Pokémon Database - News & Updates
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New Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon details revealed
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon — 18 August, 2017
A new trailer for Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon has been released, showing off some minor details. The characters you play as have been redesigned, and there appears to be a new building in the empty plot in Hau'oli City. The video shows the new Lycanroc Dusk Form but provides no new details as yet.
There will also be a new key item in-game, the Z-Power Ring, which can activate to use an even wider variety of Z-Moves. UPDATE: Kommo-o has a new Z-Move Clangorous Soulblaze. Video below.
The story in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon will revolve around Necrozma. According to the press release, Ominous dark clouds begin to spread and the secrets of Necrozma and the Alola region, which were never disclosed in the previous games, will finally come to light.
Here's the trailer:
Lycanroc Dusk Form details revealed
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon — 12 August, 2017
Further details on the new Dusk form of Lycanroc have been officially revealed. It keeps its pure Rock type, and its ability is Tough Claws as we mentioned previously. Its eyes are green but glow red when attacking.
However, a normal Rockruff found during normal gameplay cannot evolve into Lycanroc Dusk form. Rather, only a special Rockruff obtained from an event will do so. This can be obtained via Nintendo Network from the games' launch on November 17th and runs until January 10th 2018.
Lycanroc Dusk Form official artwork
New Lycanroc 'Dusk' form in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon — 09 August, 2017
A new Lycanroc form will be available in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon. This new Dusk
form is more orange in color, has has a slightly larger white tuft on its back, and has green eyes.
Lycanroc Dusk form
Its ability is Tough Claws and it can learn Accelerock and Counter, moves that were previously exclusive to the Midday and Midnight forms respectively. Exact details on how this form is obtained have not yet been revealed.
New events: shiny Tapu Koko and Mega Stone distributions
Pokémon Events — 22 July, 2017
New Pokémon events are now running for Pokémon Sun and Moon! The first is to obtain a shiny Tapu Koko. This Pokémon has the moves Nature's Madness, Discharge, Agility, and Electro Ball. It is holding the Electric Seed item which increases its Defense during an Electric Terrain. It has a Timid nature and its usual Electric Surge ability.
A video has been released showing it it action:
Tapu Koko can be obtained via Nintendo Network, by going to Mystery Gift, then Receive Gift, then Get via Internet.
The next event is to obtain the Mega Stones for Tyranitar, Aggron, Manectric, and Abomasnow. To obtain the stones, go to Mystery Gift in the game menu, then Receive Gift, Get via Code, then enter the code SABLEVOLANT
More details on Marshadow revealed
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 15 June, 2017
The Pokémon Company have announced more details for the mythical Pokémon, Marshadow. They're all details we've known for a while but they came with a short video showing Marshadow in action:
Marshadow turns green when attacking, and it has the signature move Spectral Thief. It also has a unique Z-Move, Soul Stealing 7 Star Strike.
Marshadow will be distributed at cinemas in Japan with the newest movie, I Choose You
. It will have the moves Spectral Thief, Close Combat, Force Palm, and Shadow Ball, plus the Marshadium Z item. No word yet on international distribution.
Main series Pokémon game coming to Nintendo Switch
General News — 13 June, 2017
Mr Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of The Pokémon Company, has just announced that a Core RPG
Pokémon game is in development for the Nintendo Switch console. The announcement came during the Nintendo Spotlight livestream at E3.
There was no mention of a name, or whether it is an entirely new game or remake/port, but Mr Ishihara said the game may not release for more than a year
suggesting a late 2018 or 2019 release date.
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon announced!
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon — 06 June, 2017
A new Pokémon Direct has just finished airing, which revealed three sets of new games:
- Pokken Tournament DX for Nintendo Switch, releasing September 22nd
- Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon for 3DS, releasing November 17th
- Pokémon Gold & Pokémon Silver for 3DS Virtual Console, also releasing September 22nd
Logos for Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokken Tournament DX is mostly the same as the Wii U version, but includes some newer Pokémon from Sun/Moon such as Decidueye.
