities), and end on those two new features. Alright lets get to it:
The first Pokemon of the six shown in the trailer is the Water / Bug type Pokemon, Wimpod. As the name describes, Wimpod sure looks like a Pokemon with a cowardly attribute as they tend to flee then people or Pokemon approach them. The new ability for Wimpod also fits the description TCPi given it, Wimp Out (kinda funny and original). Anyways every time Wimpod is at about 50% HP or less, it will either always run away in the wild, or retreat in battle back to its trainer. The Water / Bug typing hasn't been given since Surksit and its nice to see a rather interesting support ability with this Pokemon as one can use maybe as a good lead to scout for things, and then have a Wimp Out activate to get a free switch.
![[Image: berry.png]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/july_19_assets/berry.png)
The Fruit Pokemon: Bounsweet
Type: Grass
Height: 1'00"
Weight: 7.1 lbs.
Ability: Leaf Guard / Oblivious
The next Pokemon revealed is the pure Grass-type Pokemon: Bounsweet. This Pokemon is based on the "mangosteen" fruit found in South East Asia and has a seemingly innocent look, yet this might be a negative trait. Many Pokemon have come to prey on Bounsweet for its nutritious value. What's even more mess up about this is given how playful Bounsweet looks as it avoiding its predators as best its can, typically it doesn't get help from other people or Pokemon. The two abilities this Pokemon comes with are Leaf Guard (prevents status when in Sunlight), and Oblivious (prevents infatuation / Taunt), which are rather useful support abilities for Bounsweet. Preferably Oblivious will be used since likely this Pokemon will have Aromatherapy and not having to be under Taunt, or basically be able to use its support moves without any disruptions is nice to have.
![[Image: flower.png]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/july_19_assets/flower.png)
The latest Fairy-type in Pokemon Sun and Moon couldn't get any more Hawaiian than this Pokemon: Comfey. Likewise, Comfey is based on the traditional Lei flowers people associated with Hawaiian culture, tourism (probably due to pop culture), and uses for special occasions. Getting back to this Pokemon, Comfey makes flower rings with special oils to emit different soothing aromas. These flowers are used in the medical field to treat patients in either Pokemon Center or hospitals, so Comfey is likely associated with them. Regarding abilities, Flower Shield prevents its Grass-types allies from having any reduce stat drops, though this is extremely situation, even as exclusive for Double Battles. The new ability, Triage is rather interesting to say the least given the description given. Based on what TCPi released, Triage is an abilities which gives all healing moves (and I quote) "the highest priority in battle". This statement can mean many things given that its rather vague. Obviously Comfey will have +1 priority to all healing moves, but since they said the "highest priority", which can put it as high up with "Helping Hand", or Stage 5. Either way, looks like based on the details provided Comfey will be like a cleric support Pokemon of sorts, but we'll see.
![[Image: horse.png]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/july_19_assets/horse.png)
The Draft Horse Pokemon: Mudsdale
Typing: Ground
Height: 8'02"
Weight: 2028.3 lbs.
Ability: Own Tempo / Stamina
Honestly the most interesting "new" Pokemon revealed among the four new Alola Pokemon (not counting the other two we'll dicuss in a bit), the Clydesdale Pokemon: Mudsdale. Just based on the design, and the description Pokemon gave Mudsdale about (Heck it weighs around the same as a Groudon!), this Pokemon seems extremely powerful as if they wanted it to be so. Based on the site, Mudsdale is rather strong minded in completed the tasks its given, and is said to beat is enemies with strong kicks (hence the new move High Horsepower). Though Mudsdale isn't as fast, it has strength and stamina to continue various task, such as carrying a 10 ton load for 3 days (classic Pokemon hyperbole). While Own Tempo prevents the Pokemon from being confused, Mudsdale's other ability, Stamina is rather powerful. If any Pokemon were to attack Mudsdale, its defense stat will raise every time. Give this Pokemon a good defensive stats, passable special defense, and a recovery move (aside Rest), Mudsdale looks like a strong tanky Pokemon that can be viable both in-game and competitive.
![[Image: ghost.png]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/july_19_assets/ghost.png)
The Disguise Pokemon: Mimikyu
Typing: Ghost / Fairy
Height: 0'08"
Weight: 1.5 lbs.
