Pokémon Sun and Moon: Now in Ultra Flavour!

As you can see from this image, something (cue jaws main theme!) is coming 2016 in the main series, the best bit?  This can provide some nice speculation due to its ambiguity!

Some things to remember:

-X and Y left a ton of mysteries, including big hints about a new region

-2016 is the twentieth anniversery of Red and Green from the old days (wow, twenty years already?  Time flies!)

-This generation is still possibly incomplete, Zygarde remains largely unexplored


There are some good reasons why this could be sequels to X and Y, Black and White 2 may give gamefreak incentive to stick to actual sequels from now on given the minimal work they require coupled with the ability to force more people to buy both the originals and the sequels given the new stories, unlike the third versions of old.  

Alas there are also good reasons these may have something to do with Kanto, including the obvious anniversary of both the franchise and the region itself, and the fact that there has been a version of Kanto on every single handheld, naturally if they're going to do that with the 3ds they need to act very soon given the 3ds is going to be replaced sooner rather than later, by the NX or something else.  

Next, the seventh generation theory.  Black and white killed the concept of a generation per portable (although they did feel like complete filler).  This one holds the least water in my opinion, solely because we're not actually done with this generation from a merchandise point of view.  Normally the event pokemon tie in with the yearly movies, and Volcanion has yet to be released in any form.  This symbiotic relationship has staid true for the most part and is not likely to diverge, in my opinion.  Of course, I could be wrong given X and Y's blatant hints of another region.

Finally we come to the third version theory.  This relates to Zygarde, who is so very clearly getting another form (and some strange ghost snake thing) going by promotional material for the next movie.  That said, Zygarde getting a new form doesn't exclude there being a sequel instead, Kyurem looked for all the world like it was going to merge with Zekrom and Reshiram and become a complete being like it was in the games own lore, and instead got those bizarre Black and White formes.  Zygarde could easily get the same treatment, or alternatively the sequel may be a single game rather than a split version.  


So, a lot to mull over, plenty of room for speculation and discussion.  The only thing clear: new main instalments are set for 2016.  The Pokemon addict in me says bring it on!


Minor disclaimer: Pokken got a thread on less than this, and this is inevitable regardless.  Just pointing it out friendly like.

Now watch me run this already tired joke in to the ground so far it shoots out the other side of the planet and enters orbit.

Pokemon "Sun & Moon" versions, complete with pretty swanky logos.

I think we can officially rule out third versions now.  Sun and Moon kill the third version idea.

I'll make the necessary changes once the direct goes live or as near as makes no difference, till then I'll leave the title alone to make things less obvious, as tempted as I am to remove the third version from the title right now.  

I'm a prediction down already if this does indeed come to pass.