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PokéBOMB: Pokémon X and Y for 3DS (Coming October 2013 WW) - Lord Fennekin Ascends
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If I had spent more time hanging out at bars and less time online I would have never met my wife. She plays more games than I do.
Keru_Shiri
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Ah, that would be amazing! I could even deal with HMs if they could be mapped to button presses, and you could turn of the animations.
It would be more a devolution. Ditto can already transform into all 648 pokemons just by thinking about it or seeing it.
Kirby need to actually eat them. Not as practical.
Resistance100
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Still buzzing over this game. Can't get over the fact it will be in 3D.
Still between this and Animal Crossing the 3DS will be my most played console this year, by some distance
Still between this and Animal Crossing the 3DS will be my most played console this year, by some distance
LumpOfCole
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Do you guys think these Pokemon games will be on the eShop? I would love to have the game just sitting inside my system without ever worrying about a cart to put in every time someone wants to trade or battle.
cpp_is_king
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That's my point. Why exactly is that an unrealistic expectation? It shouldn't be an unrealistic expectation, but it is because of some mysterious aversion they have to making Pokemon games for full consoles. What is it about non-handheld systems that they feel is incompatible with the franchise?
I hope so, they seem to be doing it with a lot of 3ds titles
Ugh the hype has gotten me and I got white 2, coming tomorrow, beat white 1
Any good fan art for the evolutions?
Tathanen
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I can guarantee that they will be.
That seems to be the way many popular 3DS titles are going, so yes. I do think it'll be downloadable at some point.
It's a Nintendo published game, so yes
All Nintendo titles are being released digitally.
I agree. They should make as many viable Pokemon as possible. If it were up to me, the whole game would add nothing but evolutions to crappy Pokemon to make them worthwhile, plus the starters and the legendaries (six maximum).
I wouldn't mind if they used this opportunity to start balancing stuff up, making defensive play more viable again. They can either do this by adding new elements, for example:
- Passive team abilities, like having Blissey on your team has a chance of curing a status ailment, or having Blastoise on your team raises your defense somewhat and so forth.
- Active abilities or "Limit breaks" for every individual pokemon. For example, even a crappy pokemon like Hypno might be viable if he had an ability to put a pokemon to sleep (without wasting a move slot).
Basically they should start treating it more like an MMO developer, and how they constantly worry about balance and variety.
Silent_Ocarina
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I'm sure they have explained their reasoning multiple times. I believe they want it to be a portable experience with easy communication among local friends as well as global strangers. After all, the first games relied on link cables to commucate, trade, and battle with friends. They probably believe that you cannot create that sort of ecosystem with consoles. That philosophy remains, and I think it's reasonable.
Vermillion
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I'm starting to realize that the answer is probably just luck at this point. :/
Kirby ends up stronger than that which he eats (in his own games, anyways). Superiority.
Enjoy, haha. I really do want to be able to transfer, especially since Black 2 is basically me getting back into the series.
I don't know, maybe the whole concept this franchise is based on? You know, the whole social experience with trading and battling with your friends? Showing off your Pokemon and progress? With a home console you would be stuck in a living room.
And what would be the benefit of a home console version anyway? Just more time wasted on making prettier graphics.
It isn't difficult to understand the reasoning. They're a business. It keeps their handheld systems relevant. It's also much more profitable to develop on them than the alternative, especially as consoles development budgets have blown up exponentially. And, finally, given the fact that handhelds sales have traditionally trumped console sales (especially in Japan, where this series is extremely popular), that means it's available to a larger proportion of customers, allowing them to maximize their sales.
Because they're not real systems, obviously.
CornBurrito
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Imagine if this gen did away with HM's and replaced them with plot-related items.
I would be so happy. HMs are one of the worst things about the series.
CornBurrito
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What the fuck is with the Snivy hate. One of the best fucking grass starters ever.
Torchic is rated too high. He and his evolutions are lame. Chimchar is better than that, in fact I never got why people hated the Chimchar line. Tepig is indeed the worst though.
Squirtle is rated too low. Froakie is definitely one of the best thus far though. Ohsowatt and his evolution are god tier, sadly Samurrot is some bipedal ugly freak. Totodile is alright.
Yeah. Or at the very least phase out Fly (I fucking hate them forcing me to carry a flying type), Cut, Surf, and Dive.
Replace with: Teleporter/Blimp, some tool to cut down trees, surfboard, and scuba gear.
Turn those HMs into TM's.
I can't think of an item that would feasibly replace Strength or Waterfall though.
Teleporter instead of fly and put a teleporter pad in each Pokemon center or unique town.
IceDoesntHelp
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I know I'm probably super late for this, but the Legendaries names are fucking crack.
Piplup is probably my favourite. I had a very special relationship with my Empoleon "Chopper". I named my username here after him. True story.
I missed this. What are they?
InsaneZero
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Hotlinking to 4chan never works.
IceDoesntHelp
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Xerneas and Yveltal
All we know is what was revealed to us in the trailer, and the legendary names.
Nothing else so far.
How the fuck am I supposed to pronounce those?
Heh, really? I've been doing it this whole time and nobody's ever told me?
I feel dumb. Lemme see if I can fix it.
Nothing yet but I'm confident they'll be staying as HMs that can't be deleted except via move deleter so plan on bringing an HM slave for your Gen VI adventure!
Courtesy of Game Freak.
edit: what the hell at those names. Are those real? How do you pronounce Yveltal? ee-vel-tal?
ColtraineGF
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Ah, so we're at this stage, huh
Water: Totodile = Froakie > Squirtle = Mudkip = Piplup = Oshawott
Fire: Fennekin = Tepig = Charmander = Torchic > Chimchar > Cyndaquil
Grass: Snivy = Bubasaur = Chespin = Turtwig = Treecko > Chikorita
*runs*
Xerneas = ZURR-nee-us
Yveltal = ee-VELL-tall
Water: Totodile = Froakie > Squirtle = Mudkip = Piplup = Oshawott
Fire: Fennekin = Tepig = Charmander = Torchic > Chimchar > Cyndaquil
Grass: Snivy = Bubasaur = Chespin = Turtwig = Treecko > Chikorita
*runs*
They included a pronunciation guide in the press release:
Xerneas = ZURR-nee-us
Yveltal = ee-VELL-tall
IceDoesntHelp
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Whole smugleaf thing made him look like a douchebag in my eyes, also evolution=losing all your limbs. Have fun eating dirt for the rest of your life bro.
Blaziken beat Charizard in the anime, it's what made him more awesome. That and his deep ass voice of epic proportions. Chimchar was just a Blaziken copy to me.
The water starters aren't even bad. If you look at what I did it just basically says: Totodile is my favorite, everybody else is pretty cool too except mudkip who evolves into that freakish thing Swampert. Also Samurrot is fucking awesome, get out son.
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