Next Pokemon Thread VI: Unova Evolution/Capture/Release Speculation Arena

[Zoruagible]

New predictions because of the N saga.
Ash:
Pikachu
Unfezant
Oshawott
Pignite
Servine
Scraggy/Scrafty
Leavanny
Boldore/Gigalith
Seismitoad
Krookodile
And perhaps a new capture or two

[Demon Kitsune Yoko Kurama]

New predictions because of the N saga.
Ash:
Pikachu
Unfezant
Oshawott
Pignite
Servine
Scraggy/Scrafty
Leavanny
Boldore/Gigalith
Seismitoad
And perhaps a new capture or two

I totally agree with this. All my choices are there. I hope Servine happens.

[wingzx]

New predictions because of the N saga.
Ash:
Pikachu
Unfezant
Oshawott
Pignite
Servine
Scraggy/Scrafty
Leavanny
Boldore/Gigalith
Seismitoad
And perhaps a new capture or two

i agree on this but not on the new capture i have 0 faith in ash getting a new pokemon this region if he does it will be a pokemon that can evolve into or is a 6 gen pokemon

[ludiloco]

New predictions because of the N saga.
Ash:
Pikachu
Unfezant
Oshawott
Pignite
Servine
Scraggy/Scrafty
Leavanny
Boldore/Gigalith
Seismitoad
And perhaps a new capture or two

Nice predictions, I can see Scrafty and Gigalith happening soon.

And don't forget Charizard.

[Darkrai619]

where's krookodile

[Zoruagible]

where's krookodile

I forgot about him. I think all of Ash's pokemon he has currently are staying with him forever.

[OshaMijuWott]

Out of all the current Pokemon, I think Oshawott has earned the evolution the most

[J Ken]

Out of all the current Pokemon, I think Oshawott has earned the evolution the most

He actually has earned a starring role in a big battle the most and a new move as well. He doesn't have to evolve though, save evolution for a water type that will actually be the star of it's team.

[harsh551]

Ash's team prediction for N arc:
pikachu
snivy-servine
oshawott
charlizard
palpitoad-seismitoad
boldore-gigalith
scraggy
evee-new eveelation
metang/dusion

Temporary -zekrom

[Ciccone]

New predictions because of the N saga.
Ash:
Pikachu
Unfezant
Oshawott
Pignite
Servine
Scraggy/Scrafty
Leavanny
Boldore/Gigalith
Seismitoad
Krookodile
And perhaps a new capture or two

It's a good prediction because it's not full of wishful-thinking or any other such pipe dreams. Not that I'm totally against fantastic notions and vain hope; it's just nice to see something that I can agree with because it's logical and sound. I just wonder how Boldore will evolve. I honestly can't see Ash willingly trading his Boldore, but perhaps there will be some mix up with its Poke Ball and that's how it'll evolve into Gigalith? But even that sounds a little strange.

[_Taidow_]

God, if we ever get a new opening or ending for the "Episode N" saga, I seriously want to see a Dewott under Ash's ownership, I just want to see the reactions.

Sadly we'll have to wait until next year.

Sounds too long to me.

I would be happy.

Changing one's username always bugs me, because now I have to get used to the new username.

That's why my username is universal. I could bring it anywhere, and I don't have any reason to change it (except maybe for an April Fools or prank type thing).

I changed my username once. But at least my signature was still the same. Barely any confusion.

[GalladeRocks]

With a new saga on the horizon, here are my new predictions for Ash and the gang:

Ash

Pikachu - Yup.
Unfezant - Done.
Oshawott - I think there's a slight chance of him evolving, but not as much as some of the other team members.
Pignite - Like Oshawott, I think there's a chance of him evolving, but minor compared to some of the others.
Servine - I could see Snivy going either way, staying in her base form or evolving once. I'm really not sure which to expect.
Scraggy - I still Scraggy being one of the biggest options of Ash's Pokemon to remain unevolved. He's the youngest of the team, and I have a hard time seeing him evolve unless Axew follows suit, which I doubt will happen any time soon.
Leavanny - Done.
Palpitoad - I think he has a definite chance of evolving, but there's some others I could see getting it first.
Gigalith - I can definitely see either Palpitoad or Boldore evolving, though probably not both. I think it could be either, in all honesty.
Krookodile - Done.
Spoink - Just a random prediction for a new capture, there's a hundred other Pokemon I could predict in this place.

