What are your favorite pokemon revealed in the datamine? (spoilers)

What is your favorite new mon from the datamines?

  • Rowlet3

    Votes: 24 37.5%
  • Popplio3

    Votes: 18 28.1%
  • Litten3

    Votes: 10 15.6%
  • Pikipek2

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • Pikipek3

    Votes: 6 9.4%
  • Salandit2

    Votes: 13 20.3%
  • Wimpod2

    Votes: 26 40.6%
  • Morelull2

    Votes: 10 15.6%
  • Crabrawler2

    Votes: 14 21.9%
  • Sea Urchin2

    Votes: 6 9.4%
  • Anchor

    Votes: 8 12.5%
  • Bubblebug

    Votes: 7 10.9%
  • Bubblebug2

    Votes: 14 21.9%
  • Purple Tapu

    Votes: 6 9.4%
  • Pink Tapu

    Votes: 7 10.9%
  • Red Tapu

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Papercraft UB

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • Green Machine UB

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Black Machine UB

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Power Cable UB

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Final Boss UB

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Lunala Prevo

    Votes: 5 7.8%
  • Solgaleo Prevo

    Votes: 5 7.8%
  • Marshadow

    Votes: 10 15.6%
  • Alolan Diglett

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • Alolan Persian

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Alolan Geodude

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • Alolan Graveler

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • Alolan Golem

    Votes: 9 14.1%
  • Ash Pikachu

    Votes: 7 10.9%
  • Pokeball Magearna

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • None of em are that great to me.

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • I hate all of em!

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • Total voters
    64

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Including the final Alola Forms, alt forms, UB's, and final starter evos (since they weren't technically confirmed before now in the sense that they are definitely real beyond any doubt).

My favorites are Beltiger, Marshadow, and the new Cable UB.
 
The final black UB, I want it to be Dragon type.:X3:
 
I was under the impression there were more non-special/Alolan revealed than that. Huh.

Wimpod's evo sees you bullying his son and TEARS OUT YOUR HEART AND MAKES YOU EAT IT

I am curious about the bell spider though.
 
Having my precious Poplio3 confirmed is an amazing feeling.
When I saw Ash Pikachu I immediately knew I'd be getting the Sinnoh variant since that was my favorite region in the anime.
 
Morellul2, which I've already said looks like something from a really deep subconscious dream you barely remember when you wake up; and something really magical, like a Studio Ghibli/Alice in Wonderland hybrid. I'm in awe.

I also love Salandit2 for being so simultaneously mesmerizing and lethal looking (ancient Egyptian like; like some mythical diety from the underworld)

My favorite UB is the final, black metal, really scary one. But the one that looks like the Statue of Liberty I think is exciting too.

Power Cable/UB-Guzma

The Anchor and the Bull Tapu are close runners-up, though.

UB-Guzma was dope as fuck; a really exciting, avante-garde design; it looks uncontrollable and electric
 
Bubblebug2 is a nice try to make a qater/bug spider but hope in future they will try to make a starter.

Do you think its posibble that one of those mentioned here pokes could get Paretal Bond?(my candidate would Bubblebug2 but who knows???)
 
Morellul2, which I've already said looks like something from a really deep subconscious dream you barely remember when you wake up; and something really magical, like a Studio Ghibli/Alice in Wonderland hybrid. I'm in awe.

I also love Salandit2 for being so simultaneously mesmerizing and lethal looking (ancient Egyptian like; like some mythical diety from the underworld)

My favorite UB is the final, black metal, really scary one. But the one that looks like the Statue of Liberty I think is exciting too.

UB-Guzma was dope as fuck; a really exciting, avante-garde design; it looks uncontrollable and electric

Agreed on everything here.

Really, with the Ultra Beasts, the diversity of their designs in general is just amazing. One of them is a stick-person made of cables. Another is an angelic jellyfish. Then you've got a mosquito on steroids. And a whatever-the-hell-that-is, with the detached bamboo towers for arms.
 
The starters, Wimpod2 and Salandit2. I've been in love with all three starters for months now, Wimpod2 is a badass, and Salandit2's pretty awesome-looking and is destined to be in at least UU due to her ability.
 
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Bubblebug2 is a nice try to make a qater/bug spider but hope in future they will try to make a starter.

Do you think its posibble that one of those mentioned here pokes could get Paretal Bond?(my candidate would Bubblebug2 but who knows???)
Hmm. I hadn't really thought about it.