Ability: Disguise
Mimikyu is a Pokemon we've already seen, but let's brief go over its description. This Pokemon uses a cloth to cover itself from the sunlight as too much expose will result failing health. The Alola people exclaim a myth that upon looking underneath Mimikkyu's disguise, it will afflict the person with an illness. Recently due to the rise of Pokemon merchandise since 20 years ago (nice reference to the 20th anniversary), specifically Pikachu products, Mimikyu are said to make themselves look like the ever popular electric Pokemon, Pikachu. Unfortunately given the associate myth and taboo the Alola residences associate Mimikyu with, these Pokemon are typically lonely as a result. Typing-wise, Ghost / Fairy-type leaves Mimikyu weak to Ghost and Steel-type Pokemon, while immune to three types ( Normal-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type). Regarding its ability Disguise, this gives Mimikyu a "free Substitute" as this allows any Pokemon attack to fail, but "break" the disguise. We still don't know if status moves have any effect on Mimikyu. Competitively we'll see if this Pokemon is viable, though already Mimikyu's has became a fan favorite of the new Alola Pokemon based on the description and design choice.
![[Image: bear.png]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/july_19_assets/bear.png)
The Strong Arm Pokemon: Bewear
Typing: Normal / Fighting
Height: 6'11"
Weight: 297.6 lbs.
Abilities: Fluffy / Klutz
Last we have the a unique Pokemon with capable strength and power: the Normal / Fighting-type Bewear. According to the description from TCPi, Beware is said to behave in a "friendly fashion", but since it cannot control the strength of its arms, it can snap anything in two with a "bear hug" (oh game freak). The typing for Beware has been used on a couple of Pokemon like Mega Lopunny and Meloetta-Pirouette form, but Bewear (and possibly its evolution line) will be the first Pokemon to have this typing without any restrictions. While Klutz won't likely be the most consistent ability for Bewear, the new ability, Fluffy gives Bewear almost pseudo-Fur Cut, except its not. The new Fluffy ability will cut the damage of all contact moves in half, however Fire-type moves deal double damage to this Pokemon. Personally this is a decent trade off as Bewear can have some moderate defenses to tank most physical hits (since a majority are physical contact).
New Features: Hosting Tournaments and Hyper Training
![[Image: pgl.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/pgl.jpg)
Hosting TournamentsWith the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon nearby, the Pokemon Global Link will be "upgraded" to allow for "customized rulesets" and "original competitions". Though we don't know the full scale of how deep these friendly competitions as well as how far the rulesets will be, clearly this is a huge step in the right direction when it comes to hosting more grassroots and different online tournaments either organized by various sub-groups in the Pokemon community. For this feature to be utilized, people now have to use their own personal PGL accounts to make these tours, so sign up to the PGL and link them with your copy of Pokemon Sun / Moon. Going back to the customized tournaments, people can host online tours with other participates and if it exceeds a certain amount, there will be a "ladder", or leader board of how well players have performed. These competitions can be set to allow for pre-approved trainers, or everyone around the world, with a certain cap. The last component to the PGL are the Live Competitions, which allow players and event organizers to host tournaments with other within the same area, or walking distance. Digital Player IDs will be created via QR codes so everyone who wants to compete can scan and enter. This goes back to my point regarding how Pokemon wants to grow the competitive battling by giving players the liberty to host their own tours. Heck we might host some of these for the site in the near future once Sun and Moon hit.
On a quick note, the Pokemon Global Link for XY / ORAS will soon start to end most of its services. To commemorate the start of the new PGL for Sun and Moon, TPCi has launched their Thank You Campaign where most items will be 50% and Ability Capsules will be available online as well. Be sure to redeem all those Poke Miles before they aren't valuable once the PGL shuts down the Game Sync service!
![[Image: hypertraining2.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/hypertraining2.jpg)
![[Image: hypertraining3.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/hypertraining3.jpg)
The last major announcement is honestly one in which competitive Pokemon fans, including myself, have long asked for since the beginning of competitive Pokemon, a way to increase your Individual Values, or IVs to maximum. Anyone can read the information here, but honestly I just want to say, its about time for players to be able to increase the IVs of their Pokemon without possibly wasting hours on hours soft resetting Event / Legendary Pokemon. Of course with such a method, Game Freak has implemented sorta a couple restrictions. First off, the Pokemon has to be at Level 100 to use this method, and second the Player needs to obtain the new "Bottle Cap" items. These Bottle Caps are then exchanged to a person by the name of "Mr. Hyper" somewhere in the Alola region, though not mention where exactly. Seems like the event Magearna apparently holds a Bottle Cap, though based on reports its a specific "Silver Bottle Caps", meaning there might be different variants that boost the IVs of a certain Pokemon by increment.
