Official Pre-Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield Speculation & Leaks thread

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Then which leak are you referring to?

Moreso than "I'm employed at Game Freak"?


You just posted this a few pages ago...

It's located in Page 1060 by @SodiumChloride

 

[dvor]

I want a bear or a bunny starter ffs
huge potential there

 

[PocketMonster]

Or perhaps evolve them unique to each version.

yeah i suppose that would make more sense and more realistic.
i wonder if they would ever consider doing something like that

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

View: https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1079059244190707713



I just realised, there's Mince Pies on the plate with the donuts, a British Christmas treat. But that I suppose could be just part of the theming here.

 

[Bullet Club Master]

Imagine if they did a Dragon/Fairy Type?

I really want a Bug/Dragon Pokemon. Imagine, it starts off as a weak bug Pokemon but then in evolves and slowly gains confidence only to evolve again and become a majestic Bug/Dragon type Pokemon!

 

[Oriden]

I just looked it up and the interesting thing about a classic trio x classic trio combo is that none of them wind up being strong or weak against each other.

A Grass/Fire final evo loses its weakness to Fire-type and has no weakness to Water.
A Fire/Water final evo loses its weakness to Water-type and has no weakness to Grass.
A Water/Grass final evo loses its weakness to Grass-type and has no weakness to Fire.

So they would all wind up with neutral damage against each other, if using nothing but their STAB moves. That or not effective damage, because they all get 1/4 damage from their original type.

Of course if a leak came along claiming that those were the final starter types, I don't think I would even believe it. XD

I really want a Bug/Dragon Pokemon. Imagine, it starts off as a weak bug Pokemon but then in evolves and slowly gains confidence only to evolve again and become a majestic Bug/Dragon type Pokemon!

Forever mad that this wasn't Flygon. >=/

 

[Icy Wind]

View: https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1079059244190707713



I just realised, there's Mince Pies on those plates, a British Christmas treat. But that I suppose could be just part of the theming here.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Coincidence? I think Not! - Teacher from The Incredibles.

 

[PurplePopplio]

The split starter evolutions remind me of when the starters of Gen 7 were assumed to "share" a secret with Rockruff.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

''Direct announcement supposedly dropping New Years Day or sometime after with the reveal a week or two later depending on timing.''

After a week or two had passed, and if no Direct video is launched from GF, then we can prove that it is fake, which to most of you, already is.

So far, we have heard hints from people stating that a Nintendo Direct is not that far off, so perhaps we might find something Pokemon related, regardless to this or otherwise.

I'm not bringing this up because I'm in favor of it, I'm just saying 'don't walk out of a Pixar film at the last minute, for something might happen during and at the end of the credits.'

 

[PocketMonster]

The split starter evolutions remind me of when the starters of Gen 7 were assumed to "share" a secret with Rockruff.

i totally forgot about that..
hmmm...

 

[TechSkylander1518]

It's located in Page 1060 by @SodiumChloride

Oh, thank you, I had missed it in the mix of all the posts. (though I almost wish I hadn't asked, since his post references +- again...)

The Crown/Scepter leak has a few holes in it:

• The leaker describes the trailer, but doesn't understand all of what's going on. (They say they don't know why the player was sneaking past puddles in the poison gym, they don't know the new names for locations, etc) But there's no reason for someone who's not part of the game team to be seeing the release trailer. It's not like they have a test audience for it.
• The leaker describes what the starters are based on, but not what types they are. And one of them is a dolphin, which is a fully-aquatic animal. Given the recent emphasis on interacting with starters, with LGPE and Gen 7's cutscene, I doubt they're going to make one that's harder to interact with)
  
• Similarly, they describe the legendaries, but not which game they represent. (If they can be picked out as the cover legendaries, it should be possible to tell)

I'm not bringing this up because I'm in favor of it, I'm just saying 'don't walk out of a Pixar film at the last minute, for something might happen during and at the end of the credits.'

There's "watch till the end" and then there's "listen to the guy rambling in the lobby about stuff he doesn't really know". All he describes is the supposed trailer-if it was real, we'd be seeing that ourselves, anyways.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Oh, thank you, I had missed it in the mix of all the posts. (though I almost wish I hadn't asked, since his post references +- again...)

The Crown/Scepter leak has a few holes in it:

• The leaker describes the trailer, but doesn't understand all of what's going on. (They say they don't know why the player was sneaking past puddles in the poison gym, they don't know the new names for locations, etc) But there's no reason for someone who's not part of the game team to be seeing the release trailer. It's not like they have a test audience for it.
• The leaker describes what the starters are based on, but not what types they are. And one of them is a dolphin, which is a fully-aquatic animal. Given the recent emphasis on interacting with starters, with LGPE and Gen 7's cutscene, I doubt they're going to make one that's harder to interact with)
  
• Similarly, they describe the legendaries, but not which game they represent. (If they can be picked out as the cover legendaries, it should be possible to tell)

There's "watch till the end" and then there's "listen to the guy rambling in the lobby about stuff he doesn't really know". All he describes is the supposed trailer-if it was real, we'd be seeing that ourselves, anyways.

Thanks for the tip.

I've googled Pokemon Crown and Scepter, and have found this that was done 5 months ago.

Pokémon Crown and Sceptre: Sign-up Topic - Yoshi's RPs Message Board - GameFAQs

Of course this might be made by those wanting to make a fangame and were not aware of this leak. Also, it sounds to me like this person was trying to explain of what he heard from one post, and tried to wrap his head around it with the Christmas pics. Hence why the use of the outdone + and - theory.

Even so, no solid evidence until the trailer does come out.

From what I can gather from his description, the sneaking within the Gym could be to avoid other trainers from discovering him/her and challenge the player to a battle. The Dolphin Pokemon might be similar to Snivy, due to how the Snake Pokemon has legs. The Spider could represent the Crown whilst the Butterfly the Scepter, what relation they would have in the game is still unknown. But these are all I can gather. Also the Druddigon hanging from a castle might be a stone gargoyle in the shape of one.

 

[RK9]

Or perhaps evolve them unique to each version.

Yeah, no. Missing out on certain mons because you want a certain box legendary is already worse enough, let alone miss out on your preferred starter evolution because of the box legendary you want or other exclusive mons or vice versa.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

Yeah, no. Missing out on certain mons because you want a certain box legendary is already worse enough, let alone miss out on your preferred starter evolution because of the box legendary you want or other exclusive mons or vice versa.

That's true. I too never liked the idea when the Sun and Moon rumours were all the rage.

 

[RK9]

Forever mad that this wasn't Flygon. >=/

*Screeches something about Mega Flygon in the background.*

 

[prog rocker]

*Screeches something about Mega Flygon in the background.*

Doesn't help that it got cut from both XY and ORAS. Apparently, they didn't find a design they liked.

 

[Grass Type Gardenia]

*Screeches something about Mega Flygon in the background.*

@Oriden probably means Normal Pokemon.

 

[Oriden]

@Oriden probably means Normal Pokemon.

I mean yeah, I was referring to normal Flygon not being Bug-type, but I sympathize with the no Mega Flygon rage too. XD

 

[Oriden]

The Dolphin Pokemon might be similar to Snivy, due to how the Snake Pokemon has legs.

Snivy is also partly based on a skink, though- a snake-like lizard with tiny legs. I can't think of anything remotely similar to a dolphin that has legs of any sort, and just adding legs to a dolphin would look stupid as heck.

I know Popplio kind of got away with not having legs due to being based on a sea lion, which are decently mobile out of the water, but dolphins can't get around on land whatsoever.