Personally I wouldn't say I could see it for any of them. None of them really have a gimmick similar to Kanga and her kid, which is the entire basis for the ability in the first place.

Plus GF has outright said in the past that they may have gone too far with them in the past and now they have actually taken one, if not two steps in nerfing them (lowering the power of the 2nd hit and removing power-up punch as a tm) so I doubt they would want to stick it on any old mon again any time soon.
 
Crabrawler2? is now white with fur?Fur Coat?
fighting/??? ghost? ice? ????
ghost wuold fit but who knows?

could Pikapeck 2 be the a 2 stage like and that
Pikipek3 turns out to be a seperate one stage pokemon?

Or some of these leaks are in fact only fakes:
like the Preevos of the legendaries? or are these forms, orbs? like Zygarde had?

 
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Crabrawler2? is now white with fur?Fur Coat?
fighting/??? ghost? ice? ????
ghost wuold fit but who knows?

It would seem to be based on a yeti crab, so make of that what you will.

could Pikapeck 2 be the a 2 stage like and that
Pikipek3 turns out to be a seperate one stage pokemon?

Not happening:

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Crabrawler2? is now white with fur?Fur Coat?
fighting/??? ghost? ice? ????
ghost wuold fit but who knows?

could Pikapeck 2 be the a 2 stage like and that
Pikipek3 turns out to be a seperate one stage pokemon?

Or some of these leaks are in fact only fakes:
like the Preevos of the legendaries? or are these forms, orbs? like Zygarde had?
All of them are most certainly real. They were found in the data of the actual games. Or the demo rather, but more or less the games.
 
You all know I like to post tl;dr stuff so here ya go have my thoughts :p I'll spoiler tag them so my post isn't a giant wall of text for those who want to scroll past.

1) Morelull's evolution.
Easily this one is my #1. It's absolute perfection and second only to Pyukumuku in the best of this generation. It's a zombie-alien bioluminescent mushroom with a horrifyingly blank face. And something about it reminds me of like a nature druid/monk slightly too, I just see it hanging out in the fairytale woods worshipping nature and practicing healing methods and getting high. I can't state enough how much I like it.

2) Yeti crab.
Fantastic concept that continues the comical look of Crabrawler and something I think no one predicted. Who saw Crabrawler evolving into a Fighting/Ice* yeti crab? (*It's not confirmed, but come on, it's a white yeti.) I also think it's possible its fists/claws can double up as a way for it to move faster (think like a running primate using its knuckles). Mostly because its fists/claws have a footprint design to them and so leaving mysterious yeti-style footprints in the snow seems another fun nod to what its based on.

3) Wimpod evolution.
We knew this was gonna be a wimp to tough evolution, but I didn't expect it to look so monstrous and terrifying. It also seems partially based on a samurai with the armour which is even more awesome. I'm hoping it's not Bug/Steel like I've seen suggested since we have enough of those (Scizor and its Mega, Durant, Forretress, Escavalier, Genesect, Wormadam). I would prefer it to stay Bug/Water, but Bug/Dark or Bug/Dragon would be fine I guess (I've seen both them suggested too).

4) Diving bell spider.
I thought this was a UB at first just because it has such an alien quality to it. I'm super interested in its types and abilities and will probably use it on my Sun team (I just can't add it to my sig yet because both stages in the line are spoilers). I also think there's the possibility that it's an aquatic creature using a bubble to surface and survive on land, and not an actual diving spider using an airbubble to submerge... if that makes sense. (Think how Lurantis is a flipped concept of the orchid mantis.)

5) Toucan.
Lots of people seem to hate it but I like it a lot. The beak reminds me of those fruit pastille lollies we had as kids.

6) Archer owl.
This one is probably only lower down the list because it's less "new" than the others, having known about it for months, but it's still great to finally see its in-game model and it's such an amazing concept that I liked since it first leaked. It's also nice to not feel underwhelmed at Rowlet's evolution, since Rowlet is one of my favourite Pokemon. Now I need the animatiions!

I also kinda like the urchin/crown of thorns seastar, but it didn't jump out at me like the rest and will need to see it in action.

And a whatever-the-hell-that-is, with the detached bamboo towers for arms.

