Pocket Monsters (2023) Speculation Thread (2024)

Tinkaton

Tinkaton No 1 Gen 9 Pokemon
  • Sunday at 1:45 AM
  • #6,001

The 3 Final Stage Starters for the Trio
Tinkaton for Poppy
Baxcalibur for Hassel
Clodsire for Rika
Flamigo for Larry
Pawmot for Nemona
Glimorra For Geeta (Was shown in the opening)
As well as Friedes, Amethios, and some of the shipmons

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CloisteredNomad

Member
  • Sunday at 1:59 AM
  • #6,002

Didn't expect the starters to evolve again so soon. I notice that Gimmighoul and Maushold are in the shot. Maybe they'll be captures for Roy and Dot respectively since Liko will most likely be catching Terapagos. Seems very likely that we're getting the Pokemon League, and with the inclusion of Ceruledge and Charizard in the shot, it's possible that Amethio and Friede may also participate in the league.

Articfoxgamez

I Exist.
  • Sunday at 2:11 AM
  • #6,003

Have we not learned not to put too much stock into these random images.
just used reverse image search, its just a random jigsaw puzzle that just uses the anime art like so much other merch does.

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MunchMunch

Well-Known Member
  • Sunday at 2:26 AM
  • #6,004

Articfoxgamez said:

Have we not learned not to put too much stock into these random images.
just used reverse image search, its just a random jigsaw puzzle that just uses the anime art like so much other merch does.

Ehh but some merch does hint at upcoming events and we know that Greeta is appearing soon, like every one of those Pokemon on that poster minus a few are too plot relevant to be random, that’s a lot not the only time that the final evos have been popping up in merch latently.

With the recent opening update and it showing Geeta at the Pokémon Leauge it’s not that hard to imagine that a leauge arc is coming soon.

Tinkaton

Tinkaton No 1 Gen 9 Pokemon
  • Sunday at 3:26 AM
  • #6,005

Can't wait for next year's episodes, League and more of Poppys Tinkaton

divinepokemonXZ

ALL HAIL THE GORILLA-FROG!
  • Sunday at 4:10 PM
  • #6,007

Blood Red said:

...the Rayquaza in that trailer is just a bog-standard shiny Rayquaza.

Imagine using "bog standard" as an adjective for a rarely seen colour-swapped apparition of what is essentially a GOD. There probably aren't all that many Rayquaza in the Pokemon world, maybe like 5 tops? This is almost certainly the one from the anime, or at least, an in-game counterpart.

Florian and Juliana are real.

Veedramon

Well-Known Member
  • Sunday at 4:36 PM
  • #6,008

divinepokemonXZ said:

Imagine using "bog standard" as an adjective for a rarely seen colour-swapped apparition of what is essentially a GOD. There probably aren't all that many Rayquaza in the Pokemon world, maybe like 5 tops? This is almost certainly the one from the anime, or at least, an in-game counterpart.

Florian and Juliana are real.

Florian and Juliana being real interferes with Ash taking their place (offscreen) in the anime's version of the SV storyline. I'm sorry, but for that reason, they can't be real.

At best, they exist in an alternate reality that's not canon to the main anime

DuskAstral

Well-Known Member
  • Sunday at 5:00 PM
  • #6,009

Veedramon said:

Florian and Juliana being real interferes with Ash taking their place (offscreen) in the anime's version of the SV storyline. I'm sorry, but for that reason, they can't be real.

At best, they exist in an alternate reality that's not canon to the main anime

Not everything has to be about Ash. That's why I wouldn't want him to do an SV plot in the anime.

RileyXY1

Young Battle Trainer
  • Sunday at 5:13 PM
  • #6,010

I think this is a new continuity anyways, so there is no such thing as Ash in the Horizons world.

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ShadowForce720

Well-Known Member
  • Sunday at 7:30 PM
  • #6,011

Veedramon said:

Florian and Juliana being real interferes with Ash taking their place (offscreen) in the anime's version of the SV storyline. I'm sorry, but for that reason, they can't be real.

At best, they exist in an alternate reality that's not canon to the main anime

Except for the fact that Ash doesn’t actually prevent the male protagonists from the games from showing up, it’s just that when they do it’s usually just cameos in a movie.

Although the special that focuses on Raikou featured the anime counterparts to Gold/Ethan and Crystal.

The only we haven’t really seen even a cameo from are the protagonist from Sun & Moon , as well as the protagonist from Sword & Shield and the female protagonist from Legends Arceus.

Ash being the one to do the SV storyline doesn’t prevent Florian and Juliana from existing, all it really means is that those characters just did something else. If we do see them they will probably just be cameos.

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Darkspade64

Well-Known Member
  • Sunday at 7:50 PM
  • #6,012

Looking back at the title of this arc, Rayquaza's Rising, I strongly doubt we'll go to Rakua by the end of this arc, if Rayquaza itself is the focus in this one (and consequently while in the last episode of the arc we'll see the fight against Gibeon, it's not gonna be in Rakua. Probably Rayquaza will join the heroes after that fight). I think we'll have to wait for the next one for that, even if by the end of the current one the RVTs will have all the heroes at their hands... I think.

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Blood Red

【推しの子】
  • Monday at 12:05 AM
  • #6,013

divinepokemonXZ said:

Imagine using "bog standard" as an adjective for a rarely seen colour-swapped apparition of what is essentially a GOD.

Considering the complete non-reaction from the characters in the trailer, seems like the people of Paldea agree with me.

Wouldn’t even be the first shiny Ray they’ve seen either.

divinepokemonXZ said:

There probably aren't all that many Rayquaza in the Pokemon world, maybe like 5 tops? This is almost certainly the one from the anime, or at least, an in-game counterpart.

Shinies and events are non-canon, so are postgame ‘optional’ captures like Snacksworth, DAs, ultra wormholes, Hoppa rings etc etc; they only exist to feed the Stu/Sue player character’s power fantasy.

There’s only one Rayquaza in the core series continuity, as far as we know.

divinepokemonXZ said:

Florian and Juliana are real.

No, they’re fictional characters.

DuskAstral

Well-Known Member
  • Monday at 4:59 AM
  • #6,014

Blood Red said:

There’s only one Rayquaza in the core series continuity, as far as we know.

This is not true, because apart from the black variety, we have also seen regular Rayquaza

Blood Red

【推しの子】
  • Monday at 6:53 AM
  • #6,015

DuskAstral said:

This is not true, because apart from the black variety, we have also seen regular Rayquaza

...I'm talking about the games.

DuskAstral

Well-Known Member
  • Monday at 7:52 AM
  • #6,016

Blood Red said:

...I'm talking about the games.

I must have misunderstood because this is a section about anime, not games.

Blood Red

【推しの子】
  • Monday at 7:55 AM
  • #6,017

DuskAstral said:

I must have misunderstood because this is a section about anime, not games.

Well yeah, this is why you should follow the context of the conversation before replying. Just FYI, I wasn't the one who brought up the games.

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wellwellwells

Well-Known Member
  • Monday at 3:13 PM
  • #6,018

Tinkaton said:

It would be weird for this to be fully anime related. It feels too soon for final stages.

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Darkspade64

Well-Known Member
  • Monday at 3:18 PM
  • #6,019

wellwellwells said:

It would be weird for this to be fully anime related. It feels too soon for final stages.

I expect Floragato to evolve at the end of the current arc, but yeah, it is too soon, especially for the other two.

Trey pokes

Well-Known Member
  • Monday at 4:05 PM
  • #6,020

wellwellwells said:

It would be weird for this to be fully anime related. It feels too soon for final stages.

So soon, but I can see it happening in some way.

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