News about Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon was limited, but there will be a new storyline and legendary Pokémon Lunala and Solgaleo both have new Formes, which appear to have parts of Necrozma fused with them.
You can rewatch the Pokémon Direct below.
Mythical Pokémon Marshadow officially revealed
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 08 April, 2017
The Pokémon Company has today officially revealed Marshadow, the mythical Fighting/Ghost type Pokémon. A very short video was released with a glimpse of Marshadow in-game:
Marshadow will feature in the upcoming movie, Pokémon! I Choose You!
and will be distributed in Pokémon Sun & Moon at some point in the future (no word on distribution details yet).
Pokémon Sun & Moon now available!
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 18 November, 2016
Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon have been released worldwide today! I've been playing a lot of course, to gather information for the site, and I can say they are great. Reviews have been coming in from games magazines and the like, and they are very positive!
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon logos
Of course, we have all the information you need to aid you in your journey. We have all the new Pokémon, moves, abilities, locations and more! Note that they are mostly being kept separate for now to avoid spoilers, so you won't see the new Pokémon on the main Pokémon lists. The locations guide is also a work is progress, as encounters are quite complex this generation. Here are some of the significant pages you might want to check out:
Starter Z-Moves, Ultra Beasts, Alolan Diglett officially revealed
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 14 November, 2016
We're just a few days away from the release of Pokémon Sun & Moon, and more information has been revealed, mostly covering what was in CoroCoro magazine. A new video has been released:
Decidueye, Incineroar, and Primarina have exclusive Z-Moves Sinister Arrow Raid, Malicious Moonsault, and Oceanic Operetta respectively. New Ultra Beasts UB-03 Lighting and UB-05 Guzzlord are revealed.
Alolan Dugtrio, which can be seen in the Sun/Moon demo, is Ground/Steel type, as is Alolan Diglett. They can have Sand Veil or the new ability Tangling Hair, which decreases a foe's Speed when hit by a contact move.
More Ultra Beasts and starter Z-Moves revealed in CoroCoro
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 11 November, 2016
The final CoroCoro before the release of Pokémon Sun & Moon has been leaked. It shows two new Ultra Beasts which are version exclusives, and one mysterious new Pokémon (that looks like an Ultra Beast). It also finally reveals the starters' secret
they mentioned several months ago - they each have their own Z-Move!
Ultra Beasts from Sun (left) and Moon (right)
The starters exclusive Z-Moves are used with their signature moves revealed last month:
- Decidueye: Sinister Arrow Raid, used with Spirit Shackle.
- Incineroar: Malicious Moonsault, used with Darkest Lariat.
- Primarina: Oceanic Operetta, used with Sparkling Aria.
Final evolutions of the Sun/Moon starters revealed!
Pokémon Sun & Moon — 27 October, 2016
The final evolutions of the starter Pokémon in Sun/Moon have been revealed, along with the four guardians of Alola:
- Decidueye is Grass/Ghost and based on an archer. It has a unique move Spirit Shackle which prevents the opponent switching out.
- Incineroar is Fire/Dark and based on a wrestler. It has a unique move Darkest Lariat which ignores the opponent's stat changes.
- Primarina is Water/Fairy and based on a siren. It has a unique move Sparkling Aria which heals the burns of its target.
- Tapu Lele is the Guardian of Akala Island. It's Psychic/Fairy type with a new ability Psychic Surge which creates a Psychic Terrain.
- Tapu Bulu is the Guardian of Ula'ula Island. It's Grass/Fairy type with a new ability Grassy Surge which creates the effects of Grassy Terrain.
- Tapu Fini is the Guardian of Poni Island. It's Water/Fairy type with a new ability Misty Surge which creates the effects of Misty Terrain.
- Cosmog is a new Psychic type Pokemon with the ability Unaware. It shares a similarity with the legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala.
- Alolan Persian was also confirmed, and is Dark type like Alolan Meowth.