All new Sun/Moon Info gathered from the Previews

>>29113720
Another nice thing is that GameXplain confirmed trainer rematches available since the beginning of the game in their discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnyAicEkz0

>>29113754
Yeah I saw that.

I think they meant that like in X/Y/OR/AS, some trainers would re-battle you if you went to them again. I doubt nearly all trainers would do that though.

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>>29113720
>Hala has Crabrawler and fucking TAPU KOKO when you're around level 16
Holy shit this game might be good. Here's to hoping Guzma gets a better team later on and Lusamine is a tough fight.

>>29113720
I'm really fucking hyped for these games, like holy shit, they sound and look awesome so far

>>29113720
>Hala has Tapu Koko
Not too shabby.

Most of this sounds really good and I'm really excited to try the demo. The only thing that kinda kills it is the Rotomdex's handholding, but I feel like it can easily be ignored.

>>29113720
Wait, so the demo is the actual game set to a 2 hour time limit, or were the reporters playing the actual game but restricted to a 2 hour play period?

>>29113863
They had a Nintendo rep next to them, who basically told them their time was over

>>29113863
the reporters were playing pretty much the finished game but just the first 2 hours. The public demo released next week is different.

>>29113720
>abundance of status moves

JOHTO TRAINERS 2.0

And now I'm completely confused as to the Trials, if the kahuna and Totem are considered separate

>>29113720
Man resetting for a female Popplio looks like its will be a chore.

>>29113720
These games look very promising

>>29113720
Everything sounds amazing, but the only thing that concerns me is the challenge level. Can't they just fucking add a real difficulty option? Journalists have been saying the game was easy like XY.

Hopefully they nerfed the exp. share or made Totem Pokemon more challenging.

The Dexnav is gone? What about getting mons with hidden abilities?

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>Every Kahuna has a Guardian

>>29113880
From what i got from this you have to fight both of them looks like the trials will be a true challenge

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>>29113918
You know that hidden abilities existed before ORAS right?

>>29113880
>if the kahuna and Totem are considered separate
Of course the Kahunas and Totem Pokemon are considered separate.

>At the end of each trial, a mighty Pokémon known as a Totem Pokémon will be waiting. A Totem Pokémon is much larger than others of its species, and its body is enveloped in a special aura.

>The final trial on each island is called the grand trial. It is a Pokémon battle against the kahuna who leads that island. If a trial-goer succeeds in clearing this grand trial, he or she will be publicly recognized as having cleared all of the island’s trials and can move on to the next island.

Straight from the goddamn official site.

>>29113791
>and fucking TAPU KOKO
I think they got that one wrong. I really feel like that one was an accident. Don't get your hopes up too high.

Still, Silvati may make Gladion kinda fun later down the road.

>>29113918
Isle Abeens, probably.

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>>29113890
Good

>>29113720
>Tacos can't reach first city
>Somehow they know # Pokémon
>Somehow they know # of trials per island
>Somehow they know Kahuna's team
THE WALL GOT 10 FEET TALLER

>>29113720
>7 trials total
>3 trials per island
Which is it?

>>29113956
I mean the Trail Captain, Totem and Kahuna are all considered trials. I assumed Totems were just at the end of a trial

>>29114001
3 fetch quests for the captains
3 battles against totem pokémon
1 battle against the Kahuna

7 trials

>>29113720
>No 3D in battles
That's my one disappointment, beyond no trainable Zygarde Core.

Other than that, gen 7 is looking to be the best in the series, and my favorite gen.

>>29114001
Each island has seven trials total.

Of those seven trials, there are three different TYPES of trials. As said by the official site:
>These trials are not limited to battling with Pokémon. They take a variety of forms, such as finding items or completing tests of knowledge. You will not be able to accomplish them with ordinary methods!

>>29114001
>>29114044
It clearly states above that each trial has "three types"

So each trial could be a battle, an item quest or a game of sorts.

>>29114051
hivemind

80 to 90 new pokemon. Hmmm.

