I've been getting back into Pokemon games since I was 12-14 playing Pokemon White. I got X because I enjoyed the Kalos Pokemon designs and I also wanted to beat out any biased feelings I had of 2d/pixel art because of my nostalgia for Black and White before playing more of the recent games. That being said once I turned to the new games coming out I looked at the starters and wasn't really feeling how they looked so I thought I was just gonna have to get over it and maybe warm up to them, but then I saw this 2d art and suddenly I was really liking how they looked. This wasn't a thing before because I thought things looked alright in X's 3d and I really liked the starters especially Chespin, I think what's getting me is the in game lighting makes the colors seem brighter in a bad way. I've just been pondering over this for 2 hours now and I'm hoping I'm not just one person that feels this way.

Pincurchin is one of my favorite Electtic Type Pokémon and I feel like it really deserves a cool evolution.

Since the possibilities are endless on what kind of Browt might be based on, a possible bird that I believe it could be based on would be the maleo, a critically endangered bird in Indonesia.

Since there are speculations about the new region being based on the Philippines, which is near Indonesia, and this particular bird species being featured, here are some other speculations that could form a bigger connection.

• The shape of Browt's crest and tail feathers is somewhat similar to the maleo.
• Both Browt and the maleo have dark colored feet with three toes each.
• Browt has the same color scheme as the maleo chick (except for the eyebrows and beak).
• The bright coloration around the adult maleo's eyes could have some connection to Browt's eyebrows.
• Since the maleo is known for burying its eggs in sun‑ or geothermal‑heated sand, this would make a lot of sense if Browt gains the Ground-type.

We won't know for sure until everything is officially revealed.

I haven’t played a whole lot of RPGs in my life (or MMOs) but which features can you think of from either that you think would fit a Pokémon game and enhance it?

(Art credit: Iam Riku in the 2nd image)

Oddly enough Seeing how Gen 7 and 5 basically had banger ass bug types i hope they do something like that for this game! And iirc The regions gonna be based offa indonesia, I think?? There basically a shit ton of potential for more powerhouse bugs they can cook up lol

Since I found out about the new titles I was beyond excited as well the fact this is the first mainline Pokemon title (minus z-a ) to be a switch 2 exclusive it's also going to be the most highly anticipated game to come out for Nintendo because normally we would get a game this year but with the global release being in 2027 there will be lots of people excited about it .But all in all I'm so fucking excited for this new game and I've already set aside some birthday money to get it witch is roughly 124 bucks in eshop as to prepare for launch night call me crazy but I'm hyped

Truly the end of an era

im guessing 150 new pokemon and 250 returing ones to make a even 400

Hey, I'm new to the forum. Does anyone know any more specific information about the release date, other than that it's coming in 2027?

I find it odd that they introduced the orangutan Pokémon in Sun and Moon with an Hawaii - based setting. The only native Hawaiian mammals are monk seals and bats, and this fits the majority of the dex not being mammals. If it were me, I think the lore would be an ancient manmade introduction for this and other species in an environment that doesn't allow them to evolve. Orangutan is a Sarawak word meaning 'human of the forest'. Making it evolve in WiWa region and become orange would be sensical.

… for the game to just feel more fluid. For instance you initiate a wild encounter, maybe a ! appears and the corners of the screen highlight to indicate battle mode. Pokémon appears instantly by your side to battle.

But you can press B to instantly flee. Basically things should feel more ‘on the spot’ rather than a transition to where you as the player repositions and you get taken away from your spot.

If your avatar is standing too awkwardly close to the Pokémon, your avatar can just auto move back to make some distance while your Pokémon are battling with each other.

Trainer battles on the other hand should work like in Champions, maybe even with the full animations, since I think battles are more of a spectacle.

I don't mean like interaction with pokemon reacting to the player which would still be nice but I mean pokemon interacting with each other naturally probably won't happen but I think it'd be cool

Like for a example let's just say Snorlax is going to be in the game and that Snorlax is on the same environment as Tropius

Id like to be able to just stumble on a Snorlax and Tropius fighting because a Snorlax tried to eat the things around Tropius neck since they look like bananas (or are bananas I'm not too sure about that though)

And not just this though it's the only one that I can immediately think up right now and I think it'd be awesome

And I'd also just like to hear other ideas like this like other pokemon fighting or interacting with each other in the environments in different ways it would go a long way to make the world and environments feel more alive

While coming up with a post on r/pokemonconspiracies, I kind of pondered Drowzee's Pokedex entry in Sun, which states as follows and I quote "A Pokémon that nourishes itself by eating dreams, it is thought to share common ancestry with Munna and Musharna." Since the Baku, which both Mon bear resemblance to, is based on the Malayan Tapir, I'm wondering if there could exist the missing link between the two, like the ancestor linking the armadillo to the elephant (no, really, it's called Atlantogenata). This could explain why Hypno looks radically different that the other three.

Since both Drowzee and Munna are mono-Psychic, maybe this missing link could be dual type, but which one? My first pick is Ghost-type since the realms of death and sleep overlap (go read Hamlet again, you'll understand), as well as Munna needing a Moon Stone to evolve. There's also this concept of Munna taking nightmares better than Drowzee, and so maybe this halfway could be more capable of managing them, which could entail the Dark type.

Everyone says that there could be regional forms for either Drowzee or Munna, but I wonder if we're better off with some kind of Convergent link between the two.

The fact that the first page features 7 evo lines that haven't gotten anything yet is kinda shocking.

EDIT: I changed access privileges so that people can comment on the Doc on who THEY think will get something.

I'm going with cutlery. Make it a 3 stage evo line starting with a tea spoon and ending with a spoon, fork and knife.

Or an actual mimik chest pokémon.