I might be switching to grookey. Sobble's evolutions are ruining him for me, and while grookey's aren't much better, they're more tolerable at least. Shame. Sobble had such a good first stage.
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! I feel like Rillaboom may suffer from Delphox syndrome (bad looking model but looking fine in artwork), but overall I didn't like any of the starters evos. Intelleon almost made it if not for those human limbs. Grookey's middle evo may grow on me over time, but its body shape throws me off. And Sizzile is unsalvageable.
On a perfect timeline, Grookey would evolve into Monferno and Infernape while those other two new monkeys would be tied with Chimchar.
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Folks, please use spoiler tags when talking about the new things, or be super duper vague.
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One of those things isn't yet confirmed, specifically
! Main leaker said final Grookey evo came from someone else and he's skeptical about it, and he'll see when his evolves in 7 levels.
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Someone's got their hands on the guidebook now and are leaking Gigantmax forms:
! Machamp, Kingler, and Garbador have Gigantamaxes, with Garbador's being my favorite - it's just Garbardor with giant toys stuck in it. Starter leaks are real too, but so far they're adamantly refusing to show Scorbunny's.
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A LOT of things are being leaked from the guidebook, they just keep coming. Most of them are from the Gigantamax section. From it, we already saw the ones mentioned by Crossword, but also some new pokémon. You can check it all here: https://twitter.com/The_Devious It also confirms the final starter evolutions along with their types:
! Rillaboom (god, I hate this name), Cinderace and Intelleon. All mono-types.
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In 2099 everyone's smartphone camera will be implanted directly into their eyeballs and be able to capture the subatomic level in crystal clear quality but Pokemon leaks will still be blurry as shit.
! Cinderace's pic is pretty blurred but basically looks like Blaziken but a rabbit and wearing a soccer jersey. Even if it saved us from another FireFighter going back to Gen II monotyped starters is soooo boring.
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In 2099 everyone's smartphone camera will be implanted directly into their eyeballs and be able to capture the subatomic level in crystal clear quality but Pokemon leaks will still be blurry as shit.
! Cinderace's pic is pretty blurred but basically looks like Blaziken but a rabbit and wearing a soccer jersey. Even if it saved us from another FireFighter going back to Gen II monotyped starters is soooo boring.
Welp. Scorbunny for me then :/
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Pretty sure at this point the leakers are making the photos blurry on purpose as a joke.
Or, they took pictures on the job and had to be suuuuper fast about it.
Anyway, all three starters are meh for me. Guess I'll be using other things. Crazy bird that spits fish is still the only one I'm really in love with.
I need to draw a line so the actual game can surprise me. Someone let me know if there's a Galar sandshrew. Otherwise, I'm down with being surprised in a couple weeks.
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Here's all the leaks so far (click at own risk): https://i.imgur.com/Jb0aIfH.jpg
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I want to think I will do as Robby and keep away from spoilers, but I know I won't make it. I will just keep looking at leaks and then hate myself for spoiling Drednaw and Corviknight pre-evos instead of finding out about them as I played the game.
Anyways, my take on everything we saw so far:
! - Grookey2: JUST GIVE ME A NAME! Thing is slowly growing on me, I guess. Its face is really cute, I just need to get over its body.
- Rillaboom: Also growing on me, but I am not very optimistic. A look at the official artwork or seeing it in motion could help a lot. So far, I am still going with keeping Grookey unnevolved.
- Sizzile: Still no.
- Intelleon: Also same as the first impression: love head, fins and tail, hate limbs, "clothing" and posture. Overall I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it either.
- Foxes: Love them, high chances of making into my team.
- Purple thing: Love the expression, but I don't know, something feels like it was imported from another franchise.
- Galarian Meowth: I never liked Meowth, it was that kind of pokémon that I could barely acknowledge the existence. But this? This is purrfection!
- Perrserker: … and purrfection was ruined. This is not even a cat!
- Elephant: Absolutely adorable, but I am worried it means Phanpy has no chances of making to Galar (it is on my Top Priority list). So I'm hoping it is actually Galarian Phanpy despite the differences.
- Galarian Farfetch'd: Whatever, it's just Farfetch'd with a bigger leek. I assume it will be pure Fighting as well.
- Silicobra: It's ok. I was hoping we would get a python (... yes, because of FE reasons), so I got what I wanted.
