Okay, so this is going to sound absolutely insane, but with some supplemental evidence that's recently developed, I think this is a theory worthy of discussion. Please note that I'm not intentionally trying to brew up a theory I don't believe in for the sake of discussion, I'm trying to back up a recent leak with supplemental evidence we've seen.
Theory: Solgaleo & Lunaala are Pokemon from another dimension and share a common pre-evolution.
Yes, that sounds insane, but hear me out. I'm extremely skeptical of this myself, but it has enough going for it at the moment that I think it's worthy of some discussion or at least keeping an eye peeled for evidence that can help confirm / deny it. Here's all the evidence I can gather to support this theory:
The Foundation of the Theory: The Ultra Beasts Leak
On August 11th, a /vp/ user made the following comment in a small thread that received very little attention:
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Obviously leaks from /vp/ are dime a dozen and almost always just some 16 year old trying to fish for replies. What makes this different is the date. This poster described an encounter with a "boss level alien Pokemon" almost a month before ultra beasts are revealed. The "Lillie's Mother" portion is a little more up in the air considering no one's specifically been called Lillie's mother, but the description of what they do syncs up fairly well with Wicke or even Lusamine if she weren't so young.
Predicting something as far-fetched as Ultra Beasts as well as motivations that sync up reasonably with the Aether Foundation's aspirations is the major foundation for this theory. Now, I'll try and root it in some existing content of Sun and Moon we've already been shown.
Supplemental Evidence:
1) Solgaleo and Lunaala in a Wormhole At the end of the
recent trailer for Sun & Moon, Solgaleo and Lunaala jump through a wormhole similar to the one UB-01 emerged from in our September 6th trailer at 2:04. This provides a bit of evidence supporting the "coming through a wormhole" bit of the /vp/ post.
2) Solgaleo and Lunaala's similarities.
Solgaleo and Lunaala possess a few aethetic similarities that might suggest a pre-evolution.
Notable similarities (In order of strongest to weakest evidence of a common pre evo):
A) The "Dome Head" - Solgaleo and Lunaala have remarkably similar head designs. The both look sort of like a
20 questions toy. and both feature an ability to "light up" and make their eyes more intense.
B) Similar Color Similarities - Complementing the dome head are two reasonably comparable color schemes: White accented with slightly different colors of yellow and a secondary color unique to that Pokemon, black and red for Solgaleo, blue and purple for Lunaala. The white and yellow in common
C) Typing - Probably the weakest and stretchiest bit of supplemental evidence I can find is their typing. Solgaleo is Psychic / Steel. Lunaala is Psychic / Ghost. They share the same primary type. Every single branched evolution pathway (bar Eevee) keep the same primary typing, so the two at least fit the mold for this to happen.
Side note: Wasn't really sure where else to put this, but even with a common pre evolution, Solgaleo and Lunaala could maintain version exclusivity with the newly unveiled version exclusive evolution mechanic.
Evidence against this theory:
I wanted to quickly address some of the most immediate skepticism for this theory. This theory doesn't have enough evidence to silence these criticisms at all, but it can at least provide simple answers.
1) This is all extremely unlikely and combats 16 years of the trends cover legendaries have worked into: It really is, but I think there's enough evidence as presented above at the moment to suggest this as a theory and to keep an eye peeled for additional information in the coming trailers. Sun and Moon are breaking the mold for a lot of aspects of Pokemon but are they really going to go that far and make the first legendary Pokemon that evolve? I doubt it, but there's just a bit that suggests otherwise.
2) Solgaleo and Lunaala are featured in a cut scene in the first trailer for the game: This is one of the biggest obstacles for the whole theory and the answers of how there'll be a cinematic encounter with Solgaleo or Lunaala while also having a pre evolution are pretty thin. Maybe the player will obtain the pre evolution earlier than that encounter and the area that encounter takes place is the trigger to make their pre evo evolve?
3) Getting one thing in a leak right does not mean the rest of the leak is correct: This is super true. The Gematsu leaks for Smash 4 had a lot of truth to them, but they were only partially accurate towards the end. This person could have very well been the video editor (or a friend of theirs) for our September 6th trailor and might mave mistaken Type: Null or Jangmo-o as a pre evo for some reason, perhaps not knowing the slightest thing about Pokemon when they worked on it. However, the evidence in the two's design similarities and the wormhole thing from the recent japanese trailor want me to give the idea a little more credit.
So yeah, that's everything! Really crazy stuff, but I think it has just the slightest grip to hold onto to be something to look out for.
TL;DR: Based off of a leak, trailer footage, and various design similarities, Solgaleo and Lunala might have a common pre evo.
