Alola Forms

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Alolan Forms


Alola Forms (or regional variants) have been revealed!

Some Pokémon have adapted to the distinctive microclimates of the Alola region, taking on different forms than they have in other regions. These Pokémon are called regional variants. Taking root in the Alola region, they live like native Pokémon. Regional variant Pokémon can have different appearances and types, and their ways of living can also differ from that of the forms previously known.

*Below is a list of all the Alolan Pokémon revealed so far:
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Alolan Exeggutor

  • Coconut Pokémon
  • Grass/Dragon-type
  • Ability Frisk
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Alolan Vulpix & Alolan Ninetales

  • Fox Pokémon
  • Ice-type (Alolan Vulpix)
  • Ice/Fairy-type (Alolan Ninetales)
  • Ability Snow Cloak
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Alolan Sandshrew & Alolan Sandslash

  • Mouse Pokémon
  • Ice/Steel-type (Both)
  • Ability Snow Cloak
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Alolan Meowth

  • Scratch Cat Pokémon
  • Dark-type
  • Ability Pickup/Technician
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Alolan Marowak

  • Bone Keeper Pokemon
  • Fire/Ghost-type
  • Ability Cursed Body/Lightning Rod
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Alolan Raichu

  • Mouse Pokémon
  • Electric/Psychic-type
  • Ability Surge Surfer
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Alolan Rattata & Alolan Raticate

  • Mouse Pokémon
  • Dark/Normal-type
  • Ability Gluttony/Hustle
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Alolan Grimer & Alolan Muk

  • Sludge Pokémon
  • Poison/Dark-type
  • Ability Poison Touch/Gluttony
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It's awesome so far! I like how now they made a new type of variation. I do wonder, however, if normal forms will be available in the game, too.

Btw Alola Exeggutor is the funniest thing ever.

Alola Sandshrew and Sandslash are my favorites so far.
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I assume Alola formes are this gen's "mega evolution". I wonder if they will have an expanded movepool or if it will just alter like Rotom formes. I am still quite hyped regardless. This is such a good addition to the games and something that I did not see coming. The Ninetales has me screaming it's so adorable.
Actually I'm getting the impression that these Pokemon are just caught like this. It sounds like they've developed different on Alola for whatever reason.
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I didn't like the idea until I saw the video, tbh. I think it's pretty cool as long as there's not many Pokemon like this. And can we still use regular forms? I'm sure we can... we have to. Anyway I'm down for this. It seems to me like having albino pokemon (more than shinies).

The typings seem a little odd, though. I feel like they're just trying to balance out the new Fairy type even more... that could be why all these types seem to revolve around Fairy, Steel, Ice or Dragon. I haven't been keeping up to date with Sun and Moon though so I'm really just talking out of my ass.

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Seriously, this was a mechanic I didn't expect but I recall there was a leak from recent that mentioned older gen Pokemon gaining alternate types. Guess that's what ended up being Alola Forms.

I love the new forms of the Sandshrew and Vulpix lines there, particularly due to their unique type combinations because I wanted Ice/Steel and Ice/Fairy to become a thing for ages now. Exeggutor looks odd, but hey it's another Grass/Dragon coming right after the last main series titles giving us Mega Sceptile.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exn0s6Dukmk

So take this video and replace every reference to the film North with Alola forms and you would get my opinion on them.

I wouldn't be so sour if it weren't more gen 1 pandering bullmuk, if the designs made any sort of sense, and they stopped beating around the bush and gave us more proper evolutions and/or tweaking the Pokemon to fit the current generation instead of redefining the same Pokemon over and over again. Honestly I could barely take them seriously.
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Personally, I didn't expect several Pokémon to have different variants, but I think it's the good thing since there are some variant that I wanted to catch. Yes, I'm digging into Alola Vulpix because it looks pretty, and so does its evolution who has Ice and Fairy typing. Now the next question is if we can still breed, let's say, the other region's Ninetales and having the other region's Vulpix (with Fire-type in it) as the offspring or not.
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While the typing for nine tails and sandslash are pretty weird( how does a fire type and ground type from Hawaii become ice types) but I do find the concept cool and long over due I always wanted region differences for older Pokemon but I expected minor redrawns but never different types , this just opened Pandora's box on something cool
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I was utterly shocked at first, but now I love these new Formes. If you think about it, in real life there are several animals and plants that have different variants of their species from country to country. This is what the Alola Formes remind me of, and I think it's a really cool concept.

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I'm totally in love with Alolan Vulpix and Ninetails (so much!!). I wonder what will have to be used to evolve it? And I do hope that we can catch their regular variants naturally in the game somewhere rather than having to trade. Maybe it depends on which part of Alola you're in which variant shows up. Either way, it's a really cool concept that I've wanted for a while.

Exeggutor is so funny.
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While the typing for nine tails and sandslash are pretty weird( how does a fire type and ground type from Hawaii become ice types)
There will probably be dormant volcanoes on Alola. Both the Ninetales and Sandslash families have been associated with living near volcanoes in previous main series games, I can see them doing a backstory of the Pokemon living around the volcano until it became dormant, and then becoming Ice types to adapt to the new climate instead of leaving their homes.

This is the summit of Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii, for example:



My theory is that there will be an expy of Mauna Kea on one of the Alolan islands, and this is where the Sandshrew and Vulpix will be found.
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I like the route Game Freak are taking with Sun and Moon, it's really different and they're changing up the typical Pokemon recipe. I love the designs for the Sandshrew and Vulpix line and I'm sure we will get Alola Forms for more than just Gen One Pokemon when the full game is released.

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My Icetales will destroy alllll the dragonssssss.

I am hyped for this idea, I hope to see some more less-used pokemon (ala Sandshrew) get this make over. Preferably 'mons from Gen1/2.

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I think the Alola forms look very nice, but I wish they had named them Delta forms, just like Pokemon Insurgence.

That said, I hope they give Alola forms to Pokemon like Raichu, Parasect, Persian, Golduck, Jynx, Jumpluff, Mantine, Ludicolo, Shiftry, Rhyperior, Tangrowth, Musharna, Gigalith, Golurk, and Druddigon.

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I love ice/fairy Ninetails! Some concepts I would like to see:

Grass/Fairy Milotic - Serperior's Queen with floral scales
Flying/Fire Rapidash - Flaming Pegusus...need I say more?
Rock/Bug Vespiquen - Gold crown and armor encrusted with jewels.
Ghost/Fire Gourgeist - Jackolatern with orange hair with fried ends.
Steel/Bug Leavanny - Silver Filigree cloak resembling ornate leaves.
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I seriously almost lost it over the Exeggutor, since...that's so ridiculous, ah ha.

Was definitely not expecting them to use the ice type, of all things! But I don't mind. And it makes Ninetales look absolutely beautiful. I mean, I'm not even the biggest Ninetales fan normally, and yet I think its new form is wonderful.

Give me more of these. :D