A new Eeveelution, Sylveon (ニンフィア Ninfia) has been revealed in this month's issue of CoroCoro. While its type is not revealed in the image, its weight is 23.5 kg (~51.8 lb) and its height is 1 meter (~3' 3").

This confirms the previous rumor of a new Eeveelution debuting in Pokémon X and Y and the Pikachu and Eevee Friends short.

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Oh jeez, does that mean we're still going to be relying on leaks for new information? I thought this generation would be smarter and have the official sources revealing things online at the same time. Oh well.

Serebii says from a trusted source that the name of it could possible be Ninfia.

A full image on Serebii was found that could be what Ninfia is, but it's still unconfirmed.

Pokebeach says

Ooh, I hope it's real~! Should this be edited and moved to the news?

Looks like an Eevee made an egg with a Milotic :/

When the games were announced, I was excited, but now with more new Pokémon leaks coming, I'm boarding the hype train! I'm really wondering what type it is, with no obvious cues coming from the body. You could analyze that it looks normalish, maybe giving Eevee a true evolution, but it's really hard to say. I'm hoping otherwise, to be honest.

This might be just a tad crazy, but maybe...it's somehow multi-type. Like, it's not just one single typing. It's unlikely, but it would cool as heck if it was.

Highly unlikely. They'll stick to the Traditional Eeveelution single Typing~

There's a rumor floating around it's Fire/Flying.

I am going to be the party-pooper and say my honest opinion that I dislike it. The ribbons/bows on it look... awkward. I'm not sure what type it is, my guess is either Normal (but... Eeeve...), or Flying. But how the heck could it fly with bows and ribbons...? It looks like an over-sized rabbit to me right now, hopefully my opinion will change depending on if it's real or not, and what type it is. But right now, my personal opinion just by visual appearance is not too high. But glad to see other's like it at least instead of a LOT of LD-Opinions running around.

I don't mean to be rude but that's kinda expected of ya LD, I know you like cute things but you also like dark things so I never pegged you as one who'd have an interest in something that looks so fufu.

Heck the type it is could be fusioned or the method to evolve to be fusion. (or have 2 eevee types in the party and lv it up somewhere) or a whole new type as they said its a secret.

Given it's pretty much confirmed at this point, I have edited the first post and moved it to PokéNews.

I'm suspecting its English name will be something like "Ninfeon" based on how Leafeon and Glaceon were named.

Maybe it's Bug type and based on the word "nymph?" (Nympheon? Nymfeon? Nimfeon?)

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When I see the prefix "nin", I am reminded of ninjitsu. Ninjutsu translates into "the art of stealth/secrecy", so maybe its typing will deal with stealth? In my opinion, Ninfia will most likely be a flying type, with those ribbons that are flying in the wind. Maybe the fact that many ninjas strike from the sky [it is a means to retain stealth, as not many will expect an attack from the sky] supports that a little?

In the picture (right about Ninfia's head) there is a smaller (and not fully shown) picture of what looks like Ninfia in battle. It is on the ground and there are shiny things around it.

But those darts could be an effect of the pokeball.

Oh my this new one does look cute I suppose, especially it's little bowtie!

Another new photo~

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Well this confirms evos/pre-evos for gen 6! Yay! Hmm as for typing I suspect it's either fighting or a whole new type. I probably will use this in my team in my playthrough of Y (I'm getting Y first) but if it's fighting type and if Kirlia is in the regional dex (Gallade is my favorite Pokémon) then that'd be a small problem but oh well.

I just think that it is a normal type. Why can't Eevee have a normal evolution?

Ninfia looks adorable omg, but the only type I can imagine it being is normal. Kind of odd since I assumed Eevee would be the only normal type but I guess we don't actually know yet - maybe it can transform those ribbons into boxing gloves or something haha. I won't be surprised. xD;

I'm hoping Ninfia is a Normal type evolution...unless it's going to be some sort of new type. (It kinda looks like a fairy)

I've recently contemplated the possibility of there being a Fairy type, but this ain't Yugioh.

