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Who's that new Pokemon?! It's Zoroark! photo

The latest issue of CoroCoro magazine reveals the new Pokemon that was teased on Pokemon Sunday recently. The new pocket monster is called Zoroark and we also see it's pre-evolved state, Zorua. The next Pokemon movie, The Ruler of Illusion: Zoroark, will feature this new Dark-type Pokemon.

Not much is revealed about the new monster, but Zoroark's main ability is teased and it seems to be some kind of special illusion based attack. CoroCoro and Pokemon Sunday will be revealing more about this new creature in the coming weeks.  

With the introduction of Zorua and Zoroark, we are now up to 495 Pokemons. That is a lot of Pokemon creatures. Also, who's this Pokemon?!

New Pokemon Revealed: Zorua, Zoroark [PokeBeach, via GoNintendo]








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Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 16:06
Jonathan Holmes
But will he RAPE MY CHILDHOOD?!?!?!
froman46992's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:03
froman46992
looks like a character that has been done
bob900016's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:03
bob900016
Hopefully the next game will be pokemon hunter. Gotta shoot em all!
bardock's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:07
bardock
what about brak?
Nolan South's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:12
Nolan South
FFFFFFF-

GOD DAMN IT, POKEMON USED TO BE A GOOD SERIES
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:12
Xzyliac
Zorua does look bleh.
GeneOB's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:14
GeneOB
Just a quick edit here: the little guy is "Zoroa". The guy who translated this stuff screwed up. Any moonrune-knower can back me up on this.
SneakerElph's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:16
SneakerElph
Too many Pokemon, not enough of them are actually useful. I don't mean to be "OH JUST STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL 150!" but this is getting a little ridiculous.

Of course, it's always fun to start up a brand new pokemon game and have to reformulate your strategies based on the new Pokemon available to you.

I'm torn.
GenStrike's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:16
GenStrike
I think the little guy looks cute.
TJF588's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:19
TJF588
Just hit me: Zoroark
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:21
CelicaCrazed
Not quite Shinx/Luxio/Luxray....
nekobun's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:21
nekobun
Cute, but I'm getting kind of tired of lanky Pokemon. Give me something with some meat on its bones, like Boober/Magmar.
Django Reinhardt's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:21
Django Reinhardt
How does it arrange that ponytail?
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:26
SWE3tMadness
It reminds me a lot of Poochyena/Mightyena from the 3rd gen games. Nothing too memorable about the design in my opinion. :/
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:26
HEL105
I never thought I'd be maintaining a mild interest in pokemon, all these years later. But yep, it's still here.

Oh, and I bet my Roserade would murder that thing.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:38
F Whipple
Looks like Ifrit
Silvarant's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:40
Silvarant
hell to the yes
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:40
CRAZYAPE69
what the hell is a Zoroark?
neoREgen's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 20:59
neoREgen
@ GeneOB

Correct. Zoroa.
Love the phrase "moonrune knower." Hehheh.
Static Jak's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:01
Static Jak
Another day, another Pokemon game that's essentially the same for around 11 years now. Please, do something new with the series Nintendo.
Daxelman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:03
Daxelman
....

No Supa Sane Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

FML.
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:08
Black Nexus
From 150 to 8000 how time flies.
idmmao's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:11
idmmao
Is this news? Is there an announcement every time another nearly indistinguishable thing is added to the world of pokemon? Can anyone really tell the difference between all 495 of these things? Are there really people out there that can even name them all? I guess it's not even in a game, so this isn't even a game announcement, this is a pokemon movie character announcement. If you can use the word "character"- it's not like there's any personality involved. I'm sure you could swap this character out for any of 400 others and not meaningfully change the movie. It would be like having an announcement about what exact type of pistol is being used in one particular scene of some action movie- would the movie really be different if the movie used some other kind of pistol, and if not, then why should anyone care?
elysse's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:14
elysse
GAWDDAMMITAAAAARRRGGGHHH-
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:18
Jack8274
@idmmao

Not to long ago I could name all 150 in the order they appeared in my pokedex. it wasn't too hard when I played the gameboy game all the time.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:20
eternalplayer2345
I'm way past the point of raging that the keep making more, I've just accepted that every three years I'm going to play a brand new pokemon game. Really, I've come to accept it. I assume it's a bit like people who play every new madden. I know it's the same thing but it satisfies a craving I get every three years anyway so no harm.
Imako's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:21
Imako
Why is it that half the new pokemon (not the original 151) look like dogs? Did they run out of ideas?
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:23
Xzyliac
@idmmao
What's your point?

