X & Y Reviews and Pokémon Bank Info

The first reviews for Pokémon X&Y are being put online. We’ll be updating this post throughout the day to keep track of the games and what new reviews there are for you to read. Let’s get started!

Reviews

  • Mashable: “‘Pokémon X’ and ‘Y’ Are Polished But Play It Too Safe”
    • The much-anticipated 3DS addition to the Pokémon series will not disappoint fans of the franchise. 3D has been a long time coming, and I’m glad it turned out so well. While the battles are as fun as ever, I wish developers would had taken more risks with its structure and story. Still, whether you just want to casually battle friends or enter tournaments, Pokémon X and Y will give you enough to chew on for many, many hours of fun.
  • IGN: “Pokemon X and Y Review: A Mega Evolution” (9/10)
    • “Every so often, evolution takes a significant leap. Pokemon X and Y is smarter, better, and faster than its predecessors, but it’s the impressive online social features and fantastic new 3D look that make the latest game in the 15-year-old RPG series amazing. As long as you’re within the range of Wi-Fi, you’re never alone in Pokemon X and Y, and we finally have the tools to express ourselves over the course of this 35-hour adventure.”
  • GameInformer: “Seeing Pokemon From a New Angle” (8.75/10)
    • “Pokémon hasn’t made a concerted effort to step outside of its comfort zone ever since it first released in Japan in 1996 – and for good reason. It found its hook nearly 20 years ago and has held on firm for better and worse. In this way, changing things in Pokémon presents a certain degree of uncomfortable risk. X & Y offer no significant changes in direction to the Pokémon series, but this is the most drastic step the series has ever taken. “
  • Digital Spy: ‘Pokemon X’ review (3DS): As engaging and addictive as ever”
    • “Pokemon X and accompanying game Pokemon Y represent what is perhaps the biggest evolution of the Pokemon series since it debuted to a huge following in the mid-nineties.
      Receiving a graphical overhaul, new ways to connect, customisation options and Mega Evolutions, not to mention a wealth of new Pokemon to catch, the games are packed with first-time features and fresh new ideas.At its core, however, Pokemon X doesn’t stray too far from the original ‘gotta catch ’em all’ concept that has made the series so addictive and engaging.”

Still waiting on the outright negative review!

Pokemon Bank

In other news, it has been confirmed that Pokemon Bank will be released in the US  on December 27th, 2013 with a yearly fee of $4.99 ! You do get one free month of the service, however, and only need to start paying past the 30 day trial. It has also been shown that items do not transfer with the Pokemon.

<3 PJ

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6,127 thoughts on “X & Y Reviews and Pokémon Bank Info”

  1. i was sad that they said that the story was basic any way pokemon is for kids not meaning adults cant like any way i judge it my self

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  2. I’m happy because the reviewer basically said what I was hoping for. Every reviewer always says they need to change the story to make it more interesting and get rid of the 8 gym leader formula, but honestly I love the simple story and if they changed the formula too much then it wouldn’t be pokemon any more.
    And since the reviewer said the game was tons of fun, I’m stoked.

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  3. Just read the Mashable review. Story leaves a lot to be desired apparently. Will find out for myself in a week, but to be honest, it was going to be very hard to top B/W’s story.

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    • I always felt like B/w’s story was kind of irritating. Recently they’ve put more and more story into these games, but I sort of preferred when I could progress through the game and collect badges and find new areas, and I didn’t feel like I had to stop every 2 seconds to beat a cave filled with Team Plasma grunts or backtrack all the way across the fucking game just for the story. It sort of felt like the focused more on creating a cools tory with that gen, then they did gameplay. That’s why while the story was pretty cool when it didn’t really interrupt your gameplay, I felt the gameplay suffered anyway.

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      • i tend to agree with this. I mean there’s the “story” involving the evil team, and the “stories” involving the legendaries, which don’t necessarily have to be the same story, so we’ll see. I’d rather gameplay be better because that’s going to last longer than the story

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      • Hmm, I’m honestly not the biggest fan of Gen 5, but the one thing I loved was the story. From the mystery of N, to Ghetsis’ true intentions, to N’s Castle and the Pokemon League, N defeating Alder, and you having to catch the legendary to advance the plot. Then you get the opportunity to face your legendary against N’s. I loved it lol.

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  4. Where i live, in Argentina, Pokemon x and y will come on the 25th of october, i will have to wait two weeks more than the rest of the world 🙁

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  5. Kind of a bad review. We were told it was fun but it didn’t have much story to it? Does that make it good still? Bad? Mediocre? This leaves a lot out in the open.

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  6. Yeah that’s the problem with reviews. Reviewers usually take the side of “It was great!” or “It was pretty bad”.
    Opinions are like Pokéballs, everyone’s got ’em.

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    • I was literally thinking about how mega’s and fairies are not “playing it safe” after I read the article. Amen to that.

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    • I think they meant story wise and structure. Not that i’m complaining. I like the structure of the Pokemon games. Without it, it wouldn’t be Pokemon anymore, just another RPG.

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    • Between the Fairy type, Mega Evolutions, refocusing the story away from “being the very best”/beating gym leaders/the Elite Four and onto researching evolution, Super Training, Pokemon-Amie, the competitive infrastructure improvements, character customization, the new and improved Dream World, and the 3d graphics, this game seriously looks like the most adventurous Pokemon title since GSC.
      The Mashable reviewer isn’t really a Pokemon fan. She even mentioned that she hasn’t played Pokemon in years, so she’s hardly the most qualified to review the game. I wouldn’t want an FPS lover who only likes action games to review an RPG, and vice versa. I don’t know why Mashable didn’t get a review from someone who’s into Pokemon.

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  7. I feel like a reviewer will leak one Pokemon today >.> It will probably be the Starter Final Evo’s, like they don’t know we all know about them. *Prays to Arceus for Ooroto at last*

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  8. According to the review, Pokémon X and Y are “brimming with new Pokémon”!
    The reviewer says he/she found 5 to 8 new Pokémon each route.

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    • I think she meant new from route-to-route, as in 5 to 8 she had not seen in the game yet (versus brand new to the generation itself).

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        • Yes – like first route she saw 5 different kinds of pokemon, second route, 6 additional different pokemon, and so on. Sort of like, instead of some of the older games, like Black and White where you have very limited options (such as only patrat, lilipup, and purloin for a while).

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    • I thought that at first. But i think they are just talking about the diversity of Pokemon available. i.e there are different kinds of Pokemon available in each area

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      • Well, at least he/she said it brimming with NEW Pokémon. If new Pokémon means Kalos Pokémon. I hope for at least 90+ new Pokémon this Gen.

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  9. I don’t mind if the story is not outstanding. That is just a bonus for me, on top of catching and training them all. As long as the visuals are great, the Pokemon are creative and well-designed, and the battling system stays relatively the same, there should be no complaining. It’s a Pokemon game, what more could you ask for?

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  10. I am a little disappointed with the fact that the games won’t have a very good story…. Black and White had a very good story and i found the villanous team amazing. according to the review, team flare is only a “stand in”. But im still excited to see for myself. 😀

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    • Since the reviewer hasn’t played for years, he/she probably hasn’t met Team Plasma and is comparing Team Flare with one of the older teams (Aqua, Magma, Rocket and Galactic). He/she probably didn’t play through and experience the story of BW and B2W2. I’m guessing the story would be similar to the story of Gen 5.

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  11. Honeslty I was already prepared for a non outstanding story, Masuda did say in an interview that the game’s focus is the bond between you and your friends. I definitely don’t mind this as long as I have a lot to do before and after the story comes to it’s conclusion.

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  12. Y’know, if that last badge is really Ice-type, we have seen eff all Ice types so far. I can only assume there will be tons just before the end of the game.

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  13. I wish big publications like Mashable would hire competent reviewers. I mean, they’re kinda pathetic as far as game criticism goes but this is absolutely dreadful by even their standards.

    For example: “I wish developers would had taken more risks with the story” – I’d love to know what she thinks would be a better system, but I don’t because it’s just a throwaway comment that means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to anyone. It’s not backed up at all. If I wanted baseless personal opinions like that I’d check Twitter next Saturday.

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    • “The variety of terrain, from rolling fields to rivers to rocky mountain passes only traversable via a Rhydon mount, keeps every moment outdoors fresh.”

      RHYHORN! Seriously people, is it that hard? This is at least the second time this has happened!

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      • I’m not asking her to reveal anything, but if you make a negative point about something in a review it’s good practice to back it up. Otherwise it’s lazy journalism.

        She didn’t even have to give specific examples, but if she really wishes the developers would take more risks with the story then she’s not spoiling anything by offering a perspective or idea for a solution – I mean, that’s what she’s getting paid for!

        There’s more value in an informed opinion on a game’s strengths and weaknesses than simply saying the story’s weak and leaving it at that. Anyone can do that.

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  14. So guys . . . Should I get Orotto, Gogoat, or mega venasaur? Im getting Delphox, Goomy and Mega Gengar for sure. So what do u think?

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  15. Is it too much to ask for a full dex leak like we had when gen v came around? That was awesome and would finally make or break the “70 pokémon rumour”.

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  16. Hey guys, post your planned teams in reply to this:
    My team so far

    Fennekin
    Goomy
    Heloptile
    Squirtle
    Fletchling

    debating on my final slot

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  17. Does anyone have a link to a picture of Goomy? I heard its possibly the 6th generation pseudo legendary, I would love to see a picture of it.

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  18. I like this review (mashable) because it’s from the the perspective of a casual Pokemon fan. It also shows that even with all of the new additions, Pokemon is still basically the same. His/her viewpoint showcases that nicely.

    I think it’s going to be the same Pokemon we know and love, but with some fun new additions and a sleek new coat of paint.

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    • I agree. I have been playing since the very first game came out, and like to replay over and over again to train all new teams, etc. Sometimes, super involved stories, which are fun and exciting the first time around, get very tedious as you keep playing through each time.

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      • Yeah I replayed White recently and I was getting slightly annoyed skipping through all of that dialogue.

        On the other side of that though it would be nice to have a bit of variation in the story, but I’m not gonna be upset if there isn’t.

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  19. So does Sliggoo have an empty slot after it or no? Just curious because people are saying he doesen’t but I saw a list of the Pokemon revealed so far and there was an empty spot after it. I sure hope it does ^-^

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  20. It’s only a matter of time till the leaker figures out how to evolve Phantump and we can finally put this Orrotto biz to rest

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    • Click the little gear beside the share button and edit setting. It will bring you to your profile. Then to add a display picture, you click on avatar. Hope this help.

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    • Lets see…
      Fire/psychic
      Ghost/Poison
      Dragon
      Fighting/Flying
      Ghost/grass
      Fairy
      You’ll be facing problems against ghosts and darks for sure

      and it seems blended yet erratic
      Not the team i’d build but I’m no criticizer

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  21. Just wondering for everyone following the leaks, is there any confirmation of a second eeveelution? pictures or just anecdotal evidence?

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  22. Ok so 61 new Pokemon confirmed/leaked so far. If we assume evolutions for skrelp, clauncher, and punkaboo, plus the z legendary and maybe a legendary trio, we have 68.

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  23. Including probable evolutions for Pokemon leaked, we’re on 65 new Pokemon. But we still have a decent portion of the mountain dex left and legendaries to come, so I’m thinking by the end of this we’ll be over 70. The 70 thing is from a rumour list that has already been disproven. The estimated 89 new Pokemon from the XY code honestly seems realistic at this point. (Image was totally stolen off 4chan, I don’t have the patience to list them)

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  24. WE still seem to be extremely sorely lacing in some types, so I’m definitely thinking the 70 is total rubbish. But I am a little concerned. I’d like there to be at least the same amount of new as there were in Johto.

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    • I really hope there is because it seems incomplete … but someone made the good observation that the picks of Hawlucha have really high level (60+). But it still could have a trade or item evo or something a lot of levels won’t give it.

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  25. ‘The game is focused on the players researching “Mega Evolution,”‘

    Oh shit, really? 🙁 I know I’m in the minority here but I really couldn’t give a Rattata’s ass about Mega Evolution. I was so hoping this was something optional I could avoid in game or at least not have to do much of, like the Rotational Battles.

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      • I’m thrilled about bonding with Pokemon, e.g. through Amie, I just really don’t like Mega Evolution. I’m sad that apparently the story mode revolves around it, or at least so says that Mashable review.

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        • well the story mode has never been especially taxing so i’m sure you won’t have to spend too much time with mega evolutions if you don’t like them

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          • Haha, I really hope so :/ I just imagined how I’d have felt 2 years ago if someone had told me that BW’s story line is focused on Musicals…

  26. So i read somewhere that dunsparce and sableye and eevee don’t have room after them for unreleased evo’s but I find it fishy they’re not getting new evos despite all the hype around them. (by eevee i mean besides the 8 we already know) … thoughts? perhaps there will be some in the national pokedex ….

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  27. Remember last January when we were all speculating what “your bond will be stronger than ever before” meant? It feels like 9 months ago now :,)

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  28. wait, does this mean that trainer battles are skippable, and you talk to someone when you want to battle them?
    i fucking hope not

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  29. so the ign review gave us a handful of details:
    – lucario gets a new move called power punch
    – azurill is now normal fairy … not much of a surprise
    – we can heal pokes before they enter battle

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  30. “There are small improvements to note here though, like the ability to restore pokemon before they’re switched into battle.”
    This is amazing!

