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Some extra cool new bits from Sun/Moon’s July 1 update

July 1 brings us some extra juicy bits from Sun and Moon that we didn’t see from Japan.

If you were paying attention to yesterday’s news, a localized version of that news was posted on The Pokémon Company International’s YouTube account today:

From this video, along with what we learned yesterday, we got some localized names:

  • Tapu Koko’s ability, in Japan Elekimaker, is localized as Electric Surge. It has a new move too, localized as Nature’s Madness, “which slams into an opponent and reduces that Pokémon’s HP by half!
  • Charjabug’s ability is called Battery.
  • Drampa can have one of two abilities: Berserk and Sap Sipper.
  • Bruxish’s abilities are called Dazzling and Strong Jaw.
  • Cutiefly’s abilities are named Honey Gather and Shield Dust.
  • Togedemaru’s are Iron Barbs and Lightning Rod.
  • While the footage on Zygarde so far hasn’t explicitly mentioned the presence of Zygarde’s many formes — the ones we first saw in the anime — we now know that Core Zygarde and Cell Zygarde are appearing in Sun and Moon as well.

Most of these bits aren’t news — instead, it’s the extras that The Pokémon Company International published on the localized Sun and Moon website.

A higher-resolution image of Komala.
A higher-resolution image of Komala.

Nekkoala and Iwanko’s localized names are Komala and Rockruff.

We also get to see official art for Tapu Koko, the first Pokémon we know with a space in its name:

 

Now you see Tapu Koko. Now you don't.
Now you see Tapu Koko. Now you don’t.

It looks like we’ll also have moments where we can ride a Pokémon again, too. Here, the player rides a Stoutland through a ravine.

Riding a Stoutland! Check out this sick helmet, too!
Riding a Stoutland! Check out this sick helmet, too!

And lastly, here’s a lush, green, cave environment. You have to wonder what it is.

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The Japanese website states that more information will be available July 16, so stay tuned for more!

Thanks to Achromatic for the tip!