Pokemon Gen 6, X & Y announced; worldwide release in October

[Tigmafuzz]

You get EXP for captures now? I'm not sure I like that. I used to use Pokemon I wanted to keep untouched for capturing.

Yup.

Pokémon X & Y – Aurorus’ moves detailed, Pokémon will gain XP

The Pokémon in X & Y will also gain experience points after trainers have captured another Pokémon. In previous games, they would not earn XP. This information was posted by Nintendo World Report, after having hands on time with the game earlier this week.

IT'S HAPPENING

1. Put weak pokemon at front of party
2. Encounter legendary Pokemon
3. Master Ball
4. ?????
5. Profit!

I've never been so happy.

I hope it's not full exp., though. I don't think it will be. Maybe based on the percentage of health you took off before catching it, or the percentage of health it has left, the number of turns, etc.
>implying GameFreak could come up with anything that complicated

Maybe it'll even have to do with which kind of ball you use.

Maybe there'll be an EXP Ball that doubles the amount of experience you get when catching pokemon. I hope there is.

Also I hope your Pogeymans gain EVs when you catch another one. So many possibilities.

Oh, and: HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE

[Skyblade]

I just hope the switch to the 3DS finally does away with Event Pokémon. If there's one thing I hate about the series, it's Nintendo's obsession with on-cart DLC.

So many cool Pokémon and events that either never get distributed (we still never got the Flute to go meet Arceus and catch it in-game), or are only available for a week or two before going away.

Hopefully with the 3DS actually being able to fully support DLC and expand upon games and such, we can make event Pokémon available for more permanent download through the e-shop (and, with luck, even keep the events if we choose to reset the game).

[Evastio]

Aww... I have to choose between the two fossil Pokemon when they both look awesome? This reminds me of having to pick between Archeops and Carracosta in the 5th Gen, though since I chose Oshawott as my starter, it made that choice simpler since Carracosta is a part water type and would be more redundant than an Archeops. As of now, there's no other new dragon or ice types I'm wanting to train so the choice isn't as clear cut for me. I'm leaning towards Aurorus currently, though.

And I understand 6th Gen Pokemon not getting any Mega Evolutions, since it'd seem a bit overkill if they introduced all the new 6th Gen Pokemon and gave them Mega Evolutions. At least by giving Mega Evolutions to Gens 1-5, it'd help give a relatively equal amount of limelight to the previous generations while still introducing a brand new 6th Generation.

[Skyblade]

Aww... I have to choose between the two fossil Pokemon when they both look awesome? This reminds me of having to pick between Archeops and Carracosta in the 5th Gen, though since I chose Oshawott as my starter, it made that choice simpler since Carracosta is a part water type and would be more redundant than an Archeops. As of now, there's no other new dragon or ice types I'm wanting to train so the choice isn't as clear cut for me. I'm leaning towards Aurorus currently, though.

And I understand 6th Gen Pokemon not getting any Mega Evolutions, since it'd seem a bit overkill if they introduced all the new 6th Gen Pokemon and gave them Mega Evolutions. At least by giving Mega Evolutions to Gens 1-5, it'd help give a relatively equal amount of limelight to the previous generations while still introducing a brand new 6th Generation.

Eh, people will either find duplication glitches (again), or hack the game in the first two weeks, and there will be thousands of fossils free to trade around.

[Evastio]

Online for portable consoles never seems to work well for me, even if I bring it to a hotspot like McDonalds or something. My home consoles work significantly better with the internet, but it's still rather shaky and messes up every 1 in 6 times. You don't have to worry about it, since I don't want to derail the thread with my internet gaming woes, and I mostly play offline games.

[Tigmafuzz]

I just hope the switch to the 3DS finally does away with Event Pokémon.

You're hoping for Game Freak and Nintendo to stop loving money.

Hopefully with the 3DS actually being able to fully support DLC and expand upon games and such, we can make event Pokémon available for more permanent download through the e-shop

I would like this.

(and, with luck, even keep the events if we choose to reset the game).

[Skyblade]

I just hope the switch to the 3DS finally does away with Event Pokémon.

