I think the big issue here is that Nintendo and game freak are essentially keeping everything to themselves because even with the worst Pokemon games they can drum up.
Also, this confirms all of the Ballguy leaks to be true and as somebody that was in that server and has been tracking the leaks for this game for the past almost 8 months it feels like I can finally breathe and talk about them.
Warning because there's basically zero hype on the board, I feel like I'll share some stuff because at least it gives us something to talk about.
DEM Leaks
This game is following the scarlet and violet approach and there's going to be like three different stories, a true ending, and postgame episodes.
There's the detective art where the MZ squad, emma, zygarde, and Lysander to discover what's going on with team Quasar.
There is a mafia saga which we saw a bit of today and the dudes were hired by team quasar to basically deal with anybody that's getting in the way of their plan.
There's of course the Za Royale which has side quest tied to its other inhabitants.
Then there's the true story which focuses on Ange which the best I can describe is essentially like Hal from space Odyssey or an AI ultimate weapon .
I'm not going to go into deeper story stuff beyond that but you get the gist.
There's 27 Mega evolutions
Gen One
. Dragonite
. Clefable - it becomes a fairy / flying type and gets a darker coloring behind its wings similar to Gengar but its ears resemble Granbulls's
. Victeribel - it basically becomes like a poison Cannon with its Vine wrapped around its stomach.
. Starmie- this one grows longer legs and resembles the starman from EarthBound.
Gen 2.
Meganinum -it becomes a grass/fairy and gains if fleur-de-lis around its neck.
Feraligatr - it gets a red skull helmet thing on his head and the best way I can describe it is that it's like a cross between Druddugon and Ironman also it's water/Dragon
Skarmory -it becomes gold and a lot more sharper.
There is no gen 3 Megas lol.
Gen 4
Froslass - she becomes more oni like and her kimono sort of stretches out to make her look more like a Yuki On a.
Gen 5
Emboar- probably has the most changes out of the Za starters as he gains a fire spear and looks like Zhu Bajije from journey to the West complete with like a fire monk suit.
Scrafty- basically picture gear 5 Luffy's coloration and apply it to the base design.
Scolipede- it becomes more darker and has a bit more gray and it has various poisonous spikes sticking out of it and kind of looks something straight out of berserk.
Chandulure -it gets a lot more fancy gaining two extra handles on it and it's surrounded by ghostly flames (if you've ever seen how it looks in Pokken whenever it uses a synergy boost you basically know what I mean).
Excadrill - it gets a silver plate on its chest and its head and to claws end up becoming more pronounced drills that are orange and red.
When it performs specific attacks it curls up and turns into a spiral.
Electross- it takes cues from its pre-evo Tyamo and becomes like a railgun whenever it does specific attack animations and can either float or crawl around.
Gen 6
Chesnaught -he becomes more Arthurian as he gains a spiky crown on his head, those two spikes that you see on his arms become orange Shields, and he gains a fur like cape that covers his back (I'm thinking something Sir Arthur from Ghost and goblins ).
Delphox- she becomes a straight-up witch and now has a witch hat and her stick is now her broom but additionally she can control other brooms that she uses for Kamikaze purposes.
Greninja- basically take Ash Greninja, and give him the coloration of his shiny but mix it in with the blue and you have how he looks but he's on a giant water shuriken that he hangs from upside down and uses it for various attacks like in Smash
Pyroar-the main resembles a diamonji (the symbol of fire blast) and it has a fiery aura surrounding the body.
Hawlucha- he gains a tiger mask aesthetic where his feathers are black, gold, and a mix of his original red but specifically the mass portion is all white so you can't see his eyes like Rey Mysterio .
Barbarcle- he becomes an Ashura and getting some black coloring surrounding his fist and becomes a rock/ fighting type.
Az Floette- the poor thing effectively fuses with its flower and becomes kind of like a miniature ultimate weapon and the best way to describe it would be to think of Bayleef's beta or the original cut design of Florgres.
Zygarde -basically take complete zygarde and make him all green and mixing some white and he has a gigantic Cannon that looks like the original ultimate weapon on his back.
Gen 7.
Drampa- it becomes more Viking like and it's original clouds turn black and gray like it's supposed to be a thunderstorm and he looks a lot more vicious.
Zeraora - it exists but there's not much information on it it's just in the code.
Gen 8
Falinks - they become Voltron but they're also a reference to that legendary hero statue in Motostoke.
I did a lot of paraphrasing here but I do like how diverse the selection is, and I think it is a shame that at least a few of these weren't shown off today.
How the fuck is Lysandre not dead? He was practically vaporised.
It's basically implied to my understanding that zygarde has power over necromancy and he sort of the new AZ.
I've also seen it stated that Jett and even the rival are most likely his wife and child respectively so I kind of see it as a way of him witnessing what he left behind and helping you stop it kind of like a Ebenezer Scrooge situation.
Optimistic over Mega Flygon. /ignores the leaks/
