Legendary Mascots Discussion & Speculation

Started by Hikamaru February 26th, 2016 7:20 AM
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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?
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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
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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
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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...
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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?
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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.
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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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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...
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I actually came up with legendaries based of the sun and moon before these announcements.
Solaron (Sun)
Fire/Dragon or Fairy/Fire with the ability Drought
Lunaron (Moon)
Fairy/Dragon or Fairy/Rock or Fairy/Dark.

Maybe the Trio master could be based on earth (Maybe Zygarde which could mean they have a connection to Xerneas and Yveltal).
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I actually came up with legendaries based of the sun and moon before these announcements.
Solaron (Sun)
Fire/Dragon or Fairy/Fire with the ability Drought
Lunaron (Moon)
Fairy/Dragon or Fairy/Rock or Fairy/Dark.

Maybe the Trio master could be based on earth (Maybe Zygarde which could mean they have a connection to Xerneas and Yveltal).
I mentioned in the Third version thread in XY that if the mascots end up being based on Skoll and Hatl then perhaps Zygarde is connected to them, as it's Dog forme appears to be connected to Fenrir, the third wolf with heavy ties to the myth of ragnarok. So I can see Zygarde being part of both trios...different forms for each.
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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
Well, XY were already heading in that direction. Xerneas, Yvetal, and Zygarde were the only non-Event Legendaries, and one of them (Zygarde) had no story in the games, whatsoever. I guess GF's been listening to the complaints about Gens 3-5 having too many Legendaries.

I seriously hope the days of Dragon type Box Legendaries are over. Xerneas and Yvetal were a much-welcomed step back in the right direction after the Dragon overkill of DPP and BW/B2W2, and I want to continue seeing different types on the covers of games.

Of course, even better would be to start seeing Starters on the boxes again, which I think could easily work with a Sun and Moon naming scheme.
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Well, XY were already heading in that direction. Xerneas, Yvetal, and Zygarde were the only non-Event Legendaries, and one of them (Zygarde) had no story in the games, whatsoever. I guess GF's been listening to the complaints about Gens 3-5 having too many Legendaries.

I seriously hope the days of Dragon type Box Legendaries are over. Xerneas and Yvetal were a much-welcomed step back in the right direction after the Dragon overkill of DPP and BW/B2W2, and I want to continue seeing different types on the covers of games.

Of course, even better would be to start seeing Starters on the boxes again, which I think could easily work with a Sun and Moon naming scheme.
It started with Emerald. Not counting remakes we had dragons for five releases in a row (E,DP, P, BW, B2W2) until XY came. I think we'll see wolves as the mascots or perhaps a cat/lion and a wolf.
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Apollo and Diana/Artemis. I don't care how they do it, I just want to see these two in their designs. Also it would be awesome to see the games based in a Mediterranean-ish setting, which I haven't entirely ruled out yet but don't have high hopes for.

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