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    • What? Never been a fan of item usage in battles.. takes away from the strategy of fights. But the Launcher was interesting at least.. I say we keep getting stuff, even if we don’t use it.

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      • I agree with you. But I think this new feature will be very useful in-game, since we won’t have to sacrifice a Pokémon to heal another anymore!

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    • Wow, just watched the first video on the page and HOLY CRAP THESE GAMES ARE BEAUTIFUL. Also LOL at how short Rt. 1 is!

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    • at first I thought ”why did you show me this I can’t read it, but then I watched the amazing gameplay …………. wow

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      • Those videos have made me hungry and now I need MOAR ;__; Such luscious visuals and the music is awesome too…but I am gonna get lost in Lumiose city lol

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        • O god I know.. and especially in that one cave where you can basically only see in front of you. :O Well that’s what it looked like anyway

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          • Yes!! Bit scary-looking, reminds me of how In Yellow I went through rock tunnel without the use of Flash. 11 year old me was pretty dumb o.O

          • Seriously, when the player bumped into something, I was totally nervous and I was shock as he bumped into it. lol. Its effective! 😀

          • I always did that too! I refused to teach my pokemon flash so I would just stumble around till I found my way out haha. Why couldn’t they just make a flashlight as a key item instead of having to waste a move? Good thing it isn’t an hm anymore

  31. i’m throwing a water shuriken to the IGN HQ right now! only a 9.0? & fire emblem is a 9.6? NAAAH WATER SHURIKEN. it´s super effective! ign fainted…

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    • 9.0 is nothing to go throwing water shurikens about….and at least IGN provided a valid reason…that being the story. So i think if the story isn’t great and it still got a 9.0 then the rest of this game must be pretty fantastic so im really happy with a 9.0

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    • Strangely not yet…. it’s possible they may be trade evolutions hence why were struggling to see them. No doubt a trainer will have one soon though so id oubt it will be much linger. Ig gym 7 turns out to be poison there is a chance for skrelp’s evo there.

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      • Well we’ve had ground and flying types and those are opposites kind of! And I don’t know if they ever will. It would either be clauncher or a fire newt or something.

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      • Flying and fighting joined and gave us Hawlucha, (I’m gonna call my Hawlucha “El Fuerte” like the street fighter character)

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      • That’s probably what’s happening. The trade evolution pairs of this gen haven’t been revealed yet and seeing as how they’re counterparts and we haven’t seen their evolutions, I think it’s safe to say they evolve by trade.

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  32. If Zangoose and Seviper were in the same horde (which is interesting because they were version exclusive in Gen III), then does that mean Mawile and Sableye will be catchable in the same game too?

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  33. Guys is it too late to realize that the green patch on its body is its eye. I wasn’t able to see it until I cover up the nostril.. It look alien but I still love it. <3

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  34. I love how one of the reviewers says GF took fewer risks. It’s like…fairy-type, mega evolutions, character customizations, three pokedexes, horde battles, riding pokemon, among numerous other things that have completely broken the pokemon mold.

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    • I think they were referring to the fact that X and Y follow the same basis as the other games: you’re a teenager who leaves your hometown to collect pokémon, battle the gym leaders and the elite 4 and fight against a criminal team. In my opinion, however, the main pokémon games should NEVER alter this pattern, otherwise they would be like any other RPG games… The spin-off games (like Mystery Dungeon and Conquest) are the ones to innovate this formula!

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  35. is it me or does the bug type gym badge seem out of place against the others in terms of design? I mean it doesn’t have the gold outline like the others have

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  36. “The story that twists and turns around them (team flare) ends up being one of the more flamboyant and explosive in the Pokemon canon.” -PocketGamer

    ^story might not be too bad

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  37. I’ve heard that Korrina’s Pokemon are in the low 30s as well in terms of level. Plus that badge picture floating around, they have 6 badges, in 25 Hours. This has got me wondering just how high will the Elite 4 be in terms of level.

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  38. Ok so I really don’t care about reviews, but I’m really confused how this could get a 9.0/10 on ign but BW2 gets a 9.6/10??? What???

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  39. Pokemon has never been known for its story, for me its all about the sense of exploration and the bonds that he or she makes with their pokemon is what makes these games so special to me.

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      • Johto had 100, but it introduced 19 Pokemon related to old ones. That’s only 81 new Pokemon (concepts). We’re already at 70+ Kalos ones and we have 15+ (I think) Mega Evolutions so far. We should be fine.

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    • we shouldn’t be too disappointed though. We got sooo many last generation, and rendering these all in 3D must have been time consuming. I’m happy with what gamefreak has done for us

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    • Eh. I don’t mind. OWO at least we are getting more then 70. Megas are such a new and awesome thing. We have to look at it as a whole. Take in the new. Hope for the best. And so on and so fourth. We can’t fall back on the amount of new pokemon just cause we got as much in previous generations.

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        • Battles, the main thing of Pokemon, are in 3D, and they exhausted massive amounts of resources and time making 700+ new Pokemon models. That doesn’t seem like a lack of effort. They’ve also stated that they reserved the 3D effect to make it pop more when they did use it. It’s a stylistic choice, not cutting corners.

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        • I’m personally okay with it now. They said in one review below that frame rate was lowered with 3D on. I would rather play a game with as little issues as possible than one full of one just for features

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  40. “Post-game content seems light compared to earlier titles, but then again, a lot about Pokémon X and Y feels underdeveloped. For example, X and Y contain fewer new Pokémon than any previous generation. Mega Evolutions help fill some of that void, but temporary transformations of old monsters simply don’t inspire the same sense of wonder as stumbling upon an entirely unknown beast. While DLC could remedy this to some degree, I would have preferred more stuff to discover in the base product.”

    :c
    it’s a review from USGAMER, other user post the link to te review below.

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  41. Think about this. Since when did many pokemon games have much to do after you beat the game. at most there is a small story and a facility to battle. The only game with an after story was G/S/C and that was just going back to the Kanto Region. TBH pokemon has never really been known for its after story, but for the story at Hand. How can we all say this game will be bad with a sub par after story. As long as they have some sort of facility or a few legendaries to catch I will be fine and have a lot of fun.

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    • I absolutely agree. i mean the game got many positive reviews and gsc had alot of filler pokemon like magby and elekid that really did nothing for their evolution lines. so come on ppl buy the game see for urself

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      • I just said this below- Johto had 100, but it introduced 19 Pokemon related to old ones. That’s only 81 new Pokemon (concepts).

        Also, if you’ve never trained a Golduck or Manetric before, isn’t using one in this game like having a new Pokemon?

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        • sorry didnt see ur comment my friend. and u make a valid point. like i never trained a mawile and it has a mega form so its up on my list of new things

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    • I see it as this.

      First version of 6th Gen: Getting use to the new world of pokemon. Playing around with the features and the new pokemon

      But when that 3rd or sequel game comes out, you are familiar and you want to get the real party started!

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  42. So I hear there is a small post game than previous games….I’m guessing they are saving it for Z. I’m okay with it, cuz gamefreak actually tried hard and put so many good features….but still disappointed to hear lack of post game. But still if you are a competitive battler, like me, there is always a post game.

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  43. There may be a lack of a post game but hell the main story seems to be larger and more expansive than any previous game so im fine with there not being as big a post game as say B2W2

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  44. Is anyone else getting sick of all these people calling these new pokemon digimon… (one person started saying it and now everyone is)…

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        • Apparently my downvoters don’t XD

          I can see their logic (different designs, MEGA forms), but it’s just wrong. Each new generation introduces completely new designs, and Digimon didn’t copyright the word “Mega.” Anyone who calls the new ones Digimon is either uneducated and taking a quick glance or is just trolling.

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    • I hate it for two reasons. One, why does a Pokemon have to stick to a set of arbitrary, strict guidelines? Two, it makes it sound as if Digimon aren’t completely awesome. ‘Cause they are. Love me some Digimanz.

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        • I get that they both had monsters that changed form, but they are completely different in their features.

          Digimon is the first one while Pokemon is in parentheses:
          – They “evolve” up to 5 times and can revert (2 evolutions (now 3) and cannot revert)
          – One Digimon per person (Infinite amount per trainer)
          – Real world people sucked into a computer world (Alternate world completely)
          – Save the world from a destructive villain seeking to end it (RBY- Defeat mob-like organization that is money-hungry)

          They’re almost nothing alike, minus the “Mon” and incorporating some type of evolution mechanic. If Digimon really wanted to copy Pokemon, they could have made the DigiDestined “catch” Digimon that they defeated, but they didn’t. Instead they focused on 1 on 1 bonds with Digmon.

          Also, this defense is based off the original seasons, as later ones have a variety of influences that cannot be solely attributed to each other and you did say “first place,” so we’re talking about their inceptions.

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          • Well I know, I’m just saying the “use monsters that evolve to battle” part isn’t the most original so it’s not quite fair to say pokemon is like digimon when really, pokemon had the concept in the first place

          • “Digimon started out as digital pets called “Digital Monsters”, similar in style and concept to the Tamagotchi.”

    • At least Pokemon designs don’t stick guns all over the place 😛 (JK)

      I also like Digimon, mainly on the story, but it’s still different enough design and mechanic-wise

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      • Gonna go read now, but that sucks a bit. Makes sense since we have never been able to move items from Gen to Gen. Good bye Mega Stones.

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        • Yeah, but this also means we can’t be transferring the Soul Dew, or various other unique Pokemon items either. But we will inevitably be able to get those back.

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          • Gonna to have to.. But they should really do something like PokeBank for items (restricted).. allowing moving Berries at least, I hate losing all of them every time.

          • Pokeballs even, I would love to move my HUGE collection of Premier Balls (which I love to use) and Apricot ones. Also, all the held items that are hard to get (Battle Points). I understand making us enjoy the new game, but there is stuff you simply don’t want to do .. AGAIN xD

    • It goes with this post from a few months back

      Charizard (CONFIRMED)
      Blastoise (CONFIRMED)
      Gengar (CONFIRMED)
      Scizor
      Tyranitar
      Gardevoir (POSSIBLY CONFIRMED)
      Medicham
      Banette
      Aggron
      Latias/Latios
      Abomasnow (CONFIRMED)
      Gyarados
      Aerodactyl (CONFIRMED)
      Pinsir
      Jynx
      Houndoom
      Heracross

      Others so far that have been already confirmed OR sort of talked through the Leaker Vine

      Venusaur [Confirmed]
      Dragonite
      Menetric
      Salamance

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    • This makes me wonder…there is a shot on the pokemon bank website that shows a pokemon box (well, two slightly different versions of the same box, and then a totally separate one I am not addressing) with mostly generation 6 pokemon, but a few older ones. I *wonder* if they are older ones with Mega Evolutions? There is a Mewtwo, Mawile, Gardevoir (apparently all confirmed), and then Tauros, Hariyama, Zoroark, Golurk and Snorlax. Maybe just a coincidence, but…got my mind going!

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  45. My only hope for the post-game is that we can re-battle gym leaders, but I doubt it. This is really something that should be a staple in the games by this point.

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      • I dunno. I’ve never been a fan of re-battling the Elite 4 anyways. Too monotonous after a while. I enjoy being able to battle gym leaders again and seeing their new teams.

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    • I loved that feature in Emerald. Or it could be similar to BW2 where you can battle them in at the PWT, but I haven’t heard of any sort of tournament/frontier complex.

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      • Emerald, Platinum, and especially HG/SS 😀 Personally wasn’t a fan of the method of re-battling in B/W2, because I couldn’t gain experience from those battles. I love the PWT, it’s one of my favorite features a Pokemon game has ever introduced, but I would’ve liked being able to re-battle the gym leaders outside of that feature as well.

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    • I think the bags CAN be full even now, but it is a ridiculous amount of items for it be so. Like if you have one of every item, and each one is at 99 or 100 or something.

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  46. *At Poke-jungle Headquarters a Mega Pokemon fan-base way high in the sky Numbuh 55 with a general hat and sunglasses walks in the Intel Control Room*

    So what the status on the new Pokemon count?

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  47. I can’t wait till a leaker hits postgame and can finally tell us if there are difficulty levels to unlock, because we’re clearly not getting them from the start (like we’d all hoped) or someone would’ve said something by now.

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  48. So, this might be a REALLY dumb question. I just don’t want to deal with pre-orders, can I just buy the game at Gamestop at 10am, when it opens on the 12th?

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    • I’ve heard that the 7th is a psychic gym with the leader using only 3, but I can’t find confirmation -_-

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      • Read that. That’s one of the things that made Gen 5 one of my least favorites. Thankfully B/W2 had a challenge mode where the gym leaders had more Pokemon, but stupidly that wasn’t available unless you BEAT the game in the first place. Really hope this isn’t the direction Pokemon games are heading in from now on where gym leaders are restricted to 3 Pokemon. Isn’t that like an idea from the anime? It annoys me so much.

