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

[Skyblade]

We've only seen Mega-Gardevoir from a single screenshot. I'm hoping that the "balloon dress" is actually going to move in combat, so that the majority of the time it won't actually be a balloon.

I hope you're right. And I kinda hope that Mega Gyarados actually looks better in-game as well. But I won't get my hopes up.

Flying Pokémon now actively flap their wings in combat, so I don't see how that's much different from the dress.

If Mega-Evolution is battle only, Intimidate is probably going to be useless on it. Think of it. You send out Gyarados, it Intimidates the foe. You Mega-Evolve it, and now you have a useful ability on it again. It will depend if you can trade out for another Pokémon while keeping the Mega-Evolution, but my guess on that is actually "no". So you'd have Gyarados's Intimidate whenever you needed it, making Mold Breaker essentially a backup for after Intimidate has taken effect.

You do have a point, if they don't keep their mega-forms when switching out. I thought that they would keep their mega forms, but if they don't then that would kinda balance some of the more broken mega-forms a bit too. So yeah.

Yep. Not guaranteed, but I think it's likely. It adds some balance to the Mega-Forms.

Also, how often do you switch Pokémon around in combat? I mean, Intimidate doesn't get that many uses for me in a typical battle anyway. Playing single player, I almost never pull a Pokémon, instead only switching after the opponent faints and I get my free switch. So I would usually only get a maximum of three uses of Intimidate anyway. And Mold Breaker is pretty awesome. It would negate Flash Fire, Water Absorb, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Sap Sipper, etcetera. Negating Water Absorb on a Quagsire can make Mega Gyarados's water attacks hit a lot harder.

Is Mega-Gengar still Poison subtyped and weak to Psychic? Or is it going to be Dark?

Still Poison. Luckily. Gengar doesn't need a no-weakness typing in addition to those ridiculous stats. Though Poison might turn out to be a more relevant type now that Fairy has been introduced too.

Ghost/Dark is now weak to Fairy. No more Wondertombs.

I've only seen its shield form, which I don't particularly like. 60 HP isn't great either, by the way, even if its defenses rock and it has a great defensive typing too (Steel is seriously Overpowered on the number of resistances it has).

The attack form is pretty similar, but not looking like it's defending itself with the sheild basically. Still, I personally think it's pretty cool. And while 60 HP is low, putting just 100 EVs in HP, none in defense and not having a defense-boosting, it will still be able to survive a Flare Bliz from a max attack non-CB/Life Orb Infernape while in defense form.

And if it holds a Life Orb or some 20% ghost-type increasing item, then a Shadow Sneak after Swords Dance can be enough to OHKO back (assuming Sword Dance count as a defensive move and that the mode-change has priority over all attacks. Otherwise, it just has to be Sword Dance on the switch). And that's just taking one of its worse possible typing matchups. Its many resistances allows it to tank pretty much anything that Scizor could possibly throw at it. And if you just get that Autotomize in, it will be able to outspeed and - with Expert Belt or Life Orb - at least 2HKO pretty much any pokemon with just the moves revealed for it so far (including possible OHKO on Blissey with Sacred Sword).

I might be proven wrong, but I'm pretty sure this pokemon will end up in the OU tier and is going to be awesome in many teams. In a trick room team, getting a single Sword Dance in will turn into a total monster.

I liked it better when it was a living sword, not a shield holding a sword. But oh well.

I think the tier system is going to be torn to shreds when people realize that there isn't a cheat system for the 3DS, and lose their ability to create custom Pokémon at will. Smogon is certainly going to have to rethink its systems.

And I want Mega-Marowak (I figure it would get two clubs, and a more intimidating looking skull/helmet). Maybe Mega Espeon too (definitely a Mega-Umbreon, that poor guy really needs the help), but a Magic Bounce Espeon is still pretty dang powerful, and I don't think the Mega-Evolutions are going to change the fact that the movesets of some Pokémon suck. The Eeveelutions get seriously shafted on what they can learn, attack-wise.

Mega-Marowak would be pretty neat, yes. I'd also like to see a mega Crobat. And who knows... perhaps the Eeveelutions will actually get better movepools in X/Y? The reduced power of hidden power from 70 to 60 doesn't help a lot for some though.

I suppose the new movepools are a possibility. Since GameFreak does actually seem to be looking at the old Pokémon, even a little. Maybe they'll finally realize that the Eeveelutions really need more than their STAB attacks to survive.

90% of Pokémon don't have Hidden Power 70 anyway. Honestly, the move is already so gimmicky, and now they're reducing it even more?



Edit: As long as we're basing Pokémon on mythologies, I want a Quetzacoatl. Mostly because a flying snake would be able to learn both Coil and Quiver Dance (Dunsparce has wings, maybe it could get Quiver Dance, even if it is typically moth/butterfly-only). Think about it. Toss in either Minimize or Double Team, and Baton Pass, and you would have a Pokémon that could Baton Pass every stat boost in the game. Bonus points if it had the ability Simple and got double boosts from all of those.