Evolved starter Pokémon and more revealed for Pokémon Sun and Moon

[Pokemon Trainer]

A new trailer for Sun and Moon is now available and shown the evolved forms of the starter Pokémon and confirmed that Mega Evolution will return in Sun and Moon.

Dartrix is the evolution of Rowlett.
It is a Grass type with the ability Overgrow.

Dartrix is extremely sensitive to other presences in the area and can detect opponents behind it and throw feathers to strike them without even seeing them. This Pokémon conceals sharp-bladed feathers inside its wings, showing astounding precision as it sends them flying in attack. And it goes beyond propelling its blade quills in simple straight lines—it can even bend these feathers to change their trajectories!

Revealing a certain snobbiness in its personality, Dartrix cares a great deal about its appearance, grooming its feathers in every spare moment. In truth, it’s also a bit of a birdbrain, with a tendency to bungle things up. Once it makes a mistake, it sometimes gets into a desperate struggle to gloss over the situation and ends up making a bigger mess than ever.

At times, this Pokémon feels so bothered by its dirty or ruffled feathers that it can’t focus on battle. When it loses its focus, it sometimes even retires from the battle on the spot! It’s up to each Trainer to help Dartrix overcome this troublesome stage. If this Pokémon is with a Trainer who helps it through, its strength will grow hugely!

Torracat is the evolution of Litten.
It is a Fire type with the ability Blaze.

The bell-like object attached at the base of Torracat’s neck is a flame sac, an organ that can produce flames. Torracat’s emotions cause a rise in the organ’s temperature, and when the organ spits flames, it rings with the high, clear sound of a bell. Torracat attacks using the flames emitted from this bell.

Torracat’s mane serves as an excellent sensory organ, and it can sense what’s going on around it—even in the dark! It can also detect the presence of hidden enemies.

Torracat has a great love for battle and will attack so relentlessly that its opponents lose the will to fight. And yet it sometimes behaves like spoiled child in front of Trainers or Pokémon with whom it has built a relationship of trust.

The cat punch that this Pokémon can dish out with its strong forelegs is extremely powerful. It can bend iron bars and knock out large men with a single blow!

Brionne is the evolution of Popplio.
It is a Water type with the ability Torrent.

Brionne learns its dances by imitating the other members of its colony. It sometimes even learns dances from humans. This Pokémon is a hard worker and pours itself into its efforts until it has memorized each dance. As it dances, Brionne creates balloon after balloon. In battle, it first sends its opponent into disarray with its dancing, and then slaps its balloons into its target, causing the balloons to explode and deal damage.

Brionne can dance in perfect time with others, even if they have only just met. On moonlit nights, you can sometimes see throngs of Brionne dancing as one, in perfect fluidity.

Brionne always acts cheery and positive. Even when it’s feeling sad, this Pokémon doesn’t allow its sorrow to show. It’s said that Brionne will only reveal a sad expression to a Pokémon or Trainer to whom it has opened its heart completely.

The official website also confirmed that the demo will be released on October 18, 2016. You can download in Nintendo eShop (On a Nintendo 3DS system with a linked Nintendo Network ID) or from Nintendo's Homepage.
When you complete your adventure in the Demo, you will be able to bring Ash-Greninja into the full version fo Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Ash-Greninja has powered up thanks to the strength of its bonds with Ash. This is the form Greninja takes when it has gained new power due to the miraculous occurrence known as the bond phenomenon. This can be brought on by the bonds between people and Pokémon. It seems that it has only known to have occurred once—several hundred years ago.

Ash-Greninja's leg strength has been enhanced compared to an ordinary Greninja, making it difficult to see because of the speed at which it can move. It takes its enemies out in a flash! It becomes able to make giant Water Shurikens on its back, and it can throw them in rapid succession.

Greninja that can become Ash-Greninja have an Ability that no Pokémon has ever had before—Battle Bond. The Battle Bond Ability triggers this Pokémon’s form change to Ash-Greninja after it causes an opponent’s Pokémon to faint. When the battle ends, the Pokémon returns to its original Greninja form. This form is only for battles where it needs to break the limits!

A new feature is the Poké Pelago. This feaure works with Pokémon that have been placed in boxes.

Poké Pelago consists of a variety of isles where Pokémon can go exploring, play on athletic equipment, and enjoy other fun activities. If you send many Pokémon to Poké Pelago, you can develop the facilities on your isles—and develop new kinds of isles as well. As these isles are developed and increase in number, you’ll be able to do things like obtain items or raise your Pokémon.

Pokémon visiting Isle Abeens (available from the start) can sometimes choose to join your party.
Seems that the Spanish website showed the "Ice Stone" (Pietra Hielo) but there's no other information if there will be other new stones and what kind of Pokémon it can evolve with it.

The Festival Plaza is a place in the game where the communication features such as battling and trading are all gathered together. This is a place where the festivities never stop, as Pokémon Trainers from around the world meet and mingle.


If you talk to people and complete some requests, you will receive some Festival Coins which you can spend later in the Festival Plaza. There are all kinds of stores in Festival Plaza, such as goody shops where you can get deals on items, bouncy houses for Pokémon to train in, and dye houses where you can dye your clothes new colors.
The more Festival Coins you gather the higher will be your rank of your Plaza: as the rank goes up you will reveice many different rewards and the ability to host missions (where multiple players can try to complete a certain goal together..
The first in Late November is "Catch A Lot of Pokémon"

With the new Pokémon Global Link, some Rating Battle Rules will change.
The three existing sets of battle rules for Rating Battles (Single, Double, Special), will be increased to four with the addition of a new set of battle rules for the Championships Battle format.