>>29113720
sounds real fucking good, sounds like trainer battles might even be a bit harder (?) or at least more strategic.
one thing that also stuck out to me from the previews was previewers speculating that we might have an unknown rival, because hau doesn't pick our rival type effective pokemon, he picks the one we're good against. therefore maybe something is in the works we don't know about.

>>29114051
>Each island has seven trials total.

There's no way this is true.

>>29114051
Okay, okay, I think I see what you mean. The review I read talking about 7 trials seemed to imply it was 7 trials total (read 7 quests, 7 totems, 4 kahunas) for the whole game. Glad to see I misunderstood!

>>29113720
Had anyone battled Gladion yet?

I wonder if the reason Hau's starter is weak to yours is that Gladion's Silvadi takes on the type with an advantage to your starter.

>>29114103
Why's that, Anon?

>>29114085
The Silvadi page in CoroCoro showed Gladion holding a Fire, Water and Grass Memory, so he'll probably be the mid-late game rival

>>29114129
No, they're only permitted 2 hours of gameplay.

To put it into perspective, for most reporters that meant it ended with the very first encounter with Team Skull in the first city.

You're not going to get any news about Gladion. Sorry.

>>29114103

It could be true if Gamefreak is incredibly lazy with some of the trials.

Like there's the test of Knowledge which is actually just three true/false questions.

>>29114103
Why is it impossible.
See >>29114044
that looks very possible to me.

>>29114001
we already know of 5 trials
so either 1,3 and 4 have 1 trial, which would totally fuck the pacing, or there are more than 7

>>29114051
>Each island has seven trials total.
I think this is just speculation or a misunderstanding from the guys that went over to play the first two hours. Take Akala for example: we know there are four trial captains there (Mallow, Lana, Kiawe and Sophocles), and we know that at the end of each trial you battle a totem Pokemon. If battling the totem and doing the actual trial were considered two separate things then that's already eight trials for Akala, not counting the battle against the Kahuna.

>>29114142
Each trial specializes in one type. The website says totems are at the END of EACH trial, they're not their whole own trial altogether. Also the first island barely looks like it can fit 4 trials let alone 7.

I think we're getting only like 84 new pokémon (79 actual pokémon and 5 ultra beasts)

>>29114103
But only 7 can't be right either.

We've known for some time now that three of them are on one island. So that leaves only 3 to split across the other 3 islands. That can't be right.

>>29114154
Read this and you'll see that it isn't possible.
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/the-rite-of-the-island-challenge/

>>29113720
>Intro cinematics
>More intro cinematics
>Cinematics related to the starters

>Easy money
Yeah, we need money, but I suppose it just makes it easier to get items like Pokeballs and the like earlier on. Hopefully we'll be punished by buying too much garbage.

>Pacing of the game is slow, according to press reviewers
Don't read too deeply into this one, people.

>Rotomdex guides us through the game
>No word on Rotomdex ever translating things 'mons say
I suppose it's safe to say that the dream is dead. Rotomdex is only a Yo-Kai-Watch ripoff.

>Gym Leaders replaced by Trial Captains
Not unexpected.

>7 trials per island
>3 types of trials (?)
Not as bad as we seem to think then.

>Kahuna has powerful teams so says the press
This is negligible information.

>verticality and no grid-movement
This is also expected. Nothing new.

>Easy-mode trainer battle evasion
>80-90 pokemon estimated by press

>"difficulty of battles increased" in a growl/leer/tail wag heavy beginning of the game
The only difference here I think is that potions are being used.

>insignias/badges
>story elements
>press says it takes 2 hours to get to first city
>EXP share
>Z-Ring
>No stereoscopic 3D in battles

This about sums it up.

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>Rotomdex also regularly gives us device
gee I wonder who this new character could be

>>29114242

I estimate a 99% probability of this feature being shit.

>>29114225
>Yeah, we need money, but I suppose it just makes it easier to get items like Pokeballs and the like earlier on. Hopefully we'll be punished by buying too much garbage.
The GX guys mentioned that by the time they got to the first city they had around 30K. They think Gamefreak decided to adjust the money curve for customization, since it is still kinda expensive.

