While some Polygon staff members hated on Popplio from the beginning, for the few that chose it from the start, this is our - I mean their - redemption. Seriously, look at this magnificent creature! It’s got style and grace and a flair that screams, “I’m better than you now.” It didn’t really fit in at grade school and had a really awkward adolescence, but just when you thought you’ve seen it all, Popplio’s final evolution walks through the gym doors at your high school reunion and is the belle of the ball. Unlike Rowlett, Popplio suffered from ugly duck syndrome. Is that really so much to ask, Game Freak? we just wish that our adorable baby kitten would stay cute until the bitter end.
We’re not hating on fighting-type Pokémon or anything. Remember how cute and tiny Litten is? This form just goes to show that gold never stays. We were hoping that the Chinese leak that popped up earlier this summer would prove false, since it showed Litten’s final form as an upright, anthropomorphic feline wrestler. It definitely prefers the term “bro” over anything else. This? This is a person who gave up on their dream of saving the world through art to join the corporate world. Seriously, Rowlett had an adorable little bowtie that made you want to protect it from all the evils in the world, and its middle evolution rocked the perfect, angsty hairstyle that screamed complex teenage emotions. Remember that person you want to grade school with who was kind of cool, but then grew up to be a narcissistic tool that was super into themselves? That’s what Rowlett’s final evolution is. We’ll just focus on the Pokémon we’ve never met before, with both regular (left) and shiny versions (right) shown below. Dataminers suggest that there are 81 Pokémon specifically from the Alola region in the games, but we’ve actually seen many of these previously. We have no names for these new Pokémon, but we do have sprites. If that doesn’t scare you off, continue on with us as we browse through these Pokémon-filled galleries of wonder and novelty. We’re warning you now that we’re drifting into Pokémon Sun and Moon spoilers territory.
That’s not going to stop us from assessing each and every one, though.
There are no names or numbers attached to any of these, and in some cases, like with the possible extended Ultra Beast line, we’re not sure if they classify as rare or common Pokémon. Turns out that Game Freak left a chunk of new Pokémon buried in there, and that includes shiny versions and regional variants.Īll we have are these sprites, dutifully posted to Twitter, Reddit and elsewhere by various excited Pokémon fans. That’s according to some players who pored through the games’ first demo last night, when it hit in Japan and elsewhere.
Here it is: Pokémon Sun and Moon’s full regional Pokédex.