Four new Pokémon have been revealed for Pokémon Sun and Moon and things just got a little too real and dark in the Alola region.
Meet Palossand, a ghost/ground type, sand castle Pokémon.
Well that’s silly! You say? Here’s the official description:
“Palossand controls human adults, making them build a sand castle that provides camouflage and also raises its defensive abilities. Unlike Sandygast, if Palossand loses some of the sand from its body, it can restore itself on its own. When moving about in search of prey, the shovel on top of Palossand’s head revolves. It’s said that the shovel could be serving as some kind of radar.”
Quite insidious yet not so bad, right? But wait, there's more!
“Palossand loves the vitality of Pokémon and drags small Pokémon into its body so it can steal their life force. Its sandy vortex swallows them up in a heartbeat! Pokémon dragged into Palossand leave traces of their ill will behind. It’s thought that this negative energy may be the starting point of new Sandygast...”
It’s all fun and games at the beach until your Pikachu gets consumed in a sandy pit of despair by this vile and murderous Pokémon!
Yeah that was also an official image, by the way. Here's the video preview of all four:
