News: CoroCoro leaks, upcoming mythical Pokémon revealed

[HeroLinik]

Well, it's definitely not what I was expecting. I was expecting something entirely different from this. However, we still don't know what its type, ability and even its name is. What are your thoughts on this somewhat peculiar Pokemon?

 

[pkmin3033]

For the love of everything sacred, please please PLEASE do not be another goddamn monkey

 

[Sheep]

wow yeah it kinda does look like a monkey now that dawn pointed it out

i was hoping for something cute, but that doesn't seem likely with this ):

 

[Diego Mertens]

it looks like a monkey...

 

[Raicheot]

The feet look like monkeys feet but i like the look of it hopefully it's evil maybe a dark type

 

[Palamon]

It would make sense for it to be a monkey, though? Keep it mind the movie takes place in a forest... I know there are other forest dwelling creatures, yes. But I'm okay w/a money. Do we always need cute mythicals?

 

[Iceshadow3317]

We usually have a cute and an evil looking mythical pokemon. We know because of Datamines, there is at least 1 more coming aside from Expansions. I don't think this is a monkey. In fact I think it is probably going to be inspired by the Barghest or a Wendigo.

Even if not those, it is likely going to be inspired by something in the United Kingdom.

It could be the 3rd Dog Legend that may possibly be based on Fenrir. Or even Grendil.

 

[Benermerut]

Whatever it is, it's got Heihachi's hair.

 

[Iceshadow3317]

Now that I think about it, then most likely candidate would be Grendil especially since Beowulf is so popular and famous. It would be odd for them not to include a Legendary Pokemon that wasn't inspired by Grendil.

 

[Vyniz]

Hmmm... Watching the silhouette, seems to be... like the Rafiki's pokémon version hahah

 

[budube]

Leak I got from a reliable source. Don't quote me on this, you all saw it coming.

Spoiler:

 

[Sheep]

https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1228514233786208257

Official tweet showing the silhouette made a lil while ago on the pkmn twitter! hmm, wonder what it will be

 

[PageEmp]

Decided to go out of my way to make this, sorry if it bad, I had to balance between studying and this:

Spoiler:

I think it'll end up being some kind of monkey but at the same time the protrusion on the side kinda looks like a beak so it also could be some kinda wingless bird. Personally I portrayed it as a nose.

As for typing, maybe Dark/Electric/Ground/Rock or something.

 

[ElectricMafia]

Hmmm... Watching the silhouette, seems to be... like the Rafiki's pokémon version hahah

That is exactly what I thought when I first saw it! Really interested in what typing it will be.

 

[ChickenMom]

For the love of everything sacred, please please PLEASE do not be another goddamn monkey

I really don't get all this Galar monkey business. (ha.)

But seriously, with grookey too. Why are there so many primates in a land that's based on a country that has no primates in the wild??

 

[Palamon]

...Come to think of it, we get monkey Pokemon practically every generation, don't we?

Makey, Primeape in Gen I...
Aipom in Gen II
Vigoroth in Gen III.
Chimchar family and Ambipom in Gen IV...
The Monkey Trio in Gen V... (and apparently the Darumaka family?)
Passimian and Oranguru in Gen VII
And Grookey's line in Sword/Shield.

If it is a monkey Pokemon in the end, maybe it could be the "Alpha male" over all the other monkey species mons?

 

[ChickenMom]

...Come to think of it, we get monkey Pokemon practically every generation, don't we?

Makey, Primeape in Gen I...
Aipom in Gen II
Vigoroth in Gen III.
Chimchar family and Ambipom in Gen IV...
The Monkey Trio in Gen V... (and apparently the Darumaka family?)
Passimian and Oranguru in Gen VII
And Grookey's line in Sword/Shield.

If it is a monkey Pokemon in the end, maybe it could be the "Alpha male" over all the other monkey species mons?

Good point. But I can forgive random pokemon being monkeys but...idk. It being a legendary. I'd rather it be a design that doesn't too closely resemble a specific animal anyway. (Probably why Lugia is my fav while ones like Shaymin and Keldeo are just kinda meh.)