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Pokemon GO Update: 'Pokémon Sun and Moon' Get Huge Facelift, New Pokémon Special Characters Also Coming

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With just a few days away from the official launch of the "Pokémon Sun/Moon," the Pokémon Company has released a new trailer video -- one in English, another in Japanese -- that features two new Ultra Beasts, starter-exclusive Z-Moves, and much more. Check out the video below:

According to IGN, The released trailer videos give Pokémon fans a closer look at the Final Starter Evolution Z-Moves along with the brand new Ultra Beasts. According to GameSpot, the trailer video reveals more about the three important characters, the Decidueye's special Z-Move is now Sinister Arrow Raid, Primarina gets the Oceanic Operetta, while Incineroar's is Malicious Moonsault.

The three final evolution starters will join Pikachu, Alola Raichu, Eevee and Snorlax in the much awaited Pokémon in Sun and Moon.

In addition, the trailer also revealed two new Ultra Beasts, UB-03 Lightning which said to use an electric-type attack on a poor Slowbro, and UB-05 Glutton that seems to use some sort of Steel-type attack on a Carbink, but this has not confirmed yet by the company.

Both Ultra Beasts are highlighted in the video along with Alolan Dugtrio and Alolan Diglet.

Finally, the trailer revealed something new about Pokémon and offered a new look at the Alolan forms of both Alolan Diglet and Alolan Dugtrio. The new Pokémon characters, which now sport golden-yellow hair, are said to have the Tangling Hair and Sand Veil abilities.

Alolan Diglett (Ground-Steel type), which is reportedly live near volcanic areas, has developed the hair like metallic whiskers which grow from the top of their heads as a mean of their survival mechanism for the harsh volcanic environment. Alolan Diglet's whiskers allow them to sense surrounding areas without exposing their face.

The other is Alolan Dugtrio (Ground-Steel type) is said to be the evolved form of Alolan Diglet. Reports said that Alolan Dugtrio's whiskers grow throughout its life at a very slow rate. According to the Pokémon Company, this Pokémon must be treated with great importance and that is considered as an incarnation of the god of the land. There's also some stories spreading on the web that many Aloan Dugtrio comes out of the burrows on the day when a volcano erupt.

In other new, the demo of the much awaited Pokémon Sun/Moon has been downloaded over 3.5 million times, making it as the most downloaded demo on the Nintendo 3D eShop.

Pokémon Sun and Moon launch for 3DS on November 18 in North America nd Japan regions, followed by the release in the European market on November 23.

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