In the Rating Battle: Special (Season 1) - which will begin November 18 - this special format is anticipated to be a Single Battle format where you’ll be able to participate with Pokémon that cannot take part under other battle rules: the Legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala, the Magearna that can be obtained through the QR Scanner, the Ash-Greninja obtainable through the Special Demo Version, and others!

Championships Battle format: this new format will use the WCS2017 rules:
- Double Battle format is limited to Pokémon that appear in the Alola Region Pokédex (excluding some Legendary and Mythical Pokémon).
- Use of Mega Stones is not allowed.
- Only Pokémon that can be obtained in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon may be entered.

The next release of Pokémon Sun & Moon information will hit on October 14th at 22:00 JST, which is 00:00 AEDT, 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 09:00 EDT, 06:00 PDT

 

[valle]

They are really similar to the chinese leakers pictures

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

They are really similar to the chinese leakers pictures

I totally agree... and now I'm here praying that Torracat's evolution won't be another Fire/Fighting type

 

[valle]

Really

 

[Diehl]

No way! Dartrix looks so... Boring.
I wish that the final evolution worth it.

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

No way! Dartrix looks so... Boring.
I wish that the final evolution worth it.

He seem a snob

 

[Diehl]

He seem a snob

Yeah, I didn't watch the video before, but when I watched he/she tidying his/her fringe during the battle I thought "Arceus, why?". xD

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Yeah, I didn't watch the video before, but when I watched he/she tidying his/her fringe during the battle I thought "Arceus, why?". xD

I will nickname one (when I will get it) "Lord snob"

 

[Diehl]

I will nickname one (when I will get it) "Lord snob"

Smugleaf Alola Form!

 

[Shinso Vampire Nagato]

1. I like the Middle Evolutions and these will definitely become those leaks!
2. I'm glad they brought Mega Evolution back but I'm worried they're trying to get rid of it... Cause the next VGC Megas are banned...
3. The new PC mechanics are just like Digimon Cyber Sleuth DigiFarm.
4. The new online kind of reminds me of back in Platinum along with the Avenue from B2W2

I totally agree... and now I'm here praying that Torracat's evolution won't be another Fire/Fighting type

Most rumors say it's Fire/Dark. I doubt they'd do another Fire/Fighting knowing how pissed we were with Emboar...

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

2. I'm glad they brought Mega Evolution back but I'm worried they're trying to get rid of it... Cause the next VGC Megas are banned...

Yeah... poor Megas... they died really quickly and not all the starter have a mega...

3. The new PC mechanics are just like Digimon Cyber Sleuth DigiFarm.

I thought the same!!
(Have other Digimon games this feature?)

4. The new online kind of reminds me of back in Platinum along with the Avenue from B2W2

I thought about Platinum but I never thought about the Avenue in B2W2!

Most rumors say it's Fire/Dark. I doubt they'd do another Fire/Fighting knowing how pissed we were with Emboar...

If it's Fire/Dark I will be really happy!
For now he is the starter I will choose (goodbye water starter... you will (probably) be the one to break my combo)

 

[Sonu]

Finally all starter pokemon evolution revealed....

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Finally all starter pokemon evolution revealed....

I want to see the final evolution

 

[Sonu]

I hope next final evolution will more cool....

I also want to see final evolution

 

[Carly Apple]

They all look nice, besides the seal.
He kind of looks goofy... sighs lol

 

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I totally agree... and now I'm here praying that Torracat's evolution won't be another Fire/Fighting type

Don't have photoshop on PC atm, but you get the jist of it

 

[unownzone]

All of them look pretty promising. They're not what I expected, but I like them.

People seem to consider this proof that the Chinese leaks are real. Personally I don'5 think so because of the color schemes and the fact that Torracat is still a quadrupedal. I have more to say on this topic but to move on,

The new features like the festival plaza and the PC box minigames are a good touch. I have nothing to complain about them. I'm actually quite excited to try them out!

Finally, Ash Greninja XD
Whoa I didn't see that one coming hahaha
I wonder what this will mean for Sun and Moon. Will battle bond be another big thing for gen 7, alongside Z-moves? Or is this just a Ash-greninja exclusive thing? So many questions XD

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Don't have photoshop on PC atm, but you get the jist of it

This is epic! XD XDDD

All of them look pretty promising. They're not what I expected, but I like them.

People seem to consider this proof that the Chinese leaks are real. Personally I don'5 think so because of the color schemes and the fact that Torracat is still a quadrupedal. I have more to say on this topic but to move on,

The new features like the festival plaza and the PC box minigames are a good touch. I have nothing to complain about them. I'm actually quite excited to try them out!

Finally, Ash Greninja XD
Whoa I didn't see that one coming hahaha
I wonder what this will mean for Sun and Moon. Will battle bond be another big thing for gen 7, alongside Z-moves? Or is this just a Ash-greninja exclusive thing? So many questions XD

I hope that the Chinese leak isn't real but for now... we have too many things that are confirmed...

About Ash-Greninja... I think that he will be exclusive... only because they don't know where to add it and want to forget about it as soon as possibile XDDD

 

[valle]

I doubt it will be fire/fighting because it would be weak vs the other two final starters' evolutions (Grass/flying and water)!

 

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yeah, I think Torracat's final evo will be Fire/Dark because it has that Hell/Demonic Cat look to it.

Plus, Brionne's final Evo might be a Water/Fairy type?