[DISCUSSION] Pokemon Sun & Moon News Thread (Will Contain Pre-Launch Spoilers)

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September 12th Corocoro Leaks

As I post/type this, almost guaranteed I'm going to be making an update post to the latest corocoro leaks as it also confirms a trailer for Sun/Moon are likely around the middle of the month. All the new Pokemon announced in any Corocoro leaks will be discuss in their Japanese names for the time being, until we an official trailer. 

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Corocoro Leak season is here, and boy do we get some new Pokemon information regarding Rockfuff's evolution method, additional "Ultra Beasts", info on the Pokemon Sun / Moon Anime, and other stuff here and there. Again we might have incoming information to these leaks, however I'm going to discuss what's showcased.
 

Rockruff's New Evolutions



( Images from Serebii )

 

After month of teasing Rockruff's "evolution method", it seems like the pure Rock-type will evolve into the wolf-like creatures Lugarugan, with two different appearances based on the time it evolves (kinda similar to Eevee). If Rockruff evolved during the "daytime", it will take Lugarugan Midday form to the left with the light brown coloring, while to the right, this is Lugarugan Midnight form with the red dark scheme. Though evolving Rockruff into Lugarugan might seem fairly obvious, there's a bit of text that mentions as well as the forme names imply the Rock-type might have to be evolved during or close to the mid day (12:00 pm) or midnight (12:00 AM), maybe with a certain time frame to do so. First impression of Lugarugan definitely reminds us of Espeon / Umbreon's evolution methods,as they assume the forms depending on the time of day the player evolves an Eevee with max happiness. There might be another requirement for Rockruff to evolve into Lugarugan, like learning a certain move, level stage, or maybe having max happiness like Eevee, but at this time remains unknown. Regarding the type, we don't know much about whether the two Lugarugan forms retain the same part Rock-type, but judging by appearances, the Midday form might retain the pure Rock-type, while the Midnight form might become Rock/Dark-type, though this is just speculation at best. 

 
Update Septemeber 14th: Following the  day after the release of the first leaks, more image of Lugarugan, began to resurface. Aside the different art/poses of each distinct form, there wasn't much information revealed, aside the fact there's a new prioity move!. Turns out Lugarugan's Midday form has a Rock-type prioirty move called "Accelrock", which is really interesting to say the least. The other Midnight form gets the move Counter, but I'm more interested in Accelrock, and how much distribution it will receive in the games. Most Rock-type Pokemon tend to be slow anyways so if this is found on some Pokemon, chances are they might be able to utilize this new priority move. Then again, we haven't gotten full confirmation whether its a damaging attack, as the only other Rock-type priority is Wide Guard. 

 

More Ultra Beasts Revealed!



(Images from Serebii)

 

After the reveal, as well as hints of 'multiple' Ultra Beasts, we get introduced to two new UBs in UB-02 Beauty, and UB-02 Expansion. Guess we can all assume which is which right? Anyways UB-02 Beauty is the creature to the left with the white female/bug-like appearance, who's pose strikingly familiar to a recently revealed character from a certain organization. As for UB-02 Expansion is the red coated, four-legged, mosquito creature with a rather imposing look. There isn't much discussed regarding either creatures, though in a couple of the screenshots it those show UB-02 Expansion attacking the Tapo Koko, probably hinting of a "boss" battle for these games. Again I'm not sure whether these are classified as "Pokemon", but it might take sometime, possibly until launch day when we know whether to catch these Ultra Beasts. Definitely seems like these two are going to be in the main story of the games, though how much of a role we don't know.  
 

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Miscellaneous Stuff

Going to bullet point these for the time being. Some of this information has been revealed, while some is related to the anime, which I'm not going to cover extensively, unless it inadvertently reveals stuff. 

• Based on the Japanese translation from Pokebeach, apparently both games are set in 'different dimensions' and state certain areas of the game have "time-shifts". This might referring to the version-exclusives variations both Sun/Moon aesthetically and the in-game.
  
• Next issue of Corocoro will include information regarding the mysterious Type:Null and its "true strength". Slight speculation here, maybe we'll see different forms of Type:Null, maybe type variations, or even have a form difference when its not have the helmet. It does state in the Pokemon website Type:Null has is helmet to inhibit itself in order to control the Pokemon. 
  
• Finally we got our 'first-hand' look of the Pokemon Sun and Moon poster, featuring Ash, his Pikachu (both grinning nervously) while performing an Electric Z-Move. Most of the poster show the regional professors (Kukui, Samson Oak), Lillie (Professor Kukui's assistant), and all the other trial captains. Given we don't see the S/M female protagonist here, we can "assume" Ash's female companion will either be Lillie or the Mallow, the green-haired trial captain. Guess it seems like the anime writers are ditching the whole "collect all 8 badges, lose in every league" theme, in favor of Ash...finally starting school....yeah I'm not going to talk about this...especially its been 20 years.  Well who knows, maybe the S/M anime will introduce some interesting characters and plots, though that's a topic for another day.
  

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Late Corocoro Images

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As mentioned multiple times, we might get more information regarding Pokemon Sun / Moon more Corocoro leaks later today or tomorrow. We do have a public release set on the 14th of September which the main websites will unveil a trailer alongside new website descriptions. Guess we'll get more info in the coming days that's for sure. Anyways, feel free to discuss what was mentioned here, or other things I've possibly rambled about.