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NEWS: Pokémon Sun & Moon Games Reveal New Legendary Pokémon in Video


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phia_one



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:41 am Reply with quote
Wow, I'm really liking what I'm seeing so far.
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GeneStriker



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:52 am Reply with quote
Pleasantly surprised by the typings. Now I'm convinced; I'm going for Lunala.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:58 am Reply with quote
It's ironic that Solgaleo and Lunala are weak against the elements they represent (Solgaleo: weakness to Fire, Lunala: 4x weakness to Dark).

Edit: Forgot to mention that Lunala's dual typing also make her doubly vulnerable to Ghost-type moves.


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Lord Starfish



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:17 am Reply with quote
Mr. Oshawott wrote:
It's ironic that Solgaleo and Lunala are weak against the elements they represent (Solgaleo: weakness to Fire, Lunala: 4x weakness to Dark).

It's not that kind of Dark. In Japan it's the "Evil" type. Notice how pretty much every Dark-type move revolves around playing dirty in one way or another.

Though yeah, Solgaleo, whose name pretty much means "Sun Lion", having a weakness against fire...That's a bit absurd.
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Mew Berry



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:36 am Reply with quote
Well I'm even more convinced that Moon will be the way to go. Most people I know prefer Solgaleo but honestly, what's cooler than a ghost moon bat?
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kurowa-san



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:42 am Reply with quote
I wouldn't really call those new abilities, they're the same thing as Clear Body and Multiscale.
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phia_one



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:48 am Reply with quote
Mew Berry wrote:
Well I'm even more convinced that Moon will be the way to go. Most people I know prefer Solgaleo but honestly, what's cooler than a ghost moon bat?


This is the first set of games where I actually like both the legendaries equally. Other games, it's been an automatic, 'I want this one!'.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:50 am Reply with quote
I think I prefer Lunala over Sogaleo so will probably go for Moon but anyway I happy with the content they've shown so far

kurowa-san wrote:
I wouldn't really call those new abilities, they're the same thing as Clear Body and Multiscale.


Yeah I was thinking the same thing, the abilities were the pretty disappointing
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TrueZangetsu



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:06 am Reply with quote
Wow now this is really old school Pokémon like. Me very much like dis
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sailorsweeper



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:22 am Reply with quote
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing, the abilities were the pretty disappointing

Yeah it is pretty lazy and not cool especially with how they are protracting them as new abilities
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GeneStriker



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:26 am Reply with quote
Mr. Oshawott wrote:
It's ironic that Solgaleo and Lunala are weak against the elements they represent (Solgaleo: weakness to Fire, Lunala: 4x weakness to Dark).

From what I can tell, they are emissaries of the sun and moon, but are not in control of them. If that's true, you could read their weaknesses as a sort of 'deference' to their 'masters.'
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:28 am Reply with quote
Am I the only one who saw the name of Solgaleo's Ability as a possible reference to Full Metal Panic? Cool
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FackuIkari



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:42 am Reply with quote
Lunala, Luna Ala = Moon Wing, the thing is giant bat with the wings in the shape of the moon, clever
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bnio



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:39 pm Reply with quote
So the emissary of the sun is also know as "the beast that devours the sun"... that doesn't sounds right... Rolling Eyes
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GeneStriker



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:54 pm Reply with quote
bnio wrote:
So the emissary of the sun is also know as "the beast that devours the sun"... that doesn't sounds right... Rolling Eyes
Just a theory, sir. Game Freak has been careful about making sure legendaries aren't gods after they went overboard with Gen IV (or at least, not too powerful ones), and this would fall in line with that.

As for what people revere them as, well, legends are always up to interpretation. Many similar titles were given to normal animals by people in the past.
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