News: Another new Sun and Moon Trailer [Alolan Professor Oak revealed]

[Hikamaru]

Hooray for the character customization variety! Back in XY I usually play as female because the hairstyle for male is just ughhh... But this! I originally plan to play as female again but I might have to change my mind because some hairstyle showcase is really nice ^^

I remember how much male players complained about customization in X/Y heavily favoring female players in terms of outfit and hair options, but looking back at it I feel X/Y was a testing ground for a lot of things, so with S/M it appears the males are finally catching up to the females in terms of options and I like that because it now puts both gendered protagonists equal.

Even looking at the hair and clothing options shown in the new trailer, I still feel females will get the edge options-wise but at least the gap is closing.

 

[kingdenas]

What? He is Professor Oak's cousin? Okay xD I guess he will be the one who studies these new Alola Forms! I was so surprised when I saw the trailer >< So we have another Gen 1 reference... How many there will be? xD

And about the cities and certain locations,..... They all look AMAZING. I love the effort they are putting to make all these cities as detailed and beautiful as possible. Alola seems like a pretty rich region in terms of biodiversity, different "style" of cities and it just look so COLORFUL. I can't wait to play the games =D

 

[Stuxify]

this is pretty sick

 

[blue]

This was totally out of nowhere! Even though nothing really new was shown, it was great to see Alola from all those different angles at the changing times of day. I totally thought Oak had travelled over to Alola and got a really good tan at first lmao. Nice connection to Kanto though!

 

[raxic_ex]

I remember how much male players complained about customization in X/Y heavily favoring female players in terms of outfit and hair options, but looking back at it I feel X/Y was a testing ground for a lot of things, so with S/M it appears the males are finally catching up to the females in terms of options and I like that because it now puts both gendered protagonists equal.

Even looking at the hair and clothing options shown in the new trailer, I still feel females will get the edge options-wise but at least the gap is closing.

In my personal humble opinion, most female protagonists over shines the male protagonists in Pokemon games (design-wised, and it could also be anime influence) except FR/LG (Who son't like Red anyway?) and HG/SS (Ethan is preferable compared to Lyra by a lot). But this time around, in Sun/Moon I feel that the male protagonist wins this time (based on their original outfit, in before the boutique and hair salon kicks in), so it's good I guess.

 

[Beck!]

That trailer is ridiculously awesome.

The region overview is gorgeous and the sneak peek at Oak's cousin is such a tease -- but a great throwback.

 

[Coconutteh]

When people were talking about alolan forms being gen 1 only, I didn't think they meant professor oak too!

Aside from that, this trailer has me pumped. It looks so gorgeous!

 

[Hikamaru]

In my personal humble opinion, most female protagonists over shines the male protagonists in Pokemon games (design-wised, and it could also be anime influence) except FR/LG (Who son't like Red anyway?) and HG/SS (Ethan is preferable compared to Lyra by a lot). But this time around, in Sun/Moon I feel that the male protagonist wins this time (based on their original outfit, in before the boutique and hair salon kicks in), so it's good I guess.

I feel this is one of the few games where I like both gendered protagonists, because the male designs were usually bland to me. I'm female anyways so it's natural I end up liking the female protagonists better anyway, and the S/M female protagonist is extremely cute and more well-dressed for a region like Alola. Let's pray to hope the customization won't be too expensive this time around.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Oak's cousin will definitely be the reason for Ash traveling to Alola in the anime. And it looks like Wishiwashi is going to be a totem Pokémon.

 

[blue]

Spoiler:

This place was spotted in the trailer and it looks like the peak of that icy mountain on the third island. Perhaps its the path leading to a Totem Pokemon?

 

[Lunar]

Damn cousin Oak is crispy.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

Or is naturally dark skin...

 

[Lycanthropy]

Whoa, even Oak gets an Alolan form.

 

[Hikamaru]

Professor Oak's cousin's English name is revealed to be Samson Oak!

 

[Afterglow Ampharos]

Wow

Even the Pokemon.com site itself uses that "Professor Oak's Alolan form" joke

 

[Hikamaru]

I love how the official website is taking a funny joke out of the Alola Forms there.

 

[blue]

Even the Pokemon.com site itself uses that "Professor Oak's Alolan form" joke

I was surprised to see this too. After seeing this all over the 4chan boards, I didn't expect them to actually go with it haha.

 

[EC]

Professor Oak must be ashamed of his cousin, since it took us 20 years to hear about him.

 

[raxic_ex]

Call it, when Samson Oak sees the protagonist the first time, his first question is: "Are you a boy or a girl?"

 

[PlatinumDude]

I kind of wished that Prof. Rowan's cousin was there instead, since Rowan himself studies Pokemon evolution. I guess Oak's cousin was done for fanservice.