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

[Denmark]

yeah, but what's better than TWO swords?

[Skyblade]

Let's see. Things I'd like to see going forward.

Useful Pokéballs. My gosh, WTF is up with Game Freak? Making useful new Pokéballs is easy, yet they seem to have one of the worst imaginations in this regard.

Hidden Ball - Increases catch rate the smaller the percentage chance of encountering a Pokémon is in the current area. Remember the 5% chance you get to see a Sigilyph? Yeah, this ball would help you catch that one. It would also help with the rare shaking grass Pokémon like Throh/Sawk in their incorrect version.
Growth Ball - Doubles all EVs acquired by the Pokémon inside.
Learner's Ball - Doubles all Exp gained by the Pokémon inside.
Repel Ball - Reduces your chances to encounter the type of Pokémon inside while the ball is in your party.
Magnet Ball - Increases chance of catching Electric and Steel Pokémon (seriously, why does Water get all the love?)

And those are just simple ones that you can make in seconds. I'd also love to see more complicated ones. How about a ball that teaches a Pokémon unique moves as it levels up in it?



Also, while we're at it, can they finally choose how they actually want to do their non-combat minigames? I am so sick of these changing each and every game. The entire strength of the battle system is that it's a solid system that only changes in minor ways each time, so you can learn and carry over your knowledge. So why do they totally revamp the mechanics of the performances?



Remove the delivery guy. I am seriously sick of him, we deserve a more interesting way to get the Pokémon of legends than getting them stuffed in a box and conveniently deposited in a Pokécenter.



Add in multi-region support. One of the reasons why Gen II was so well received was because you could go back to the Gen I areas. Expand upon the world a bit, let us visit places from past adventures.



Stop introducing new Teams. Seriously, it's getting on my nerves. Again, something Gen II did well was to reuse Team Rocket. Now we've got Rocket, Aqua, Magma, Galactic, Plasma, and Flare, not to mention all the dozens in the spin-offs. Give us familiar villains, please, not just a foe-of-the-week that we can't take seriously.



Give us easier ways to manipulate IVs. I swear, Pokémon has still got to be one of the the most hacked games I've ever played. Granted, a lot of people just want to catch them all (in one game), but there's also so many people who want to get a good team in less than the 30,000 hours it takes to breed/capture high IV Pokémon.




EDIT: Oh, yes, and DLC. Such as:
Kanto Pack: Add the standard Kanto Pokémon to the game. They'll appear in various areas, able to be captured.
Johto Pack: Same as above, but for Johto Pokémon.
Hoenn Pack: Same as above, but for Hoenn Pokémon.
Sinnoh Pack: Same as above, but for Sinnoh Pokémon.
Unova Pack: Same as above, but for Unova Pokémon.
Gen I Legendaries Pack: Get Mew, Mewtwo, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres added to your game to be captured (preferably in cool/hard to reach locations).
Gen II Legendaries Pack: Get Celebi, Ho-oh, Lugia, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune in your game to be captured (again, hard to find or high level areas).
Gen III Legendaries Pack 1: Get Regice, Registeel, Regirock, Latios, and Latias in your game to be captured.
Gen III Legendaries Pack 2: Get Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, and Deoxys in your game to be captured.
Gen IV Legendaries Pack 1: Get Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Manaphy, Heatran, Regigigas, and Arceus in your game to be captured.
Gen IV Legendaries Pack 2: Get Palkia, Dialga, Giratina, Shaymin, Cresselia, and Darkrai in your game to be captured.
Gen V Legendaries Pack 1: Get Victini, Meleotta, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Genesect in your game to be captured.
Gen V Legendaries Pack 2: Get Tornadus, Thunderus, Landorus, Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurem in your game to be captured.
Specials Pack: Get rare Pokémon like Pikachu with Surf, Darkrai with Roar of Time and Spacial Rend, etcetera in your game to be captured.
X Pack: Get the Pokémon X exclusive Pokémon available in Pokémon Y.
Y Pack: Get the Pokémon Y exclusive Pokémon available in Pokémon X.

[Tigmafuzz]

yeah, but what's better than TWO swords?

A shield and polearm.

[Bunny]

People complaining about swords in a game where an ice cream cone pokemon exists.