Regarding my earlier statement, depending on how "rare" the Bottle Caps are, chances are breed Pokemon might still be the way to go for getting legit Pokemon, while using the Bottle Caps should be used only for the exclusive event Pokemon, or Dittos to start IV Breeding. If these Bottle Caps are fairly common, and/or can be "farmed" in some fashion, people might use this method to get max IV Pokemon first before breeding. Hopefully the games have a facility or area to where one can be able to level their Pokemon up to level 100 in a couple of hours, or minutes.
I'll leave the link to the Pokemon video here as well so everyone can see the new Pokemon and features announced. One last thing to mention is that there will be new information released to the general public on August 1st and will be published on all the official sites. We might get a trailer with new Pokemon, maybe finally have answers regarding the diamonds and the bracelet the protagonist carry, maybe some new forms, story elements, etc. Who knows. Right now, I've haven't been able to keep up with the news, as we get closer to the launch date, I'll keep up as best as possible. Expect these updates to be around within a span of a couple days since the reveal of any new info, in case other news drops so I may cover it as well. Alright will see you all again on in August!
![[Image: bug.png]](http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/media/uploads/july_19_assets/bug.png)
The first Pokemon of the six shown in the trailer is the Water / Bug type Pokemon, Wimpod. As the name describes, Wimpod sure looks like a Pokemon with a cowardly attribute as they tend to flee then people or Pokemon approach them. The new ability for Wimpod also fits the description TCPi given it, Wimp Out (kinda funny and original). Anyways every time Wimpod is at about 50% HP or less, it will either always run away in the wild, or retreat in battle back to its trainer. The Water / Bug typing hasn't been given since Surksit and its nice to see a rather interesting support ability with this Pokemon as one can use maybe as a good lead to scout for things, and then have a Wimp Out activate to get a free switch.
The Fruit Pokemon: Bounsweet
Type: Grass
Height: 1'00"
Weight: 7.1 lbs.
Ability: Leaf Guard / Oblivious
The Posy Picker Pokemon: Comfey
Type: Fairy
Height: 0'4"
Weight: 0.7 lbs.
Ability: Flower Shield / Triage
Type: Fairy
Height: 0'4"
Weight: 0.7 lbs.
Ability: Flower Shield / Triage
The latest Fairy-type in Pokemon Sun and Moon couldn't get any more Hawaiian than this Pokemon: Comfey. Likewise, Comfey is based on the traditional Lei flowers people associated with Hawaiian culture, tourism (probably due to pop culture), and uses for special occasions. Getting back to this Pokemon, Comfey makes flower rings with special oils to emit different soothing aromas. These flowers are used in the medical field to treat patients in either Pokemon Center or hospitals, so Comfey is likely associated with them. Regarding abilities, Flower Shield prevents its Grass-types allies from having any reduce stat drops, though this is extremely situation, even as exclusive for Double Battles. The new ability, Triage is rather interesting to say the least given the description given. Based on what TCPi released, Triage is an abilities which gives all healing moves (and I quote) "the highest priority in battle". This statement can mean many things given that its rather vague. Obviously Comfey will have +1 priority to all healing moves, but since they said the "highest priority", which can put it as high up with "Helping Hand", or Stage 5. Either way, looks like based on the details provided Comfey will be like a cleric support Pokemon of sorts, but we'll see.
The Draft Horse Pokemon: Mudsdale
Typing: Ground
Height: 8'02"
Weight: 2028.3 lbs.
Ability: Own Tempo / Stamina
The Disguise Pokemon: Mimikyu
Typing: Ghost / Fairy
Height: 0'08"
Weight: 1.5 lbs.
