Topic: Pokémon X/Y

[MrPhishfood]

Not played one since Ruby/Sapphire. I'll be glad to get in to Pokemon again. I heard in the more recent games that each Pokemon had a more specialised roles to play in each battle making it more strategic than merely seeing who had the upper hand in types and move types.

[Shaymin]

If the worldwide release is a side effect of regionlocking... hoo boy.

hook it to veins, shut up and take my money, etc.

Also, dibs on Fennekin.

[shingi_70]

Hype get. Been waiting for this and haven't played a pokemon game since diamond. Surprised no Wii u game was announced though.

[broodwars]

Well, it's official: Nintendo has officially clawed through the bottom of that barrel now when it comes to Pokemon game names.  It's like they've scientifically engineered the perfect "cheap cash-in" names.

I'm sure the game will sell ludicrous numbers of copies worldwide, but I just don't care about this series anymore. There are just too many Pokemon now to keep track of, and I feel like there are better franchises to spend my time on now.

[NWR_insanolord]

Well, it's official: Nintendo has officially clawed through the bottom of that barrel now when it comes to Pokemon game names.  It's like they've scientifically engineered the perfect "cheap cash-in" names.

I'm sure the game will sell ludicrous numbers of copies worldwide, but I just don't care about this series anymore. There are just too many Pokemon now to keep track of, and I feel like there are better franchises to spend my time on now.

Not surprising at all, given your hatred of Dragon Quest and the fact that Pokémon is basically Nintendo's version of Dragon Quest.

Also, I moved this thread to Handheld Discussion, where it should have been in the first place.

[Adrock]

It would probably be easier for Nintendo to come up with better Pokemon titles if they didn't need at least 2 per main entry. They have at least tried to group them together by name (though I suppose Crystal and Platinum would make more sense if switched).

Anyway, I haven't played a Pokemon title since Blue, and I think my brother stopped at Diamond (though he skipped HeartGold). I like the graphics in X/Y. They're not awe-inspiring, but they're exactly what the 2D games would look like in 3D, more so than Gale of Darkness. I probably won't buy it though.

[Do_What]

I'll buy it. Love the way it looks.

[DigitalGreenTea]

Wow, this looks so incredible! I can already imagine the upcoming online battles with those stunning battle animations...! Also, I'm glad they decided to create a new generation to the Pokémon series, so we will see even more new Pokémons and new places to explore! We will have about 700 different Pokémons! That's freaking amazing, imagine all the possible teams that you could make out of this giant selection.


I'm also really liking the starter Pokémons as well as the new Legendaries. I'll be getting Pokémon X which features this deer looking Pokémon.

[Ian Sane]

Well, it's official: Nintendo has officially clawed through the bottom of that barrel now when it comes to Pokemon game names.  It's like they've scientifically engineered the perfect "cheap cash-in" names.

I'm sure the game will sell ludicrous numbers of copies worldwide, but I just don't care about this series anymore. There are just too many Pokemon now to keep track of, and I feel like there are better franchises to spend my time on now.

Eh, I'm not going to damn a game because of the name.  "Zelda X" would probably annoy me but this fits the Pokemon naming convention pretty well.

Pokemon Gold/Silver was the last of the main titles to really impress me as it seemed exactly like the sort of "bigger, better" sequel one should expect from Nintendo.  Since then it seems like they've been very conservative with the series so I've lost interest.  But moving to full 3D is what I've been asking for for over 10 years.  That was the logical step for the series to go and Nintendo delayed it for a long time.  Well now we may finally be where I think Pokemon should have gone after Gold/Silver (where it would have had to be a console game based on the technology at the time) and I can't ignore that.  I think this could influence a 3DS purchase on my part.

[MrPhishfood]

I'm going to hate levelling up that Dratini all the way up to a Dragonite. In case you don't remember dragon type Pokemon take the longest to level up.

[ShyGuy]

I'm sure the 3DS could produce better graphics than this, but is the overworld truly giant like a sandbox GTA game? That would explain the toned down graphics style.

Or they started development on the DS.

[Spenczar]

I'm going to take a spectulative stab and say X/Y are going to be set in Europe or atleast a Europe inspired setting.  The background for pikachu looks like France, Pikachu's thunderbolt looks to come out of Europe and something looks like the Effiel Tower in the background of one of the locations.
 
Also, Froakie till I DIE.

[ShyGuy]

Every Pokemon game until was in a pseudo-Japan, right?

I think they could have enough variety to make the whole thing in France.

[Caterkiller]

- Yeah this game is certainly set in Europe this time around, which is cool.

