Legendary Mascots Discussion & Speculation

So, with the likeliness of being a new generation, there's always a new duo of version mascot legendaries to go with the games. That said, what do you think the new mascots will be based on or what type would they be?

Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi are my guesses for what they'll be based on. :P

I am thinking that the will be based of the Norse Mythology vibe following XY. That being said, I think they will be based of the wolves Hati and Skoll who are attempting to devour the sun and moon till the end of days. Now they may change this to make them opposites.

But I would say Fairy/Electric and Dark/Fire or Dark/Electric and Fairy/Fire

I'm gonna throw a wrench in things and just speculate that there won't be version mascot legendaries, but rather they'll go back to the limited amount of legendary pokemon that have no little to no impact on the story of the game, like in the first gen

Dark-type "Bringer of night" and [???]-type (Fairy? Grass? Normal?) "Bringer of day".
And the third one will be something that control the night-day cycle.

I'm thinking Sun's could be part fire, psychic, or fairy
Moon could be part water, dark, or fairy


Perhaps Magearna could be Moon's mascot...

I think the mascots for Sun & Moon will be Fairy-type and Dark-type respectively. If you look at the logo for Moon it looks similar to the Dark-type symbols from the TCG series, just a thought?

If the mascots are based on legendaries, for some reason I think the mascot for Moon will be a Poison-type one considering we haven't had a Poison-type legendary yet (Poison Plate Arceus does not count though)

And for Sun it will be Fire.

I think the Sun mascot will be the bird we saw, because I believe it'll evolve into a phoenix. I have a feeling there won't be any legendary mascots this time around.

I wouldn't be surprised if this has something to do with Ho-Oh being chosen as the newest Pokemon Centers mascot in Kyoto.

I have this theory that the Mascots will be based on Egyptian mythology. Sun's mascot could be like Sekhmet, Khepri or Ra, and Moon's could resemble Hathor, Khnum, or Thoth.

I have a feeling that a legendary mascot duo for this generation could be a Fire-type (Sun) and Water-type (Moon), but Fairy and Dark could work as well given Fairy tends to be associated with light.

When it comes to my thoughts about the Legendary Mascots, I think they could be based on Greek mythology. The mascot for Sun could be based on Apollo, whereas the mascot for Moon could be based on Artemis.

Hikamaru said:

I have a feeling that a legendary mascot duo for this generation could be a Fire-type (Sun) and Water-type (Moon), but Fairy and Dark could work as well given Fairy tends to be associated with light.

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Could be both Fire/Fairy and Water/Dark. It's kind of like they're combining Xerneas and Yvetal's typing with Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre's...
It could also be Fire/Psychic and Water/Fairy (since Fairy is associated with the moon) or a combination of the four.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire said:

Could be both Fire/Fairy and Water/Dark. It's kind of like they're combining Xerneas and Yvetal's typing with Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre's...
It could also be Fire/Psychic and Water/Fairy (since Fairy is associated with the moon) or a combination of the four.

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I could see Fairy for both mascots working, but Psychic could be a possibility for the Sun mascot, and Dark for the Moon mascot. Maybe when they get revealed in a trailer or something we could try and assume the type based on the design.

Hikamaru said:

I could see Fairy for both mascots working, but Psychic could be a possibility for the Sun mascot, and Dark for the Moon mascot. Maybe when they get revealed in a trailer or something we could try and assume the type based on the design.

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Thanks for the flashbacks to Gen V. I remember we thought Reshiram might be "light" type and Zekrom was part Dark based on the design.

I'm expecting Son Goku to be the Sun Mascot and have that chick from Sailor Moon be the Moon mascot. Plz Japan, don't disappoint

Judge Mandolore Shepard said:

When it comes to my thoughts about the Legendary Mascots, I think they could be based on Greek mythology. The mascot for Sun could be based on Apollo, whereas the mascot for Moon could be based on Artemis.

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Digimon beat you to it on like, 2007.... Sorry....

Maybe the moon legendary might be a fairy type since moonblast is a fairy move, although Lunatone and Cresselia are exceptions

Do we think the strange souvenir might represent one of the mascot legendaries? (or maybe the third in the trio)

It seems like it might factor into this somehow.

I think Dark/Fairy could be interesting for Pokemon Moon and maybe something like Fire/Psychic for Sun...