Ability: Disguise
Mimikyu is a Pokemon we've already seen, but let's brief go over its description. This Pokemon uses a cloth to cover itself from the sunlight as too much expose will result failing health. The Alola people exclaim a myth that upon looking underneath Mimikkyu's disguise, it will afflict the person with an illness. Recently due to the rise of Pokemon merchandise since 20 years ago (nice reference to the 20th anniversary), specifically Pikachu products, Mimikyu are said to make themselves look like the ever popular electric Pokemon, Pikachu. Unfortunately given the associate myth and taboo the Alola residences associate Mimikyu with, these Pokemon are typically lonely as a result. Typing-wise, Ghost / Fairy-type leaves Mimikyu weak to Ghost and Steel-type Pokemon, while immune to three types ( Normal-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type). Regarding its ability Disguise, this gives Mimikyu a "free Substitute" as this allows any Pokemon attack to fail, but "break" the disguise. We still don't know if status moves have any effect on Mimikyu. Competitively we'll see if this Pokemon is viable, though already Mimikyu's has became a fan favorite of the new Alola Pokemon based on the description and design choice.
The Strong Arm Pokemon: Bewear
Typing: Normal / Fighting
Height: 6'11"
Weight: 297.6 lbs.
Abilities: Fluffy / Klutz
Last we have the a unique Pokemon with capable strength and power: the Normal / Fighting-type Bewear. According to the description from TCPi, Beware is said to behave in a "friendly fashion", but since it cannot control the strength of its arms, it can snap anything in two with a "bear hug" (oh game freak). The typing for Beware has been used on a couple of Pokemon like Mega Lopunny and Meloetta-Pirouette form, but Bewear (and possibly its evolution line) will be the first Pokemon to have this typing without any restrictions. While Klutz won't likely be the most consistent ability for Bewear, the new ability, Fluffy gives Bewear almost pseudo-Fur Cut, except its not. The new Fluffy ability will cut the damage of all contact moves in half, however Fire-type moves deal double damage to this Pokemon. Personally this is a decent trade off as Bewear can have some moderate defenses to tank most physical hits (since a majority are physical contact).
New Features: Hosting Tournaments and Hyper Training
Hosting Tournaments
On a quick note, the Pokemon Global Link for XY / ORAS will soon start to end most of its services. To commemorate the start of the new PGL for Sun and Moon, TPCi has launched their Thank You Campaign where most items will be 50% and Ability Capsules will be available online as well. Be sure to redeem all those Poke Miles before they aren't valuable once the PGL shuts down the Game Sync service!
Hyper Training
The last major announcement is honestly one in which competitive Pokemon fans, including myself, have long asked for since the beginning of competitive Pokemon, a way to increase your Individual Values, or IVs to maximum. Anyone can read the information here, but honestly I just want to say, its about time for players to be able to increase the IVs of their Pokemon without possibly wasting hours on hours soft resetting Event / Legendary Pokemon. Of course with such a method, Game Freak has implemented sorta a couple restrictions. First off, the Pokemon has to be at Level 100 to use this method, and second the Player needs to obtain the new "Bottle Cap" items. These Bottle Caps are then exchanged to a person by the name of "Mr. Hyper" somewhere in the Alola region, though not mention where exactly. Seems like the event Magearna apparently holds a Bottle Cap, though based on reports its a specific "Silver Bottle Caps", meaning there might be different variants that boost the IVs of a certain Pokemon by increment.
Regarding my earlier statement, depending on how "rare" the Bottle Caps are, chances are breed Pokemon might still be the way to go for getting legit Pokemon, while using the Bottle Caps should be used only for the exclusive event Pokemon, or Dittos to start IV Breeding. If these Bottle Caps are fairly common, and/or can be "farmed" in some fashion, people might use this method to get max IV Pokemon first before breeding. Hopefully the games have a facility or area to where one can be able to level their Pokemon up to level 100 in a couple of hours, or minutes.
I'll leave the link to the Pokemon video here as well so everyone can see the new Pokemon and features announced. One last thing to mention is that there will be new information released to the general public on August 1st and will be published on all the official sites. We might get a trailer with new Pokemon, maybe finally have answers regarding the diamonds and the bracelet the protagonist carry, maybe some new forms, story elements, etc. Who knows. Right now, I've haven't been able to keep up with the news, as we get closer to the launch date, I'll keep up as best as possible. Expect these updates to be around within a span of a couple days since the reveal of any new info, in case other news drops so I may cover it as well. Alright will see you all again on in August!