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        • Agreed. Challenge Mode was such a wonderful thing, I was SO praying it would be available from the beginning of the games but alas it looks like not. But I’m holding out hope it’s still unlockable postgame. And hopefully not bloody version exclusive this time.

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          • The version exclusive difficulty level was laughable. Just a terrible idea, should be available right from the getco on both versions.

      • I know, and it’d really disappoint me if it was the same as B/W. How can I expect a challenge from the final gym leader when I most likely have a full team and the leader has 3 Pokemon? Final gym leader should have at least 4, preferably 5 Pokemon.

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  49. Could someone post a link to the picture of the pumpkin pokemon for me? I have a friend that wants to see but this website is acting weird on all my devices and won’t let me scroll down.

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  50. Shacknews X Y Review: “Not surprisingly, all of the original starters have Mega Evolutions, as do popular favorites like Gengar and Gardevoir.”

    Woohoo! Anyone seen pics of Mega Gardevoir yet!? *__*

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  51. Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but Josh (4chan leaker) has confirmed ‘oh,you can get items(from doing stuff in Amie) to decorate inside pokeballs of pokemon.’

    That’s freakin adorable.

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  52. Since its getting a bit quiet on the leaks front…is anyone playing through any of the older games before XY launch?
    Im playing a game from each region starting with Isshu back to Kanto…currently on Platinum. Decided to use the starter ive used least from each gen and pokemon i have never or very rarely used before.
    Current Team is Prinplup and Ponyta and looking for a female combee.

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    • Well, I’m still doing some breeding in Black 2 if that counts. I also have a Diamond I should be playing as well, it was a runtrhough using a lot of Pokemon I never really used before, including my weird well liked Lumineon.

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      • Yeah i used Lumineon in my last Diamond playthrough…that being the first time i had used it. It takes a while to figure out how best to use it and avoid it getting taken out swiftly by a powerhouse.

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        • I’ve never used on personally before, but it was alwasy something, regardless that it is inferior to most water types out there, I’ve had kind of a soft spot for it. Rest of my team are quite a few things I’ve never gotten around to really using, or at least, never kept them in my party for the entire run. Have my starter, Yggdrasil the Torterra, and then Elysium the Luxray. After that, I’ve never kept Drifblim in my party, who is named Hel, and then I’ve never used a skuntank or medicham before, who are Mr. Tuxedo and Talia respectively, and lastly Neon the Lumineon.

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          • Loving Mr Tuxedo lol but yeah i too have a soft spot for Lumineon (being the water type lover i am) but i think i always liked it after seeing it in an episode of the anime in a cave while ash was at that summer school program…it just looked so mysterious and beautiful 😀

    • Pokemon Yellow on Monday for me, then Pokemon Gold on Tuesday, then Pokemon Sapphire on Wednesday, then Pokemon Pearl on Thursday and Pokemon Black on Friday. Then Pokemon X on Saturday! 6 Days! 6 Generations!

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  53. Designate a Kalos Pokemon for each contest category you think it best embodies.
    Cool, Cute, Beauty, Tough, and Smart.

    Cool: Pyroar
    Cute: Goomy/Sliggoo
    Beauty: Delphox
    Tough: Tyrantrum
    Smart: Meowstic

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  54. I’m doing a pokemon marathon of the first 5 generations in the spirit of X and Y 😀 I’m going to miss you my old handheld friends :,)

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  55. So I’ve got one big unanswered question that I’ve not seen mentioned elsewhere. Remember back when Diamond and Pearl launched, you’d unlock some extra stuff ingame if you played with one of the GBA games in the slot? And remember how Dream Radar let you catch the respective box legendary from D/P/Pt/HG/SS if you had the DS cart in the slot?

    Well, I wanna know if buying X/Y from the eShop and playing with one of the DS games in the slot lets you unlock anything. I’ll be buying it digitally anyway (it’s going to be more or less glued into my 3DS anyway, I may as well skip a step), but I’m curious to know if it’ll get me any fun stuff.

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    • Lol. Buttraped by Nintendo. To be fair these stores totally pulled down their pants, turned around and bent over. WHY WOULD YOU BREAK STREET DATE ON A COMPANY THIS SCARY.

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    • I think that’s a bit overboard. Personally, i think the stores were in the right, letting the games out. I think it was intentional too. I believe we NEEDED these leaks (Though gods forbid if someone posts leader lineups and plot details) because Nintendo wouldn’t give us anything. I may be alone on this, but i prefer to know what my starter’s final form looks like. Because if i didn’t, and I got Chesnaught, I’d flip out and start over. I actually like to know everything, so that i can plan out my team and such. Even if they didn’t give us everything, at least they could give us Orooto and the final evos of the starters.

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        • I actually agree with this. While I too like to know what the starters are going to evolve into, i believe no one has a right to let these games out before the actual release date. It is disrespectful to the game producers and pretty much causes them to lose trust with the stores.

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        • Now that is overboard. Banning them from future releases? If the releases were intentional, then i could understand the fine, but banning them from future releases? That’s ridiculous. especially if it was an accident, though I still don’t know how it would be.

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          • Honestly, no sympathy from me. Imagine being in Nintendo’s spot, creating all this hype, wanting a worldwide release for the first time, and then some stores decide to sell it early, everything gets spoiled.

          • I agree with you. I’m not Nintendo’s biggest fan and I think they’re complete bullies, but on this occasion I understand completely if they take those stores for everything they’ve got. How on earth did they think they’d get away with this? o.O

      • They broke a legal contract and you’re saying they were in the right? This isn’t Batman where we need vigilante justice- companies are never in the right for betraying GF/Nintendo and releasing their games without their permission. Yeah, it’s nice that we saw the Pokemon early, but you cannot say that it was right.

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        • Sure I can. I think they did the right thing, because they saw fans were being driven insane by the lack of info. I for one lost interest in the games months ago because of it. And that hurt. I’ve been a rabid Pokemon fan for years, and each gen was better than the previous one (Minus gen 2 and the ever overrated gen 3, which i dislike only because it’s so overrated) and now, an amazing 3d world, with extremely amazing legends, and a supposed norse theme, which struck home because of my religion, and they give us nothing. Absolutely nothing at all. A few pokemon here, maybe one there. Mega evo here, and that’s it. It took them till SEPTEMBER to release the second forms of the starters. That is absurd. And then the bomb of NO KALOS Mega Evos, and that did it. I was gone, and stopped caring for a while. Then, the leaks start flowing, and I get as hype as I was for Gen 5, which is quite hype. so, it is personal opinion. I don’t think the leaks would have mattered as much if gamefreak and nintendo and creatures and whoever else just gave us more. even a little more.

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          • So your complaint is that they didn’t want to reveal everything about their brand new game that they wanted to be a surprise to everyone in the world, so they were in the wrong. How dare Nintendo not give us all the information about everything! People who truly believe this are just impatient for not being able to wait two weeks to see new Pokemon and say that it’s Nintendo’s fault for not giving them all to us in January. There’s something called hype, and revealing bits and pieces along the way generates it. Hype generates sales, and Nintendo is a company that is trying to make money. There’s nothing wrong with getting a game without a hand-holding guide book.

          • I’m not asking for a hand holding guidebook. Again, I am stating my personal opinion. And as it has been stated before, opinions can not be wrong, or right. I believe the store was in the right, and nintendo was going overboard. You may believe otherwise, that is fine. I have no issue with that. I’m not impatient, just less than happy with the lack of info. I dislike surprises, and prefer to know everything, before i spend the large amount of money to buy these games. You may have the money to buy these games on a whim, or you may like surprises. that is fine, I’m okay with that. But don’t go flipping out over the fact that i stated my opinion.

          • You’re being selfish. How is a store that broke a contract “in the right”? If you don’t like surprises, fine, don’t buy the game on release day and wait a week for all the info to be on the Internet. But there is no way at all the stores were right in releasing the games early.

          • What part of my opinion did you not read. I’m not being selfish, i know plenty of people who want to know everything, or at lease most of it before the games come out. It’s part of planning teams and having a good time to us people who want everything first. And besides, why on earth would i buy the game on release day? I’ve never done that in my life. I just feel that bakrupting a store for a few copies of a game, and hunting down the people with the games and threatening legal action against them, even though they can’t, is overboard. Fine the store, but leave the people who legally came in and bought a game that was released alone. was it illegal because the games weren’t supposed to be released? depends on who you ask. A few people I know say that nintendo can’t touch them, while others say that they should have done more to prevent the leaks. It’s my opinion, you don’t have to agree

          • That’s absurd. As fans it isn’t up to us to ‘demand’ info about the games whenever the hell we want. There’s a set release date for a reason. What you also have to remember is that this time around of course we’re a week from our release day and don’t know everything about the games, but THIS IS WHAT JAPAN HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH FOREVER. They never had the luxury of watching another country get the games a year in advance and learning everything about them online, allowing them to plan their teams ahead of time. They’ve gone in blind practically for every release, and you don’t hear them complaining about it!

            As fans of course we’re happy about the leaks, but no matter how much fun it’s been for us the simple fact is that those stores were in the wrong, and given Nintendo’s track record of siccing their lawyers on everyone and everything they must’ve known they were going to get punished, which makes it even more colossally stupid.

          • You do what you feel is right, no matter the consequences. Yes, i understand that they shouldn’t have broken a legal binding contract, but they did. And, how can be happy that the information is leaking, but against the fact that the games were leaked early? That sounds a little hypocritical to me.

          • Pretty simple: as a fan I’ve enjoyed the leaks, but as a rational human being I am aware that it was illegal and utterly dimwitted of the stores to break release date. Who I feel sorry for is all the people who paid for their copy and are apparently now being made to give them back. It’s not their fault the stores chose to sell them early – why should they give them back?

          • I agree with that. I don’t think it was dimwitted of the stores, maybe they never corrected a previous mistake? I went into my local game store this month and looked at their upcoming releases. they STILL had X and Y listed as NOVEMBER 1st, so a typo or lazy staff member may be to blame. Not the entire store. And surely not the poor people who bought the game, and had every legal right to.

          • for me this is bullshit, this doesn’t matter, if games leaks early this doesn’t matter, if we will know everything early, they generate moneys, so it will depend only from quality of serie, if ppl see that pkmns have crap quality, then, they will not buy games. Did you saw how much difference DPP made to BW/BW2 in sales? DPP was literally crap, so even, if they hidding XY until release, ppl will show them what worth that game is.

          • So you’re one of those people who dislikes something because lots of other people like it? Is it just me that doesn’t see the logic behind that?
            I’ve always been under the impression that liking or disliking something was based on one’s own opinion and has nothing to do with other people’s opinions
            Or am i just completely off track…?

          • No it’s just that when everyone is screaming GEN 3 REMAKES, GE 3 CONFIRMED, Hoenn/HUrrn CUNFURMED, and the ever famous facebook comment ‘I don’t care as long as we get Gen 3 Remakes.” Gen3 this and that, and then bashing poor gen 5, it gets to you, you know? I can’t read one post on facebook or most of the time even here where someone doesn’t try to have everything involve gen 3. Don’t get me wrong, i like gen 3, but it’s almost as overrated as Red is. I would honestly prefer gen 1 remakes first, as the kanto starters are being featured a lot. And besides, nintendo should go back to it’s roots, and show new fans where they started, not HOENN CUNFURMED SO NO ONE CARES ABOUT X AND Y!! I’ve seen that so much, I’ve grown to slightly resent the region. Not hate it, just wishing that fans would get off the gen 3 remake hype train.

          • It’s pretty much how i feel about all the new Pokemon getting bashed as soon as they are revealed. I’ve just learned to accept it as something that will always happen, and tend to just not pay attention to these people. I understand that it’s annoying but in a way, it’s just something you have to accept and move. Personally i would love a Gen 3 remake as Hoenn is my favourite region containing some of my favourite Pokemon.

          • I’m perfectly comfortable with that. And i’m okay with how you came across. Calm and rational. I dislike when people scream incessantly for what they want, and trash everything else new. Gen 3 had some of my personal favorites like Blaziken and Gardevoir, but then you have people who want gen 3 remakes, but slam gamefreak for mega evolving blaziken. I swear, the Pokemon fandom makes no sense sometimes.

          • I remember searching endlessly in the route right by Petalburg City for the 5% chance to get me that Ralts. And then grinding up the levels as it was weak to start out with. Then just sweeping stuff with Calm Mind/Psychic/Thunderbolt Gardevoir….ahhh…memories.

          • Yep. One of the odd things i loved was that wally’s Gardevoir was male. Don’t know why, but I’ve always used Male Gardevoir. If they do remake gen 3, I hope Gardevoir can be male, odd as it may sound.

      • Yeah. Reason why to just wait? Because thats the right thing to do. Its the most idiotic to think doing something you are not suppose to is the right thing. Reason why gamefeak didn’t give us much is cause they wanted us to WAIT AND SEE FOR OURSELVES.

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        • I prefer not to. I’ve talked to people about it before, and they agree with me. What happens if you are low on money and have no pokeballs? You want to avoid grass right? Well now you have to go through it to move on. Guess what? You run into a shiny Dragon Fairy pokemon while you are in a slump, and you don’t want to kill it or run, and you can’t catch it. I prefer to know everything so that i know which pokemon are on which routes, so i know whether or not to stock up on pokeballs. I normally don’t spend my money in game, as I always beat the game with two pokemon. But say someone wants to literally catch them all. Well, if you don’t know where the pokemon to catch are, you can’t really do that.