- Sandaconda: Again, it's a python like I wanted. But, I don't know, not a fan of the stub thing around the head (although I understand going for a regular looking snake would be repetitive at this point).
- Centiskorch: It took a long time for a new Bug to appear, now it's here. And it looks pretty cool... but I won't lie, the Gigantamax form looks so absurdly badass it kinda makes the regular form looks lame by contrast... I wish I had time to warm up to it before seeing the Giga form.
- Hatterenne: Another case of "base form looks good enough, but the Giga form is so much better it overshadows the regular one"
- Giga Kingler: PERFECT! I adore it, I worship it, I could pray to it every day before getting out of bed. It just saddens me it means no regional form for Kingler.
- Giga Machamp: Great design as well. It really conveys the ominous feeling the officially revealed Gigas (Charizard aside) lacked. A single look at this thing made me warm up to the whole idea of Gigantamax.
- Giga Lapras: It has Giga Machamp "ominous face", I like that. Otherwise it's just regular Lapras, but the frozen notes add to its regal appearance.
- Giga Garbodor: Funny concept, I guess. Hard to judge, it's just just a bigger Garbodor with things stuck to it. You remove the stuck thing, it is actually a Dynamax.
! I won't comment on Giga Rolycoly evo because we can only see a small portion of it. Cinderace and the two unnamed new Giga are too blurred to pass a proper judgement.
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! You know, this is my second Leak Party and at first no one likes anything. In S&M everyone was mocking all 3 designs, and it was only after we had an offical art, the 3rd evos typing and seeing them in motion that love started to brew among players. I believe that this season we will have the same plot [even though the boring monotypes thing is back].
! Personaly, the only one I didn't like at first was Rillaboom. The vegan SSJ3 sounds a bit off when put together with the pre-evos, who looked rather cute and playfull. Now he kinda looks like Moana's Maui mixed with Donkey Kong, and I don't really know if I understand his inspiration…a musician of sorts? rockstar? dunno.
! Cinderace looks like a bunny Megan Rapinoe from that extreme LQ imagery, which in theory is awesome, but looks a bit too simple anatomic and design-wise.
! Intellion is my favorite of the bunch. A tall Randall, mixed with Gex, and with yaoi hands isn't really a problem in my book. The worst part of the reveal is the boring monotype, when leakers were saying something in the lines of a Water/Ghost evo. Maybe they have a Gigantamax special form that changes that, who knows.
! I really enjoyed the rest of the leak...the regional snake, the foxes, the fire-bug and the bubblegum witch are all cool in my book. -
Well, my self control didn't last long. Thoughts:
! Cinderace and Intelleon don't work for me. Both of them have some of the least subtle designs I can remember in pokemon. They're just animals with clothing. Rillaboom is pretty great, though. Have tried not to look too much at the other leaks, though.
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Some more
! New Electric-type, seemingly single stage Sea Urchin Pokemon: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIYkawzW4AAYxZ9.jpg:large
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I'm going to hold.
It's a month away and I can wait that long because going in fresh is something that I haven't done in
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I'm going to hold.
It's a month away and I can wait that long because going in fresh is something that I haven't done in
A decade.A month? Where do you live where it's not releasing in less than 2 weeks?
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Here we go (another one):
! Wooloo evolution: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572737141464.png
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Another:
! Clobopus: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740094333.png
! Grapploct: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740108748.png–- Update From New Post Merge ---
! Impidimp 2nd evoluton: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740764015.png
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! Impidimp final evoluton: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740825868.png
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! "I'll get you next time, Spiderman!"
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! Wooloo evolution: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572737141464.png
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Another:
! Clobopus: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740094333.png
! Grapploct: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740108748.png–- Update From New Post Merge ---
! Impidimp 2nd evoluton: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740764015.png
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! Impidimp final evoluton: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572740825868.png
Wow. Well I'm no longer indifferent to wooloo now.
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A month? Where do you live where it's not releasing in less than 2 weeks?
Something called being a college student with endless work is the reason.
Can only really sit down and play it next month.
That's life.
So I'll be spending my time avoiding YouTube videos like "LEAKS YOU HAVE TO SEE" or "STRONGEST GYM LEADERS YET!!"
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Im following the leaks here
https://mobile.twitter.com/CentroLeaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor! Just revealed: Corviknights 2 prevos (I prefer the 2nd stage), Rolycoly's 2 evos and Yamper's evo
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Am I the only one who likes Sobble's final evo?