You're hoping for Game Freak and Nintendo to stop loving money.

Hopefully with the 3DS actually being able to fully support DLC and expand upon games and such, we can make event Pokémon available for more permanent download through the e-shop

I would like this.

(and, with luck, even keep the events if we choose to reset the game).

No, I want Nintendo and Game Freak to love money more.

I want Event Pokémon to be DLC. Maybe "free for a limited time, then paid", or something similar. I'd like my gameplay of the series to not be dependent on following their frelling websites and carting myself all over town every six months.

Do you know how hard it is to find a Toys 'R' Us these days on the spur of a moment for a new event Regigigas? Do you know what a pain it is having to drive down to Gamestop with broken bones so that I can download the event shinies before X and Y come out?

What's more, I'm sick of the format of it. I'm sick of getting Team Plasma's ultimate Genesect just given to me by a delivery guy in a random Pokémart. I'm sick of these super legendary and rare Pokémon literally just getting dropped off for us.

Gen IV handled things relatively well, with the amount of tickets and passes which unlocked events in game (like Darkrai, Rotom, Shaymin, Lati@s, and the Pokéwalker courses). But even then, they never used all the ones they put in game, as Arceus could never be caught by a player, despite being programmed in. The god Pokémon that created the region, and it's just given to you by a delivery guy. Seriously.

And then in Gen V, we got rid of all of that. We kept Victini that way, but the rest? Nope, sorry, go see the delivery dude.

It's boring, it's unimaginative, and it doesn't do justice to the rest of the concepts in the series.


Now we've moved to the 3DS. We can make bigger games, with more depth. And the 3DS supports full expansion, including new maps, and entirely new scripted events (which the DS never did, which is why every DS "downloadable" event can be, and was, hacked and made available via Action Replay and such).

I want the majority of these event Pokémon to become full DLC. Not all of them. Pokémon for tournaments and such? Fine. But for legendary Pokémon or event Pokémon (like the special Pichu from HG and SS)? Nope. Make them accessible in the e-Shop. Let them be downloaded at any time (again, make them free during the promotional period, if you want, and charge otherwise), and let people get them whenever they want during the game. And, again, let these new DLCs stick with the game if you decide to reset or start over, so that you can pick up the Pokémon again, even if you're no longer within the time period for the event, because you've already gotten it.

And imagine what this could do. Next time Game Freak wants to give us a new legendary, they can throw in an actual in-game event supporting it. A new building is unlocked, a new route opens up in a cave, etcetera. The world actually expands and deals with these Pokémon, not just some delivery guy.

I love the Pokémon games. I really, really like most of the changes they brought in Gen V (not all, but most of them). But I wish they'd move on from their current system for handling events. I'd rather pay for event Pokémon than miss out on them entirely because I wasn't playing Pokémon during the two weeks it was active.

[Tigmafuzz]

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[WildRaubtier]

I don't know if it's so bad it's good, or if it's just terrible.

[Denmark]

diglett->dugtrio
magnemite->magneton
beldum->metang->metagross (kind of)
klink->klang->klinklang
honedge->doublade

(compiled from a quick skim of this list)

I guess they haven't really played out the "tape unevolved pokemon to get the evolved form" trope quite yet. and what's better than one ghost sword? two ghost swords, obviously.

could be ok since sword implies high attack. we'll see

[Jinx]

yeah, but what's better than TWO swords?

[Quindiana Jones]

It made sense for Dugtrio and Magneton, though.

[Skyblade]

It made sense for Dugtrio and Magneton, though.

How did Dugtrio make sense?

Magneton worked. So did Klink/Klang/Klinklang, I think (they're gears, fitting together is what they do).

Also, why does Honedge evolve into a piece of wall ornamentation?
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[WildRaubtier]

diglett->dugtrio
magnemite->magneton
beldum->metang->metagross (kind of)
klink->klang->klinklang
honedge->doublade

Stayu->Starmie
Koffing->Weezing

[Skyblade]

Has there been any word yet on a return of Challenge Mode/Easy Mode for X&Y? Hopefully with a better way to unlock them than "complete the game or trade with someone who has completed the game".