Talk:Alola

Alola an island chain?

Looking at the image of Alola it only looks like one island, and I was thinking due to Hawaii being an archipelago we'd see more than just that one island, which I assume is only the starting area. So I was wondering whether we should wait until we get confirmation before we use the image. Ashitic (talk) 16:20, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

We know the image is of at least part of Alola, and it's also not confirmed that there are any additional areas, so for now, the image is fine. When Unova and Kalos were first revealed, we used the images of Castelia and Lumiose because those were the only images we had. --Abcboy (talk) 16:38, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Russian name

Could someone add that this line to the in other languages section?

|- style="background:#FFF"
|Russian
|Алола Alola
|Transcription of English anme

--Raltseye 13:56, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Where do you get this from? Tiddlywinks (talk) 13:57, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/ru-ru/ here --Raltseye 14:01, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

While you're at it could you perhaps add the Russian names for Lunala and Solgaleo as well? --Raltseye 14:04, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Two Smaller Islands?

Shouldn't we point out the slightly smaller islands other than the big four and the artificial one?Lionasad (talk) 11:19, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

It is mentioned in the intro. Also always start new discussions by using the new section button. --Raltseye 11:36, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Melemele

According to the Japanese Pokedex trailer the first island (northwest on the map) is メレメレ (Melemele, Hawaiian for "Yellow") --Deuxhero (talk) 02:03, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

There are a couple assumptions in that statement. We only intend to add confirmed (certain) Sun/Moon info. In short: we're going to wait on more (and English) info. Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Guardian Pokemon

the gameplay at E3 mentions that there are guardian pokemon for each island, and that there is a festival(s) held for them. Should we add this info now?Yamitora1 (talk) 06:53, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

We need more info about it before we can say for sure. And we don't even know if Tapu Koko is a Pokémon or not. Chomper4 (talk) 13:00, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

How much more info do you need to say that each island has a guardian pokemon? also what/who is Tapu Koko?Yamitora1 (talk) 04:56, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Tapu Koko is one of the guardian Pokemon, according to what the characters say. Ataro (talk) 07:21, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

I agree we should mention the Islands Guardian Pokémon, but I believe we should refrain from giving them names. Tapu Koko may very well be an epithet, title or alias for the Pokémon. After all, there are no Pokémon with divided names. Pokémon with hyphenated names, yes (Ho-oh); Pokémon with titles, yes (Guardian of Time, etc.); but none that I can remember (unless you want to include Pokémon with alternate forms or Mega evolutions) have two names.(Shadoguardian (talk) 07:31, 20 June 2016 (UTC))

Agreed, plus Tapu Koko translates to "Sacred+Blood" so it sounds more like an epithet than it's actual name.Animaltamer708:29, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Division by Island Name

The name of the first island was released today, Melemele Island, so I was wondering if, after the other island names are released, new pages are made for each island. Srushj11 (talk) 18:44, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

We don't know enough about them yet to say. It might be reasonable to split the islands off into separate articles, or they might work more organically as subsections of the Alola page. It just depends on what the situation is after the game's released and we know everything. Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 18:48, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Regional Villains

Team Skull as regional villains? I know that the English name is still up for debate. But that's not stopped us before. CzarTyrant (talk) 06:28, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Edit: I tried signing this normally. But the website decided that typing four tildes was 'destructive' and therefore didn't let me do it. - unsigned comment from CzarTyrant (talk • contribs)

Should Aether Foundation be removed from Regional Villains? Seems like a pretty unnecessary spoiler. ShadyCharacter (talk) 18:30, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Spoiler or not, they are still villains. If you didn't want to be spoiled, then avoid the S&M pages.--ForceFire 04:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Akala Island Grand Trial

We know that Olivia is going to be the Grand Kahuna --DSDark 18:57, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Alternative Russian as stated on the Russian Nintendo website

Could someone add the Russian name Алула Alula source here --Raltseye prata med mej 12:42, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Doesn't have an Ice-Type specialist?

If I recall correctly, Alola is the only region in which every type has a specialist. Fire - Kiawe, Water - Lana, Grass - Mallow, Normal - Ilima, Bug - Guzma, Fighting - Hala, Flying - Kihili, Dark - Nanu, Ghost - Acerola, Dragon - Ryuki, Electric - Sophocles, Fairy - Mina, Rock - Olivia, Ground - Hapu, Poison - Plumeria, Steel - Molayne, Psychic - Faba and Dexio, and Ice - Sina.- unsigned comment from Latios86101 (talk • contribs)

Only four of Sina's Pokemon in the Battle Tree are actually Ice-types, and she's just visiting Alola-she doesn't have any prominent role in the region itself. TechSkylander1518 (talk) 01:48, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Trivia

Alola is the first region to not feature a hometown for the player character.--Robin Maximo (talk) 20:25, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

The player's hometown is Hau'oli Outskirts on Route 1. It doesn't matter that it's not a literal town; we list it on the hometown page, so it counts as one. Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 01:55, 30 December 2016 (UTC)