! His whole look says, "Bitch, I am FIERCE."
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! Intelleon looks actually cool in that HD artwork the person posted in the twitter Conekiller mentioned
! Everything so far looks so good, but now it's typings and stats that I can't wait to know more about. Some like the corviknight line and the punchy octopuses are truly top tier pokemon. Impidimp's line is also extremely appealing and I hope they remain fairy throughout.
Also dying to know if Rapidash becomes fairy or not. The lack of wings means no secondary flying (unless they're retractable?) but I guess it could always remain mono-psychic. There's also the possibility of it evolving I guess. -
! Intelleon looks actually cool in that HD artwork the person posted in the twitter Conekiller mentioned
! Everything so far looks so good, but now it's typings and stats that I can't wait to know more about. Some like the corviknight line and the punchy octopuses are truly top tier pokemon. Impidimp's line is also extremely appealing and I hope they remain fairy throughout.
Also dying to know if Rapidash becomes fairy or not. The lack of wings means no secondary flying (unless they're retractable?) but I guess it could always remain mono-psychic. There's also the possibility of it evolving I guess.As far as Galarian Rapidash goes:
! It's Psychic/Fairy according to the dude.
As for Impidimp
! It stays Dark/Fairy
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! Galarian Rapidash is absolutely perfect and I'm in love.
! I love Galarian Ponyta, but always felt like maybe its mane and tail was a bit too puffy and it looked a little off. But I think with Galarian Rapidash they scaled it all much better for a nice, clean design. I also love the new eyes, which are different from both Galarian/original Ponyta and original Rapidash. They have a bit of an attitude in them.
! The only thing is that I think that Galarian Rapidash is such a distinct design from original Rapidash that they could have gotten away with calling it a brand new Pokemon, and with all of the excessive Gen I pandering, I honestly think they probably just should have… But oh well. I love it. -
After all the recent leaks, I finally can see a team I would be happy with (before the leaks I couldn't even come up with a full team I would be unhappy with). So far, it goes as:
! -Grookey or Rillaboom (the guy is steadily growing on me)
-Drednaw
-Dubwool
-Grimmsnarl
-Frosmoth
-Thievul
! Obviously it is subject to change. Grimmsnarl will be out if it turns out to be the pseudo. Also I have this belief I will fall in love with this pokémon once we get to see it.
! EDIT: Damn, I decided to put the images together so I could visualize the team and Grookey fits so perfectly I am starting to pity Rillaboom:
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! –Intelleon (Sobbles final evo)
--Coalossol (Rolycoly's final evo); would also be my Gigantamax Pokemon
--Galarian Rapidash
--Frosmoth (the new Bug/Ice-type moth Pokemon)
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! How much do you wanna bet someone will do a Yusuke/Intelleon meme?
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Scorbunny evo line clearly revealed.
Meh…
! for me the last evo looks like it could have been the first evo… it‘s just somehow not cool/overwhelming enough for the last evo, in my opinion... would have loved something more like blaziken
Rly hard for me this time. I don‘t rly like any of these end evos :-/
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! It just ocurred to me that the reason alot of people are fi.ding the starter evos underwhelming is likely because they have completely bonkers Kaiju transformations.
! One thing I have to say is that this gen the middle evos don't feel lile a stopgap. Like the first and third forms were designed and then they just meet in the middle for the second. They feel like fully individual creatures with some design elements unique to themselves. I actually really like Sobble's second emo look with those bright green parts.
! Actually it seems drastic color shifts seem to be a theme this gen from early stages to late stages. I think I'd prefer Impidimp's final more if it had retained a bit more of that pinkish color, even saturated down a bit. As it stands that ugly muddy purple/grey marrs what could potentially more visually appealing. I absolutely love Corviknight's midstage. Like hot damn that suckers getting an Eviolite. -
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! Based just on this first look, Cinderace is easily my favorite of the three. It looks more like a middle evolution, but I like that, it makes it look youthful compared to every other starter so far. But what I like the most is that I am getting zero athlete/soccer player vibe from it, instead of makes me think of those SNES games from the 90's. I could see it picking a sword and entering a dungeon to kill monsters in a 90's game and I love it.
