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SPOILERS! Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon News & Discussion
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If it works like O-Powers, it would initially only be +1 after the power is acquired (this could be fairly late in the story, though, re: Mr. Bonding encounters in XY). Then with training you could make it become +2 and eventually +3, for a total of 4 uses of Z-moves per battle. Now, most in-game trainers only have 4 Pokémon at most, so...
Well, at least it'd be in-game only.
Also, for the Ultra Space locations... am I the only one fearing they will all be corridors? It seems like you arrive at a portal, and then only have to walk down a path without any branches, items, or interactable objects until you reach the Ultra Beast at the end. Scenic, yes, but that would not give it any replay value whatsoever. Then again, that place that looks like Kartana's realm has NPCs, and the Xurkitree realm appears to involve a foot race, so maybe there will be something to do. Still, I'm not expecting anything more advanced than a simple "tunnel" with some easy task to solve on your way to the dead end. More creative than the Hoopa rings of ORAS, though, I'd give them that.
Personally I'm hoping that GF gives us some sort of way to amp the difficulty to balance multiple Z-moves. I mean, if you can fire as many Z-moves as the number of pokemon sent by NPCs (so two or three), there'll be no telling apart between USUM and a Clicking the A button Simulator.
Gotta give an incentive for people to use Core Enforcer.
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I'm kind of comfortable with deluding myself in to thinking the Ultra Wormholes will have any sort of Distortion world-esque exploration value.
I figured they would be corridors from the start. They're neat set dressing and maybe the idea will get expanded some time in futuyre gens, but all the ones they've shown thus far have been just that: fancy halls.
Kartana's is the only one we've seen with any sort of trainer in it and we only MAYBE think Xurkitree has something else going on with it. I'm guessing Pheromosa will get trainers in Ultra Moon since it was the "you get 4 of them" variant in place of Kartana.
Since these are most likely the post-game, I'm guessing Guzzlord's will be a little more involved since it's supposed to cap off the Looker sidequest.
This is really only a minor complaint about SM, but I really hope the fights between the Kahunas/Topos and the Ultra Beasts gets more time in Ultra if something like it is in the game at all that is. Also, I'm really hoping that Looker's story is explored further because so far he's been a highlight of the past few games.
Make that almost guaranteed, because of this from the Oha Suta
But I do agree with the 700 BST prediction, and if we follow Kyurem's footsteps in their base stats being similar to the original hosts then it should look something along these lines
97/151/127/127/101/97
Flip phys/special for Dawn Wings
Probably not the most impressive spreads you'll find (which gives me better hopes for when the actual things come out!). The possibility for an uneven spread (like MLatias and MLatios) is also there, given Necrozma's own uneven spread.
Reference Serebii: UK players when adding the game to their account apparently get a gift, the rockruff perhaps?
Well it was stated that buying the game before January would provide the DuskRockruff as gift for one.
New Japanese trailer:
New English trailer:
Searing Sunraze Smash
Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom
My observations from the Japanese trailer:
- Confirms Dusk Mane Necrozma as psychic/steel with Prism Armor
- Confirms Dawn Wings Necrozma as psychic/ghost with Prism Armor
- Confirms Necrozma-exclusive move Photon Geyser (usable by both Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings)
- Rotom Dex power up, will ask you questions and your friendship increases by your answers
- Rotom Dex has a "Rotopon Time" (Roto Loto in English?) which will randomly grant you an O-Power type effect (the trailer shows EXP increase)
- Also shows other powers such as discounts at "Friendly Shops", reduces steps required to hatch eggs, improves catch rate, and allows you to use a Z-Move for a second time during battle
EDIT: From the English trailer, Roto Loto gives you items that you can use, though it's unclear whether or not they have a cooldown between uses. I would assume that you get a new power as your friendship increases, though that has yet to be confirmed.
New English trailer:
Searing Sunraze Smash
Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom
My observations from the Japanese trailer:
- Confirms Dusk Mane Necrozma as psychic/steel with Prism Armor
- Confirms Dawn Wings Necrozma as psychic/ghost with Prism Armor
- Confirms Necrozma-exclusive move Photon Geyser (usable by both Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings)
- Rotom Dex power up, will ask you questions and your friendship increases by your answers
- Rotom Dex has a "Rotopon Time" (Roto Loto in English?) which will randomly grant you an O-Power type effect (the trailer shows EXP increase)
- Also shows other powers such as discounts at "Friendly Shops", reduces steps required to hatch eggs, improves catch rate, and allows you to use a Z-Move for a second time during battle
EDIT: From the English trailer, Roto Loto gives you items that you can use, though it's unclear whether or not they have a cooldown between uses. I would assume that you get a new power as your friendship increases, though that has yet to be confirmed.
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Nice to see that the new Z-moves ignore abilities as well. Though is anyone else confused as to the purpose of Photon Geyser? It doesn't seem connected to Necrozma taking over Cosmog in any way, it's just "oh hey, Necrozma has two signiture moves now."
Makes sense -- after all, Solgaleo and Lunala's usual signature moves have a Mold Breaker effect so it's reasonable to assume the Z-powered versions of them do as well. That's also presumably why they showed Solgaleo's hitting Gigalith; a Pokémon known for having the Sturdy ability.
Oh wow so they finally did a move that uses the pokemon's highest offensive stat to deal damage. I was wondering when will that even happen.
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Well these new z moves seem interesting, though the names imo are a but much. Photon Geyser is super cool - that effect to going off the highest offensive stat is incredible. Glad to see more news.
It seems that rather than being fixated to a certain attack type, Photon Geyser chooses whichever is the highest and calculates with that stat instead. While it might still be special attack given its attack animation (and why does it look piss weak despite it being a signature of a legendary?) At least we will have another (possibly) viable psychic move for Lunala and especially Solgaleo which it will be free from being forced to run Zen Headbutt for physical STAB.
In before Scary Face Kyurem. Or in this case, Necrozma's Prismatic Laser turns into Photon Geiser (please for the love of Lucoa's dogeballs, no)
;_;
Oh well, Mega Medi and Lele now have a new toy to chew on.
Altough Necrozma getting the move in its regular forms it actually great if it's a spammable move ala Blue Flare/Bolt Strike.
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