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      • I don’t work in retail so maybe someone knows better than me, but should they have shipped them to retailers So far in advance. Seems like a poor choice.

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        • I think its just a precaution to do it so early in advance, to make sure the retailers have them by the release date. All sorts of things can go wrong causing the games to take ages to reach the designated stores across the globe. Better to be safe than sorry.

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  56. So, Mega: Gengar, Charizard X, Aerodactyl, Gyarados Abomasnow. Thoughts?
    Which ones do you prefer?

    1. Gyarados
    2. Aerodactyl (close second)
    3. Charizard X
    4. Abomasnow
    5. Gengar. (the only one I am not fond of. Odd crobat body with a gauche third eye)

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  57. Just finished watching IGN’s review! They did a amazing job! Also, showed some new footage! 😀 This is one of there best reviews! 9/10! Really respectable score! IGN has been known for downvoting some Nintendo games! Yet, they did a really good job on X & Y’s review! 🙂

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  58. Hi gaiz.

    Okay first, where is Josh, anyone have his link/is he still going? He had off work today so I doubt he stopped playing xD

    Second, I spot the Phantump guy and I searched Josh’s trip code for his posts. Anything special I missed that I should know about?

    Cheers

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  59. Josh (4chan leaker) has just said that item Whipped Dream evolves x exclusive Slurpuff, so yes the Sachet thing discovered earlier is probably for Spritzee.

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      • By the Sycamore picture it says
        “Tra di loro c’è naturalmente il “rivale”, il personaggio che sceglie il suo primo pokémon di elemento opposto al nostro, ma che in questo caso – colpo di scena! – è una specie di interesse sentimentale, con un rapporto che man mano che passano le ore diventa qualcosa di più che una semplice amicizia.”
        Google translate that.

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    • That’s nice. I was under the assumption that Calem/Serena would be the “boring” rival who just wanted power, like Cheren. Tierno, Trevor, and Shaunna seem to have loads of character, so I expected C/S to be lacking in some personality and better at battling.

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  60. Dat Mega Gyarados! So far I am pleased with the mega evolutions we have, I just wish GF made things fair and gave a Mega Evolution to all starters. I understand why not this gens starters though.

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      • I definitely agree with you, Mega evolution was a risky mechanic change, I just hope they are not picking favorites like last time and that the time of the other starters comes as well 🙂

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      • The more i think about it the more i like the idea of the Mega’s and tbh i don’t see the difference (other than only being allowed to activate 1 per battle) between a mega and a regular evolution because you can activate it straight away in battle and it doesnt use up a turn…its almost as though its mega all the time really. So all these Mega’s are really the equivelant to the mass evolution spree we saw back in gen IV just in a slightly different form. I just wish all kanto starters had received 2. I understand maube wanting to leave hoenn and johto starters for a gen III remake since both those starters were available in Emerald so they may wish to give them mega’s there.

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        • There really is no difference. The complaint about them not staying that form doesn’t matter cause you don’t see your pokemon walking with you. Unless you really like staring at them in your bag. You can always look at the pokedex entry xD

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          • Exactly! Plus it means that people that don’t like the Mega can opt not to use it if they don’t want to but always have the option to do so if they get in a tight spot.

      • I know its not confired, but the possibilities are very low. But Star Rocker has a very good point,we now have things to look foward to.

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    • I think that for the Pokemon Z version they will add the Gen 6 starter megas. Sycamore found the stones or something of the sort.

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  61. I’m excited about X and Y….but I’d be lying to myself if I say that I’m more excited now than I was 1 month ago….

    I’m still excited, but not as much…

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  62. So all the XY scenario revolves around Mega-Evolutions and we can’t transfer items to Pokémon Bank, which will is planned to be compatible with every future Pokémon game. Am I the only one to understand that Mega-Evolutions will only be a Kalos thing and that they will not exist anymore in 7th gen? What do you guys think?

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  63. I like the back story of how Mega Evolutions came to be. Pretty bland but still.

    “There was a strange man and a Lucario that came to the Kalos region, that man found a strange stone and Mega Lucario came to be.”

    >Implying that the strange man is Riley from D/P/Pt
    > Also implying that Lucario is the first ever Mega Pokemon

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  64. So its looking like Spritzee and Swirlix are trade evolutions while holding the sachet and whipped dream respectively.

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      • Gen 1= 151
        Gen 2= 100
        Gen 3= 134
        Gen 4= 107
        Gen 5 = 156

        Well, I hope it can be at least the same as Gen 2 with 100.

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        • I think we can wee a patter emerging. Odd numbered generations introduce more new Pokemon and focus on them in the games, ruby and sapphire almost didn’t have any of the previous gens and black and white was almost the same. While even numbered generations have less new pokes and incorporate a good amount of old pokes in the game, Gold and silver was like that to the extent that certain new pokes weren’t available till after the Elite 4 (Larvitar), Pearl and Diamond weren’t as bad but you saw a good amount of pokes from previous generation. By this logic we can pretty much expect that X & Y won’t focus on the new but instead reintroduce the old as well as showcase some of the new.

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      • For what i read we have 100 new pokemon. This is because we have to add the legendaries too. And we also have seen around 70 pokemon and we have to see more evolutions plus legendaries.

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  65. do we know if swirlix and spritzee only evolve once? also, judging by the description of the Sachet and the other item I can’t remember, they definitely seem like trade evolving items

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      • There are no slots to fit a second evo for them, sorry! Also, Tales, I have thought for a while that your avatar was an Abra. I am pleasantly surprised to realize that it is a Manectric, a favored Pokemon of mine and one I hope gets a Mega in XY (confirmed by a 4channer, but no picture I think).

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        • I think someone said Kanpachi found a mega stone for it, but, ya know, no pictures=fuck 4chan. Unless they are the leakers themselves. Josh did say though that Manectric was featured in some mini game with other pokemon that can mega evolve so…maybe?

          Manectric is boss. =D

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  66. are there still seasons in X/Y? i haven’t seen much about it. and speaking of seasons, how cute would it be if cities/towns were decorated for the seasons :3b halloween and christmas decor!

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  67. Okay so far we now know of 18 Pokemon and 4 Mega Evolutions that GF don’t want us to know about and so far every pokemon has received a decent reception if not a great one. I just hope the streak of awesome Pokemon continues!

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  68. I don’t get why everyones complaining that we’re “only getting 89 new pokemon”, that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Compare that to d/p.
    Gen IV:
    Total number of new pokemon – ~102
    Number of new non-legendary pokemon – ~60
    Number of pokemon connected to past pokemon – ~30
    Number of legendaries – ~12
    Gen VI
    Total number of new pokemon – ~79 (atm)
    Number of new non-legendary pokemon – ~59 (atm, not including presumed evo.’s)
    Number of pokemon connected to past pokemon – ~18 (atm, including megas)
    Number of legendaries – 2 (atm)

    Surely, there will be more revealed as well..

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  69. “Also, you have 7 boxes and a battle box, which is pokemon used for online battles so you don’t have to keep taking them in and out of boxes, pokemon in your party can be in there too. ” Josh

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  70. “I will make this a goal tonight, i’m not evolving enough newer pokemon. I’m gonna be doing this tonight.” He’s going to evolve Floetta tonight!!

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  71. I just wanted to know since I think this wasn’t talked much, but can you trade right after you get the Pokedex or after the first gym?

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  72. I just noticed. For the first time ever, Japan isn’t the one offering these leaks. They must be kicking themselves right now.

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  73. I really hope there’s a Safari Zone in Kalos cause I remember the good’ol days hucking rocks at Pokemon in a nature reserve *sigh* good times I:)

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    • NO. That abomination!

      Just like Red struggled with catching a Chansey in Pokemon The Origins, I spent hours looking for Chansey and Tauros back in RB. I’ll only accept a Safari Zone if we can fly to an island and surf along the sides of it to find its Pokemon in the wild 😛

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  74. Getting back on topic here, I think Pokemon X & Y deserve a ten. Only 2/3 reviewers gave it the max rating. X & Y still haven’t gotten a negative review! 😀 I thought IGN would have given it an 8.5 or around there as they usually do with Nintendo games.

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    • Well, the only negative comment I read was that the plot was a little on the “children’s game” side. One reviewer also complained about the classic start adventure => get gym badges => defeat evil team => beat elite 4 and champion formula, said GF should have shook things up a bit and I kinda agree but then again this is what makes a the game a Pokemon game

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    • I know right! I thought they would fix this because black and white had a bad problem with this, but I guess they didn’t. 5 pokemon is really hard sometimes, but three is very easy. I am somewhat sad they didn’t fix this.

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  75. I know this seems weird but since I joined only 3 days ago I feel like we are a family in the pokemon community thank you for excepting me :*)

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  76. Theres a building early on called Battle Chateau, you rank up as you get more wins and earn titles like Baron, mine is like Viscount Josh now.

    Obviously the trainers get harder as you rank up

    Josh

    …woot.

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  77. Please excuse my Hoenn love~

    I have a feeling this will be the game line up for Generation 6-

    X & Y, R/S Remakes, Pokemon Z, Spin-off (maybe another to hold us off until Generation 7 like PMD:GTI) Something for Wii U?

    I would love and have been waiting for remakes/sequels for such a long time that I will die (not literally) when they are announced. With 3DS graphics, X & Y Pokemon, trainer customization, Pokemon Amie, etc. They will be the best games ever!! Those are my favorite games up to date! The music will sound better because of the 3DS’ improved sound, Rayquaza will look even more beast than ever before! Imagine that Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza cutscene in 3D! :O Secret bases. Would most likely be my favorite feature for remakes. More customization= more at home feeling and with streetpass this feature could improve so much!

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    • I love Hoenn ssssooooo much. I loved everything about Hoenn even the anime in Hoenn was great ( especially them openings) I will love for the Hoenn Remake soon!

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      • HA sigh I remember my friend had so much trouble on Liza and Tate (he chose Blaziken and he had emerald) he always complained how they had too many pokemon. I guess he got his wish of lowering down the pokemon rate on gym leaders…

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        • Tate&Liza are two of my favorite gym leaders because it was a Double Battle! 😀

          It’s not that they had too many Pokemon why he struggled lol.

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    • Even though Hoenn was the first region I ever explored, I found it to be the most boring out of all of the generation. Gen 3 didn’t have a good story line, The new Pokemon were mostly “meh”, there was WAY too much water and after you finished the story, the fun of the game went downhill way too fast. I’m sorry but I would be quite happy to see no remakes of Ruby and Sapphire. Maybe they can put the region into a different game with a new region like Johto and Kanto but they would have to give Hoenn a new evil team, more land and a better story plot

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      • I respect your opinion even if it isn’t my favorite. [= Who knows if we do get remakes, you might like them! Remakes usually fix problems and in 10 years, I’m sure they have fixed them!

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        • Remakes are called remakes for a reason. Look at HeartGold and SoulSilver, they remained true to their original story lines and barely any plot and region related was changed really.

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      • “Gen 3 didn’t have a good storyline.”
        First time there were two teams and the legendaries were actually incorporated into the plot.

        “The new Pokemon were mostly “meh.”
        Well I can’t argue preference, we all have our likes and dislikes. I for one loved Hoenn Pokemon. Had a tropical feel to them.

        “There was WAY too much water.”
        It was pretty much 50/50. The story was based on this idea. Expand the land, expand the sea.

        “After you finished the story, the fun of the game went downhill way too fast.”
        I agree here for R/S. But Emerald helped address the post-game with the huge Battle Frontier and re-battling of gym leaders. Plus the Steven Stone fight! 😀

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        • Gen 3 may of had two teams but they had stupid goals. I mean, team Aqua wanted more water with Kyogre with would of screwed them up because Humans live on land and Team Magma wanted more land which also would screwed them up because the would life plant life, a polluted atmosphere and very little/no fresh water because of all the volcanic activity and you know what, it took the entire game for the work out that they hadn’t really worked out their plan before they started.

          I can agree with you on the others but:

          When you finished the game the fun DID go down really fast. The Battle Frontier was one battle after another with no real achievement the end which is why most people don’t do the Battle Frontier. Rebattling Gym Leaders was sort of fun and memorable when training other Pokemon but again, it was all battling and got fairly fast. The Steven Stone was again “meh” because in GSC you battled Red which was a much more enjoyable powerful trainer battle and they’ve continued this almost every Pokemon game afterwards as well. DPPt had you vs Palmer, your rivals dad at the batter Battle Frontier, HGSS had vs Red again, BW had you vs Cynthia (which is a much better powerful trainer battle than Steven thanks to the variety in her Pokemon) and finally, BW2 had you face off against Alder’s son, Benga in Black City and White Forest.

          This might just be me but Hoenn seems greatly lackluster when compared to the games before and after it.

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          • Addressing the first paragraph, why are you looking for logic in video games lol? Don’t forget these teams are usually insane with their goals.