! Raboot on the other hand… just like Cinderace looks like a middle evolution, it looks like a base form and it doesn't work here because we already have Scorbunny. It also looks nothing like the other two, motif-wise. Looking at it, I actually feel like Scorbunny/Cinderace would be one evolution line while Raboot and its evolution would be their rivals. -
Some more leaks:
! Alcremie pre-evo: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572812980986.png
! Galarian Ghost-Type Corsola: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572813147102.png
! Galarian Ghost-type Corsola evolution named Cursola: http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1572813209382.png–- Update From New Post Merge ---
! Dreadnaw pre-evolution: http://is2.4chan.org/vp/1572814006124.png
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! I can't believe Corsolas are fucking dead.
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So I spoiled myself on Drednaw pre-evo
! thank god, that's a surprise I wouldn't be happy with
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! I’ve wondered for months about whether to call my grookie shankey or thwack, as both amuse me equally.
! Leaked name for Grookie’s evo? Thwackey. Bahahahahahaha!
! If this is real, this is how you know you were meant to have a certain Pokémon. Depending on stats I might do the dewott strat of running it with eviolite, even though rillaboom is still fairly cool to me. -
Why are they all just dudes? I thought this was pocket MONSTERS, not pocket MEN.
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Why are they all just dudes? I thought this was pocket MONSTERS, not pocket MEN.
Who do you mean?
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Who do you mean?
I'm being intentionally vague so I don't spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen the leaks.
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Some of them are really cool, very hyped for this game. Sorry Death Stranding, you will have to wait
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! Mr.Rime is an exotic critter that gets inside of devices created for storage of their whole being that fits on envelope-like receptacle inserted on a type of clothing that usually covers the bottom half of the torso of the human being. -
Okay does anyone know if Vulpix/Ninetales is a version exclusive to Sword or Shield? It's always been in past versions.
I ask because it always has been a staple on my team and will determine which version I buy.
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Okay does anyone know if Vulpix/Ninetales is a version exclusive to Sword or Shield? It's always been in past versions.
Ponyta is Shield exclusive. Farfetched is in Sword.
The only other exlusives per game we know are the legendaries, Gothitelle/Renuculus and some dragons.
https://serebii.net/swordshield/exclusives.shtmlNo word on Vulpix.
Mandibuzz is in shield so probably sword will get Braviary since they tend to be opposites.
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Shield exclusive. Farfetched is in Sword.
The only other exlusives per game we know are the legendaries and some dragons.
https://serebii.net/swordshield/exclusives.shtmlAnd once again shield proves to be the superior version.
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Shield exclusive. Farfetched is in Sword.
The only other exlusives per game we know are the legendaries and some dragons.
https://serebii.net/swordshield/exclusives.shtmlThen call me Wolfwood Agent of SHIELD.
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Vulpix/Ninetales is not in that list of exclusives. Are you guys thinking of Ponyta?
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! So apparently all the old starters besides Charmander are cut, including the other two Kanto ones, at least it is what the leakers are saying, I though they said mascots and popular Pokemon would still show up. Now I can't use my favorite Pokemon (Cyndaquil) until they decided to put it in a game.