>>29114225
>>29114273
GameXplain also confirmed you can get haircuts in the city on Melemele island and that they cost 4000 each. No wonder why we get money pretty quickly when there's a lot more customization options compared to S/M

>>29114257
>>29114242
>team skull hacks it and it starts getting you into trouble by giving you bad advice like "jump into this hole!" "hey try using whirlpool here!"

>>29113720
We've had verticality since Sinnoh in Platinum honestly. They even made Johto more vertical afterwards too. Feels like people just getting wowed by the full 3D, which I dont mind because it will wow me too.

>>29114304
rock climb was a mistake and you know it

>>29114178
The trials aren't gym battles. There's a "gather mushrooms" trial, and a "point the differences" trial. Do you honestly think these 2 are 2/7 of the entire game? or for one island?

>>29114178
>Also the first island barely looks like it can fit 4 trials let alone 7

>volcano
>big city
>field of oricorio flowers
>forest
>waterfall
>some random islands

Melemele is small but it's not like all trials will require a huge area to explore. Some of them may be even just a battle against a totem, without any random sidequest.

>>29113720
>stealth
We Metal Gear Solid now

>>29114242
I thought it was confirmed optional at E3. Was that a filthy lie?

>>29114273
I assume it's the same as XY. You get money easier, but it's because you're going to be buying more balls, and clothes. There's a bigger need for money when you have more than two-three Pokemon on a route.

>Exp Share is the same as in Gen 6
Thank fucking God.

>>29114389
It was never Optional

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>>29114352
This entire area is within the first two hours of the game yet only ONE trial has been reported. The purple house above the circle area and the path leading up the rocky area behind the forest is probably the first trial. There aren't going to be seven fucking trials on one island.

>>29114350
Read the website. Each trial ends with a totem battle. There is no just "gather mushrooms" trial and that's it.

>>29114411
With Gen V scaling this time

>>29114327
You were a mistake

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>>29114352
>>29114425
Mallow, Kiawe, Lana and Sophocles are all seemingly trial captains on the second island.

Ilima is the first trial captain and he's on Melemele island. He specializes in Normal types and from what people have mentioned in the previews, his trial has you go through a cave searching for Pokemon that are hiding in holes. Team Skull are also present in the cave which makes sense given what Guzma said.

Also matches pic related.

>>29114178
>Each trial specializes in one type
Was that actually confirmed? I feel like some of them could specialize in gimmicks like status conditions, sound moves, eeveelutions, use of berries, etc.

>>29113918
>Dexnav is gone
You have got to be kidding me.

>>29114425
Yeah but most people weren't speedtunning and took their sweet time exploring

>>29114425
It really seems like there's only one trial on this island. Is there 7 trails per island, or 7 total trials?

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CAN SOMEONE CLEAR UP THIS TRIAL SHIT TO ME

ARE THERE 7 TRIALS? ARE THERE 3 TRIALS? ARE THERE 28 TRIALS?

>>29114425
>seven
are you pulling that number from the info yesterday?

Seven was corrected to SEVERAL.

All we know right now is Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, and Kiawe are on Akala Island where as Iliama is on MeleMele.

>>29113720
Fuck you Mod. Get better content. Old info is old.

>>29114448
Confirmed.
Mallow is listed as a grass type trainer with a passion for cooking.
Lana a water type specialist who loves her siblings and fishing.
Kiawae is a firetype trainer who likes to dance.
Fatty is a nerdy eletric type trainer.

>>29114469
Follow the conversation. I'm not the one claiming there are seven trials.

>>29114464
We don't know.

We just question it because the second island has four, leaving only one on each of the others. Which seems highly unlikely given that most trails aren't battles. The reviewer later corrected it to several but even then we just don't know.

>>29114464
Most sites said 7 per island, but two said 7 trials without mentioning the islands, so we don't really know. It's possible that it's 7 per island, because most previews said that, but the first island has fewer

>>29114464
Three TYPES of trials. Fetch quests, tests of knowledge, and totem Pokemon battles.

>>29113905
>Journalists have been saying the game was easy like XY.
>haven't even gotten to the first trial
cmon.

>>29114427
Source? I sure hope not.

