Pokemon Legends: Arceus General Discussion

[vivian20]

That’s some good analysis, but N clearly finds wild Zorua in Unova in flashback cutscenes. The player can’t encounter them, but that doesn’t mean they were never there.

Its said in bw games that ghetsis only showed to N pokemon that were abused by people. in order to manipulate him. So, that zorua likely belonged to an abusive trainer before.

 

[Rainbow-Rain]

What do you guys think?

https://twitter.com/Mootmonthly/status/1450611083161518082?t=DJ5gked6mlGc0wsqrCr9LQ&s=19

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

Looks really good, buuut I'm gonna have to say fake here: the video described the mane of fur around the unknown Pokemon's neck as being white, but in that image it's black.

 

[Rainbow-Rain]

Someone on Twitter posted this and I think I can vaguely make out a shape here

I think I can at least see 2 Big Ears lol

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

I see it too, but it could just be pareidolia

 

[Oriden]

What do you guys think?

https://twitter.com/Mootmonthly/status/1450611083161518082?t=DJ5gked6mlGc0wsqrCr9LQ&s=19

Really should be posted in the Leaks/Rumors thread, I think.

But besides that... fake as hell.

 

[Blast]

One thing that doesn't make sense about the Zorua theory is that it's Pokédex entries all mention it to be a very timid Pokémon that uses its Illusion to escape or avoid detection, and Zoroark uses its Illusion to camouflage its den so it won't be discovered. In the video the researcher clearly gets attacked or at least freaked out after spotting the Pokémon, which means whatever he saw must be aggressive towards him. This doesn't reflect the usual behaviour of Zorua and Zoroark who use other ways of defense than simply attacking their enemies.

Hypothetically, if it was Hisuian Zorua, its behaviour would be very much altered from the Zorua we know and what might've happened is that the moment it was spotted it used its Illusion to terrify the researcher and scare it away. This would mean Hisuian Zorua uses its Ability as an offensive tool rather than to hide and avoid detection like the timid regular Zorua. This certainly sounds possible and it'd make sense for the Zorua line to receive a unique kind of reveal too since it's been considered a "special" Pokémon since the start.

 

[Eitarou]

An ice type hisuian Zorua/zoroark would be cool.

Please no. The fox Pokemon share too many types with each other.

Alolan Vulpix is like the only unique one, type-wise. I'd rather it stay that way.

...No, I'm not counting the Eevee family.. How much fox they have in them is up for debate.

 

[blitzle stan]

One thing that doesn't make sense about the Zorua theory is that it's Pokédex entries all mention it to be a very timid Pokémon that uses its Illusion to escape or avoid detection, and Zoroark uses its Illusion to camouflage its den so it won't be discovered. In the video the researcher clearly gets attacked or at least freaked out after spotting the Pokémon, which means whatever he saw must be aggressive towards him. This doesn't reflect the usual behaviour of Zorua and Zoroark who use other ways of defense than simply attacking their enemies.

Hypothetically, if it was Hisuian Zorua, its behaviour would be very much altered from the Zorua we know and what might've happened is that the moment it was spotted it used its Illusion to terrify the researcher and scare it away. This would mean Hisuian Zorua uses its Ability as an offensive tool rather than to hide like the timid regular Zorua. This certainly sounds possible and it'd make sense for the Zorua line to receive a unique kind of reveal too since it's been considered a "special" Pokémon since the start.

All Pokemon in Hisui generally may act differently than past Pokedex entries because this is a region and time where Pokemon don't interact with humans much. I expect most Pokemon to be more aggressive toward humans.

It could also be an Alpha Pokemon, which we know will be aggressive due to whatever is happening to them.

 

[NealIRC]

So it's settled. A Ice/Fire is the best Hisuian Zorua. Cuz we already have 5 fire fox, 2 ice fox, as well as another 2 dark fox in Gen 8.

And our current Ice/Fire can only be at 50% health. Ice/Fire can be delusional, yea?

 

[Bigfoot_the_Pokémon]

So it's settled. A Ice/Fire is the best Hisuian Zorua. Cuz we already have 5 fire fox, 2 ice fox, as well as another 2 dark fox in Gen 8.

And our current Ice/Fire can only be at 50% health. Ice/Fire can be delusional, yea?

... But we already do have 5 fire foxes. So while I'm not knocking the idea, it would just be another fire fox. Personally, an Ice/Ghost type would be cool.

 

[Pyrax]

Yo, this is just a reminder to keep info that's either unconfirmed or unofficial sources in our leaks/rumours thread
Screencraps from trailers are fine though.

 

[Minya_Nouvelle]

I've been thinking about it, and the only other pokemon that the description makes me think of is Minccino/Cinccinno. I can't really envision what a regional variant would look like, though.

 

[Ghost Diplocaulus]

I've been thinking about it, and the only other pokemon that the description makes me think of is Minccino/Cinccinno. I can't really envision what a regional variant would look like, though.

A Mincinno/Cincinno variant sounds like a cool idea! I could see a variant being a Fairy-type that takes the Pokemon's obsession with cleanliness up to eleven, or perhaps one goes the exact opposite direction and becomes a messy Ground-type instead.

That said, Minccino/Cinccino is highly unlikely here, since the comparison to Growlithe and Vulpix heavily implies that the Pokemon in question is a canid. However, I think Rockruff/Lycanroc could be another possibility because of this. I don't think it's as likely as Zorua/Zoroark given the large number of inari kitsune hints we've gotten from leaks, but if it does turn out to be Rockruff/Lycanroc, I could see it being based on the Hokkaido Wolf, which went extinct in the late 19th century.

 

[Moonlight~]

I cannot wait for Zorua’s reveal, will for sure have one on my team

 

[Esiouqrut]

Apparently an Italian youtuber discovered a cry that sounds really similar to Zoroark's. So that's +1 to Zorua/Zoroark theory.

 

[Mickaeldbs]

I'm looking forward to the release of this game anyway, thanks to all these shares

Mickael from Cartepokemons

 

[Bigfoot_the_Pokémon]

This is just out of the blue, but remember the Sirfetch'd tease? They did a complete reveal mere days later. I wouldn't be surprised if they reveal the new Pokémon sometime tomorrow, or in the days after.

 

[Eitarou]

This is just out of the blue, but remember the Sirfetch'd tease? They did a complete reveal mere days later. I wouldn't be surprised if they reveal the new Pokémon sometime tomorrow, or in the days after.

You're a bit late.

 

[Esiouqrut]

So it's Zorua/Zoroark after all