Pokemon Sun & Moon
 

http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/art/gam...oon-970-80.jpg Thoughts anyone?

There's literally nothing to be said at this point.

Logos look like the symbols of kamen rider kiva and ixa

I'm always excited for more pokemon. What do you think the next pair could be?

Two new types

More than anything, I'd like for them to do like black and white, and have all new Pokemon up until the Elite Four. Best Pokemon sequel.

I mean the next games, how will they be named? What kind of obvious pairings have they not used yet, that could fit there? Yin & Yang? Heaven & Hell (yeah right)? Dumb & Dumber?

Pokémon Left and Right

Pokemon Yin and Yang?
Pokemon Dark and Light?
Pokemon Good and Evil?
Pokemon and Digmon? lol kidding here.

If this game adds 100 new pokemon we'll be at over 800 pokemon, closer to 850 if you count all the Mega's as new pokemon.

It would be kinda cool if the last Pokémon generation was the 7th one, and the pokédex would finish at #1000 or #1001.

I mean, the Pokémon franchise has to end at some point, right? Won't happen as long as the anime has high ratings and the games sell like hot cakes, though.

Its been 20 years and it does not seem to be slowing down. Mario got his start in the 1980's and he sales like hot cakes lol.

If there is money to be made, they will keep making Pokemon games. I may be dead and in my grave 70 plus years from now, and they will still make pokemon games lol.

I would hate it though. Being dead of old age and missing out.

Yeah, by this point, a world without Pokémon or Mario seems like an unlikely scenario. I'd add Zelda to that as well. It kinda sucks that Mega Man is on life support, and most MM games probably aren't that great. I can't even imagine how sad I'd feel if Mario or Zelda died one day.

I think from now on we won't be getting as many Pokemon each Gen but we'll be getting "mega evolutions" to make up for it. That way they make "new" pokemon of old favorites keeping people happy and don't bloat up the international Pokedex. I'm sure from time to time we'll see a B/W situation where most of the pokemon are new but they probably want to keep the number of new monsters slow since this is a franchise they want to keep going forever and if not kept in check they'll be in the thousands in another decade, it's not the same telling you to catch 1500 PKMN ten years from now than 2500. I do think from now on we'll be getting a new gen every 3 years.


So I was thinking about how Gold/Silver put emphasis on the Sun-Ho-Oh and Moon-Lugia connection. At least in the title screens. I mean I'm not going to be all anal about it but it seems odd no one has mentioned it anywhere but they keep bringing Solrock/Lunatone.

As for the actual games well I guess we'll have to wait to see how they look but I'm not terribly excited about two gens on 3DS or new gens so frequently, XY still feels new to me and I'm a sucker for third versions where you can see a more polished version of the region and seeing small differences here and there before moving on, whether it was a "sequel" or whatever it would've been nice to revisit Kalos. I was also extremely underwhelmed by B/W, the game looked terrible and pixelated, I still remember the awful reveal and since it came out barely before the 3DS came out people just didn't give it enough attention and I feel like its a "forgotten" gen which sucks because the idea of a generation with only new Pokemon as something awesome and a way to revitalize the franchise and it kind of got wasted here.

I think the main reason gen 6 had so few new pokemon vs the older gens with about 150-200 each was they did have to change about 600 plus models of the older pokemon in 3d form. So they added about only 70 pokemon, but at the same time, they did have to revamp ALL the pokemon from past gens, from the 2d sprites to the 3d models. I think next gen may be about 100 plus new mons. Thats my guess.

I wish they had leaked at least one new Pokemon. =/

If I were to buy one Pokemon game, which one should it be? And if I were to buy one of the first three for 3DS virtual console, which one?

This was put up about a week ago, but here's Gaijin Goomba's theory about the games...and it's not a bad one.

Red/Blue (Green), are practically the same. There are some Pokemon that are exclusive to each version, but that's about it. Toss a coin. lol

If you have nostalgia for the first part of the anime series (Kanto) I'd go with Yellow.

Meh, still wish they would've done a game based on the Orange Islands. Pokemon Yellow/Orange. lol

Pokemon S&M.

S&M

S&M

http://drawception.com/pub/panels/20...PYL33etB-8.png

The game being based on Hawaii seems odd especially since we just got Hoenn remakes which were based on a tropical region and islands. Wouldn't it essentially be Hoenn 2.0?