            As for the rest, I can’t agree about Steven because he’s my favorite Champion. And Hoenn set the stage for battling as we know it today. It was a major improvement over Gens 1 and 2, and obviously it’s lackluster compared to later games, because they arrived later with improved everything lol.

      • Well, you’re comparing Gen III to the later gens. If you played through gen I and II (actual, not remakes) you’d appreciate the great improvements here and there (abilities were first introduced in gen III, just off the top of my head). My opinion: Best Gen, with emerald as the best game (not including X & Y, I’ll need to play to judge). Though I do agree with them having little post game stuff to do.

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    • my heart will explode when ruby/saphire/emerald remakes are announced! the 3d graphical improvements will take hoenn to a whole nother level!! its going to be amazing! Ruby/Saphire were my first pokemon games ever so it will be amazing to return back to where it all began for me. Can not wait to see the updated Hoenn. I can not believe its been 10 fucking years! Cant wait to see how the region has changed

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  78. One thing I’m not liking is the lack of new moves. Either their is hardly any this Gen or leakers aren’t covering them as much as other stuff.

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  79. So if everybody who added me on the 3DS and did not get a response yet could please resubmit their friend codes, Tha would be great 😀

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  80. So I’ve been trying to avoid leaks, but a friend recently let slip that there was a rumor about Fennekin’s final evo having different forms based on gender, is that true? Sorry if this is old news ahaha…

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  81. Has anyone seen the 6 badges on VALHALLAXY? I believe they are Bug, Rock, Fighting, Grass, Electric, Fairy, (no idea) and Ice! SO PUMPED!!!!

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  82. Alright, so what do you guys think might be revealed tonight from each of our leakers?
    Kanpachi: victory road pokemon
    Josh: more mountain pokemon and gym leader pokemon.
    Zar: this one im not sure of because i havent really been following him

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  83. Anyone wants to add me in 3ds? I’d loce to get friends from this site: my FC is:
    4639-8981-1446
    feel free to add me! ^-^

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  84. I wonder if Noivern even does have a pre-evolution. It didn’t strike me as a stand alone Pokemon. Reminded me of Altaria/Flygon.

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  85. i know it might seem rude but can we please keep the friend code adding to the previous article? i mean i dont want anyone getting in trouble with the mods

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  86. Everyone is giving out Friend Codes! I need to get to making a Mii! ;D

    EDIT: I will mostly start doing stuff on my 3DS again on Saturday! I will save all of your Friend Codes! 😀

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  87. Someone asked Josh “What’s it like to use Chesnaught in battle?” He replied “It is a savage wrecking ball.”

    Chespin <3 You grew up and proved all the doubters wrong.

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  88. Nice, the leaks started again just as I returned 🙂
    Also I gotta say from all the videos, this game actually looks really great! I actually wasn’t expecting that 🙂

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  89. The negative of Josh’s leaks is that he is doing some plot leaks. Which I want out of. Still he’s a pretty cool guy and reasonably funny too, and he is leaking stuff to us. Wanna know Floette’s evo, if Klefki has any and also the other Fire types. Also that Ground/Fairy.

    I think Klefki doesn’t have an evo right? Which is a shame because I really like it.

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  90. Waking up 6 A.M. on January 8th, 2013. Hoping for some R/S remakes… Even more when I saw they were going through the history pf Pokemon. Then, Iwata said,”We will show the next evolution of the Pokemon series, direct to you” all the tension! I actually thought that Xerneas and Yveltal were the same Pokemon but transformed when I first saw it. XDD It came from the sky and then it appeared on the ground. I was blinded by the awesomeness of the announcement to even think straight. That was 270 days ago, here were are now… 7 days away! :O

    Ever since that morning all I could think about in school was X & Y. Checking PokeJungle daily. I knew Chespin would be my starter right from the first second of showing him. Something just made me love him. After all this time of waiting we finally saw Quilladin and Chesnaught. All the Chespin haters better bow down to his almighty glory (a little too far?)! He was also the first Generation 6 Pokemon to be revealed! In 7 days Chespinators everywhere will be bestowed the honor of using him as their loyal and strong partner. In conclusion- GO CHESPIN!

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    • Froakie has been my favorite from the beginning.
      But then i lost faith.
      But much like everything in my life it returned!!

      PS: Can i have your FC? xD [Use the FC Page if you can]

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    • I watched the direct live at school. I went outside the common room into the cold January air to watch it so I’d have quiet to focus on it properly. I got chills watching it man. So much nostalgia! And then X&Y were revealed… and I just squeed with delight. I was so happy that day. The worldwide release in particular made me happy.

      I actually liked Chespin from the start. I just liked Froakie more. Fennekin was just very MEH to me. When the evos came, that strengthened for me. Frogadier became an absolute total badass and my cemented partner. Quilladin dropped to “nah, not gonna use”, even though I did warm to his design after a while, despite hating him to start with. Braixen went from “weird, not sure I like” to “yeah it’s ok i guess”. And it’s kinda stayed that way. The final evos were all a shock to me, and I didn’t really like any of them. I have warmed to Greninja, and a little to Chesnaught, not enough to use it though.

      So yeah. #TEAM_FROAKIE

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  91. Oh yeah guys don’t forget a new japan Pokemon show starts tomorrow so we got to keep our eyes open for more Pokemon X and Pokemon Y clues:D

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  92. So assuming that Floette, Pumpkaboo, Doublade, Sliggoo and Bergmite all evolve, we’re currently at 67 New Pokemon, not counting Mega evos.

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  93. Inb4 Skrelp evolution looks awesome and have to trade to get it. Anyone getting Y? I need that Poison/Water typing!

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  94. I am just going to keep ordering around these leakers. Evolve Bergmite! Evolve Pumpkaboo! Evolve Phantump! I AM THIRSTY FOR LEAKS!

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  95. While waiting for more leak, take a moment and look at Chesnaught. This piece of fan art greatly demonstrate Chesnaught’s brilliance. (Artwork by Clockwork-Andy on Tumblr.)

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  96. I think it’s funny that not a lot of people are going for Fennekin. Usually everyone fangirls over the Fire types. I guess it’s not the case this time! xD

    #TEAMFENNEKINFORMYSECONDRUNOFTHEGAME

    Edit: I’m not saying no one likes Fennekin, I’m just saying that not too ‘many’ people are going for it. Sorry if I offended any Fennekin lovers out there D:

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  97. Dunno if this has been posted already, but for the new people: over on Neogaf they’re talking about Nitx, a supposed dark-type bat poke that many think may evolve into Noivern. Hasn’t been confirmed yet but coming from some dude who’s been leaking legit stuff so far.

    In the meantime here’s fanart the guy drew! It’s pretty lulzy but there’s a definite Noivern resemblance.

    http://images.4chan.org/vp/src/1380933804911.jpg

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  98. Can someone post a list of all the pokemon that have been revealed so far? I saw that Ozymandis said there were over 70, but when I look at what’s been revealed, I only see about 60? I’m confused

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  99. I think 70+ pokes will be more then enough, because when we have extra, do we use them? Like cryognal, how many used him?

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  100. A lot of you guys are saying you will only take new Kalos region Pokemon. So you wont take any gen 1 starter Pokemon either?

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  101. I don’t know what it is but the whole goomy line is just amazing to me. I think it’s because I’m so used to these badass dragons that getting a cute one is wonderful.

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  102. Can someone link me any 4chan pages with any current leaks

    OR

    an Instagram page with the same information

    OR

    a compilation of today’s leaks for ol’ Dedennyden?
    Thank you to whoever takes the time to do this AND if someone wants my FC, I’ll get that right up in a moment. 😀

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  103. Some new information (that I don’t have pictures for):
    >New Move: Venom Drench – Pretty much spits a pile of venom on a poisoned Pokemon and lowers Speed and Sp. Atk
    >Almost all reviews were 9/10 or 4.5/5
    >Serena/Callum falls in love with you at some point in the story
    >Korrina gives you her Lucario that warms up to you
    >You can ride Furfrou in Lumiose
    >Routes each have their own names
    >Nitx, Bug/Dark Bat Discovered
    >Glow Punch’s ENG name is Powered-Up Punch
    >Mega Gardevoir accidentally popped up in a review, no pics of it
    >Crafty Shield is a new move learned by Klefki that is like a Protect for non-damaging moves like Attract
    >The starting town isn’t actually Vaniville, and you move to Vaniville after your mum is done with a short tutorial
    >Ground/Fairy Pokemon dropped by Kotaku
    >70 New Pokemon rumor debunked (Actually about 90)
    >Instead of dust clouds in caves and rustling grass, there are new signals in the overworld that replace them. Falling dust in caves and and bushes on routes are the replacements.
    >Yveltal is catchable during the main game unlike Kyurem
    >Sabyleye possibly has an evolution
    >Grass Field and Fog Field are two new weather-like moves
    >Make-up can be used in customization
    >You can see your Pokemon interact in the overworld at the Daycare
    >The Vanillite Taxis can be used to get around Lumiose City
    >Some cafes/restaurants do special types of battles, like having to beat an opponent in X turns…because that’s how much time it would take for your meal to cool down and be able to eat, apparently.

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    • I really hope that they don’t introduce a small amount of Pokemon overall like they said. But since they already got the games early, I guess that’s a disappointment. Thoughts?

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        • I mean, with this said, the hype meter has really lowered and I hope that these reviews stating this are either lying or exaggerating, but I think both of these options are unlikely because they already got early copies of the game. Sad.

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          • I know. 🙁 It’ll still be fun, but I like whole new pokemon more than the mega evos, not that they aren’t fun either

          • I 100% agree with you and understand your thinking. Hopefully this doesn’t turn out to be true since they were “review” copies, but then again I could be misinterpreting what that word means in the way it is used,. Just a few more days and we’ll see for ourselves 😀

  104. I wonder if the female character can get facial hair too. If so, I might play X version as a female and give her a beard just for the laughs.

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  105. I´m sorry if this is spam…but, i´m searching for someone who wants trade a charizardnite X for anything you want…i preordered Y so i can´t get it in-game :/… please…if anyone can help me i would be really grateful :D…i´m posting this one week before just in case i find someone soon xD

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  106. Just read Zar is facing the Elite 4. Well I’m gonna get out of here, don’t want that spoiled for me. Especially don’t want to know who the Champion is.

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      • THEY WERE! I was so happy theat there were so many positive things said about Pokemon X and Y!
        But I don’t like that reviewers keep mentioning that the game is really short… Around 35 hours, from what I read… 🙁

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  107. I would like to Request that no one spoil the Champion or the Elite Four. I’d would like to be surprised. I’m fine with the Gym types and Pokedex leaks. But I don’t want to their lineups, storyline, or anything to do with Victory Road and the elite four. And I think most of us are in agreement with this.

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    • Um, how is it fair to come into a spoilertastic comments section and request that some things are not spoiled personally for you? It’s not going to happen.

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      • Its not hard to short it out. Seriously. Its more a matter of courtesy than fairness. At least some warning ahead of time would be nice.

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        • No, sorry, if you don’t want spoilers don’t hang around in the middle of a leaks discussion! That’s not hard either. Courtesy extends both ways and it seems a little arrogant to expect people to tiptoe around what you alone want or don’t want to know.

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          • Yeah but you have to bear in mind that not all people want to be spoiled on everything. I for example, don’t want plot spoilers, but I want all the Pokemon spoilers. And the only way I’ll find out Pokemon spoilers is by hanging out here. You’re actually being a massive rude jackass if you don’t put spoilers in a separate link. The least you could do is say: “Champion has been revealed spoilers below” to be polite to others.

          • Disagree. For one thing if you post a link to a pic it automatically shows up here! And again – how are you being a ‘massive rude jackass’ to post leaks IN A LEAKS COMMENT SECTION. That’s like me saying ‘omg guys I want to see Clauncher’s evo but not Skrelps, waaa, someone posted it, you’re all so rude I didn’t want to be spoiled!’. It’s stupid. If you don’t want to be spoiled then stop looking at spoilers!!

          • What kinda high horse are you on? all i ask for is a warning ahead of time which isn’t that hard. And you want to kick me out. You sound arrogant as well to expect me and a great deal of others to leave.

            Most of the time people in this thread people have had the courtesy to seperate links and only post pictures of Pokemon. No story has been revealed thus far on this forum until now because people seperated stuff.

          • You’re asking for ‘warning ahead of time’ about leaks in a comments section where leaks are EVERYWHERE. Seriously, what about this do you not understand is illogical? And you think I’m on my high horse? I’m not the one asking people to only post *certain* leaks so I don’t get spoiled.

          • All we are saying is just let us figure it out for ourselves.
            Notice that no one has talked here on who the gym leaders on and no one had repeated posts of line ups for teams.

            The whole point of pokemon is trying to figure out.
            Pretty much everyone welcomes any new pokemon screenshot.

            But no one is going into too indepth with routes and line ups and all of that.

          • Exactly. The majority of us are fine with Pokemon leaks. BUt lines up and major story details (which has yet to be leaked on the comment thread with the exception of one or two bits) should have some short or warning before. Which most gaming sites tend to do. Because common courtesy. I can’t stop you from leaking what you want, but at least to people some courtesy of alerting or warning before time

          • Wow you’re being extremely rude. You normally put a Spoiler Tag or something before you spoil things. Btw, PokeJungle isn’t about leaks, its about coming here as a community. So you can just tell me to leave because I want a short warning ahead of time. You act like it would be extremely inconvient, which it isn’t. I’m not asking you to refrain from posting, I’m asking for a warning or alert ahead of time.

