Leak and rumor discussion.

[Hikamaru]

Yes, that's why I'm not hyped for these games

Personally, I am overly hyped for US/UM despite the lack of new info for now but I can respect your opinion if that's what you think.

 

[janejane6178]

Ah I meant in opposite--the other games didn't have a lot of new things but they still were great in my opinion. But if you weren't a fan of them then I guess that would lower the hype for you!

Just an observation, not trying to convince you of anything haha.

Personally, I am overly hyped for US/UM despite the lack of new info for now but I can respect your opinion if that's what you think.

Oh hehe. Well I was hyped for USUM ,and I love EVERY Pokemon game so ofc Im gonna play it . But the lack of news just give me the feeling that the new games r gonna be similiar to Sun and moon, without anything major added. Otherwise they would tease us already since the release date is due to come

 

[WingsofBliss]

I can't find the link right away, but Joe Merrick on Twitter has pointed out numerous times that the lack of news for these games are normal; when it has come to 3rd versions, sequels, and remakes, the pre-release period is much shorter than it is for the starting games of a new Generation. Regardless of whether or not the same content in SM is in USM, there is still some new content that they don't want to give away too much. You can argue that SM had too much revealed, but part of that problem is because of the hackers who datamined those games to hell and back.

We were spoiled too much with SM reveals last year, and it's affected how often the fans want news. I'm gonna play devil's advocate here and hope they don't spoil us like that for the Switch game that'll be coming next.

 

[Zeiro]

I can't find the link right away, but Joe Merrick on Twitter has pointed out numerous times that the lack of news for these games are normal; when it has come to 3rd versions, sequels, and remakes, the pre-release period is much shorter than it is for the starting games of a new Generation. Regardless of whether or not the same content in SM is in USM, there is still some new content that they don't want to give away too much. You can argue that SM had too much revealed, but part of that problem is because of the hackers who datamined those games to hell and back.

We were spoiled too much with SM reveals last year, and it's affected how often the fans want news. I'm gonna play devil's advocate here and hope they don't spoil us like that for the Switch game that'll be coming next.

 

[Hikamaru]

I figured I should bring up a new rumour surrounding Festival Plaza, one of the most controversial features of Sun & Moon. So if you haven't heard, the final Global Mission for S/M will be ending three months earlier than it was normally supposed to, sparking rumours and speculation that Festival Plaza may be dumped in US/UM and replaced with something else.

YouTubers Verlisify and PDWinnall have both released videos covering this speculative rumour.

So, if this rumour is true, I can imagine all the positive reception from the fanbase because Festival Plaza was one of the biggest targets of hatred in S/M. Or maybe Game Freak heard about how much people hated the feature and have realised the bad choice they made. Your thoughts on this?

 

[BlazingCobaltX]

That would be great, but I'm guessing SM/USUM compatibility should still be possible. If it's true, I'm really curious to see what they'll replace it with.

 

[Hikamaru]

That would be great, but I'm guessing SM/USUM compatibility should still be possible. If it's true, I'm really curious to see what they'll replace it with.

I could imagine compatibility issues being a problem, but then again I know how much Game Freak likes to force you to get the latest games if you want to do online battling.

I mean, it happened when they made the stupid decision to not patch OR/AS Mega Evolutions into X/Y. You were basically forced to get OR/AS if you wanted to battle, and now I dread they'll do something like that again.

 

[Altairis]

I read somewhere that maybe one reason PSS or enabling Wifi connevtion anytime while playing was because it would be hard on older systems to run the engine for SM and online at the same time. I'll try and find the source later but I wanted to post in case anyone else has any thoughts... obviously I'm not a developer so I have no idea.

 

[Hikamaru]

So, there has been that leak of Alola Forms for Swinub and Piloswine floating around, with them seeming to look like pineapples. I'm probably betting on that as fake because first, that design would be a complete joke and second, Mamoswine wasn't included because if you want to do Alola Forms for a whole evolution line, not giving one to the final stage just doesn't make sense.

 

[WingsofBliss]

So, there has been that leak of Alola Forms for Swinub and Piloswine floating around, with them seeming to look like pineapples. I'm probably betting on that as fake because first, that design would be a complete joke and second, Mamoswine wasn't included because if you want to do Alola Forms for a whole evolution line, not giving one to the final stage just doesn't make sense.

I remember seeing that one a couple days ago, and I thought it was kinda cool. A Ground/Grass Piloswine would be awesome imo. I thought the design of it was kinda cute and bad*** at the same time.

 

[Hikamaru]

I remember seeing that one a couple days ago, and I thought it was kinda cool. A Ground/Grass Piloswine would be awesome imo. I thought the design of it was kinda cute and bad*** at the same time.

It would be nice to see another Grass/Ground Pokemon because I think the only one at the moment is Torterra, and that's a final stage starter.

 

[Zeiro]

I would love if the Festival Plaza got removed. It was a good idea but poor execution, and really stopped me using the online features in SM.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I would love if the Festival Plaza got removed. It was a good idea but poor execution, and really stopped me using the online features in SM.

It was. It ended up being worse than the Wi-fi Plaza.

 

[Hikamaru]

It was. It ended up being worse than the Wi-fi Plaza.

If I recall, that was in 4th Gen if I'm right? Specifically Platinum and HG/SS if I'm sure. Never would have known that feature being viewed as crappy.

 

[SomanshuBhardwaj]

All we need is like 3 more Lycanroc types so that we may just have a team of different Lycanrocs XD

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

If I recall, that was in 4th Gen if I'm right? Specifically Platinum and HG/SS if I'm sure. Never would have known that feature being viewed as crappy.

DPP. Forget if it was in HgSs.

 

[WingsofBliss]

So, this is more or less about the use of terminology when it comes to leak vs rumor. I'm bringing this up because there seems to be a big uproar going on in the Pokemon community right now, specifically Twitter, about it. The issue is that people are using the term "leak" to describe something that's not even confirmed to be true. I'm not just talking about YouTube videos, but individual posts and comments as well. Is it just easier for people to say "leak" instead of "rumor" or what?

 

[Hikamaru]

This leaked Mimikyu artwork is something I figured I'd speculate on. Due to the appearance of Jessie in the bottom right, I'm guessing this may be anime concept art of a new Mimikyu form.

I know that concept art of Decidueye, Incineroar and Primarina that was leaked in June 2016 had Ash and Mallow appearing in the Incineroar section of the art, and that hinted towards it being legit, which it was.

 

[Kartanaheart]

I've heard people say they think it's similar to the art style of the person who made the Gladion leak, but I don't know.

 

[blue]

There was another image of that Mimikyu form in a magazine scan which look legit. The thing that makes this seem more plaisuble is the fact that back in December it was leaked that Mimikyu had another form along with Lycanroc.