>>29114464
>Gym Leaders are replaced by Captains and instead of overcoming gyms simply by battling, we have to face 7 trails in each of the four islands of Alola.
>There are three trials per island (as in "three types of trials", I think(: facing the trails of the Captains, which usually have to do with solving puzzles or finding certain objectsl facing the Totem pokemon, who can call allied Pokemon and are much bigger then normal; and finally facing the powerful Kahuna of the island
>Each Kahuna has powerful teams, including the Guardian Pokemon of the island (in MeleMele, Hala has Tapu Koko)

>7 trials on 4 Islands
>3 Trials per island

Thats quoting the OP, that's a bit confusing

>>29114147
Is everyone on this board colorblind? AM I COLORBLIND?

It seemed very clear that the Memories he was holding were Green, Blue, Brown, with the full art being Red.

So fire was already active, and he was holding grass, water, and rock, because starters+Rockruff.

>>29114461
Tons of different journalists playing the same 2 hours and they all only report the one same normal-type trial? Come on now.

>>29114464
28 trials in total
7 per island
there are 3 types of trials
each island has a kahuna you challenge after completing that island's trials

screencap THIS FUCKING POST

>Ilima on Melemele
>Mallow, Kiawe, Lana and Sophocles on Akala
>people seriously believe the other two islands (including the one that makes up almost half of the region) will only get two trials

>>29114554
Totem Pokemon are always fought. You that already. That's the point of the trials.

We know Ilama's trial is finding Pokemon in holes but he still has a trail battle.

And Mallow's is apparently finding mushrooms, but we know we have a Lurantis totem battle.

You have to clear the trial to fight the totem.

>>29114554
Kiawe talks about his trial relating to dancing. Whether he's referring to dance as in battling I'm not sure.

>>29114567
Your point's kinda invalid because the screenshots show Silvadi as all three different types. Also the CD's have a texture to them on one side, yet Silvadi's ear thing doesn't show that. Just glowing.

>>29114596
I could see the island where we catch the box legends not having any, but then you have that giant fucking tree which I still think is related to Zygarde. I think it'd have at least 1 trial given that there's not much civilization there.

The big island you'd think would have more trials than the second because it's bigger.

>>29114565
it's "three types of trials" like your quote says, the trial from the captain and the totem battle are two types, you repeat that until all the trials of the island are cleared and battle the Kahuna (the third type of trial, or final trial as the main site calls it)

When was Sophocles confirmed to be on Akala Island...?

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>>29114657
Assumption based on the fact that the color of his trial pendant whatever the fuck is on the same side as the other three Akala Island captains. He's probably in that blue house at the base of the volcano or something.

>>29114657
Each of the four captains that were first revealed have a "key chain" sort of thing with them. It is kinda in the shape of a four leaf clover, and they all have they top leaf colored in their respective type's color. This lead people to believe Sophocles is also with the other three on Akala. Once we see Ilima's artwork we'll be able to determine if this is true, that is if his "key chain" has another lead colored in.

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>>29114657
He hasn't but I mean come on;

>Focuses on Electric types
>Builds inventions
>Modern lighthouse on second island
>Key chain matches the other 3 trial captains he was revealed with
>pic related

No confirmation, but evidence stacks up.

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>>29113720
Yeah, because trainers never used statut moves before

>>29114564
Someone ran stats on this since the Treehouse event

>>29114563
Some journalist said they made it to Totem Gumshoos and it was easy and didn't "cause stress to my Pokemon" or something along those lines.

>>29114596
Actually, one trial on Melemele, 3 on Akala and 3 on the last isnt impossible, with the legendary island getting none

>>29114771
Another person who played the preview said that Totem Gumshoos fainted their entire team except for their starter.

If Work Up is a TM, and somehow this Gumshoos knows it, then I think it'll be a somewhat tricky fight if you get in a pinch

>>29114801
Source? That's honestly a relief

>>29114789
>There's a Kahuna for each island
>To battle the Kahuna you must beat the trials for the island
>"HURR DURR NO TRIALS FOR THE LAST ISLAND"
How does it feel, you know, being retarded?

