Team Rocket ... Are In Alola?

[destinedjagold]

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inb4 they are just 'retired' NPC(s) living in Alola and just wants to momentarily 'relive' the old days. :V

 

[bobandbill]

Team Rocket sighting in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Prepare for trouble, and make it version exclusive.

 

[Denrew]

I definitely want to see them in action!

 

[blue]

This is very interesting! Someone on Twitter also pointed out what appears to be the Team Rocket HQ.

Spoiler:

 

[VoltYellow]

:blust:
Yeah team rocket means we will have a Kanto related story
Prepare for trouble
We will make it double

 

[Nah]

I'm not really expecting much, just like a small (probably post-game) sidequest where you battle a few of them for whatever reason. If they put any significant focus on Team Rocket, that'd take away from the new Ultra Recon Squad, and I doubt that Game Freak would want to do that.

 

[SubBlue]

This is very interesting! Someone on Twitter also pointed out what appears to be the Team Rocket HQ.

Spoiler:

Not only that, it appears to be Lusamine's Mansion, if looked and compared with carefully.

 

[clbgolden]

Team Skull
Aether Foundation
Ultra Recon Squad
Team Rocket

Four evil teams in Alola. Such a "peaceful paradise". :P

 

[pryce10]

.... interesting...
they never made formal debut since HG/SS...3 generations ago.

 

[BlazingCobaltX]

This is very interesting! Someone on Twitter also pointed out what appears to be the Team Rocket HQ.

Spoiler:

No waaay. :0

Think they're gonna be retired NPC, maybe having come over from mainland Kanto. Not sure what they're supposed to do in Alola, though.

 

[manfromjohto]

Welp according to the March leak & recent Riddler leak which have been accurate so far, including this information, we can hopefully look forward to all the other bosses & team members returning, the PWT (a background similar to the BW2 version was shown for a brief second in the Alola Photo Club trailer), the Battle Factory in Festival Plaza (hinted at by Ohmori and Iwao in a recent interview) & new alolan forms (oddish hinted at in the Riddler leak), and Champion Hau.

That Rocket hideout is also Lusamine's mansion. Compare them closely. TR (Rainbow Rocket) taking over Aether & summoning the other teams was also hinted at in the leaks.

Someone freeze me for the next 3 weeks.

 

[SubBlue]

Welp according to the March leak & recent Riddler leak which have been accurate so far, including this information, we can hopefully look forward to all the other bosses & team members returning, the PWT (a background similar to the BW2 version was shown for a brief second in the Alola Photo Club trailer), the Battle Factory in Festival Plaza (hinted at by Masuda in a recent interview) & new alolan forms (oddish hinted at in the Riddler leak), and Champion Hau.

That Rocket hideout is also Lusamine's mansion. Compare them closely. TR (Rainbow Rocket) taking over Aether & summoning the other teams was also hinted at in the leaks.

Someone freeze me for the next 3 weeks.

I don't know if it's just me seeing this, but I saw one of the grunts holding a masterball. It's really hard to see because it's so small.

 

[RedJ]

Oh boy I can't wait to battle MORE legions of Rattatas and Zubats.

 

[mysticalflute]

Can't say this wasn't hinted at since we had the Nugget Bridge mention in the original Sun/Moon.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Welp according to the March leak & recent Riddler leak which have been accurate so far, including this information, we can hopefully look forward to all the other bosses & team members returning, the PWT (a background similar to the BW2 version was shown for a brief second in the Alola Photo Club trailer), the Battle Factory in Festival Plaza (hinted at by Ohmori and Iwao in a recent interview) & new alolan forms (oddish hinted at in the Riddler leak), and Champion Hau.

That Rocket hideout is also Lusamine's mansion. Compare them closely. TR (Rainbow Rocket) taking over Aether & summoning the other teams was also hinted at in the leaks.

Someone freeze me for the next 3 weeks.

I'll also leave this link using both the Chinese leak and the "Things I want for the third version" post.

 

[Mewtwolover]

I'm not really expecting much, just like a small (probably post-game) sidequest where you battle a few of them for whatever reason. If they put any significant focus on Team Rocket, that'd take away from the new Ultra Recon Squad, and I doubt that Game Freak would want to do that.

I'm expecting that as well. It would be good if you can get Mewtwo before battling them because it's the best Pokémon for kicking some Team Rocket butt.

I don't know if it's just me seeing this, but I saw one of the grunts holding a masterball. It's really hard to see because it's so small.

It's just a normal pokéball.

 

[LilyGardy]

Team Rocket being in the game is a nice touch as is the possibility of an improved Post Game Battle facility.

The Alolan Oddish is very interesting if true. Would all Alolan Gloom evolve into Alolan Vileplume or will they be the only Alolan form with two potential evolutions. The Oddish line were used by Team Rocket in Johto which means they could be used instead of Zubat line and the Leader could have Alolan Vileplume/Bellossom as their ace depending on version.

 

[Sabrewulf238]

Do you think it's possible that we might be able to travel to an area of Kanto and that's where we'll encounter Team Rocket? Maybe it'll be like a post game story like the delta episode.

There's a chance they might not be in Alola.

 

[littlebeeb]

So excited!! Team Rocket is my favorite bad-guy squad. Seeing them in the most recent Pokemon game will be super exciting for me!
As others have mentioned, I'm wondering if their involvement will be for a post game side quest of if they will have some main story-line involvement. Considering that this will be the last Pokemon game on the DS, hopefully GameFreak will go out with a bang and really put their heart(gold) and soul(silver) in this last installment!

 

[Mister Coffee]

Jeez, they really seem like they're pulling out all the stops for this game. With the addition of Team Rocket plus a hideout to explore which will probably tell a small Rocket sub-plot, plus a bunch of additional battles, and possibly might even include some rare pokemon to catch or rescue while in the process. USM really does seem like it's going to have a lot of things to do in it.
I just like that USM is really starting to appear like it is going to be completely packed with content this time around, and I'm also getting the feeling that the post game for USM is actually really going to be worth it.

The previews and reveals for USM this month have been getting me sort of excited for it. I might think about getting the game a few months after its release.