News New USUM Trailer: Team Rainbow Rocket, Battle Agency, Catch All Legendaries!

NeoRaikou

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I'm curious on why they have ORAS Wally (From Battle Tree) but they decided to change Archie and Maxie back to their original outfits? (Black Archie was the best imo)

The Maxie and Archie in Team Rainbow Rocket are from a different world to their ORAS counterparts. I suppose Giovanni recruited them through the ultra wormholes.
 

HouchinsDJ

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A bit late to the party. You need people that live in timezones ahead of you. In any event the november 10 trailer is the last hope for new alolan forms. I cant imagine them keeping it a secret. Marketing for USUM has been terrible though. They havent built up hype as well as previous titles.

People complained that they weren't releasing enough information like two months ago and then they start revealing more info and people are complaining that they're spoiling too much. I think the marketing has been great. They released too much information too soon leading up to Sun and Moon. I'm glad they held back for a bit and started releasing more info closer to launch. Unlike Sun and Moon, where I felt like that they revealed the majority of the game way before it was released, I feel like they've released just enough info to get people hyped for USUM without revealing everything. You also have to look at the unrealistic expectations people have had for these games, treating them like they should be a brand new generation, with a bunch of new Pokemon and a completely new story. I think they're going above and beyond expectations. New UBs, a whole alternate story instead of the same one with slight differences like many third installments do, a completely different post-game. If none of that builds up hype for you then I don't know what will.

I guess the rumors are probable true that this will be the last game on the 3ds since they're throwing everything including the kitchen sink into this game from a nostalgic perspective.

That wasn't a rumor, that was confirmed by Game Freak themselves. They've already started working on the next main series games for the Switch.
 

Nistua

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I have a feeling this is going to be big in the tcg. If is going to be adapted, it's probably going to be a 3+ set series like the plasma era.
 

MechanicalMarine

Princess Peach
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I can assume from the picture provided that after Lusamine had the whole Nihilego conundrum, the Aether Foundation disbanded and as a result, so did Team Skull. Guzma and Wicke are on the ground with the protagonist, which makes me think that they have now sided with them. However, it seems Faba might be the new "evil" representative of whats left of the Aether Foundation as he is up with Giovanni, Maxie, Ghetsis, etc. This game will certainly be an amazing follow-up to what felt like an incomplete game, and likely a definitive second favorite of mine only behind the Black and White / 2 games. I honestly can't wait any longer. I'm ridiculously hyped.
Cyrus looks like he watched the last copy of this game picked off the shelf and purchased.
 

Mr. Rhyperior

The Drill Pokemon. An evolve form of Rhydon.
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  • Rainbow Rocket - So awesome! Old nemeses returns coming to the other dimension and players let use crush them again. I have to confirm. This is a post-game content. It's impossible to beat their team of Level 70+ Pokémon before you even become a champion. Level 70 is "Above the Champion" level. If you put these guys in the main story, what's there role in pursuing Necrozma? And again if you battle their Level 70 team in the main story, while yours are 50s, they just letting you become poor (being blacked out deducts your money) and wasting your resources reserved for E4.
  • Island Scan - Just trade your Pokemon in SM to USUM and do your Masuda method to make them Alola and USUM-native. You just waste hours and hours to complete them.
  • Battle Agency - a battle facility exclusive to Festival Plaza, makes similar to Battle Factory (I love Batt. Fact.) and chance to get competitive stuffs and bottle caps.
  • Totem Stickers - I wanna Totem Mimikyu in my team!
  • Legendary Pokemon - RR and able to catch ALL Legendary, it's the perfect feature for the last game in 3DS. Just bring the following: Scyther with Techician and teach it False Swipe, 300 Ultra Balls, Timer Balls, and Dusk Balls, because #NationalDexConfirmed and you have the privilege to catch them ALL, even though some are VEs. (I hate VEs). As I saw on serebii.net, Riding through Ultra Wormholes and entering them to encounter Legendaries, you'll be in the Time and Space travel pace.
  • VGC '18 - VGC '18 has rules that allows some Legendary Pokemon to enter Tournaments and it must be Alola-native, and it must be National Dex. I am worried that Pokemon like Landorus, Cresselia, and Heatran will return.
 