            Techincally we all off subject in this comment section and if this was anywhere else you’ve get kicked or temp-ban. Yet, this is PokeJungle. We are also risking the site but posting these pictures out right and blatant. Just sayin’

            But I DIGRESS

            Courtesy is expected on both ends. I can’t stop you from leaking story info because that is rude, however the person leaking can have some common courtesy as a avid gamer to put a spoiler tag or some kinda of warning about Plot relevant situations.

    • Yeah, no story info! Since I am linked by you guys to the pages and images, could you all try to refrain from directly sharing this information?

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  108. It looks like Kalos Pokemon really focus on one certain stat. I mean Pongoro has a 120+ phy. atk and all his other stats at 60+, Fennekin seeming to center around sp. atk, and so on.

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  109. u guys do know u get probaly get sklrep/claucher by in-game trading in x and y (they did it for b/w)

    EDIT
    I meant in-game trading

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  110. im going to explain my self one more time make it easier
    Anyone think that a NPC will ask for Skrelp In Y For their claucher Vice versa in X

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  111. Can someone make a compilation of all known Kalos Pokemon from these leaks or at least find a compilation in this manner like yesterday? I would love to see more than 100 Pokemon and prove those ungrateful pieces of shit that gave the games a low score due to that!!! Let’s go everyone, we can make it past 100!!!!!!!

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  112. Ok so I was thinking about the pseudo of this gen as we think its goodra. But there aren’t a lot of 3 stagers in this gen and the fairy type was revealed so It could still be flabebe.

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  113. The pokedex images show “male” and “small size” headings for goodra and gourgeist respectively. Does that mean there are additional formes? Or do other pokemon have those headings?

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  114. So ‘revenant’ is pronounced ‘reh-veh-naw’. So that means Trevenant is either pronounced ‘tree-veh-naw’ or ‘treh-ve-naw’

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  115. for people who dont understand his nam tree+revenant

    A revenant is a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living

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  116. Ok so now my team is:
    -Greninja
    -Pangoro
    -Heliolisk
    -Florges / Supposed Ground/Fairy (If better than Florges)
    – A Fire type (Currently Pyroar but I kinda wnat somehting else, maybe the event Torchic)
    – Something else.Possibly Goodra, I really like its design. Possibly Tyrantrum.

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  117. “I should probably mention that this guy has two different stances. A defense and an attack. During the attack stance the shield becomes his body, and one of the ribbons holds on the the sword. I don’t have any pictures of it. One of the E4 has it. But it’s really cool.”

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  118. Any reason why the site keeps forcing me to scroll down? Someone else had this issue earlier. I have refreshed 10 times now. ARGH

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  119. I think I am leaving, since I really don’t want the E4 spoiled, but I’m uncertain if I will leave. ARGHH #OnEdge (or should I say– HONEDGE) *ba dum tss*

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  120. Josh is kill huh?

    Dammit. I liked him more than Zar. Zar is kind of a dick. :/ Oh well faster pictures I guess. Hope Josh is okay.

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  121. What the heck is with Game Freak. Every Pokemon in the Kalos region has some kind of weird and scary dex entry. I bet the starters are going to be like: “Delphox was turned into a witch by a haunted soul that wanted to get revenge.”

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  122. Well, I am leaving for awhile and probably coming back 30 mins from now and seeing 666 NEW COMMENTS which will lag the fuck out of my computer. I will be back in 30 mins w/ my FC and a return to the HYPE TRAIN WOOT WOOT! BE BACK THEN! 😀

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  123. Ok, um, if you’re going to post comment about a new pokemon that hasn’t been officially revealed, would you mind not posting pictures? That way those of us who want to discover new pokemon can be surprised.

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    • If they made the choice in the first place of making a poison, I am 99% they would keep it. I know it’s a sea dragon but I think it will stay water/poison

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  124. Alright, i think i had enough leaks for Pokemon X and Y for one day. Good night everyone. Hopefully we get more HUGE leaks tomorrow… but I really don’t think anything else can live up to today’s reveals.

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  125. Like I said before there’s is on 67 (I didn’t count doublade’s evo) NEW pokemon not counting pyroar and meowstic male and female forms or mega evos!!!!!

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  126. ive been thinking about what starter i was gonna choose… I was leaning towards Froakie but now i think im going to go with Chespin

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          • I didn’t see any pictures. but I prefer to stay away from 4chan,the language and negativity people use there just really hurts my stomach. I will stick to that archie guy on instagram, but thanks anyway.

          • Every picture we have leaked on here has been from 4chan. 4chan is just anonymous so leakers can hide a lot easier. Archie on Instagram is not a real leaker. He literally has stolen every picture on 4chan and pretended they were his.

            Irony.

          • well I visited that thread, I only saw like 2 or 3 screenshots of x and y. Certainly not “hundreds”. And I don’t care if Archie stole them, Id rather go to him to find them all in one place than have to browse through numerous bad words,name calling, and use of the words “faggot” and “autistic” just to find a few of them.

  127. You guys think it’s possible to have only 3 in game catchable legendaries this gen(X,Y, and Z)? That would suck imo, you gotta have a trio!

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  128. Kanpachi on Oblivion Wing:

    >Oh yeah, Oblivion Wing is Flying, Special, 80 Power 100 Accuracy. Restores HP by ‘over half’ of the damage dealt.

    >As you might imagine, Yveltal is a bitch to catch.

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  129. Charizard X vs Charizard Y and why?

    I prefer Y for design reasons though I love both also because fairies can take the other version out

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  130. So, the eiffle tower looking building in Lumiose is the 5th gym. neat.

    This is kinda cool, each floor is a quiz of “guess that pokemon”, three possible answers, 3 trainers standing at a door. You go to the one with the right answer, battle him and move onto the next floor and it looks fucking awesome inside.

    I’m gonna finish this gym then dump pics and Skrelp should be evolved by then.

    ~Josh (4chan)

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  131. Well ladies and gentlemen I shall be going to bed
    I’ve spent yet another day reading leaks and my eyeballs need rest from awesomeness

    Catch Y’all on the flip!

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  132. Well, that sucks I really wish Dark types would have gotten a gym, but I guess that won’t happen as in Japan Dark is know as “Evil Type” and can only be used by evil people like Cyrus or the Rocket Gang Executives. Maybe next Gen. I dunno.

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    • Yeah, I kind of came to the same conclusion too. Especially with Fairy getting a type on it’s first game, then that seems about the final nail in the coffin. Sure they can always just do one in the future, but I honestly won’t be expecting it.

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  133. Clemont confirmed for hardest trainer i’ve faced so far. This is double lucario tier raping i’m getting right now.

    2/3 pokemon i’ve seen are Emolga, Magneton both 35. Yes Emolga knows Volt Switch. My team wasn’t prepared.

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  134. His last pokemon is Heliolisk

    hold me, /vp/…

    >>14240883
    boosts moves

    hey guys, remember when people said i don’t leak things? remember?

    (I love him)

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  135. OK guys, so I need your guys’ opinions! My planned team right now is:

    Greninja (Water/Dark)
    Charizard (Fire/Flying)
    Aeigislash (Ghost/Steel)
    Florges (Grass/Fairy?)
    Aurorus (Ice/Rock) – Might change my mind on this one, though…
    Raichu (Electric)

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  136. Skrelp hit 36 at the end of the battle.

    im gonna grind out that last level right now and ill post stats along with gym pics – Josh

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  137. I don’t know if this has been confirmed or not yet but what would everyone like to see, an Elite 4 with a set order like gens 1-4 or an Elite you can battle in any order like gen 5?

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  138. >Electric isn’t super-effective on steel

    Seriously.

    >Dragon resists Electric

    SERIOUSLY

    HALF OF THEM HAVE FUCKING WINGS

    WHY

    ARRGH ANON I AGREE WITH YOU. WHY

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  139. My team so far consists of:
    Greninja (ofcourse)
    Talonflame
    Skrelps Evolution
    Heliolisk
    Goodra
    And I am debating on my last slot, I wish they had revealed a Pokemon I really liked, but I have no choice but to pick between Mega Venusaur (I never take Pokemon from other gens) or Amaura

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  140. I may have only joined this website a few hours ago but I already like the community more than any other Pokemon fan-site. No, seriously guys you’re awesome.

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  141. I think I will have Trevenant (Oorotto) on my team just for the fuck of it and name it #TrollFreak. Just because. ShinyXatu would be proud, and therefore, I will.

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  142. If Clauncher evolves during rain and supposedly skelp under poison… would a chocolate pokemon evolve under chocolate rain?

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  143. I’m really torn apart by how many good Pokemon are this gen… I don’t even know what starter to choose anymore.. And don’t even get me started with the rest of my team.. Malamar, Sylveon, Florges, Trevenant, Goodra, Aegislash and Skrelp evo are really good.. Never had this much trouble choosing a team since 4th gen xD

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  144. oh god im stuck between chesnaught and delphox I want chesnaught for its high Def. and sp.def. but I want Delphox so I can have a psychic type. 🙁

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  145. I reeeeally wanna know Goodra’s type! Most likely Dragon/Water-type, maybe?
    I heard it had a big gender difference. I bet the one shown is a female.

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    • well for now… but to on the plus side i believe there haven’t been ANY old pokemon to get legit full evolutions in the leaks yet, and it was confirmed that there would be some. So perhaps they are all post game?? (well besides for sylveon but incuding it early on makes sense considering it was this generation’s poster boy.)

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  146. Well I’m leaving, it’s 1:05 AM here, and I’m tired! Goodnight all! Don’t let the Trevenant haunt you and steal your soul! Goodnight!

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  147. I’ve been scrolling, and am unable to find specific things. Can someone link me to Aegislash and Avalugg please? Oh and Clawitzer, because of dat claw.

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  148. What if GameFreak decides to troll again and puts a Dragon-type Eeveelution somewhere else, not close to Sylveon in any way? One can only hope.

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  149. So, may be old news, but if you go to whokilledarchie’s instagram, you’ll se that Aegislash has multiple forms. The one we appear to know is called the blade form. and the picture we have of pumpkaboo’s evo is listed as the ‘small size’, which is an odd form change, increasing in size. I wonder if those form changes will look better than what we’ve seen

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  150. Well, as I am leaving for the night, so is Josh. He states that he has work from 1-9 EST tomorrow so he won’t be on until late but he’ll at least be on for a bit. He is pretty sure that he has Sunday off, so he’ll be on then longer. Goodnight everyone, and here’s hoping for more leaks tomorrow!

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    • I’m liking them all so far. Even though some may think otherwise there is one certain 5th Gen Pokemon that almost evryone hates more than the new Pokemon.

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      • Garbodor? I liked him. Only Pokemon I truly despise is Simisear. God his design really grinds my gears. But otherwise, I have never hated a single Pokemon.

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      • I’m fine with but Garbador and Vanilluxe. Because I understand the design and the context they were going for. and I think they pulled it off well

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        • I like them aswell hell I used a Vanilluxe. I was talking Emolga because alot of people(myself included) were a bit pissed that it was where a 2nd Eeveelution should’ve been in the Pokedex.

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          • I wouldn’t hate it just because it took a spot for an evolution. Everyone just got an high expection. What it it was one of your favorite standalone mon taking that place. It could had been any other Mon. Just sayin’

    • I’m liking the all the Pokemon from this gen, there are really none that bother me design wise. The closest would be Binacle, but then it turned into the troll of Kalos with that damn evolution. So I found it hilarious

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    • i don’t like a few, but that’ a given with every generation.. like some, hate some. not very impressed with chesnaught (could be bulkier and furrier :c), delphox looks kinda plain but i guess it’s ok… mostly i don’t like diggersby, binacle and its evolution yes i don’t like them lol, and…litleo/pyroar are kind of weird. but that’s about it so far. realllllly hoping for some more pokes to love. there’s not enough yet 🙁

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  151. Supposedly, Skrelp’s evo’s name is Dragalge (Dragon + Algae).
    Not sure if it’s true or not since it came from Zar and there’s been a lot of Zar impersonators lately. Either way, I accept the name! Love it.
    Also, same person said they saw an Arcanite. Mega Arcanine confirmed? Oh, yiiiisss!

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    • Whose Zar? Is that Kanpachi, or a different leaker? And, not to ask incessant repetitive questions, but can you link me to the source of these rumors please?

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  152. Does somebody knows if we are going able to get the other Mega Stones for the Kanto starters that we didn’t chose? I want to chose Squirtle since i’ve never raised one before., but i’m afraid that i can’t get the Charizardnite Y later in-game for my Charizard :S…anyone knows something about this?

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    • I wonder what they will talk about. What is there to talk about? Confirm all the leaks. Discuss more about the X and Y anime?

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      • I wonder if they will say anything about the leaks or be non-chalant about it. Because its basically all over the internet now lol

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          • The show is filmed weeks in advance so they wont have known of the leaks plus the company would never officially acknowledge the leaks as that would promote them.