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Whole dex leaked. I will just copy and paste what the leaker posted. Notice there are two unnacounted for spots:
! 1 to 3 grookey line4 to 6 scorbunny line
7 to 9 sobble line
10 to 12 blipbug line
13 to 15 caterpie line
16 to 18 grubbin line
19 to 20 hoothoot line
21 to 23 rookidee line
24 to 25 skwovet line
26 to 28 pidove line
29 to 30 nickit line
31 to 33 (galar) zigzagoon line
34 to 35 wooloo line
36 to 38 lotad line
39 to 41 seedot line
42 to 43 chewtle line
44 to 45 purrloin line
46 to 47 yamper line
48 to 49 bunnelby line
50 to 51 minccino line
52 to 54 bounsweet line
55 to 58 oddish line
59 to 61 budew line
62 to 63 wingull line
64 to 65 joltik line
66 to 67 electrike line
68 to 69 vulpix line
70 to 71 arcanine line
72 to 74 vanilluxe line
75 to 77 swinub line
78 delibird
79 to 81 snorunt line
82 to 83 baltoy line
84 to 85 mudbray line
86 to 87 dwebble line
88 to 89 golett line
90 to 91 munna line
92 to 93 natu line
94 to 95 stufful line
96 to 97 snover line
98 to 99 krabby line
100 to 101 wooper line
102 to 103 corphish line
104 to 106 nincada line
107 to 110 tyrogue line
111 to 112 pancham line
113 to 115 klink line
116 to 117 combee line
118 to 119 bronzor line
120 to 123 ralts line
124 to 125 drifloon line
126 to 127 gossifleur line
128 to 129 cherubi line
130 to 131 stunky line
132 to 134 tympole line
135 to 137 duskull line
138 to 140 machop line
141 to 143 gastly line
144 to 145 magikarp line
146 to 147 seaking line
148 to 149 octillery line
150 to 151 shellder line
152 to 153 feebas line
154 basculin
155 wishiwashi
156 pyukumuku
157 to 158 trubbish line
159 to 160 sizzlipede line
161 to 163 rolycoly line
164 to 165 diglett line
166 to 167 drilbur line
168 to 170 roggenrola line
171 to 173 timburr line
174 to 175 woobat line
176 to 177 noibat line
178 to 179 onix line
180 to 181 arrokuda line
182 to 183 (galar) meowth line
184 persian
185 to 186 milcery line
187 to 188 cutiefly line
189 to 190 ferroseed line
191 to 192 pumpkaboo line
193 to 195 pikachu line
196 to 204 eevee line (no new)
205 applin
206 ? (flapple? not seen)
207 appletun
208 to 209 espurr line
210 to 211 swirlix line
212 to 213 spritzee line
214 to 215 dewpider line
216 to 217 wynaut line
218 to 219 (galar) farfetch'd line
220 to 221 chinchou line
222 to 223 croagunk line
224 to 225 scraggy line
226 (galar) stunfisk
227 shuckle
228 to 229 barboach line
230 to 231 shellos line
232 to 233 wimpod line
234 to 235 binacle line
236 to 237 (galar) corsola line
238 to 240 impidimp line
241 to 243 hattena line
244 to 245 salazzle line
246 to 247 pawniard line
248 throh
249 sawk
250 koffing (not galar)
251 (galar) weezing
252 to 253 bonsly line
254 to 256 cleffa line
257 to 259 togepi line
260 to 261 snorlax line
262 to 263 cottonee line
264 to 266 rhyhorn line
267 to 269 ? (probably gothorita line but not seen)
270 to 272 solosis line
273 to 276 karrablast and shelmet lines
277 to 278 elgyem line
269 to 280 cubchoo line
281 to 282 rufflet line
283 to 284 vullaby line
285 to 286 skorupi line
287 to 289 litwick line
290 to 291 inkay line
292 to 293 sneasel line
294 sableye
295 mawile
296 maractus
297 sigilyph
298 to 299 riolu line
300 torkoal
301 mimikyu
302 to 303 cufant line
304 qwilfish
305 to 306 frillish line
307 to 308 mareanie line
309 cramorant
310 to 311 toxel line
312 to 313 silicobra line
314 to 315 hippopotas line
316 durant
317 heatmor
318 to 319 helioptile line
320 ?
321 trapinch line
324 to 326 axew line
327 (galar) yamask
328 ? (not evolved my yamask)
329 cofagrigus
330 to 332 honedge line
333 to 334 (galar) ponyta line
335 to 336 sinistea line
337 indeedee
338 to 339 phantump line
340 to 341 morelull line
342 organguru
343 ? (probably passimian)
344 morpeko
345 falinks
346 drampa
347 turtonator
348 togedamaru
349 to 350 snom line
351 to 352 clobbopus line
353 pinchurchin
354 to 355 mantyke line
356 to 347 wailmer line
358 to 359 bergmite line
360 ?
361 lapras
362 lunatone
363 ? (probably solrock)
364 mime jr
365 to 366 (galar) mr mine line
367 to 368 ? (probably galar darumaka line)
369 stonjourner
370 eiscue
371 duraludon
372 rotom
373 ditto
374 to 377 fossils
378 to 380 charmander line
381 to 382 type null line
383 to 385 larvitar line
386 to 388 ?
389 to 391 goomy line
392 to 394 jangmo-o line
395 to 397 dreepy line
398 zacian
399 zamazenta
400 eternatusDisregarding those vacant 2 spots and the possible mythical pokémon that are not found in regular playthrough, the amount of new pokémon is
! 81. Plus 13 regional forms