Mr. Rhyperior

The Drill Pokemon. An evolve form of Rhydon.
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This is INSANE lol didn't think so close to launch be more info like this, if this makes TCG it would be an amazing promo or mini set, full arts of every leader lol also would still love to see totem pokemon in the TCG, made up of 2 cards just like the old legends cards, but glad you can effectively catch/use giant totem pokemon in game now!

This is I'm sure another couple of dozen hours of game play! Cannot wait for this game!

As what I saw in my source, yoy just trade Totem Stickers in exchange for a Totem-sized Pokemon. So yeah, you can't able to catch them, but you can have them
 

Gruffling

Aspiring Trainer
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People complained that they weren't releasing enough information like two months ago and then they start revealing more info and people are complaining that they're spoiling too much. I think the marketing has been great. They released too much information too soon leading up to Sun and Moon. I'm glad they held back for a bit and started releasing more info closer to launch. Unlike Sun and Moon, where I felt like that they revealed the majority of the game way before it was released, I feel like they've released just enough info to get people hyped for USUM without revealing everything. You also have to look at the unrealistic expectations people have had for these games, treating them like they should be a brand new generation, with a bunch of new Pokemon and a completely new story. I think they're going above and beyond expectations. New UBs, a whole alternate story instead of the same one with slight differences like many third installments do, a completely different post-game. If none of that builds up hype for you then I don't know what will.

I'm not saying there is no hype, I'm talking about the crafting of the hype. For too long all we knew was that the games just existed and then what special editions and bonuses were available. Took too long for the real exciting news to drop. It's a main series Pokemon game so it was always a guaranteed purchase from me.
 

Karl256

Aspiring Trainer
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This is such an awesome thing it makes me want to play the new games. I have to be honest this is the first time in forever that I have wanted to get a new pokemon game.
 

Skyleaf2000

Resident UB Enthusiast
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As what I saw in my source, yoy just trade Totem Stickers in exchange for a Totem-sized Pokemon. So yeah, you can't able to catch them, but you can have them
Please tell me we'll be able to name them. I was so happy when we were allowed to name event Pokemon.
 

Empoleafeon

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I'm actually not looking forward to the Rainbow Rocket thing - it doesn't really make sense. Like people earlier said, Archie and Maxie would NOT be working together. And of course, why would Cyrus let Giovanni boss him around if he comes from a universe where he's literally God. And wouldn't Archie and Maxie be dead in a universe where their plans succeeded, anyhow? Basically, it seems the only reason why these guys are all bowing down to Giovanni is because GENWUN.
 

Lorde

♕ The Queen ♕
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Okay, after looking back, I noticed something. This is super minor, but why the heck is Heatran an Ultra Sun exclusive, and why is Regigigas an Ultra Moon exclusive? I am so confused. They aren't counterparts, and the Regi trio is available in both games. Is this a site error, or did they just make a decision that really didn't make sense? I cannot see a scenario where this is a logical choice, and it's bothering me a lot now that I noticed it.
 

TheRealBro..

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The laws only protect the real life exchange of money for potential benefit (hence why loot boxes are now coming under scrutiny as young people are effectively properly gambling on them).

While you are right, I don't think it works like that. I too heard somewhere that the inclusion of a casino (that's actually named a casino with actual gambling addicts in it, remember the old man in Red/Blue) is not approved for a kids game anymore. Just as the drunk man lying on the road and a Pokemon (Marowak) being murdered will never be back. Times do have changed even for Pokemon games. We now have a smiling Rotom dex that tells you where to go (stupid).. But that's completely off-topic.
 
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