I think I want a plush of the new guy here. It's Victini-cute - so much that I want to take one home! I'm a sucker for cute things, and this new Eeveelution is no different.

Probably has a normal type

to me this game is another diamond and pearl as eevee might have another new stage besides just ninfia.

Im quite excited for Ninfia to be an adorkable Eevvelution, but at the same exact time im unhappy that they revealed another Eevee evolution. I feel like they should reveal more evolutions that Pokemon should have. Like for example...I feel like Riolu or somebody like that can get a second line evolutin or maybe even a baby Pokemon to get people hyped up. I feel like we have enough Eeveelutions and can stop.

UPDATE: Moments ago @Pokémon tweeted a link to Pokémon.com, announcing Eevee's new Eeveelution, Sylveon! No type information was given, but there is battle footage and images!
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Sylbeon looks all cuddly there. Looking at the name, well... it's probably way easier to figure out the type now. Normal, or new type?

i cant even say say its name hard to pronounce it.

I keep calling it Nymphoen on accident, haha. D; But Sylveon is an adorable name - I love it a ton! Hoping it's a flying type, personally.

Looks like it was using a few noticeable moves there. The first one was Focus Blast, next was Trump Card, don't know what the third move was, but the last one was Swift.

Hm, looks like they're actually being punctual and revealing the names in English without waiting a while.

If it is Normal Typing...I truly wouldn't mind using it, as long as it's fast X3

As far as trying to predict the skitty-colored skymin looking thing-- I mean Sylveon's type, here is an interesting thing from Tumblr that randomly popped up that is pretty intriguing. Notice how they're arranged, eh?

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I guess it could be a Flying type...but it has no wings or things to fly with (unless you think those ribbons act as propellors or something like that).

Then again...

This guy could fly without any wings.

Sylveon looks cool, but what's its type....
It continues to be a mystery.

It would be disappointing if it is Normal-type. I think the most likely type is Flying.

*wonders if it's Flying, it'll also be Normal*

If I be honest I hope it is neither flying or normal but rather be a new type.

I want one!

It is possible that Sylveon's type was revealed in the recent new Mewtwo form video.

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Wow you just mad a discovery this is interesting

It seems a little obvious now with that, and the fact that it has butterfly shaped bows (we can admit most bows don't look like butterflies), and the large bug-eyes.

"Now that I take a second look at that photo, I notice that Espeon is death staring the rest of them.

Yeah i see those bug like eyes it has, if you look at those carfully you do notice a bugish eye look.

As a contuation to Reun's hypothesis and opinion, i tool a closer look at the other backgrounds for each of the other Eeveelutions. Glaceon for example looks like the Icicle badge from Sinnoh and and Flareon look like a combo of the Heat badge from Hoenn and the Volcano badge from Kanto. Just a theory, but i thought these notes can help too

Hey! in pokemon X and Y I heard there is gonna be a new type AND eeveeloution!i think is called Sylveon or somethin' like that.Anyways,i wanna know if you guys think its cute or not!

So I personally think there's still a slight chance we will get a second dragon type type eeveelution this generation.

My guess is they only introduced Sylveon to get people interested in fairy type, if they introduced a second one it would have gotten less attention.

Makes sense. Umbreon/Espeon. Leafeon/Glaceon. Sylveon/???.

I'm gonna guess it's Dragon since it's the only type officially confirmed to be Super-Effective against Dragon.

Especially considering Fairy was only created to counter Dragons.

Well, considering the Weak/Strong duo we usually get with Eeveelutions, would I be ok to assume that the other one may be Poison? Sure, it could be Dragon, but what if Fairy is picked for the weak side? I dunno... I would kinda like to see what a Poison one would be like over Dragon.

Sylveon will go OU. Lol.

I think I can figure out Sylveon's base stats- or at least think about what they might be.

All Eeveelutions share the same numbers for their base stats: 65, 65, 60, 95, 110, and 130.

For Sylveon, I think this would be the most possible Base stat distribution:

HP: 65
Atk: 65
Def: 60
SpAtk: 95
SpDef: 130
Speed: 110

The only things that might get switched around would be Speed with SpAtk or Attack with Defense.