- Still grid based, but not a big deal.

- Pokemon from every generation showcased so far. So at least a full on Gen 1 and 2 type lock out wont be happening. Doesn't mean a R/S remake wont happen. Though I liked R/S the least, if it's in 3D then ok I'll bite.

- back grounds during battles actually look like something. Doesn't seem like much right now, but it's a major step up to what we used to have. Pokemon Stadium 2 had some nice back grounds during battles, looked like you were actually battling in a real location rather than some random game world battle zone.

- The Pokemon make contact which is good, but for corn sakes if it's like battle revolution all the fun will be sucked out of the battles. So far the the attacks seem quick and pretty interesting, in battle revolution, watching Infernape run a Flair Blitz over to Empoleon was painful. The animation was laughably slow while Empoleon just sat there.

From the little that I can see the Pokemon will have the same single looping animation over and over and that's lame, but maybe not. We'll see.

All I'm really hoping for is some varied attack and idle animations.  Can't wait to see wrap and bind, hahaha.

- Last thing, with all these old Pokemon appearing in the trailer, you can bet new evolutions and pre-evolutions are upon us! Start your wishing! My hopes are on Primeape, Pegasus Rapidash, and Heatmor. 

[shingi_70]

Every Pokemon game until was in a pseudo-Japan, right?

I think they could have enough variety to make the whole thing in France.

For the most part every region has been based on apart of Japan. Orre from the GameCube games is supposed to based around Nevada/Arizona and the black/white region is based on new York.

[alegoicoe]

I give it a "Yeah" Miiverse style

[MrPhishfood]

I'm sure the 3DS could produce better graphics than this, but is the overworld truly giant like a sandbox GTA game? That would explain the toned down graphics style.

Or they started development on the DS.

Generally all 3DS games look bad in screenshots and videos but look better on the 3DS and even better in 3D mode.

[reef]

I believe that this game is set in a Pokemon version of France... at least, I read that somewhere this morning. I'll try and find a legit source, but it could be just a coincidence or fan wank

[Stratos]

I skipped B/W 2. Haven't finished a game since Emerald and that took me years to get around to (I think it was when I got Platinum and wanted to get all the old monsters).

Gold was my favorite but I couldn't even get the drive to finish the Heart Gold remake.

I am genuinely interested in X/Y but part of me wants to temper the excitement. It could just be a graphical upgrade and the gameplay is not changed up too much and if that is the case I probably won't finish these games either.

The starters are certainly more interesting than the B/W ones. Probably go with the fire one as those are traditionally my favored starters.

As for new forms of older pokemon, I always liked Scyther, Kaputops and Sandslash. New forms for them would be nice. In fact, I always wanted more from the 'fossil' monsters. Something like a 'proto form' similar to Eevee that could branch out into all of the different fossils. Or even get proto monsters for the starters. Get a proto grass, water and fire creature that could then evolve into all of the starters of that element through one trick or another.

Also, there seems to be some arbitrary limit to three progressive forms of pokemon. Charmander -> Charmaleon -> Charizard. Even with the 'poliwag' line you have to choose either Poliwrath or Politoed for their final form. Why can't we have a 4th or 5th proper stage for our monsters?

I also want triple-type creatures. I know it'll be complicated and confounding as hell, but at least make the legendary have three types. Those are typically tossed from competitive play so let us non-competitive folk have fun with tri-types in the regular game. Plus then the legendary can have something that sets them apart gameplay-wise.

[Shaymin]

I'm going to hate levelling up that Dratini all the way up to a Dragonite. In case you don't remember dragon type Pokemon take the longest to level up.

One of the Pokemon shown in the trailer is a Black/White debuting Pokemon that's basically a free Rare Candy every time you take one out. It's a fair bit easier to get Dragonite.

(Or they could have you fish one up like happens in Black and White. Damn near **** a brick when *that* happened.)

[nickmitch]

I remember raising a Dragonite in HG. That was especially painful since I didn't have a flyer. :^/

[EasyCure]

I finally saw the video from the talkback thread, and holy crap this was the pokemon follow up I wanted after playing the crap out of Red back in middle school!!

[Sarail]

Excitement has built up inside of me today regarding this announcement. Starting my old Pokémon Pearl file again... I'm 32 hours in. Let's see how this plays out.

[Ceric]

I remember raising a Dragonite in HG. That was especially painful since I didn't have a flyer. :^/

I remember leveling one up in Blue.  Loved that and it did take forever.

[nickmitch]

Definitely a rewarding experience.

So, what else do you guys think will be different? New evolution methods? A new type?