          • Huh. So maybe they’ll confirm how eevee evolves into sylveon. And see Mega Sableye. Leaks haven’t talked about those.

    • Just watch them show a new gameplay trailer with Trevenant (Oorotto’s English name) in it, and STILL not reveal it. I will laugh my heart out if that happens!

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  153. Hey PJ/Ozy/everyone else,
    I was pretty disappointed to see spoilers for a new Pokemon (the Grass/Ghost one) at the top of the comments when I clicked this article. The article wasn’t marked with spoilers; I’m avoiding the leaks but I still wanted to check out some reviews. I’d appreciate it, and I’m sure others like me would too, if leaks weren’t posted in the comments on posts that aren’t marked as ‘spoilers’.

    Thanks

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    • Reviews contain spoilers too. Also, why do you visit the site if you don’t want spoilers? Everything we report on is a spoiler, whether leaked or revealed officialy.

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      • reviews pertain to an opinionated statement of the game, not revelations of new material that arent meant to be shared at the time. rather than talk down on your loyal members DAE, why dont you agree that they are partitally right to state their opinion rather than turn away and put down other members. ( and when i say put down, i mean simply disregard their complaint as if it was nothing)

        what you replied basically stated “what this site posts shows everything you dont want to see yet so deal with it or dont come onto the site.”

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        • Not so sure what opinions have to do with this, seeing as I didn’t ‘put down’ the complaint.
          There just isn’t much I can do about spoilers. Some people like to be spoiled and that’s why they come to here. If you don’t like spoilers just stay away rom the internet for a few days. I can’t punish people for spoiling, it’s kinda the whole purpose of our site.

          Also, you are right about what a review should be. Sadly, most reviews turn out to be spoilerfests, that’s why I don’t ready many of these anymore.

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    • I agree with you. In the “reviews” article, we’re expecting comments about the reviews. I am avoiding spoilers as well and I am not reading comments from the “Where did all the leaks go” article, but we should be able to interact with articles that are supposedly about reviews, which do not reveal any new Pokémon.

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          • Honedge is a wandering spirit that possesses a sword once used by a human. The second sword was just a puppet. Actually, the whole sword and shield aren’t even the Pokémon, it’s the mysterious spirit possessing the weapons that is the Pokémon.

          • Oh. Now I get it. The second sword on Doublade, the puppet, was replaced by a shield to up the spirit’s defense and the shield is now the puppet.

  154. Off topic but, if all of the starters from previous generations receive mega evolutions
    than I hope to see more type combinations such as Blastoise becoming
    water/steel.
    Generation2: Meganium grass/fairy, Typhlosion fire/ground.
    Generation 5: Serperior grass/dragon, Samurott water/fighting. I know Blastoise was already revealed but if their is another version then it would be possible.

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    • Sadly, Blastoise and Venusaur only get one mega evolution. Yes, I would like to see the others become duel types too.

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  155. Which would you rather want to see , Mega Sableye or Sableye Evolution? Remember, Sableye’s weak to Fairy now.

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  156. I just want to know one thing: What will be the animation for Wailord using Rollout? 😮 Is it gonna roll sideways or turn into a ball or what?!

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  157. I bet Mega Gardevoir would be the most generic looking, stereotypical fairy in the whole Pokemon universe.. Unless they reveal something we haven’t seen yet.

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    • From /vp/ “Recap of the last day or so of leaks from /vp/

      > BASED SLIGGO
      > You can hit Pokemon in Amie
      > New Move: Venom Drench – Pretty much spits a pile of venom on a poisoned Pokemon and lowers Speed and Sp. Atk
      > New Key Pokemon, Klefki
      > Mega Gyarados!
      > Ice Chunk Pokemon
      > BASED BINACLE’s EVO
      > Almost all reviews were 9/10 or 4.5/5
      > Serena/Callum falls in love with you at some point in the story
      > Dat fucking overworld man..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vu…e_gdata_player
      > Korrina gives you her Lucario that warms up to you
      > You can ride Furfrou in Lumiose
      > Routes each have their own names
      > Oorotto Pre-Evo Discovered
      > Pumpkin Pokemon Discovered
      > Nitx, Bug/Dark Bat Discovered
      > Glow Punch’s ENG name is Powered-Up Punch
      > New XY Movie teaser shows unknown Pokemon
      > Mega Gardevoir accidentally popped up in a review, no pics of it
      > Crafty Shield is a new move learned by Klefki that is like a Protect for non-damaging moves like Attract
      > The starting town isn’t actually Vaniville, and you move to Vaniville after your mum is done with a short tutorial
      > Ground/Fairy Pokemon dropped by Kotaku
      > 70 New Pokemon rumor debunked
      > Instead of dust clouds in caves and rustling grass, there are new signals in the overworld that replace them. Falling dust in caves and and bushes on routes are the replacements.
      > Yveltal is catchable during the main game unlike Kyurem
      > Sabyleye possibly has an evolution
      > Grass Field and Fog Field are two new weather-like moves
      > Make-up can be used in customization
      > You can see your Pokemon interact in the overworld at the Daycare
      > The Vanillite Taxis can be used to get around Lumiose City
      > Some cafes/restaurants do special types of battles, like having to beat an opponent in X turns…because that’s how much time it would take for your meal to cool down and be able to eat, apparently.”

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  158. So Mewtwo and Lucario have both been in Smash bros but now they both have mega evolutions who do you think/would like to return?

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  159. I really hope that there IS a postgame.. I don’t care about new areas or something like that
    But some quests to fullfill like pokethlon, musical, contests or battle facilities ToT

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  160. I think we’ve all been caught up in this storm.
    Lets have a recap at somethings that MAY have been forgotten/not given as much attention due to the hectic few days we’ve had..

    Imagine..

    – If Gamefreak never found a way for us to send our Pokemon from 5th Gen? Just imagine all that hardwork, all them guys we’ve caught gone to waste? Shouldn’t we be happy that we have this PokeBank?

    – Another Fire/Fighting starter..It may have had the best design and concept but lets face it pretty much the majority if not entire fan base would go crazy and why not? 3 times in a row was enough. We now have a unique Fire/Psychic combo only shared by Victini finally breaking that horrible Fire/Fighting streak.

    – No Super training..with no access to our previous pokemon and with the games growing so much if they never gave us an easier way to train then..imagine how hard it would be and how gruelling? They’ve made it much more easier for us!

    – Boring, predictable/generic starters..Imagine if Gamefreak gave use three horrible pure fire/grass/water starters. They haven’t though! We have unique typings for starters in Grass/Fighting, Water/Dark and Fire/Psychic. In fact these typings are rare in general too. And the designs aren’t generic. All evolved forms were completely different than what we expected. They have the uniqueness about them. Delphox has this awesome witch/mage theme, imagine if it was a generic fox on four legs? Chesnaught looks like a beast but imagine if was something predictable like a small mole grass ground thing or if Greninja was the white bubbly thing we all expected. Gamefreak shook us, took a bit of a risk and props to them.

    Or perhaps another set of Dragon Title Legendaries..or no Mega evolutions or..less than 50 new Pokemon or more than a 100 but badly designed, the designs this gen have been spot on right?..or imagine if we had no trainer customisation..
    And many many more..
    I think we should take a breather and think how fortunate we are with the many progressions this game made.
    To heck with the reviews criticising the story line, the this and that. A reviewer is a reviewer. They look at the games differently. Maybe more objectively but no ONE can experience games like a true fan!! Like us!

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    • you’re right with what you say and I’m grateful for all these huge upgrades but personally I’m just afraid that the new games are too flat and don’t use their full potential

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      • Me too! I’m really hoping that there is some post game. At least something. And although I love the new Kalos mons, I still feel that we need a few more decent guys to add that finishing touch.
        Lets keep our fingers crossed / :]

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        • yeah the new region is really beautiful and the new pokémon are lovely but it just feels not complete so I’m really starving for some more leaks that show me otherwise xD!

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  161. Hey y’all
    Trying to keep up with these leaks is crazy, and I really don’t want to keep scrolling just to find what I miss. Can someone please post a link for the Poké Dex lists?

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    • NEW POKEMON

      CENTRAL DEX

      001. Chespin / 002. Quilladin / 003. Chesnaught
      004. Fennekin / 005. Braizen / 006. Delphox
      007. Froakie / 008. Frogadier / 009. Greninja
      010. Bunnelby / 011. Diggersby
      014. Fletchling / 015. Fletchinder / 016: Talonflame
      020: Scatterbug / 021: Spewpa / 022: Vivillon
      057: Litleo / 058: Pyroar
      068: Flabébé / 069: Floette / 070: Florges
      089: Skiddo / 090: Gogoat
      091: Pancham / 092: Pangoro
      093: Furfrou
      114: Espurr / 115: Meowstic
      117: Honedge / 118: Doublade / 119: Aegislash
      129: Spritzee / 130: Aromatisse (Y exclusive)
      131: Swirlix / 132: Slurpuff (X exclusive)

      TOTAL = 36 or 37 (15 or 16 evolutionary lines)

      COASTAL DEX

      010: Inkay / 011: Malamar
      021: Binacle / 022: Barbaracle
      030: Skrelp / 031: Dragalge (Y exclusive)
      032: Clauncher / 033: Clawitzer (X exclusive)
      046: Helioptile / 047: Heliolisk
      064: Tyrunt / 065: Tyrantrum
      066: Amaura / 067: Aurorus
      085: Sylveon
      089: Hawlucha
      110: Dedenne
      124: Carbink

      TOTAL = 18 minimum, 30 maximum (11 minimum evolutionary lines, 19 maximum evolutionary lines)

      MOUNTAIN DEX

      019: Goomy / 020: Sliggoo / 021: Goodra
      050: Klefki
      061: Phantump / 062: Trevenant
      063: Pumpkaboo / 064: Gourgeist
      079: Bergmite / 080: Avalugg
      149: Yveltal (Y exclusive)

      TOTAL = 11 minimum, ?? maximum (6 evolutionary lines thus far)

      UNVEILED KALOS POKEMON STILL AWAITING DEX INCLUSION

      * NEW *

      Noivern
      Xerneas (X exclusive)
      Z Legendary

      * OLD *

      Joltik / Galvantula
      Mewtwo
      Torchic / Combusken / Blaziken

      NEW POKEMON THUS FAR = 68

      ===================================

      MEGA EVOLUTIONS

      REVEALED

      Abomasnow
      Absol
      Aerodactyl
      Ampharos
      Blastoise
      Blaziken
      Charizard X
      Charizard Y
      Garchomp
      Gengar
      Gyarados
      Kangaskhan
      Lucario
      Mawile
      Mewtwo X
      Mewtwo Y
      Venusaur

      CONFIRMED

      Druddigon
      Galvantula
      Gardevoir
      Heracross

      NEW MEGA EVOLUTIONS THUS FAR = 21″
      This good?

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        • Mh I would personally like a sequel better
          the map should be slightly bigger with new towns and stuff and the battle frontier should be included as well
          story should also get an upgrade new boss for team aqua&magma maybe they merged into one team something like that

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          • I for some reason doubt they’d have Magma/Aqua in sequels as it would seem that they’re done and dusted. Perhaps the new evil guy/guys would be inspired by them or something..this is a tough one for Gamefreak..they have to think carefully about how they approach this :]

    • This is actually quite difficult to chose from as a resident of Hoenn :p
      On one hand having a sequel would be awesome as..new story/plot, new characters, possibly new found areas..a 2/3 years later thing would be fun.
      But..on the other hand although it maybe predictable/the same deal seeing Hoenn in it’s original way with it’s original set of characters and story line would also be nice but then again..I’m more leaning towards a sequel as long as there is heavy or at least some involvement from past characters like Brendan/May/Steven Stone/Wally and lots of references to the past events in the game!

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  162. Surely the people who got the game early have found the other legendary pokemon by now post some pics like the new trio or z legendary

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    • I like it c: I think that the flower can change colors too (it wouldn’t make sense otherwise).
      It may end up on my team w/Nidoking/Nidoqueen, if there isn’t a fairy/ground type I can get early on…

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  163. I’m happy the person who said “only 70 new pokemon” was lying, because of this quote from Digital Spy “not to mention a wealth of new Pokemon to catch”.

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  164. 67 New Pokemon
    17 Mega Evos (15 if the two Mewtwos and two Charizards count as just one)

    So including megas 82/84 new things.

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  165. I thought pokemon smash might have pokemon x and y news as a surprise for the last episode. Pokémon Get TV might have a pokemon x and y surprise planned!

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  166. Im actually ok with 89 new pokemon. I mean the more the better, but we are getting mega evos, and that’s kinda like getting new pokemon

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  167. So the Pokemon Bank’s gonna cost $4.99 a year, huh? That’s not too bad. But what am I gonna do with all those plates I collected from that submerged temple in White 2. I don’t have Arceus, but I’ve given each of those plates to a Pokemon I plan to deposit into the bank

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  168. I think my decision guys I going to get Y, but can someone be really nice and trade me a Clauncher please 🙂

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  169. I need help with my team guys
    Delphox
    Goodra
    Trevanent or Florges (if grass)or Gourgiest
    Charizard or other flying type
    flourges( if not grass) or aromatisse
    gengar
    any suggestions?