WHY DIDN'T ANY REVIEWER GIVE STATS?

>>29114702
Look at the gray soil the fire guy is standing on it looks more like the island to the right

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>people SERIOUSLY think there's only going to be 7 trials

Look, I can be pessimistic too, but at least use some logic here. Some of the trials are just fetch quests. Do you seriously think they're going to replace gyms with 3 fetch quests and 4 trial captains?

>>29113720
>There's a small sign/symbol in the lower screen's map that tells us where to go at all times. Rotomdéx also regularly gives us advice, based on the latest events, to help ascertain where to go next.

I hope this advice is just something that scrolls along the bottom screen automatically like the news channel in ORAS and isn't something that interrupts the flow of the game with pop-ups that you have to mash A to get through. I still hate the idea of Pokémon getting a Navi equivalent.

That stuff about the difficulty being raised would make up for it, though.

>>29114814
Can't remember if it was a GameXplain video or an article. Let me find it.

>>29114817
He has a point.

What would be the fucking point of an island having only 1 trial for you to then go and beat the Kahuna? It'd be so lackluster when the 2nd island had 4 trial captains to beat before facing that island's Kahuna.

>>29114828
No it doesn't. Check your eyes. There's no smoke on the island to the right.

>>29114801
We had people who got their asses kicked in XY demos. Don't underestimate how retarded most reviewers are

>>29114771
It might be team dependent.
Get a fighting type and you're good to go, otherwise rip

>Three captains per island
>Each of them has a quest and a totem battle, which count as two separate trials for some reason
>The Kahuna is the 7th trial
This explains Sophocles giving what appear to be early-game tutorials in a few of the trailers. This also matches up with the Z-watch toy coming with the Normal, Fighting, Electric, Water, Fire, and Grass Z-crystals (in other words, the ones that correspond to the first two islands).

So it sounds like 12 captains total.

>>29114885
So basically Whitney.

>>29114869
Nigger is assuming there are only 7 trials total, which is fucking retarded.

>>29114411
>>29114564
Why the fuck would you want the Gen 6 Exp. Share with no nerfs? Are you a casual?

>>29114939
I just realized something though.

People were reporting they reached around Level 10-14 with their starter before they ran out of time. I'm pretty sure because they had a time limit, they wouldn't bother doing much grinding either.

So if they got that high up, Melemele island might only have Ilima as the sole trial captain. I recall that Hala has a Level 15-16 Crabrawler on his team.

Considering he's the Kahuna, the totem Gumshoos must be below that.

>>29114961
>"WAH, IF YOU DON'T PLAY LIKE I DO YOU CAN'T PLAY AT ALL"
Go to sleep Jimmy, your mom's calling you to bed.

>>29114989
Are you a casual?

>>29114724
If the "3 Trials + 3 Totem + 1 Kahuna" thing is true, maybe the fourth Key Chain on Akala Island is given from the Kahuna, while Sophocles would belong to another Island.

>>29114903
yeah, I was thinking this too, here's a copy paste of a post I was writting

>I think I cracked it. 3 trial types (Captain, Totem, Kahuna), 7 trials per island.
>Doing some basic math, this gives us 12 Captains, 3 on each island.
>Captain-Totem-Captain-Totem-Captain-Totem-Kahuna

>>29115016
>>>/c/

>>29113720
Oh wow centro Pokémon has really made it to be posted here

>>29114967
This article specified that Totem battles and fetch quests count as separate trails toward the 7. We already know that Mallow is involved with both a fetch quest and the Lunantis totem, the water girl is around during the Wishiwashi totem, and the fire guy makes you identify his dances. That's four trails, plus the Kahuna makes five. The other two are probably a fire totem and some second task for the water girl.

Sophocles is probably on the first island, since we know he also gives the Join Avenue tutorial. If there's a third, it's probably fighting, like >>29114903 mentioned.

>>29115079
I appreciate your offer of cute anime girls, but it doesn't answer my question. Are you a casual?

>>29115126
What if Sophocles' trial IS the Join Avenue tutorial? Like, he boots it up and tells you to do X tasks in order to pass, then pings the totem Pokemon immediately afterward. That would explain the strange level scaling.

