Pokémon X & Y
 

Well, I saw that no one has published any post about the new coming out pokémon games. So, I thought it would be great to talk about them.

P.D: Amigos, sorry if my english sounds like a crap.

My interest in Pokemon died down after DP in 2007, I didn't even bother to get the Gold/Silver remakes and I skipped Black/White entirely.

Not really sure if I'll pick up XY. As I said I completely skipped the 5th generation as it felt like filler to begin with especially launching on the DS and being a short gen in general.

Maybe I'll wait for, "Z version" in two years from now and get that one.

That's too bad CC, because B/W was probably the most solid gen since G/S and the G/S remakes were great.

Like with all franchises I like, my love for PKMN comes and goes, I wasn't really hyped for B/W but I'm hyped for this one. I still kind of feel like B/W was wasted, it was as much of reboot as we'll ever get and it came out on a system that was about to release its successor. I'm excited for the upcoming games and I don't know why, maybe it just has been a long time since I really played PKMN, but anyway I'm unsure whether to get digital or a physical copy, I went into more detail on the Nintendo thread, in fact here it is:

I think this looks good. I'll get this.

Now, X or Y?

Which one guys, i'm confused

Well, you can base your decision on which pokemons (exclusive of one edition or the other) do you like the most :twink:.

I myself like to be suprised with that kind of stuff, all I know about which one is exclusive are the two legends...in which case I'm getting X


Also still trying to figure out my starting team with Torchic

I'm getting X because I'm a black person and black people like things with the letter X on them.

In that case, Pokemon Y.

Pokemon Y's legendary Pokemon looks cooler

HERE!
http://www.rovang.org/wiki/xander.jpg

You can have him!

I don't get it.

You and me both Peanut

I'm actually pretty excited for the new X and Y. I got back into Pokemon again back in '09 with Firered, and really enjoyed playing through SoulSilver, White, and White 2.

It's really cool how you basically get 2 starters in the beginning of the game, a Kalos starter and a Kanto starter (and they get mega-evolutions!!) I plan on getting X, and my buddy is getting Y. He's gonna pick Fennekin and Squrtle, and I think I'm gonna go with Froakie and Bulbasaur. :tgrin:

just note his name is "X"ander and he is a terrible character

Well I'm getting the game digitally in only 3 hours or so, I'll be playing until I fall asleep so probably about an hour after it finishes downloading if it's anything like last time with AC. I'll be getting X and if anyone wants to add me just post here or PM me, my Friend Code is in my signature.

I'll be getting X and in a couple of months, I'll be getting Y

Contemplating getting it digitally. I think I'm gonna see if the eShop even loads first. If I can get in and purchase the game I'll deal with a slow download if I need to. I have no other options of getting it early and I really want to play it NOW!

I'm impatient when it comes to games. It's awful.

I'm gonna wait for Z version. Its just going to make this set obsolete in two years or so.

Nobody cares what you're doing, dipsh*t.

Anyways, eShop dumped then came back up and there's no purchase button for X or Y yet.

Edit: Up, purchased and downloading. Time to put this baby in sleep mode and let it work.

Edit 2: Game looks and feels absolutely incredible. I'm in love with the series all over again.

Okay? What's that even from? Why is it relevant? I'm confused.

I've come to the conclusion that you are worse than Hitler.

This game, you guys. Oh man, this game.

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Pokemon X and Y has been released! I can't believe I forgot about it!


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Well, so much for that.

So far 5 hours into the game...only 1 badge so far, currently just catching pokemon and grinding my team

basically my stats as of now

Gender: female (cause I bought "X" get it? so for that same reason I will be choosing a guy for when I get Y)
Name: Xerena
Caught pokemon: 32

current team:
Froakie
Pikachu (can't wait to evolve him...I hate it using the anime voice)
Combusken
Pidgeotto
Bulbasaur
empty spot for sixth...been trying to find a female ralts



stupid question...how do you find your friend code? I'd share it if I could

This game is absolutely incredible. I downloaded X, myself. Exp Share is also great. I think that was already a thing in older games, though. I haven't kept up with Pokemon in a while, sadly.

Pumped a few hours into the game and now I'm tired as hell. Need some sleep.

originally in Red and Blue it was called "Exp. All" which did the same effect, but it caused you not to be able to trade out pokemon when the opponent was going to switch out

from then on it was exp. share where one pokemon would hold it, and it would get half exp of what the pokemon that fought got (in Ruby and Sapphire at least, if you gave the pokemon that fought to hold Exp Share, it would double its experience points in battle

Edit: weird double post after editing

The key difference with exp share is that it used to be a trade off. It was splitting earned exp between battling Pokemon and whatever Pokemon was holding the item. Now it doesn't split anything, so there's no disadvantage to it. Battling Pokemon earns full exp and the rest of the team gets half of what it earned.

Yeah I don't like that there's no downsides.
I'm about 5 hours in and only going to my second badge but I like to talk to everyone and catch all available Pokemon in areas.

