Pokémon Thunder and Lightning

Pokémon Thunder and Lightning is a Japanese adventure video game based on  by. It is developed by and published by  and, being released for Nintendo 2DS/3DS on TBD 2021.

Synopsis
Set in the Roades region, a trainer explores it and discovers the actions of the villain team known as Team Whip.

Main

 * Sam (voiced by Josh Keaton, Greg Cipes, Will Friedle, Wil Wheaton, Scott Menvile, Jason Marsden, Charlie Schlatter, James Arnold Taylor, Seth Green, Roger Craig Smith, Sam Riegel, Max Mittelman, Robbie Daymond or TBD if male and TBD if female) - a boy or girl who wants to become a Pokémon master and stumbles upon Team Whip.

Supporting

 * Professor Root (voiced by TBD) - TBD
 * Adrian (voiced by TBD if male and TBD if female) - Sam's friendly rival who is hinted to have a crush on him/her.
 * Clint (voiced by TBD) - a ground gym leader who styles himself as a cowboy.
 * Roger (voiced by TBD) - a flying gym leader who is rather competitive.
 * Davy (voiced by TBD) - a ghost gym leader who is rather mysterious.
 * Evie (voiced by TBD) - a water gym leader who is pretty energetic.
 * Linda (voiced by TBD) - a dragon gym leader who is also a country singer.
 * Matthew (voiced by TBD) - a fighting gym leader who loves to fight.
 * Kristen (voiced by TBD) - a fire gym leader who like her Pokémon can be feisty.
 * Ingrid (voiced by TBD) - an ice gym leader who is known for her chill personality.
 * Annie (voiced by TBD) - the champion of Roades who loves the thrill of the fight.
 * Annie (voiced by TBD) - the champion of Roades who loves the thrill of the fight.
 * Annie (voiced by TBD) - the champion of Roades who loves the thrill of the fight.

Antagonists

 * Team Whip, consisting of:
 * Jasmyne (voiced by TBD) - the leader of Team Whip who wants to sell and enslave Pokémon and make a world where Pokémon can't cause chaos. She is revealed to be a member of the Elite Four specializing in metal Pokémon.
 * Andre (voiced by TBD) - Jasmyne's head admin who aids her in TBD.
 * Maroon (voiced by TBD) - an admin who is known for his rather cocky attitude and TBD.
 * Team Whip Grunts (voiced by TBD) - grunts who work for Team Whip.

Pokémon

 * Giddyup - a grass horse-like Pokémon and a starter.
 * Equestra - a ground/grass horse-like Pokémon and Giddyup's evolution.
 * Neigh - a ground/grass horse-like Pokémon and Equestra's evolution.
 * Blazull - a fire bull-like Pokémon and a starter.
 * Blazpede - a poison/fire bull-like Pokémon and Blazull's evolution.
 * Volcpede - a poison/fire bull-like Pokémon and Blazpede's evolution.
 * Waterchucker - a water beaver-like Pokémon and a starter.
 * Beaverstorm - a fairy/water beaver-like Pokémon and Waterchucker's evolution.
 * Beaverflood - a fairy/water beaver-like Pokémon and Beaverstorm's evolution.
 * Dusteon - a ground Eveelution.
 * Tracteric - a metal tractor-like Pokémon.
 * Howlbite - a psychic coyote-like Pokémon.
 * Howlfang - TBD
 * Revolt - a steel humanoid-like Pokémon.
 * Revolter - a steel humanoid-like Pokémon.
 * Robbin - a flying robin-like Pokémon.
 * Robbur - a flying/fighting robin-like Pokémon.
 * Robbank - a flying/fighting robin-like Pokémon and Robbur's evolution.
 * Alisplasher - a water aligator-like Pokémon.
 * Windeigo - a ghost/flying type monster-like Pokémon.
 * Grassjumper - a bug type grasshopper-like Pokémon.
 * Grassrocker - a bug/rock grasshopper-like Pokémon.
 * Tornadome - a flying/poison tornado-like Pokémon.
 * Lightnimoo - an electricity/flying cow-like Pokémon and one of the legendaries and mascots.
 * Thundboar - a ground/flying boar-like Pokémon and one of the legendaries and mascots.

Variants

 * Roades Tangela - a ground variant of Tangela.
 * Roades Woobat - a fire variant of Woobat.
 * Roades Cacturn - a rock/grass variant of Cacturn.
 * Roades Buneary - a rock variant of Buneary.
 * Roades Ekans - TBD

Gyms and other areas

 * Seashore Town - start of journey.
 * Gulf City - town where you face Evie.
 * Touchdown City - town where you face Roger.
 * Neo City - city that hosts a Pokémon rodeo.
 * Blackstone National Park - a national park where you can only catch one Pokémon.

Trivia

 * Team Whip is based on slave owners during the 1800s/pre-civil war.