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pkmin3033 February 26th, 2016 7:57 AM

New Evolution Methods?
 
Every generation has had these - what sort of new evolution methods do you think Sun and Moon will have? What would you like to see?

I'm half expecting evolution based on lunar cycles or the day of the week, although that would be ridiculously convoluted and irritating.

Sirfetch’d February 26th, 2016 8:08 AM

There could be some advanced evolution tactics involving the day/night as opposed to just leveling up but honesty I am not expecting too much. I feel like the evolution concepts have been exhausted and have very little room to grow. Though I could be completely wrong and they introduce a cool new type but it is one of the things I least expect in all honesty haha.

Pokemon_Hero February 26th, 2016 8:10 AM

Maybe the diamond in the Japanese logo is a Power Up system? I hope so at least..

blue February 26th, 2016 8:11 AM

I can't really see what more they could do with evolution, there are already so many different methods. I suppose they could expand on the day/night method by somehow harnessing the power of sunlight or moonlight?

Fannie February 26th, 2016 8:34 AM

I was thinking this the other day but couldn't come up with anything new. Although I can see how some people might find it irritating I liked the method of evolving Eevee into Sylveon in Pokemon Amie. I wouldn't mind seeing something similar as long as the evolution was worth the time.

Abby February 26th, 2016 1:59 PM

While not NEW exactly, I'd like to see more evolution methods similar to Tyrogue.

Hikamaru February 26th, 2016 2:05 PM

Like Blue said, I can't really think of new evolution ideas but I'm still interested in seeing what they plan to pull off here.

MarinoKadame February 26th, 2016 2:33 PM

Not really new but more weather based evolutions. I don't think seasons will come back but seasonal evolutions would of been fun mostly if a pokemon can evolve into different pokemons depending of the season.

BettyNewbie February 26th, 2016 2:37 PM

I think we should see more Pokémon that evolve based on either Day/Night or with the Sun and Moon Stones, since the day/night duality is obviously what these games will be based on.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire February 26th, 2016 2:43 PM

More Day and Night evolutions would be fine. Maybe some new evolutions stones? Like an ice evolution stone?

MarinoKadame February 26th, 2016 2:47 PM

What if they introduce Moon cycles and eclipses ? We could get new type of weathers also a tide system depending on the moon phases.

Full moon could get the Moonlight weather and High Tide. Eclipses would have special effects.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire February 26th, 2016 2:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MarinoKadame (Post 9136168)
What if they introduce Moon cycles and eclipses ? We could get new type of weathers also a tide system depending on the moon phases.

Full moon could get the Moonlight weather and High Tide. Eclipses would have special effects.

That sounds cool, but would it follow real life lunar cycles?

21stCenturyDelphox February 26th, 2016 3:16 PM

1. A Pokemon could evolve by trading in a certain environment like a city, swamp etc. This is kinda based off the trading/Burmy/Mt coronet evolution idea.

2. Some Pokemon could evolve by interacting with a hidden/specific object in the region. There would be only 1 of these in the whole region. Say if you had a bed Pokemon, it could only evolve by interacting with this one bed in the whole region so it's kinda like Rotom but it evolves.

3. More emphasis on day/light evolutions as the games are called Sun & Moon.

4. More Nincada to Ninjask/Shedinja type evolutions.

5. Evolution lines that make sense and don't feel out of place like Heliolisk, Dedenne and Carbink.

6. More gyroscope type evolutions as the Inkay evolution was cool.

7. A new evolution stone/item

8. There could be a Pokemon that only evolves with a certain egg move. This means you would have breed a Pokemon to get the egg move and level it up. This would increase difficulty but it would also encourage players to get a better nature for their Pokemon before evolving them.

9. For starters, they should give different evolution levels as the standard level 16 and level 36 evolving levels are boring. Maybe, they could evolve via stones or certain environments. This would give more challenge to newer players as they wouldn't just have to evolve their Pokemon.

DataFile February 26th, 2016 4:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MarinoKadame (Post 9136168)
What if they introduce Moon cycles and eclipses ? We could get new type of weathers also a tide system depending on the moon phases.

Full moon could get the Moonlight weather and High Tide. Eclipses would have special effects.