>>29113893
You look very promising

>>29114961
>no nerfs
Are you an idiot? Did you just blindly follow the hate train without knowing what people were actually complaining about?

Gen VI had the EXP Share without the leveling curve from Gen V, which meant your Pokémon would end up splitting in level if they weren't actually used, and if you tried to even out their levels it would make them way to fucking powerful for the area of the game you are at, because you are getting 250% more EXP per fight.

Gen VII won't have that problem though, because it uses the Gen V curve/scaling, which means when you go to even out your Pokémons levels, your main Pokémon won't get overleveled to hell.

Basically, they reduced the amount of the grinding needed to be up to par, while INCREASING the amount of grinding needed to over level content.

>>29114961
The gen 6 Exp. Share got a nerf in the fact the game as a whole uses the gen 5 XP system.
So while yes, everyone on your party is getting levels, that level 20 Staravia you're actually trying to train will be getting way more than that level 30 Electabuzz that's already a bit overleveled.

>>29115126
What I was saying is that regardless, the Totem Gumshoos is part of the first trial and cannot be a higher level than 15. The reason being is Hala, who's the Kahuna has a Crabrawler that's Level 15.

Hala is supposed to be stronger than trial captains, so my point is that it alludes to there only being one trial captain on MeleMele island.

Also, GameXplain mentioned they didn't have access to the Festival Plaza and weren't able to talk about online functions so that kinda rules it out.

>>29115135
>>>/d/

>>29115184
And I linked to the wrong post. Turns out I'M the idiot. Meant to link to (>>29114564)

>>29115184
That's what I meant by a nerf, though. I was criticizing anon because he was happy to see the Gen 6 Exp. Share, but not happy to see the Gen 5 scaling. He was disappointed at the news that his overpowered Exp. Share would be nerfed, which is why I asked what kind of casual he is.

>>29115239
Whoa, whoa, anon, we aren't at that stage of our relationship yet.

I sure hope there's a reliable way to get EXP for postgame since the game's uses Gen V scaling.

>>29115276
Lv100 Audino farm

I hope so, we need to grind Pokemon to lv100 to increase IVs

>>29115223
If Sopheles is on the first island, he's probably somewhere after the Gumshoos trial.

Besides, level 15 doesn't mean much, since his ace is probably a few levels higher than that. There can easily be another two trials on the island, so long as they're not battle-oriented outside of the totem. The official site mentioned quizes, so it wouldn't surprise me if one of the first island trials is just some sort of trivia game that makes you learn some of the game's basics. A quick Festival Plaza tutorial could be a "trial", too.

>>29115276
yeah especially since there's an actual reason to grind to lv100 now

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>The initial events of the game happen through the course of several days, with the player returning home at night and continuing in the next day. For example, in the first day the player arrives in Alola, but only in the second day does the player get the starter pokemon.
So, what, the game time isn't synced to your 3DS time until after you get your starter?

>>29114847
People are retarded and think trial = gym battle.

>>29115380
I think so, yeah. The beginning is one of those parts of the game that will be the same in both versions.

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>>29115731
>finish tutorial events
>get starter
>nighttime in-game
>"honey, time to come home and sleep!"
>fade to black
>i'm playing sun at night irl
>game fades in
>it's still nighttime
>"honey, time to wake up!"

>>29113720
FAKE jesus

So calling it now that Hala uses a Fighting Pokemon, a Normal Pokemon, an Electric Pokemon (Alolan Raichu probably) AND THEN Tapu Koko. Like you beat him and like a dick he summons TK to kick your weakened ass. I say this cause if the seven for each island thing is true, that implies three Trials, three Totem Pokemon, and one Grand Trial for each island. Given Hala uses a fighting pokemon, and how the first six Z-Crystals IRL being released are Fighting, Normal, Electric, Grass, Fire, Water, pretty sure then the next Kahuna will use a Fire, Grass and Water Type (Samson Oak maybe?) and then using probably the Psychic/Fairy Tapu on Akala. Then on the next island it might be Rock, Steel and Poison Trial Captains and Pokemon, which makes sense given the desert in the east, the walled city in north, and I'm guessing bog in the west. Then the last island has a Ghost, Dark and Bug set of Trial Captains (which given the Ruins, the Caverns in the Canyon and Jungle with the big-ass tree, makes sense.)

