"A little look back to the run up of Sun and Moon"

As some of us are aware (Although I'm sure many of you may have forgotten, as I did until /u/Alex_Hyperion reminded me), today marks exactly a year since the reveal of Sun and Moon, and I decided to look back at the wait we had for Gen VIIFeburary 26th, 2016: Sun and Moon announced via a reveal trailer, which accidentally 'leaked' Pikipek. Within hours, many in the Pokémon Community had figured out the location of the new generation, Hawaii.March 12th, 2016: Corocoro promises that April will be the start of Sun and Moon infoMarch 26th, 2016: Gathering at the Pokémon House (Which I'm assuming is the new name for Pokémon Sunday, given it changes so frequently) announces a special episode in which Junichi Masuda will be appearing, along with the first footage of Sun and MoonUnknown date, April: A leaker supposedly leaked info that the next starters would be an Owl, Cat and Sea LionApril 3rd, 2016: Gathering at the Pokémon House reuse footage from the trailer released over a month ago as their 'new footage' they hyped up. Junichi Masuda, when interviewed about the new game, said 'There would be atleast 10 new Pokémon in it' and that 'Pikachu would be in the game'. He was also asked if Weavile would appear in the game (IIRC), to which he said something along the lines of 'Maybe'April 12th, 2016: Corocoro release 'new' information about the games, which includes boxart which they blocked out with a lens flare, and then promised the real news would be coming next monthApril 20th, 2016: 'Solgaleo' and 'Lunala' are trademarkedMay 5th, 2016: The Pokémon Company promises information on the 10th, the entire fanbase expects nothing due to the past few month's 'information'May 10th, 2016: Rowlet, Litten and Popplio revealedMay 12th, 2016: Corocoro yet again provides no new information on Sun and MoonMay 13th, 2016: Corocoro upload footage of Sun and Moon to Youtube, accidentally leaking RockruffJune 2nd, 2016: Alola officially revealed, along with Lillie, Kukui, Hau and the box legendaries, Solgaleo and LunalaJune 11th, 2016: Komala and Rockruff revealed by Corocoro, and it's stated that the starters and Rockruff all hold a secret. Both Zygarde forms are confirmed for Sun and MoonJune 14th, 2016: Pokémon Sun and Moon are brought to E3. Pikipek, Grubbin and Yungoos are revealed live. Pokémon's official Youtube channel also confirms Battle RoyalesJune 30th, 2016: Tapu Koko, Bruxish, Drampa, Vikavolt, Charjabug, Togedemaru and Cutiefly are confirmedJuly 7th, 2016: Salandit is confirmed at Japan ExpoUnknown time around June-July: The now famous 'Chinese Riddler' uploads a picture of Pikachu hidden under a sheetJuly 12th, 2016: Corocoro finally delivers with information, revealing Bewear and MimikyuSometime around June-July: Images of Decidueye, Primarina and Incineroar are uploaded to the internet and quickly deemed fakeJuly 19th, 2016: Wimpod, Comfey, Bounsweet and Mudsdale are revealed, along with Hyper TrainingSomewhere between June-August: Leakers claim older Pokémon would gain new forms with new typing and abilities. This is quickly ignored by the community for soundinf fabricatedAugust 1st, 2016: Alola Forms confirmed for Exeggutor, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Vulpix, Ninetales and more Pokémon are revealed, Gumshoos, Minior, Fomantis, Lurantis and Mudbray. Trial Captains replace Gym Leaders in Alola and Pokéride and Z Moves are confirmed. Exeggutor memes explode onto the internetEarly August: Chinese Leaker shares images of rock/paper/scissors and supposedly 'innards', and also seperately shares images of a skeleton cloth and shovel and sandAugust 9th, 2016: Oricorio, Sandygast, Pallosand, Stufful and Wishiwashi appear in Corocoro, along with Alolan Meowth. Pyukumuku is accidentally revealed in the same issueAugust 10th, 2016: Videos leak online of Morellul and Alolan Raichu.August 11th, 2016: Team Skull are confirmed, along with 'admins' Plumeria and GuzmaAugust 18th, 2016: Turtonator revealed at GamescomAugust 19th, 2016: Crabrawler revealed at the World Championships, demonstrating it's base 82 Attack stat by somehow oneshotting popular VGC monsAugust 22nd, 2016: Footage of Pyukumuku being thrown is uploaded to YoutubeSeptember 1st, 2016: Alolan Rattata is confirmed, alongside Snorlax's own Z MoveSeptember 6th, 2016: Ultra Beasts and Nihilego are confirmed, as are Jangmo-o, Type:Null and Alolan Raticate. The Aether Foundation is confirmed, as is Gladion. Fans begin to think Nintendo have went insane with the Pokémon namingAround September 7th, 2016: The Chinese Riddler comes back with more riddles, including the name 'Marshadow' and a bust of Aristotle. They also upload a picture of Anabel and update their avatar to ColressSeptember 8th, 2016: Professor Oak's Alolan cousin is confirmedSeptember 12th, 2016: Buzzwole and Pheromosa are confirmed, as is Lycanroc's split forms. Corocoro then promise to show 'Type:Null's true strength' next issue, which fans immediately assume is a 'face reveal' of said Type:NullMid September: Chinese Riddler adds a picture of a sage and a voice actress to their list of Pokémon hintsSeptember 20th, 2016: Passimian and Oranguru confirmedOctober 4th, 2016: After a month extra waiting time, the evolutions of the starters are revealed, Brionne, Torracat and Dartrix. Festival Plaza and Poképelago are also confirmed. Litten fans begin to panic, much to the annoyance of othersOctober 7th, 2016: Ilima and several Z-Moves are confirmed via NintendoOctober 12th, 2016: Corocoro leaks online, but the leaker is extra stingy with the information, only revealing Alolan GrimerOctober 13th, 2016: Said leaker finally reveals, Hakamo-o, Kommo-o and SilvallyOctober 14th, 2016: Steene, Tsareena, Ribombee and Alolan Muk are confirmedSometime October: Chinese Riddler adds a Toucan and pictures of a Gorgon, Harpy, Siren and Cleopatra to their list of Pokémon cluesOctober 17th, 2016: Mareanie accidentally shown on TCG art and Ash Greninja confirmedOctober 18th, 2016: The demo for Sun and Moon is released, and Alolan Dugtrio is revealedSometime after October 18th: Unfortunately, despite Game Freak's best attempts to scrub the game of info, they leave the Pokédex images in the demo, accidentally leaking the entire dex. Litten fans become traumatisedOctober 27th, 2016: Decidueye, Primarina and Incineroar are confirmed, confirming the earlier leaks that had been dismissed as fake as true. Nebby is also confirmedNovember 7th?: 2016: An employee at a game shop manages to get a copy of the game early. Said employee proceeds to dump the ROM and upload it to the internet. Chaos insuesNovember 11th, 2016: Celesteela and Kartana are officially revealed alongside Necrozma, leaving only Guzzlord and Xurkitree left to be revealed of the Ultra BeastsNovember 13th, 2016: Guzzlord 'found' on the same page as Celesteela and Kartana. Somehow nobody noticed itNovember 14th, 2016: The starters Z-Moves are confirmed, and Xurkitree is finally confirmedLate November: Sun and Moon officially releaseIs there any memories you want to share about the wait up until Sun and Moon? Did you think Nihilego was Lillie? Did you know that the Aether Foundation was evil all along? 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