Iris

Axew - Might evolve in Iris's departure episode, but I doubt we'll see anything before then.
Excadrill - Done.
Emolga - Done.
Dragonite - Done.
Treecko - An interesting new capture for her that follows up on the streak of female companions catching a starter also owned by Ash. Plus, Treecko has some draconic qualities that might make it interesting for her to train.

Cilan

Pansage - Might evolve, but probably won't.
Crustle - Done.
Stunfisk - Done.
Numel - Just a really random capture, I could see about a hundred other Pokemon in this spot.

[★ Mr. Mime ★]

Ash: Pikachu/ Unfezant/ Dewott/ Pignite/ Servine/ Scrafty/ Leavanny/ Seismitoad/ Boldore/ Krookadile/

I feel like the show is going to go in a more action oriented way with N and Team Plasma now showing up, so I feel like the writers may want to buff Ash's team up a bit. Since this may last us all the way to the 6th Gen I feel like there's adequate time for a couple evolutions to take place. I feel like the writers will definitely make the move to evolve Oshawott and Snivy to make them a lot stronger to fight off TP in this arc. I definitely feel like they're going to go with a lot more action in this arc and more evolutions would definitely add to that.

[fer92]

Prediction of the entire cast list (Including placeholder for anime-exclusive character that I don't know):

-Main cast: Ash, Pikachu, Iris, Axew, Cilan.
-Main villains: Jessie, James, Meowth.
-Cameos: Dawn, Piplup (I'm serious), Brock (I expect you), May.
-Main star but not a MC member: N
-Rest of Team Plasma: Ghetsis, Seven Sages, The Goddeses, Team Plasma Grunts.
-Rest of Team Rocket: Giovanni, Dr. Zager, Pierce?.
-Rivals: Bianca, Virgil*, Kotetsu**, Georgia, Burgundy and Trip?
-Other: Unova Elite 4, Alder, Cynthia, Gym Leader (if not all, some of them, specially Drayden), Prof. Juniper, Cedric Juniper, Fennel, Amannita, Scientist A, Recurring Character B, Looker, Elder, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Don George, Freedy O'Martian, Professor Oak, Tracey, Delia, Gary, Connoseiur C, Character of the N's arc D.Luke?

Impoirtant characters during the arc in Bold. In italic characters that will be important if the League is interrupted by N.

*And why Virgil appears. Because I think that two things will happen:
A) Virgil wins the league when N arrives. He'll have a role.
B) The battle was interrupted by N: He'll have a big role and a redux battle with Ash.
** If for some reason, Kotetsu loses to Ash and win against Virgil, Kotetsu takes the role of Virgil in the N's arc (with the differences).

[shelldude400]

I highly doubt Ash is going through an entire filler saga without a capture of some form.
I'd imagine this new capture would evolve as well.
So for N saga:
Potential evolutions:
Palpitoad
Scraggy
Snivy
Pignite
Potential Captures:
Spoink -> Grumpig
Metang
Can't think of any more xD

[Pepsi_Plunge]

I highly doubt Ash is going through an entire filler saga without a capture of some form.
I'd imagine this new capture would evolve as well.
So for N saga:
Potential evolutions:
Palpitoad
Scraggy
Snivy
Pignite
Potential Captures:
Spoink -> Grumpig
Metang
Can't think of any more xD

I prefer an old pokemon coming back and evolving then any capture in filler sagas, unless that capture comes late and goes over to the next region like Aipom.

Problem is I'm not sure the old pokemon come back this time(and ill be pissed) as for Satoshi current team, I still feel Pignite can evolve for sure, Palpitoad I'm not sure if they will care to show him more then once after his but yeah still my two bets.

Oshawott I don't see evolving, unless its late and he is oaked in the end of the region, with his popularity he migth find a way to be on the next region team
Snivy, I don't know why she hasn't evolved at this point, no moves, its popular but apparently not Oshawott popular so they don't market her that much in the anime, so why not? wtv reason they have they haven't evolved her and for that reason I think she will be kept a Snivy
Scraggy, i can see him evolve with Axew by the end and having a battle, like Sceptile Blaziken but I'm sure either
Boldore, no idea really

I would rather have Gible/Totodile/Corpish/Buizel evolve then a new capture, any other non fully evolved pokemon actually, those are the ones I feel deserve one because they haven't evolved once.

[Navarch]

With a new saga on the horizon, here are my new predictions for Ash and the gang:

Ash


Pikachu - Yup.
Unfezant - Done.
Oshawott - I think there's a slight chance of him evolving, but not as much as some of the other team members.
Pignite - Like Oshawott, I think there's a chance of him evolving, but minor compared to some of the others.
Servine - I could see Snivy going either way, staying in her base form or evolving once. I'm really not sure which to expect.
Scraggy - I still Scraggy being one of the biggest options of Ash's Pokemon to remain unevolved. He's the youngest of the team, and I have a hard time seeing him evolve unless Axew follows suit, which I doubt will happen any time soon.
Leavanny - Done.
Palpitoad - I think he has a definite chance of evolving, but there's some others I could see getting it first.
Gigalith - I can definitely see either Palpitoad or Boldore evolving, though probably not both. I think it could be either, in all honesty.
Krookodile - Done.
Spoink - Just a random prediction for a new capture, there's a hundred other Pokemon I could predict in this place.

Iris

Axew - Might evolve in Iris's departure episode, but I doubt we'll see anything before then.
Excadrill - Done.
Emolga - Done.
Dragonite - Done.
Treecko - An interesting new capture for her that follows up on the streak of female companions catching a starter also owned by Ash. Plus, Treecko has some draconic qualities that might make it interesting for her to train.

Cilan

Pansage - Might evolve, but probably won't.
Crustle - Done.
Stunfisk - Done.
Numel - Just a really random capture, I could see about a hundred other Pokemon in this spot.

I really like these predictions. Though, I would not use Spoink. It's a pig like Pokemon, like Pignite. But like you said, there are more Pokemon out there to choose from. I kind of want to see him with a Ralts(Dream Radar)

Treecko with Iris is brilliant, I love it!

Instead of Numel, I think Milotic would be a nice option. (Hoenn Pokemon, is avaible near Straighton City)

[Papousse]

How can people can always think that Ash will catch another Pokémon ? Have you seen the number of Pokémon he has ? He has enough for now, he needs to train his team and concentrate on strategy !
Then, I do not think Iris's going to have another Pokémon, but I could better see Treecko with Cilan since he likes grass-type Pokémon.

[N...]

My prediction for Ash for N arc;
Pikachu
Unfezent
Oshawott/Dewott
Pignite
Snivy
Scraggy
Leavanny
Palpitoad
Boldore/Gigalith
Krookodile
Gible/Gabite

[Mean Mr. Snorlax]

The best team the group could end with:

Main Team:

Pikachu
Dewott/Samurott
Pignite/Emboar
Servine
Scrafty**
Seismetoad*
Gigalith*
Gabite**
Beldum->Metang (Evolves before capture, like Ash's Primeape)
Crawdaunt**

*Either Palpitoad OR Boldore evolves in league
**Gabite, Crawdaunt, Scrafty and either Boldore or Palpitoad are rotated in and out of the team.

Note: If a Unova pokemon isn't shown, that means it isn't rotated onto the main team, and is used only in larger battles.

Non-Unova pokemon used in larger-scale battles, but aren't on the main team:
Torterra
Gliscor
Infernape
Snorlax
Glalie
Torkoal
Kingler (Used in Water only tournament, as well as other battles)
Totodile -> Croconaw (used in a Water only tournament with Kingler, Crawdaunt, Dewott, Seismetoad, and Buizel)

The best team Iris could end up with:
Fraxure
Excadrill
Emolga
Dragonite
Treecko -> Grovyle
Egg->Bagon

Cilan:
Simisage
Crustle
Stunfisk
Tropius
Numel
Mudkip->Marshtomp