[Denmark]

you mean, where three ice cream cone pokemon exist.

[Agent Proto]

You know he meant the same line of evolution.

[Skyblade]

Mewtwo isn't the only one get two Mega Evolutions.

Mega Charizard X
Mega_Charizard_X-X-and-Y.jpg
He finally becomes a Fire-Dragon, instead of Fire-Flying.
It also gets boosted attack, and Tough Claws, which boosts direct contact moves.

So, which do you prefer?
Mega_Charizard-X-and-Y.jpg


Fire-Flying with Drought and Special Attack?
Or Fire-Dragon with Tough Claws and Physical Attack?


Also, notice that Y gets the Special version of both Mewtwo and Charizard, while X gets a physical version with a type change. Theme?

[Agent Proto]

The Starters' final evolutions were also leaked, though they could be fake! Not sharing much because I'm aware some of you guys don't want to get spoiled about these things.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Fire/dragon sounds like a cool typing, I think that one sounds better to me so far. I like the look more too.

Does this mean that evolution will take normal damage from Fairy and Ice now, and double from only ground and rock?

[Skyblade]

Fire/dragon sounds like a cool typing, I think that one sounds better to me so far. I like the look more too.

Does this mean that evolution will take normal damage from Fairy and Ice now, and double from only ground and rock?

Yep.

Even better, it's STAB moves, similar to Reshiram's, are only going to be resisted by a single Pokémon currently in existence, a Heatran with Flash Fire (actually, Reshiram's Blaze Aura negated Flash Fire, but Mega Charizard won't have that benefit).

Of course, this will change if they pair Fairy with any Fire-Resistance type. But Fairy itself doesn't resist Fire. And that still means only 4 possible combinations to resist Mega Charizard-X's STABs. Fire-Fairy, Water-Fairy, Rock-Fairy, and Dragon-Fairy. And I'm seriously not expecting a Dragon-Fairy combination, as they were invented as the anti-dragon. But maybe GameFreak will surprise me.

Although, since the evolutions seem to be based on the stone they carry, the Mega-Evolutions don't look to be game specific. The stones might be only available in one game, but if a Pokémon can hold them, they can probably be traded. So I'll happily transfer the stones over and get access to both for direct comparisons. Not to mention that would give me an extra edge in my opponent not knowing which I would Mega Evolve it to. If it works.

[Freya]

damnit Fennekin started the cutest and in lame. damnit. froggy it is!

[Bunny]

At this point, why the hell would ANYONE get Pokemon Y.

[WildRaubtier]

Yveltal is still better than xerneas. And charizard still suffers from being charizard. Both mewtwos are ugly.

[Skyblade]

At this point, why the hell would ANYONE get Pokemon Y.

Well, I'm planning on getting both.

But personally I'm preferring Y over X for a couple reasons. As WildRaubtier pointed out, Yveltal is better looking than Xerneas (though I do like Xerneas too). But I've also preferred special attacks over physical in the Pokémon games (and Mewtwo has the awesome Psystrike, which gives him the best of both worlds), and generally prefer them to the physical, contact based attacks.

Heck, my first real run with an all-physical Pokémon as my starter was White Version, where I had a fairly awesome Physical Samurott (Slash, Waterfall, X-Scissor, Swords Dance). And, while it had great type coverage and did well through most of the game, Pokémon with Static, Flame Body, Effect Spore, and similar abilities made me really regret choosing a physical main Pokémon.

So I have some apprehensions about Mega Charizard-X, since it's based entirely on contact moves. Also, while it has a better color scheme, I don't like it's design as much. The flames coming out of its mouth are not something that appeal to me, and seem to be in every pic of the form. Then too, his shoulder spikes aren't as cool as Char-Y's wrist wings (or impressive wingspan in general).



It also might depend on the version differences. White and Black had the White Forest/Black City, which was an awesome version difference (especially in BW2, where the keys let you eventually unlock the other game's location to switch out). Depending on how far they go with the version differences, I can understand possibly wanting one over the other.

[Jinx]

Pokémon X And Y New Spoilers: Confirmed Final Starter Evolutions Revealed As Early Game Recipients Leak Information [PHOTOS] - International Digital Times