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    • How about:
      Delphox (Fire/psychic)
      Goodra (Water/poison??) Let’s just assume that
      Trevanent (Grass/Ghost)
      Hawlucha (Fight/Flying)
      Aromatisse (Fairy)
      Maybe either a ground or electric type for last so Heliolisk? You could have gengar, but you do already have a ghost and a poison (In the version I made)

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  170. i hope the X and Y anime doesnt have stupid names like b/w did and
    less freindly song really b/w made it feel like it was always happy

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  171. Guys I need the help on my team tell me what I should keep or get rid of please.
    Chesnaught
    Pyroar
    Litleo
    Talonflame
    Goodra
    Clauncher evo
    (Ghost type needed)
    (Bug type needed)
    Or you guys tell me what i should add

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  172. We are in the final stretch. Pokejungle should a six day countdown leading to Oct.12 where we all have our pokemon games!!!

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  173. i will have a skiido cause in ghana every new year we kill goats last year i got really close to it and i watched its deadbody get dragged around i was so mortified that is why i am a veggie i use d to feed it choclate

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  174. I can say there was not a lot of hype for Black and White. Especially compared to this game. That is the main reason why I love this site ssssoooo much.

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  175. Everyone make sure your 3DS’s are charged all of Oct.11 because the last thing you want to do is start playing the game with low battery.

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  176. Is it confirmed that there isn’t any other Eeevee evolution?

    And how many holes do we have in the pokedex? Any new grass-type?

    The last question: does anyone know the type of the final evolution of Flabebé?

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  177. I’m not liking the fact that some of the reviews are saying it’s a step back from Black and White. I mean, I’ve enjoyed the ‘stop the evil team’ formula – especially in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, but I was hoping for something along the lines of Black and White’s plot. Something intricate. Oh, well. A lot of these Pokemon designs are making up for it. The only one I’ve disliked so far is male Meowstic.

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  178. Kind of a bummer though that IGN reviewed X and Y has having a 1-dimensional story….Anyway that was their ONLY negative!!

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  179. About the review, what means we have a wealth of new pokemon? That means that we going to have around 100 new pokemon. Whokilledarchie put in a pic that there’s more than 90 new pokemon without including the megaevolutions. Is that right?

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      • I see but looking the new pokemon. I only see that is very strange that only add 2 poison pokemons or only 1 ground pokemon (thinking that Diggersby is ground type too)

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    • I would bet money we’re on for around 90-100 brand new pokes, plus a bunch of megas. Plenty to go around, I’d say 🙂

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  180. Things only get truly challenging near the end of the story missions, when the game throws trainers and gym leaders at you that take some careful planning to defeat. Pokemon’s postgame content is actually some of the best it has to offer, with new areas opening up and even more challenges appearing, significantly extending the life of the game past the 30 hours a straight run of the main campaign takes

    Best thing to come out the reviews!! WE HAVE A POSTGAME PEOPLE! The rumour said we didn’t, and it also said we’d only get 70 new pokemon, so that is DEBUNKED!

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  181. I was going through the Coastal Dex and realized we still don’t know the name of Skrelp’s evo!!! If you do, can someone tell me???

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  182. “I can definitely confirm that Xerneas is pokemon number 715, meaning there are indeed only 70 new pokemon (excluding megas)”
    – Zar

    Wasn’t there some people pretending to be Zar? (Not sure) I hope that’s the case…
    If it’s true… too bad… :/
    We could have more legendaries past Xerneas, but I rather we had more regular pokémon.

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  183. josh is having troubles evolving skrelp any ideas on how to evolve it its dex entry says “it hides from foes while storing up energy for evolution”

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  184. I was just wondering – chime in with theories or ideas – if fighting a trainer who has a pokemon with a mega stone (who has not yet activated it), you use something like entrainment, skill swap, or gastro acid – will the target still get it’s “mega” ability if it then mega evolves?

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  185. Any info on goodra’s female forme and Gourgeist’s other forme, aside from it’s ‘small size’ which is the form revealed thus far.

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  186. so far, my team is: Delphox, Florges, Gourgeist, Clawitzer, and Mawile (I’ll probably use others along the way, but these ones will probably be the ones who get recorded into the Hall of Fame)

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  187. Has it been confirmed that we will be able to use Play Coins in XY? I’ve got 300 saved up just for the possibility of being able to use them. x.x

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  188. I wonder what Team I’ll find on my Journey?
    I’m thinking
    Chestnaught: Starter
    Pangoro: Burly Brawler
    Diggersby: Rough Rabbit
    Tyrantrum: Savage Beast
    Barbarcle: Horrendous Horror
    Avalugg: Icy avenger
    Since I tend to use slower, heavy physical attackers these seem like a practical bunch

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  189. I am utterly confused. This Chespin, now a Chesnaught, was found in Aquacorde Town at Level 5, whereas our starting town is Vaniville. Could this be like SInnoh, where the professor’s lab is in the second town?

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  190. I am still hopeful that in addition to new ‘mon filling the empty ‘dex spaces, we’ll have some hidden numbers like 000 and 151. My preference if for regular pokemon to be in most of the current spots, and the extra (superfluous) event and other legendaries to be hidden numbers.

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  191. My new team, based off leaks: Chesnaught(conker), Malamar(whoops),Avalugg(heavyweapons),Goodra(gary),Hawlucha(Jacques), and a fairy type I like.

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  192. I don’t want to be critical, but I find the new effectiveness chart rather rigid. Fairy-types resisting Fighting-types and Electric-types now immune to paralysis? That is messed up! They are taking the fun out of battling and I find Mega Evolutions to be an excuse. Take that resistance away from Fairy-types the next Generation and give that to Rubber-types (a type that I wish for), and remove that paralysis immunity and come up with at least a few Electric Pokémon with an ability that would allow it to gradually restore HP upon paralysis for every turn. Only then I would be pleased.

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  193. Starter type matchups for the gyms: (Fe=Fennekin line, Fr=Froakie line,C=Chespin line, +1 for every positive type matchup, and -1 for every negative type matchup)
    1st gym, Bug: Fe= 1 Fr= 0 C= -1
    2nd gym, Rock: Fe= 0 Fr= 1 C= 0
    3rd gym, Fighting: unchanged
    (by this point, according to the leaks, the starters should be fully evolved and gain their secondary typing)
    4th gym, Grass: Fe= 1 Fr= 0 C= 0
    5th gym, Electric: Fe= 1 Fr= -1 C= 0
    6th gym, Fairy: Fe= 1 Fr= -2 C= -1
    7th gym, Psychic: Fe= 1 Fr= -1 C= -2
    8th gym, Ice: Fe= 2 Fr= -1 C= -2

    Just thought I’d post this so you could prepare for the type matchups and hopefully not just grind egregiously

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  194. So i’ve seen Delphox, Greninja and Chesnaught… but what are their types? Was i right with Fire/psychic, grass/fight and water/dark … or was everyone else right with grass/dark and water/fight?

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  195. Type count so far:

    Fairy: 12 (6 families)
    Grass: 9 (4 families)
    Water: 9 (4 families)
    Normal:8 (5 families)
    Fire: 7 (3 families)
    Flying: 7 (5 families)
    Ghost: 7 ( 3 families)
    Rock: 7 (3 families)
    Dragon: 6 (3 families)
    Psychic: 5 (3 families)
    Dark: 5 (4 families)
    Fighting: 4 (3 families)
    Ice:4 (2 families)
    Steel: 4 (2 families)
    Electric: 3 (2 families)
    Bug: 3 (1 family)
    Poison: 2 (1 family)
    Ground: 1 (1 family)

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  196. Heres a negative review.

    80 new Pokemon
    Easiest Pokemon game yet
    No 3D in anything other than a single battle
    No post game
    Incompletely released

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    • I disagree with that statement. Any of the games can be hard depending on how you approach them. And whilst DPPT are challenging at the best of times I also think Emerald wasn’t too bad either.
      I found that whenever I picked Treecko I’d struggle against Watson and then later on the twins would cause me problems. The E4 and Wallace in particular is no easy cake especially if you’re under levelled.
      Sinnoh was decent. Unova wasn’t bad either especially BW2 challenge mode. I found that the hardest game I’ve ever played simply because I didn’t use a team of Lucario, Emboar, Starmie, Darmanitan, Azumarill Magnezone etc etc I used a number of strong Pokemon but also many balanced mons too and I never spent hours grinding for nothing meaning that alongside the tweaked AI and updated rosters I had a roller coaster of a challenge which brings me to my next point – It all depends on how you approach the game.
      If you go with a balanced mentality like mine where you train a lot but you don’t over do it and from times to times you don’t even train at all and go blindly into a gym match..use strong mons but not 6..mix things up and use stuff you’d never think of using..and then I only use items based on how much my opponent does..Okay maybe a bit more especially if I’m getting myself whooped then I’ll be a little more lenient..but take it easy on the items then that makes it a bit tougher..for me it’s guilty conscience..if I win by spamming items then that’s not a victory to me..I only resort to a few extra items if absoultely necessary..
      But DPPT wasn’t easy, I won’t deny that :]]

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  197. So people have been criticising the games difficulty and apparently turning the exp share makes the difficulty go up dramatically.
    I think anyone playing the game especially veteran players shouldn’t even think of using said item. I also find that if you don’t go over the top in grinding the game becomes much tougher..
    Which makes me wonder..If you don’t use the EXP share and if the levels are really that high in-game, I wonder how big the gap will be..
    ..I hope for the sake of difficulty E4 and/or the Champion use MegaMons in battle that will give us a ride for our Pokedollars!

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    • Colosseum is the hardest Pokemon game I’ve played. Challenge mode B2 was only a little more difficult. The real challenges are always post-game.

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    • I for one, won’t be using until after post-game contents.

      My team on Black 2 just before I challenged the Pokemon League for the first time was:
      Serperior Lv 70
      Lucario Lv 70
      Haxorus Lv 70
      Krookodile Lv 65
      Crobat Lv 65

      I didn’t do much grinding, it was mainly the fact that I battled ever Pokemon I met.

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  198. Correct me if I am mistaken (which is possible), but I believe I read that the 3DS can’t be hacked. As such, does that mean we can’t get all the code or whatever for the new pokemon game to see all it hides? If that is true, couldn’t there potentially be tons of mega evolutions? Somewhere, deep down, I am hoping that when they said “not all pokemon have mega evolutions”, they were referring to unevolved pokemon (e.g. no mega charmander or charmeleon, but yes to mega Charizard). We have some underpowered comrades out there whose fully evolved base stats are under 400. How can we let this go on??

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      • ok…so, really even after the whole pokedex is revealed, there are many “easter eggs” or additional, hidden pokemon, that MIGHT be revealed in the sequel, but still be trade-able with XY. I will stay optimistic.

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    • It can’t be hacked completely, but cheats are available. They’re all over the place online for Monster Hunter 4, a popular 3DS game in Japan. As for figuring out hidden pokemon, we probably can. Even without complete cracking, we can do sort of a trial and error thing and eventually stumble upon the hidden pokemon.

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  199. As far as I can think of, we have seen the evolutions of all previously revealed or leaked Pokemon (correct me if I’m wrong) So NEW POKEMON HYPE!

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  200. I think one of the best things in this game will be the exp share – making easy for casual gamers if they have it on all of the time. or really hard for people who don’t use it to beat the gym leaders.

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  201. Thus far, on metacritic, a culmination of all the reviewers thus far, averages 88/100 for XY.

    BW averaged 87/100.

    It’s looking great so far.

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  202. nymphomania – fairy – causes all opponents of the opposite gender on the field to become attracted to the user.
    Or as an ability, quadruples egg laying rate. haha

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  203. I had also wanted to mention, a long time ago, when they announced the fairy type to balance out the dragon type, I wondered if they realized that it’s not dragon as a type (particularly a move type) that is so great, it’s the stats they have chosen to consistently give dragon types. Dragons are powerful because of their high stats, not because of their type. A dragon Delcatty scares few.

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    • You also have to consider that they previously only had 1 resistance, and that resistance could be overcome through the use of Earthquake or fire type attacks that a lot of dragons carry. But yeah, I do understand your point.

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      • Yeah, I get it, and I don’t dislike it…just struck me as a “problem” they had made over the years…but I guess this is the way to “fix” it at this point, like they did with psychic in gen 2.

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      • I also, personally, have a distinction between pokemon types and move types. Ice is great move type, but a difficult pokemon type. Dragon type moves are not as great (supereffectivity wise), as a dragon type. I wouldn’t give a dragon move to a non-dragon type, for example.

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    • Based on that weirdly dark pic of Flabebe with text going around, I think Flabebe is ‘that’ flower pokemon. Just a guess though, nothing confirmed yet!!

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    • No, Unova’s story was dark. This sounds like the usual non-realistic conflict
      Kanto & Johto was Money/Profit
      Hoenn Land vs Water
      Sinnoh had the whole “Reshape the World” theme going on
      Unova did the real philosophical pondering arguing whether capturing pokemon and forcing them to battle was morally correct in the first place and whether pokemon are better off without human interference
      Kaolos is probably goes back to “reshaping the world” but focuses more on making it more beautiful

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