I guess people better get used to those surfing routes again.

surfing usa lol.

I loved Hoenn, both the remakes and the gba games.

I dont mind the surfing routes, there not as bad as people claim.

Sun/Moon's announcement ain't got sh*t on X/Y's

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/...85-bignews.jpg

Very true. That announcement was dope.

Ladies and Gentlemen. We now have an official trailer, release date, Boxart, and starters! http://1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpen...on-930x523.jpg
The starters:

Rowlet:http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/rowlet.png

Litten:http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/litten.png

Popplio:http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/popplio.png



Anyone else as excited as I am for these games!?

That moon pokemon looks nice, but the sun one is just like every other.

I really don't care for the direction Pokemon designs have gone in since gen 6. Bleh. They're alright in general, but they don't have much of a Pokemon "feel" to me.

Pokemon designs are all over the place every gen. It doesn't really matter at this point now that there's more than 720+ pokemon.

how old is to old to be playing pokemon?

Most original Pokemon fans are now 25-30 year old adults. There's probably more adults who play Pokemon now than kids.

good... this is a day one purchase!

Even though I love the color red, I prefer Moon's cover.

If I had to pick a starter right now I'd go for Litten. I like cats. Rowlet and Popplio look so lame.

Nothing beats Gen I's starters design-wise. In second I'd put Gen III's.

I also think Pokemon designs are consistent every gen, If I had to choose then Gen V is probably the one with the least "Pokemon" designs in my view. All other gens definitely have some iconic "Pokemon" and ones that you wonder what they were thinking but after a gen is old many of those designs you didn't like grow on you as well. I can't live without Jynx anymore and I hated her back in Gen 1 :lol:

What I think about the new designs I like all three starters, I don't really care for legendary Zubat or Kimba the white entei, the other legendary already revealed felt like every other X/Y legendary.

The reveal is a little underwhelming and similar to what I thought about Black and White...it looks pretty much the same as the previous gen but more pixelated. I do like that the characters are less chibi esque even if I thought the chibi look was alright since it reminded me of the original games.

I have to side with cubed here, because that's what they do. They design more pokemon than will actually be in the game, then just bring out an old idea when they need a new one. It's why the designs are all over the place every time. It's common knowledge for Shellos and Gastrodon, but we have no way of knowing how many others are like this.

Every gen always has its share of crap pokemon and good pokemon.

For me the most forgettable pokemon nowadays are all the generic grass and bug pokemon. Seriously, there's only so many flowers or butterflies or moths you can make before you forget them all. :lol:

That was the case up to gen 4 (unless you count Caracosta) but most everything since then has been newly developed as far as I know. Believe me, I'm not genwunner, & I even favor inanimate object Pokemon which a lot of casuals hate. But even so, if they're still using leftovers, maybe it's high time they stop, after all those designs would've been held back for a reason. Shrug. I just think they could've done better. Felt that way last time around too, but not to this extent. It seems to me like they're growing a bit farther from what I would consider a signature look. There are consistencies between a lot of Pokemon, similar eye shape or style, for example, that these new ones don't call back to at all for the most part. Doesn't feel like Ken Sugimori's work (maybe it's not?).

Sugimori doesn't design every single pokemon and I don't think he's done that since Gold/Silver. Most of the designs are also done by the various Gamefreak employees. Sugimori probably has to approve them all, or make slight changes or alterations to some before they're finalized, but that's the case.

There's 721 pokemon now, and after Sun/Moon releases we'll have at least 800. Obviously once you literally have 800 something pokemon there's going to be a ton of variation in the designs and tons of duds.

On that note I feel sorry for the young kids of today. They have to memorize 800+ pokemon now from scratch, whereas our generation only went 150+ at a time. :lol:

I know, but a lot of those guys have done a fine job keeping in line with the sorta stuff he developed. Maybe there's just one dude whose work I'm not keen on, wouldn't be the first time.

Its confirmed James Turner, a British Gamefreak employee designed some pokemon himself most notable the ice cream pokemon from BW:

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/James_Turner

So yeah, a lot of pokemon are probably designed by the Gamefreak or pokemon staff as a whole and not Sugimori anymore.