Today at the Gamescom 2016 event in Germany, a whole new Pokémon has been revealed - say hello to the Blast Turtle Pokémon, Turtonator!
Hasta la vista, Pikachu.
Now that we've gotten the obligatory jokes about the name out of the way, we can tell you that it's a [type]fire[/type]/[type]dragon[/type]-Type Pokémon with the Shell Armor ability. This creature has a shell that is coated with high explosives - something that is used both defensively and to capture whatever prey it supplements its sulfur and other volcanic-based mineral diet with. Its weak spot - and also apparently the vent for its explosive reactions (because that is entirely how it works) is its stomach. Mine Turtle here gets its own signature move, "Shell Trap" - setting a trap at the beginning of the turn, and should its foe hit it with a contact move during that turn, doing a great deal of damage. Fun with prediction!
It also seems to be mighty fond of exploding while looking at you judgmentally.
Turtonator aside, the event also featured a demo of the Battle Royal system, in which a Pikachu was shown using a new, Normal-type Z-Move with a name loosely translating to "Hyper Sprint Attack" - confirming that Z-moves require an appropriate Z-crystal and a move of the Z-crystal's type to be used.
Hasta la vista, Pikachu.
It also seems to be mighty fond of exploding while looking at you judgmentally.
Turtonator aside, the event also featured a demo of the Battle Royal system, in which a Pikachu was shown using a new, Normal-type Z-Move with a name loosely translating to "Hyper Sprint Attack" - confirming that Z-moves require an appropriate Z-crystal and a move of the Z-crystal's type to be used.