Random things I don't like:
-Skateboard, sometimes it's good but at times it makes the movement slippery I think I prefer to go slower with running shoes but it sucks since you have to use the d-pad
-too many old Pokemon, I want to see new Pokemon but I'm encountering old Pokemon all the time, I get that what they're going for which is always finding different Pokemon in the grass instead of only 3, but I'd rather find only 3 if they're new Pokemon...
-3D, I know I'm in the minority in the internet but I love the 3D in the 3DS and I wish I could play the game in 3D, even in the 1 on 1 battles (2 on 2 doesn't have the option) when you can turn the 3D it's very poorly done, I'm very disappointed in this.
-Slowdown, sometimes I get slowdown and it feels slow
-camera, maybe because of the rollerskates but it moves a lot at times and makes me dizzy, this is coming from someone who rarely complains about camera and that those things never make me dizzy


Other than that, I'm having a great time, can't wait to continue playing. Luckily after I finish the game I still have Pokemon BW/BW2 to play through for the first time. But we'll see how things go, I usually burn out my Pokefever fairly quickly, I hope I finish X at the least before I burn through it.

Can't wait for a "Z" version that fixes some of those issues or a X2/Y2. I don't really want Gen III remakes, because even though I like them they're perfectly playable and technically still transferable to this gen. I mean if they remake R/S they also need to remake Red/Green since they would be just as "outdated" as R/S. I pefer to get something different, hell a Ruby2/Sapphire2 or whatever. We'll see what TPC has for release next year.

Considering the sheer size and scope of the game I'd hope you could give them a pass for not worrying much about a feature most people don't use. The game looks fantastic and there are hundreds of Pokemon fully modelled and animated and 3D effectively halves the processing power of the 3DS. I'd rather have the game we have without 3D at all than to have another 2D game with full 3D support.

Wait, you can't use 3D in it? I rarely use it anyway, but it seems odd for them to take it out...

It's only usable in specific circumstances. And no, it isn't odd. It's either have the game run at 10fps or not have it usable in most situations. They made the right choice.

P.S. This game has swallowed my entire Thanksgiving Weekend whole. I came out of my Pokecoma long enough to eat dinner and dove right back in.

I can't believe there's only around 70 or so new pokemon in this game, aside from the Mega evolutions.

All new gens always added at least 100 new pokemon, I don't know why Nintendo didn't do the same here. The Mega evolutions aren't the same as real new pokemon, they're been doing alternate forms for a while since Deoxys back in Gen III.

The game is packed with Pokemon and there's more generational crossover here than ever before. They spread out the new ones pretty well and they mix it with your usual common Pokemon and ones you haven't been able to catch via normal means for a long time. They strike a decent balance that doesn't have you frustrated at a lack of new things. They stumble when the Pokemon they rely on for entire routes consist of Foongus and perhaps the new king worst Pokemon of all-time - Klefki, but so far that seems like a rare instance.

Also, take into account the amount of work that went into this game. Making a new sprite is far different than creating a fully animated 3D model and how many times did they reuse the same sprite assets in previous games? They had to model and animate all 600 whatever Pokemon existed on top of all the new ones. They built all of this game from scratch. It only takes half a second of rational thought to figure this out.

I dislike a large chunk of the new pokemon designs this time around, I actually liked the Unova set of Pokemon better.

There are a few really good ones but the rest are very meh or blatant re-treads of old pokemon. There's only so many times you can capture a butterfly looking pokemon, or yet another grass/flower looking pokemon, or another spider, etc.

Surprised there's only 3 legendaries this time around. The DP games had like 12 or 13 legendaries, it was insane.

Your inability to stay on track for a single f*cking post is incredible.

Unova had sh*t Pokemon. You can't dump on this for being retread when almost the entire god damn Unova Dex are retreads with very clear influences from the original gen. It has a couple of really awesome later game Pokemon, but for the most part it's incredibly similar. Also, if you're just looking at pictures, which I assume you are because you never base your sh*t opinions around actual experience, the game and the Pokemon in it look incredible. X&Y and some of the most solid designed Pokemon the series has ever had. None of the gens are without their design issues and bad Pokemon, but the best from X&Y easily rival the best from other gens.

I liked the Pokemon designs from the first four gens, with the exception of some of the obviously weaker ones. Sinnoh had too many evo's of old pokemon though.

Unova was a mixed bag but a lot of these new ones just don't seem interesting. The keychain, the swords, the new grass/fairy pokemon, that rock pokemon with the two claws sticking out (seriously, wtf is that?), and some of the generic water pokemon look dull as well.

I also dislike the fully evolved form of the fire starter, not sure what that was about.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.

Can we get a vote to just ban this asshole from this section? There's nothing worse than someone who has an opinion about games they've never played.

To be honest, I'm not sure why he hasn't left of his own volition due to the treatment you guys give him. And really, it's even making me feel uncomfortable. It's not like he's a child rapist or murdered your own mother. He's trying to have a conversation.

I love you guys, really. But you gotta slow your roll.