S/M Easter Eggs

>>30665693
That you can only sos Salamence on that top patch.

mareanie and corsola have their colour schemes reversed with shiny versions, also sableye can only be found from an sos call from a carbink since he eats jewels

>>30665693
I think this one's kind of obvious, but Dhelmise is only found by fishing next to the ships in seafolk town.

I felt incredibly stupid that I couldn't deduce that before looking it up.

And maybe the First trainer being a rattata-using youngster is a reference to youngster joey? That one might be a stretch

>>30667384
The colour scheme thing isn't really an easter egg per se, but an interesting choice by game freak. Have they changed the way they've designed shinies? I believe it used to be that they took the "next palette" (?) or something as the shiny version.

The carbink / sableye relationship was cool though. They definitely put more thought into the lore / relationships in sun and moon. It's not much, but it adds another layer of realism and immersion for me.

>>30667884
Like I said, they're paying more attention to how these pokemon would relate to the overworld, and I think that's a really nice touch. It is stupidly difficult to figure out off your own back though.

>>30665693
Damn I hadn't thought of it that way, props man

>>30667384
You missed: Mareanie only shows up on Corsola SOS calls because it eats Corsola.

>>30665693
Huh never thought about that

In Pokemon XY Bagon is only found on the top of Route 8 which is also a cliff with a beach path down below

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I loved the detail up by the observatory where you find ditto, cleffa, and minior. I think cleffa like minior so much because it's closer to home.

Cleffa entries
Sun On late nights illuminated by shooting stars, it gazes intently skyward, as if thinking of\nits home.

Moon Because of its silhouette, it's believed to be a star reborn. For some reason, it loves Minior.

Minior entry for Sun
Sun Originally making its home in the ozone layer, it hurtles to the ground when the shell enclosing its body grows too heavy.

(why the fuck weren't solorock and lunatone version exclusives in this area is a baffling mystery)

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>>30668327
Oh man, that's adorable. I hadn't gotten around to looking at the Moon pokedex entries yet.

Something I noticed is that Mimikyu's shiny uses a Gameboy color palette because it based its disguise after ads from 20 years ago.

>>30668327
There's also some entries suggesting cleffa could've ridden minior down to earth.

X Because of its unusual, starlike silhouette, people believe that it came here on a meteor.
Y Many appear when the night skies are filled with shooting stars. They disappear with sunrise.

Disappearing with the sunrise also goes along with how minior can't stand too much exposure. Cleffa could be the rebirth of dead minior.

Moon If its core stays exposed, it will soon die off. It's possible that it may survive if it's put into a Poké Ball quickly enough.

>>30668182
>>30668327
More examples of GF actually READING their Pokedex entries for once. Whoever was in charge of pokemon distribution for the Alola region totally earned their wage.

But it does boggle the mind that Solrock and Lunatone played no part in these games. Maybe they thought it would be too on the nose? Not sure, but a missed opportunity.

>>30667384
>>30668143
Carbink can Sos Gabite as well, since it's dex entries go on about how it loves hoarding shiny gems, or something like that
>>30669164
They do have a role, some weird guy in the desert wants a Solrock in Sun and Lunatone in Moon. It's a really odd side quest, look it up on YouTube