Revealed Gen VI Pokemon Discussion/Speculation Thread

[The One Who Scrubs Whales]

If there is a new type, hopefully it will be weak to Poison and super effective against Electric.

[Reila]

A new Light-Type would make sense since they didn't reveal the Types of Yveltal and Xerneas in the CoroCoro scan.

Well, that doesn't prove that there will be a new type.
They didn't reveal Zekrom and Reshiram's typings until weeks before Black & White release back in 2010.

Also, I have nothing against the idea of introducing a new type. But Light-type would be redundant since we already have Psychic and Electric.
What about that rumor of a "Sound-type"? That would be cool. There are tons of moves and some Pokémon who would have their types corrected to "Sound".

[Sky from the beyond]

now that gen vi is out i want more pokemon revealed soon

[Fennekin]

Light could represent a holy figure and order. So many shows, like Bakugan and Yu-Gi-Oh!, have already incorporated this Type, so why not Pokémon?

[Rare Candy]

I'm expecting the number of Pokemon to reach 799.

I don't know what will be the last Pokemon (Ancient Genesect?), but I'm sure we will have the Z Pokemon in the games.

We will probably get some evolutions for old Pokemon, and since that Golurk statue has an Eevee in his hand, maybe we will finally get that Ghost type Eevee everyone is talking about the last "100" years. :D

And am I the only one that thinks that Pokemon Y looks something like a flying Groudon?

Anyway, I'm expecting a lot of changes in this Generation, since the 3DS can do many more things than DS. Though I wasn't really happy when I saw the 6 Pokeballs in one of the battle-scenes, but still, I hope we get some slots to be able to rotate the Pokemon team without going to the Pokemon Center often.

[Baka-kun]

Light could represent a holy figure and order. So many shows, like Bakugan and Yu-Gi-Oh!, have already incorporated this Type, so why not Pokémon?

The Dark type is known as the "Evil Type" in Japan; in fact, the name is evident in most of the attacks.

[Reila]

Light could represent a holy figure and order. So many shows, like Bakugan and Yu-Gi-Oh!, have already incorporated this Type, so why not Pokémon?

There are already "sacred" Pokémon (Ho-Oh, Arceus, etc) and they didn't need the Light-type to be "holy".
I also think the name "Saint" or "Holy" would be more appropriated in this case.

As for the number of Pokémon, we already have 649, so... 750 is more than enough.

[The One Who Scrubs Whales]

I think 100 new Pokémon is the bare minimum, and the maximum is 799 total Pokémon, which would mean 150 new ones is the maximum.

[Versus]

Ancient Genesect

I think that'd be a Forme Change, rather than an entirely new Pokemon.

A new Light-Type would make sense since they didn't reveal the Types of Yveltal and Xerneas in the CoroCoro scan.

Remember when Reshiram & Zekrom were first revealed and some people thought Reshiram would be a 'Light-type'? Yeah.

I can't see them breaking the 17-type equilibrium they've created.

[Ange]

I don't care what how much people say that introducing a new type wouldn't work, I think it would be awesome and it would be like real-life revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Like the Higgs boson, something that may have been discovered now (it's still being studied), which would answer an entire universe of questions. The Higgs boson in the Pokemon world could be the Undiscovered type that Pokemon scientists have been searching for for ages, a type that was needed in order to explain why certain things work or something (that may sound pretty vague though, I kind of just made something up on the go. It could be anything).

Maybe it's a bit of wishful thinking and my love for science talking, but if a new type is introduced then I think it will have some kind of scientific story behind it.

[bian]

Light could represent a holy figure and order. So many shows, like Bakugan and Yu-Gi-Oh!, have already incorporated this Type, so why not Pokémon?

There are already "sacred" Pokémon (Ho-Oh, Arceus, etc) and they didn't need the Light-type to be "holy".
I also think the name "Saint" or "Holy" would be more appropriated in this case.

I guess for Game Freak to not offend religious bodies, it would be more suitable to use the term Light-type instead.

[Mitch Chesman]

A new Light-Type would make sense since they didn't reveal the Types of Yveltal and Xerneas in the CoroCoro scan.

While a new type would be interesting, Light is most certainly not happening. Psychic is basically it, as Dark is evil. Localization screwed things up a bit. Maybe a mythic type or something, but light is already here.

[El_]

Even if a Light type was introduced, I somehow don't see it being typically "holy" or religious based, at least not in the sense people normally think about. Actually, if the theme of this gen really is genetics, any new typings could very well be artificial and not even natural.

Hard to say for sure what a new type(s) could possibly be if they do introduce them, as the 17 cover almost everything save for troupes like arcane magic.

For now, I'm just going to settle on Yveltal & Xerneas typings being Dark/Flying & Steel/Grass.

[Morru Magnum]

I'm not a fan of Eeveelutions or anything, but here's an idea:

Herculeon [Fighting Type]
Griffeon / Pegaseon(?) [Flying Type]

[Ruttager]

So, with a new generation of Pokemon announced there's innumerable possibilities for new Pokes based on animals, plants, myths, objects, natural phenomenon, social trends, etc. Are there any you folks'd like to see? Images are encouraged!

Personally, I'm just stoked to see Froakie's likely basis being foam-nest tree frogs; using a trait like these guys' production of foam for... reasons is a pretty creative way to get some more milage out of the hundreds of different types of amphibians on the planet, especially when we've already got some pretty popular frog and toad-based Pokemon in the forms of the Poliwag, Croagunk and Typole evolutionary lines. And Fennekin's basis being the fennec fox is pretty awesome if only because fennec foxes are ADORABLE.

Foam-nest Tree Frog

Fennec Fox

In terms of new Pokemon though, I've always felt like a hummingbird would be pretty cool; could be the second pure Flying-type or perhaps just anothe Grass/Flying (despite the not-so-great typing) and have Speed Boost for an ability to make it a Special Attack-based answer to Ninjask.

Hummingbird

I feel like a jack-o'-lantern Grass/Ghost-type is something many of us have been longing to see for a while now too. What with the possibility for some Fire-based attacks in with the rest of its moveset from along with the usual repertoire of supportive Grass moves and tricky Ghost-type moves it could be pretty cool.

Jack-o'-lantern

Finally, I'd love to see a more... interesting kangaroo, specifically the one that runs with the idea of the boxing kangaroo. I mean, Kangaskan's fine and all, but its weird bulkiness and dinosaur-like design miss out on the sleek musculature of the everyone's favorite Australian marsupial. Ground/Fighting-typing springs to mind and with it moves like the elemental punches, Bounce, tail-based attacks like Aqua Tail, Dragon Tail, and Iron Tail and Earthquake.

Kangaroo

Anyway, any ideas or hopes for new creatures coming in X and Y? Perhaps of some more creative or lesser-known animals/things of the world?

Also, does anyone have any idea what Chespin's deal is? The whole hedgehog thing seems like a bit of a stretch at this point.