That leaves Fairy, Dragon, Psychic, Ground, Flying and Ice unaccounted for if the Z-Crystals IRL are tied to the Trial Captains in game, which if the rumours are true, could be tied to returning previous side characters or the Aether foundation and Team Skull. Or the Z-Crystals there of are given to you at certain places, the Flying one in that port town on the big island, Ice one on top of the ice mountain, dragon one in the steam caves of the forbidden island and or canyon, so on. While we do not know for sure which places are tied to the Trial Captains for sure outside Verdant Cave on Melemele and the ones on Akala, I'm betting we only will get to know the Akala Kahuna, and the Fighting Type Trial Captain who I bet is a manly girl (given Llima is a Trap and Sophocles is Fat.) Okay I was being silly but still it makes sense.

Why else have those certain Z-Crystals come with the Tomy Z-Ring? Or all the mystery with how we get the Trial TMs, Badges, and Z-Crystals in general?

And I think the website meant after each Trial Captain Trial and that there's seven obstacles total for each island you have to do, in sense: Official Trial -> Totem Trial -> Official Trial -> Totem Trial -> Official Trial -> Totem Trial -> big ass cut scene -> Grand Trial (Kahuna Battle then Tapu Face Off, probably with your starter maybe?)

AND I just thought of this, Llima must be the Alolan-Raticate/Gumshoos Trial Captain cause those Totem mons are in Verdant CAVE and he has you looking for pokemon in HOLES. Maybe the pokemon have been making a mess of the caves and you whack the rattatas or yungoos, piss off their Boss, and have to fight it for TM Work Up, then get Llima's insignia/badge, get the Z-crystal then, or after you do beat Hau Hala is like "oh Llima wanted to give you this" and gives you it AFTER he gives you the Z-Ring. I know I know lots of speculation but to me makes the most sense after we got thrown into the fucking rabbit hole.

Also, what if Llima has a..Stufful/Bewear? I mean he kinda looks like a human one.

>>29113720
>all of this info sounds good
>all previews were postivie
>/vp/ whining the game is ruined

Wtf is going on?

>>29117063
>Dexnav cut
>No dpad movement
>One (1) media outlet said Totem Gumshoos was easy when media outlets usually leave the share on and use Refresh/Amie
>on that note, the Gen 6 Exp Share

Still hype but that basically explains it.

>>29117063
>>all previews were postivie

Pretty sure it was the same for XY.

Also, not all of the info is good, unless you really like Navi from Zelda. Rotomdex will be harmless at best, aggravating at worst.

>>29113959
Nope. All Kahunas are confirmed to use Island Guardians.

I wouldnt be excited that the game is harder only because some trainers use potions. In ORAS some trainers use full restores before first gym

There is a trial captain for each type.

>>29118556
Only two if I recall and they both have one zigzagoon just to show their rich boy/ lady trainer class. Kinda like the detail though.

>>29118754
So? the journalists dont specify how many trainers use potions in SM

>>29118776
Just pointing it out. I'm pretty excited if they actually do use them on early routes. It'll probably make for more exciting late game battles.

>>29118801
Doubt it, its probably just guys at trainer school

>Implying there aren't trials on Aether's artificial island too

>>29113720
The cutscene is apparently the player falling off a cliff and Tapu Koko saving them. C'mon, GameXplain said this

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>>29114444

Is there a bundle to get a new 3DS and one of the versions together?

>>29113720
HYPE IS SO FUCKING REAL RIGHT NOW

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>the demo will probably be 5 minutes long with nothing interesting

It's not fair

>>29115223
Hala does NOT have a level 15 Crabrawler. The footage you're thinking of showed the user's Popplio to be level 15, but did not disclose Crabrawler's.

>>29113720
You forgot to add the part where they write about going through the trial and its very easy to beat