I was thinking about Moon cycles too. Would seem pretty natural considering the naming, but
I wonder how sun could be included, as eclipses are much rarer and not regular as phases of moon are, in real life anyway.

Now I thought about a crazy idea, using telescope to find certain star formations and these would
trigger evolution, or they could be used as a mega evolution gathering gimmick of the gen, to replace overworld stone hunting to some degree anyway.

MarinoKadame February 26th, 2016 4:52 PM

The Sun is a bit tricky to work with for cycles other than seasons and length of day, maybe occasional intense sunny day ?

Sun related events would be Solar Eclipses, Length of days, Seasons and Weather change.

Moon is each of her phases including Full Moon and New Moon, Lunar Eclipse and Tides.

The Sun also has cycles but they are mostly coronal mass ejections and magnetic activity cycles including sunspots.

Arylett Charnoa February 26th, 2016 4:59 PM

Perhaps they will make a unique evolution feature in which your Pokemon can evolve when Sunny Day is used... IN THE MIDDLE OF BATTLE. And just revamp the whole evolution system so that when a Pokemon meets the requirements, they can evolve during battle. They could also had an equivalent moon-type move called Midnight or something which would increase the power of Fairy-types or whatever and night-timey Pokemon would evolve in the same way.

Wobb February 28th, 2016 4:47 PM

O: I think there should be an evolution method where some Pokemon evolve if you're playing in the dark or light.

Kaelidan February 28th, 2016 4:53 PM

The franchise doesnt need new evolution methods, they only need to implement cool fusions ideas.

DJTiki February 28th, 2016 5:01 PM

I'm going to blow your minds. It's in a spoiler for anyone curious.

Spoiler:
I think the next big thing is turning the 3DS sideways while you're drinking a cup of coffee and reading the NY Times on the Sun or Moon (depending on the version) in the middle of an eclipse to be able to evolve your starter to their final form. In all seriousness, I can't think of anything that will be feasible to do at this point. Game Freak will surprise me in some way, I'm sure.

Thepowaofhax February 28th, 2016 5:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Wobb (Post 9139991)
O: I think there should be an evolution method where some Pokemon evolve if you're playing in the dark or light.

How would the 3DS even know if it's their is darkness or light in your location?

MarioManH February 28th, 2016 5:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thepowaofhax (Post 9140036)
How would the 3DS even know if it's their is darkness or light in your location?

Not saying the idea is plausible, but can't the camera just check for an overall darker tone or lighter tone with the "selfie camera" in order to determine that...?

Thepowaofhax February 28th, 2016 5:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MarioManH (Post 9140041)
Not saying the idea is plausible, but can't the camera just check for an overall darker tone or lighter tone with the "selfie camera" in order to determine that...?

I highly doubt the 3DS camera has a photodetector though.

MarioManH February 28th, 2016 5:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Thepowaofhax (Post 9140042)
I highly doubt the 3DS camera has a photodetector though.

"Photodetector". It just has to look at if there's more "cooler" colors compared to more "warm colors".

Just would like to add that this isn't efficient in any way, as this could be abused... for example:
Spoiler:

Rick: HAHAHA WHAT NOW I GOT A ---MON, IT CAN ONLY BE GOTTEN IN THE DARK
Morty: Oh ok
*Morty stuffs head, hands, and 3DS in backpack for 5 minutes*
Morty: W-w-what now Rick! WHO'S GOT A ---MON NOW?!?!

illumine February 28th, 2016 6:15 PM

It would be great if Feebas could only evolve on Fridays.

Cycles or days of the week could be interesting as time intervals determining evolutions, although as you said that could get slightly sparse. However, generally speaking new modes of evolution haven't had that much of a conceptual connection to the new games, and as such this might depend. Perhaps the Moon Stone is revealed as related to the Mist Stone, and can evolve everything, and the Sun Stone is somewhat like Mega-Evolution at this point? It might make sense for those to be humorously OP, ultimately. Really, though, they should take care not to marginalise those two with new ones.

EC February 28th, 2016 8:21 PM

Yeah, we'll probably see more day/night evolutions. I just don't want any silly evolution methods, like holding your 3DS upside-down while singing the National Anthem in a suit and tie.


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