And I'm pretty sure somebody could name all of them.

Considering Pokemon was a video game franchise before it went multimedia I'd say this is video game somthing even if it is only loosely based on the video game.
Airbr1dge's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:30
Airbr1dge
EEVEE IS THE FUCKING BEST POKÉMON EVER.
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:34
Sam Spectre
495? Holy shit, the world needs Bob Barker back! Spay and Neuter your Pokemon please.
Klempky's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:40
Klempky
@idmmao: I can. x:

Looking forward to fifth gen, if only slightly. This may be the first generation that I can actually wait until the expanded third version to purchase it, if the Pokémon designs keep up in the same vein of this guy.

SOUL SILVER IS GONNA BE AWESOOOME
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:40
ace of knaves
You know son, back in my day we only had 150 Pokemon. On a related note, this is one of the greatest things Jim has ever done.
The Pilgrums's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:46
The Pilgrums

I am the lone locust of the apocalypse. Think of me when you look to the night sky.
Pixel Kaiser's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:47
Pixel Kaiser
Looks more Monster Rancher than Pokemon.

That's not a good thing.
IIIIjujube's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 21:58
IIIIjujube
This is truly beautiful. All you people who think there are too many pokemon, I am a mega poke-fan, and this pleases me. Nintendo knows that this is our crack. Too many? NEVAH! Also, It's been 14 years, this is a VERY slow increase.
bodybreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:04
bodybreak
HOLY FUCK I SHIT MY PANTS
pakx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:11
pakx
ew. i got used to Darkrai and Bronzor and even Unown... but this? it looks like an inbred Ninetails with a back problem and gender identity issues.
Brandnamecommercial's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:15
Brandnamecommercial
How do most Spanish masked swordsman travel the seas?
They take the Zoroark.
Loogibot's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:26
Loogibot
Fire and Dark maybe? A new starter? Who knows. But I agree with Illijujube, I like tons of Pokémon. More options, more decisions, better gameplay, in my opinion. It ain't that hard to keep track of nearly 500 critters, really. Keep 'em coming Nintendo, gotta catch 'em all!
DiegoMendoza's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:30
DiegoMendoza
Call me a fanboy but I´m very hyped with the announcement of the fifth gen of Pokemon.

@idmmao

I can name all the Pokemon and in fact it is very simple to see the differences between the species.First of all they all have a different sprite, and yes, one pokemon may barely ressemble to another one, but I can assure you that those are the minimum (like 10 out of 495). Secondly all the species have different base stats but not every same-specie-Pokemon have the same stats, because they all have different Individual Values and you can give them different movesets. But, as I already said, this is because I´m a fanboy of the series and also an avid player of the metagame.
Victor Delacroix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:42
Victor Delacroix
wow.. [sarcasm mode off]
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 22:42
Ganjookie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2E69k7BYd8&feature=related

Oh yeah!
LegendPenguin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 23:17
LegendPenguin
@ Carl Sagan - I'm with you on that one. Is the scrunchy made out of his skin, DNA, hair...HOW THE FUCK DOES HAIR EVOLVE INTO AN ORGANIZED PONYTAIL?!

Still, since I'm a slave to the series, I'll still get the new one (SoulSilver pre-ordered).
True Axiom's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 23:53
True Axiom
Wow...umm...pandering to the furry demographic much?

Hell, I don't care. They could make all their pokemon look like household appliances, and I'd probably still buy it. Pokemon satisfies that part of my brain that likes to collect things with obscenely complicated numbers attached to them.
JohZho's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2010 23:56
JohZho
Bah, I thought that silhouette was 4th form of sandshrew or something lol.
Shadowiii's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2010 00:38
Shadowiii
Everything past Gold and Silver doesn't count.
Nameless Monster's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2010 01:20
Nameless Monster
@Brandnamecommercial: DAMMIT! I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT JOKE... time for plan B... hum... What would you call an Indiana Jones/Zoro crossover? Riders of the lost Zoroark! ... Yeah, that's lame...

@Lucas Says: Rotom - Appliance forms says hi!
Jared Ari's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2010 01:32
Jared Ari
DAMNIT! I don't have them all anymore!

To all who are dissing current/next gen Pokemon, FUCK OFF. And I say that with love.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2010 01:36
TheToiletDuck
It's pikachu! It's pikachu, ah goddammit.
Corduroy Turtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2010 04:51
Corduroy Turtle
I've never been obsessed with 'em all, but this one looks pretty cool. I'd save a seat for him/her on my team, right next to Alakazam.
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