I read someone saying that it could be based on the Japanese tale called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter". The UB does look like a person in a Japanese robe/kimono, except it also has a bamboo shoot for its neck (the long white thing from the body) and bamboo arms/weapons. In the tale the woman turns out to be from the Moon people too.
 
We already knew about them from the concept art leak, but Popplio3 hands down is my favorite confirmed by the datamine. It's such a pretty design.
Though, if I had to choose one that was discovered only through the datamining, I really like that diving bell spider one. Ironic, since I'm a huge arachnophobe.
 
I'm gonna be to first to be that person and say none of em are that great to me :p I already had a hard time getting a team of 6 together and now it's even harder cause I'm disappointed by the evos of mons I was maybe going to choose. Pikipek's evos is one, I do like Toucanmon, but not as an evo of Pikipek, I really wanted it to stay a woodpecker :( And its middle evo is extremely awkward. And Salandit just looks like it became bipedal and more sassy and that's it, I'd hoped it would be a bit more than that. I liked the sea anemone/urchin thingy, but it evolves into a spiky tent or something, also not a fan of that one. And all the UB's are just...weird. And I've disliked the starter evos ever since they were first leaked and that hasn't changed.

I'm just really not a fan of this gen's mons... (except Lurantis which is the best thing ever created)
 
You all know I like to post tl;dr stuff so here ya go have my thoughts :p I'll spoiler tag them so my post isn't a giant wall of text for those who want to scroll past.

1) Morelull's evolution.
Easily this one is my #1. It's absolute perfection and second only to Pyukumuku in the best of this generation. It's a zombie-alien bioluminescent mushroom with a horrifyingly blank face. And something about it reminds me of like a nature druid/monk slightly too, I just see it hanging out in the fairytale woods worshipping nature and practicing healing methods and getting high. I can't state enough how much I like it.

2) Yeti crab.
Fantastic concept that continues the comical look of Crabrawler and something I think no one predicted. Who saw Crabrawler evolving into a Fighting/Ice* yeti crab? (*It's not confirmed, but come on, it's a white yeti.) I also think it's possible its fists/claws can double up as a way for it to move faster (think like a running primate using its knuckles). Mostly because its fists/claws have a footprint design to them and so leaving mysterious yeti-style footprints in the snow seems another fun nod to what its based on.

3) Wimpod evolution.
We knew this was gonna be a wimp to tough evolution, but I didn't expect it to look so monstrous and terrifying. It also seems partially based on a samurai with the armour which is even more awesome. I'm hoping it's not Bug/Steel like I've seen suggested since we have enough of those (Scizor and its Mega, Durant, Forretress, Escavalier, Genesect, Wormadam). I would prefer it to stay Bug/Water, but Bug/Dark or Bug/Dragon would be fine I guess (I've seen both them suggested too).

4) Diving bell spider.
I thought this was a UB at first just because it has such an alien quality to it. I'm super interested in its types and abilities and will probably use it on my Sun team (I just can't add it to my sig yet because both stages in the line are spoilers). I also think there's the possibility that it's an aquatic creature using a bubble to surface and survive on land, and not an actual diving spider using an airbubble to submerge... if that makes sense. (Think how Lurantis is a flipped concept of the orchid mantis.)

5) Toucan.
Lots of people seem to hate it but I like it a lot. The beak reminds me of those fruit pastille lollies we had as kids.

6) Archer owl.
This one is probably only lower down the list because it's less "new" than the others, having known about it for months, but it's still great to finally see its in-game model and it's such an amazing concept that I liked since it first leaked. It's also nice to not feel underwhelmed at Rowlet's evolution, since Rowlet is one of my favourite Pokemon. Now I need the animatiions!

I also kinda like the urchin/crown of thorns seastar, but it didn't jump out at me like the rest and will need to see it in action.



I read someone saying that it could be based on the Japanese tale called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter". The UB does look like a person in a Japanese robe/kimono, except it also has a bamboo shoot for its neck (the long white thing from the body) and bamboo arms/weapons. In the tale the woman turns out to be from the Moon people too.

I think my favorite part of this is that your top two this gen is Pyukymuku, then Morellul2. Your taste>>>>


@Merida I agree that while I like the toucan, there's a huge disconnect from Pikipek.
I can't lie though, I think the sea urchin line is pretty flawless. I said this on another thread but the transition from pretty and moody to angry, ugly, and powerful reminds me of Glameow > Purugly, and I love it.
 
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