ScraftyDevil
Banned
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9:11: Mr. Tsunekazu Ishihara, President and CEO of The Pokémon Company, is now taking the stage.
9:14: Mr. Ishihara is giving a brief history of Pokémon.
9:24: Mr. Junichi Masuda, Director at GAME FREAK inc., is on stage.
9:26: RIDEABLE RHYHORN GOTY
9:29: Rail grinding is in the game, and full clothing customization has been confirmed.
9:30: Players will be able to experience the game in one of seven languages.
9:31: PSS (Player Search System) revealed.
9:32: PSS will allow you to search for Friends, Acquaintances and Passerbys around the world and is located on the bottom screen.
9:35: PSS can detect when others are playing X and Y. Interacting with them makes them an Acquaintance. From there, they may be upgraded to Friend status. 100 Friends can be registered at any given time.
9:36: Battles have a variety of special rules to choose from if you don't like the default ones.
9:37: Battle camera is more dynamic (splitscreens, etc.). Battled Passerbys become Acquaintances through the PSS.
9:38: Over 113 regional Pokémon and 8 badges confirmed. Trading screen also looks much sleeker.
9:46: Boomburst is a new sound-based Normal-type move that can be learned by Noivern.
9:49: Pokémon-Amie system detailed. Allows a Pokémon's friendship to be increased by petting, feeding and playing with them.
9:50: Stronger bonds allow for more critical hits or evasion in battle. A new type of wild encounters called "Horde Encounters" (as many as 4 wild Pokémon appearing at once) detailed. Designed to make wild encounters more challenging and thrilling.
9:52: Sky Battles, a new style of battle open only to Flying-types and those with Levitate, officially revealed. Trainers can challenge you to Sky Battles during the main quest.
9:54: Talonflame, presumably Fletchling's evolution, is shown engaging Noctowl in a Sky Battle.
9:58: That's all for new stuff. Q&A begins.
9:59: Sorry folks; only one save file.
10:00: GF is working on allowing imports from Gen V. Apparently the 3DS/DS barrier is a pain. DLC is a possibility, but nothing concrete yet.
10:03: Fairy-type was introduced 'cause Dragon was OP. That's all that was said about that.
10:05: No comment on the total number of new Pokémon.
10:06: Beauty is a theme in the game, and France's beauty is why it was chosen as the inspiration for Kalos.
10:09: EVs and IVs will be made more visible and intuitive in X&Y.
10:11: Hair style and colour, skin tone, and outfits are all customizable. You can set how you appear to other players on the PSS.
10:13: Although 8-way movement is enabled, the game is still grind-based in order to track figures such as Pokémon encounters.
10:15: Music will sound better overall due to lack of compression/downsizing.
10:18: Their lips are sealed regarding Newtwo. Sakurai jokes that he's thinking about putting him in Smash Bros.
10:20: There is an evil team in the game, and there may be more than one rival as well.
10:22: The PSS automatically reads your 3DS Friends List and registers those on it who play X&Y as Friends ingame.
10:23: Certain areas have unique ways of getting around (i.e grinding on rails or Rhyhorning around).
10:24: Shift and Set styles of battling are back, and you can choose the music before entering a trainer battle!
10:27 Riding Pokémon are borrowed from NPCs, and can be used to open obstructed paths.
10:30: IT'S OVER!
Two new Pokémon, the crustaceous Clauncher and thuggish Skrelp, were also shown.:
9:11: Mr. Tsunekazu Ishihara, President and CEO of The Pokémon Company, is now taking the stage.
9:14: Mr. Ishihara is giving a brief history of Pokémon.
9:24: Mr. Junichi Masuda, Director at GAME FREAK inc., is on stage.
9:26: RIDEABLE RHYHORN GOTY
9:29: Rail grinding is in the game, and full clothing customization has been confirmed.
9:30: Players will be able to experience the game in one of seven languages.
9:31: PSS (Player Search System) revealed.
9:32: PSS will allow you to search for Friends, Acquaintances and Passerbys around the world and is located on the bottom screen.
9:35: PSS can detect when others are playing X and Y. Interacting with them makes them an Acquaintance. From there, they may be upgraded to Friend status. 100 Friends can be registered at any given time.
9:36: Battles have a variety of special rules to choose from if you don't like the default ones.
9:37: Battle camera is more dynamic (splitscreens, etc.). Battled Passerbys become Acquaintances through the PSS.
9:38: Over 113 regional Pokémon and 8 badges confirmed. Trading screen also looks much sleeker.
9:46: Boomburst is a new sound-based Normal-type move that can be learned by Noivern.
9:49: Pokémon-Amie system detailed. Allows a Pokémon's friendship to be increased by petting, feeding and playing with them.
9:50: Stronger bonds allow for more critical hits or evasion in battle. A new type of wild encounters called "Horde Encounters" (as many as 4 wild Pokémon appearing at once) detailed. Designed to make wild encounters more challenging and thrilling.
9:52: Sky Battles, a new style of battle open only to Flying-types and those with Levitate, officially revealed. Trainers can challenge you to Sky Battles during the main quest.
9:54: Talonflame, presumably Fletchling's evolution, is shown engaging Noctowl in a Sky Battle.
9:58: That's all for new stuff. Q&A begins.
9:59: Sorry folks; only one save file.
10:00: GF is working on allowing imports from Gen V. Apparently the 3DS/DS barrier is a pain. DLC is a possibility, but nothing concrete yet.
10:03: Fairy-type was introduced 'cause Dragon was OP. That's all that was said about that.
10:05: No comment on the total number of new Pokémon.
10:06: Beauty is a theme in the game, and France's beauty is why it was chosen as the inspiration for Kalos.
10:09: EVs and IVs will be made more visible and intuitive in X&Y.
10:11: Hair style and colour, skin tone, and outfits are all customizable. You can set how you appear to other players on the PSS.
10:13: Although 8-way movement is enabled, the game is still grind-based in order to track figures such as Pokémon encounters.
10:15: Music will sound better overall due to lack of compression/downsizing.
10:18: Their lips are sealed regarding Newtwo. Sakurai jokes that he's thinking about putting him in Smash Bros.
10:20: There is an evil team in the game, and there may be more than one rival as well.
10:22: The PSS automatically reads your 3DS Friends List and registers those on it who play X&Y as Friends ingame.
10:23: Certain areas have unique ways of getting around (i.e grinding on rails or Rhyhorning around).
10:24: Shift and Set styles of battling are back, and you can choose the music before entering a trainer battle!
10:27 Riding Pokémon are borrowed from NPCs, and can be used to open obstructed paths.
10:30: IT'S OVER!
Two new Pokémon, the crustaceous Clauncher and thuggish Skrelp, were also shown.:
Skrelp:
Clauncher:
Talonflame:
