#??? - Sylveon

#??? - Sylveon

Japanese Name: Ninfia

Height: 3'03" / 1.0 m

Weight: 51.8 lbs / 23.5 kg

Type:

Classification: ???

Ability: ???

Revealed: Sylveon was revealed on the 12th of February, 2013 in an issue of CoroCoro, a Japanese magazine. It was just the sixth Pokémon revealed in Generation VI. The same issue of CoroCoro also announced that it would appear within the 16th Pokémon movie short, "Pikachu & Eevee Friends". The English name was revealed as Sylveon on 14th February on the official Pokémon YouTube channel and via Pokémon.com.

Evolutions: Evolved form of Eevee.

Moves: ???

Screenshots

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Chespin - Fennekin - Froakie - Fletchling - Gogoat - Helioptile -
Pancham - Sylveon - Mewtwo "Awakened" Forme - Xerneas - Yveltal

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I guess this one is growing on me because I like it more now than I did a few hours ago. As far as Eeveelutions go, Ninfia kind of falls short, but it's not the most horrible design for a Pokemon. I have no idea what type it could be other than Normal. Maybe Ribbon is a new type.

Judging from its appearance, I could venture a guess that this Eeveelution is the Psychic Type. I honestly don't know what else it could be.

[Teapot]

Judging from its appearance, I could venture a guess that this Eeveelution is the Psychic Type. I honestly don't know what else it could be.

I'm not so sure - we've already got Espeon. It's a really weird design, considering normally it's blatantly obvious what type an Eeveelution is. It doesn't strike me as Normal, although that's possible.

Rain mentioned in chat that it could be Flying - it's a slightly unconventional design for a flying-type, but the ribbons could symbolise flying. Who knows?

edit: Also, one of the pictures not shown in the scan in the Cryptidex is an in-game one - I won't add it to the Cryptidex proper until we get a decent shot of it:

Ninifa from CoroCoro, cleaned up slightly.

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The background might be completely coincidental, but I'm curious about what it's supposed to be. Might it hold a clue?

[Linkachu]

Considering that Eevee genders have a much higher male percentage verses female, I'm somewhat surprised how feminine this new evolution looks (even moreso than Glaceon which was already pushing it). The "ribbons" are just a bit much imo, but eh... It's not a bad design, it's just not a particularly great one either.

I'm calling Flying-type. That was the first impression I received upon seeing the pic and I guess others have felt the same way.

Edit: I've added a higher quality scan of Ninfia to the cryptidex entry. I think I like it a bit more now. ^^

The background might be completely coincidental, but I'm curious about what it's supposed to be. Might it hold a clue?

The background looks like feathers to me, which indicates that Ninfia is a Flying-type.

From the game scan, it's very clearly using a Fire-type move. That means it /has/ to be Normal or Dragon, the only two non-visibly Fire-types that can blatantly use Fire moves. Normal seems very likely, but Dragon? Taking the color scheme into account, pink(or light red) and that light blue color could easily mean Dragon, as the Dragon-type is always represented by red and blue together. Yeah, it looks nothing like a Dragon, but neither does Altaria. Dragon would also finish the theme of Eeveelutions, being the "special attack" types. As not many things can use Fire moves out of the blue, the only other option is that each type of Hidden Power is now visually represented, and Ninfia is using Hidden Power - Fire in that shot. Could be Will-o-wisp, but meh.

Ninfia's overall feel and design is my least favorite out of every Pokemon to date. I don't mind that this is in the 'dex, as it was bound to happen, but considering the few Pokemon we know so far, I am not liking Gen VI for its original Pokemon right now.

The background might be completely coincidental, but I'm curious about what it's supposed to be. Might it hold a clue?

The background looks like feathers to me, which indicates that Ninfia is a Flying-type.

If you're referring to the stuff around the edges of the photo, those are focus lines, used to indicate dramatic action.

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I really like the color scheme. Actually, I'm wondering about the flying type now since the ribbons really look like wings in the screenshot.

"Leafia" and "Glacia" gave us some pretty obvious clues as to the types of the second most recent batch of eeveelutions-- does anyone have any idea what Ninf is short for? Nymph?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph According to Wikipedia, Nymphs basically are associated with gods of some sort and are known to animate nature, but that could mean anything. Regarding the god of all Pokemon, Arceus, he is a normal type, then you also have that dragons are rather mystical, and flight is generally associated with some sort of godlihood. However, given that she shines the way she does, I'm going to bet it will be a new type. Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

What really has me wondering is how they'll have Ninfia (Nympheon?) will evolve, since with every generation that introduces an Eeveelution, some sort of new evolutionary mechanic is introduced. If it weren't for the Beauty mechanic being done away with as of 5th gen or already being used in 3rd gen, I'd say that it might have something to do with this. However, given that the overall feel of X and Y, that genes or DNA is somehow involved, I wouldn't place it above some sort of new "Beauty Gene", or something like that. Then again watch them make some new stone or something :I However, given that it is the only Eeveelution introduced (at least so far), I might say that Ninfia would have its own evolutionary mechanic that no other Pokemon would have, such as, again, Feebas with the Beauty meter.

If you're referring to the stuff around the edges of the photo, those are focus lines, used to indicate dramatic action.

No, I mean the red-brown shapes in the centre. They look like feathers to me.

This might be a bit of a long shot but its translation might be something like Nimbeon (referring to "nimbus", which might imply a flying type). Apart from Normal and Psychic I would say it looks most like a flying type but I would be surprised if it turned out to be a normal eeveelution, although it's very possible.

Dragon typing would be amazing, but even though it will complete the special attacker theme I can't picture this thing as being a dragon.

[Teapot]

Here's some fuel for the rumour fire - this is an official Infographic I got from the press pack Nintendo released with Sylveon. Note the emphasis on the Eeveelution's types and the fact that Sylveon's is still conspicuously not revealed.

[Linkachu]

Petey also updated our official Pokemon X&Y trailers topic with the Sylveon English reveal video, so check it out if you haven't already seen it.

Here's some fuel for the rumour fire - this is an official Infographic I got from the press pack Nintendo released with Sylveon. Note the emphasis on the Eeveelution's types and the fact that Sylveon's is still conspicuously not revealed.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7063681792/h56F6F4A5/

This is somewhat a more literal/theorized version of the official post. I'd buy it if it were a new type, since as of right now, Electric types only have one real weakness (Ground), and Sylveon just isn't a ground type. There's no way it can be (I refuse to believe it anyway). Then again, I'll also buy that its a flying a type that Jolteon can clip, granted that there's no way it will be Normal/Flying (I mean let's think, no other Eeveelution has double types, so why start now?).

[Magpie]

Definitely liking Sylveon a whole lot more now that we've seen a bit more of it, and the trailer looks really nice! Whatever type it ends up being, I've come round to liking it, if only for the fact we can make so many theories out of it xD

I think I will like Sylveon a lot more if it ends up being a Flying type. Especially if it's pure Flying. If it can fly, that would just be the cutest thing ever. The new trailer is cool. I love the way the battle stages look, I can't wait to see some different terrains.

[Linkachu]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7063681792/h56F6F4A5/

Hah! So others noticed that too. Maybe we are reading into things too much but the arrangement of the various evolutions is rather suspicious. We can't chalk it up as a fandom thing either since it's an official Nintendo image. If the super effective theory ends up being wrong then at least it was an amusing coincidence.

...I hate having such a shoddy internet connection. Then I have to phone post!

That said Sylveon is probably one of my least favorite Pokémon of all time because it gives me the creeps. Even if I can get past the atrocious design, those eyes stare into my soul. With all the rumors flying around, I do think that flying would be the most likely typing. However I don't rule out normal quite yet because I can totally picture Eevee getting a sort of genetically stable normal typed evolution. Seeing as all of the evolutions to date have babes indicative of their typing, Sylveon just seems...interestingly typical. Like the name Sylvia.

I'm calling Flying type on this after seeing the infographic and look into the name a little. Sylphs are mythical beings of air this is the closest word I can find other than silver which is a metal so that would equate to a Steel type presumably and this definitely ain't a Steel type

[Teapot]

Hah! So others noticed that too. Maybe we are reading into things too much but the arrangement of the various evolutions is rather suspicious. We can't chalk it up as a fandom thing either since it's an official Nintendo image. If the super effective theory ends up being wrong then at least it was an amusing coincidence.

I'm sceptical. I think that image was constructed that way because it made visual sense, rather than because of the Pokémon being super-effective against each other.

Mind you, I think Sylveon is probably Flying, but I deeply suspect it's a coincidence